The herald., 1896-12-22
ORANGE COUNTY.
Droppings from the Sanctuary--Local
and Personal Notes.

SANTA ANA. Dec. 21.-Rev. NJ B.
Los Angeles district, NJ. f. church
Scarborough, presiding elder of the
south, preached two eloquent sermons
in this city yesterday.
His evening sermon was very pathetic,
instructive and convincing, on the theme
Of Gods Love to Man, as Exemplif1ed
in the Gift of Jesus Christ.
Brother Scarborough was transferred
from the Pacific conference, where he
was in charge of the Fresno district.
He succeeded Rev. Duncan, who has re-
moved east
Last Saturday. at the residence Of the
brides father, Mr.. Carey r. Smith, Miss
Elsie Smith was united in marriage to
Mr.. Daniel Halliday. recently returned
from Central America, where he has
for some years been engaged in railroad
surveying. Rev. Her of the First Bap-
tist church was the officiating clergy
man.
Another very serious accident occur
red in Santa Ana this morning between
8 and 10 o'clock. John McCue, a gentle
man about 25 years of age, who lives
near Orange, is the injured party. He
was driving from his home to Santa Ana
in buggy and had just crossed Main
street bridge, when the motor return
ing from Orange came up suddenly in
| the rear. This frightened his horse, who
wheeled so suddenly as to overturn the
vehicle and throw Mr.. McCue violently
upon the hard street. He sustained some
| very severe bruises on the head and
| face, and DR. Medlock, to whose residence
| he was brought for treatment. fears that
| there are some internal injuries of
| serious nature. 1t seems that Mr.. Nc
| Cues sense of hearing is so impaired
| that he did not hear the bell of the
| nf tn fft~ PC
| pearance.
| A bat of the vampire species is on eX-
hibition at the Star pharmacy in this
| city.
The home of Mr.. Juan Bandino, on
the San Joaquin ranch, had for several
weeks been the subject of unusual
, noises at unusual hours, and the family
began to believe that the house was the
hahitation of something of a ghostly
| order. Continued investigation result
| ed in the discovery and capture of the
| ghostly visitant, which is this monster
bat. The animal measures six inches
| from point of nose to extremity of TAIL
| and its leathery wings when expanded
| span twenty-four inches.
The board of supervisors met today.
| In the matter of the failure of Con-
tractors Hulteen & Bergstrom to finish
the county Jail. the following resolu-
ton, introduced by Supervisor Armour
/ was UNANIMOUSLY adopted
That the chairman Of the board and
the district attorney be empowered to
take such steps as may be necessary
to secure the immediate completion of
| the county Jail, in accordance with the
contract between this board and HUI
| teen & Bergstrom.
MIR. Hulteer was present and made
an argument in favor of his view Of the
| matter, and intimated that his bonds
] q in, h i'm, In, tIa
he had taken.
AT present it looks as though an in
terestng lawsuit will be required to
settle the irreconcilable differences.
DR.. Young and wife. formerly of this
city, now of San Francisco, are down
for a holiday visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Tedford.
DR.. Williams, dentist. whose family
resides in this city, but whose profess
| sional home is Los Angeles, spent yes
, terday with his family.
The rumor is out that one of Santa
| Ana's young men will on next Wednes-
day evening lead to the hymenial altar
one of Santa Anas fair daughters.
The Orange Belt minstrels-local tall
ent entirely-will perform in Spurgeon' s
hall tomorrow evening
grand street parade. with a uni
formed band of twenty pieces under the
leadership of Frank Harris of Orange
ls one of the features. The parade is
at II m. sharp.
The total amount of delinquent taxes
in Orange county on November 30th
was S396S27, which, when diminished
| by the l per cent rebate, leaves a net
amount due of $34o0.66.
In the superior court today the case
of Bridges vs. Carpenter was called and
dismissed by agreement, a. private set
tlement having been agreed upon.
H. G. OFT, formerly with the Star
pharmacy Of this city, lately with Sale