The herald., 1897-02-02
ANAHEIM,
Water Company's Annual Meeting-A
Prize Fight.

ANAHEIM. Feb. 1.-The regular an
nual meeting of the stockholders Of the
Anaheim Union Water company was
held at the Office of the company yes
terday.
There were 5000 shares present, which
represented 1921 votes. The candi-
dates were nominated for directors,
seven to' be elected, as follows: WI F..
Botsford, VIM. Crowther, E. R. Amerige,
G. B. Key, E. Browning, M. Nebelung,
L. B. Benchley, A. Goodwin, w. ]. Fay,
E. F. Kellogg. The first six were mem
bers Of the old board. Before the vot-
ing began, Mr.. Botsford withdrew his
name. The result Of the vote was: Fay,
$3.50; Benchley, SIT; Nebelung, 55S7;
Browning. 5511; Crowther, 1929; Key,
4947; Amerige, 1899; Goodwin, 4722; Kel-
logg. 3512 The two last were defeated.
Messrs.' c. o. Rust, N. Essch and
Chester Holcomb, board of audit of last
year. were reelected. The personnel
of the new board is good Many will re-
gret Mr. Botsford's leaving the board.
as he was a nice, pleasant gentleman
and an able financier, but Mr.. Benchley,
who will represent that portion of the
district is an able man and a most excel
lent gentleman. Mr.. Fay, who takes
the place of Chester Spencer Is also an
able man, good financier and has had
extensive experience with corporations,
and Is we'll calculated to look after the
interests of the company.
The active section of the Turnverein
gave masquerade ball at their hall In
this city yesterday evening. A large
crowd was present and very plea SAINT
evening passed.
Petitions, asking that the bill reducing
the salaries Of county officers in this
county, which was introduced into the
assembly by Hon. H. w. Chynoweth, are
being widely circulated and extensively
signed. The people are aroused by the
action of few persons in Santa Ana
and propose to'letl their representatives
know their wishes In the matter.
1t is expected that the work on the i'm
provement of the water system will be-
gin next week.
r. Callahan moved his saloon stock
and fixtures to Randsburg last week.
The little daughter of DR.. w. b..
Scheurer of the Pacific sanitarium died
at 10 o'clock last evening of tubercular
meningitis.
The Fullerton Bros band, one of the
best in Southern California, serenaded
Fritz Ruhmanp and his bride Friday
evening.
The pugilistic contest which was ad-
vertised to come off at the opera house
last evening Q1Q not uFdW d very ldi sc
crowd, only about seventy persons being
present. The first contest was between
Tom Massey of Downey and John Nc
Donald of Los Angeles. Hugh Griffin
acted as Massey's second, while Billy
Smith performed the same duties for
Mcdonald. The men entered the ring
and shook hands at about 9:45. Dur
ing the first three rounds honors We're
about even, but the fourth ended in
Massey's favor. Early in the fifth round
Massey landed on his adversary's nose,
which made the blood flow freely. A
blow on McDonald's mouth from Mas
sey's right, quickly followed by the left
on the jaw. dazed' him and caused him to
duck, when Massey gave him terrible
punch in the wind, and he fell forward
ON his face. Just about the time he
Strengthened out on the floor Massey
struck him on the jaw. Twenty-Five
seconds elapsed before Mcdonald re-
gained consciousness and it was some
fifteen minutes before he was able TO
walk without assistance.
Although knocked out, Mcdonald won
the fight on the foul committed by Mas
sey in striking him after he was down. :.
The other contest between Griffin and
Smith was friendly sparring match
Of four rounds.