Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-08
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NEWS NOTES.

NEWS NOTES.
Justice Austin in his court yesterday
fined two drunks and two vags.
The supervisors yesterday decided to
take twenty-five orange trees from the
county farm for shipment to the worlds
fair.
Charles Walters of Compton was ar
rested by Sheriff Gibson yesterday on a
charge OF stealing horse and buggy
from Mr.. Dickenson of Compton.
Tom Bedford, at one time jailer OF the
city Jail, was yesterday arrested on a
warrant by Officer Huston. He is
charged with battery by P. Nicholson.
The Los Angeles Tent No. 2 of the
Knights of the Maccabees announces an
entertainment and reception in honor
OF supreme officer of the order for
Monday, April 11th, at the Grand opera
house.
V. V. Cochran was before Justice
Owens yesterday charged with battery
by M. Valentine. He had hit Valen.
tine over the head with chair at the
Pioneer Trunk company's store. Coch-
ran was found guilty and will be SEN
fenced today.
The HERALD hopes to finish mailing
the ILLUSTRATED ANIMALS to eastern
public libraries and reading rooms the
last of this week or the early part of
next. The cordial cooperation which
the interested citizens of Los Angeles
are rendering is making the enterprise a
grand success.
At regular meeting of Olive lodge
No. 26, Knights of Pythias, held Thurs
day evening, Past Chancellors Chase A.
Codori and Herman Gerson were elected
as delegates to the Grand Lodge to be
held in Santa Cruz in May. Past
Chancellors Gustave P. Woefrom and
Martin G. Marsh were elected as al
ternates.
Col. James P. Jones of San Diego, chair
man of the committee on exhibit of
citrus fruits and trees for Southern Cali
fornia at the worlds fair, paid the
HERALD Office visit yesterday. He is
en- route to San Berdardino, where he
contemplates purchasing 100 6.year-old
orange trees of various varieties, which
have been offered him. The intention
is to set out a miniature orange grove as
early as possible in Chicago.
Special Officer Fred Smith, who is
stationed at the Original Vienna Buffet,
at Main and Requena streets, last even
ing arrested young girl in the place,
whose mother had given him descrip-
ton of her wayward daughter. A fast
woman known as Belle interfered with
the officer, and was also arrested. Both
women were taken to the police station.
The young girl afterward was taken to
her home by Officer Farmer, on the
promise that she would remain with her
mother, highly respectable woman.
Justice Austin yesterday heard the
battery case of the people VS.. E. A.
Miller, the complaining witness being
Henry Elliott. Miller is the well-known
real estate dealer, whose Office is on
North Spring street. Elliott and he had
q quarrel over some business in the Of
fee, and the plaintiff undertook to strike
Miller. He met his match, and was
knocked down before he could achieve
his purpose. When the court heard this
version of the affair, Miller was dis
charged.
Hon. John G. Hill of Montalvo, Ven
tura county, the leading stock man OF
Ventura county, is visiting the city on
business. Colonel Hill said to HER
AID reporter that he was not in politics,
but it seemed to him that strong tide
was setting in for Senator Hill for presi-
dent, and with the reverses in Rhode
Island and the strong showing Repub-
licans were making in the western
states, it would soon be apparent Hill
would be nominated. Colonel Hill was
a delegate to the national Democratic
convention from California in 1884. and
was the only member OF the delegation
that supported Cleveland.