Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-24
NEWS NOTES

NEWS NOTES
There are telegrams at the Postal
telegraph Office for Theo. Muller and
s. Mckinley.
The Red Opals will play any baseball
nine in the city under IL years old.
Send challenge to 42S Temple street.
Los Angeles County w. G. T. U. con-
vention will be held at Compton on
Wednesday and Thursday, April Sth
and 9th.
Mr.. Harry Street will leave in few
days for San Francisco, to dance prize
dance for the championship of the Pa
cific coast.
The progrsmme for the Illinois associ
alton social tonight comprises fine
array OF novelties, comicalities and
special attractions.
The funeral of DIR. Huckins has been
changed from 2 to 8 this afternoon, on
account of delayed arrival OF his brother
from San Francisco.
The royal arch degree will be con-
ferred tonight by Signet chapter, R. A.
M. Refreshments will be served, and a
good time is anticipated.
Miss Hattie Elliott, a teacher of elo-
cution at Pomona, will make her ap-
pearance this evening at Illinois hall for
the first time in this city.
The w. G. T. U. have secured Mrs.
Clara G.. Hoffman for a course of free
lectures at the First M. Z. Church, from
Anril 18th tn 10Th inclusive
The reservoir of J. l. Case, at Mon
rovia, is being refined with asphalt con-
crete, by the Asphalt Paving company
of this city, to replace the cement con-
crete, which had cracked on several oc-
casions.
The stockholders of the Hardison &
Stewart Oil company, resident in sthis
city, are being made happy by the re-
ceipt of the first dividend paid by the
company, to be continued monthly
hereafter.
The series of anatomical lectures to
be delivered by DR.. M. G. Kellogg at
the Los Angeles school of art and de-
sign, will commence this evening
instead of Thursday evening as pre-
viously stated.
Superintendent OF Schools Friesner
has very interesting article on "The
School System of California" in the
Iowa Normal Monthly for April. The
article gives brief outline of the excel
lent school system of this state.
Arthur M. Kruger, native OF Chile,
% years of age, and resident OF this
CITY for the past sixteen years, was yes
terday admitted to the rights of citizen
ship of the United States, byJudge Van
Dyke, in department four of the supe-
riOr court.
In the township court yesterday Will
lam Thompson, recently arrested at Po-
mona for stealing grey horse from j :.
L. Tucker, of this city, was held to an
swer by Judge Stanton to the charge
of grand larceny, under bonds in the
sum of $500.
The East Highlands Improvement
company fled articles of Incorporation
with the county clerk Yesterday. The di-
rectors are X. HI. Wade, E. T. Earl, l..
Grant, T. S. Ingham, A. p. Maginnis.
The capital stock has been placed at
$50, 200, $42 900 OF which has been sub
scribed.
The relief fund for the benefit of the
late Tia Juana food sufferers has been
greatly increased in this city, under the
supervision of the Rev. Celeo Garcia of
Ensenada and the Misses Santa Cruz of
this city, Several hundred dollars have
been subscribed. The list will soon be
published.
Charles HI. Zimmerman, who was
taken to the receiving hospital on Sum
day afternoon, died there yesterday
morning from cancer of the stomach.
He leaves an invalid wife and three
children, one OF whom is a cripple. A
short time ago the family lost all their
property by fire.
The funeral services over the remains
of H. H. Wilcox were held yesterday at
the First Methodist church, conducted
by Rev. DR.. Cantine. The pall-bearers
were E. A. Forester, A. e. Pomeroy,
G. H. Bradley, S. Strohm, S. P. Null
ford and G. r. Grow. The interment
took place at Rosedale cemetery.
M. S. Babcock of San Diego, and j.
Wiley Wallace of Alhambra, have pur-
chased 5000 acres of land at Santa Anita
rancho, adjoining the Santa Anita
colony. The price paid was $50 900, and
under the agreement of the sale the
purchasers are to set the land out in
oranges and lemons Immediately.
The fire department was called out
twice last evening, the first alarm being
turned in at 6 80 O'Clock by telephone,
from the suburbs. A small residence
on Albany street, near Pico, caught fire,
probably from AIN overturned lamp, and
was damaged to the amount of perhaps
500. The second blaze was at 80 p.
M, and was simply pile OF brush.
DR.. Andrew Mcfarland, ex-coroner of
this county, died yesterday morning of
heart failure. DR.. Mcfarland was born
in Londerry, England, in .1S46. He
served during the war in the Fourteenth
Illinois infantry under general, now
Senator Palmer. He then served nearly
two years in the Papal guards, and in
1874 settled at Compton. He was a
Thirty second Mason, a member OF the
10. 0. F., A. o. U. w. and G. A. r.
He will be buried tomorrow.
The Young Mems Christian associa-
tion hall was inadequate to hold the