The herald., 1897-10-03

During September there were eight add
ed to the number of children at the
home, making 30 in all. A report Of the
committee showed that the six weeks
outing taken by the children at Santa
Monica this summer was of great bene-
fit to them and the expense was less thar
the special fund contributed for that
purpose, which was given by the For
esters, and a collection taken at ST.
Johns Episcopal church on the queen s
diamond jubilee.
AS Edward Wall, reporter on the
Morning Sun, left the back door of the
office to go to lunch at II o'clock Friday
night, he was attacked by man with a
sand-bag, who struck him two blows.
Two shots from revolver put the foot
pad to flight and he escaped in the dark
ness. The blows were glancing ones, as
| the reporter caught sight of the man as
he struck the first one, but they were
sufficient to lay Wall off duty for the
balance of the night
The Arrowhead club tournament in
duplicate whist was continued Friday
right with five more games. leaving the
individual scores for the first half of the
first series (2D games as follows: Ken
dali SO. Catlin 96, Johnson 81 Fleming
81, Gregg 81, Oster 81, Glasgow SO, Par
azette SO, Hutchings 102, Drew 102, Has
kell 105, Jones 1O5. Then change of
partners was made for the second half
Friday was drill day for fire alarms
at the high school, when the pupils were
instructed how to act and march in case
the fire bell in the school should rirg,
They were marched out when all in ore
room and when scattered through the
building in the various rooms. in all of
which they soon showed great prof.
cheney and steadiness, going out by
twos, fours and eights at double quick
down the stairs safely ard quickly. The
entire building was emptied in sixty
seconds from the three floors.
The high school pupils have arranged
to commence the fall publication of
their monthly "Tyro," 14-page journal
1Ox12, with an elaborately embellished
cover. This has been quite successful
in the past and from the e6dtorial staff
selected for the coming yearIt will prob
ably be fully up to all demands.
Athletic club members are discussing
the feasibility of putting a football team
in the field this fall ard winter. The
query that copfronts them is whether 10
take in outside talent or keep the team
within the membership The former
would make it much the better team.
A Mexican was seriously injured on
the California Southern road Friday
afternoon while handling freight. In
rolling an oil tank 1t got away and
rolled over him, breaking hip and two
ribs.
I. B. Pierson, an attorney from Dale
City, arrived Friday night, driving all
the way, and reports passing over 100
persons going into that camp while on
his way Among them were two who
were going to establish butcher shop
and meat market; two who are to start
a hotel there, ard one poor demented
creature who had a printing outfit and
was going to start a newspaper at Dale
City. Well, he will not be the first vic
tim of misplaced. confidence.
The rainfall for October 1 was 22 of
an inch, making total of 81 to date this
season.
Mrs. F. w. Richardson and daughter
returned Friday from their visit to San
Francisco. On the same day her broth
er, Harry Fielder, and his wife arrived
from Edwardsville, ILL.,, Intending to
make San Bernardino their home
John Taylor, who came across the
plains with bull team in 1864, bringing
his wife and two children, took his
boy" E. R. Taylor, and started for a
trip to Virginia Dale mining district
Friday. The two have some promising
mines in, that vicinity.
Uncle George Lord, the centenarian
who has been suffering from an attack
Of erysipelas. is somewhat better and
the physician hopes to pull him through
all right.
Rev. r. B. Tayler arrived from his
summer vacation Saturday, looking
much stronger and better for the rest.