The herald., 1893-06-01
SAN BRRNARDINo.
sheriff Booth Cleverly Captures an Es
caped PrIannar=Notaa.

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Snerin Booth Cieverly Captures an Es-
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SAN BERNARDNo, May 3l.-The OBJ.
sarvance of Memorial day was general
IN this city, nearly all the business
houses closed at noon. The parade took
place at 8 p. m. and was very credit
able affair, there being about 200 old
soldiers, 300 school children and several
civic societies, the whole being followed
by a large number of citizens in car
riages. The Redlands brass band fur
nished appropriate music for the occa-
sion. When the cemetery was reached
the whole column formed a hollow
square around the floral monument and
the usual services held, at which Miss
Grace Metcalfe recited poem. The
usual salute to the dead was fired by a
squad OF company e. The pavilion was
crowded in the evening with people.
Now that Decoration day is past. the
next in order is the glorious fourth Of
July, which will be fittingly cele-
brated from present Indications.
The subscription list is meeting
with a long list of signers and
it 10 safe to say the required amount
49, ~ AhN0O up w I'LL bu6 6QLlre
Ninth regiment OF seven companies in a
military parade and sham battle. a pro-
Sramme will be given that will bring a
large number OF strangers to the city.
RETURNED TO JAIL.
Last January 4th, Link Pierce, who
was serving a three years. sentence for
attempting to bribe q witness in the
case of the People VS.. CASTLE, escaped
from the county Jail. Sheriff Booth had
just taken charge of the office and the
evening paper of this city printed a
lengthy article on the eo-called isil de.
livery and severely repremanded the
Democratic sheriff who asked them TO
suppress the intelligence for few days
and thus assist him in his capture. At
4:40 today the jail breaker was returned
to the county bastile by Sheriff Booth
Deputy Reeves, who returned from Bak-
ersheld where he was arrested upon the
orders of the sheriff of this city. He
seemed crestfallen when returned to his
old cell to serve out three years. sem
tence.
NOTES.
District Attorney Oster is visiting in
Los Angeles.
James w. Girvin, Hawaiian islands
consul at San Diego, was in the city to-
day.
Mr.. O. H. Kohl and wife, accompa-
MED by Miss Anderson, left yesterday
for tho worlds fair.
Edward N. Buck, city editor of the
Times-index, left yesterday for a few
Gays. vacation on visit with friends in
San Diego.
N. Victor O. committee of one to remove
J. S. Purdy's slaughter house, which
has caused the adjoining residents con-
siderable trouble OF late.
r. S. Garner and family went to Santa |
Monica yesterday.
Mrs. s. M. Harris OF this city left to-
day for Kansas.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. L. Doran left last
evening for Los Angeles, where they
will reside in the future.
The city trustees postponed their reg
ular meeting last night on account of it
being holiday.
Ground has been broken for new
winery, to be built at the corner of Z
and first streets by Ed Reinert.
An old man named Charles Brooks
was arrested yesterday efterno on by
Constable Blackburn for selling liquor
to Indians.
Fred Swope the new sheriff OF River
side county, was in the city yesterday
morning on business.
A large delegation of Riverside people
passed through the city yesterday en-
route to the worlds fair.
A land slide occurred on the Santa Fe
about four miles north of Yorba, in
which 25 yards of track was carried
away. The water in the irrigation ditch
had softened the ground and caused the
trouble. The passengers on the train
that usually arrive in this city at 2:O5 p.
m. did not get here till 3 80, having
been compelled to await a special which
was sent from this city to the scene of
the accident, where they were trans-
fered.
Judge H. NJ. Willis, sr., accompanied
by his daughters, Mrs. @. E. Payne and
Miss Jennie, and Harry M. Willis, jr.,
returned from en- extended tour of the
northern part of the state today. H. M.
Willis ir., has just graduated from
Berkeley with class honors and will |
make his future home in this city.
Il. t. Roberts residence on Ninth
street west of Mount Vernon, was totally |
consumed today, at l :15 p. M, by fire.
The family were down town shopping |
when the building caught fire in some
unaccountable way, and was almost |
destroyed before discovered. The struct- |
ure was insured for $1,000.
when Congress VIII Meet.
WASHINGTON, May 3l.-The Star SAYS
tonight the president has intimated |