The herald., 1898-10-06
DEPLETED TREASURY
PLENTY OF MONEY TO LAST TILE
TAXES COME IN !
Mrs. Windows Remarkable Case Ex-
cites Considerable Interest-Sun-
day Legislation Killed

SAN BERNARDINO, Oct 4.-The board
OF supervisors Is running short-nanoeu
this month. Only three members are on
hand, as Messrs Cooley and Newburg are
traversing the state looking up the latest
styles In furnishings for the new court
house. The filing of the report Of the
county treasurer for September showed
that with 79,413.95 at the beginning OF tho
month there was but $67, ,5OO74 at Its close&
the total receipts amounting to but $10.-I
265.37, while the expenses were $22 ,17S.5S.l
Among the items Of the latter were ex-.
pended for roads, $2365.50; building COURT
house, $2'6I.2l: schools, S45SSlS. Although
there was depletion Of $11 913. .21 during
the month there Is enough surplus to last
until the taxes come In.
The report of the county hospital shows
that there were 72 Inmates at the first Of
the month, 20 admitted, died, 20 dis
charged, leaving 20 as the number of in
mates at present. The expenses for the
month were s9Ol64, or an average cost per
day of 4212 cents for each inmate
The INDECENT list for the month shows "a
cash customers to whom there was paid
sl99.S3, and 60 .ndigents who were paid In
merchandise, $4635O. or a total Of S4 at .
cost of $685. .33.
Jail last month and these were furnished
5SS meals at a cost of $3.50.
San Bernardino Brevities
The Websters. a branch of the PacifoI
Lyceum league, held its first meetingS
after the summer vacation last night and
decided to meet as usual every week. The
election of officers resulted in the choice
of the following: r. L. Swing, president;
George Wixom, vice president; r. c. King
secretary and treasurer; I. w. Duckworth,
sergeant-at-arms; c. A. Whitmore, critic:
Messrs. C. A. Whitmore, T. w. Duckworth
and Percy Hight were selected as the pro-
gram committee. The following new mem.
bers were voted in Messrs. Charles Stead.
man, Harold Barnum, VIII Swing, Bert
Edgar, w. d. Thurston, Roy Thompson
and Lindsey
A couple of months ago the board Of
supervisors decided that the Laurel vot-
ing precinct was an incumbrance on the
body polite and decided to abolish it,
which they did in due form and appor-
toned the territory out to the surrounds
Ing precincts. In making up the great reg
!ster the voters were allotted accordingly,
and Laurel ceased to exist. After taking
a sober second thought and measuring up
tHe ulStaiiSe tney WOulu nave 10 travel W
vote, the settlers appealed from this move
and petitiored to have the precinct re-
stored. The board this morning called in
the district attorney for advice and he
told them that they had not abolished the
precinct and 1t was just as much a pre-
cinct as ever
October came in on a cool wave this
winter, the mercury marking 81 degrees as
the minimum on Sunday morning and the
same figure this morning, while Monday
was trifie higher. There was heavy frost
deners were losers, as everything suscepti-
BILE to frost was cut to the ground.
The decision Of Judge Oster In the Sum-
day billiard case at Redlands seems to
knock out all Sunday legislation as un-
constitutional, being special legislation
that does not apply to everybody This
apparently does away with the Sunday
Closing of saloons or the closing at any
particular hour and the city ordinance ON
those points is already n dead letter in
this city.
The Incarceration of Mrs. Winslow of
Highland in a madhouse In the east is
awakening renewed interest and petitions
are out to the supervisors to have the board
take steps for her release. Reliable letters
from the east state that her husband tried
to have her placed IN the madhouse with
out letting her relatives know She was in
the east and it was only owing to the hui
manity of the justice of the peace before
whom she was brought that her relatives
were informed of the move.