Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-30
FROM LONG BEACH.
The Terminal Railway Franchise-An
Enjoyable Social Affair.

Enjoyable Social Affair.
At the special meeting of the Long
Beach board of trustees, on Wednesday
last, to take into further consideration
the advisability of granting the right OF
way to the Terminal railroad on the
ocean bluff asked for, and to learn the
sentiments of the citizens thereto, it
was, on motion of Trustee Edwin
Lockett, agreed to suspend the rules,
and all interested invited to present
their views to the council.
Mr. T. E. Gibbons, attorney for the
Terminal, whom we all know and like
here, made one OF his witty and incisive
arguments, picturing the prosperity
soon to follow the advent of their rail-
road to Long Beach, making possible,
and opening up new country heretofore
inaccessible to this place, promising
hotels. wharfs and all the concomitants
of an easily accessible and superior sea-
side resort. such as Long Beach. The
ordinance granting the franchise asked
for will come up for final action Satur-
day evening, April 4th.
The entertainment Friday night at
the Tabernacle, given under the Joint
auspices of Court of Foresters and
Farmers Alliance OF Long Beach, was
the most brilliant and successful event
thus far held this season.
M. G. Holman, chairman of the COM
mittee on decorations, had "picnic"
with the help OF such skilled assistants
as Mrs. F. W. Sweeney, Mrs. Frank
Hopkins, the Misses Nellie Stovell,
Nina Cuthbert, Maud and Mabel Pratt,
Jesse Dunn, Gertrude Norton, Will
Kingsbury, Will Graves and E. A. Bene-
field.
The musical part OF the programme
was placed in charge of an accomplished
amateur, Mrs. Prosie, and was most ex-
cellent, as indeed was the whole per-
formance.
Mrs. w. A. Stephens, OF St. Paul,
Minn., who is spending the winter here
at Miss S. M. Johnson's cottage, sang
Stoelezki difficult solo, A Day Dream,
in magnificent voice, and for the encore
gave that sweet song, Summer Showers,
in voice of silvered sweetness. This
lady's vocal abilities are of the highest.
Miss Maud Pratt gave blood curd-
ling recital OF the horrors undergone in
the mysteries of the Foresters initiation.
in manner that sustained her reputa-
tion as an elocutionist.
Miss Nellie StovelPs recitation was
given with the spirit and dash that dis
tinguishes her efforts and which is so
"taking" with an audience.
Miss Nina Cuthbert deserves all
praise; being i'll, she pluckily performed
all she was "billed" for and gave an ex
cellent defamation and filled her place
in the orchestra to the end.
The calisthenic exercises, swinging
the Indian clubs by the Misses Robin
son and Jesse Dunn, pupils of the nor
NAL school, was graceful exhibition,
and was wildly applauded.
The male quartette was recalled, and
gave new version of Gee Woa Dobbin.
Professor WHY'S piano solo was of
course perfect, and was encored unani-
mously. But then Jake is a music
teacher by profession.
Mr.. H. G. Dillon was received with
applause, as he is great favorite down
here, and gave brief resume of the
origin of the Farmers Alliance and the
good it hopes TO accomplish in the re-
form of bad government. His speech
only lasted ten minutes, but it was
filled with some unpleasant facts which
we hope the farmers will amend.
MEMO