Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-17
SANTA MONICA.

Beautiful weather, delightful surf, a
fair number OF visitors, good fishing and
superb driving, sum up the pleasures of
the day here.
The board Of truste es held their regu-
lar meeting last Monday, when they
gave the board of library trustees $1,000,
instructed tbe city engineer to furnish
the town attorney a map of the Eckert
& Hopf property, and laid on the table
for one week proposed ordinance
granting a franchise to Messrs. White
and Hendershott for an electric lighting
plant here. By the way, it seems to
your correspondent that it would be a
most excellent idea for the citizens gen.
orally to take a hand in the propo-
sition, for the proper lighting OF our
streets is most devoutly to be wished
for, especially when the young men do
not want big bonus.
Santa Monica lodge of F. and A. NJ,
u. D., will hold their first stated meet
ing on Friday evering, in their new
lodge room, which is situated in the up
per story of the Bank block. The paint
ers are finishing at present, and on
Thursday the carpets will be laid and
the new furniture placed in its proper
place. On Friday evening Deputy
Grand Master Woodbury. will be present
Los Angeles and adjacent towns, all of
whom will be made to feel royal well
come and are earnestly requested to be
present. will give detailed descrip
tion of the lodge room, etc., in later
issue.
The novel sight of ostrich plucking
was witnessed by large number of Wis
itors to the farm, which is situated on
the south side.
Sea Side lodge of l. o. o. F. held
regular meeting Monday evening
II. X. Goetz has turned over the
plans for his new cottage to be built on
Third street to DR.. Place, who has ac-
cepted the same, and the contractors
are bidding on the same. 1t will be
handsome home for the genial doctor
and his wife when finished. Cost about
$2500.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Matson have
rented the Mochu cottage, on Fourth
street, for the summer.
Arrivals at the Arcadia today were:
f. A. Hamden and James Sheehy, of
San Francisco; w. B. Fcote, Riverside:
Miss Rose Perry, w. A. Hersey. Mrs. l..
Selleck, Mrs. Swandick, Los Ange geles.
At the st. Jamess they were: Chas.
E. Meadows, Mr.. and Mrs. Ferd. Colts
chalk, w. L. Hubbard and Prof. j. w.
Putchow, of Los Angeles.
Mrs. Kirkner, of Pasadena, has taken
possession of Judge Campbell's cottage
on Second street, where she will spend
the summer with her family.
Ii 70, lxr Nf ~
is occupying his summer home on
Fourth street.
G. L. Waning and family, of River
side, will arrive tomorrow, when they
will take possession of their residence
on Fourth street and remain during the
he ated term.
Mrs. r. Collinwood has rented the
Bishop residence on Third street for the
season. She will shortly arrive and
take possession.
E. G. Woodhouse left this morning
San Francisco on business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willnot Harrison of
Trenton, N. j., spent the day here, hav-
ing driven down from Los Angeles.
They were so much taken with the
place that they will undoubtedly return
and spend the summer here.
Prof. Swafford, late of the Hanna
college, but formerly OF the Woodward
Commercial college in St. Louis, has
rented cottage on Fourth street for the
summer season. The professor will be
one of the instructors at the coming ses-
sion of the summer school.
II. B. Perry and his men interested
the spectators at the ostrich farm today
when they deprived several birds of
their valuable plumage.
B. F. Sener, of the state printing
Office, who has been here for the past
few days, left today for Coronado. Mr..
Sener wields facile pen, and is the
correspondent of the Columbus, Pa,
independent while enjoying his western
trip. I.C. H.