The herald., 1896-05-25
VOTES COUNTED IN COURT
Show Clear Majorities for the
Citizens Candidates
CAWSTON WANTS A FARM
Suitable for the Raising and Exhibiting
OF Ostflches
Proposed Street improvements Cause Small
Real Estate Boom-Notes From the
Crown Of the Valley


PASADENA, May 24-The result of
the recount of the municipal election re-
turns resulted in Judge Shaw's court
yesterday In giving to w. S. Lacy, mar
shall, SIT votes, and to III. q. Reynolds,
councilman, SOB votes over S64 for Sla-
ter marshal, and S37 for Coffin, council
man. Thus the majority of w. $. Lacy,
the citizens candidate. over John r..
Slater the Republican candidate, is IS;
and the majority of II. G. Reynolds, the
citizens candidate, over George II. Cot
fin. the Republican candidate, is 16.
When the adjourned session of the
court was held yesterday morning City
Attorney Arthur's motion for dismissal
on the ground that the returns gave the
election to the Republican incumbents.
was denied. The court ruled that the
duty of the canvassers of the vote was
to include all the votes whether irregu-
lar or not, and that the board of trustees
should have corrected the returns in
stead If casting them out After the
noon recess had been taken the trunk
containing the ballots was produced and
identified by City Clerk Dyer. The re-
count of the First precinct showed 1863
for Reynolds, 60 for Coffin. 1T4 for Lacy
70 for Slater. Second precinct Rey-
nolds, 1856; Lacey 1877; Coffin. ISL; Slater.
1862; Third precinct, Reynolds. 142; COT
fin. 159; Lacey, 1856; Slater, 1854. Fourth
S. Slater. lis. Fifth precinct. Rey-
nolds, 1885, Coffin, 1870; Lacy. 1926; Slater,
1872 Sixth precinct. Reynolds, 157; Cof-
fin 1874; Lacy, 1856; Slater, IT'S.
AN OSTRICH FARM
Mr.. Edwin Cawston, who conducts an
ostrich farm near Norwalk, is seriously
considering the location of farm with
about 100 birds somewhere on the line
of the electric road between Pasadena
and Los Angeles He has circulated a
letter advertising for a favorable loca-
ton. He has some 200 ostriches at his
Norwalk place and is led to believe that
this section would prove suitable to the
enterprise.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS
The projected widening and other
wise improving of East Colorado street
has had the effect of producing small
sized boom among the property owners
along that street
Colin Stewart has just bought of j.
Ellis ITO feet on its south side west OF
Hudson. $50 feet deep, at $40 front foot
while II. Frost, another veteran buyer
and good judge of values has bought of
the Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric
Railway company 49, feet of frontage
on the opposite side of the street.
BREVITIES
The Great Wallace shows exhibited
here and departed yesterday. leaving
the town little the wiser but poorer to
the tune of many prices of admission.
The grand parade formed shortly after
10 o'clock on South Raymond avenue
and passed through the business por-
ton. thence southwark to the circus
grounds on South Fair Oaks avenue,
where performances were given during
the day and evening.
The fire department was called out
shortly after 10 o'clock this morning on
account of a grass fire on the corner of
West Union street and Delacy. The fire
started from match carelessly dropped
by youngster. and was quenched with
buckets of water.
Among recent real estate transfers is
lot -, block 3. replat of Thomas Il Wot-
kyns' subdivision, sold to b. o. Bruce by
a Pusick. and lot IL, of Barnhart. Pet
RE. Crawford ct al. division, sold by the
J. H. Adams company to Herman AIR
ems. The prices paid are respectively
S1750 and $500.
The union church social at Monrovia
Friday evening was attended by the fol-
lowing young people from this place,
who went over by tallyho: Mr.. and Mrs.
c. c. Reynolds, Mr.. and Mrs. Taber, Mr..
and Mrs. Newsom, Misses Silver, Pyle,
Hill, White, Keihl, Buffkin. Messrs.
Allen and Newly.
The Daughters of Rebekah will give
a social and dance Tuesday evening,
June 2, the proceeds to go to /. o. o. F.
orphans home. Refreshments and pro-
gram. Admission % cents. Music will
be furnished by Meine's orchestra.
Mrs Wakeley is erecting a residence
on Bellefontaine drive.
Among visitors in Pasadena Saturday
was Mrs. f. c. Andrews of Los Angeles.
Walter b. Joy and family of North
Pasadena intend leaving in a few days
for Marshalltown, Iowa.
Mrs. j. b. Young has received tele-
gram announcing the death of her
father. r. L. Lyman Of Oak Park. ILL.,
w. E. Beeson, who was an early res
ident of this city, died Thursday at
Hanford.
A number of friends of Mrs. Mary
Mosher were entertained Saturday aft
ernoon at her home on North Fair Oaks
avenue.
Mrs. w. w, Polk and Miss Polk have
taken up their residence at 256 South
Marengo avenue, where they will be at
home to friends on Thursday and Mon
day evenings.
The force in the First National are
doing extra work nowadays on account
of the illness of Messrs. J. H. Camp
bell and S. F. Johnson. Miss Heaton
is absent also on a vacation.
Ben Page yesterday arrived home
from Stanford where he has been at
school.
Will Hisey. formerly from Pasadena,
and now of Mexico, writes enthusiastic
cally of the country in the vicinity of
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