Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-26

If any person has Christmas tree to
donate it will be thankfully received to-
day at the Orphans home, corner Yale
and Alpine streets.
The rainfall at Colegrove (Cahuenga
Valley for this storm to a. M, Decem-
ber 25th, was $40 inches. For the
month of December, SO far, S.Sl inches.
The children of the free kindergarten
and cooking school on Lafayette street
will enjoy Christmas tree and its fruit
this afternoon at O'Clock.
The prisoners in the county jail were
given sumptuous Christmas dinner
yesterday, which they greatly relished
with Thanksgiving to the hospitable
jailers.
Mr.. John F. Humphreys is pre-
pairing the ground to plant 200 acres in
fruit trees on his ranch on the Santa
Clara river, in this county, at Hum
phreys station, on the Southern Pacific
railroad.
Mr.. A. w. Schumacher of this city, who
is now at Princeton college, has num-
ber of sketches in the Princeton Bric-a-
Brac recently issued. They are vigorous
in conception, and denote considerable
talent. One cartoon was selected from
a competition list OF 400 drawings.
The Chinese theater opered for the
season last Saturday evening TO a
packed house. There was an "inter-
mission" at midnight until noon yester-
day, when the play was resumed, con-
tinuing until midnight last evening.
The play now on the boards will last
about week.
Mr.. J. P. Goytino, the talented editor
of LIE Progress, the French journal OF this
city, is the author of the entertaining
paper on French Filibusters of the Pa
cific Coast. The essay is model in
every respect, and forms valuable ad,
dition to historical literature of the
coast.
There will be Christmas tree at the
News and Working Boys home, 527
Ducommun street, on Tuesday evening,
December 27, for the inmates of the
home. Anything that boys can eat,
wear or play with will be gratefully re-
ceived and utilized as gifts for them.
Mr.. John F. Humphreys has just COM
pleted the sale to Mr.. ]. W. Fawcett of
Amador county of 80 acres out of his 40
acre fruit orchard, near Redlands, for
$4,000. The peach crop from half of
the orchard this year brought $4,000,
which tends to show that Southern Cal
ifornis investments pay.
The Chinese kindergarten of Los An
geles will give its annual holiday en- ter
tainment at the First Presbyterian
church, corner of Broadway and Second
streets, on Wednesday evening, Decem-
ber 2S. All who desi2 to see the
Chinese children in their unique cos
tunes and the progress being made in
their education are cordially invited to
be present. A most interesting pro-
gramme of songs, recitations, etc., will
be given by the little ones, after which
the Christmas presents donated for the
occasion will be distributed. Exercises
begin at 80 Admission free.
The HERALD stated yesterday that the
late Miss Belle Nichols had satchel
containing about $50 in her hand when
she was accidentally killed last Friday
night, and that the satchel and money
had evidently been picked up by a
passer-by. The statement was made on
the information given by woman at
3311a South Spring street, who stated
that Miss Nichols left the house with
that amount of money in her satchel.
A satchel was found at the scene of the
accident, containing $1.25, which was
returned to Mr.. F. G. Armstrong, the
young gentleman to whom she was to
have been married. Mr.. Armstrong
stated at the station that he did not be-
lieve shat she had any money with her
at the time of the accident,