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The herald., 1897-08-07

tractors of the water system, is in the
city today. Mr.. Ward of the firm of Gray
Bros. & Ward. who has the sub-contract
for the pumping pit, Is also here. The
supervising engineer, c. s. Rogers, no.
titled them that the pit must be COM
pleted Immediately. Mr.. Ward says that
the contract was not to make the pit
water tight, but as the work has to be
satisfactory to the supervising engineer
and as he requires that the pit be made
water tight. there is no loophole for the
apparatus is not in running order yet.
although the contractors thought they
would be able to give the machinery a
test last Tuesday evening.
Hon. H. w. Chynowith went to River
side Tuesday to attend the jollification
meeting held there to celebrate the pas
sage of the tariff bill
Miss Kate Rea left this morning for
Berkeley to take a four years course in
that institution.
Mrs. ]. T. Schroeder arrived from Santa
Barbara a few days since, and will re-
main with her husband, who is in the en-
poy of the Chino beet sugar people
Mrs. S. Kuchel and Miss Jessie Melrose
went to Big Rock ranch, near Escond.do,
today 10 remain few weeks.
Ben Rimpau and wife of Los Angeles are
visiting relatives in this city.
Miss Mary Vinson of Pomona is visiting
her sister Mrs. L. r. Cayce.
]. E. Mauerhan of San Francisco was
in the city Wednesday.
Supervisor Potter is enjoying a visit
from his brother, who resides in Mon
tana.
Erwin Barr went to San Diego today to
attend the G. A. r. encampment.
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SUMNER RESORTS

battalion, forty-six men, under command
of Lieut.. D. F. Hunt, arrived at Santa
Monica this morning. The battalion came
down from Santa Barbara, its home sta
ton, on the steamer Santa Rosa, and will
be part of the militia camp at Santa
Monica until Sunday night.
First brigade, N. G. c., will hold special
services tomorrow at Camp Santa Moni-
ca, Capt. Alfred S. Clark, chaplain. After
a selection by the Seventh Regiment band,
under Director Cam, sentences from the
scriptures and the Lords Prayer will be
read. The hymn, "Onward, Christian Sold
iers," will be followed by Scripture les
son, and after the hymn, Nearer My God
to Thee" and prayer, Chaplain Clark will
preach the sermon. Another hymn, "Our
Fathers God to Thee" and another selec-
ton by the band, the services will close
with the benediction..
The following are the details announced
at parade in regimental orders:
Field officer of the day, Major F. c. Pres
colt; regimental officer of the day, Capt.
F. l.. Reynolds of Company F; commander
of guard, First Lieut.. o. P. Sloat of Com
pany K; junior officer of the guard, Second
Lieut.. l.. T.Eole of Company c.
First Lieut.. E. T. Brown of Company
B has been detailed acting battalion ad-
jutant of the Third battalion.
Sergeant w. A. Greenleaf of Company l.
has been detailed acting battalion SER
geant-major of the Third battalion.
Sergeant R. P. Roe of Company M has
been detailed acting sergeant-major of
the First battalion.
Corporal Guiberson of Company E has
been detailed as clerk of brigade commits
Sary
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SOLDIERS HOME

SOLDIERS HOME, Aug. 6.-(Regular
Correspondence The Salvation army
hold their usual monthly meeting in the
home assembly hall this evening.
Miss Carrie Hoyt, our accomplished plan
ist who has been absent for some time
recuperating her health from a long spell
of sickness, returns to the home tomorrow.
Mrs. Mary Hartwell, department COM
mander of the w. r. c., accompanied by
several ladies of the W. r. C. attached to
the Uncle Sam post, G. A. r. of the home,
and of members of circle 10, Ladies of the
u. A. r., are on visit today to the home.
They arrived by the 9:35 a. m. train.
The Pacific branch of the N. H. d. v. T.,
having reached its maximum of members
allowed, further applications for admis-
sion cannot, for the present be enter
tained. Applications for admission, how
ever, will be received and placed on file, to
be taken up and considered when there is
room at the home for applicants.
sunday morning next there will be divine
service in the assembly hall. Dr. Maxwell
Will preach at 10 a m. There will be the
home union Sunday school meeting at 2
p M and praise song service in the evening
at p. m.
Governor-Colonel A. j. Smith has been
very merciful as yet to offenders, his SEN
tences being mainly confinements to the
home grounds He has not yet sentenced
many transgressors to the lookup.
Quite neat way of raising the wind was
lately developed by one of our home cor
porals. who procured telegraphic blank
on which he wrote request that If he
wished to again see his dying father he
should come home to New York at once.
He claimed he had no money to carry out
the request ,and was quite successful in
procuring subscriptions from his old com
II i'm fn n
the governor got wind of the scheme, found
that the message was bogus, forced him
to return the money subscribed, took his
stripes from him and he is one of the few
sentenced to the dump, getting thirty days
of labor for no pay
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LOS ANGELES COUNTY

