The herald., 1898-06-11
VIRGINIA DALE GOLD
A FINE NUGGET FOUND IN THE
PLACER MINES
Three Burglaries in One Night at San
Bernardino-Teache
Salaries

SAN BERNARDINO, June 10.-Another
rich nugget has been brought in from the
placer fields of the Virginia Dale district
Colonel G. w. Sweesy is showing with con-
siderable pride nugget brought in yester-
day by his partner in some placer claims
they own near Dale City in the Virginia
district. 1t has been weighed at the bank
and an offer of $67 made for it. Colonel
Sweesy thinks there will be no cessation Of
work in the Dale mines on account or heat
this summer as is usual There has hith-
erto been a lack of water, but wells are
being sunk that at ninety feet furnish a
fine flow of water j. j. Arbios is putting
up a stamp mill and as preliminary sunk
we'll and reached a splendid flow at that
depth.
A party of five quietly slipped off to
Alaska and were gone a week before 1t was
known. They are F. A. Reed, prominent
merchant; V. c. Reche, a mining expert;
Bonehil and two others. All of them are
experienced miners.
There appears to be complete harmony in
the city board of education this year and
affairs are running smoothly for the first
time for many years. The board held
caucus till late last night and decided to
make but very few changes in the list of
teachers for the coming year. Last year
the board cut down salaries and expenses
to the extent of about $4,000, but this year
rates will rule as last.
This was class day at the high school and
in the forenoon the auditorium was filled
witt, friends of the pupils. The orator of
the day, Robert Henderson, was complete
success in "To Do and to Be-" eloquent and
impressive. Percy Hight drew up class
will in regular form that disposed of their
belongings in a very humorous manner.
The class prophecy by Miss Emma Harris
was witty and laughable, while the class
history by Miss Leola Allen and class poem
by Miss Erma Downer':were gems in their
way. The entire program. musical and lit
erary, was a success. The afternoon was
devoted to debate between the second and
third year classes on the subject: RE
solved, that the government of England Is
more nearly government of the people,
for the people and by the people than the
government of the United States" In this
the third year representatives, Swing
and Edgar, had the affirmative, while the
second year, Byrne and Norwood, had the
negative.
There were three burglaries Wednesday
night, the first being Henderson's foundry,
from which the crooks took quite number
of TOOLS With these they opened the back
window of the dry gods store of c. Cohn
and carried off a large number of boxes of
silk handkerchiefs and few other things
Another place opened the same night was
the residence of David Davis, from which
the burglars took $3.50 in cash, three gold
rings and two ladies' cloaks. Davis awoke
and took a shot at the men, which hurried
their departure.
Among the new deputies in the county re-
corder's office will be Miss Evelyn Boley
of Redlands, graduate of the Los Angeles
normal school.
The city will begin to economize next
Wednesday to the extent of $3.50 per month
by cutting off fifteen electric lights.
The monthly report of the county health
officer shows that the water supply of the
city is better now
Rev. Frederick Vining Fisher. the eight
Ing Parson" of the M. E. church, has two
companies of cadets of fifty each They
are getting uniforms made. patterned after
the regular army for Cuba and Manila, and
the last of this month one company will
go into camp under direct command of Ma
jor Rev. Fisher. at Bear valley, and next
month he will take the other company up
there for few days outing and give them
taste of camp life.