Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-03
NEWS NOTES.
re will be an excursion to Avalon

There will be an excursion to Avalon
on Saturday.
Union avenue NJ. E. church will serve
lunch and ice cream, July 4th, at No.
246 South Spring street.
Tustin is coming to the front as beam
producing district. The crop is both ex-
tensive and promising this year.
There are undelivered kilograms at
the Western Union telegraph Office for
Luther Jennison, Miss Ida Devendorf,
b. E. Wulff.
Madame Modjeska is expected to re-
turn to Orange county in a few days.
She has had very fattering audiences in
European cities for the past year.
Tom Morris of Santa Ana and Ed
Tremane of Chico will try to break the
worlds record of 945 seconds, for a
purse Of 800, at Washington gardens
July 4th.
A gold bracelet with horseshoe set
ting was found in the parlors OF the
Bellevue terrace the night after the
alumni reception. The owner can have
the same by calling at the terrace.
The railway postal clerks of this city
and vicinity organized an association on
Wednesday afternoon with the following
officers S. L. Pritchard, president; c..
B. Mckenzie, vice president; F. J..
Prior, secretary.
The little ones of the Orphans home
are looking forward to the pleasure of
fireworks on the 4th of July. Any one
having surplus of any kind of fire.
works would find eager hearts for them
at the home, corner of Alpine and Yale
streets.
Fruit at the Orphans home is scarce
and the 113 children are getting very
hungry for it. Anyone having oranges,
lemons, berries or other fruits and would
send them to the home, corner of AL
pine and Yale streets, would find it very
thankfully received.
Mrs. Ygnacio Del Vale died at Camu-
los, last Tuesday, after severe illness,
and was buried yesterday. The de-
ceased was AZ years of age, and was the
wife of Jose Del Valle, and leaves three
daughters and one son to mourn her
loss. The deceased lady was an exem
plary woman, and her death will be
received with regret by many old Cali
fornians.
Saturday, July 4th, being legal
holiday, the postofice and stations will
be open from 10 to IL am. There will
be one morning delivery by carriers,
and in consequence the carrier window
will not be open. Dispatches will leave
the stations as follows: Stations A and
B, 7:30 am. and 6 pm; station 9,
7 40 and 10 am, IL m. and 7 :45 pm. !;
station D, 10 am.
Officer Craig, OF the police department,
has precocious little boy, only 21a
years of age, who knows every letter in
the alphabet. Yesterday at the police
Office he indicated every letter he was
requested to show, never making sin
gle mistake. To conclude his perform
ance, the youthful prodigy sang song
in creditable manner. This young
man has curly hair of an intense faxen
color, and is about as handsome as his
papa.
The following is summary of the ar
rivals at the port of San Pedro during
the month of June: Steamers, As;
schooners, 13; ships, 4; brigs, 1; total
number of vessals of all classes arriv-
ing, So. The cargoes discharged DUR
ing the month OF June were as fol-
lows: 1859 tons of merchandise, 1O,O4O
tons of COAL 81 tons of beans, 4O,465
railroad ties, s tons of wool, 29S tons BIZ
luminous rock, 5 tons fish, 320 telegraph
poles, 66 piles, 2l4 hogs, 100 sheep, 1O0,-
600 shingles, 800 boxes orange trees, lao
crates oranges, 1000 cocoanuts.i