LOCAL BREVITIES.

? Gumpsy has arrived. Marmaladesays so.

Tbe thermometer on Sundaynight, at 12 P. H? stood at 62°.

The popular merchant tailor, F.Adams, elsewhere advertises for agood Journeyman.

Fred Melius is singing it is niceto be a father, the benefaction tak-ing tbe shape of a girl baby.

Tbe first through train to NewOrleans from tbis coast, will leaveSan Francisco on the 15th.

Mr. Melnoer bas contracted tobuild three small cottages in EastLos Angeles, ou three lots sold byRiley <fc Graham last week.'

Mr. Al. Castle, of San Francisco,came down to Los Angeleß yester-day for the benefit of his healthand is tbe guest of Mrs. DoriaJones, ofthe Plaza.

Lewis Liohtenberger has beenappointed by Governor Perkins aTrustee of the Southern CaliforniaAgricultural Society.DistriotNo. 6.

The Executive Committee of theLeague of Freedom will meet at 8o'clock this evening, to draft by-laws and to transact other busi-uees.

The Turuverein Germania willgive a ball on New Years' Eve. Itwill doubtless be, like ail the pre-vious efforts or this popular localsociety, a brilliant affair.

Wbo is to blame? Two lettere,dated 29th of November, sent bythe lightning express from SanDiego, arrived here one on tbe llthand the other on tbe 13th lost.

Col. Denver, or Wilmingtonfame, has associated with himselfSergeant A. J. Hickman, and to-gether they propose to iuu a first-class saloon at that lively mari-time town. They are entirelycompetent to the task.

The Rev. J. K. Ellis, with abard sense for which many people

in tbls community will esteem

him bas, we understand, expressedit as bis opinion tbat tbe churches,as churches, sbould not Join in thesumptuary law crusade.

The first issue of the Dowuey

Signal made its appearance on

Saturday undar the proprietorshipof Messrs. Tarwater &Purcell. Itannounces Its intention tv eschewpolitics aud promote the interests

of the JLos Nictoß Valley.

A paisano, ausweriug to thohigh sounding name of Juan de

Dioa Boteio, was up before the jus-tlce yesterday charged by iinuisMendibles wltb tryimr to carve uptbe letter's cheeks, Maori fasbiou.He is held under bail, to appear today for his examination.

Tbe plaining mills are beginning

to talk about beiug compelled to

shutdown shortly, owing lo tbe in-creasing scarcity of lumber. Thedemaud for this material this sea-son has been unprecedented andtbe millshave beeu unable lo cutenough to supply the demand.?San Bernardino Timet,

What is to be gained by tbeSunday law, when the police dock-

et only contains oue item iv 24hours, viz.: W. W. Negle. arrestedod a warrant for disturbing tbepeace. With such a deplorablestate of affairs, we .are sadly Inneed of au earuest band of moral-ists to aot as custodians of the pub-lio virtur.

At tbe Anti-Saloon meeting,

wblob assembled at Good Tem-plars' Hall last night, a band oftwenty was orgauized to go roundto tbe different saloons next Sun-day and report such of tbemas should keep open to a meetingwbiob is named for next Wednes-day night week, at Ibe Congrega-tional, ohurcb.

Wm.H.Pinkbam, a son ofLydiaPlnkham, from Lynn, Mass., a

promising member of New Eog-

land soolety, died in this oity Sat*urday moroiDg, Deo. 3d. His re-mains were embalmed at once bytbe Messrs. Ponst & Orr; and, tbismorning, tbey leave for bia formerborne, ln ooaipauy with bis widowaud ber brother.

As will be seen elsewhere, City

Treasurer Kays is prepared to re-deem tbe remnant of tbe city'saubsoriptlon of$75,000 towards tbebuilding of the San Pedro raliread.Slowly but surely Los Aageles city

and oonnty are sloughing off tbeincubus of debt; and, where tbsydo not pay outright, tbey are re-ducing tbe rat* of Interest on theiroutstanding obligations, and tbatvery largely.

Mr. J. Blow, wbo resides near

tbe river, on First street, lodged a

complaint yesterday at tbe police

office to tbe effect tbat, on Sunday

morning, about 11 o'olook, whileho was temporarily absent, some*ue, whom be supposes to be a

enan named Argnello, broke Intohis bouse and stole therefrom aobotcun, revolver aud a pair of{mate. He seya, the tbief woredark clothes and rode a dark horseorith a wblta (ace and white legs.

In our advertising columns willbe eeeu tho advertisement of tbecharming Pastoreila play, a grand

allegorical drama, commemorativeof the Birth ofCbrist,whiab will boplaced on tbe boards at TurnvereinHall, weather permitting, on theevening of Saturday, December24th. As tbe objeot ofthis enter-tainment is a moat meritoriousone, to say nothing of its artisticstrong points, we expect to seeTurnverein Hall orowded,

According to Ibe Los Angelespapers tbere must be about6,000,000,080,900,009,000 of stran-gers lv tbat city.? Sem DiegoIfems.

