The herald., 1898-07-07
MUST Be ECONOMICAL
SAN BERDooN WILL BE SHORT
FOR FOUR MONTHS
The Board of Education Selects More
New Teachers-Another Judicial
y Township

SAN BERNARDlNO, July 6.-When the
report of the city treasurer came in last
night it was seen that enforced economy
must be the rule for the coming four
months. He reported the balance in the
general fund to be $7S3.2S; street fund, Sligo
II; park fund, S91.55; redemption fund, $14S.-
"a; library fund, $12SO &c; water fund, $685.
IS; making total of $6772.72. OF this there
Is due $500 interest on the water bonds on
July 10; the library and redemption funds
cannot be touched for city expenses and the
other funds are about used up with pre-
ferred claims for labor, leaving the greater
portion of the June bills unpaid and only
the water rates and a few scattering items
of small caliber to run the city until the
November collections come in on taxes.
The city health officer reported there
were but theirteen deaths in June.
The board of education met last night
N. A. Baillie resigned as principal of Met
calf school to go to Rialto, and Miss Lulu
Bahr, who is a prominent candidate for
county superintendent on the fusion ticket
was made principal Of the Metcalf, pro-
NOTED from the street school. The va
cancy in the high school caused by the de-
parture Of Joseph e. Brand was filled by
the appointment of Walter A. Stafford Of
Stanford. Miss Julia Stoughton and Miss
Bessie Willis were appointed to take tha
places of Mrs j. s. Wood and Miss Emma
Hawkins.
new judicial township, to be known as
Ontario township, was formed yesterday
comprising Ontario, No. /, No. 2, No. g.
and North Ontario. The Cucamonga town
ship is to consist of Mountain View pre-
cinct, Rochester, Cucamonga and Ell
wanda.
The report of the county treasurer shows
the receipts for June were $l677O3, and the
expenses SIG, 719S0, leaving balance Of
$94,974.64 in the treasury.
The county Jail contained twenty-threc
prisoners during June.
Edward Reinert of the winery has filed
| a petition in insolvency. The liabilities foot
up to $78N.10, with assets at $61.O5 in bills
payable. John Anderson, the heaviest cred
itor $3938.25 for rent, has taken possession
Two suits have been filed to contest the
right to the waters Of Mill creek. They
are brought by the Mentone Irrigation
company, forbdding the latter from divert.
ing any water away from the use of the
plaintiffs
The yelled woman with the husband and
| urday night taking up contribution to re-
place the money she claimed was stolen
from her at Cotton, has tried another way
of raising money, and that is by forgery
She was caught at Cotton trying to pass a
forged check for s25 signed by H. A. Smith
San Bernardino groceryman, drawn OH
the San Bernardino National bank. She
was arrested and brought here and placed
u, toll ,f-
husband gave her a morphine injection and
she came around all right. Their names
are Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Ward for the occa-
sion, and she claims her brother. the doc.
tor" forged the check and prevailed or
her to pass it. The brother cannot be
found. he having skipped. The husband
and wife are in Jail a present.
The board of supervisors ordered retail
liquor licenses issued to w. Cubbage. Johr
Quinn, William Stadler, Murphy, Brlgg.
G. Co. of Needles, j. e. Gallagher of Bar
stow and John We'll of Victor They or.
dered wholesale licenses for Phil Han.
restaurant, Cajon; Reitz & Sherman, Dale
Robert Stephenson, Cucamonga; P. Mon.
Afghan, Orc Grande; p. C. H. PAIL, Victor
A. H. Pratt, Seven Oaks; w. A. McFarlane
Vanderbilt; Gus knight. jr., Bear Valley.
The report of the county hospital shows
that there were II inmates the 1st of June
Is admitted, died, 16 discharged and G.
there at the close of the month. The ex.
perse of running the institution was $723O7
all average per diem of 331a cents to the
patient.
There were seventeen cash indigents or
the county list, to whom there was $1445s
paid and fifty-eight others, to whom $454.7E