Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-24
SANTA BARBARA.
NEWS NOTES FROM THE CHANNEL
CITY.
Extensions of the Telephone System-A
Ventura Youth Walks Off the Wharf.
A Business Deal-Personal Notes and
Gossip.
pecial Correspondence to the HERALD

Special Correspondence to the HERALD.
SANTA BARBARA, Feb. 23d.
The Press this morning takes a run
ming hop, skip and jump square on top
of the San Francisco Chronicles cor
respondent in this city. The unfortunate
fellow, in reporting the mock "holding
up" of the Arlington boys, reported in
the HERALD many days ago, gave it as
genuine, and therefore the Press editor
is angry.
J. A. Mathis is building two-story
cottage on Micheltorena street, between
Bath and Delavina.
A football team is to be organized in
this city THU sday evening. Santa Bar
bara boys are great kickers and will
make good team.
President T. Il. Oakes of the Northern
Pacific railroad, Mrs. Oakes and family
of New York arrived last night in their
private car from the south.
The usual ball given by Washington
Fire company No. at Santa Rosa hall,
last night, was most successful affair,
well attended and well enjoyed.
Santa Barbara's wheelmen went to
Ventura on Washington's birthday.
There were fifteen in number, and each
reports having an excellent time.
A motion was made in the superior
court this afternoon, by attorney for
May Willard, that she be admitted to
bail. The court deferred action until 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
The Santa Rosa arrived from the
north this afternoon. The wharf was
crowded with admirers of the steamer
who were anxious to promenade her
decks again.
The thirty-seventh anniversary of the
organization of the first lodge of Good
Templars on the Pacific coast was cele-
brated last night by an oyster supper
and social dance at the Y.M.C.A. hall.
Subscriptions are being solicited among
the business men to raise funds to make
grand Santa Barbara exhibit at TIE
Los Angeles citrus fair. Money is COM
ing in freely, and it may be expected
that we will be strictly ''in it' when it
comes to display.
The telephone line connecting Santa
Barbara with Los Angeles, Ventura,
Pasadena, San Bernardino, Riverside,
Pomona, Redlands and all cities of any
Importance in Southern California, has
been completed, and is now in good
working orner. Communication was
opened to the public yesterday.
A youthful prodigy hailing from Ven
tura visited this city Sunday. In his
strolls about town he saw nothing ex-
traordlnarily wonderful, 30 toward even
ing he made his way to the wharf and
deliberately walked off into the ocean.
He was fshed OUT by a seaman and
landed upon the wharf, wet, cold and
frightened, but it is to be hoped more
cautious youth.
w. @. Show, the grocer, doing busi-
ness in this city some five or six years,
yesterday purchased the grocery stock
of the old firm of Austin & Trenwith.
This is very important deal, aud
creates considerable surprise. The lat
ter firm has been doing business in this
city some twenty years, but the late
death of Mr.. Austin made the action of
Mr.. Trenwith necessary.
A civil suit was up in Judge Cranes
court today. Alexandra Gutierrez
brought suit against Atkinson Bros. for
the recovery of ring, or its equivalent,
left in ''soak" with defendants. The
judge rendered decision in favor of
plaintiff. HANK.