party there Oil Monday. The guests, who
will laeve at 10 a. m. in a tally-ho, are
Misses Helen Daggett. Tracy Cloud, An
nette Hugus and Messrs. Lloyd Macy
Will Merwin, Yer Picher and John Dag
gett.
Miss Agnes Hodge is expected home on
Monday from visit with friends in the
east
Mr.. and Mrs. H. l. Stuart and Miss Ball
leave tomorrow for a weeks stay at AL
pine tavern.
Mrs. Elmira Smith left this morning for
San Diego.
Mrs. A. r. Dodwort tn and the Misses
Dodworth are staying at Coronado.
Mrs. E. A. Collins of North Raymond
avenue left today for New York
H. r. Lacey was in Whittier today on
business
Emil Kayser is confined to his home by
Illness.
Frank Burnham left on a camping trip
this morning in a well-equiped wagon.
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RIVERSIDE

| RIVERSIDE, Aug. 6-(Regular Corre-
| spondence) The excessively and continu-
ously hot weather is depopulating River
side. Among the more notable departures
today were: Mrs. M. M. Kaufman and
daughter Mabel. Mrs. L. Mason, Miss Lulu
Chance. Santa Monica; Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H.
Noble, Mrs. Heinbaugh, Miss Hattie Baber
Miss Jennie Bedford, Mrs. ]. B. Conrad,
Misses Bertha and Celia Wilbur, Long
Beach; Miss Ida Nelson, Charley Rouse
Mrs. G. Rouse, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ NJ Davis,
r. H. Vanderbogart Mrs. H. R Miller
and her grandniece, Miss Olive Newman
Oliver Burrel and wife, and Mr.. Burrell's
niece. Miss Mary Burrell. Mr.. and Mrs
E. z. Barnett and Miss Zoe and Master
Edwin; G. W. Mason of Moreno, who will
be Joined tomorrow by his nephew, A. B.
Avery. also of Moreno, who goes down on.
his wheel: Mrs. r. H. Mathews Mrs A.
Difani, Mrs. B. F. Allen. Mr. and Mrs w.
E. Clark of Bloomington, John Aberdeen
Mrs. f. M. Dunbar and Master Frank,
Jose Jensen and wife of West Riverside
Robert Year and family A L. Whitney and
wife of Iowa avenue, j. A. Lombard, j. W.
VanKirk, w. Carr, w. w. Wheeler and
wife and MiN Cornne, Mrs. L. w. Alum
and Fred and Ruth.
In an interview with your correspond
ent today. Capt. M. ]. Daniels said: "There
appears to be some misapprehension among
the orange growers of Southern California
in regard to the duty on the foreign orange
ana lemon boxes. In the house bill a duty
was fixed, in addition to quarters of
a cent pound on oranges and lemons, of
50 per cent advalorem for foreign boxes.
That was amended in the finance commit
tee of the senate by fixing a duty of
cent pound on oranges and lemons but
striking out the 80 per cent duty on boxes.
But at the request of Senator Perkins,
Frye and Hale and Congressman Dingley
this clause was reinstated in the senate.
but was taken from the fruit schedule (G)
and placed in the lumber schedule D) on
motion of Senator Allison, which gives the
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they used on the trip. Among other en-
joyments of the day they INDUCED in what
may be called Venus bath" with apollo
gies to the goddess. The Santa Barbara
with a crowd of pleasure-seekers on
board, approached dangerously near, and
il is said that the captain. thinking that
there were pirates or cannibals or other
Wild animals on the beach, turned about
and made all speed for Avalon to give
warning to the authorities.
Mrs. j. F. Hayes, Miss Jennie Kean
and Joseph Kean of Puente are occupying
a tent on Eddy terrace.
Police officer Fl. w. Marden of Los An
geles and his wife and sons, L. w. and r.
3. Marden, are located or Eddy terrace.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. Marvel, with their fam
lily, and H. M. Norwood and Lydia Brown
ing have chrlstened their camp on Whit
ney avenue Camp Klondyke."
Mrs. j. Gray. Sacramento, and Mrs.
Bufinch of Los Angeles are located on
Whitney avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fischbeck and Miss Marie
Fischbeck are occupying a tent on Eddy
terrace.
All the hotels are doing fine business.
and some of them are full almost to over
flowing.
A jolly party came over today to spend
few days on the island. The party in
cludes Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Phillip Eric, Mr..
and Mrs. H. L.mbrock, Miss Grace Cor
bett, N. Reardon, w. F. Reardon. E. c.
Peck, F. Granger. They are costly located
in the Mcdonnell cottages
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY

