The herald., 1897-12-23

fact, the thermometer has been higher
today than it has been for several days
past.
At the last meeting of the city trustees
it was decided to put regular officer
on watch around the depot grounds and
since he has been on duty there has been
great deal less complaint of the ill
conduct of hoboes who were in the fash
ion of congregating at this point, where
they insolently demanded assistance
from passers-by.
The asphalt paving used on the main
streets of this city and the cold weather
of the past few days do not seem to get
along well together for the asphalt has
been badly cracked and it is going to be
quite bill of expense to repair the
breaks Those who are experienced in
such mattrs say the trouble lies in the
fact that the asphalt contains too great
a proportion of sand.
Superintendent Harris of the county
hospital at San Jacinto, who was in the
city today states that the thermometer
reached the low mark of 12 to IA degrees
out in that valley on Monday night
and that it was the coolest snap eX
perienced there for some years.
One of the callers at the county Jail
today was a well dressed man who was
looking afr Col. J. W. Wilsey, who, it
will be remembered, passed q spurious
check on Perris merchant some time
ago and then left the state. Later Sher-
ff Johnson l'.ated Wilsey near Detroit
and today's caller was of the opinion
that Wilsey had been brought back here
and lodged in Jail. AS matter of fact
WilcpV'c f,.iondc Dar
parties and the case was dropped
The remains of the man found dead in
the river bottom two weeks ago were
buried yesterday and now all the au-
thorities have to show those who come
to see if the man may not be a missing
relative is the few clothes and other ar
ticles found with the remains AS yet no
one has identified the remains and it
looks as though they will never be.
The question of whether the horticul-
tural commission of this county is a
legal body or not will be settled so far
as the superior court of this county is
concerned in a few days, for George
Vankirk, one of the commissioners, has
brought mandamus suit against the
county auditor to compel that officer
to issue his warrant for the salary of
the commissioner for services in the
month of November. which bill was al
lowed by the supervisors at their last
meeting. County Auditor Clancy re-
fuses to draw warrant for the amount,
basing his refusal ON the recent decision
of Judge Van Dyke, which practically
laid out the whole commission business.
The case will be watched with consider
able interest by all the orange growers
of this valley as we'll as the taxpayers
of the county.
The Enterprise of this city has received
the following telegram from Congress-
man Castle at Washington:
There is a movement on foot here to
move the Indian school at Perris to q
more convenient and fertile place. 1t is
alleged that the soil in the vicinity of the
school is poor and that the greater part
OF the population is moving away"
No further particulars were received,
and just who is at the head of the move
ment to move the school is unknown. A
determined effort will be made here to
put a stop to the game and to furnish
congress with the true facts concerning
the location of the school and the condi-
tiOnS of it's surroundings,