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DAILY HERALD.
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JOSEPH O. LYNCH. JAMBS J. AYKBU.
AVERS & LYNCH, - PUBLISHERS.
Office of Publication, 123-125 West Second
street. I.os Angeles. Telephone No. 156
SUNDAY. a»BC. Ba. ISB9.
Special Editions.
The Herald will issue special Christ
mas and New Years editions. The
former will harmonize with the festive
character associated with the hallowed
day, and the latter will contain an ex
haustive and complete of every
thing relating to the events of tke past
year and the status of Los Angeles city
and county. We shall print large extra
editions of each, and we bespeak for
them that liberal measure of favor which
has always been accorded to such efforts
of the Hbbald, which have been
uniformly characterized by a remarkable
degree of literary and statistical merit.
Salt Lake and Los Angeles Both
On the Up-Grade.
There ia a great and general expecta
tion of better times in Los Angeles re
sulting from the extension of the Union
Pacific and Denver and Rio Grande rail
ways to this city. The great railway
building energy in Salt Lake City has
already sent the price of real estate
there booming. It will be only a vei y
little while until Los Angeles will also
experience the great pulsations of this
movement. In addition, we have such
a variety of resources and snch capability
of manif jld production that no other
region in the United States can hope to
rival as in the rapidity of our advance.
Ten years from today Los Angeles
county, in addition to selling yearly ten
million dollars' worth of wines and
brandies '.to the outside world, will also
be selling Christmas lamb, Christmas
veal, green peas, string beans, early
potatoes, winter tomatoes, strawberries,
limes, lemons, oranges and crystalized
and canned fruits to a similar amount.
While we sometimes grumble that
oar production is not greater than
it is, when we remember that, fifteen
years ago, this was "a cow county," and
our principal reliance for revenue was on
wool and hides, we have really made
marvelons advances. Fifteen years ago
there were only about a score or so of
American looking houses in Los Angeles.
Now it is crowded with palaces. Two
years ago we had scarcely a block of good
pavement and sidewalk. The last report
of the Superintendent of Streets shows
that we have made upwards of sixty-six
thousand feet of unsurpassed thorough
fare.
, Nothing is plainer than that we are
shortly to be brought in connection with
the unsurpassed coal fields of St. George
county, Utah. We have the word of
Senator John P. Jones that he and his
partner, Mr. D. 0. Mills, are going to
bring to us the cheap fuel of their Alaska
coal fields. Supplementary to this we may
point to the fact that the development
of petroleum is proceeding at a rapid pace
in Los Angeles and the adjoining county
of Ventura. Already millions ot dollars
worth of petroleum are being annually
taken ont of the oil wells of this connty
alone. The practically illimitable capacity
of onr oil treasures is just beginning to be
realized. Natural gas undoubtedly ex
ists here, and will shortly be developed.
One of tbe most experienced oil men of
Western Pennsylvania, who bad exam
ined tbis section extensively, told tbe
writer that, when we choose to go for it,
we will find as much gas as has ever
been discovered in the Keystone State.
With a mountain of iron within thirty
miles of Los Angeles as the crow flies,
snd with mountains of the best glass
sand obtainable at $2 a ton, which costs
$20 a ton in Pittsburg, why should not
Los Angeles be a great manufacturing
center ? Why should she not be a tre
mendous smelting center with the in
numerable rich lodes of gold, silver, lead
•nd copper which surround her on every
side?
Sbe will be all of these, and the great
est railway center of the American conti
nent outtide of New York, besides. Our
people are just now so busy paying the
unnecessarily heavy taxes to which they
are subjected tbat they do not care to
cast their eyes on an horizon fairly
ablaze with hope and development, and
which nowhere reflects a city of greater
promise, or more immediate promise,
than the City of the Angels. We have
pat in two years getting rid of the boom
and of the kite-Hying speculative guiid,
and we are now entering the era of solid
prosperity and development. Capital is
pouring in here from abroad in large
measure; and if our ten commercial and
five savings banks will just realize that
their conservative mission has been ful
filled, and tbat tbis is the time to back
sp all legitimate enterprises that look
towards developing tbe country, Los
Angeles will know, during the next
twelvemonth, the best times ever chron
icled here.
