Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-05
NEWS NOTES.

The Mills revival meetings will com.
mence this evening at Simpson taber-
nacle.
The first white child born on Catalina
Island is the son of Alex Mcdonnell and
wife, nee Emma Douglass, and dates
from April 18.
The young ladies of Belmont hall
will entertain their friends and friends
of the school with a musical and lit
erary programme on Friday evening,
the 9th inst.
United States Marshal Gard yesterday
left for San Francisco in charge of
George Hamer, who was convicted of
forging a money order, and who was
consigned by Judge Ross to San Quentin
prison.
A special meeting of the trustees of
the News and Working Boys home, will
be held Friday morning. at 10 O'Clock,
at 527 Ducommun street. Business of
Importance to be transacted.
A still alarm last night at :55 O'Clock
called the fire department to Eugene
Nollecs house. on the corner of Fourth
and Bicknell streets, which was set on
fire by a defective fue. The flames
were soon extinguished. The damage
will not exceed $l00.
Capt. A. B. Anderson, who lives in a
neat little cottage on Broadway, be-
tween Eighth and Ninth streets, is
troubled very much with showers of
stones which he thinks come from the
hands of spooks.
A curious specimen of French as she
is wrote occurs in yesterdays Express,
when the reporter from Paris, in writ
ing about Coleman the dude, who
dropped out, said: ''His neckwear were
poems and his hair was curled by a
regulation chifonier."
At the annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Sespe Land and Water
company, held on Tuesday, the follow
ing directors were elected to serve the
ensuing year: ]. D. McNab of River
side, W. H. Goucher, f. G. Howes, S.
H. Mott and Frances Bates of this city,
and at the directors meeting j. D. Nc
Nab was elected president; W. H.
Goucher, vice-president; F. @. Howes,
treasurer and Francis Bates secretary.
G.. Tanzola, who was arrested for bat
terry upon the person of T. Endler, the
proprietor of the Strasburg saloon, on
Alameda street, was found guilty of the
offense in the police court yesterday and
fined $50. The battery consisted in
knocking four teeth down Endler's
throat and inflicting cuts over his eye
and mouth. The fine was'paid.
The Hill Democratic club of Califor-
mia, No. l, is making arrangements to
give the visiting New Workers., Mayor
Grant, Hon. Burke Cochran and Mr..
Murphy, chairman of the Democratic
state central committee of New York, a
reception. At the meeting of the club
Tuesday night committee will be ap-
pointed to make the necessary arrange
ments. The reception will take place in
Turnverein hall, where local speakers
will take part.
The second Los Angeles company OF
the boys brigade gave an exhibi-
ton drill and entertainment Gin the
First Congregational church. After
some orchestral selections played by
the boys themselves, under the leader
ship of Mr.. Tayler, the Reveille and
First call were sounded on the bugle by
the Messrs. Furguson. A short address
by the pastor, Rev. Hutchins, followed,
after which the bugles sounded the As
sembly. In answer to this the company
in neatly fitting uniforms trooped on
the stage, to fall promptly into line on
the appropriate bugle signal. After the
roll-call Capt. Curtis D. Wilbur took
command OF the company and put them
through regular drill, that showed
ing. At it's conclusion Mr.. Wilbur was
presented with several floral tokens