grower the benefit of AZ cents per box adj
ditional protection to their industry If
the boxes are made of American wood,
then the duty is but 10 per cent
charles D. Cook of Moreno has had his
wife arrested on charge of insanity, but
she declares she is not insane, and the
doctors and judge are unable to find evil
dence to commit her, though doubling her
sanity. She is under guard at the Airing
ton, awaiting developments.
The city trustees have determined that
prohibition shall prohibit in this town. and
to that end have instructed the city at
torney to draft a more stringent ordn-
ance.
The drug store restrictions will be about
like this: Liquor sold only on prescrip-
tions that prescribe disease; no refilling of
prescription after two weeks; prescriptions
on file subject to public inspection; no
liquor to be drunk on premises.
AS to hotels, in order to obtain a permit
they must contain at least forty furnished
bedrooms; must be 100 yards or more dis
tant from any public building. school or
church; must have the written consent of
three-fourths of the property in the block
AND after hotel gets a permit it can
serve Liquor only to registered guests with
regular meals, between the hours of and
8 for breakfast, II and for lunch. $50 and
$50 for dinner. There shall be no LIQUOR
serNeu III private rooms or stalls. The
trustees reserve the right to withhold
permit arbitrarily from any person they
deem unsuitable to have one
The city attorney is of the opinion that
the new ordinance, which he will have
ready to submit to the board next Tues
day, will stop the sale of liquor at the
Arlington and Holyrood hotels and greatly
circumscribe the privileges of the Mag
noia hotel.
The preliminary hearing of S. H. Hatcher
on the charge of attempt to defraud c. w.
mcleod IN trade of telephone stock,
will be had in Justice Mills court on Mon
day at a. m. Hatcher was arraigned be-
fore Justice Mills this morning and pleaded
not guilty. to the charpe
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REDLANDS

REDLANDS, Aug. 6.-(Regular Corre-
spondence) Plans have been accepted Tor
the memorial and library building to be
built by A. X. Smiley in his park, which
was laid out this spring near the Y. M. C.
A. building, and workmen will begin the
foundation in few days. 1t will be
handsome. thrce-story building of brick
and San Jose stone, and will cost in the
neighborhood of 100000, being one of the
finest buildings in the city. 1t will be of
the old mission style of architecture. with
tile roof and colonnades. The interior will
be finished in oak and beautifully deco
rated 1t viii be a handsome and mod
ern library building and will be a credit
to our city.
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The plant is situated on South Main
street. at the McFadden ranch house, and
will be ready to handle over $500 pounds
per hour. Milk has been engaged from
Santa Ana, Tustin, Newport and the coun-
'ry lying across the river.
In the superior court Friday the case of
II. Barlow, charged with the burglary of
the residence of H. K. Snow of Tustin,
was brought up and dismissed, owing to
epances in the preliminary testi-,
mony. The prisoner was discharged by
the court, but Sheriff Nichols Immediate
ly rearrested him and he will be given an
other hearing.
The Grand Army excursion passed
through the city this (Friday) morning,
bound for San Diego. Two sections, of
nine and twelve cars, respectively, were
necessary to accommodate the large
crowd. Those going from this city will
reamin about ten days
Beracio Rios, the Mexican who was
stabbed Tuesday night by drunken In
dian woman, is still in a critical condi-
ton. The attending physician is unable
TO say whether the patient will recover
or not, and the woman is being held to
await developments.
An important decision was rendered by
Judge Ballard in the superior court, by
which that portion of the county govern
ment act fixing the salary of court re-
porter was declared unconstitutional, on
the ground that it is special legislation.
The question was brought up in the case
of Henry Peabody VS.. County Auditor
j. H. Hail. demanding that the latter pay
back salary to Mr.. Peabody for services
as court reporter. Under the new act
the salary for counties in the twenty-sev-
enth class (of which Orange county is
one) was fixed at $50 per month BY
Judge Billiards. decision the reporter will
receive $3.50 per diem while employed
License to wed has been issued to c. l..
Chamberlain of Tehachepi and Jennie Will
liams of Artesa.
The Y. p. S. c. f. of the United Pres
byterian church held a pleasant social
at the home of Miss Lulu Finley of Tus tin
Frank Monaghan leaves Saturday to re-
sume his studies at the University of
Cal fornia. His brother. Charlie, will ac-
company him to San Francisco. whence
he will enter the military academy at
Mt. Tamalpais.
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ing a small grocery store was the subject of
conversation between the officials of the
Terminal Railway company and V. E.
Blodgett. On Friday the building was
started and now the goods are on the
shelves and the store in good running
order under the firm name of E. V. Blodgett
& Son.
In connection with the store Mr.. Blodgett
has opened feed yard and corral, where
persons who drive down for the bathing
can have their teams cared for.
new sidewalk has ben laid from the
railway track to the beach on Seventh
street, and trains now stop at the upper
crossing as well as the lower one.
This arrangement is great convenience
to residents on the upper end of the beach,
more especially TO business men who go
up to the city daily and down in the even
ing.
Terminal tavern is filed with guests and
more coming every day. over fifty per-
sons took dinner last evening.
The Point Iona brought down a party
from Long Beach today
S. b. Hynes general manager of the Ter
minal railway. is stopping at the tavern,
convalescing from a recent illness.
Miss Frances Wills came down this
morning for a brief visit.
DR.. Louise Harvey returned to the city
this morning after a short visit with
friends.
A young lady diver took a header and
went below" from the end of the pier this
morning. She bobbed up serenely and
swan like a mermaid round to the boat
landing This is not an uncommon feat for
men, but it is rather unusual to see wo-
man swimmer so expert in the ocean.
Every day brings its quota of picnickers
to enjoy the superior advantages of this
beach,
The Fiesta band will furnish music for
visitors on Sunday as usual.
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AVALON