Thebe seems to be a pretty general
idea that we are to get substantially the
same sewer proposition this time tbat
we got last. President Frankenfleld was
at pains to assert, during tbe last cam
paign, tbat we would never get any other
from the present council. His argument
was, in tffdct, that the voters had better
take it then. There is no doubt that our
present Councilmen are great political
bosses, and that tbeir will ought to be
supreme. Citizens' committees and the
will of tbe people count for nothing.
There is a vulgar and probably an un-
founded idea that the City Fathers do
not intend to retire from their present
trnst in a state of irremediable poverty
if tbey can help it. The disbursement of
millions is frequently attended by a not
inconsiderable usufruct in thrifty
and intelligent h»nds. Does it ever
occur to the sapient members of
the Council of Los Angeles that
In again plumping the Ballon a Out
fall Sewer project at tha voters they may
THE LOS ANGELES DAILY HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22. 1885*
get exactly what they got before, only
more emphatically? Such things have
been known to happen. If a second
scheme formulated by them should be
defeated, some temporary municipal
bosses would turn up before the voters
next fall in a rather dilapidated state —
in a condition, so to speak, to have the
finishing touches put upon them. We
merely throw out these hints in a sub
junctive or conditional 6ense, for what
may be in them; and wo caution all of
our readers—even though they should be
Councilmen—not to attach any more
value to them than tbey may be in
trinsically worth.
The esteemed Tribune of yesterday
says, epeaking cf the advisability of tbe
publication of the report of the Sewer
Commission in all the city newspapers,
"Such publication would cost but little
more than the pamphlets, and woald
reach about every one of the 25,000
voters of the city." We have no doubt
that extensive publicity is a very good
thing for expansive public projects, and
we believe that this document in particu
lar should be specially well advertised.
But we are somewhat at a loss to know
where onr contemporary gets its twenty
five thousand voters within the corporate
limits of our city. By the ordinary
standard, that number of voters would
indicate a population of 125,000. As the
actual vote of Los Angeles at t he Presiden
tial election last year was 12,558, according
to the Spring-street organ we have more
than doubled our voting population in a
twelvemonth. We havu great respect
for our growing qualities, but we are
scarcely prepared to go that far. Will
noi: our contemporary knock off a few
thousands for the sake of harmony ? Or
is this the season when it sees double ?
We are in receipt of a letter from a
distinguished citizen of Los Angeles,
who has been spending some months in
Europe. Of course he took in the Paris
Exposition, and here is what he says of
it: "If ever I was ashamed of being an
"American it was at tbe Paris Exposi
tion. The United States absolutely
"made no display. Nicaragua knocked
"us silly. Once in a while a man would
"blunder on to a Winchester rifle, or a
"Waterbury watca, mixed up with the
"display of a Swiss canton. Whoever
"had the management of the United
"States department ought to be killed.
"One hundred thousand dollars invested
"in a collection of California products
"would have been the greatest sight at
"the Exhibition, and would have
"brought us millions." These are mel
ancholy truths to which multitudes of
Americans have testified. All that it is
possible to say in the premises is. " Tis
true, 'tis pity, and pity 'tis, 'tis true."
Shakspeare, if he does not afford conso
lation in all conjunctures, at least always
has something apposite.
Los Anoeles will inside of two years
be the greatest railroad center on the
Pacific Coast.—[Tribune. I
What is the matter with Los Angeles
being, by long odds, the greatest railroad
center on the Pacific Coast now ? Why
wait two years for what is already an ac
complished fact ? This city is as fully
tbe terminus of the Central Pacific Bail
way as San Francisco, having unin
terrupted communication with all the
Eastern cities to tidewater at New York,
via Lathrop, with the Sunset route to
tidewater at New Orleans and the Atchi
son, Topeka and Santa F£ ramifications
to X ansae City and other Eastern cities,
together with an unrivaled local railway
system. No other city on the Coast can
hold a candle to Los Angeles in the ex
tent and completeness .cf her railway
system, which will within two years
embrace two additional transcontinental
roads.
Elsewhere in the Herald appears a
very entertaining letter from Mr. D.
Freeman, who has been lately meander
ing amongst the wine cellars of Bordeaux.
