Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-05-20

Local News Notes.
Colton's new school house is to cost
$4,000.
Justice Y. M. Ross is planting 1900
more orange trees ON his rancho above
Glendale.
Twenty thousand orange trees have
been planted in and around Pasadena
this spring.
Mr.. II. J. Grow of Glendale has 5000
boxes of oranges aed lemons yet to ship
from last crop.
Orange trees aro being shipped to
New Zealand, Florida and North Caro-.
lima from Pasadena.
ExMayor Cameron Il. Thorn is plant.
ing 500 more orange trees in his orange
grove above Glendale.
The Pomona Valley Bank has become
a National Bank, under the title Of
First National Bank Of Pomona.
the down train brought in six fruit
cars yesterday TO carry off the oranges.
The :. Z. Co. send out ten TO fifteen
cars three times a week.
The 1853 lots in the Cable Road tract
were all sold by Rogers, Booth & Co. on
Monday to Messrs. Joseph Hines, Kelly,
Fudicker q Co. for $500 per acre.
The Birch and Cotton Minstrel Com.
pany went north yesterday after sue
cessful tour over the Southern California
circuit, under the leadership Of Mr..
Harry G. Wyatt.
Mr.. p. M. Williams, OF Fresno, is in
the city. lie says the grape and grain
crops in Fresno are promising great
things for the coming harvest and vint-
age.
Companies A and G, Seventh Infantry
battalion, N. G. G., give grand military
ball at Almory Hall on Wednesday
evening, June 9th. IL Is the fifth annual
anniversary of the companies.
The example of the Azusa fruit grow.
ers in forming wine and fruit company
should be initiated at once in every part
of the county where the wineries are
insufficient to work up the grapes.
The markets are supplied with Aus
tralian saucer peaches of home growth,
fine apricots from the north, also mag
nificent cherries. There are also cur
rants and pie plant of home growth IN
abundance.
Mr.. Ben Hill brought up string Of
seven runners from III Csjon Valley,
San Diego county. The horses were
taken out to the race track with their
trainers. They go into training at once
for the fall races.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Manufacturers Association will meet
this evening at 81 South Spring street,
opposite she Court House. A full at
tendance is requested, as an interesting
meeting Is anticipated.
The Union Band will give their an
null picnic at Sycamore Grove on Sun
day the 3Osh inst There will be prizes
for leaping, sack racing, dancing and
running. A free lunch will be spread
and an OK head roasted.
A special fruit train of nine cars went
out on Tuesday night, one car for Bur-
lington, one for 0ttumwa, one for Min
neapolis, one for Davenport, one for
Denver, one for st. Paul. one for Kansas
City, one for Omaha, and one for Chi
cago.
Mr.. j. NJ. Riley made $4,000 very
neatly in few days on the lot corner
of First and Fort streets, the Lever
property. The sale to Mr.. Brysop, a
close buyer, makes the corner worth
over $40 per foot, taking First street as
the frontage.
The Pomona Progress has passed into
the Glands of w. ID. Morton and viii
Cobler, two well-known printers and
publishers. w. d. Morton and Il. Il.
Stowell will conduct the editorial de-
partmont. The Progress is first.rate
newspaper, and deserves generous sup
port from the good people of Pomona.
The Carpenter lot, corner of First and
Fort streets, 100 feet on First by about
80 on Fort, some time ago sold for S225
psr front foot on the First street side, is
resold at 1925 per foot. II made Messrs.
King, Dennis and Howes just Sl3, 900 in
a few months. 1t is said to be worth
to-day $500 per foot.
The San Gabriel Valley Bank, under
the Presidency of Frank Nj. Ward, will
open on Monday next with a capital of
$50, 900. Alonzo Tower is Vice-Presi-
dent, b. w. Bates Cashier, +. NJ. Ward,
j. G. Miller, B. W. Bates. c. S. Martin,
Lyman Craig, Alonzo Tower and w. h.
Il. Ward, Directors. The rooms are
beautiful, and the officers are shrewd
and progressive business men.
A city election took place in San Ber-
nardino last Saturday. Six hundred
and sixteen votes were cast, being the
largest vote ever poled in the city.
The contest resulted in the election of
the followingi City Trustees, John An
dreson, L. T. PERKS, j. G. Burt, /. X.
Brunn and Smith Halle; Marshal, Jas.
Bright; Recorder, j. w. Morgan; As.
SCISSOR, A. +. Mckinney; Treasurer, G.
F. Roe; Clerk, b. b. Harris; Board of
Education, w. j. Curtis. John G. King,
j ohm Brown, Jr., w. A. Harris and Le-
rnra Allan