When our genial friend pennedthat paragraph he not only sawdouble but was looking through aninety million magnifying glass,"ofdouble hsxtra power," to em-ploy tbe language of Sam Welter.But tbe fact is that that there area good many strangers here, andthey are a-coming still, and fromall points of the compass, andmany of them mean to stay.

Tbat Los Angeles Is makingstriking advances iv the Hue ofliquidating her debts nud lessen-ing her expensas we can prove bya few figures gleaned from theoffice of City Clerk Robinson. Lastyear the tax levy was $94,870.17and the delinquent tax list was$10.335 87. This year the tax levyis only $75,749 26, while the delin-quent tax Itsl has shrunk to$4,493.47. Year before last the de-linquent tax list was upwards of$16,000, while the year before thatit was more than $20,000. Proba-bly no oity in tbe State can makeas gratifying an exhibit as is in-volved iv these figures. The sav-ing in the tax levy is within vfraction of $20,000, while theamount of taxes delinquent is on-ly about forty per cent, as compar-ed with last year.

The electric ligbt tower of SanJose, constructed upon the plansuggested by Mr. Oweu of the HanJose Mercury, is now nearly readyfor use. Says tho Mercury of Dec.llth: "The iron work of the toweris now ready for the lamp fixturesand reflector. Tbe conductingwires were set up yesterday fromthe top of tbe tewer to Gillespies'splaning mill on El Dorado street.The machinery will all b» iv placeto-morrow, and there now seemsto be no obstacle in the way ofturning on the light, as we prom-ised, by Tuesday evening. Theexcursion from San Francisco willprobably not take place until thescaffolding is taken down and thetower shown at the best advan-tage.- We shall then have n finelarge engraving of the lower readyfor use, which we intend shall firstappear in an illustrated edition ofthe Mercury which we aro prepar-ing for the press.

Judge Adams disposed of the fol-lowing culprits yesterday: Ball,Austin and McCord, all arrestedfor trespassing in the railroad oiloar, got three days eaoh. MeElrolh,John Reynold and Thomas' Kelly,for being drunk and disorderly,grace tile oliain gang for tbo nextnine day*.. Ah Sam, who w«» ar-rested on the complaint of A. Gra-ham, charged with an assault witha deadly weapuu, was acquitted <>vthe ground of insufficient evidence,It appearing that Graham wasreally the offender, us he hadthrown cups, saucers, and every-thing available iv the way orcrockery at Ah Saul before he re-taliated, aud tbat several timesduriug the fracas, If Ah Sam soiuteuded, be could have inflictedserious bodily barm ou Graham.J. S. Wilson, for being drunk auuDisorderly got tWelvenays, as thiswas His second otleuse.

The following official communi-cation shuwa that the CaliforniaSouthern lias at last adopted a

route:. 8. C. Evans, Esq ?Dear Sir:In view cf the fact that you haveshown a real interest iv this iiueii-

tion of the local ion of our road, Idesiiethat you shall be promptlyinformed aa lo Mr. Nickeraou'saotioti In the matter. After care-fullyreviewing the (acts, he to-dayinstructs me by wire to adopt theBox Springs route.

Regretting that this letter can-not afford you pleasure, as well asinformation, 1 am youts verytruly, Jos. O. Osgood,

Chief Engineer.San Diego, Deo. 1, 1881.That the decision don't suit Riv-

erside is sbowu by the followingextract from the Press and Horti-culturist:

Now that tbe Company has de-cided definitely on tbe route, wesuppose workmen willbeemployedall along the lioe between thisplace and Laguua, and the connec-tion with the Southern Pacificmade as speedily as possible.

San Juan Capistrano Items.

Editor Herald: Farmers arelooking for rain and tbe Indica-tions are good, Don Juau Forsterstayed here on Thursday nightand thinks tbe prospect for coloniz-ing his One property is good, now

tbat the railway passes through itand tbe track will soon belaid thatfar. Mr. Fuller has a flue May-flower mill and tank erected. Hehas sold a band of fat bogs at 5}cents, deliverable at Anaheim.Mr. J. B> Congdon is beginning toreap some benefit from his thirteenyear old walnut orobard. He gath-ered 9000 pouuds this season, sell-ing at 7} oents.

Our great event this week hasbeen two exceedingly interestingtemperance lectures, illustrated bywell rendered readings, by Rev. J.VV. Webb, one of tbe six grandlecturers that the Good Templarshave vow iv tbe Held in this State.He is the pioneer temperance lec-turer at this place. He goes fromhere to Santa Ana and all throughthecouuly. I may add that fewcountry places have bo good aschool house, library (worth sever-al huudred dollars), or a betterschool teacher tbau Miss Foster.Mr. Mendelsohn, the Postmaster,wbo keeps a good store and com-fortable stopping place for travel-ers, Is rejoloing in tbe obange oftime of stages. Fer six years hehaa bad to ohange mail after mid-night and during the "wee emu'hours." He now tabes bis rest un-broken. Tbe dally advent of theHerald is looked for wltb inter-est. Occasional.