That gentleman is one of the recognized
connoisseurs in wines, and he is, besides,
specially acquainted with all the charac
teristics of soil and climate from which
valuable and ingenious observations can
be made. The reader cannot fail to note
that as our correspondent wandered
through miles and miles of the wine cel
lars of the Messrs. Barton & Guerstier he
grew athirst, and cognacs and Lafites of
venerable age attracted his appreciative
attention. We could nearly all of us
support with becoming resignation tbe
digressions to which this Los Angeles
"tall son of Anak" submitted with such
grace as he could summon on the spur of
the moment. This letter, served up with
the famous Bordelaise sauce picquante,
makes delightful reading.
Redondo Beach is steadily forging
ahead as a port of great importance. An
average of fully one hundred tons of
freight a day is even now being handled
over the Redondo wharf. Through the
prompt service of the Santa Fe Railway
Company's branch to that place freight is
often delivered in Los Angeles within two
hours and a half after its discharge from
the vessel, where special urgency is re
quired. The Redondo Beach Company's
own road is rapidly being pat in good
running order, and in the early Spring it
will contribute sensibly to tbe conveni
ence of our merchants. Both San Pedro
and San Diego may well look to their
laurels when the rapid progress of this
new aspirant for public favor is con
sidered.
The superb new hotel which is being
erected by Captains Ainsworth and
Thompson at Redondo Beach is rapidly
approaching completion. Its projectors
expect to open it about the middle of
February. It is original and unique in
design, its appointments will be on a
scale of splendor seldom witnessed on
this Coast, or on the Atlantic, it will con
tain three hundred rooms, and will be
about tbree times tbe siza of the Arcadia
Hotel at Santa Monica.
There ia a rumor tbat the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
are about to build a depot in Los An
geles that will eclipse the Arcade. This
as yet lacks confirmation.
WET WEATHER.
The Racing Season Abridged
by the Rain.
BLOOD HOUSE MEETING CLOSED.
The Downpour Renewed Up North.
Another Big Flood
Threatened.
Associated Press Disnatches to the Herald.
San Fbancisco, December 21.—The
Blood Horse meeting has finally
been declared off on account of the rains.
The stables have been waiting for weeks,
and now are forced to leave, many of
them having engagements at the holi
day meeting at Los Angeles, which will
begin on Christmas day. The Los An
geles meeting closes the season of '89,
and the running stables are
seeking their quarters for the winter.
The Sacramento track will be liberally
patronized. Shippee's, Storm's, DePois
ter's, Dennison'e, Siebenthaler's and
Pritchard's stables will work there. Har
rison Brothers will go to Stockton; Mil
ler, to Fresno; Kelly and Samuels, to
Los Angeles; Appleby, to San Jose, and
Hazlett and others to Oakland. Of the
California stables in the Ea3t, Hearst's
is at Sheepshead Bay and Porter Ashe's
and Winter's are at West Chester.
STOKfI NOTES.
Tbe Saturated Condition of the
Northern Counties.
San Francisco, December 21. —There
was a heavy fall of rain, accompanied by
hail, for a time thiß afternoon, but the
rain moderated toward evening. Tbe
fall for the day up to 5 p. m. was eighty
hundredths of an inch.
Modesta, December 12.—A heavy
south wind blew all day, with the ther
mometer at forty degrees. This evening
the weather moderated, and rain began
failing heavily, bearing evidences of a
continued storm.
Chico, December 21.—1t is raining
without cessation here. The river is a
very few feet lower than last week. The
total rainfall for the season is 22.05
inches, which is within half an inch of
the entire fall of last season.
Red Bluff, Cal., December 21. —It
rained in torrents last night, followed to
day by a terrific wind and rain storm,
the worst of the season. The river is
rising again rapidly.
Colusa. Cal., December 21.—The river
this afternoon stands twenty-five feet
above low water mark, and rising fast.
It has been raining steadily for twenty
four hours and still continues at a late
hour this afternoon. No prospect of
clear weather.
Stockton, December 21. —A heavy
wind this morning brought a big rainfall
thia afternoon. Up to 8 o'clock this
evening, when the sky cleared, the fall
was seventy-three hundredths of an
inch. During the afternoon hail fell for
several minutes.
Oroville, Oal., December 21.—There
ia a lull in the storm tonight, but no good
indications of clearing. The river re
mains about stationary, showing that the
snow is piling np in the mountains. The
roads leading into town are almost im
passable. Several flumes have been car
ried away on the line of the Palermo
Company's ditch, bat no great damage
has been done.
