The herald., 1893-01-28
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Jack the Squeezer Again
Heard Of in Pomona.
"A Peculiar Lawsuit on Land at
Santa Ana.
Eedondo's Valuable Submarine Canon
Rivera Happenings-Proceedt
of RedIands Board OF
Trustees.

POMONA, Jan. 27.-"Jack the Sqeezer'
has been heard from again. Last night
Mrs. Andrew Caldwell, wife of Mr.. Cald-
well, agent for the Rowland Bros.'
nurseries, was attacked by an unknown
man as she was returning to her nome
from the Baptist church, where she had
been to attend the protracted meetings.
Mrs. Caldwell was accompanied by
her two little girls at the time, and
Anever once dreamed of a notorious char
acter such as "Jack" being around until
he grabbed her, at which she uttered
scream, which was heard by some men,
but upon the arrival of the timely as
sistance Jack had taken the cue and
waited not upon the order OF his going,
but went. There are many who would
want nothing better than to give the
unscrupulous wretch, Jack tne
Squeezer," whoever he is, the licking,
in schoolboy phraseology, that ne 80
richly deserves.
When is this sort of thiHg to stopf
This thing of having respectable ladies
grabbed by some fellow and squeezed,
when least expected, upon our streets
during the evening hours, is becoming
unbearable. 1t has been going on Tor
over a year now, and this fellow has
successfully evaded all attempts at de-
lection.
What glorious rain last night. Every
one is rejoicing, as the downpour came
at most opportune time; while the
crops were not exactly suffering, the
rain will do world of good. Concur
rent reports give the amount Of the pre-
cipitation as 2.74 inches.
The dedicatory ceremonies OF the Po-
mona Congregational college, Claremont,
over a new building. designated as the
Cyrus W. Holmes, jr., hall OF Pomona
college, in honor OF the amount, $25, 900,
given by an an unknown party OF Mon
son, Mass, who it was learned was an
unassuming gentleman, Cyrus W.
Holmes, jr., of that place, occurred this
afternoon, despite the rain. The dedi-
catory exercises consisted of vocal music,
prayer, the formal presentation and
acceptance OF the building and an ad-
dress by Rev. G. o. Brown of San Fran
cisco. The music was carefully arranged
for the. occasion. At the close OF the
exercises collation. was served.
Last evenings issue of the Pomona
Weekly Progress has this to say:
The new building is well worth the
money that has been put in it. The WORK
of construction has been watched care.
fully from day today, and the contract
for the building has been filled to the
letter. The result is large, handsome
and commodious structure that is ar
honor to the college and a noble monu
II! ment to Cyrus w. Holmes, jr. Tht
hinl nlhnilding contains an ample and we'll
10 qSyeN| chapel, large and convenien
'gapthAS II sariaa yan;tatjes. -anvo- uorrii1ru
hr ries at any time. The building will b.
lighted with electricity and furnished
with water throughout.
Overton & frey report the following
sales 30 far this month: DR., Maugh'f
10 acres, $13, 900, to Daniel Gibbler; g.
A. Cartcr's acres to DR.. Reed, $4,000
O. ID. Taylor's house and lot to G. A,
Garter, $4,000; Mrs. Hubbard Moore, {
acres to L. Y. Cooper of Hartford, Kan,
$1,000; M. L. Sparks to William Gaul.
20 acres, $4,000 cash total, $29, 900.
The Bon Silence Whist club met last
evening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
b. Westerman, where everything was
made as pleasant as possible for them
and their all-absorbing instinct for play-
ing the game. The players were: Mr..
and Mrs. Z. M. Keller, DR.. and Mrs. T.
L. Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Abbott.
Mr.. W. S. Bailey, Mrs. Charles Bailey,
: Frazier Sallee, HI. A. Broughton, Miss
Guild, W. A. Bell and Mrs. Bell, N.
Cohn, Mrs. Kathaleen Flood, Mrs, H.
u. Tinsley, Mrs. E. d. Dudley.