The herald., 1896-12-16
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Tyson, formerly of this city.
Mrs. DIR. Fay of Pasadena occupied
the Unitarian pulpit in this city yester-
day. Rev. E. r. Watson having gone to
Redlands.
Dan Marco Foster of San Juan was
made the recipient last Friday of dia-
mond-studded gold locket as reward for
the Republican majority in his precinct
last November.
The peat lands of Orange county pro-
duce the finest Of celery and raisers are
organizing in the interest of the produc-
ton of the same. as well as for securing
and regulating the market
Several combines have been entered
into and agents will be sent east to mar
ket the crops.
II. G. Adams Of Tustin left this morn
ing for Randsburg. He has two sons in
that district, one engaged in mining
and the other in prospecting. He goes
to join them and look up some claims.
The quarterly meeting of the M. b.
church south in Santa Ana will be held
on next Saturday and Sunday The
presiding elder will be present and the
sacrament administered after the even
! ing services. Services will be held Sat
urday evening and the public is invited.
| The city board met last evening.
| The agreement of property owners to
| lay stone cutters on the south side Of
| French was read and work ordered to
be done as per specifications.
| Ordinance 239, abolishing the office of
| city assessor and also of city tax collect
| or and regulating assessment and collec-
| ton Of city taxes, passed is second read
| ing and was adopted.
Petition of owners Of property on
Fourth street between Spurgeon street
and Santa Fe and Southern Pacific de-
| pots for paving north side of Fourth
street within limits of Spurgeon street
| and the depots was read and laid over
| until next meeting.
| ]. T. Nourse was elected city recorder
on the first ballot, he receiving three
| votes and his opponents one each.
The old game of checkers has some ar
dent devotees in Santa Ana, and every
evening in Mr.. Hanky's office on North
Main some interesting contests may be
witnessed. ]. r. Wickham seems to be
| champion at present.
| Some improvements are being made
| in Santa Ana, of which the finishing of
| the opera house is the most noticeable.
| The German church on West Fifth
street has a new vestibule just being
completed, and Mrs. DR.. Howe has con-
| tracted for the completion of a glass
| room for sewing purposes, to be at
| tached to the north side of her elegant
| residence corner of Sixth and Bush
F! streets.
These jobs, with several in the neigh
| boring towns, have given our planning
mill some work, employing six or eight
| carpenters.
| James T. Nourse, son of Mr. Nourse,
| who was last evening elected city re-
corder, has been chosen editor In chief
Of the Daily Palo Alto, the Stanford col
lege paper.
In the case Of the Tustin Fruit Asso-
| ole E1o ri Frr1if " Tn doc
| Towner has decided in favor of the de-
| fendant
The Orange band gave an open air sa-
cred concert from the stand on the plaza
| in that city last Sunday afternoon. The
young gentlemen discoursed some fine
| music which was much enjoyed by their
| large audience.
The gaps in the pavement on Fourth
street were closed UP today, and no
man land and the frog chorus are things
| of the past and a fine asphalt pavement
reaches from West street to Spurgeon
| street. 1t is stated that property owners
| on the two blocks on Fourth street west
| Of West street are earnestly considering
| the matter of extending the pavement to
| Russ on the corner of which is the Rich
! elieu hotel. This being accomplished,
Santa Ana will have five blocks of ele-
| CANT asphalt pavement, the benefits of
| which will no doubt stimulate other prop
| erty owners to make like improvement.
| At noon today as the motor returning
| from Orange was opposite the National
| bank on Main street it left the track
| and made wild plunge in the direction
| OF the newly laid street pavement, but
| was fortunately brought to standstill
| before reaching It, No one was hurt and
| the car was uninjured.
c. G. Gillette, aged about 10 years,
| died suddenly at Westminster on last
| Saturday. He was stricken with par
| alysis, dying in very short time after
| the attack He was buried yesterday
Mr.. George Schurm is moving his ba-
kerry to the corner Of Fourth and Olive.
Miss Mary Cotter, daughter of Mr.. j..
| s. Cotter, returned yesterday from a
nois and Ohio.
Hermosa chapter of the Order of the
Eastern Star had grand public install
ceremonies were supplemented by fine
collation. which was partaken of by about
| fifty guests. The following are the
! names of officers: w. NJ, Mrs. Aida
| Huntington; W. p, J. H. Hall; A. M,
Sale Peabody; secretary, Mrs. Mary
Whiden; treasurer, Mrs. Lucretia Col
by; conductress, Miss Celia E. Cotter;
associate oonductress. Miss Mary Wood !;
Adah, Miss Leola " Clayton; Ruth, Miss
Pauline Reinhaus; Esther, Mrs: Minnie
K. Bisby; Martha, Mrs. Anna True;
Eiecta. Mrs. Emile NJ Towner; warder,
| Mrs. Emma Cone; sentinel, e. c. Jones;
marshal, Miss Teresa Reinhaus; chap
lain, Mrs. ]. M. Chrisman; organist, Miss
| Cora Mills.