Los Angeles herald., 1890-06-02
OUT OF TOWN.
Several Notes Picked Up
Around Long Beach.
The Wool Clip in That Neigh
bOrhOOd.
A Number of Improvements in Con-
temptation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Strain Deny that the
Placentia Story Was True-Visitors
to the Sea Shore.

EDITORS HERALD-The Congregations
| church was filled at the meeting of the
Nationalists Friday night last. R. M
Webster presided in his usual happy
manner, and every one soon felt at ease
under his genial influence. Hostilities
opened by an instrumental quartette
composed of Miss Lavergne Lowe, piano
<. r. Brown, cornet; George McPher-
son, violin; w. Craig, violin, playing
Rollison's bright Eyed Polka" in a
charming manner. Reading minutes OF
last meeting, followed by the quartette
playing the ''Dew Drop Waltz" The
question if the free coinage of silver
would not benefit the country was dis
cussed by Joshua Smith, R. M. Web
ster and Mr.. Lowe. The discussion was
enlivened by Mr.. Graniss singing ''The
World is Moving On" and for the en-
core, Promised Land Tomorrow. Rev.
George Webster gave an interesting
little talk, and the quartette sent them
all away happy by playing "Twixt
Wave and Sky Gallop," by Rollison.
Two-thirds of the people here are Ma
tionalists, and the club is one of the
most intelligent in the state.
Our citizens, realizing the fact that to
put our city in the place in which ma
ture intended she should hold-that of
the leading watering place on the coast,
very wisely voted for license.
The Development Company is now
building fine pavilion in which the
hungry and thirsty visitors to our beau
tiful beach may get refreshments. There
will be one large dining room and twelve
family or private rooms ; the large hall
will be also used for receptions and balls,
of which there will be many during the
season.
The pavilion will be under the man
agement of that well-known and popu-
lar gentleman, Mr.. E. M. Frazee, which
will be guarantee that everything will
be in first-class style. The pavilion is
situated Just east of the bath houses,
and will open about the Goth OF June,
with grand reception.
There have been forty tons of wool
spring. In a conversation with Man
ager Charles Thornburgh, of the ranch,
he told me they were now cutting the
D6St DdIl6y tlldU Was tNcI OIl tllc
ranch. They are harvesting an i'm
mense quantity of barley and wheat
this year, all of which is in first-class
order Mr.. Thornburgh states that it is
the intention of the Alamitos Townsite
Company to build in the near future a
large reservoir on top of the Alamitos
hill to supply the town and acreage
property with water. The reservoir
will be supplied by three splendid
artesian wells, giving water enough for
100000 people, and as soon as Long
Beach gets the commercial wharf which
manifest destiny points to as inevitable,
our surrounding country will furnish
more than enough business to make it
pay from the start.
DIR. J. w. Wood, our city health Of
ficer, reports the health of our people as
exceptionally good.
The beach is filling up this season
with families earlier than usual. Nearly
every empty house in town is rented for
| the season.
Mrs. Dorsey and daughters, of Vernon
dale, accompanied by Miss B. E. R.
Read, of Liverpool, England, spent last
week at Mrs. Berry's cottage on Second
street.
Mrs. J. E. Campbell, of Pasadena, is
here for the season.
Mrs. M. McWhite, of San Bernardino,
has rented the Woodbine cottage on
Chestnut avenue for the summer.
Miss Clara R. Miller, of Los Angeles,
is visiting the beach and will stay some
time.
/ had the pleasure of visit from Miss
May Robinson, former member of the
"Bunch of Keys" troupe, one day last
week. Miss May was compelled from
overwork to cease acting. She is very
much in love with the climate of Cali
fornia, and gladly chose this part of it in
which to recuperate. She will be fire.
quent visitor to Long Beach this sum-
mer.
Colonel Parsons, a millionaire, OF New
York, in company with his wife, was at
the beach last Wednesday.
Rev. J. NJ. Hilbish; assistant secretary
of the Epworth league, is at the beach
on business connected Herewith.
The Sunday school children of the
Wilmington Presbyterian church had a
very nice picnic at Long Beach on Deco
ration day.
Mr.. /, l.. Fetterman, our wide-awake
livery stable keeper, reports business as
improving rapidly.
Miss Abbie Pratt, of Los Angeles, is
down visiting her mother.
| Mr.. R. L. Mcknight, of the firm O
Edward & Mcknight news dealers, Los
Angeles, visited the beach last week or
business connected with pleasure.
Little "Annie Rooney" from New
York, has struck the beach, and vii
stay until superseded. MEMO.
Long Beach, May 81.