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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-11
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-11

mo Y0II realize the fact that only
slight cough or cold neg
1ected sometimes leads to
consumption?
DO VOL appreciate the fact that
Honey-Tolu is the surest
cure for a cough or cold?
DO TOII suffer from HoarsenesS,
Tickling in the Throat, or
Chronic Cough? Honey
Tolu will cure it.
DO Y0TI have that dry Hacking
Cough and Sore Throat?
Honey-Tolu will cure it.
no YOU have that troublesome
Cough that usually follows
La Grippe? Honey-Tolu
will cure it.
DO vow know that Honey. ToIu has
saved the lives of thous-
ands of children? It has,
because it is never known
to fail in cases of Group or
Whooping Cough; it cures.
no YOII know that many COnSump-
tives rely entirely on
Honey-Tolu for relief from
those Coughing Spells? It
relieves when other rene
dies fail.
mo Y0IT know this wonderful and
efficient remedy can be
had from your regular
dealer in large bottles for
only rs cents? Ask for it.
no YOU have a cough or cold al
this time? Ifso, get Honey
Tolu; if not, get Honey
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i'll the house ready for
emergencies; one dose in
the middle of the night is
worth whole bottle in the
store the next morning.
The herald., 1897-09-18
SANTA ANA

SANTA ANA, Sept. 17.-(Regular Cor
respondence.) After viewing the several
sites available for an outfall sewer, the
trustees have chosen the eight-acre tract
owned by the city and situated on West
First street. This property has been used
as sewage dump for several years past
and all things considered it is thought to
be entirely satisfactory. One feature
greatly in its favor is that owing to the
location the outfall pipe can be extended
to the river with little additional expense,
If such course should be deemed desira-
BILE in the future. 1t is the boards inten-
ton to proceed with the proposed i'm
provement under the Vrooman act, which
provides that only a majority vote is re-
quired to carry bonding proposition.
The public schools of Tustin will open
next Monday. Last Monday was the day
set for the opening, but the date was post
poned one week on account of the sick
ness and death of Mrs. c. D. Mills, mother
in-law of Principal Zielan. The Santa Ana
city schools will also open on Monday.
1t Is said that there are three candidates
for the postmastership at Tustin. which
was made vacant by the death of Albert
NJ. Downs. The aspirants SO far as men,
toned are Miss Fannie Tustin, j. d. Wider
and n. M. Barner.
The herald., 1897-09-18

L. E. De Hay ct AL to W. Farrell-All
interest in lot l. Legges Lower tract;
$1S7316.
r. f. S. de Dodson to T. e. Rowan. trus-
tee-Lots Ii and is, block I, lots and 49,
block II. lots 10 and 15 block 10, Rudecinda
tract; $500.
r. f. S. de Dodson to r. E. Rowan. trus-
tee-Lots to 8, 13 to 49, block 16. Rudecinda
tract; $1,000.
r. e. Rowan, trustee, to Martha Wilson
Same: s210O.
T. E. Rowan, trustee, to G. de Giorgis-
Lot II, block I, same tract; s175.
Same to Z. Croak-Iot 15 block 10, same
tract s175.
Same to c. A. McGrew-Lot 10, block IS.
same tract; $3.50.
L. F. and c. NJ. Buck to J. c. Drake-Lot
is, block G. City Center tract; $500.
g. IS to 2S, block D, Robinson's subdivision
sG15.
U. Forrest to ]. Corker-Same; 5000
f. and S. Fl. Neighbours to S. and L. L.
Cohn-37 acres one mile north of Downey;
$4,000
San Pedro Literary association to X.
Ross-Lot go Peck's subdivision block 80
San Pedro: $3.50
]. S. and c, V. Hall to A. w. Griffin-Lot
II, block 3, George Dalton, ST., tract $500.
A. w. Glider ct al. to A. M. Ashley--Lot
As, block 2. Wright's subdivision; $780,
f. Hofreider and w. Weyers to J. A.
Sm;th-Lot 80, Kerckhoff, Gunner & Co.
tract; $1,000.
SUMMARY
DEEDS .........................H .............a 80
Mortgages ....................S.. S..............3 81
Total Observation-Disclosures. 500. SAG. 237 .16
The herald., 1897-09-18
AN UNNATURAL MOTHER
She Refuses to Care for Her Own
Children