OPEN WAR DECLARED.

The Hasting at ths Fort Btrset M. E, OhnrchDecide Upon Active Mearmres.

A large and interested audiencefilled the Fort Street MethodistEpiscopal oburoh ou Sunday night,to hear the Suuday closing law

disouased. Tbe meeting wasopened by the Rev. E. S. Chase,wbo called upon Hob. G, W, Wellsto express his views on tbis matter.Col. Wells, ou rising, said be wasstrongly in favor of closing all sa-loons on Sunday, and of enforcingthe law to the letter, and that ifthe people were at all anxious tohave this point of tbe law obeyedit was within their power to do so.It was their business and not thebusiness of the City Council to at-tend to this matter. That therewere plenty of lawyers here whowere particularly willingto prose-cute, without charge, any suit lhatmay be brought against a saloon-keeper for keeping open house onSunday, and that it. now restedwith tbe people to mako com-plaints.

After Col. Wells had finished,Prof. F. D. Bovard rose aud gavehis opinions regarding the Suudaylaw a thorough ventilation, ex-pressing much in oommou withthe first speaker.

Tbere being some doubt as to thebest method of making complaints,a motion was made requesting vol-unteers lo compose a committee often, whose business it should be,next Suuday to go to allthe proprietors of saloons thatwere then opto and askthem to show their approba-tion of the law by cloning; uud, ivtbe event of their not complying,to Institute -prcoaedings againstthem for the violation of the law.Mr. Woodhead was elected chair-man of the committee.

COURT REPORTS.(gnporior Coun BEPUL7EDA.;.

Tlip People vs. Wm. Ralston etal.?Ou inotloa of District Attor-ney o»8H reset for Thursday nextnt 1.1 P. M. en accouut ofabsence ofmaterial witnesses

People vs. Rubiuson, Clark,Smith und Kirby?Case re-set furFriday next at ljp. M. on accouutof absence of material witnesses.

\u25a0 The People vs. Johnson?Case re-set for January, 1882 at 10 A. M. onaccount of absence of material.

Smith vs. Smith?Applicationof plaintiff for a commission loissue, to take testimony of wit-nesses outside of county; arguedaud submitted; objections as locertain interrogatories of plaintiff",argued and submitted. I'wu daysgiven defeudent to prepare cross-interrogatories.

Ferguson vs. Ingram?Report ofreceiver filed.

The People vs. Maoedonio Val-encia?Pleads guilty and sentencedto three years iv State's Prison.

HOWARD. J.Haley va. Griswold?By consent

of plaintiff ten days' additionaltime from this data given defend-ant to answer demurrer.

Estate of A. F. Waterman, de-ceased ?Settlement of final accountof administrator and bearing ofpetition for distribution continueduntil December 19th, at.lo A. If.

Wilann vs. Grijalou?Set for Deo.27ch, 1881, at 10 A. 11.'Guardianship of John D. San-

ford, a minor?Application toshorten time of notice for sale ofreal estate heard and granted.

Weir vs. Vail?Demurrer set forthe 15th December, 1881 at 10 A. M.

Hare, va. Smith?Demurrer to

answer Set fur Deoember 14th, at10 A. M.In matter of Insolvency of J. H.

.Seward ?Final discharge of insol-vent grunted

JS'tate of Maud E. Wilson, de-ceased?Hearing of objections toaccouut of administrator set f,rDecember lGth, at 10 A. M.

Hauer.ck vs. Plummer?Set forJanuary 10, 1882, at ]0 A M., lortrial.

Sepulveda ys, Peterson ?Set forDeoember 30:h at 10 A. M. for trial.

Estate of Maroolina Chijulla,deceased?Petition to have anmii.-iatrator punished for contempt.Petition denied, and appraisementordered returnable on Dec 15th.

Mouud City Land anil Water Co.vs. Paiomaree?Case continued tillDec. fl:h at 10 A. lit.

Dazzarrnvich vs. Leonis?State-ment ou motinu for new trial set-tled and allowed and ordered to beengrossed and filed within teudays.

C. N. Wilson vs. H. 8. Orme?Demurrer tn complaint sustainedaod ten days to anion 1..

Estate of Andres Pico, deceased?Oa trial.

SET FOB TO-DAY.Re estate of Ramona Villa -

Petition for letters.Re estate of A. Cottle?Petition

for order dispensing with familyallowance; both at 10 a. m.

League of Freedom Meeting.

