The herald., 1896-12-13

| The will of the late Col A. B. Paris
was filed with the county clerk yester-
day. The will was written IN OCTOBER
1883, before Colonel Paris was married
! and one clause read: Il give and be-
queath to Miss Kate b. Smith, of
brakes Branch, Charlotte county. Va,
| to whom l hope soon to be united in the
bonds of matrmony, my ten-acre lot
near Redlands." He left to his mother an
insurance policy of $4,000 and $1,000 in
cash. To each niece and one nephew
he left $1,000 The remainder of his es-
tate is to be divided between his brothers
and sisters The estate is valued at
about s3600
Postmaster Boyd has been improving
the appearance of the postoffice by hav-
ing the woodwork cleaned and the boxes
bronZed and the floor given coat OF
dust down"
Rose Stillman and a portion of her
company are making ten days visit at
the Rabel springs.
ST. Johns Episcopal church is being
treated to a new coat of paint, which
adds greatly to the appearance of the
edifice.
A. G. Hubbard of Redlards contem-
plates erecting a handsome two-story
brick block in this city, on E street OPP
posite the Hotel Stewart. The proposed
dimensions are 60x20O feet The build
ing will be great improvement to that
portion of the city.
r. A. Davis. sr. who died in this city
yesterday. was one of the county's old
est settlers. He leaves two children, r.
A. Davis, jr. and Mrs. Gould and his
wife, to mourn his loss He will be bur-
led tomorrow
J. I. Crowell of South Riverside has
gone to the desert in the vicinity of
Hinckley, to look up his mining interests
and as to shipment of some gold and
copper ore.
The Greenlead mine In Holcomb val
ley district is turning out some rich ore,
much to the qualification of its owners.
Mr.. L. c. Currier. who has been out to
the mines in the vicinity of Death val
ley. is in the city again and has with
him considerable mining news from that
section. He says that in and about
Death valley. the Lone Star district,
there are some very rich claims and in
places there are large quantities of ore
running $4,000. but the main drawback is
railroad facilities. the mines being about
100 miles from any railroad point end in
order to haul the ore to railroad point
it would take from five to six days. But
if line ever runs in that vicinity some
big developments can be looked for.
But with these Disadvantages the pros
pectors are continually making claims.
Another promising camp Is at Fremont's
peak and an effort is now being made to
have the A. and T. run a stage line to
that point. the same as is being done to
Randsburg
At Kramer extensive improvements
are being made. Hotels, stores and resi-
dences are going up and the railroad
company is fathering the enterprise in
everyway to make the camp success.
Hundreds and hundreds of miners are in
the hills and locations are being made
by the thousands.
James McHaney. the discoverer of the
famous Desert Queen mine, is in the city
and reports things as rushing in his To-
cality. His new discovery promises to
press the Queen closely.
The ST. Elmo mining district is one of
the coming districts in the county. Last
week D. NJ. Pyle and H. L. Gorgwart
took $500 gold brick to Bakersfield from
that place.
The Queen of the Night at Vanderbilt
is no doubt a big NINE as another body
of exceedingly rich ore was opened up
there last week. The other mines are
showing up well also.
The mine of Joe Kerr. editor of the
Hemet News. which is situated near He
met, is showing up in fine shape, and Joe
has the promise of a fine fortune in sight.
An effort is being made to have the
supervisors build a good road from Van
derbilt to the Nevada state line.