The herald., 1897-08-27
ORANGE COUNTY
SANTA ANA

SANTA ANA, Aug. 26.-(Regular Core.
| spondence.) Henry kuchel, editor of the
Anaheim Gazette, was in Santa Ana to-
day.
Mrs. Edgar Johnson of Fullerton visited
friends here this afternoon.
Nine. Modjeska and husband, Count Be-
zenta have returned from San Francisco
and are at present the guests OF Mrs. Ian
genberger of Anaheim.
Clarence Ferguson, Dan Carlton and
Oscar Mueller of Los Angeles and Charles
Ballard of this city left this morning for
weeks hunt in Trabuco canyon. They
say they are out for big game and may
even meet grizzly or so-unless they hap
pelr to see old bruin first.
EX-Mayor c. A. Hunt and wife expect
to leave in a few days for visit to Illinois
Ohio and possibly TO New York They will
be away until Christmas.
Theodore Winbigler of Bakersfield is here
visiting relatives.
DR.. j. b. Cook is spending a few days
with relatives in Whittier.
An agreement was filed with the county
recorder today by which JoSn Reidel'
bauch and Fortunate Dreves. a recently
welded couple, have combined their pos
sessions as community property. Mr.
Reidelbauch, before his marriage, owned
property in Illinois, while the lady who is
now his wife was the owner Of certain
property in this state.
Ira Merrill, a resident of Ell Modena, aged
GA years, died in that place yesterday.
The death of an infant child of J. J. Conk-
ling and wife occurred in this city today.
The trustees met Tuesday night and took
up about a dozen applications. received
from this city and Los Angeles, for the
position of engineer at the water works.
The first ballot resulted in the election of
o. Huddleston by a luminous vote of the
four members present. The positions of
engineer and assistant pay combine d
salary of $130 per month. 1t is understood
that Ransom Reed will be chosen by Mr..
Huddleston as ssistant. They will take
charge September list.
Seven of the young high school students
who, at the close of the term, issued a
small pamphlet of playful satire entitled
THE '9S 'Rah," were up before the board
Of education last night to explain why
they circulated their "bogie" in defiance
of an order of Prof. Perham. The young
men presented to the board a petition
which contained the following paragraph:
'If. smarting under what we believed to
be an act of injustice. we violated any rules
of the school. we are willing to apologize.
and respectfully petition that the class of
'9S be reinstated as whole" The session
lasted far into the night, but no agreement
was reached, the boys standing firm in
their position, while the trustees refused
to accept an apology so long as it is in
numbered by the word 'if." as used in the
petition. The boys whose diplomas were
withheld are Homer Ames, George Dryer.
Ray Whidden, Lee Holt. John McFadden.
Arthur McFadden, Terry Stephenson and
William Birch.
The railroad assessments for Orange
county for 1897 are as follows: Southern
Pacific company, mileage 1928, assessment
s225,910; Santa Fe, mileage 62.62. assessment
s316,952 The assessment of Pullman Pal
ace cars, as apportioned to this county,
amounts to $3631.
Miss Hattie Baker returned to Los An
geles today.
Supervisor Mickey and family and Miss
Ethel Spears returned yesterday from Bear
valley.