A large crowd met at TurnvereinHall Sunday night, pursuant tooalissued a few days ago, for the pur-pose of forming a branch Leagueof Freedom. Heury Stuhr wascalled to tbe cbair and was electedPresident by acclamation. R. G.Weyse was elected Secretary by aunanimous vote and Charles Del-aval elected Treasurer by acclama-tion. Tbe Heoretary read |be arti-cles of tbe League of Freedom bfCalifornia, which were accepted bya unanimous vote, after wbicb allwho wished to become memberswere invited to sign the roll. Overa hundred persons, all of whomare business men, signed.

A motion waa made and carriedto have (be regular meetings onthe first Sunday of every month,the President to bave the power tocall special meetings at his discre-tion.

Nominations for Vice-Presidentwere in order. Michael Levy andHold. Eokert were nominated andunanimously eleoted. Au Executlve Committee ot ten was ap-pointed, after which tbe meetingadjourned.

Dr. Roszas took the stand audcalled Ihe company to order, andmade a speech, putting fortb bisviews of the Suuday Law, objectsof the League, eto , which werefrequently applauded by thosepresent, after whioh the assemblydispersed.

Tbe oolorist does dyeing andsouring at No. 8 Aliso atreet.

OUR BANKS.

Plethoric Vaolts and a Very Solvent Oommw

nity?Largo Deposit* and a Paucity ofBorrower*, Although Interest ia Unprecj-

dentedly Low.

A reporter of the Herald yes-terday interviewed the managers,of our leading banks, with theview of ascertaining how Los An-geles stood financially.

He first looked in upou tbe LobAngeles County Bank.

Reporter,?How does money nowcompare with this time last year?

Money here is very plentiful andin very moderate demand, as com-pared with the amount on hand.Deposits have increased more thanfifty per cant, over tbis time lastyear; aud, iv some instances, theyshow even a larger increase.

Reporter?From what quarterand from what clasn of people dotbey come?

A large portlou of the depositorsare new comers, who have comehere to live; but the business undfarming community, also, aremaking heavier deposits vow thanthey have done at any time past.

Reporter?Uow do mortgagesstand?

Very few are hoiug made, andmauy of the old ones are boingpaid off; notes uud Interest arepunctually paid up. Tuls time oftbe year it has been usual with ubto luau a great deal ot money topay taxes, but this year we knowof no one Instance where we havehad to loan money for that pur-pose, Now about halfof our loansare upon real estate and the inter-terest has always been paid uppromptly, and mortgagors have,Without a single exception, paidup their own taxes. There are afew loans being made to peoplewbo are building uew houses

The Commercial Batik was nextinterviewed.

Reporter?How is money intown?*

Money is very plentiful ami in-terest vefy low, inure so than ithas beeu at any other time in thehistory of Los Angeles.

Reporter?How do you Hud ap-plications for money to loan uudtbe redemption ofsecurities ?

We only loau on commercial pa-per at 30, 60 auil 90 dnys. We havefound that our debtors meet princi-pal and Interest with gratifyingpromptitude.

Reporter?How are depositshere?

They are steadily 60 the in-crease.

Reporter?Who are the most geu-eraldepositors ?

The business cluss.Reporter? Are farmers deposit-

ing or borrowiug ?They are about a stand-oiFas re-

gards tbat, owing, no doubt, to thefact of their paying off old debts;but, if they havo a goml year thistime, wo oxpeot to see them largedepositors, us tbe last harvest hasstraightened out nearly alt eftbem.

At tho Farmers & Mercliunts'Bank the reporter learned thatmoney is very plentiful and ob-tainable on very easy terms, therate of interest being very low.

Reporter?Uow are depositsThey are about threo time larger

than ut this tnu < lust year.Reporter?Who are your chief de-

positors ?Well, that is hard to say. They

belong as much to one class as an-other. Everyone lately seems 10have money.

Reporter?Aro many mortgagesbeing filed ?

No; v very few, but there are agreat many being paid oft.

Reporter?Arc uoies and otherobligations being met [iromptly ?

Very much so, indeed. I baldlyremember a sue to the contrary, oflate.

Reporter?Who aro getting loan»,land for what purpose?

They are a very small proportionof our people ami are only presseillemporsrily, in order to build; themass oi the peoplo do not requireapi'binuindations. We are ouly 100

anxious to make loans'at very lowrates, ifwe get good security.

A ResolutionOf the Olty of Loa Angelea, pro-

viding for the Improvement andgrading of Charity atreet, be-tween Temple aud Court Housestreets.

\u25a0Beit resolved by the Mayor audCouncil of the city of Los Angelesas follows:

Section 1. That the followingimprovements, at the expense ofthe property-owners, shall be maileon Charity street, between Templeand Court House streets,

Tbe roadbed shall be graded audcovered witheight inches ofgravel.The crown of the street shall banine inches above the grade wltbsuoh a elope towards tho curb tbatat.tbe outside of the gutters it shallbe 8 inches below tbe curb. Afterbeing graveled it shall be thor-oughly wet and theu rolled. Pro-vided, that there shall he no stonesln said gravel larger th&u two inch-es in diameter.

