Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-29
PASADENA STAR TWINKLES.

The death OF Miss Bertha OrstendOrf,
aged "a years, who has been a member OF
Mr.. Henderson's family for the past nine
years, occurred Saturday at the residence
on South Los Robles avenue. The fu-
neral took place at O'Clock yesterday
afternoon. r.;
At the Universalist church Sunday
evening the preliminary steps were
taken for forming a Young Peoples
Christian union, which is branch of
the national body which recently met at
Cleveland.
The public schools OF Pasadena opened
yesterday morning with the usual COM
plement Of old pupils and l49 new ones,
which is fifty-one more than were ad-
mitted at the opening last year.
Last Saturday evening about thirty of
the friends and neighbors of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. II. Coffin called upon them un-
announced to tender their congratula-
tions upon the arrival of Mr.. Coffin's
Goth birthday.
The regular monthly business meeting
of the Young Mems Christian association
will be held on Tuesday evening at z 30
in the reading room, at-which time the
give their reports of the work in their
departments for the three months last
past.
California, which meets in Pasadena next
Thursday, should receive more attention
than when it met here three years ago,
or the members will not be able to cor
rect the rather poor opinion of the city
then formed.
Miss Alice Cats, OF Chicago, is visit
ing her friend Mrs. Emily Wolf.
Miss Clara E. Whi.comb, who re-
Gently arrived here from the east, is the
guest of Mrs. f. s. Burt, on State street.
Mr.. j. p. