The herald., 1898-12-29
A NARROW SCAfFOLD
CAUSES A PAINTER TO LOSE HIS
BALANCE
A Santa Barbara Man Falls Through
Pane of Glass, Receiving
Fatal Injuries

| SANTA BARBARA, Dec. 2S.-John w.
| Orr was painting the new office of DR.. E. j.
Boeseke yesterday, Mr.. Webster occu-
pying a single plank scaffold with him. Orr
lost his balance, and putting out his left
hand to steady himself, fell from the plank
partly through a window, and hung on the
Jagged points of the heavy glass, which
penetrated the armpit and sawed their way
up through the shoulder, coming out in the
side of his neck Mr. Webster and Harry
Moore. a carpenter present, lifted the NOR
tally hurt man to the house, where DR..
Boeseke attended him and called later Dr.
Otto. Bleeding was profuse, and it is prob
able that the sub-clavian artery and vein,
as we'll as the brachial, were severed. Ether
was applied at Orr's request to ease the
intense pain, and DR.. Otto was engaged in
dressing the CHASTITY cut when Mr.. Orr
stopped breathing. Efforts to restore him
were made but unsuccessfully, as he died
three hours later Deceased was about forty
years of age, and has lived here a long time.
He leaves a widow.
The Santa Barbara football team com
plains that its reception at Los Angeles yes
terday was very chilly, and that very few
spectators came out to see them defeat the
Los Angeles team by score of six to moth
ing. Their home reception last night when
the train came in made up for the frost in
Los Angeles. The Santa Barbara Concert
band was out to greet them. and they were
marched up the street, the band preceding
and crowd like an election day throng
filling State street from curb to curb and
for block down the street, trailing be.
hind.
Louis J. Morris is unique in his election
experience. He was successful in securing
the justice office in the tied-contest district
Seventh township, and has just filed a
statement that he spent nothing in the cleo
ton.
Eduardo Espinosa has been sentenced by
Justice Gammill to a year in the county
Jail, from which he is just out after six
months for indecent exposure. The pres
ent charge is a double e-header, six months
for each count, consisting OF embracing four
young ladies on State street and of assault
ing one of them when resisted.
Among weddings there is the union of Mr..
Gerard Barton, Unity church organist, to
Miss Carolyne Browne, both popular, we'll
known young people, and long resident in
| this city. Mr. Barton is a composer OF
more than local note, while Mrs. Barton
| (nee Browne) is known as the most ac-
| complshed pianiste in Santa Barbara
county The new residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
Barton is on Della Nina street. They took
the afternoon train for tour of Southern
California.
Another wedding is that of Charles L.
Wilson and Miss Nellie Griffith, married
at the home of the brides parents near
Goleta Monday by the Rev. c. A. Weston
berg of Grace church, Santa Barbara.
Owing to the incapacitating illness of
Henry Robinson, the Santa Ynez Argus
passes from his control on January lst, into
the hands OF Frank Householder, late of the
San Luis Tribune. Mr.. Robinson had been
in perfect health apparently, during the
afternoon, some months ago, and an hour
later was found cropping, totally blind.
about the corridors of the College hotel,
where he roomed. Since then he has been
unable to see or be about. Mr.. Robinson
is veteran editor, and was member of
the California legislature of 1854. His con-
nection with lnid-state affairs has been long
and close. His recovery is doubtful
The Presbyterian church at Ballard is
nearing completion.
The Santa Barbara sharpshooters are
about to resume drill meetings, and will be-
gin tomorrow evening with business ses
sion.
The new stone memorial church, union
organization free to all sects, is well under
way, and is to be handsome edifice. The
date of completion is several months off
The stone is from the Refugio canyon quar-
ries, and is OF excellent quality.