The gutters shall be 3J feetwide, concave at the bottom,and paved with granite cobblestones not less thai) eight incheslong, thoroughly set ill thesaud andtheu rammed. The center of Ihogutter shall be twelve lucbea, audthe inside adjoining the cm b sixInohes below tno grade.

The curb shall be of redwood 3x12incbes, placed with the top to tbeestablished grade, spiked to postsof redwood 4x4 inches, threefeet long, set into the ground fulllength below the top of the curbaud Inside of the same, and notmore thau four feet apart, with oneto eaoh joiut lv the curbing.

The sidewalks shall be twelve feetwide, graded and covered withthree iuchesof flue gravel, smooth-ly laid, and raked free from coarsestones of more than one inch lvdiameter. Tho slope of tbe side-

walks shall be three luches towardstbe curb.

Sec. 2. The Clerk of the Councilshall certify to the passage ot thisresolution, aud shall cause the sameto be published ouoe ivthe Los Angeles Daily Herald,a newspaper published in said city,

and thereupon and thereafter itshall take effect and be iv force.

Ihereby certify tbat the forego-ing resolution was adopted by tbeCouncilor the City of Los Angelesat its meeting of December 10th,A.D., 1881.

W. W. Robinson,.

Clerk of the Council of the City ofLos Angeles.

Approved this 12th day of Decem-ber, A. D. 1881.

J. R. TOBERMAN,! Mayor.

Hotel Arrivals.

PICO HSUSE.FQJaus, Han Fran W ITyus, Anaheim0 Livermore, do Manuel Wolter,W KOrinsfelder.do Montana111 Marquette, do Ablano Rodriguez,Dr FHHmllte.StPl MontaDaW L Tlckner, Car- Mrs Titus A daugh-

«on Nev ter,lllinoisRob" IDalton, Chi- C H Phillips, San L

\u25a0urn Obispo1 w Lestin, Jr, lOt- SM MoKenzie, Gila

tnwa Bendd i m Radebargh, Tbos smith Glascow

Gettysburg!), Pa .las Smith.PasadenaE A Hchreck, San Francisco

COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL.I) Johnstone, Salt L J Grundlko, S DiegoJ E Taylor, do A J BdyleChas Jacoby, S Fran Mrs J ~dge Strong,Dan'lLandis, do New YorkKTSmlth.i do Tbos F Bolello, Yu-Mrs T McCrystal.do ma, ATARMcOall, do W C Land, HolllaterIIA Elßenback, do J C Hayes, doKWl'oss, do J R Bradley, OaklndW IIKa>s, do HLeouln,TucsonB A rseir, Haorauito F W BurgessMrs Downey and 2 W H Lonne, Sonora

daughters, Anhm T Oray, Mineral Prk

ST. CHARLES HOTEL,

t bs H Barry, Denvr AS Hall and wife,GHvSwlney.do Ellis, KbP Potts, Tostin Lllodln A w, SnJoseJ Vanderllp.Bt Ana E H Jaok and Imly,Wm Corning, N V I'eoriiv1)T Donogau.Pueb- Elliott H Smith* d,. 10, Colo Muscatine, IaW E Sibley, Orange LO Harvey,SPKßCo

Thomas Harvey, SilveradoUNITED STATES HOTEL.

MCrane Awf.Newh MrsSmlth.ComptonMrsMcElroy Miss Annie Hoyt,Miss Dodge NorwalkG S Ordway

_J L Carter

W E Robinson, S F R ItapeltejM h.dingtou, Cer. .1 L sheflet

ritos J B R"nue, Sta AuaD C Martin, Bono Fred Bible, dollcMenJeulot H S Hawley, AriznaMiss s A Porvun J IBraaty and son,X D Connor and wf, Downey

Pomona TJGrllßnAndy i.ash, Benaou G W Aylsworlh.cityEdw'lnMayes.MonteEmll HarrisWm Fayette, city Frank W GreeneWin Poladgot WJ Barnes

F Holm

Property Transfers.

REPORTED BY JUDSON, GILLETTEI"A GIBSON ?DEO. 0, 1881.

CONVF.YANOES.KobortTurnbull to Philip II Martz-

335acres In Gird tract, Kuucbo La Clen- ,ega; liooo

_ ,John G Downey to Phlnens Banning?

5-17 of tract 272x1655 fl ln Wilmington;$10110 66.

Jas D Champion and Sarah A, bis wf, <to E F Spenee?Lots 2, 3, 12 and 11, and N 1% ol lots 1 and 11, blk 105, Bellevve Ter-race tract; 83000

J M Fears lo Louis Phillips?ll acresiv lotl, blk X, Phillips's addition to Po-mona, and lots 1 anil 2, blk i>s, Pomona;SI.MMI.

