The herald., 1898-12-14
THE BONDS ARE FILED
HEAVY DRAFT ON THE BANKS.
ON NEW YEARS
Several County Officials Go to the
Maryland Fidelity Company for
Their Official Bonds

SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. l3.-It has
been the custom for the county treasurer
of San Bernardino county to go TO the banks
for his official bond, but this will be changed
with the opening of 1899, for the independ-
ent candidate for county treasurer, Milford
banker, 5. Nj. GODDARD, and he has filed his
bond for $l25,OO0 with the Fidelity and
Deposit company Of Maryland as sponsors
for his honesty. There is something over
100000 of the county money in the sew
eral banks of the county, and this will now
be drawn out and placed in the county vault
under the eye of the treasurer.
The Fidelity and Deposit company has
also the bonds of l.. |. Coy, tax collector,
for $4,000; Charles A. Rouse, sheriff, for
1000, and M. l.. Cook, surveyor, for $1,000,
making a total Of $l96,000 on the four Offices
A. G. Kendall gave the Pacific Security
company of this state as his surety for
$4,000. l. G. Girard, public administrator,
gave bonds for $4,000, with j. w. Barton,
j. w. Catck, Ii. NJ. Barton, j. H. Kelley,
A. S. Mettler, S. II. Carson, A. w. Holdz-
kom, j. B. Firth, John Il. Ward and James
Murray as his bondsmen. Wesley Thomp-
son, coroner, is held in $l0,000 with s. W..
Little of Los Angeles and G. N. Damron
clerk, with bonds at $4,000, is vouched for
by w. S. Hooper, A. M. Ham and James
Fleming. w. ID. Wagner, auditor, for
$4,000, has the names of A. NJ. Ham, j. b..
Firth, John Anderson and James Fleming.
j. +. johnson, jr., recorder, $1,000, gives the
names of Margaret johnson, j. h. johnson
ST.. j. j. Arbios, Jerry McNew and Allen
Mcintyre. j. W. Curtic, district attorney,
$4,000, is vouched for by his father and
brother, w. j. Curtis and H. C. Curtis.
Miss Lulu G. Bahr, superintendent Of
schools, $4,000, has Prof n A. Richardson
and DIR. j. L. Colliver for her bondsmen. G..
Young and James Kennedy, while r. f.
White of Chino, supervisor. $4,000, names r.
+. Garner and George Weimar as his sure
ties.
BREvITIES
State Treasurer Reeves has completed his
official appointments with w. r. Porter
of San Bernardno as clerk, T. L. Stebbins
of Riverside, policeman; l.. S. Butler of Los
Angeles, G.. 7. Copeland of San Bernardino,
II. NJ. Anderson of San Francisco as guards.
These are all Grand Army men.
Keystone chapter No. SO, R. A. NJ, elected
officers last evening, as follows: c. A. Nc
Kenzie, high priest; j. F. johnson, jr.,
king; j. w. Barton, scribe; j. d. Roberts,
treasurer; T., A. Smith secretary.
The city attorney has filed an opinion in
regard to the issue of bonds that the clause
in the law that seems to forbid any purchase
by the city of water works over $40, 900 in
value is not operative except when it is pro-
posed to pay cash for the deal, and does not
affect the purchase when bonds are issued
for payment. The city trustees will at
once prepare to formulate q plan for put
ting Sl50,000 in per cent bonds on the
market.
Petition for letters of administration were
filed on the estate of Lucinda Coburn, who
died in December, 1895, leaving real estate
valued at $1,000, and in clearing up the es-
tate of her husband, who died recently Her
son asks to be appointed administrator on
her state.
Corston +. Van Dohren, formerly of
Baker City, Ore, died last week, leaving
s64l in personal property and no heirs as
far as known. Letters of administration
are applied for by the public administrator
A decree of foreclosure for S50450, with
$3.50 attorneys fees and costs, has been
awarded A. +. NJ. Strong against Mary A
Picher the real estate being at Ontario.
The cold wave reached focus this morn.
ing with a minimum temperature of % de.
grees, following 26 on Monday morning and
2 4on Sunday. The best informed orange
growers, knowing that frost was liable to
come at any time, have been shipping their
fruit as rapidly as they could force it on the
market, and the oranges sent on, even if a
little green and sour, will prove the best
of the season. L. c. Waite of Highland has
shipped over 1000 boxes, about half his crop
in anticipation of the cold wave that was ex-
pected.
Jailer Jesse Chase left for San Quentin
this morning with Pedro Bantsta, the Jap
anese tirebug of Chino, who pleaded guilty
and got seven years.
Red Phillips the fake puglist, was
brought up before Justice Soule to be bound
over on the charge of forgery, two checks
for S32 and S64, appearing against him, but
he pleaded sickness and his examination
has been postponed.