AVALON, Aug 6.-(Regular Corre-
spondence.) Mr.. Creighton and wife of
Mojave arrived last night and are camp
ing here for week or two.
The Sunbeam made a picnic excursion
yesterday to the isthmus and Johnson S
landing, calling at Cherry canyon, How
lands and Fourth of July canyon. She
had. on board Mr.. Howland and family.
Mr.. Rowland, in conjunction with Messrs.
Whitley, johnson and Harlow. twenty
years ago stocked the island with sheep.
The crew of the Sunbeam was kept busy
casting and heaving up anchor at the va
rious beaches on the other side of the
isthums which had peculiar interest for
the party on board.
William 3. and c. Horace Corners and
Miss Conners of New Albany, Ind, who
have been guests of the Island Villa for
some time. gave a corn roast party to a
number of friends yesterday on one of
the beaches in the neighborhooG of Ava
lon.
Joe Wannop and wife of Los Angeles
are recent arrivals at the Island Villa.
Pat Brown, the foreman of construction
|of the recent addition to the Metropole
hotel, was out yesterday with some friends
to the Sandal banks. 1t was Mr. Browns
first eXper ence of sea fishing and he had
10 struggle pretty hard to resist the incli-
nation to pay tribute to Neptune, but in
eight sandals and nine founders from the
depths of the ocean. He admits, however
that he never felt more happy than when
he got himself and his prey safely on
shore.
Messrs. Borden and Bargata made a
hunting excursion to Eagle camp and Mid
die ranch yesterday, and shot two goats
before 10 o'clock in the morning. They
We're under the guidance of Jack Fireman.
and returned in the evening after a pleas
ant day in the mountains and canyons of
Catalina.
w. F. George and wife of Sacramento
are domiciled at the Island Villa Mr..
George is an enthusiastic fisherman and
gets up at daylight every morning to
pursue his favorite sport.
A jolly party of bachelors made fish
ing. and pleasure excursion to Pebbly
beach yesterday. They were Robert Flint,
B. Smith, Charley Wright H. f. BrantIey
and Bud Story. They called the excur-
sion an; "Anheuser- Busch tea probably
on account of the special brand of tea
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Poor Child!

There are in all twenty-five examples
OF infant godliness recorded in the
Token" Did Jonathan read daily
about the sanity children who died
young, and try to emulate them? Or
did he defiantly neglect his good book,
except on Sundays when his parents
compelled him to read it, and did he
refuse to weep over his condition as a
child of wrath, and become a hardened
sinner? 1t would be interesting to
know. I suspect the fact that his sig
nature is appended to the admonitory
preface is to be understood as solemn
covenant on his part to do his childish
best to walk in the way pointed out
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ETIwANDA

ETIWANDA. Aug. 6.-(Regular Corre-
spondence) The painters and paperhang-
ers are working on the Wood & Stafford
ranch house, and their large packing house
is going up rapidly
Mike Haney, the local mali carrier,
started for Fresno Tuesday morning.
Ed w. Layton is in Los Angeles on
business.
"A. R. Lemon has the lumber for new
veranda on the place, and work on it will
begin at once.
Phoebe and Maud Gentry went to San
Diego today.
Fruit drying still continues Apricots
are not all dry yet, though the peach crop
is ready to start on, and before we are
through with them the grapes will be
ready for raisin-making
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DowNEY

