The herald., 1893-12-27

new trial and sentence continued to January
I'd.
Estate and guardianship of Lippy minors
Settlement OF accounts continued to Decem-
ber 29th.
The January number of the California Mag
azne is responsible for the following ON Or
On the ranches which I visited at Santa Ana,
in Orange county, Cal, where more peanuts
COAST pe the % Vines were eft TIM in rows Tor from
to two weeks and picking was done in the
field chiefly by women, making a not unpic-
tuersque scene One field | remember particu-
larly. 1t was a beautiful day in the latter part
of October, the sky blue as only the semi-tropi-
cal sky can be. At intervals, over the level
brown earth, where not stick or stone OF
smallest size was visible, piles of peanut vines
had been placed, and by each pile sat one or
two women busily picking off the pods. Some
of them had fixed umbrellas In the ground 10
protect them from the too-ardent rays OF the
sun. AS fast as their boxes were filed with
the fragrant nuts-for ripe peanuts even in a
raw state exhale peculiarly delicious odor--
the contents were emptied into sacks standing
near by, and by the number of sacks filled in a
day each persons wages were regulated. One
of the women told me that the price paid them
was 35 cents sack. She filed three sacks the
first day and averaged four or FIVE, though she
was a new hand at the work. Expert pickers
sometimes fill seven or eight sacks, each sack
containing 40 pounds.
Gov r. k. Colcord, wife and daughter left
on the morning train for their home in Nevada.
They spent Christmas day with the governor S
sister, Mrs Cogswell, of this city. On their re-
turn homewaro they will take in Los Angeles,
Pasadena and Santa Barbara. Their stay in
Santa Ana was short, as the governor had bus
iness at home which demands his attention.
Charles Tedford spent Christmas with his
parents in Newport district, returning to Los
Angeles this evening.
Joe Carter and Rash, his partner, who cut
the lock off the city jail and released its in
mates, were brought before Judge Freeman
today, but as they wanted lawyer to defend
them their examination was postponed till to-
morrow at 10 a. m.
The Downey Champion has this to say of the
on the Santa Ana river;
Five tramps who had been run out of Santa
Ana showed up in town on Wednesday even
ing. They were hungry and wanted money
to buy bread. Dave Smart gave them nickle
to buy one loaf as a starter Going to Mrs
Cohn's they demanded three loaves for the
money, and, on being refused, they in men
acing tone said they would burn up the town
If the people did not shell out better. They
returned, threw the money at Mr.. Smart with
vile remark and left. Constable Brookshire
got wind of them and, in company with Henry
Roemer, Donald Dobie, George Morrow and
Mon Ullery, started out to make arrests. The
tramps were caught in field near Henry Lees,
where they had visited and used insulting
remarks to Mrs Lee, who was home alone.
trail hotel, one of the tramps drew chair
to strike Constable Brookshire, but Henry
Roemer was little too quick, for him, and
a demolished chair and badly used up tramp
were the outcome of the belligerent demonstra-
tion Justice Ellis disposed of them in the
morning with his usual urbanity by sending
them up.