The herald., 1897-07-08
fifty barrels of oil will be piped daily from
the we'll for many months.
SANTA ANA

SANTA ANA, July 7.-(Regular Corre-
spondence.) Santa Ana lodge, A. o. U. W.,
held a highly successful meeting last night
in recognition of the official visit of Judge
George H. Bahrs of San Francisco, grand
| overseer of the order and Grand Foreman
Mackey of Los Angeles. Judge Bahrs de-
| livered an eloquent and interesting adj
dress. which was followed by short talk
by Mr.. Mackey. Degrees were conferred
and the work of the order eXemplified
after which the members present. number
ing about forty, partook of a splendid BAN
quet at the Brunswick. The installation
| of officers was postponed until the next
regular meeting owing to a lack of time.
! The recent exposure of supposed black
mailing scheme in it's incipient stage came
too late to prevent one ripe old sucker from
becoming partially ensnared Palpable and
bungling as was the attempt to entrap
! the unwary, this fatherly intriguer eager
| ly swallowed the bait, and in answer to
one CT the mysterious decoy letters i'm
mediatey sought out the young woman
whose name was signed thereto. Buggy
riding was his favorite pastime, so he went
to her house fully equipped for moon
light drive, but his company was declined
with thanks and he was advised to go home
! to the bosom of his family Mrs. Welch
/ is now mad clear through. and declares
j that she will make it exceedingly warm for
the person who caused her so much I'm
desirable notoriety. The officers say they
have evidence which bears out her asser-
ton that she did not write the letters. but
that they were sent by some busy body
either to further a blackmailing plot or to
satisfy petty spite against Mrs. WEIGH.
Other letters of similar character and
| evidently written by the same person were
sent to different parties here a year ago,
and the officers are determined to appre-
| n 1ic limo
Marriage licenses were issued today to
j. d. Mcmillan of Alh;.nbra aged 3S. and
Geneva Kelsey of Pasadena, aged 49, and
to j. T. Helbach, aged 26. and Frances
Rowe, aged %. both of Los Angeles.
Mrs. M. e. De Wore has filed suit for
legal separation from DR.. w. G. De Wore
The latter is now in the City of Mexico
while Mrs. De Wore lives in Bakersfield.
but retains a legal residence in, Santa Ana
Mrs. Refugio Garcia has petitioned for
letters of administration upon the estate
of her late husband, who was murdered at
Capistrano three weeks ago The estate
consists of real and personal property in
Capistrano of the estimated value of s1463
and nine heirs are named in the petition
Arthur j. Bacon. aged 20. and Ellen Nc
Adams aged "a, both residents of Chicago
were granted a marriage license yesterday
evening.
Willis Fl. Person. who committed suicide
III LOS AHSeleS MONDAY night, was well
known in this city, having at one time been
connected with the Santa Fe in the capacity
of cashier. About three years ago he lost
his position and went to Chicago, taking
with Him the little girl whose life he at
tempted to take when he killed himself
The assessment rolls for Orange county,
which have just been completed, show the
total assessed valuation of property in the
county to be $685. as against total
of 10.195,975 for last year. This gives an
apparent shrinkage of $717O in the value
of property. which is probably due to the
hard times and the consequent dullness of
the real estate market.
Edward F. Cahll of San Francisco son
of e. f. Cahill of the Examiner is in the
city, the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. E. E.
Keech.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. C. Monaghan of Los
Angeles are in the city looking after their
property interests.
Frank Soto, a Mexican convicted of |
petty larceny in Fullerton. was brought
over today under sentence of five days in |
the county jail
The supervisors convened today as a |
board of equalization and are going over
the county assessment rolls. No special |
cases have yet been filed for investigation. |
Isaac Baker died yesterday at Long |