Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-03
NEWS NOTES.

A pleasant social hop was given at the
Salisbury last night.
The First Congregational Church of
Compton has filed articles of incorpora.
ton.
The Anaheim Tyroleers will be in this
city tomorrow to participate in the fes-
tivities.
The Finance Committee Of the Fourth
of July Celebration Committee collected
1865 yesterday.
The Colorado-street Railroad Company
of Pasadena has increased its capital
stock from $25, 1000 to $50,000
The old cast-iron water mains on South
Los Angeles street are being taken up,
new pipes of larger calibre having re-
Gently been laid.
The workmen excavating for the
foundation for the new building south of
the Hollenbeck have experienced much
trouble by the caving in of the banks.
The installation of officers of the Arbor
Vitae Rebecca Degree Lodge No. SO, 1. o.
0. F. for the coming term will be held
on Tuesday evening next at their hall on
Spring street.
At noon yesterday an alarm was turned
in from box No. 81 for small fire in the
Philadelphia Brewery. No damage was
caused by the blaze, which resulted from
defective fue.
Transfers of real estate yesterday
amounted to $133, $40 and were 1O6 in
number. Of these "a were for more than
$1,000 each, and 26 were for nominal
considerations.
The fourth quarterly apportionment Of
the County School Fund has been made
at the rate of one dollar per capita. Los
Angeles is to receive So 1903, and the total
amount distributed in the county is but
$8,541.
Thos. Kelley, who was mentioned as
one of the plaintiffs in the suit to restrain
the Council from erecting a smallpox
hospital in Elysian Park, has requested
that his name be stricken from the list
of plaintiffs.
The w. G. 7. U. will serve ice cream
and lemonade tomorrow at the real
estate offices of Pomery & Mills, 16 and
18 Court street, and at Maxwell's new
block, on Main street, near Parmelee's
bazaar.
The ladies of the Christian Church
have shown their appreciation of their
preacher, Elder j. B.. Jones by giving
him $500, with which to replace his horse
and buggy, which was stolen on the 10th
of May last.
The semi-annual meeting of the Los
Angeles Savings Bank was held yester-
day afternoon in the directors room of
the Farmers and Merchants Bank. I'M
portant business was transacted, but the
proceedings are not for publication.
DIR. Kannon escaped being seriously
injured yesterday. He was driving along
First street accompanied by a man
named Dupuy when runaway attached
to an express wagon belonging to John
Mas, dashed into his carriage and
threw him and Dupuy to the ground.
Both were considerably bruised.
E. E. Peck, proprietor Of the Western
electric light plant at Pasadena, has sold
out to the opposition, the Thomson
Houston Co., managed by S. j. Keese,
who now has monopoly of the electric
business in that city. Mr.. Peck was seen
by a HERALD reporter yesterday, to whom
he stated that he is settling up his busi-
ness at Pasadena preparatory to branch
ing out in new and larger field.
The political campaign, which has now
fairly begun, will appeal largely to the
intelligence of voters through printed
documents. We are prepared with new
type and new presses to print speeches
and campaign documents by the thou
sand or million, in good style, at reason
able prices.