Alex B Grogau to Alfred Wakely?2oacres tn Uancuo Han Fata wall 8550.

saviugs and Loan Soolety to T A Tern- .plelon and Mary B, bis wife?Lot 16,O'Melveny's subdivision of block 22M;8325.

Havings and Loau Society to oeorge WPhelon?Lot 20 said blk22J4; $350.

Jacob Kuhrts to Conrad Haleu-Lot 7, .blk 8, Ord's survey; 8900.

B Cobn to Wm IINordholt?l.4l6 aoresH part of vineyard lot 6, Reyes traot; .{lino.

V A Hoover to Jos Lougheed?Lots 17aud 18. Hoover tract; «30u.

Laurluno Machado (also known asLauriano Talumantcs) to HornardinoMv ha'io?2l.2o acres in Kancho La B.i- ]llona; $93.

Susan R Balsley and Geo IIBalsley toHenry D McDoi aid?s&of Sfc.H anu in- ]tcrest ln NH ofHE* Sco 1, TIM,R 12 W;$200.

Henry D MoDonald to E 0 Mulock-Same aa last; $1. n

l'l-anolsca A MacDongall to Lucy CMoore?Agreement to convey lot 10, blkX, Mott. tract; $206 cash. $250 in one yearand $iSO lv2 years, 10 per cent per an-num; $7UO.

A o Porter to B A Washburn?6 aoresin division F, lands of San Onbrlel Or-angeOrove Ass'n; $300.

S fl ilnbhell to Jus .1 8u11t5?12.46 acresin Home tract, Kancho San Antonio; .$000.

Hugo Kramer anil Annio. his wife, toLouis X Lorbeer?3M acres lv SB cornerof lot 1, blk 17, Hancock's survey; 82500.

Mary LSmith to M D Crawfont-Agreo-menl toconvey 30 acres In Ireland tract,Kancho Santa Gertrudes; 1 joar, I per .ct-nt por month; $350.

Wallace Woodworth with A B Peltieraud Jules Perrlett?Agreement as to par-tition wall between lots M side commer- ,olal st. Iv W Cbllds, J Q Downoy and I \V Hell- ,man to Mrs Emily Compton?Lois 5, 0 ,aud 84, blk I, West Los Angelos; $1)00. ,

DECKMUEIt 12,1881.Han Gabriel Orauge Grove Aasoolatlon

to Donald M Graham nnd Margaret (' iGraham ,as Jolut tenants?ls seres NW iside Mountain avenue, lands of said As-sociation,

O W Cbllds, J O Downey and 1 WBellman to P V Cool-Lots 1,2, 8 and 4, ,blk M, West L is Angeles; $1200.

.lolbam Blxby,Thus Flint, L Blxby, F .FLow and I melnuarl to J M Ellington ,?Lot 28, Wilmingtontraot! $1000.

L A Curtis und M C, Ids wile, by sher-iff, to E llulllday? Lot»s, 6,lsaud 16.b1k JI),Orauge; $'166 25.

A X fjeemta to Peter Warner?Lot 4.blk B, Johnson tract;; $225.

N U Carter to Josephine White?EM lot ,18, Sierra Madre tract, 20 15 acres; »HIO :N C Carter lo Wm a Spalding?EH lot .16, Sierra Mudre trad, and water right; ,\u25a0loot.

Kelra Abila do Serrauo lo MiguelYorbn, Godofrcdo Yorbu, 1-rsnciscoJYorba and Francisco Yorba, heirs of Is- .abol Serrano ,ie Yorba?Lot 8, Kancho ,Canada do lus Allsos; $:00. ,

J X Morrison to 0 II Laugllllll?SEH ,lot 6. R4, Temple & Glhson Iract; to cor-rect former deed and $550. :

Hefuglo Cola do Martinez to O W 'Childs?lnterest in tract WstdeSanPe- 1dro si; $25.

John H Drlnkwater and Emma J, hiswife, to Jas Ashton?6 acres in lot 3, blk8, Huncoek's survey; $HJOO.

Morris ANewmark to Georgo Carson-Lots 4, 5, 10and 11 and E 20 ft of lot 8, blk3, nnd lots 7 aud 8, blk 4, Wright's addi-tion to Comptou. and lots 4 and 6, (less E50 ft) blk 4,Compton; $!.

Johu H Gw In to Jos Jordan?Lot C, blk40, Anaheim Exlonslon; $100.

John X Price lo Lewis L Price?EM of

EH of NW!4 Heo 29, T2 S R 13 W; $1000.Noah Palmer to Wm II Potter? EX ol

NEV. NWJj Sec 13, T5 S, X 16>V: $525.

Wm H Workman and Maria E, his wf.to Sarah Juno Rulo-Lots 1,3 and 6, blkI, Boyle Heights; fl.

BORN.