Marysvillk, December 21.—The rain
fall today was .50 of an inch. Advices
from the foothills say that a warm rain
has been falling all day on the snow, and
that another raise in the Yuba and
Feather rivera may be expected. People
in town today from the flooded portions
of the Tale basin say they find it difficult
to get feed to their stock.
Sisson, Cal., December 21.—1t has
been snowing and blowing terribly for
tbe pant twenty-four hours. The snow
is three feet deep. The prospects pre
for a big storm. Tbe snow plows are
busy, and all trains are arriving on time.
Butte City (via Biggs), December 21.
—The river is again rising and a heavy
rain .s falling. The water is filling the
country between here and Butte creek
through breaks made by the previous
flood. An effort will be made to organ
ize a levee district for this section.
Eaten by Cannlbala.
San Francisco, December 21. —The
Sydney Herald of November sth says
that according to a letter received from
Captain Woodhouse, of. the trading
schooner Emma Fisher, Boat-steerer
Nelson, of the schooner Enterprise, of
Sydney, and three of tbe native crew of
the Enterprise, were killed and
eaten by the cannibals of the Solomon
islands. The Enterprise was trading
among the islands, and the natives from
Hammond island, one of the Solomon
group, induced Nelson and others to go
ashore to purchase some copper. Once
on shore they were knocked on the head,
and it is reported their bodies were then
roasted and eaten, A letter states that
H. M. S. Royalist shelled the villages on
the island, on Captain Hand learning
the particulars.
Tlie Sacramento Levees.
Sacbamento, December 2\. —P. A.
Hulbert, one of the civil engineers wbo
inspected the break in the levee at
Paine's ranch, has made a report to the
Governor, in which he says the open
ing can easily be repaired in
its present stage, and no time
should be lost in doing so, as obstructions
may form in the main channel which
will impede navigation. He is of the
opinion that the levee system along the
river is not properly constructed, and ad
vises that Congress provide at once for
rebuilding them.
Mrs. Buckley Buried.
San Fbancisco, December 21.—Mrs.
Christopher Buckley, wife of the well
known leader of the local Democracy,
was buried today from St. Dominic's
Catholic church. The funeral was largely
attended.
A Term Trial Jury.
Judge Cheney yesterday discharged the
term trial jurors who have served in his
court during the past term. He ordered
for next term the drawing of a panel of
forty term trial jurors to serve for the
coming term in his court.
Undelivered Telegrams
At the Western Union Telegraph office,
corner Court and Main streets, Deoem
ber 21,1889: L. T. Potter, G. 0. Murray,
Henry Walker, John Lesett, John Z.
Jackson, David Glen, Henry Hatfield.
Pat your claims to be settled in the,
hands of Attorney H. H. Heath, Bry
son-Bonebrake block.
PROFESSOR RISING.
He Spends a Nhort Vacation In
Southern California.
Professor Rising, of the State Univer
sity at Berkeley, is in Southern California
on a short visit, having secured a vaca-
tion in which to rest. He is one of tbe
foremost chemists of the day, and is the
State chemical analyst. Prof. Rising
came down by steamer, as he thought a
trip by sea would do him good. He will
not be idle, although here to rest. He
will go out in a day or two to San Gabriel
to visit Mr. Shorb and Prof. Dowlen, and
study into, the vine disease. He is a
personal friend of both Mr. Shorb and
Prof. Dowlen.
Another plan which Prof. Rising is now
working up is to get the General Govern
ment to make an appropriation to have
a careful analysis made of all the min
eral springs in California. He thinks the
mineral wateis of this Statu aro quite as
valuable from a medical point of
view, and quite as varied in their
properties and effects as those of
Europe. Analyses of most of'them have
been made, but all by different hands,hy
divergent methods and under various
conditions. He wants them all analyzed
under one direction and under simitar
conditions, so as to be able to make in
telligent comparisons.
Still another plan Prof. Rising has in
mind is the formation of a State Sanitary
Board. There are local boards of health
and there is the State board. These do
much good work, hut it is not carried
forward to a point where the best results
may be reached. If the observations
and data made up by the local boards
were compared and generalized
some results might be arrived at far
more valuable than are obtained under
the present mode of procedure.
Dr. Orme has Prof. Rising irJ tow here
in the city.
THE WINTER RACES.
