The herald., 1895-10-06
THE LAW AT LONG BEACH
A Bicycle Ordinance Violat0r Who Paid
No Fine
A Ministerial Association Or9anized-The Con.
gregationai church Social-,ocisI and
Personal Notes, Etc

LONG BEACH, Oct. 5.-The board of
city trustees few months ago passed an
ordinance prohibiting bicyclists from the
use of the sidewalks on their mounts
making 1t misdemeanor and providing
penalties in the shape of fines in case of
its infraction. A short time after its
passage special officer, Baker by name,
arrested a rider whom he saw violating
the ordinance and took him before the
recorder, who fined him S.. Now certain
mem bers of the board OF trustees, who
are not troubled with any more scnse
than the law allows, had no idea that any
bluff" ordinance of theirs would ever
be taken seriously and enforced, 80 they
got to work on the recorder and had him
give what they called "floater," VIII ich,
in this case, amounted to a total remis-
sion of the fine. This was not the worst
of it, for when the recorders bill of costs,
amounting to So, for trying the case was
presented it was Immediately allowed by
this mmaculate trio of city trustees. and
the ordinance this council passed was
not only success sfullv violated, but the
taxpayers of the city were made to foot
the cost.
The local and visiting ministers m t
on Monday at the Conerega tional parson-
aga and arranged Ministerial associa-
tion, with DR.. s. H. Weller as president
and Rev. S. G. Kendall as secretary.
Matters of local interest were discussed
and movement set on foot to promote
understanding among the churches of
this growing town. They will meet again
the third Monday of this month, when
business OF importance to all the
n IN nv nnau wi he 1o1 %
The regular monthly social of the Con-
gregationalists will be held in the church
Friday evening, the 11th inst, when a
programme of exceptional merit will be
presented. The socials of this church
are very popular and enjoyable affairs
and are always largely attended.
DR.. J. Mccoy of Lvs Angeles made a
professional visit to this place Thursday.
| Mrs. DR.. II. NJ. Williams. who has
been visiting her daughter. Rev. Mrs. A.
Inwood, at Santa Paula, Ventura county,
returned Thursday.
apartments at Mrs. G. L. McCutcheons
sunnyside cottage: Mrs. H. G. Oakley.
Ontario; Mrs. S. A. Charles. Miss Min
ME Charles Whittier, and the Misses M.
| Andrews and M. Bedell, Pasadena.
Rev. L. A. Healy of Ontario paid the
beach a visit last Tuesday.
Q. o. Wells moved his shoemaking es-
tablishment Thursday to Los Angeles,
where he will resume his business.
The Santa Fe is expecting heavy
travel this winter. both to and from Cali
fornia as arrangements have now been
made to put on tourist sleeping car line
from Los Angeles to st. Paul, via Kansas
City and Des Molnes and she Chicago
and Great Western. This car will run
Mondays. And also on Thursdays a tonr-
ist car, Los Angeles to st. Panl via Kan
sas City, Ottumwa and the Wabash and
the Milwaukee and st. Paul line. In adj
dition to this the daily line of sleepers to
Chicago and Boston will be continued
and a weekly line to st. Louis will be es-
tablisbed. Trains 1 and 2, which have
heretofore run without Pullman palace
sleepers. will, after the new limited train
gees on, have palace sleeping cars be.
tween Los Angeles and Barstow, connect
ing at Barstow with the through palace
sleeping car which runs from San Fran
cisco to Chicago.