LYONS?In this city, Dooember 12, 1881,to Iho wile ~f Julius Lyoua, a daugh-ter.

Eastern oysters every style;hot ami cold lunches aud all thejsllcacies of the season served orthe shortest notice at CougreetHall, corner of Main and Requenastreets.. Ice cold Boca beer, the bealon the Coast, always on band, aiwell as \u25a0 full supply of tbe healbrands of liquors, wince and cl-ears. Kulrance to ladies' rooms otKequena street. Opeu day audnight.

J. CV Bright, of the famouscheap Btore, will give you betterbargains In dry goods, boots andlitiis and caps than any house inthe city. We don't blow aboutbeing the salt of earth, like some,but come and try and we will con-vince you of what we say. No. 53Main streot. dB-lw

§0 QnptttTUESPAY DEC. 13, 1881.

Herald Steam Printing House.

rhe Herald Hteam printing House isvol surpassed by any Job Printing offloooa the Paolflc Coast, outside orBan Fran-

iIsoo, in facilities for doing Job work.

' ow prices, cood work and expeditionray bo relied upon at tula offlce.

UTAH UtiPARTMLHT, BIOS'AL BEEVIOE,U. B. ABUT.

Division of Telegrams and Reports (or

the bonedt of Commerce and AgrtoultnreReport ofobservations taken at-Los An-

gelea. Cat.,Deo. 11, 1881.

jIj 1£ 2 a P> ii « So «2 8 A

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2:151>. M. .30.02 62 43 W 4 Fair8:15 p.m.l80.10 W I 2 ClearMaximum Thermometer, 62.0Minimum '? 49 0

NEW TO-BAY.

PASTORELA!QBAND

Allegorical DramaTO COMMEMORATE

The Birth ofObrlat,

Under the außplces of the "SooledadProgreslsta Mexloano," of Loa Angeles

At Turnverein Hall,(Weather permitting)

Saturday Evening, Dec. 24, 1881,Aud another night, as will hereafter

be announced.

Tho object is to obtain fundi for theorganization of a New Brass Band endfor the promotion of tbe school for poolchildren established byRev. Father Ver-daguer, at the Catholic Parish Church.

ItIs hoped tbat the ohjeot belngsuoh aworthy one, the public will respond ac-cordingly: more so. aa the spectacle willbe entirely novel. No expense has beenspared tn make It a complete success.

?ar*Admission, $1; Gallery,Mots.^alDoora open ut 7:30 p. nr. sharp. dlstd

CITY TREASURER'S OFFICE,CITY OP iiOS ANQELE3.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENThit iv accordance with the act of thelegislature of the Btato of California, enti-tled "AnAot to authorize the Mayor andCommon Council of tho City of Los An-gelea to take and subeciibe savanty-fivethousand dollars to tbe capital stock o!tho Los Angelea and Ban Pedro RailroadCompany in tho county of Los Angelos andto provide for tho paymont of the Bime,and other matters relating thereto," ap-proved February Ist, 1868, thoro ia now inthe Loan Fund known as tho

Railroad, Interest andSinking Fund of 1868

Sufficient money for tho extinguishmentof the bonds issued under said Act, viz:

»)5,010.05,And that all outstanding bonds issuod un-der said Aot will hi redeemed at the oflibeof James C. Kajß, City Treasurer, at theCourt House, on presentation thereof aftertbis date, and that said bonds will cease todraw interest four weeks frtm and aftertha first publication of this notice.

Tho said bands now outstanding are:No. 93, Issued August 24, 1869,

for the sura or $500No. 91, issued August 24, 1869,

lor the sum of $500No. 95, Issued Sept. 16,1869, for

the sum of $500No. 96, issued Sept. 16, 1869, for

the sum of $500No. 97, issued Sept. 16, 1860, for

the sum of $500No. 98, Issued Sept. 16,1869, for

the sum of $500No. 99, issued Sept. 16,1869, for

tbe sum of $500No. 111, issued Sept. 23, 1869,

for tbe sum of $500No. 112, issued Sept. 23, 1869,

for the sum of $500Dated December 10th, 1881.

J. R. TOBEKMAN, Mayor.E. F. BPENCE, .

President of Council,JAMES C. KAYS,

City Treasurer.dl3-4w Ioan Commissioners.

.Notice of Sale of RealEstate.

Inthe Superior Court of tbe county ofLos Angeles, btiite of California.

In tho matter of the ostate of 1Jacob Gray, deceased. J

Notice is hereby given that In pursu-ance ol au order of tho late ProoateCourt ot Los Angeles county, Calilor-nia, made on the fin day of May, 1870, lvthe mailer or tbe above estate, thn underslgued, executor of thn last will andtesfameutof said Jacob Gray, deceased,will sell at private sale to the highestudder for casn ivgold coin of the United

States, subject lo continuation by saidCourt, on or after

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29tli, 1881,

All tbe right, title aud interest Hotsaid estate, or which said deceased hadat the time of his death in and lo allthat certain lot, pioce or parcol of landlyingand being situate in the oounty ofLos Angoles and State ofCalifornia, auddesorlbed as follows: The east half ofthe-nortbwest quarter of section 3, town-ship 1, south range 10 west, San Bernar-dino Meridian, containing Hi acres ofland, being part of the 160 acres acquiredby one E. p. Justice from tne Unitedstates,ns evidencod by Recorder's cer-tificate No. 231, issued Aprillat, 1877. th.

