The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-10-29
CONDENSED GOODNESS
SAN BERNARDINo WILL SOON
OUT ITS OWN ICE
Santa Fe Brakeman Killed-Another
Seventh Regiment Soldier Dead.
San Bernardino Notes

SAN BERNARDINO, Oct. 2s.-The i'm
mense shipping traffic over the desert that
centers at this point requires vast quantities
of ice and at present this has to be all i'm
ported. The Santa Fe road has contract
with a plant in Azusa for its supply but even
with that the road had to bring seventy,five
carloads during the summer just past from
the northern lakes. For the past two days
Superintendent W.. b. Beamer has been in
close consultation with G. L. VOORHEES, Of
Santa Barbara considering a plan to put in
an ice factory. The Azusa contract has but
year to run.
As the Santa Fe freight from Los Angeles.
due here at midnight, was coming through
North Cucamonga last night, Eldon Sweesy.
Of Rialto. brakeman, fell under the wheels
and had both legs cut off. Word was wired
to this city and special was sent out with
DR.. Bayls The injured man was carried
to the railroad hospital at Los Angeles and
died. Sweesy was formerly of Rialto but OF
late has resided in Los Angeles, where he
has wife and one or two children.
ANOTHER GONE
A telegram was received here last night
announcing that COMFY North, son of Mrs.
Mary Benis of this city, died yesterday at
st. Lukes hospital in San Francisco. North
was a private in Company i of the Seventh
regiment from Santa Ana, but the remains
will be buried here.
BREVITIES
+. c. Finckle, engineer for the Redlands
Electric Light and Power company, has
filed upon 1000 inches OF water oA the sur
face and underfow of Mill creek at point
on the north bank of the creek at Aker's
narrows, in the northeast quarter Of section
Is, l south, range west, the water to be
used to develop power for distribution
through the principal towns of San Bernar-
dino, Los Angeles and Riverside counties.
A. +. NJ. Armstrong of Los Angeles has
filed foreclosure proceedings against the
Picher estate Of Ontario to recover $28l2. 90
and SlS15 on two notes signed by 0. S.
Picher, January l., 1892, together with $500
attorney fees and interest with costs. The
notes were secured by mortgage on lots SAL
and $40 of Ontario colony lands with water
rights.
James E. Clark of the East Riverside irri-
CATION district asks to have tax sale of his
lands set aside. There was blanket mort
gage of 100000 on the whole tract, held at
Los Angeles and the holder failed to pay
the taxes, hence the sale.
The Harmonic club, a musical organiza-
ton, held it's annual business meeting last
evening and elected the following officers:
Prof. George P. Skinner, president; Mrs.
w. H. Stiles, vice-presdent; Miss Mary
Barton, secretary and treasurer; Mrs. F. +.
Oster, Mrs. G. B. Rowell and Mrs. A. G..
Kendall, membership committee; F. NJ.
Towne, c. NJ. Mylrea and Mrs. H. NJ. Bar
ton, committee on program. The society
contemplates bringing the Schalchi Opera
company here in February under its au-
spices.
The children of the Eastern Star held
their annual Masonic festival last evening,
carrying out very interesting program
successfully.
The friends of Mrs. R. E. Norton gathered
at her residence last evening as welcome to
her sister, Mrs Pratt of Seattle, who has
come here for the winter, the result being
very pleasant social.
The first opening of the new st. Johns
Episcopal church was yesterday evening,
when the ladies' guild gave reception and
held a sale of articles to assist in the fur
nishing of the church. There was large
attendance and quite a sum was raised. Tea
was served in the lower room.
The members of the Baptist Young Peo-
pies Union and Sunday School gave re-
ception last evening to four members of
Company X who went from that church
The evening was filled in with the usual adj
dresses of welcome, recitations, singing and
social games.
The ladies of the Henrietta Hebrew Be
nevolent society gave a surprise to Mr.. and
renee of their China wedding" or the
twentieth anniversary of their welded life
There was large attendance and the happy
couple were the recipients of many choice
and beautiful pieces of china.
Mrs. Blanche N. Hurd of Riverside is to
give an afternoon musicale next Tuesday
at the residence of Mrs. H. NJ. Barton