Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-27
NEWS NOTES.

Flower show tonlght az haAaiu r"
vilion.
Go to Hazards pavilion tonight ior
fruit and flower show.
Good lady agents wanted for Pic
turesoue California. Call today at AS
South Spring street.
The usual number OF Sunday drunks
were before Justice Owens yesterday
and received various sentences 1or the
fun they had.
All premiums obtained at the tair
will be paid at the Office OF the sixth
District Agricultural association, lOI7s
North Main street.
Miss Harrison, of Cincinnati, on the
18th instant will deliver lecture on
Robert Burns under the auspices OF the
Young Mems institute.
The stockholders of the West End OIL
company, at maeting held yesterday
afternoon, decided to proceed with the
development work on their well west OF
the city. An assessment OF $40 per share
was levied.
The Southern California horticultural
society will open its annual exhibition
at the pavilion this evening. The So
cietv is composed of professional and
amateur growers of fruit and flowers.
The Horticultural society's flower and
fruit exhibit opens tonight at Hazards
pavilion.
In last Sundays HERALD it was stated
that the Pacific Rattan company, doing
business at S07 Upper Main street, was
the onlv institution of the kind on the
Pacific coast. This is an error, as there
are three or four such manufactures in
San Francisco.
Undelivered kilograms at the office OF
the Western Union Telegraph company,
corner of Court and Main streets. Oc-
tober 26th, for DIP, Henry Scheer, bliss
Benseman. Mrs. M. Banker, Mrs. Nora
Cole. Agnes Mccarthy, j. w. Sutton,
Mrs. M. A. Talbot, Mary p. Butcher.
Remember the lecture on Grant, by
Gen. L. A. Sheldon, Tuesday evening,
October 9th, in G. A. R. Hall, 6l01a
South Spring street, for the benefit OF
the Frank Bartlett post monument
fund. Attend, and thus aid the post to
complete the payment of its indebted
ness. Admission, 25 cents.
Rev. J. G. Fletcher will deliver the
first Of series OF three lectures this
evening at the Second Presbyterian
church, corner of Downey avenue and
Daly street. Subject: Brazil. Tomor-
row evening he will speak on Vesuvius
and the Destruction Of Pompeii, and on
Tuesday of next week he will lecture on
Switzerland, Tickets for the course,
60c; single admission, 25c.
j.; Justice Austin yesterday had neigh
borhood quarrel case to handle and sat
in Judgment upon Mrs. Elizabeth Flood,
accused of disturbing the peace OF Mrs.
Sophia RodeT. The parties live adjoin-
ing on the east side of the river, near
Also street. They accused each other
OF turning stock into their premises,
which resulted in row of words. JUS
tice Austin fined Mrs. Flood 81 and ad-
monished both of the combatants to
bury the hatchet, and keep out OF court.
Mr.. Brennan, proprietor of the Hoff-
man house, this city, has handed the
HERALD copy of the Isle of Man Times,
published at Douglass, Isle OF Man. In
IL appears two-column letter by Rob-
eft SWlnnerton, OF England, nlgnly
praising Los Angeles and predicting
bright future for Southern California.
The correspondent found no more de-
lightful place or climate in his long
journey. He pays a handsome compli-
ment to the Hoffman house.
John Peterson, newsboy who is
known about town as "Frenchy," was
yesterday committed to the Whittier
reform school for two years by Judge
Smith. The matron of the newsboys'
home stated to the court that every
effort has been made to break the boy
of his pernicious habits without avail.
The youngster said that the French
consul at San Francisco is trustee Of
considerable amount of money which
will be given him as soon as he is of age
and that he is heir to property in
France.