The herald., 1898-11-13
MRS. WINSLOW FREE
PROCURE HER RELEASE
FROM THE ASYLUM
The Two Smallest Voting Precincts
on Record-Prosperity Of Dale.
Company KS Wishes

SAN BERNARDINO, Nov. ia tele
gram has just been received from Bridge
port, Conn.,, which reads: Mrs. Winslow
is free. Court decided her today perfectly
sound mentally" This is on the appea
| from the probate to the superior court made
| by the friends of the unfortunate woman
who have been indefatigable in their effort:
to secure her release from the private mad
house in which she was incarcerated by
her husband. What the next move by the
husband is to be will be difficult to tell, but
it is probable that Mrs. Winsow's friends
will care for her, and that at least TEN.
porary separation between husband and
wife will take place.
BREVITIES
In the Rochester precinct there were but
five votes polled, and in Bear Valley but
six, and the question is raised as to the le-
gality of the election in each precinct, there
not being the legal number of election Of
fcers.
The city board of education met last
evening and fixed the holiday vacation for
Christmas from the close of school on Fri
day, December l6, to the opening on Tues
day morning, January 3, 1899. The board
also ordered the schools to be run as usual
on Friday after Thanksgiving, and not take
two days for that event.
Miss Lulu c. Bahr, just elected superin-
tendent of schools, has resigned her position
as principal of the Fourth-street school, to
take effect in two weeks, or on Friday, Nov.
25th A successor will be chosen next
Thursday evening, Miss Belle Mogeau being
spoken of for the place.
Sergeant j. d. Mathews, principal of the
Metcalf school, left this morning with the
Seventh regiment to be mustered out, and a
substitute will take his place during his
absence.
Milton Besse, sheriff of Santa Cruz county,
arrived last evening with B. +. Farmer, an
insane person for the Highland asylum, his
second incarceration. Mr.. Besse was re-
elected sheriff last Tuesday
The Pasadena burglars, Pue and Burton,
arrested here last Wednesday, were recog-
nized as two suspicious fellows who were
hanging around here in July at the time
the Downs loan office was robbed of several
hundred dollars, worth of jewelry at noon
time.
At the Dale election there were twenty
five votes cast, of which ten were Repub-
hcan. On justice OF the peace there was
tie of twelve for each candidate. Reports
from Dale state that there is a large amount
of assessment work being done preparatory
to the opening of new mining year on
Dec. 3lst at midnight. The mills are all
running and new cyanide plant has just
arrived. Water is plenty at the Dale and the
only needs are freighters to haul ore and a
general grocery and other goods store.
E. F. Pourade, United States marshal
and chief ranger of forest reserves, has Just
arrived from the San Jacinto rese7<ation,
where he arrested two men, Chris McCane
and William Hurley, for setting forest fires.
W. \. Buick of San Jose, the newly-ap-
pointed supervisor of forest reserves, has
arrived and this morning started out with
Chief Ranger E. F. Pourade on a tour OF
inspection of the San Bernardino range of
mountains.
Before leaving for camp members of Com
pany X expressed a wish that the difficult
ties over the Philippines would necessitate
the sending, of the Seventh to Manila. The
cry of "On to Manila seems to be as per-
manent as the 'On to Richmond" OF thirty
five years ago.