A Wood Meeting Anticipated—Ar
rival or the Hor>ei.
The winter race meeting, which opens
on Wednesday next, Christmas Day,
promises to be one of the most successful
ever held at the Agricultural Park, and
there is every indication that good sport
will be provided for the local patrons of
the turf. The entries, a full list of which
was published in the Herald of the
12th inst., contain the names of a num
ber of equine favorites, whose forms are
too well known by local BpDrtsmen to
need any comment. Among these are
Four Aces, John Treat, Naicho B. and
Ed McGinnis, all of whom are expected
in a few days. Tlie fitst detachment ar
rived yesterday, a carload of Haggiu's
horses, which came in with train No.
19, of the Southern Pacific. An
other carload leaves San Francisco to
day, while two others are expec ed from
other points this evening. The latter
contains Matt Storm's Jubilee, Kildare,
Forester and Fannie F.; Tom Hazlit's
Black Pilot, Louise M.; J. R. Ross' Oro,
Kittie Van and Sir Ladd, and C. A,
Davis' Jack Brady. Among the otuer
stables which will be represented at tbe
track within the next few days are those
of E. J. Baldwin, E. R. Den, N. Coy r
rubias, L. H. Vignolo, Al. Morau, .f. D.
Dunn, John Forster, Sy. Mulkey, Kelly
& Samuels, H. E. Rose, G. Walters, J
Abit, H. D. Miller and 0. Peterson, all
of whose horses are well known on this
circuit.
The announcement tbat Mr. Clifton
Bell, of Denver, Col., has kindly con
sented to act as presiding judge at the
meeting will doubtless find favor in the
eyes of all lovers of genuine sport. Mr
Bell is one of the oldest and best in
formed racing men in the United States,
and his presence in the juigee' box ie
sufficient guarantee of the square, honest
sport which the majority of the people
go to see.
RUN OVBR.
An Old man Attempts to Board a
street car.
Yesterday afternoon about 3:30 o'clock
an old man named James Brothers, who
for the past two weeks has been an in
mate of the County Hospital, hailed car
No. 3 of the Kuhrts-street line at the
corner of New Main street and the Plaz*.
The driver, Hans Nickelsen, having to
combine the duties of conductor with his
other work, was inside the car collecting
fares, and did not see the old man. As
the car did not stop, and there appeared
to be a possibility of his missing it alto
gether unless he got on while it was in
motion, old Brothers grabbed the rails of
the front platform and attempted to jump
on. He missed his hold, however, aod,
being in a feeble state of health, fell in
front of the oar, the wheels of which
passed over both legs before the driver
was aware of his presence. The car was
stopped, and Officer Williams, who saw
the accident, telephoned for the patrol
wagon, in which the old man was con
veyed to the police station for medical
treatment. Dr. Morrison was called in,
and after an examination he pronounced
the old man's injuries to be very severe.
The bones of the left foot and ankle wer*
found to be badly crushed, as were also
those of the right knee joint. The suf
ferer was removed to the County Hospital
iv the ambulance at 5 o'clock, there
being no receiving hospital at the City
Prison.
Horticultural Commission.
At the meeting of the County Horti
cultural Commission held yesterday, Mr.
Driffill reported that specimens of the
San Joee scale insect had been handed
him at Pomona that were punctured and
destroyed by some parasite. A small
insect could be detected by means of a
powerful glaSB that was presumably the
agent of destruction. The commission
will take every means to inquire into tbe
importance of the discovery. The Com
missioners will meet at Lamahda Park
next Thursday and proceed to> make an
inspection of the orchards of Abbott
Kinney and W. G. Cogswell, both of
which are reported as being free from
tbe red scale insect. The parasite that
is presumed to have done the work has
not as yet been named.
New Buildings.
The following building permits were
issued during the week by Superintendent
Muchmore:
Louisa Mohn, repairs, west side of
Spring street, near Fifth, $1,000.
B. H. Mintier, frame dwelling, Brook
lyn Btreet, between Main street and
Grand avenue, $950.
Henry Martz, frame dwelling, No. 42
Estella avenue, $1,000.
Alexander Campbell, frame store, Dow
ney avenue and Truman street, $792.
Number of permits, 4; aggregate value
of improvements, $3,802.
Two Divorces.
