Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-25
NEWS NOTES.

NEWS NOTES.
Frank Abbott, one-armed man, was
arrested last night by Officer Stewart for
disturbing the peace.
There are undelivered kilograms at
the Western Union telegraph Office, cor
ner Main and Court streets, for
Mrs. H. T. Newell and Henry Mestel.
The bonds OF County Auditor Rollins,
in the sum OF $4,000, were yesterday
approved by the judges of the superior
court, and he took formal possession Of
The office.
County Clerk Ward and Miss Glass,
daughter of the chief of police, were
stung by stingarees while in bathing at
San Pedro Saturday night. Their in
juries were very painful.
A frame cottage on Khurts street,
near Johnson, was destroyed by fire
early last evening. 1t was occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Goodwin and owned by j.
G. Arnold. The loss is estimated at
$500. istt
Frank Powelson was yesterday ar
raigned on a charge OF battery before
Judge Austin. The bail was fixed at
$500, Cora Powelson is still at the city
prison and is very weak from the loss OF
blood.
The examination of Morros on the
charge of assault takes place this after
noon before Judge Austin. The friends
I of Morros assert that he was in Santa
Ana on the day the assault is alleged
to have been committed.
j.. J. Golish was arrested yesterday
, afternoon by Officer Johnson for disturb
ing the peace. He got freak IN his
head that he was John L. Sullivan, and
tried his slogging propensities on every
one he met on the street.
Mcdonald and Aaron Abbott, two OF
the men arrested on Sunday for
vagrancy, pleaded not guilty yesterday
'defore Judge Austin. The examination
Of Abbott was set for September 1st,
and of Mcdonald, alias Forbes, for Sep
j., tember Sd. The other two arrested
i, for vagrancy were given foaters.
d The body of Kelly Good was recovered
yesterday morning at Alamitos bay. 1t
is. reported that the young man re-
marked to his mother that he was going
to Anaheim Landing to get drowned,
but Judging from the fact that he called
out for help it was clearly not case of
suicide, and the deceased in all Prob
ability made the remark jestingly. 1t is
also reported that several good swim
mers saw the man getting carried out
and made no attempt to 60 to his rescue.
The most hotly contested and inter
esting debate ever held by the Literary
Society of the Third Congregational
church occurred last evening.
The question, Resolved That the
Ghurch is Losing Her Power Over the
Masses, was discussed. Affirmative, F.
H. Tarrant and G. l.. Logan; negative,
j. Gillingham and Rev. j. H. Collins.
The president appointed five judges,
and they gave the decision to the affirm
ative,,a,
The veteran who suicided at the SOL
diers home on Sunday, brief mention of
which was made in yesterdays HERALD,
was Lora H. Payson. He was found
dead by J. T. Marshall about thousand
yards from the home. The deceased had
been adjudged insane a couple of years
ago but he was not considered danger
GUS. The verdict of the jury was that
he committed suicide by hanging, while
Insane, The deceased was Sc years old,
and belonged to Company R, of the
First Massachusetts infantry.
=. M. Shaw sends US communication
warning people against an attempt un-
der way to folst pretended silver mines
in Laurel canon, Cahuenga range, on
the public. Mr.. Shaw says if any signs
of mines in that canon have been dis
covered they have been salted, for he
has assayed the rock and knows it is
barren OF anything but trace OF silver,
such as can be found in almost any
formation. Besides, the land has been
declared to be non-mineral by the gov
ernment, and has been sold as such to
the settlers. Shaw says that man who
lived for while in the caflon has
brought specimens of silver rock from
Denver with the object of sailing Ca
huenga claims and placing them on the
market.