Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-09
REDONDO.

Yesterday was one of the warmest
days of the season at the seaside. yet
there was a good breeze all the time,
and every one was comfortable, not
esuvying those who spent the day in the
city.
The guests of the Redondo hotel say
they have no idea of returning home
'tili the hot weather ends and many will
remain till the winter months, having
already engaged rooms.
There is certainly boom in store for
&Redondo owing partiallay to the valu-
able geological discoveries which have
been made lately. With gold aluminium,
'Rmbergris, diatomaceous earth, garnets,
oil wells, etc., there is certainly pros
qperous future in store for the little city
and surrounding country.
The bathing was especially fine yes
&erday, as the breakers were small and
the ocean quite calm all day.
ID. Mcfarland and daughter, Miss
Katherine, arrived at the Redondo yes
&erday.
Mrs. De Forest Porter, OF Phoenix,
Ariz., is guest of the Redondo hotel.
Miss Anna Estes, of Buchanan, Mich,
rs visitor of the big hotel and delighted
with the surroundings.
A johnson Bonner, of Portland, Ore,
as spending a couple of weeks at the Re-
.dondo before going east.
Among the latest arrivals at the Re-
9ondo are;
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard L. Fales, Mrs.
Grace Munger, Mr.. and Mrs. Allen
Dodsworth, w. B. Jones, Pasadena
Miss Mae E. Wheeler, Miss B. G. Conn,
Riverside; Mr.. and Mrs. 0. W. Wapteer
and son, San Francisco; G. G. McDer-
man, Arizona; Fenton King, Santa Ana.
The event of the day was the sailing
lot the Pelican on the trip to Catalina
about q large, three barreled swivel gun
mounted in the bow, which the by
ISLANDERS who were posted were busily
engaged in telling their less fortunate
eighbors, was a harpoon gun, throwing
a harpoon and two dynamite bombs at
one and the same time. 1t was then
explained that the object of the excur-
sion was the capture of whale, as
school of those scarce creatures
As said to make a feeding ground
of the waters between Catalina
and Olemente, and some members
of the school have been seen by every
recent excursion to that vicinity. The
gun'and its outfit came down the pre-
rvioas day from San Francisco, and the
boat which had been waiting only for the
gun at once prepared to put to sea. The
party who went with the Pelican to wit
mess the capture is composed OF the fol-
1owing persons:
j. l.. Conn, Mr.. and Mrs. Cai. Rich,
Sol. Smith, w. R. Terwilliger, Mis-. NJ.
Reichard, Mrs. A. M. Cotton, Miss May
Cotton, Mr.. and Mrs. F. Cass, Colonel
MIG. Shaw, E. H. Penning, HI. j. Mar
tin, r. Buckuais, AL. Currier and Will
liam Lechner.
The steamers Bonita and Eureka both
landed at Redondo within half an hour
of each other yesterday, the latter
steamer carrying away over 400 sacks of
grain as part of her freight for the north.
The Pomona, with sixty passengers
and 1876 tons of freight is expected to
land here early this morning from San
francisco.
Burdette Chandler and R. G. Lunt are
two persons who only stay away from
Redondo as long as business compels
them to do so. They were both down
yesterday.
The genial Frank Cherry spent the day
at Redondo yesterday.
Mr.. Carlton and his two boys, Fred
and Robert, from San Fernando, came
an yesterday, and will spend week
here.
The Express to the contrary notwith-
standing, there is evidently something
IN the gold discovery on the south beach,
and that too in the black sand. A num-
Der of experts are now engaged in look
ing for the exact spot where certain sam
pies of black sand recently tested and
found very rich, came from.
HUTCH.