Judge Clark yesterday granted two de
crees of divorces in cases pending some
time in the courts. One was in the case
of McCurdy against McOurdy, and the
other is that of Carroll against Carroll.
United States Signal Service.
Report ot observations taken at Los Angeles,
December 21. 1839:
Time. Bar. Ther.
5:07 a. h. 30 05 50
5:07 p. M. 30 02 54
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715
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SB 3 tlld'ls
vlai. 'em., 60: mm. (em., 50. Raiufi
Mt 24 hours, 00.
Indications.
San Francisco, Dorember 21—Forecast till
8 r>. m , -nnrtay, for Cnlifomla: Rain, pre
ci ded Id Southern California by fair weather;
southerly winds.
NEWS JSOTKS.
John Robins, a native of England, was
made a citizen yefterday by Judge Shaw.
"Tne Man on the Fence," is the name
of Ralph Hoyt's satirical lecture which
he will deliver Monday evening.
The fnneral of Miss Lucy W> iler, who
poisoned herself on Friday, will take
place this morning at 10 o'clock from the
undertaking parlors of Orr & Sutch.
Transfers of reai estate yesterday
amounted to $56,260, and were 39 in
number. Of these, 11 were for more than
$1,000 each, and 9 were for nominal con
siderations.
The Nationalist] will meet today at the
usual time and place. Mrs. Elizabeth
Hughes will read a paper on "Co
operation." Mr. F. P. Cook will ad
dress the club on "The First Principles
of Progress." Short addresses by Mrs.
Anna Smith and others, and the usual
debate.
The Ancient Arabic Order of the No
bles of the Mystic Shrine has elected the
following officers to serve for the ensuing
year: Trowbridge H. Ward, Illustrious
Potentate ; George Gillson, Chief Rab
ban; Hervey Lindley, Assistant Rabban;
James R. DuPuy, High Priest; Francis
Chute Woodbury, Oriental Guide; Tbos.
J. Weldon, Treasurer; D. E. Barclay,
Recorder.
R. D. List, Notary Public. Legal n«pers care
lully drawn, 18 S. Sor'tig. Perosiiions taken.
CRIMINAL fIUI'ES.
Philip Engel will appear before Judge
Checey next Monday to be arraigned.
Ho is charged with the murder of his
brother in-law, Curtis, at Lamanda.
A complaint was made at tho Police
Station yesterday by Mrs. H. C. Vincent
that Mrs. Porter had pointed a pistol at
her house and threatened to kill her
dogs. Mrs. Porter denied pointing tbe
pistol at tbe house and promised not to
exhibit the pistol again.
Dan McLeod, Frank Murphy and W.
Filing, the three boys arrested on Thurs
day last for breaking open ashow-csse in
Connsll's store on Main street, and steal
ing a number of knives and other cutlery
therefrom, appeared before Police Judge
o*ens yesterday for. sentence. Tbe
Court committed each of them to the
County Jail; McLeod for 250 days, Mur
phy for 225 days, ana Filing for 200
days.
Louis Siewecke, the proprietor of tbe
Alhambra saloon, arrested a man named
E. Brennor at 7 o'clock last night and
took him to the station on a charge of
obtaining money under false pretenses.
He Btatfcd that Brennor owed him $15,
and on his demanding payment thereof,
tendered to the saloon man a check for
$25 Supposing it to be a bona fide
check, Siewecke accepted it, and paid
Brennor the balance of $10 in cash. Ou
presentation at the bank, however, it
was dishonored, Brennor not having any
account. Brennor was locked up in the
City Prison.
• A NEW INDUSTRY.
Efforts Being made to Secure a
Site for v Cement Factory.
It has been known for some time tbat
arrangements were being made fur the
location of a cement and plaster factory
iv tbis city. As tho land bad not all
been secured it was earnestly requested
by those who had the matter in hand
that nothing be published about it. The
necessary amount of land has not yet
been secured, bat it is reasonably certain
that it will be. The land at first selected
was in East Los Angeles, but as some
difficulty was encountered in obtaining
the amount that was needed for the pur
pose, negotiations are now in progress
to obtain a site in the Mead and Dal ton
tract, between Central avenue dad Ala
meda street.
