The herald., 1896-12-30
RIVERSIDE.
Mike Burke Held for Robbery-Personai
and General

| RIVERSIDE, Dec. 29.-The prelin,-
mary examination of Mike Burke for
| the robbery of M. A. Williams on the
| morning OF December 25th was held be-
fore Justice Chambers yesterday. The
| testimony was nearly the same as that
| given at the examination of John Hal
dane on Saturday, with the exception
| that Burke testified in his own behalf
Burke said that on the evening of the
| oath he met Mr.. Williams, talked about
| mining, etc, that he bought some whis-
ky for Williams, that he was in Will
| Jams room after IIaldane had left that
| while there Williams proposed a game OF
| casino, that he played with him and won
| about $35 in gold, Williams winning SO
back at one time, but quickly losing il
again, that he went to San BernardinO
| to have good time.
| Burke was held for trial on charge of
| robbery, with bonds fixed at $500. Not
| being able to raise the amount he went
to Jail.
| The sixth anniversary entertainment
by company NJ next Monday evening
| promises to be one of the society events
of the season. There will be short lit
| erary and musical program, fine luncn,
dancing and card playing.
| The bicycle boys of this city are going
| to have big run to Lake View on Janu-
ary 10th, and have promises that ma
| jority of the wheelmen of this city and
| a number on the outside will attend
The boys will leave here in the morning
and returning leave Lake View about
| p m.
The following is list of the successful
! applicants for certificates at the teach
! ers' examination last week: Miss Alice
| Work, Perris; Ivan Rhodes, Ruth Hen
| ry. Riverside; Albert P. Lemon, Lake
View; Fanny Mckeehan, Banning,
Martha Mathews, San Jacinto; Tuey s.
| Foster, Winchester; Will L. Brown, Rill-
con; Ora Tomlins, Temecula. This was
nine out of seventeen, and much larger
per cent than usual.
The city bastile is getting a pretty
! good start for the new year, there oe-
| ing confined inside it's walls, beside the
| usual roll of vagrants, four for illegally
! selling liquor, one for burglary, two for
robbery and two for attempted murder
| and robbery
The board Of trustees met this morn
ing, all members present
| A protest from the property owners on
First street between Market and Or
| ange, against the construction of a sew
er in that vicinity was filed.
The committee on chamber of COM
| merce supplies recommended that the
board appropriate $40 per month for the
next four months to pay for fruit and
| appoint some competent person to see
| that the fruit is promptly provided and
| forwarded, and also that they provide
for neat folder, letter size. to be kept
| on our table with the fruit. Filed.
| Recommendations of appropriating
SO per month adopted. Chairman King
| man appointed G. w. Garselon commit
| tee to provide and forward fruit.
| All the protestants in the First street
sewer district were requested to appear
| before the board on January 1897. The
| clerk was instructed to notify all inter
| ested parties.
| The bill of O'Fleck & Ormand, for
| grading in the switches on Main be-
| tween Tenth and Twelfth streets, was
rejected, the board thinking that the
| street car company was the one to pay.
! The board discussed the advisability'
| of putting bill through the Legislature
| to provide for the cities of the sixth class
| to levy q special tax to pay for the con-
| struction of storm water drains. No
| action was taken.
| The city marshal was instructed to
keep a list of all who want employment,
who are residents of the city. This makes
| the marshars office something of an
| employment bureau and IS A very good
| scheme. This does not signify that it is
| city work; anyone who wants a man or
woman for any kind of work will go to
the marshal's office and obtain the name
| Il
| ployment.
| w. d. Devana was allowed to take out
| the pepper trees in front of his prop
| erty where there are grevilla trees be-
| tween.
D. A. Correll appeared before the
board and asked that they provide mon
| ey enough to print some phamphlets to
be put on the table in the chamber of
| commerce, or to have sign there that
| tbe rennln MIGHT tuOW that the exhibit
| belongs to Riverside. Nothing was done.
! Ordinance No. 225. re-establishing the
sidewalk grades on Main and Eighth
| streets. passed to second reading.
| Adjourned till Januaryi5, 1897.
/ Under Sheriff Ed Lacy went north to-
day with Mccarthy, the man sentenced
| to the penitentiary at San Quentin for
| eighteen months.
| James G. Merchant was today exhibit
ing quantity of fine gold which he had
| panned out of small piece Of rock taken
| from the Bryan mine in the Hemet
! mountains This is one of the mines in
| which he is interested with Sheriff
| johnson and Recorder GruweH 1t was
a very rich showing.
| The Junior O. u A. NJ. will hold an ad
journed meeting tomorrow "wednesday
| evening.
Charles Albert johnson, a native of
Sweden, applied for final papers OF cit
izenship to Judge Noyes today. and was
refused because of the failure to prove
| that he had been in the United States for
the past five years.
| Proof of labor on the Crown Point
mine was filed today by F. e. Mott.
|
To Cure Cold In One Day
| Take Laxative Eromo Quinina Tablets.
| All druggists refund the money II II
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