Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-01
LOCAL HAPPENINGS LAST YEAR,
Matters Which Were Daily
Noted in the Herald.
All Sorts of Incidents of the Past
Twelve Months.
Notes Which Will + ecal1 Years Com
edies, Tragedies and General
Events in This vi
cinity.

Events In This VI
cinity.
The following is list of the principal
local events Of last year, with the date
OF their occurrence:
JANUARY.
!. HERALD published fine statisti-
cal edition.-Judge Lucien Shaw sus-
tanned demurrer of Citizens Water COM
psny against Los Angeles city.-Sen-
tence OF two Yuma Indians convicted in
Los Angeles for killing medicine man
committed by President Harrison to 10
years at hard labor.-Chsmber of com
merce prepares a memorial to congress
about San Pedro harbor.
2. Alfred r. Oman, a San Pedro
banker, suicided.
4. Albert Acevedo, convicted of
burglary, sentenced to five years i'm
prisonment at Folsom.
7. An ''oyster" war breaks out among
local dealers.
8. Minority report OF the grand jury
about the Whittier state school creates
a sensation.
9. Charles H. KImball killed at
Santa Monica by Deputy Sheriff Henry
W. Keller while resisting arrest.
IL. Miss Helen McComas fatally
burned by explosion of a gasoline stove.
16. James Brown accidentally killed
on the Temple street cable road. f.
Sterling of Cotton suicided.
%. International Leaugue of Press
clubs visited Los Angeles.
"a. Funeral OF Police Officer T. S.
Observation-Disclosures of Kong Chow joss
house.
n. First rain of the year, .28 of an
inch; ESQ inches for season.
FEBRUARY.
1. Col. w. II. Ii. Russell reinstated
in command Of the Seventh regiment,
N. G. G.
2. The Historical society of Southern
California quartered in the court house.
z. National Poultry association met
in Los Angeles.
IL. Charles E. Donohue, a grocer,
suicided.-John Maxwell Skinner died
from pneumonia.
IA. John Hancock. a Los Angeles
pioneer, died at Piacerville.
l6. John Riggin. capitalist, aged 81
years, died.
1S. Rev. Edgar Dunbar's immoral
career exposed in the HERALD.-Wil-
liam Childs, colored, knocked out La
Blanche in three rounds.
20. Ex-Councilman E. A. Gibbs een-
fenced to seven years. imprisonment at
Folsom for passing fraudulent note
and mortgs ge.- Elk City Justice Lock-
wood, a fugitive from Justice, in Mime
ha oil hol
TO it.
~. Giovanni Michelletti killed by
Dominica Quartaroli, near Whittier. =
%. Slight earthquake; shock lasted
almost minute; vibrations from north
to south.-Henry M. Smith, ex-superior
Judge, died.
"a. United States Marshal George
Gard arrested j. w. Collins, president
of the California National bank, in San
Diego.
%. Frank George suicided.
26. The HERALD exposed Architect
W. B. O'Daniel OF Boyle Heights as Rev.
Father Donnelly, formerly a Roman
Catholic priest.
q. Applicants for county licenses to
keep saloons opposed before the board
OF supervisors by prohibitionists.
%. Louis Lichtenberger died Frank
B. Tanning, deputy county clerk. died
at Lathrop.
l. The Terminal absorbs the San Ga
briel Rapid Transit and the Altadena
railroads. Leighton killed in a
house of ill-fame by Henry Avak, Turk,
who then suicided.
2. State citrus fair opened in Hazards
pavilion.-M. G. Westbrook, secretary
of the Pacific Land Improvement COM
pany, discovered to be an embezzler.
8. Banker j. W, Collins of San Diego
suicided.
A. Excitement in Chinatown over the
abduction OF Bal Hong, female Chinese
slave.
5. Aaron Smiths claim of $1,000 for
alleged services in selling county bonds
adversely reported upon by District
Attorney McLachlan.
Z. A locomotive engineer living on
Buena Vista street found several hun
dred dollars in the pockets of pair OF
pants in his wife's bedroom, which did
not belong to him The ILLUSTRATED
HERALD for 1892 issued; superb pub
ication on Los Angeles and Southern
California.
8. James Mcdowell Patterson sui
cided at Pasadena.
12 Natural gas discovered on the
Repetto ranch, east of Los Angeles.
10. A. Fairchild sued l.. M. Kord
for $40, 900 damages for alleged libel
The chamber Of commerce junket on the
"kite-shaped" track.
81. The San Francisco Call explains
why George FL. Bonebrake did not get
the Japanese mission.
%. Complaints against Indian Agent
III. N. Rust.-Anita, daughter of
''Lucky" Baldwin, married her cousin,
George w. Baldwin, in San Francisco,
without her fathers consent, made pub
lic.-Judge B. N. Smith sustained the
Pomona prohibition ordinance.
23. Nina Charpentier drowned in
reservoir No. 5.
20. A silver mining excitement broke
out at Lordsburg, Los Angeles county.
80. John Lazzarevich, capitalist,
died.
L. The court house clock celebrated
All-fool's day.-A street railroad to
Rosedale cemetery begun.--A new city
directory has 27 1000 names.
2. Mr.. Wormipgton of $40 Alpine
street sheds his skin la worm.-Dr. O..
ii. Conger of Pasad ena died. Hon. Car
ter Harrison of Chicago in town.-Wopg
Chez, q prominent highbinder, acquit-
tedsof a charge of murder.--Th Illus