The company which proposes to erect
and operate the factory ia composed ol
eastern men, and bas a capital of $300,
--000. Tne works would give employment
co about 100 men. Tue prop jeition made
by the company was tbat ihey would
iucate the factory in this city if a satisfac
Cory site should be given them; if not
they would place it in Borne other point
in Southern California. The company
owns land near Alpine, where there is a
rich deposit of gypsum. The factory will
make cement, plaster of Paris and ceiling
ornaments.
A VERDICT THIS TIME
Kobert Campbell Found Oullty of
M annlauf te i or.
The jury that tried Robert Campbell
for the murder of Hugh Boyd came in
yesterday morning on the convening of
the court and announce 1 that they were
ready to render a verdict, which proved
to be one of manslaughter, and recom
mending the defendant to the mercy ol
the Court. It is understood to be a com ■
promise verdict. The first ballot showed
tbat four of the jurors were of t c opin
ion that Campbell was guilty of murder
ia the first degree. Then, later on, fi.e
were for full acquittal. The upshot was
a verdict as above, which was probably
wbat these five played for. Campbell
will appear for sentence on Monday,
and be may get off as light as Wtieeliug,
who got one year.
Bit on tne Head.
Yesterday afternoon J. C. Piatt, the
14-year-old son of the County Tax Col
lector, obtained his mother's consent to
attend the baseball match out at the
new grounds, and, having obtained tbe
admission fee, left home in high glee
About 2:30 o'clock, however, he returned
with a badly cut head, which he s a'ed
was caused by aD- puty Constable. He
told his mother that oo arrival at the
hasehall grounds he was walking round
the fence to the gate when he heard
shouts and cheera, aud, boy-like, he was
unable to wait until he got inMue to.find
oat what it was all about. Consequently
be climbed up one of tbe fence supports
and was just ahle to see over the boards
when a Deputy Constable inside hit him
oyer tbe head with a club and knocked
bim down. He lay on tbe ground
stunned for some time, but ou recovery
made the best of his way homeward
I Mr. Piatt took tho boy to tbe Police Bta
tion immediately on learning the facts
and reported the matter, and Police
Surgeon Morrison attended to hie
wounded head, after which he was taken
upstairs and swore to a complaint charg
ing his assailant with battery.
A niuienienli.
The Qrand Opera House will open
Monday evening with the distingnished
Irish comedian and vocalist, in the late
Fred Marsden's great Irish drama, Kerry
Qow, in which Mr. Murphy appearß as
Toe Kirry Blacksmith, making a
horseshoe and shoeing the horse in pres
ence of the audience. Anothi r feature of
this drama is the troupe of carrier
pigeons which bring in the result of the
races alter each heat. This piece will be
presented for the first three evenings of
the week, together with .a. grand matinee
Christ mis day. On Thursday evening
and for the rest of the v.eek Mr. Murphy
and company will be seen m a compan
ion play to Kerry Oow, entitled Shaun
Rhue, in which Mr. Murphy introduces
his wonderfully successful song, "A
Handful of Earth." Seats for the entire
week are now on sale at box office.
At tbe Los Angeles theater tonight the
Uncle Tom's Cabin company give their
last performance. The season'has been
a very good one. On Monday evening
Richard & Pringle's celebrated Georgia
Minstrels will open at this theater for a
season of four nights and a Christmas
malices. Tbe company is composed of
the best colored minstrel talent, and
beaded by the black prince of come
dians, Billy Kersands. They adhere to
the old-time minstrelsy, ana give a
show equal, if not superior, to many of
the pretentious shows now traveling.
They will give two distinct changes of
programme during their engagement
here. Their brass band is said to be one
of the best on the road. They will per
form each evening in front of the theater,
from 7to 7:45, some of their choicest
selections. Seats are now on sale for
their entire season.
Salvation Armr Work.
About 7:30 o'clock last evening a little
black broncho attached to an open buggy
containing Mr. A. E. Porter and wife, of
the University, became frightened at the
noise made by the Salvation Army, and
bolted down Spring street from Third.
When opposite Gordan Bros.' clothing
store, the animal swerved on to the
pavement, and Mr. Porter's bead struck
against a telegraph pole. He fell out
between the wheels of the vehicle, and
in preventing the vehicle from running
over him, sustained painful injuries to
the backs of his hands. His wife fortu
nately grabbed the lilies as her husband
fell, and thus prevented the broncbo
from forcing his way round the pole into
one of ihe tailor's show windows. After
the fiery untamed steed was stopped,
Mrs. Porter, in getting out of tbe vehicle,
wrenched her right ankle severely, and
waa carried into (Jordan's store, but after
her bnsband's hands had been attended
to by Police Surgeon Morrison, she waa
able to accompany him home.
