Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-06
NEWS NO pES.

VIM. P. Barnes has begun suit
against R. D. Wade and others to fore
close a mortgage for $2,S75.
John A. Logan Post, G. A. r., will
muster recruits this evening at X. of P.
hall, "a South Spring street.
G. Pellegrin, a dealer in groceries,
Yesterday asked the courts to allow him
to go into voluntary insolvency.
The City Council will meet as Board
of Equalization on July 18th and from
that time on will hold daily sessions un-
til August 1st.
The annual meeting of the Orphans
Home will be held at the First Presby-
terian Church, Tuesday evening next, at
730 o'clock.
The first lodge OF the Knights and
Ladies of Honor will be instituted on
next Monday evening, July Sth, at 25
North Main street.
Canton Orion No. II l. o. o. F. ap-
peared in the parade on the Fourth, but
was omitted accidentally in the account
in yesterdays HERALD.
The HERALD is indebted to Messrs.
Rice & Co. for fine box of cigars, which
was sampled yesterday, and found to be
all and more than represented.
Mrs. Watson has secured home for
an infant left in her possession. Mr.. and
Mrs. J. K. Hayward have adopted TIE
child and will bring it up.
Transfers of real estate yesterday
amounted to $142,047 and were 55 in
number. OF these 26 were for more than
$1,000 each and Is for nominal consider.
atoms.
There is no movement on the part oi
the Southern Pacific to buy the Altadena
road. That road is sold to the Los An
geles and Salt Lake, the deed to the. trans
fer being on record.
The regular meeting of the Kings
Daughters will be held this afternoon at
245 O'Clock, in the parlors of the Fort
street Methodist Church. Ladies are
requested to take their Bibles.
The Transcontinental Railroad Asso
citation will meet at Chicago on the goth
of this month, not at Tacoma, as for
merly planned. Mr.. Hynes, of the
Santa Fe, has gone on to the meeting.
The funeral of G. o. Cummings took
place yesterday. Deceased leaves wife
and five children in destitute circumstan-
ces. 1t is stated that proposal will be
made to turn over to the family all that
remains as profit of the late poultry
show.
A brush fire on some vacant lots on
Union avenue, off Temple street, was
the cause of a telephone alarm Sc Mt in to
yesterday. After clim bing the hills the
engine returned, there being no need for
it's services.
The unoccupied stable in the rear of
the Belmont Hotel grounds, on Temple
street, was destroyed by fire about 7
O'Clock yesterday morning. A telephone
alarm was rung in, and Engines and 7
responded. The damage, estimated at
$500, WAS uninsured.
The two big railway systems centering
in this city did rushing business on the
Fourth of July. 1t is a remarkable thing
that all the scores of trains were run in
and out of the city, and all the thousands
of people were transferred here and home
again, and not one hitch was made at
any point.
w. G. F. Borsum has been appointed
agent of Phil Hollenbach & Co., of Ken
lucky, the proprietors of the famous
Glencoe distillery. Mr.. Borsum is an
active business man, with a large ac-
,taYHo f,,fa <Nf
he represents will be we'll served.
Tomorrow the new Sunday time-card
of the Southern Pacific Company be-
tween Los Angeles and Santa Monica
will go into effect. Trains will leave the
new Arcade Depot at 900, 10 :00 and
IL 90 am; :07, II, 6:10 and ZOO
pm. Returning, will leave Santa Mon
lea at 6 AS, 7 :55, 10 100 and IL 40 am. ;
3 80, 5 90 and 6 80 pm.
The Prohibitionists of this county will
tender Prof. Samuel Dickie, the Chair
man of the Prohibition National Commit
tee, reception at Longstreet's Hall, los
North Main street, at 10 o'clock this fore
noon. In tho evening Prof Dickie will
lecture at the Fort-stTeet M. E. Church
on the prohibition of the liquor traffic,
to which admission will be free and
everybody invited.
The funeral of Jacob Hisey, contractor,
took place from his residence, III South
Flower street, yesterday morning. Mr..
Hisey's death was sudden and altogether
without warning. He was putting up a
new building on Second street, and
Wednesday morning he went there to
overlook the work, as usual. He was
siezed with sudden illness, and hack