Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-18
NEWS NOTES.

The Los Angeles primary union will
have vacation till the first Saturday in
October.
Backbone will be the subject of the
lecture at the First Baptist church, by
DIR. Henson of Chicago.
Christopher & Strong will give free
concert every Saturday afternoon and
evening at their Ice Cream Parlor, 241
South Spring street.
The July number of the Association
Record, the official paper of the Los
Angeles Y. M. G. A., is Just out, and is
very neat and creditable journal.
Mr.. Percy Ross has invented refrig-
orator car, which, according to the
opinion of experts, contains more points
Of excellence than any hitherto in use.
Vergent Wyrick has brought suit in
the superior court of this county against
Francisco Ruiz and Juana Ruiz. his
wife, for slander, claiming damage at
$25, 200. All parties reside near San
Fernando, and stand high in the COM
munity.
Tomorrow Sunday the Southern
Pacific company will add to its Sunday
service to Santa Monica an extra train.
The same will leave the Arcade depot at
8 am, and returning will leave Santa
Monica at 5 pm, arriving in this city
at 5 AS pm.
John Castel was arrested yesterday by.
Officers Auble and Stewart, on the
charge of attempted burglary. Castel
was caught in the act of cutting out a
door of private residence. He was
held until the officers arrived to arrest
the would-be burglar,
The saloon-keepers charged with vio-
lating the Sunday closing ordinance,
and their attorney, were ready to meet
the police commissioners yesterday
morning, but the latter gentlemen failed
to materialize in sufficient force to ex-
anime them, Commissioners Snyder
and Lewis being the only ones to show
up. The men were told to appear next
Z Wednesday afternoon at 2: 80, and were
dismissed.
The statement in a morning paper
that the Flower Festival society is
corpse is decidedly erroneous" said Mr..
Flint, the president of the society, to a
HERALD reporter. yesterday. "We are
still alive and doing good, active work,
and the home founded by the society
was never in more fourishing condi-
tion than at the present time. The
Woman's Exchange has been abandoned
by the society, and another organization
has taken it up"
A party will leave the city next Sat-
urday for the Colorado river, San Diego
county, for the purpose OF erecting
large hydraulic mining plant. Work
will commence about September 1st,
next. The company has large body of
rich placer ground, composed of bars
and channels. The river having cut to
the north, it will be comparatively
easy matter to work them. L. G. More
land, now stopping at the Bellevue ter
race hotel, is the manager.
On Thursday evening a patrolman OF
the Harris merchant patrol discovered
small FIRE in the rear of HI. B. Adams's
gun store on Commercial street, and
succeeded in extinguishing it with few
buckets of water just before it would
have burned through the shutters into
the adjacent dry goods store. The use
fitness OF an efficient patrol system was
never more clearly shown than in this
case where disastrous and costly fire
was prevented by timely action.
As was to be expected, two inmates of
the Whittier school took French leave
Thursday night. The two who enjoy
the distinction of being the first to
escape are Maggie Lawson and Florence
Blake. Word reached here yesterday
that the truants had been captured at
Rivera. The Blake girl Is very de-
termined, and told Officer Hare that if
she were put in the reform school that
she would escape at the first oppor-
tunity. She evidently induced the Law
son girl to 60 with her.
Every real estate owner in Clearwater
was in the council last night to devise
ways and means to protect their lands
against floods. Walter Thomas was
made chairman, and Jacob I. Hill Sec
retary. 1. M. Miller, Mr.. Higgins and
S. N. Jennings were appointed COM
mittee to chart the plan OF operation.
1t was thought that two thousand dol
lars would straighten and clear the San
tion of the damage of last springs flood.
the 9Th to perfect the plans.
Yesterday morning at about $50 a
powerful team Of horses attached to one
Of the heavy wagons belonging to the
Citizens Transfer company took fright
in front of the Griffith block, on Broad
way, and ran away. After running about
100 yards they collided with buggy be-
longing to Miss Shelton, who resides
opposite the new city hall. The buggy
was turned completely over, and broken
all to pieces. The only damage done
the transfer wagon was the breaking ol
the tongue. The horses were not in
iured, and the team was brought to q
( standstill by a telegraph pole. 1t was
very fortunate that no one was in the
buggy at the time.
Agenuine cut in shoes. Gibson q Tyler
Go. have put on sale their entire stock
Of mems russell shoes at big sacrifice
in price.
The Southern California Railway com
pauy have been advised that the war
ships living in San Diego bay will hold
receptions fer visitors on Friday, Satur
dav and Sunday, July 18th, 18th ane
10Th. To enable everybody to inspect