The herald., 1897-11-28
BAKERSFIELD

BAKERSFIELD, Nov. 26.-(Regulal
Correspondence.) Bakersfield had 6
football game Thanksgiving day. which
was we'll attended and highly appreciat-
ed by admirers Of the sport. The higE
school team yas met but not defeated
by Bakersfield picked club. The team
work Of the school boys was so much
better than their opponents that they
shut them out. The score was too.
Kern is one Of the four counties com
ing nearest to the curriculum adopted by
the California council of education, OF
forty-eight counties and six cities
whose manuals were looked into by this
board while preparing its report.
The ladies of the Episcopal church
guild have had an architect prepare
plans for guild hall, and 1t Is intended
to begin the structure about the first OF
the year.
The Bakersfield Gun club had an excit-
ing contest at the traps Thursday, at
which c. E. Day stopped twenty-seven
and s. N. Reed twenty-six out Of a pos
sible twenty-sevcn live birds. Others
made good scores but these men divided
first and second money, Mr.. Day taking
| first.
w. T. Bullemer, a ranch hand died
suddenly at Rosedale Thursday morn
ing while hitching team. A coroners
inquest disclosed the fact that apoplexy
was the cause of death.
Today the superior court was busy
hearing arguments in the injunction
suit brought by J. ]. Mack, cashier of
the Bank of Bakersfield, to prevent the
board Of supervisors from selling $235, 900
of AZ per cent county bonds to Chicago
syndicate without advertising for bids.
| The matter was taken under advise
ment and an early decision is expected.
This suit prevented the sale of the bonds
last week. 1t is claimed other parties
| will give premium of several thousand
dollars for the bonds.
| Rev. Father Lannen made trip to the
| mountains last week and on Sunday, at
a farmhouse in remote valley, baptized
eighteen babies whose mothers brought
them there to be admitted into the
church of their fathers.
E. e. Armstrong, connected with the
Kern County Land company's mill, is in
Sacramento awaiting the arrival of his
sweetheart from Indiana. When she ar
rives in the capital city they will be
married and later return here to make
their home.
F. w. Fickert, father of the famous
Stanford football player, went up to
San Francisco to witness his son and the
other wearers of the crimson defeat the
Berkeleys.
/ Frank Il. Adams and Lulu J. Norris,
daughter of J. N. Norris, were married
Thursday evening.
. !, Assem- blymap p fsmmons is sick at
Ms home fn' THIS city. So ''-
A. w. Howard, representing Chicago
capitalists interested in the county bond
deal, is here looking after the interests
of his employers.
Attorney Geo. E. Church of Fresno is
here on legal business.
Miss Ella Healey Of Oakland spent
Thanksgiving with her mother in Ba-
kersfield.
S. H. Pyle, one of the owners of the St.
Elmo mine near Randsburg, was in town
Friday.
Edward Kruse San Francisco cap
italist. is here looking after property
belonging to the Kruse estate.
General Shafter is rusticating at the
McKittrick ranch.
The Women's club gave the first of
what is expected to be a series of bril-
liant dances on Thursday evening. The
affair was all that could be expected,
when over 100 ladies were interested in
making 1t success. It certainly was
one.