Chief of Police Glass received visit
Yesterday afternoon from Ed Robinson.
a colored man, who came into the sta
ton carrying a little mite OF picka-
ninny In his arms and leading another
little tot of two and half years by the
hard. The father told a pitiful tale of
the neglect of his children by their
mother He said that she had refused
10 care for them aud that she spenc.s her
time in the company of dissolute char-
acters. Robinson in living in tent out
on Pasadena avenue and is working
with a garG of graders. His wife re-
fuses to live with him and has been
rooming at the Buena Vista house,
notorious resort on Buena Vista street.
Yesterday she brought the children out
TO where her husband was working and
said that she was going to leave them
for him to take care Of He did not feel
equal to giving the proper attention 10
n seven-morths old baby ari told MS
wife so, but she only laughed at MN,
and laying the little one Gown upon the
ground went away, telling her husband
that he could either feed their child or
let it die just as he liked.
Robinson picked up the baby and de-
cided to bring it to the police station
and see what could be done to compel
the unnatural mother to look after her
offspring The case will be looked into
by Humane Officer Clark.
The herald., 1897-09-18

Dan Mcfarland Of Los Angeles is here
on q fishing and hunting excursion and is
registered at the Metropole.
Mrs. II. Brown of Los Angeles arrived
today and is a guest of Mrs. Hancock Ban
ming at her pretty summer home in Des-
canso canyon. Mr. Campbell Shorb of AL
hambra is also enjoying the same hospi-
tality.
Mr.. Berg. a visitor os integrity and a
man whose word is his bond came in with
blood-curdling sea serpent story yester-
day. He had been fishing for sandals
all the morning and = KS thinking of re-
turning with his hard-earned dinner, when
he spied under his boat in the clesr waters
of the bay what he afiirrns was verstable
sea serpent the monster being at least
thirty-five feet long and about eigh inches
in diameter. 1t possessed no tirs and an
swered in every respect to the fa1.famed
terror of the deep.
If the summer maiden were as promis-
cuous now as she has been during the last
two months, this story might have been
suppressed in the interests of her nerves
but the fact remains that Mr.. Berg in
tends to buy his sandals in future rather
than risk his life and reputation in pos
sible encounter with a sea serpent backed
up by an unbelieving public.
The herald., 1897-09-18
HUENEME

HUENEME, Sept 17.-(Regular Corre-
spondence.) A double wedding of valley
folks will occur at Conejo hotel next Sun
day. A. Cawelti and Fred Hunt will be
married to the Misses Lydia and Minnie
Bell. They are all popular young people.
The presbytery of Santa Barbara and
Ventura counties will meet here next
Tuesday, September 2lst.
e. G. Badlam and wife of Los Angeles
were visiting here this week.
Miss Lulu Hooper. resident of Los An
geles, is guest of Mrs. c. B. Fairbanks.
Rapid work on the new wharf is now the
order of the day. Two bents, of fourteen
feet. day is regular thing.
Two gentlemen identified with the lumber
interests of the state arrived here on the
steamer Newsboy from Redondo this
morning. They were Mr.. r. Dollar of the
Usal Lumber company of Mendocino
county, and M. ]. w. Shouten of San Fran
cisco. William Abbott of San Francisco
was with them.
A large sale of barley is reported this
week by Wolff & Lehman. who pur-
The herald., 1897-09-18
SANTA MONICA

SANTA MONICA. Sept. H.-(Regular
Correspondence) Sufficient school room
has been provided for the Sixth street
school pupils by leasing the old Methodist
church. 1t is being fitted up with seats,
etc., and will be ready by the 9th OF the
present month. A lease has been taken for
six months at $15 per month, with privilege
of extension if desired.
Robert Treadwell and VIII Johnson LETT
awheel today for ride TO Redlands and
will be absent IA couple of days. The wheel
ridden by Will johnson was made entirely
by K. J. Clark and is patterned after the
Tribune.
Mrs d. ]. Whipple of Hotel Lily, Los
Angeles, is occupying one of Mrs. Pickett S
cottages on the South Side.
Henry Boehme and family have removed
to Los Angeles to reside.
George NJ. Ebey. city editor of the Los
Angeles Record, is a visitor here.
Mrs. James Gray and sons, George and
Ernst, will leave tomorrow for Ontario.
AL Montgomery has been vers~fortunate
in the selection of hunting grounds this
week. On Wednesday he went out early
and returned in few hours with a large
buck. He went to the canyons again this
morning, repeating his good luck of We'd
nesday.
Mrs. William Shemwell and daughter,
who have been absent for some time on a
visit to relatives in Colorado Springs, have
returned to their Ocean View home.
Mrs. ]. A. Austin left this afternoon for
a ten days visit in Los Angeles and Pasa-
dena.
| City Marshal Dexter left for San Fran
| cisco this morning, and expects to be abb
| sent ten days.
Jake Rogers and sons arrived yesterday
| from their Goshen ranch, driving over
| land, and making the $50 miles in less than
| five days
| Mr.. and Mrs. Reed of Los Angeles are
The herald., 1897-09-18
CHINO

