Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-09
NEWS NOTES.

III. ". Teck WAS yesterday Runlttou 10
practice in the United States District
Court.
George M. Grove, subject OF Queen
Victoria. was admitted to citizenship in
Department yesterday.
Thomas Williams and B. S. Emery of
Pomona, who committed petit larceny,
are in the County Jail for 10 days.
Thomas Sullivan is charged with hay-
ing stolen bucket of tobacco. He will
be tried by Justice Austin on the 26th.
A. J. Leach, who is accused of having
deserted from the U. S. army, was cap
tured yesterday, and taken to the County
Jail for safe keeping.
All Lui and All Yhen were tried before
Justice Lockwood yesterday, on the
charge of dealing fan tan, and sentenced
to pay fine of s25 each.
The steam tug Pelican, purchased by
the Redondo Beach Company, has ar
rived and will, in few days, be fitted
for the special duty required.
J. H. Kotts, who was charged with
having committed battery on little girl,
was tried before Justice Austin and
jury yesterday and was acquitted.
One Of the entries on the books OF the
County Jail yesterday was Chinaman,
who is charged with having fraudulently
conveyed some personal property.
New houses and stores are springing
up in the immediate vicinity of the
Wolfskill depot, now that the Southern
Pacific Company means business. -
Miss Kittie Richards, an elocuti onist
OF ability and note, and also teacher OF
her favorite profession, has left her for
mer residence, Chicago, and located in
this city.
Transfers OF real estate yesterday
amounted to $S2 .71S, and were "a in
number. Of these 20 we're for more than
$1,000 each. and 20 were for nominal
considerations.
Young Bert Wells, who was sent to
the Boys and Girls Aid Society from
this city some time ago, made his escape
and was recognized and apprehended
yesterday. He will be sent back.
Mr.. James Campbell, of the original
Los Angeles and Ocean Railroad Com
pany, thinks he sees unmistakable indi-
cations Of the speedy building of the
roads from this city to the ocean by his
company.
This afternoon at the Los Angeles
Theatre the "Fun on the Bristol Com
pany" will present life-sized wax doll
to the holder of the lucky number of
the ticket sgiven to school children.
Three young boys, wandering minors,
named Henry holland, Jack Conley and
Tom Donovan were taken before Justice
Austin yesterday and sent to the Boys
and Girls Aid Society for two months.
All Kim, charged with resisting an
officer, was tried before Justice Lock
wood yesterday. The officer was Dor
sey, who was in the act of raiding tan
game. Kim was found guilty and will
be sentenced this morning.
Several men who were plowing in the
vicinity of First aad San Pedro streets,
found very neat little Jackpot of gold
pieces. The man who was following the
plow discovered three twenty-dollar
pieces, and the other, who was driving,
found three more, making $l2O all to-
gether. They had been carefully wrap
ped up in tin foil and buried.
The following wholesale houses of this
city have agreed to close their places of
business every Saturday at P. NJ:
Richardson Kimball Co., Schoder, John
ston & Co., Jacoby Brothers, Percival &
Cham bers, Patrick Brothers, L. Harris
& Co., R. Lowenburg & Co., Barnett &
Co., q. W. Gibson Company. A great
many more are expected to sign the
agreement next week.