The herald., 1893-05-30
SANTA ANA.
The Exercises Today-Proceedings of the
Supervisors.

The Exercises Tod0y-Proceedtngs or the
Supervisors.
SANTA ANA, May 29.-The holiday to-
morrow will be busily spent by Santa
Anans.
The K. of P. Excursion to Coronado
will take large number of our people
away for the day.
The field sports at the race course to-
morrow afternoon promise to draw
crowd. The programme is made up of
20 events, and some 125 entries for races.
have been made.
An excursion to Newport beach will
leave Santa Ana in the morning, and
lots of our people will picnic at the
beach.
The G. A. r. and W. R. O. have deco
rated Neill's hall beautifully, and will
hold interesting exercises there tomor-
row afternoon. They 60 to the grave
yard in the morning.
The Courier nine of San Bernardino
and the Santa Ana High School nine
will play lively game Of baseball at
Spurgeon park in the morning.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
The board of supervisors met this
morning with all the members and the
clerk present.
The matter of the Newport drainage
ditch came up for hearing.
lard from O. e. Platte and A. E. Hem
sricks, stating that the proposed ditch
would De an injury to their land.
Cash Harvey, F. E. Grssser, NJ. s.
Carter, M. s. Mitchell, Joseph Neu-
baummer and W. A. Bear were called
as witnesses. Their testimony all went
to show that quicksand was found in the
location proposed for the ditch, that
wRshouts from an overflow would be
worse with the ditch than without it,
and that more good could be done by
actually stopping the overhowing arte-
sian wells in the vicinity than by max
ing the difch.
At the afternoon session OF the board
the prayer OF the petitioners was denied
by unanimous vote, and Newport and
the country south of Santa Ana will not
be formed into drainage district.
NOTES.
Arizona Charlie and his band of COW
boys will be in Santa Ana next Friday
and Saturday.
Mrs. E. e. Keech is in Los Angeles
today.
Elder James Logan of Paso Robles
occupied the pulpit OF the Christian
church yesterday. and will carry on
meeting there this week.
A large number Of Santa Anans visited
Redondo yesterday.
Harry Stafford ie in Los Angeles to-
day.
Fl. O. Bishop and Lillian Dawson hay
ing been married Saturday night, when
the case against Bishop came up in
court this morning, District Attorney
Scarborough moved that the charge be
dismissed and the prisoner discharged.
U. A. Mosher, who was awarded the
contract for sinking an artesian well for
the city at this last meeting of the board
OF trustees, has the tools upon the
ground, and will Immediately commence
the work.
Homer K. Pitman has returned from
Woodbridge college for the summer
vacation.
Judge O. W. Humphreys spent sun
day at Lsguna.
The first gooseberries of the season
are in the market.
James Lowe OF Orange was seriously
hurt yesterday by being kicked by
horse.
N, n. Houser of Glendora is here on
business.
Six of Mrs. L. E. Kiefhaber's little
friends, Misses Lizzie Turner, MaseIla
Madden, Birdie and Lizzie Yoch, Berta
Msher and Georgie Bessonette expressed
their esteem for her by presenting her
with beautiful silver vase last Satur-
day evening. II 10 very much regretted
that MIR. and Mrs. Kiefhsbsr are going
to leave Santa Ana.
Mrs. W. Anderson and Miss Annie
Smith received their friends at the
home OF Miss Smith last Friday after
noon.
Samuel Beckett and wife, parents of
Deputy County Clerk w. A. Beckett,
leave today for their home in Ontario,
Canada.
J. Keno Wilson, deputy sheriff of San
Diego county, is in Santa Ana today on
business.
W. Y. Earle Of Covina will participate
in the memorial services here tomorrow.
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