CHINO, Sept 17.-(Regular Correspon-
dence.) Beets from Anaheim are now COM
ing in at the rate of twenty carloads per
day, the crop now being nearly harvested
at this point. and beets from the Chino
ranch are being delivered in larger guam
titles. averaging about 800 tons a day. The
factory is shipping out every day six car
loads of sugar.
Wednesday was double pay day, the
farmers receiving their money for the Au-
gust delivery of beets and the employees
regular sem-monthly pay day. The beet
farmers received about $4,000 and en-
ployes 1,500. making total of $66, 500 paid
out in one day. The heaviest pay day for
the farmers will come on the 18th of Octo-
Der.
David E. Day has received word that his
brother-in-law, George Pickens, accom-
panied by Charles Swartwood, has left
Auburn, Neb., August 23d with their fam
lilies and six horses to drive through to
Chino. When last heard from they were at
Denver They are making thirty miles a
day and expect to arrive here in about
seven weeks.
The land company has contracted with
Mr.. Greening of Arizona to feed 450 head of
cattle on beet pulp mixed with straw. Mr..
Greening will bring in about 20O0 more
head if he is satisfied with the results of
the first herd on this feed, which is very
cheap and is excellent for its fattenng
qualities.
F. j. Everett has sold his lease of the
Chino hotel to Henry Carmichael of Red
lands Mr.. Carmichael takes poss session
today and is highly recommended. Mr. and
Mrs. Everett will go to their former home
in San Francisco.
Yesterday being Mexican independence
day. these people here celebrated by dane
ing singing and making plenty of noise
generally, with the aid of wine.
c. F. Taylor. agent of the agricultural
department., was here yesterday investi-
eating the culture of sugar beets.
The herald., 1897-09-18
SOLDIERS HOME

SOLDIERS HOME, Sept. 17.-(Regular
Correspondence In consequence OF re-
babbitng the bearings of the large engine
in the power house of the home, we have
been in comparative darkness since Mon
day night last the engineer not being able
to develop sufficient power to light all the
burners required. On Tuesday the John A.
Martin post No. 153. G. A. r., had to hold
their regular meeting In the assembly hall
by the light of two oil lamps, and on
Thursday the Uncle Sam post adjourned
their meeting for the want of light in the
hall.
In the company quarters We are re-
stricted to the use of two candles for each
room in the night, so that early to bed is
the rule
A squad of the members of the home
consisting of Louis Stone, Johnson and
| another. on Thursday proceeded to the
north fork of the Sepulveda canyon pro-
vided with outfit and provisions for
long stay for the purpose of developing
water supply for the use of the home, con-
siderable indications of good supply hav-
ing been discovered.
| DIR. T. B. Taylor delivered discourse in
| the assembly hall on Thursday at p. m.
before the Free Thought association of the
home. The society has been showing con-
! siderable activity of late in bringing their
views before the members of the home.
Mr.. F. j. Gardiner, our old and ef1clent
postmaster. has been reappoipted to his po-
sition as postmaster at the home. There
was considerable effort made and influence
| brought to bear to cause a change, but Mr..
Gardiner has for the past six years proved
himself a good and efficient officer and to
/! the satisfaction of a great majority of the
members of the home, his services have
| been retained
| A notice has been posted on the bulletin
boards that all officers of the home ap-
pointed by the governor are strictly pro-
| hibited from wearing their rank uniforms
outside the home grounds.
| The John A. Martin post. G. A. r., of the
home purpose having an outing and picnic
| of the members of the home their guests
and friends in the early part of the ap-
preaching month.
The herald., 1897-09-18
DoWNEY

DOWNEY, Sept. 17.-(Regular Corre-
spondence.) Among the Downey visitors to
the Los Alamitos sugar factory yesterday
were B. M. Blythe, c. II. Eberle, H. A.
Scott and r.. r.. Chapman.
r. b. Arey has returned from Long Beach
and taken up his residence here.
W. B. Smith of this place has received a
letter from friend who is now in Dawson
City. He reports that much gold is being
taken out. Some of the placer mines run
as high as $50 and $50 to the pan.
Fred Hawkins was elected leader of the
Downey band last evening.
c. H. Watts has completed a fine artesian
we'll on his ranch on Old river. A flow of
six and half inches over a ten-inch pipe
was secured.
The herald., 1897-09-18
SAN DIEGO

