The herald., 1898-02-20
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NOTES

The price of baled hay at Pomona has
been advanced to $14 per ton.
Peter Niblack has been awarded the con-
tract for building the Catholic church at
Fernando
H. s. Guthrie was fined s. by Justice
Witheril of Redondo yesterday for assault
ing a small boy named George Landers.
Engine No. of the Ojai Valley railroad
has arrived a Ventura, and, together with
the cars. completes the rolling stock for
the present
The new bridge over the Santa Ana river
on West Chapman street. Orange, is now
completed, but it has not yet been opened
to the public.
The Pomona public schools, which have
been closed for the past two weeks on ac
count of the scarlet fever scare, will re-
open on Monday morning.
The Pomona Saturday Beacon has again
changed hands. Yesterdays issue came
out under the new editor and manager L.
V. Redpath, who recently came from New
York.
The Anaheim brass band has issued in
vitations for a masquerade ball. to be Civ
en- at Reiser's Opera house on the evening
of the 22d. over 400 invitations have been
sent out.
The new play written by Mr.. Thomson
of Sierra Madre, entitled THE Fairchids," 3"
was presented for the first time at the Town
hall, Sierra Madre, on Friday evening, to
a full and appreciative house.
The Sierra Madre Students club will
hold a public meeting in the Town hall
on the afternoon of Washington birth
day. The program will include music and
an address by Judge Cheney of Los An
geles.
E. Dunham has severed his connection
h.. Do do a.e1 Ut
the present manager. comes we'll recon-
mended, having had charge of the hotel at
Bartlett Springs also the San Gabriel ho-
tel and al one time was connected with
the minister.
Uncle Sam is doing a land office business
at Riverside these days in selling lands to
citizens of this county. Three patents were
recorded Yesterday 10 Chas. T.. Beall, Rolla
II. Beall. Ed Beall and Elizabeth Bath. who
each have purchased 100 acres OF land in
the Temecula valley.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs ]
f. Meiltle at Johannesburg on Monday,
February II. Although Johannesburg is
in the second year of its existence this is
the first birth to be recorded. A lot will
be decided the little one by the Johannes
burg Milling and Water company.
The society of the San Bernardino Con-
gregational church celebrated its thirty
first anniversary Friday night with a sup
per and an evening of music. The founda-
ton of the society was through the work
of Rev. j. A. Johnson. who preached here
in 1866 the organization being effected the
following spring with eleven members.
Tomorrow morning work will begin at
Ventura by taking out rock from the
quarry on the Oiai Valley road for the
railroad bridge rprap at the Santa Clara
river: 10G0 carloads have been negotiat ed
for by the southern Pacific company. Also
the contractors may use The same rock for
riprap and approaches on the county
bridge.
y Rebekah lodge was organized at Fer
nando Thursday evening, with thirty char
ter members Mrs John Burr was elected
noble grand, Miss Felicia Carton vice no.
BILE grand, Miss Haley corresponding sec
rotary, and Mrs. e. l.. Brown treasurer
About fifty members of Rebekah lodges of
Los Angeles were present to assist in the
initiation and organization, which&vere fol-
lowed by social dance and an oyster sup
per, furnished by the odd Fellows
C. W. Finch, the Riverside city street su-
perintendent, who has been in Los An
geles or couple of weeks past for the
purpose of having surgical operation per-
formed has returned. very much improved
in health, and ready for business again.
One of the principal matters of street i'm
proVemcnt which will engage Mr.. Fincf's
attention now that he is back will be 10
repair and put in shape if possible the
very badly cracked and broken asphalt
street pavement which cost the city
something like $1,000 only Two years ago.