The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-29
MfLfNDfES ESCAPE
BUGGY COMPLETELY WRECKED
BY A TRAIN
Young Whites Bluff Did Not Work
Hope for the Chino Line.
Brevities

RIVERSIDE, July 2s.-Abelardo Melen-
dez, Mexican about II years of age, had
very narrow escape from death on the motor
line short distance east of this city this
morning. Melendez was driving across the
track when a train approached. His buggy
was lifted high in the air. Meendez was
thrown with considerable violence to the
ground. His back was quite badly injured
but no bones were broken. The buggy was
completely wrecked.
Republican Scramble
The political situation In the Republican
camp still grows more perplexing to the
managers of the party. The offices OF sher-
if and district attorney are the ones whicn
will cause the trouble in the camp on con-
vention day and thereafter until the votes
are counted. There are half dozen canol-
dates for each of the offices named and the
friends of each candidate are trading every
thing in sight in the interests of his man.
The result of the mutitudinous trades is ex-
pected to show up on convention day, when
the disappointed ones will make trouble
Some of the friends referred to have even
gone so far as to say that their man must
he given the nomination or else they will!
see that the candidate selected will have
pull to get the office. In short, 1t seems to
be a great scramble for office regardless of
party interests.
Brevities
John White, the boy charged with stealing
a horse from Dir. Maoonber Of this city, did
not succeed in getting sent to Whittier. as
he fondly hoped. 1t was discovered that his
story that he was paroled prisoner from
that institution is without foundation, and
now the district attorney will prosecute him
with view to sending him to the peniten-
tiary.
There is a rumor in circulation here to the
effect that the Southern Pacific company
intends building the road from Chino to
this city, so long promised, this fall. The
rumor, like great many more railroad ru-
mors, cannot be traced to any reliable
source. The people of this city would like
very much If the company would decide to
construct that line, as by doing so the city
would thereby be placed on through South
ern Pacific road. and not be at the terminus
of a branch road as Is now the case.
Growers of deciduous fruits in and about
this city seem to be favored this season.
The shortage of this kind Of crop has caused
a substantial rise In the price of peaches,
pears and other varieties for canning, and
buyers for the latter establishments are Of
fering far better prices than have been
quoted for some years.
The company of mounted rifiemen recently
organized by Sheriff Johnson has fully or
ganized by the election of full set of Off
GERS and at a meeting held last evening II
was decided to begin active drill at once
NV ms hnr n n
and more names are being added TO the roll
The principal duty of the company will be
to hold itself in readiness to respond to a
call of the peace officers to act as sheriff
posse.
This city has experienced the hottest spell
the past week that has visited this section
for some time The thermometer reached
the 104 mark yesterday, but there Is some
what of a cooling off today. The warm
weather has not done the young orange crop
any harm, as the usual hot winds so often
found accompanying the hot waves were
absent this time.
This city will be we'll represented at Mount
Lowe today, for two carloads of excursion
iyts started for that resort this morning.
I. " Robinson, an old resident of this city,
who has been an inmate of the county hos
rital for some two years. was brought here
today to be examined as to his sanity. Rob-
inson is totally blind and very old and for
some time past has given the officers Of the
hospital q great amount of trouble trying to
convince him that every one In the country
was not trying to kill him. The physicians
who examined the old man pronounced him
a fit subject for commitment to the asylum,
and he will be taken to Highland.