The herald., 1895-07-13
Annual Report Of the Library
Trustees Submitted
FIREMEN LEFT THE DANCE
RafaeIita and Carlotta Wage a War Of
Scratches
The Santa Maria Valley Connected With San
Francisco by Daily Train-Teach-
ers Reelected

6ANIA BA ARBAhA, July H. ne an
nual report of the library trustees, sub
mltted yesterday by President S. B. P.
Knox. contains the following items: Our
average circulation the past year has been
siy books to each inhabItant; this is the
largest per capita circulation of any
/ library with which we are in commune
cation. 1t speaks we'll for Santa Barbara.
/ No record is kept of books used in the
library. There ale 70 periodicals regu-
larly received by the library, including
dailies. weeklies and monthlies. On file
in the reading-room: ThIrty-seven
monthly magaziiies, 4 of which are gifts:
semi-monthly magazine s monthly pa
pers, all gifts; 26 weekly papers, IA gifts (;
/ semi-weekly paper, and daily papers,
gifts. The library has 10, 362 bo ks, and
is in fourishng condition, and al
though the building is a large one, an
addition is now required.
Wednesday evening the me nbers of the
fire department. and their ! dy friends
were enjoying a dance and ice cream So
cial at their clubrooms IN honor of the
birthday of Rube Niles, one OF their num-
Der. The boys. of course, were attired in
their best and all went well until 9:40,
when the fire alarm sounded its signiti
cant summons. A quadrille being in pro-
gress, the firemen left the girls on the
4 noor and rushed frantically to the adi join
ing hall, where they took their positions
on their respective trucks, carts and en-
gines and hurried to the fire. The cause
of the rumpus was a blaze in the rear of
Sherman & Ealand' butcher shop. but
two well-directed streams of water
ouenched the flames in ten minutes.
With slight accumulation of mud and
water. the firemen returned to the city
hall, helped the ladies and themselves II
refreshments, danced until 1890, and all
passed an enjoyable and exciting even
ing. The wild Irishman and his dog
made quite hit.
The Santa Barbara Loan and Building
association has just held its annual July
meeting. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing fiscal year: Presi-
dent, DR.. H. l.. Stamb bac.; vice-presi-
dent, g. F. Trenwith; trea ,urer, W. B.
Metcalf; secretary, J. 7. Johnson; attor-
are represented as follows: First series,
paid in $96. value $l45.S7; second series,
paid in $79, value S109 &c; third series,
paid in $54, value $67.9S, fourth series,
paid IN $42, value S49.s 49, fifth series, paid
in $50, value $3.50; sixth series, paid in
$1s, value Sl95s; seventh series, paid in
s., value $6.32.
For some time past trouble has been
brewing between Mrs. P. f. Aubrey, also
known as Rafaelita, and Mrs. Carlotta
Ferrerato. who reside in close proximity
to each other. Mrs. Ferrerato is men,
ber of the firm conducting the Italian
hotel. restaurant. store and saloon on
the corner of Canyon Perdido and Chapala
streets. A daughter of the Italian woman
and another girl who stops with
them complain that Mrs. Aubrey makes
it practice to address filthy language to
them whenever they have occasion to
pass her premises. Mrs. Ferrerato nursed
her wrath until Tuesday, when Mrs.
Aubreys conduct became particularly
offensive, and then Italy's wrath rose
many degrees and the old lady ran over
to the house of her disorderly neig ghbor,
whom she found on guard with a club
and door for shield. However, the
stick had no terrors for Mrs. f Ferrerato,
who pushed open the door and pulled
Rafaelita by the hair out on the sidewalk.
Here a lively scrap took place. The
Italian woman drew first blood. but re-
ceived a scratch on her forehead in re-
turn, before Deputy Sheriff ]. 6. de la
Cuesta and Constable A. P. Romero
stepped up and separated the combatants.
Each of the women vociferously clamored
for the arrest of the other. and though
the officers took neither into custody, the
belligerents will swear to complaints
against each other.
The people of the Santa Maria valley
are elated over the fact that the narrow
guage railroad connecting San Luis
Obispo and Santa Barbara counties has
passed into the hands of the Southern Pa
cific. The immediate result of this trans
actionais the placing of Guadalupe in
daily communication with San Francisco.
According to the new schedule passenger
and freight trains leave Guadalupe at 3 a.
m. and 4:30 a. M, connect at San Luis
Obispo with regular train for San Fran
CISCO and, after the arrival of train from
San Francisco. leave in the evening again
for the Santa Maria valley. This new ar
rangement will greatly benefit the north.
ern part OF the county.
The school trustees reelected the
present high school force and fixed their
salaries, to.wit: Superintendent of the
city schools and PRINCIPAL of the high
school. G: Y. Roop, 500 MONTH
professor of Latin, W. A. Wilson, $3.50
mon TIL; instructor in English, Miss
Emma Squier 500 a month. All these
selections met with approval and are en-
tirely satisfactory to the school patrons.
While the board of supervisors ad-
tourned without considering the purchase
OF the Santa Ynez turnpike or toll road,
2 call was signed for special meeting
n September 23d 10 discuss this i'm
ortant proposition. to determine the
eax rate and to transact other business.
/ Mrs; S. e. Rothery of the Herald ar
Sfived here Wednesday and registered at
.4he Arlington. She will remain a few
days in this city on business connected
with the Herald and the success that att
tended her efforts il Ventura and other
places predicts a boom ior the PAPER iii
Santa Barbara.
tWomen are interested in charities and
good cookery. They attain the latter by