Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-04
ALL ABOARD.
The Conductors Excursion to
Santa Barbara.
A GOOD TIME ALL AROUND.
Gaily Decorated Engines.-A Big
Train and a Rousing
Send-Off.

Ats 80 sharp yesterday morning two
gaily decorated engines drew out from
the Southern Pacific depot the long trains
which contained the thousand or less of
merry-makers on excursion bound for
Santa Barbara. The pleasurable occas-
ion was the first annual excursion and
ball of the Los Angeles Division, No. Ill.
Order of Railway Conductors. It was q
most pleasing event to chronicle. Not
an untoward character had been admit
ted to the trains, and the gathering of
conductors wives, sweethearts and ba-
bies and friends made up goodly assem-
olage lair to look upon. The throng was
an exemplifcation of the railroad con-
ductors OF America, in that it was bril-
liant, fun-loving and of the highest re-
speetability.
Section one of the excursion consisted
OF seven coaches and two sleepers, the
Peru and Marquette. The former wae
chartered by the Santa Monica pleasure.
seekers and bore on its side in bright
colors the name OF the city by the sea,
1t carried the Santa Monica Cornet Band
OF ten pieces, H. E. Rogers, Leader.
Along the route these excellent musi.
clans added to the general enjoyment By
charmingly rendered and appropriato
selections. Besides the band the occu-
pants of the Peru were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Dexter, Mr.. and Mrs. Evans, Mr.. and
Mrs. Mohen, Mr.. and Mrs. Henderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garry, Mr.. and Mrs. God
dy, Col. Johnston and sister, Mrs. Nell
son, Mrs. H. H. Webb, Miss Burton.
Miss Hodge, Miss Harmon, Miss Voek-
man. Miss Bassett, Charles Fife. Mr..
Miller, E. ]. Vawter, d. Kennedy, Mr..
Pridham, Mr.. French, III. Boehme. E.
Boehme, j. Walters, B. Hawes, E. HUE
w. Simpson, G.. Ridder, Mr.. HAY. J.
Mahan, and Mr.. Ayers.
The Marquette had a most pleasant
company and its inmates had the an
pearance of we'll attuned family. The
occupants We're: W. j. Bigelow and
wife, Miss Hattie Bigelow, Miss T. Ward,
W. L. Edwards, Miss Ida Thurston, ]. S.
Thompson and wife. Miss Rockafellov.
Miss Lizzie Howard, F. L. Harris, r. w.
Payne, F. H. Baylies, G. Fenner, w. E.
Anderson and wife, F. Curtis and wife,
Mrs. L. Marshall, Frank Horner and
wife, Miss Clara Sheppard, Theo.
huret, II. E. Sweetser, w. j. Hamilton,
Ihos. Humphreys, D. j. Carr and wife,
Mrs. Adelaide Cummings, Mrs. A. Pine,
T. F. Paterson and wife, W. A. Platner
and wife, Miss Nellie Platner, E.
Jesurun, Robert Green and G. F. Gray.
Great hilarity prevailed aboard the
Peru and Marquette and the irrepressible
representative of the HERALD added to
the jollity by the production of the fol-
lowing song which was received with
applause:
THE coNDUcTAIRE.
am conductor here. and so grace my sphere,
| attend to my duties ev'ry one
And be it dark or clear, yet still have no fear.
And smile at the dangers of the run
BY my merit alone, to this rank have grown
From selling books and papers on the train
And life with joy is strown, and favors at me
thrown.
Official confidence ever gain.
And daily on each trip the best champagne
sip.
And often get very handsome fee
l never fail to slip in my pocket the tip,
Forgetting all that may hear or see.
And demurely arrayed ofttimes some pretty
Slyly coaxes me to firt or to WOO,
But am so afraid of directors so staid,
| That leave for them what I'd like to do.
CHORUS:
| am conductor on this car.
/ The swell conductor on this car.
Men, and ladies fair
| Praise my style and air,
AS swell conductor on this car
NJ. J. X.
The HERALD slipped from train one
and boarded train No. at small sta
ton and found in the second section the
Iyov ,oiv dov of &I4 \
among them Elder Thomas and wife of
Santa Barbara, Miss Hattie Prescott. w.
H. Lake, Mr.. Cowell, James Monroe and
lady, W. G. Duell, of Chicago, Mr.. Fred
Chandler, Miss May Schlador, Mrs.
h. I. Andrews and chaperon, OF Ala
bama, and Jose Romero and Nick
ICovarrubas.
The two sections of the excursion train
were in general charge of Trainmaster
Thompson and Conductors Robert Payne,
]. 0. Leary, w. J. Bigelow, B. J. Gar
diner, 8. Eggleson, w. E. Hartwell f. II.
Seeley, and John Hoffman. Johnny Bas-
sett and S. Eggleson had immediate
charge Of section one of the train, and
John Hoffman. and f. HI. Seeley of Sec
tion two. All went merrily as a marriage
bell and smoothly as a toboggan. The
excursion;sts reached Santa Barbara at
3 O'Clock P. M, and made ready for the
ball at Lobero's Theatre in the evening,
the doings and gaieties of which will be
duly chronicled in the columns of the
HERALD.
The Work of a Bomb.
]. Kuhrts, Jr., son of Councilman
J. Kuhrts, had his hand partially blown
away while exploding bomb in front of
the Anchor Saloon, South Main street, at
one O'Clock this morning. Young
Kuhrts and several companions were
firing off crackers and bombs. K1hrts
picked up bomb and ignited it. Before
he could toss it away from him the
bomb exploded. His left hand was
fearfully lacerated. The young man was
conveyed to the Office of DR.. Kurtz,
t where the injured member was dressed.
4 He was then taken to his home.
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Death ON the Train.
Mr.. Whithorn, son Of the Tennessee
J statesman of that name, is a clerk in the
Z land Office under Captain II. w. Patton.
t Yesterday Mr.. Whithorn received dis
q patch from some point east of here to
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