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 17-(Regular Cor
respondence.) The first contract for one
of the large buildings to be erected on
Point Iona In connection with the pro-
posed improvement at that place by the
Theosophsts was signed yesterday by Or.
Loring F. Wood formerly of Providence
r.. l. The building will be three stories
high. with basement, and will cost about
$4,000. 1t will contain fifty-two rooms
and Is of a diamond shape. The plans
call for a building $50 feet long by 100 feet
deep at the widest point, and will be pro-
vided with a Ii foot verandah all around.
On the first floor are the offices, consulla-
ton rooms and dining room. and In 'he
center of the building is a diamond shaped
court 64xSs feet The building will be
known as the Point Iona hotel and health
resort. and commands the finest view or
the point. The contract requires that the
building be completed by December II or
this year. Two or more similar buildings
are to be erected close by, and the grounds
are to be planted out to magnificent
park.
RalAQ Morse Manly. aged 70 years. died
in tHsNcity yesterday, after Il painful ILL
ness tf four months. After the war Mr..
Manly\establishe the Virginia Freedmen's
bureauAand for twenty years he remained
at the mad of the work. During this time
he established a normal school at Rich
mond. liA1ss5 he removed to Wellesley col
leee whelk he held a position as a mem
ber of the& &aculty of that institution for
seven yeal& The funeral was held this
afternoon at rrio-', from the Congrega-
tional church, and was largely a.:eLded.
The Tia Juana Fruit company is IA cor
poration of railroad men who have 124
acres in a body "a of which have bearing
trees and 10 in young grape fruit. L. Crew
is president, David Hopkins secretary and
~. K. Stearns manager. These gentlemen
have just returned from their first visit tc
The herald., 1897-09-18
san DIEGO COUNTY

the orchard. though they have trusted
thousands of dollars in the managers s
hands. They were more than pleased with
their investment and surprised to see the
development in so short time.
case of much interest to those who
manufacture wine and brandy in this
county was decided this morning by Judge
Torrance. The suit came UP on appeal
from the Justices court at Encinitas.
which fined John Delphy $50 for selling
wine made by him without a license. The
court held that the ordinance under which
Delphy was arrested was a revenue or
dnance and not a reguatve ordinance
under police control. The ordinance was
intended 10 raise revenue by licensing
the business of selling liquor in saloons
and places of common resort, but did not
prohibit the sale of wine and brandy by the
producer
Allen D. Norman, receiver Of the Citi-
zens' Traction company. died last night
at his residence in this city
Two hundred cases of extracted honey
were shipped from this port last night on
the Santa Rosa. en- route to Europe.
San Diego will send three representa-
tives south on the Albion. leaving here
next Saturday, to investigate the pros
poets of trade with Mexico. down the
coast as far as San Benito.
Rev o. B. Ebey of Los Angeles has just
concluded a series OF meetings In the city
of San Diego. He baptized number of
candidates on last Sabbath and on Monday
night formed a Free Methodist church,
with fifteen charter members
The steamer Pacheco sailed last night
with fifty-two passengers for the Mex
ican celebration at Ensenada. which opens
tomorrow
A man named Andrew Casey was arrest
ed here last night. and is believed to be-
long to a gang of burglars operating in
Los Angeles.
w. B. Vaughn, the Hoffman flyer will
The herald., 1897-09-18
VENTURA COUNTY

chased the crop of Joe Lewis, amounting
to, it is said, nearly 2S,0 600 sacks. Knowing
ones affirm the price paid was over so cetns
per GENITAL.
Limas are turning out better than was
at first expected, and the shrinkage by the
hot spell is shown by the threshers to be
not so severe as at first reported.
The will of ]. Rasmussen was filed for
probate this week. The estate is valued
at about $4,000 and is devised wholly to his
daughter, Mrs. John Burns.
An important meeting which concerns
every farmer growing lima beans will occur
at Montecito next Saturday at o'clock p.
m. The directors of the Lima Bean asso-
citation purpose declaring dividend on
last years crop sales and also to outline
the plans of the association for handling
the coming crop. The meeting of last
week was unsatisfactory, owing to the
bookkeeper being i'll.
Mr.. A. Guillon has added an improve
ment on his bean thresher which has
proved big success.
Receipts of grain are gradually falling
off. Last weeks returns show 26, 449 sacks
of grain coming in.
The herald., 1897-09-18
AVALON

