The herald., 1895-12-20
SAN DERNARD|NO ROMANCE
A Tale of DiSinterested Friend
ship Fully Requited
A CIGAR STORE PARTNER
Bids for the Completion of the Court
Bids for the Completion of the Court
House Building
A Question Arising as to the Lowest Bidder,
In Whole or in Part, to Be- De-
cided 1onday

SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. 10.-E. H.
Thomas is now proprietor in part or solely
of the cigar stand owned by Harry Ira
villa at the corner of Third and E streets,
and behind the transfer of the place is a
little romance which shows that favor
done may bring returns in after years.
Neither Thomas nor Travilla will admit
the details of the story, but the former adj
mitted this morning that he was now the
owner, at least in part, of the cigar stand.
while Travilla dismissed the matter with
the simple statement that Thomas now
had an interest there, but he declined to
confirm the truthfulness of the story on
the street, or to give the details OF the
transaction by which Thomas came into
possession. The story which is told is
this:
Several years ago while Thomas was
marshal of this city, a miner came in
from the desert, and while taking i'll the
town was finally arrested on some trivial
charge, and the fine assessed amounted to
more than the amount of wealth in the
miners possession. The alternative was
imprisonment, and that was staring the
visitor from the desert i'll the face when
Thomas was touched by something in the
situation and volunteered the payment of
the fine.
The money was paid and the miner dis
appeared, going back to his mines on the
desert
All that was years ago, and as the mile
stones slipped by they have not always
brough: prosperity to the ex-marshal. In
deed, his circumstances were quite
changed from the days when he volunteered
the payment of the fine, but that crcum-
stance had almost passed out of his men,
DRY, until it was recalled a few days since
by the temperance of the miner who had
been the object of his kindness:
The miner, whose name and identity are
unknown except to Thomas, again arrived
in the city few days since, and at once
began to look up the man who had be-
friended him. He finally found Thomas,
but in entirely different circumstances
from those under which they had separat-
ed. The years had dealt hardly with the
ex.marshal. but the miner had prospered,
and seeing the situation he determined to
do something for the man who had been
his benefactor. and that accounts for the
fact that Thomas is now established in his
own stand at that corner. The details of
the sale no one connected with the trans
action will reveal, but Thomas is now the
owner of half interest or perhaps of all
the place. and is indebted for it to the gen.
crosby OF the man whom he favored when
the circumstances of the two were re-
versed.
The story reads like romance, but it is
a romance in real life.
COURT HOUSE CONTRACTS
The bids for work on the new court
house. which we're opened by the board of
supervisors this week, and which will be
considered Monday, provide for the practi-
cal completion of the building. Under the
contract to be let the building will be en-
tirely inclosed, all exterior doors and win
dows to be put in and the rough plastering
done, which will leave the new building in
such condition that the board of supervis-
ors can take up the rooms one at a time. if
desirable, and finish and furnish them.
The bids were called for on five PROPOSE
tons, which included the following:
Proposition No. 16-All the iron work
necessary to complete the building. and
al SO the putting in of "A part of the flooring.
Proposition No. 17-All concrete and
brick work, including the closing of the
gable at the east end Of the building where
it connects with the old court house; all
concrete and cement work between iron
beams, and the base OF the tiling which
may be used, and the first coat of plaster
ing throughout the building.