Terms and Conditions of Hale?llasli, ingold coin ot the United States. Deed atexpengo of purchaser. Bids or offers mayhe made at any tinio after tbe first publica-tion of this notice and before the makingof the sale. All bids or offers must be inwriting and left at tbe offices of tiicknellA White, r*oi. 11, 12 and 13, Temple Block,Los Angelea city, Cat., or dollverod to the'undersigned personally.

A.S.GRAY,Executor of the last will and testa-

ment of Jacob Gray, deceased. d!3td

|s«m STOMACH gfmj

*.TTERSIn Hosts of Families

Hostel tor's stomach Bitters Is as muchregarded as a household necessity us su-gar or ootlVe. The reason of this is thatyears of experience have proyrd it to beperfectly reliable In those cases of emer-gency where a prompt, and convenientremedy Is demanded. Constipation,liver complaint, dyspepsia, indigestionand otber troubles are overcome by it.

mW for sale by all Drugglsla und Deal-ers generally.

Marster's Self-Regulating

FEEDERFOR THRESHING MACHINES,

[a the only Feeder manufactured that feediwithout moving all the straw ln a body, eonlequontly giving amore regular feed than It i,

possible to obtain with a draper feeder; itreeds the whole length of the cylinder; Itiaeasily changed to teed fast or alow as desired,saves tho labor of two men and does not re-quire an experienced tableman to feed It.the separator needs no alteration with th.exception of the removal of feed board to se-cure it in position, and does not have to betaken offwben moving. Itrequires but lit.tie power torun it,and has no coiuplicatec

Eirts liable to get out of order. Its succesfavtng been billy demonstrated, I cordlallj

Invite all partios Interested to call and Judg.ot Its merits. For fall particulars address

1. 1. MABBTKBS.Stooktan.OaJ,

NEW TO-DAY.

Wanted.A. UOOD TAILOR. Applyat the store

of K.ADAM,Spring St. dl3;st

!Col. Dbaveb. Hergcant A. J. Hickman.

Railroad Saloon;WILMINGTON.

TOM AND JERKY and all tbe flrat-class bibulous specialties,

Give us a call. d!3-lm

NEW TO-PAY. V

DOTTER & BRADLEYARB IN DAILYRECEIPT OF

Furniture and Carpets

DIRECTLY FROM THE EAST.

THEY STILL HOLD THE

PRICES DOWN,

And Sell as JLow or LOWERthan Cxoods wero sold beforethe manufacturers marked up

their lists.

KTPLEABE CALL A.T*T> SEE.-Wi

80, ilAND 94 MAIN STREET,Los Ang-eles. d«.i»

j7c BRIGHTS

FAMOUS CHEAP STORE,jNTo. 53 Main St.,

Is HEADQUARTERS for RARGAINS In

DRY GOODS, BOOTS & SHOESAa he ia reducing his stock,

ALL GOODS MAEKED DOWN.deB 2m

It Must Be Done.o? ?

LEWIS BROS.,Encouraged by their past success and wonderful increaseof business, find it imperatively necessary to enlarge andextend their well-known Boot and Shoe House, for theirTerrific Business, together with theEnormous and Magnifleent Stookthey carry, renders their present quarters inadequate tomeet the demands their immense business requires. Con-sepuently,

We Must Have Room,And to secure it will give the public the benefit of one ot

Tiie Grra.iid.est

Reduction SalesEver Heard of*In Los Ang-eleei.

say-Ladles', Misses', Children's. Mens' and Boys*Boots and Shoes will be sold at Your Own Figures.

other Boot and Shoe House in Los Angeleacarries one-quarter of the stock we do, and for theNext Sixty Days we will sell Boots andShoes at prices they cannot buy them for.

is no Humbug or Clap-Trap 1-teduction, but an Honest,Genuine Sale, and to those in search df Cour-teous Treatment, Square Dealing and Full Value for theuMoney, the Great Half-Price Bootand Shoe House can assure them all this.

LEWIS BROS.,57 and 59 Spring Street,

Opposite the Postofflee. Ms

ID-d£L"VI£>m\ ECHiNEB

BEST IN THE WOBL.I>.

PERMANENT BRANCH; 148 MAIN ST.

oMtf JOHN BURNS, Agent.

Red HouseFor Yourßoots* Shoes

IMAINST., opposite Court Hons*. %\*\_\\\

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