Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-17
NEWS NOTES.

ltOr ana puDllSner, mas Just entered
upon its fourteenth volume.
There is an undelivered telegram at
the Office OF the Postal Telegraph COM
pany, 125 West First street, for @. A.
Garfield.
There are undelivered messages at the
Western Union telegraph Office, corner
of Court and Main, June 10th, for HUI
go Zueber and w. E. Browning.
The barn in rear of the Figueroa
hotel was destroyed by fire last evening.
The origin of the fire is unknown. The
horses were saved. The loss will proba-
bly, amount to $500.
The supervisors yesterday gave Dis
trict Attorney McLachlan permission to
purchase number OF law books which
have been much needed in the Office of
the county prosecutor.
H. Whitehead, of East Seventh street,
has night-blooming cereus in bloom,
and left magnificent specimen at this
Office last night. The plant is five
years old, is now twenty feet high, and
this season had seven perfect flowers.
The dinner and lunch served at Poto-
mac block by the ladies of Grace church
yesterday were excellent, and were we'll
patronized. Today the ladies of DR..
Cantine's church will take full CONTROL
and will serve one of their famous New
England dinners.
The election in San Bernardino Sat-
urday, on the proposition to issue bonds
to build new courthouse and Jail, fell
short 444 votes of the necessary two
thirds majority. The vote for the bonds
was 1920; against, 1924-with five small
precincts to hear from.
A new candidate for journalistic favor
is the Los Angeles Educator, issued on
Monday by the Los Angeles Business
college. 1t is a handsomely printed
sheet of eightpages, thirty-two columns,
printed in long primer type and contain
ing much interesting matter.
At joint session of the chamber of
commerce and board of trade last night,
to take steps toward assisting the horti-
cultural authorities at Chicago in select
ing manager of the department, it was
decided to take no action until it was
learned definitely what had been done
at Chicago.
The board of supervisors yesterday
passed an ordinance creating the Office
of superintendent of children and
women's work, which will be filled by
Mrs. H. A. Watson. The ordinance
was passed on a petition from the supe-
rlor judges and many other prominent
citizens, who made special request
that Mrs. Watson be appointed to the
position.
A most acceptable present of six boxes
OF large, ripe, luscious cherries, the gen
erous gilt of Mr.. Louis Mesmer to the
orphans, has been received by the sis
ters, corner Macy and Alameda streets,
also eight boxes of excellent oranges
sent by Mr.. Ernest Watson of Duarte.
The smiling faces of the little ones told
of joyful appreciation of such a feast of
fine fruit.
The Express last evening republished
the news in yesterdays HERALD, of the
arrival of the Lena Swasey, an American
schooner from Tahiti, laden with orange
trees and seed, for Meserve Brothers, of
Pomona. The Express adds the start
ling information that Tahiti is lone Of
the Sandwich islands," The Express
certainly has a claim to scoop on that
geographical information.
The anonymous lecture to be given at
Emmanuel church this evening prom
ises to be one of unusual interest. The
subject is Two Famous Characters; but
who these characters are, and who is to
do the talking, remains to be discovered.
We do know this much, however, that
Miss Nellie Boynton will sing, and that
refreshments will be served after the
lecture is over. We may therefore be
sure OF a pleasant evening,
The board of managers of the Soldiers
home will arrive here either Saturday or
Sunday, and will make the Arcadia at
Santa Monica their headquarters during
their stay. They will probably take up
the question of establishing at the home
an experimental station to be under the
auspices of the United States agricul-
tural department. This is subject of
Importance to our people, and they
ought to interest themselves in trying
to have such station established on
the fine lands Of the home.
A large crowd gathered at the Nata-
torium last night on the occasion OF the
regular family night. An exhibition
was given during the evening with the
following programme: Tub race, Willie
Rice and Harvey Morse; diving from
the rings with legs tied and smoking
cigar Prof. Gene Mercadier; three
legged dive and swim under water, Gene
Mercadier and Gardie Tutthill; drink
ing bottle OF sarsaparilla under water
while tied hand and foot and weighted
down with % pounds of lead, Prof. Gene
Mercadier. The programme was greeted
with applause, and after it was over
about fifty ladies and gentlemen entered
the water and enjoyed themselves until
late hour.
For sale-10 head thoroughbred Hol-
stein bulls, cheap. Bonita Meadows,
Washington street, or apply to j. Il.
Durkee. Ardmour.
]. J. Reynolds, the veteran driver and
owner OF Judge Salisbury, Jr., now stand
ing at Golden Gate stables, 81 Also
street, intends to remove to race track
July 18th, where he will train horses for
the public; bar his own horses if de-
sired. J. J. Reynolds.