The herald., 1897-07-23
ON THE STREET

| A member of the League for Better
City Government was brutal enough tc
remark the other day that he was abso-
lutely opposed to any Improvement OF
the condition of affairs at the city hall
He referred to the unsanitary condition
of the building. MY experience in mu-
nicipal politics." said he, has led me to
believe that disease and death is the only
way to get rid of the ward heller. II
there is no alteration made to the
plumbing of the city hall, within few
months there won't be a practical poll
tician left to adorn the corridors" Prob
ably, however-for he is really a mild
hammered Christian-his brutality was
only a cloak for his diplomacy. He hoped
to brighten the present inmates of the
city hall and induce them to put in an
adequate system at once and inciden-
tally save their own necks
The list of city hall victims has been
brief one. 1t is true that ex-Mayors
Workman, Rowan and Hazard form as
robust and healthy a trio as may be
found on any continent, but they reigned
over the city before the nuisances of the
mayor, Frank RAIDER, survived his term
of office only few months, and the pres
ent mayor has experienced very indif-
ferent health since he took the reins of
office. There is no appreciate reduction
as yet in the avoirdupois of Mayor Sny-
der's genial clerk, nor did the evil smells
apparently seriously affect his prede-
cessor, the late lamented Hervey Lind
ley's henchman, Walter f. X. Parker.
1t is very satisfactory to notice that
the district attorneys office exerted it.
self yesterday and has temporarily, at
all events, put an end to the nefarious
operations so successfully conducted by
"Parson" Frank Burch on Second street.
the place was exercising quite as demon
alizinga an influence as the Chinese lotter-
izing an influence as the Chinese lotter-
les. The proprietors of the latter, by the
way, have made new move and I'M
der the shield of incorpora ton, hope to
be able to resume their lilly games"
The police commissioners will do we'll
to investigate the saloon at the corner of
l.
others that are run just as loosely and
in direct contravention of the law, but
the -Four Hundred is the most fragrant
esta blishment that the Bystander has
run across for some time. The place is
open all night and every night. Entrance
can be gained either through a restau-
rant on Main street or by back door off
Fourth street. Drunken loafers and lewd
women frequent it and a game Of cards
is constantly in progress.
There is no news from the top Of Mt.
Badly yet, and whether Col Otis and
Allen Kelley have succeeded in captur-
ing a bear as a companion to the bald
headed eagle of the Times is not yet
known. They have still ten days to
capture Mr.. Bruin and bring him to the
corner of First and Broadway in tri-
umph.
The late B.W. scandal, I understand,
has had very subduing effect upon the
rapid set in local society. Poker, cham
payne and Irritation have been relegated
to the rear and the domestic virtues ars
being cultivated in the most exemplary
manner.
The extent to which the recent news
about the fortunes made in mining have
infiamed the popular imagination may
be readily seen on the street and in every
resort where men congregate. A prom
inent business man says that the effects
If the excitement may already be seen
in the feverish desire of clerks and en-
ployes generallyto speculate" in stocks
For which facilities are readily afforded.
The tendency is all in the direction of
gambling, which is bad enoughwhen the
loser parts with his own money, and
worse when he uses that of others.
To lose two such eminent and popular
iivines as Drs. Thomson and Chichester
in one week was more than Los Angeles
could submit to. A very strong effort
has been made to retain the pastor of
church, and the presbytery has
endorsed it. DR.. Chichester believed
that he had received a call to Chicago
but his congregation was sure that
Providence preferred he should stay in
Los Angeles. The Emmanuel congrega-
ton has proved the efficacy of it's name
The most popular church of the future
will have different preacher every Sun
day, and perhaps in the twenty first CEN
fury there will be short discourses from
a variety of preachers limited to turn
of ten minutes each.
BYSTANDE.ec
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