Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-24
NEWS NOTES.


The United States Grand Jury met
il regular session yesterday.
The Philharmonic Society will meet
at Bartlett's Hall tonight. A full
attendance is requested.
Owing to the illness Of Justice Fl. G.
Austin, his place was yesterday filed
by Judge A. j. King, who will Off
ciate in the Justices place for few
days.
The corner stone OF the Epiphany
church, East Los Angeles, will be
laid at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow after
noon on the corner Of Sichel and Pat
rick streets.
Transfers of real estate yesterday
amounted to 1915 ,O6S, and were, no
in number. OF these 40 were for
more than 81 900 each and 38 for
nominal considerations.
The Committee OF Arrangements
for the State Democratic Convention
will meet this morning at O'Clock at
the st. Elmo Hotel. A full attend
ance of the members is requested.
The members of the Los Angeles
Produce Exchange will meet next
Monday afternoon at 80 at their
rooms, corner First and Fort streets,
for the purpose of discussing the ad-
visibility Of disincorporating.
The Grand Jury adjourned yester-
day until tomorrow morning, when a
partial report will be made in Judge
Cheney's Court. 1t was intended TO
have the report made yesterday afte,-
noon, but the court having adjourned
the report was postponed.
Rev. j. B. Jones, of the Christian
Church, entertained the Ministerial
Association last evening. Rev. fhom-
as r. Haskins, of the Episcopal
Church, read a very interesting paper
on Christian Unity" which was dis.
cussed at considerable length.
A suit to quiet title in which John
Bohanon is plaintiff and Margaret An
derson, G. White Mortimer, admins
traitors of the estate of Robert Ander-
son, deceased, and Robert Anderson,
q minor, the defendants, was filed
yesterday afternoon in the County
Clerks office.
On May 10, 1888, the General Re-
lief Committee, 1. o. o. F., of San
Francisco, will give an entertainment
the Grand Opera House there. Mem
bers of the order here have been ask
ed to purchase tickets for the benefit
of the friendship fund.
Considerable complaint has been
made at the hasty manner in which
an ambulance belonging to private
firm has been driven through the
streets. The last time this wagon
appeared was on Sunday night, when
1t nearly ran over several persons and
frightened many others.
The following persons were yester-
day licensed to we'd: George J. H.
Picard to Philiberte Tribondine,
Charles A. Jeffers to Lou o. Eells,
Harris Phillips to Elizabeth Berdew,
Albert II. Hutchins to Luella Sydens-
tricken, w. S. May to s. A. Smith,
VIM. E. Chambers to Susie N. Sum-
my.
Residents in the vicinity of Sixth
and Main streets are complaining of
the existence of a sewer hole near
where the water tanks are filled.
They say that one case of diphtheria
has already occurred in consequence
of this foul place, and that others will
certainly follow. They ask that the
Health Officer attend to this at once.
The ceremony Of laying the corner
stone of the new Court House, which
is to take place on Thursday of this
week, will be conducted by the Grand
Lodge OF Free and Accepted Masons
of California. Grand Master Rucker
will fill the various Grand Lodge Of
fees, for. the purposes of the occasion,
from among the Masters of the
various lodges in this county
James R. DuPuy, District Attorney,
will deliver the oration. Ceur de
Lion Lodge No. 8, Knights Templar,
will act as escort.