DOWNEY, Aug. 6.-(Regular Correspond
ence.) VIM. Moss of Rivera and Miss Cora
Weirbach of this city We're married in Los
Angeles yesterday. The affair was a sur
prise to relatives and friends of both par
ties. as the young gentleman had started
for Texas on protrated visit.
Miss Hannah G. Schdoth of Portland.
Ore, has been visiting the past two weeks
with w. e. Jones and family.
Frank Miller is back from his outing.
Miss Annie DAZZLING of Yuba City is visit
ing relatives here.
Mrs. c. c. Cheney has returned to Gala
basas after pleasant visit with her moth
er. Mrs M. j. Stewart
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ORANGE

ORANGE, Aug. 6.-(Regular Corre-
spondence) Among those who will attend
the G. A. R. encampment at San Diego
are: c. Baker. W. w. Pratt. Chas. Chan-
dier. r. B. Friend and wife, Samuel B.
McFarnahan, ]. A. Clark, l.. l.. Hess, C.
P.otner and Mr.. Lough.
w. w. Pratt has moved and renovated
his cottage at the corner of Chapman and
Shaffer streets.
Miss Susie Dean went to Fullerton this
morning to reside. The rest of the fam
lily expect to move over next week.
A. Meacham. contractor and builder, is
building himself a shop. 1t is 2Ox5O feet and
adjoins the music hall on the north,
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that is, to spend his days in weeping
and mourning. Poor child! He was
indeed between Sevlla and Charybdis.
If he was not good he was destined to
the lake of everlasting fire If he was
too good he must have thought himself
In imminent danger of being removed
from this sinful world in his infancy
Poor little Jonathan.-Edith Dickson,
in August Lippincott's.
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TERMINAL ISLAND

TERMINAL ISLAND. Aug. 6.-(Regular
Correspondence Any one who keeps up
with the improvements at Terminal Island
must get up early in the morning and
keep very wide awake all day. A week
ago last Tuesday the advisability of OPEN
The herald., 1897-08-07

Miss Gordon Cumming is raising money
in all the principal cities of England for
the purpose of teaching the blind in
China. She will found large blind
asylum at Pekin, and is doing this In
Of the diamond jubilee.
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yAN BEENARDINO

SAN BERNARDINO, Aug. 6.-Regular
uments have been filed with the county
These documents represent the appropria-
tion of $4,000 inches of the flow of Lyte
creek and its branches for irrigation pur-
poses. The amount of filings are as fol-
lows
Lytle creek at lower narrows. 80, 600 inches
Lytle creek, middle fork. ........ 5000 inches
Lytle creek, north fork. ....... 5000 inches
Lytle creek, south fork. ........ 5000 inches
Myer canyon .............. ...... 5000 inches
Total .............. ............ .9S, ,000 inches
The places where it is intended to use
these waters are the agricultural lands in
the counties of San Bernardino Riverside
and Los Angeles lying south of the San
Gabriel timber reservation and the San
Bernardnio forest reservation. The filing
papers are dated August 4. 1897, and are
signed by the Chicala Water company,
per w. d. Richardson it's chief engineer
and manager The waters are to flow
through canals as follows: The so 900
inches, canal 10 feet deep and 25 feet
wide; the $4,000 inches. a canal 10 feet deep
and 20 feet wide; the balance through
3Xl2 foot canals. The company will prob
ably have considerable lawng, as there
are dozen filings on the same waters.
A wedding took place last evening in
st. PauTs M. e. church, in which Miss
Ruth e. Libby of this city and Rev. M. b.
Scarborough, presiding elder of Los An
geles district of the NJ e. church. were
united in marriage.
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ORANGE COUNTY

creamery are almost complete. J. H. and
B. H. Wilson of Tustin are the projectors
of the enterprise. and they propose to
open the doors by August 18th.
The herald., 1897-08-07

For steam, gasoline or electric pumping
plants see the Machinery and Electrical
company, 351 North Main street.
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Catalina Island Trims


On the Southern Pacific, making imme-
diate connection, and 80 minutes quicker
time. Saturdays, leave Arcade depot, 900
a. m, 1:40 5:03 p m. Sunday, S:15 a. M.
sos p. m. Round trip, s2.7 and s2.50.
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SANTA ANA

SANTA ANA Aug. 6.-(Regular Corre-
spondence.) Plans for establishing a new
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ANAHEIM

ANAHEIM, Aug 6.-(Regular Corre-
spondence.) Mr.. Howe, one of the con-