The herald., 1898-01-29
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season. like the wolves during cold
winter, and their depredations are
numerous They lifted valise and
some bedding out of wagon today and
made off with the plunder, were pursued
and the bedding recovered, but the va
lise could not be found. While hunting
for that under an empty building the
police found a pair of fencing gloves
that were stolen out of the Wells, Fargo
wagon a month ago. When brought up
before the city recorder the hobos go to
jail in squads of dozen at time. There
are over forty in Jail now, and the rock
pile facilities are sufficient for only half
that number. Two hobos went into a
foundry and asked j. ]. Whitney for
aid, but, receiving none, went out and
stole his buggy robe from before the
door.
The contest for the General Last
medal is over for the January shoot, and
will be worn by Private A. F. Frantz of
Company X until the next contest in
May. His score was IS, and the near
est to him was from Riverside where a
member of Company M, where the
medal has been held since it was first Of
fered, made the same total-65-but the
score of Frantz was better in some re-
spects, and the medal comes to him.
A. r. Sprague, the organizer of de-
ciduous fruit growers, sends word that
he will be at Highland next Wednesday
to meet the growers of that vicinity. He
will be at Rialto the following Tuesday.
The diphtheria fright is settling down
to waiting game to see what the
thirty-seven exposed children propose to
do about it. If they all take it in the
good, old d-fashioned way it will be apt
to close even the Sunday schools and
churches as a precautionary measure.
1t seems impossible to secure quaran-
tine conditions without fencing in the
suspects with a 12-foot board fence.
The Suppe children, where there is a
bad case, go out daily in the street and
play with a dozen or more of the neigh
borhood children, yet the father is for
hidden to go out of the house to his place
of business, and even his bakery was
fumigated, bread, cakes, candy and all,
to kill the supposed germs lurking there
Some of the children who were exposed
at his house at the children's party are
beginning to complain of sore throats,
which may develop into diphtheria.
Herb Drachman. prominent business
Arizona, is in the city on pleasure and
business trip.
At the time that Mrs. Sarah A. Hicks
started for the Klondike, intending to
tramp over the Chilcoot pass on the
winter trail, she left here at Old San Ber
nardino one of the finest ranches in the
valley, but it was heavily mortgaged,
her debts amunting to nearly $1,000. She
left q power of attorney with Henry
Conner and the ranch has been sold to
A. M. Ham, the figure given being SILL
500. This will place her clear on the
books, and with her indomitable pluck
and perseverance. if she has no unusual
hard luck, she will make new fortune
among the glaciers. She came here as
a pioneer, is a dead shot with rifle, of
herculean frame, and knows what hard
work and the privations of a frontier life
are.
Manuel Baca took possession of the
Purdy market this morning, having ar
ranged with Mr.. Crosby of Pasadena for
his interest, and also with Mr.. Purdy for
the deferred payments.
Miss Margaret M. Mogeau, superin-
tendent of schools, is in Los Angeles to-
day, attending the meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee for the Southern Cal
ifornia Teachers association. which is
preparing a program for the March
meeting.
1t is rumored that there will soon be a
war of rates on electri lighting between
the San Bernardino and the San Antonio
companies.