Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-11-06
NEWS NOTES.

meeting this afternoon.
E. G. Watson was on trial before JUS
tce Stanton for threatening E. W.
Doss. The court reserved its decision.
Consignments are arriving in number
at the chamber of commerce for the car
load of exhibits intended for the
National Farmers Alliance convention
to be held at Indianapolis.
Those interested in the organizing OF
ascientific society are invited to attend
meeting this evening at 8 o'clock at
the Lindley house, Sixth street, near
Broadway.
A complaint was issued by the district
attorney yesterday at the instance OF Q.
e. Gillian, charging j. w. Harvey with
false pretenses. No arrest was made
last night.
DR.. P. F. Bresee will dedicate Main
street M. E. church Sunday, November
9Th, at IL a. m. This will be a Jubilee
day for this church, and all are invited
to come and give praise.
Capt. w. M. Baines, G. A. Farnsworth
aud w. E. Pritchard state that they
have secured valuable water right in
the San Gabriel river, and propose to
establish pipe line to this city.
The tickets for the chamber of COM
merce Long Beach excursion tomorrow
will be issued today. The capacity of
the train is limited and passes will be
issued only to members of the chamber.
Deputy Supreme Clerk M. J. Ash
more has gone to San Francisco on a
vacation. Mr.. D. S, Culp, chief deputy
OF the San Francisco Office, is in charge
of the court here and will remain until
Mr.. Ashmore returns.
The ladies of the chrysanthemum fair
will give the proceeds of Monday, day
and evening, for the benefit OF free bed
in St. Pauls hospital. Every effort will
be made to have this grand success.
The programme in the church in the
evening will be especially good. Full
particulars will be given in Sundays
paper.
A conductor on the Temple-street ca
BILE road was robbed last evening of So
in change, while going over Bunker
Hill. While he was engaged in break
ing, the thief made lunge in his side
pocket and secured the money. He did
not discover the theft until he was
Obliged to make change for passenger,
when he observed the side-pocket of his
coat was considerably torn.
A choir of young people is being or
ganized by the Rev. l. M. Merlin-Jones,
rector of St. Augustine s-by-the-Sea.
The object of the reverend gentleman is
to have chorus choir of from thirty to
sixty voices, so that the grand music OF
the old historic church may be rendered
properly. The first rehearsal will take
place this evening at 4 O'Clock, at the
church on Fourth street, Santa Monica
At the late meeting of the National
Guard of the United States in Chicago,
for the purpose of considering the best
way of encampment and mobilization
duriag the summer of 1898 at the Col
umbian exhibit, Major Ben Truman, at
the request OF the governor and adj utant-
general of California, represented the
National Guard of our state, and accord
ing to the Chicago papers acquitted
himself honorably and brightly, as it
was fair to presume he would. l $3.50;
The students of the Los Angeles school
OF art and design held their monthly
sketch club meeting last Tuesday even
ing. Mr.. Macleod, the president of the
club, gave a very interesting and in
structive address on the life of Hogarth.
Professor Bransby and Mr.. Carlson made
some very appropriate remarks, which
were listened to with great attention.
The rest of the evening was enlivened by
.ta4 hx,M nah no
ter, Miss Rohrer and Miss I. Williams.
An interesting literary and musical
entertainment will be presented this
evening at the Woodbury. business col
lege, on South Spring street, to which
the public is cordially invited. The pro
gramme will include recitations by Prof
Henry Ludlum, musical numbers by
Miss Birdie Richey and Mrs. Dyer, and
Messrs. Ragland, Plymton and Masac
The little comedy, A Kiss in the Dark
will also be presented by Miss Pearli'
Gleason, Mr.. and Mrs. Hough and II
w. Masac.
Yesterday morning one of the team
owned by, the City Ice company, driv
en- by J. M. Mathews, took fright while
standing at South Main street, and
started on dead run down Main street
One of the horses had slipped his bride
and the driver lost all control of them
SO lost no time in jumping from the
wagon. When opposite the Thorn
block the team collided with j. R. Hun
ter's carriage, smashing it into bits
One of the horses fell and was dragged
about thirty yards, when the team was
caught.
Police Officer Craig was tried in the
township court yesterday on charge Of
battery. The court took the case under
advisement until this afternoon. The
battery is alleged to have been com
mitted on Mrs. Fimbres. The office
had her son under arrest, and he brok'
away and ran into his mothers house
Craig made after him, and was met a
the door by Mrs. Fimbres and anothe
son. In attempting to get his man thu
officer probably jostled against her, bu
in the mind of the prosecuting officer i
did seem that battery was committed
Young Fimbres was convicted in thu
police court.