The herald., 1898-01-05

propriating goods belonging to othel
Ipeople. His name is A. III. Revis, ant
when he appeared in court he brought
la Bible in one hand and long list o.
goods stolen in the other. He waived
the services of an attorney, and wheI
|arraigned he waived time; then ht
waved his Bible and read off the lons
list of articles he had stolen, to all OF
which he pleaded guilty, more guilty
most guilty, and seemed to be anxious
to be made a martyr of at once. The
Icourt deferred sentence until Wednes-
lday. 1t is evident the man has an awful
ldose of repentance or is mildly insane
land a more fit tenant for Highland than
for San Quentin.
The order for a sale of the property
Iof J. r. Richards of the Hotel Windsor
which it was sought to have vacated, has
been affirmed, and the sale will go on.
Mrs. Jane Pine, the owner of consid-
cradle real estate near Chino, has decided
all her possessions to her sons, Samuel,
Edwin, Edward, Dudley and Myron, in
a voluminous document placed on file
Monday. She reserves to herself the
possession of all the property during her
natural life.
A deed was placed on file for record
Monday by which John N. Beckley, act
| ing for the company, sells the telegraph
and telephone line, with all its access
series, between Kramer and Randsburg
to the Western Union Telegraph COM
lpany. The sum paid, according to the
papers, was $1,000.
Over fifty mining claims were filed for
record Monday. These were either made
by the proper owners to refile and thus
save years assessment work, or by the
claim-jumpers who took possession the
first of the new year.
Lucy ]. Young of Pomona brings suit
to foreclose and collect on a note given
her by Mary D. and w. B. Stewart for
$4,000, with interest at 10 per cent, Sc
cured by mortgage on lot $50 and part
of lot 563, Ontario Colony lands.
The Santa Fe-Pacific road is trying to
cool off the desert by locating stations
with such cool-sounding names as Klon-
dixie and Siberia out near The Needles.
The board of supervisors has author
lied E. G. Winslow and L. c. Waite to
erect bridge of brick, stone or cement,
not less than is feet long, across the
waste water ditch alongside Palm ave-
nue. in Highland, at the point where the
dividing line between their orchards
comes to the avenue, to be constructed
entirely at the expense of Winslow and
Waite.
The annual appointments made by
the board of supervisors on Monday in
cluded w. E. W. Lightfoot as janitor of
the hall Of records, at salary of $50 per
month; P. W. Parker, janitor of the court
house, at a salary of $50 per month: ].
d. Osterhout, as night Waterman of both
places, at salary of $50 per month; A.
W. Hatch, bee inspector.
There are IL indigents on the county
list who receive $92 in cash, and IS who
receive $4S5 in merchandise per month
This is reduction from the previous
month of indigents, at an expense of
S64. Arrangements are being made to
light the equity hospital with electric
lights.
Orders have been given to have a well
dug on the county farm, pump put in,
and the present engine removed to the
location of the well, the whole forming
an irrigation plant for the farm
County Surveyor Cook has filed with
the board of supervisors a map of a
survey for new road, to extend from
Fourth-street extension to the base line.
The city recorder last month imposed
fines to the amount of s10S6, but only $s5
of this amount was paid in cash.
Judge S. N. Damron returned Monday
from Palm Springs, leaving his wife
and daughter there for the winter.
Major j. w. F. Diss, Gordon Hall, L.
A. Pfeiffer, r. ]. Jones and VIM. Thode
returned Monday from a four days
duck hunt at Lake Elsinore, bringing
with them plenty Of game as evidence
that they had been there.
G. M. Flory and family returned from
Chihuahua, Mexico, where he has been
mining for a Chicago syndicate.
The unpaid city taxes were reduced
Monday from $1,000 to $500, and with a
few more days extension of time it is
thought the delinquent list will be very
small.
Frank Knaddler climbed a tree to see
the ball game Sunday, fell and broke
his arm, besides receiving a conclusion
of the brain that rendered him uncon-
scious for several hours.