Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-21

The central police station has been
decorated in honor of the Columbus eel
ebration today.
Today the reading rooms only of the
library will be open. No books will be
received or exchanged.
The board OF health was to have met
at the mayors Office last night, but only
Drs. Kurtz and Davisson were present.
and the board adjourned for the want OF
quorum.
There are undelivered kilograms at
the Western Union telegraph Office, cor
ner North Main and Court streets,
October goth, for Jas. Mallory, Wesley
Jones and w. A. Banks.
ID. Campbell, the well known Gu
riosity dealer on South Spring street, has
Just returned from Mexico, New Mexico
and Arizona, and has brought back a
fine lot of relics from the cliff dwellers
of Arizona and New Mexico. IndiSn
blankets, etc.
The regular fortniehtly meeting of the
Woman's Auxiliary of the Worlds Fair
association will be held at the chamber
of commerce on Saturday morning, o.
tober 22d, at 10 o'clock. Every woman
interested in the work is invited to at
tend.
Llewellyn Bros, the we'll known
foundrymen, have just signed the largest
contract ever let in Southern California.
It is for the steel structural work OF the
new six-etory block of T. d. Stimson,
on the corner of Third and Spring
streets, designed by 9. H. Brown, archi-
tect.
Attorney General Hart is credited
with saying Yesterday, that he had de-
cided not 10 bring any suit to test the
validity of the sewer bonds, which
shows that this fficial has more sense,
than his actions heretofore would cause
him to be credited with.
At 8 O'Clock last evening a fire oc-
CURED at the Fcorner of Cornwall and
City Viev avenues, Boyle Heights, de-
stroying two cottages, one belonging to
John McGuol, a gripman, and the other
to Mrs. Rochester. The loss was $250O.
There was no insurance and no water.
m Another colony of Germans arrived
yesterday via the Santa Fe ronte, and
will locate in sunny California. Mr..
Cronenwelt, passenger agent at Mon
rova, who has been instrumental in
securing these people, accompanied the
excursion. and will have another party
for this coast next month.
] The blue line horse cars, on and after
October 2lst, will operate via Spring,
Fifth, Olive, Sixth and Pearl streets,
thence to Rosedale cemetery, for about
10 days, while the narrowing of the
gaugesis in progress. Ninth-street cars
will connect with blue line at Pearl
street, at which point transfers will be
issued.
The following building permits were
issued yesterday: ]. H. Bradbeer, to
add to and repair dwelling, 1850 Newton
street, $1,000; F. M. Benedict, frame
dwelling, Washington street, between
Union and Hoover $4,000; j. r. Scott,
frame dwelling, Hone street, between
Twelfth and Pico. $4,000; A. J. Copp, to
add to dwelling. No $50 Orange street,
$1,000; E j. Baldwin, brick and iron
work on building, No 149 and 151 North
Spring, 5000; R F. Betsworth, frame
dwelling, Workman street. off Kuhrts,
1858; John A. Wenner, frame dwelling,
between San Jose and Alameda, $500;
Jacob Terry, to put addition to dwelling,
Hill street, between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth, $500; WI Rowan, to move
and repair frame dwelling, 123 West
Adams. $4,000; Mrs. Griffith, frame
dwelling, Hemlock street, between
Eighth and Ninth, $500; @. E. Averan,
.two-storv frame dwelling, Seventh
street, $1,000.