The herald., 1897-02-02
ORANGE COUNTY.
Proceedings of the Supervisors-More
Rain Than Needed-Notes.

SANTA ANA, Feb. lin the board
of supervisors today a communication
was received from the state board of
trade asking for $50 for expenses of
making exhibit at Hamburg. 1t was
filed and the clerk directed to notify
the sender that no such contribution
could be made.
Petition from D. Shelton, asking to
put water gate above Olive bridge re-
ferred to Supervisor Potter, with power
to act
Petitions to abandon a part of a street
in Tustin and to abandon certain streets
in San Juan-by-the-Sea had hearings
set for February 10Th at 10 and II a. M.
and notice to be given ~ two publica-
tions in the Orange County Herald.
Petition for saloon license at Alami-
tos sugar factory or some place in
Westminster township ordered filed.
Supervisor Hawkins, who was ap-
pointed at a former meeting to inves-
tigate the advisability of granting a
saloon license at Alamitos reported that
best interests demand that no license
be granted, and the application was on
motion denied.
Report of county expert read, filed
unu OTueTtu tO Ue puUllSHeu.
County auditors annual report re-
ceived, read and ordered to be pub
lished
Mrs. Ella Carter of El Modena was
on recommendation of Supervisor Ar
NOR granted relief of 81 per month;
also, - Jacobs allowed $40 per month.
Rain commenced falling at p. m.
yesterday and has continued with but
slight intermission. At l p. m. today
1.55 inches had been registered for this
storm and S.84 inches for the season.
Indications now point to a heavy pre-
cipitation, which, if continued twenty
four hours longer, and the tall in the
mountains Is equal to what Is now
in the valley, will put the Santa Ana
and the Santiago rivers on the rampage.
Mrs. H. K. Snow of Tustin had an eX-
citing experience last Saturday even-
ing with a burglar. Her husband was
absent visiting Ventura, and the young
men were sleeping in a room separate
from the main residence, in which Mrs.
Snow was sleeping with her little daugh-
ter. At late hour she was aroused
from her slumber and detected strong
and unusual odor in her room. Not un-
derstarding it, she called her daughter,
and as she did so, she heard noise
made as by some one leaving the house.
On rising and investigating it was as
certained that a sash of one of the
windows was raised and Indications of
it's having been entered by some one
perceived. The odor proved to be that
of chloroform. which the burglar was
no doubt getting ready to use when the
fortunate waking of the lady Inter-
rupted him.
Mrs. Samuel Rowell and daughter of
Beaver Dam, Wis, are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. II. c. Rowell of this city Mr.
Samuel Rowell is a partner in the Bea-
yer Dam agricultural works, and Mrs
Rowell is sister of Mr. Millard Of
the Examiner staff, San Francisco, to
which city she will go to spend, the win
ter months with her brother and his
family, after a two weeks sOjourn in
Santa Ana. Mrs. Rowell Is delighted
with California 1.-The transition" she
says, from the icy and snowbound
north to a land of eternal summer has
to be experienced in order to be fully
realized"
The burial of Minnie, the 5-year-old
daughter of DIR. Scheurer of Anaheim
took place today at the Santa Ana cem-
etery. The little sufferer died last Sat-
urday evening at 10 o'clock at her home
in Anaheim. Many friends were pre-
vented by the heavy rain from attend
ing.
THE Prodigal Father was rendered
to an appreciative audience last Sat-
urday evening
F. G. Ryan. who lives south of this
city, is in receipt of a letter from his
agent in Hastings, Neb., asking him if
he is willing to sell his hay at his Me-
braska farm for 81 per ton. As this is
the best he can do, he has to let it go.
Max Posener, proprietor Of Posener's
dry goods store in this city, having pur-
chased the fixtures of s. & e. Living
stone of San Bernardino. will close his
establishment here on March 1st and
remove to his new place of business.
A charge of stealing oranges which
was brought before an Orange city