AVALON, Sept. 17.-(Regular Correspon-
dence.) Mr.. and Mrs. Huscamp and Mr..
Cope chartered the launch Sanx Ana yes
terday and had very pleasant picnic to
Johnson's. incidentally catching a guam
tity OF rock bass and Mr.. Huscamp being
especially successful as a shell hunter
Rev. j. R. Pitman, accompanied by J. r.
Donaldson, were out fishing this morning
and after hard fight secured a big yell
lowtail
Mrs. b. Wood and family of San Fran
cisco. who have been spending the summer
at the Metropoie. return home t0dak,
Mrs. e. N. Grant and famiiy EIM for
Los Angeles on touay's steamer.
Mrs. A. Adans and Miss Adams of De-
troit. Mich, arrived at the Metropole today
for a short visit.
Col. Polk. manager OF the Bradbury es-
tate, and Mrs. Polk, Miss Bradbury and
Louis Bradbury registered at the Metro
pole today.
The herald., 1897-09-18
SAN BERNARDINO

SAN BERNARDINO, Sept 17.-(Regular
Correspondence A colored woman. who
claims she has a mission, Is creating a
mild interest in religions circles. She goes
from house to house proclaiming: II am
commanded by the Lord to warn you that
His judgment is at hand" To keep UP the
interest, DIR. A. J. Frost preached a SER
mon on this subject last Sunday, and now
the colored lady, calm, digniiied and in an
impressive manner, asserts that the judg-
ment is at hand.
Fire started about p. m. Thursday and
a party of young people turned In and put
it out without ringing in an alarm, al
though it took from 200 to 30O buckets OF
water to accomplish it.
Mrs. A. v Johnson has resigned her po-
sition of teacher at the Ninth street school,
as she is about to move away from the
city, and the board of education has an
other puzzle to solve in appointing a sue
cessor.
John Broadfield filed a petition for the
probate of will of Mary f. Broadfeld, his
wife, who died July Z, 1897, in which the
amount of property is valued at $500 and he
is named the executor and sole devisee.
The will is dated August L. 1883, at Fulton,
Illinois.
Papers were filed on Thursday for pro-
bate on the estate of Susan M. Williams,
who died March 20, 1894, and left no will.
The property consists of ten-aore let with
water rights at Ontario. and it is claimed
to be worth $780, The only heirs are the
husband, the petitioner, and Lillian j.
| Williams, a daughter.
| Miss Emily e. Briggs. instructor in Latin
and German in the high school and Miss
Grace Sutton, teacher OF English, have ar
rived from Berkeley to commence work
| at the opening of school next Monday.
| Louis Jacobs of this city has commenced
| foreclosure proceedings against about twen-
| ty-five residents of the Tibbets tract in
Riverside as he holds a blanket mortgage
over the whole tract. which was not taken
| into consideration when they bought of l..
c. Tibbets and built on the land.
| Extensive repairs and some important
changes have ben made in the interior ar
rangements of the various schoolhouses
of the city preliminary to the opening OF
The herald., 1897-09-18
Real Estate Transfers

FRIDAY. Sept II, 1897.
S. and NJ. Z. Coldren to H. NJ. Fay-Part
of tract marked Mrs. Vawter, S. G. o. G.
lands: 1920.
c. W. Mason to II. K. Sawyer-Lots l4l
and 21O. Kohler tract, lot 20, West End Ter
race tract: $500.
w. d, Bludworth to F. Jones-Undivided
- interest in Mammoth Ledge mining
claim in San Francisquita mining district;
$150
A. j. Bentley to NJ. G. Pierson-Undivid-
ed "a interest in part Sec. S6, l N. 10; $4,000.
e. d. Brown to r. H. ID. Pakenham--
One-half interest in Horseshoe mine. in
Cedar mining district; $500.
Same to same-One-half interest in
Madge, F. F. ", Abe Lincoln jr. mines in
same district; 500. /
/. G. and J. M. Bailhache to H. H. Stork
Lots So and 81, block 1& Wolfskill Or
chard tract; $4,000.
The herald., 1897-09-18
on the Bay View track in this city next

on the Bay View track in this city rext
Sunday.
The directors of the Otay irrigation dis
trict met this morning and decided upon
a finel account to be presented to the su-
perior court. asking for a dissolution OF
the district.
The state tax rate for this county has
been established at 81 cents, apportioned
as follows: General fund.- % cents; school
fund, 226 cents; interest and sinking fund,
IA cents. and cents for the support of
the University of California.
The Naval reserves gave their sixth an
nual invitation ball at the armory last
night. About 200 guests were present The
event proved one of the most enjoyable
and successful social functions of the
season.