'I'lie (xarrett vase.
The prosecution closed in tbe Garrett
case yesterday; most of tbe forenoon be
ing taken np in reading the testimony
given by the defendant in the lower
court. Then followed the defense, put
ting in substantially tbe same evidence
presented before Judge Cheney. Thty
offset tbe prosecution putting in Gar
rett's statements before the committing
magistrate by reading those of Josie
Corbett under the same circumstances.
Ex-Governor Lionel A. Sheldon was put
oq by tha defense to read a great mass of
letters he had from prominent politicians
in the nation,in which Garrett's name had
been mentioned. Among those whose
epistolary effor's were offered was Sen
ator Conkling, of New York. The Re
turning Board people seem to have known
Garrett down in Louisiana. But the
Court did not want to hear this long
range testimony as to Garrett's character.
It will tuka all tomorrow, if not more
time, to get in all the evidence by the
defense.
An Aunrnev s nienced.
H. C. Grant, an attorney, appeared in
the Police Court yesterday afternoon, in
answer to charges of drunkenness. Police
Judge Stanton yesterday gave the at
torney some wholesome advice on find
ing him guilty as charged, and inflicted
a fine of $25 in the first case. On this
being paid, tbe Court sentenced the de
fendant to thirty days' imprisonment in
the City Jail for the second offence, but
suspended the execution of the sentence
during Mr. Grant's good be,hivior.
Pullman Passengers.
The following passengers departed for
'he North on the 1:40 train yesterday:
0. O. Scott, J. P. McCormick, Mr.
Campbell, J. G. Griffith, Mr.Wentworth,
J. L. Hopkins, John Campbell, H. N.
Gray, 8. A, Bryan, Fred N. Bulla, Miss
Cros«. Miss Burt. J. B. Q'ligley and fam
ily, E. P. Prescott, Mrs. F. Bishop, Miss
WattM.
A Presentation.
The boys of the Blue Oar line, of the
Pacific Railway Company, presented the
nnpular foreman of the Washington
street depot, J. D. Chambers, with a
gold watch valued at $110 last night. A
Urge number of the drivers and con
ductors were present, and appropriate
speeches were made.
Non-Suit.
Wm. Goldkafer has been prosecuting a
civil suit againat the First National Bank
of Ljs Angeles. It was ended yesterday
before Judge MeKinley by the attorneys
for tbe bank moving a non-suit, which
was granted.
Wonderful llarsraine
At J. K. Brown's, N>. 131 South Main street.
Parties wlxhing to purchatediamonds, watches,
j-welry and musioal instruments of all kinds
for the holidays cau And Ihe best bargains at
h's place rf bualnesa. These goods are ot tbe
bes quality, and a-e made by the bestof woik
m en. I »m not sailing ont at cost, nor la It a
Sheriff s «.r assignee's nale. Come and see me,
aud 1 wtll oonvlnce ynn that better bargains
can b« had at my nore than any other plaoe ln
the city.
Thousands of articles suitable for Christmas
G'fta, at one-third usual prices. Manufacturers'
Hal« of. wat■■hea, jewelry and novelties, 251
North Main street.
Whether it Rains or Not,
What coa'd be more suitable for a Christmas
gilt than a Mullen, Blcktt & Co. silk um
brella?
Thousands of artiotes suitable for Christmas
Gift ,a' one third uaual d ices. Manufacturers'
Bale of watebe , jewelry and novelties, 251
North Main street.
D'S. C R. Parker ai d F M. PaVker, dentists,
c ruer Third and Fort siretts, Pilcea reason
able for good work.
Th us»nd«rf articles suitable for Christmas
Qlfr.a, at one-third u-nai pi ices. Hanufactareis 1
dale «1 wati ho*, jewelry and novelties, 251
North Main street.
Tboutands of artle ea suitable for Christmas
C, Its.a, one third usual prices. Manufacturers'
Sale of wa eh.», jewelry and novelties, 251
N.,r>h M-tn iiwtt,
BORN.
B LLKCK-In th'scl y, December 21,1880, to
the wife of Paul Bllleok, a daughter.