Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-02
NEWS NOTES.

in sling, as the result of bad fall.
Mrs. Amanda Smith, the colored
evangelist, will speak this afternoon at
2:30 in the First Congregational church.
There are undelivered kilograms at
the Office of the Postal Telegraph COM
pany for James Mcdonald and Joseph
Spires.
The Third Congregational Church
Literary society met last evening. The
event of the evening was an address by
Rev. j. H. Collins on co-education.
The Los Angeles school of art and
design social and sketch club meeting
will take place this evening at the
studios, corner Spring and Third streets.
Friends invited.
Mrs. Mary E. Hart, of this city, form
erly editor of the Pacific Monthly, is
preparing history of the town of Long
Historical society.
Anthony Breen was yesterday expert
menting with pistol which he thought
was not loaded. The result was that
the gun went off, shattering one of his
hands in bad manner.
Erastus G. Starin died yesterday at
his residence, 210 Boyd street. The de-
ceased was 75 years of age, and came
here number of years ago from st.
Louis. He was high Mason.
Two interesting items to pioneers will
be found in the recent sale of the old
e Alo1 opd Hor,
Hancock, the remnants of which are
now in the secondhand book stores in
this city.
Among the curiosities developed by
the First street cut, through which the
electric railroad has just been tracked,
is a small vein OF petroleum., which
oozes out of the north bank just west OF
Flower street.
NJ Mrs. Amanda Smith, the, colored
evangelist, will address the Woman's
Home Missionary Union of the First
Congregational church this afternoon at
2 80, in the church parlors, corner Sixth
and Hill streets. NtAi
J. S. Turner, who recently purchased
the two lots on the northeast corner OF
Patton and Pink streets, will shortly be-
gin boring for petroleum, to tap, II pos
sible, the oil chambers which there find
vent at the surface.
When Hon. John T. Gaffey of this
city was in the City of Mexico last sum-
mer year ago, he bought rare copy OF
the first edition of the diary of Bernal
Diaz. the historian of Cortez. Not find
ing any English translation of this work,
Mr.. Gaffey has made the same, and the
COPY will soon be turned over to the
printers.
On Saturday last the following per-
sons left in the private car of X. II.
Wade of the Santa Fe for San Diego and
Coronado Captain and Mrs. George
George ]. Ainsworth, Miss Mabel and
Master Lawrence Ainsworth and Miss
Mae Bell Paine of Redondo Beach, Mr..
and Mrs. Otis Sprague, Miss Julia and
Master John Sprague of Tacoma, Wash.
They will return some time this week.
The arrivals at the Arrowhead Hot
Springs hotel Saturday and Sunday in
clude Mrs. E. P. Bryan and Misses Bes-
sic and Minnie Bryan, W. F. Whitaker,
Miss Mary limerick, Ed E. Ewings, Los
Angeles; DIR. and Mrs. Melville, Red
lands; DIR. and Mrs. d. A. Vance, Miss
Jane Sturgeon. III. D. Evans, Eric D.
Vroman, Miss Margaret Usher, P. S.
Cool and Miss Ola SPOTS, Riverside;
Mrs. j. d. Lee, Chicago; Charles R.
Melandoc, San Francisco; J.. S. Jonas,
Tom Coglin, j. E. Plamer, Joe Foles and
Miss Mile Title, San Bernardino.
There will be a grand literary and mu-
sical concert given tonight at Grace M.
f. church, on First street, opposite Hew-
lit. Among those who will assist the
young people of the church in this en-
tertainment are the Boyle Heights or
chestra, Miss Maud Rees, Miss Pearlie
Gleason, Miss Bertha Anderson, and
others noted as recitationists and read
ers among our local talent. The exer-
cises will consist of choruses, solos,
duets, Vocal and instrumental, inter
spersed with fine recitations. This will
doubtless be the finest entertainment of
the kind which has up to this time ever
been presented in that part of the city.
The proceeds are for the benefit of the
church.