The herald., 1898-01-06
RIVERSIDE COUNTY


RIVERSIDE. Jan. 5.--(Regular Cor
respondence.) When the city trustees
were in session yesterday committee Of
the w. c. T. u. appeared before the
board and stated that they had ample
evidence that the prohibition ordinances
of the county was being violated daily
They specially laid stress on the state
ment that the local drug stores were not
living up to the law, and they also named
one of the hotels of the city which they
said was selling liquor by the bottle, not
withstanding the fact that the law gave
such houses right to sell only at meals.
The bringing up of this matter at this
time is thought to mean that another
crusade against the liquor traffic is to
be inaugurated with all that implies.
The trustees very properly referred the
committee to the city attorney, telling
them that If they had the evidence they
claimed they had he would issue the
necessary complaint and would prose-
cute the case, as 1t was his duty. Since
that time nothing has been heard of the
matter and the city attorney has not
yet received a visit from the committee.
The sewing machine firm of Castle
man & Leeman are very anxious to To-
cate young man who has been in their
employ but who was discharged Tuesday
night. 1t seems that the man as soon
as he was dismissed proceeded to go on
a collecting trip and before he finished
he had gathered in something like $40
belonging to the firm which was owed
to 1t by purchasers Of machines. The
thrifty collector then made himself
scarce and now the officers are after
him.
The supervisors met today in regular
monthly session, but the principal work
disposed Of was the consideration of
road and other bills.
Detective George Gard of Los An
geles is here today as a witness In the
odoriferous Davis divorce case, which
case has been on trial in the superior
court for more than two weeks past. Mr..
Gard is witness for E. j. Davis, the
defendant.
Fred Pollack. manager of the Los An
geles Kelley institute, was in the city
yesterday.
The experts on the county books for
the grand jury have uncovered the fact
that at least 200 young couples who have
ventured, into the matrimonial state the
past couple of years In this county have
thought 1t entirely unnecessary to have
their marriage licenses recorded, lapse
that may at some time prove very both
ersome to them.
The recent rain has made the quail
hunting very good in this part of the
country and Nimrods are making big
bags on the mesa lands about the city
every day. Duck are also plentiful on
both the Elsinore and San Jacinto lakes.
Samon, the Indian who is under arrest
here for attempting to shoot Officer
roster at Arlington few days ago, will
have his trial on the 22d of the month.
The officers here are of the opinion, or at
least some of them are, that Samon, who
is bad Indian, knows more about the
murder Of the unidentified man found
in the river bottom some weeks ago
than he will tell. In fact, there is a be-
lief that Samon was with the men who
did the killing, and that the others of the
party included Jose Morales, the des-
perado who shot Sheriff Wilson of Los
Angeles some months ago.
The shipments of oranges up to date
amount to about 100000 boxes. The ship
ping of oranges is beginning to Show
again after the usual lull after the holt
days.
1t cost the county just $124 to feed and
house the county prisoners during the
month Of December. In November it
cost $2S. The city has the contract to
take care of and feed the prisoners for
the county, which as yet has no Jail or
facilities for taking care of them.
Deputy United States Marshal e. F.
Pourade arrested a man named A. NJ.
Williams here this evening on warrant
charging him with using the malls for
fraudulent purposes. Williams, who is
a man of good address, is a stranger
here. having come about q week ago
and registering from Chicago. His plan
of work is to blackmail people by the
use of fraudulent notes. Williams was
taken to Los Angeles tonight.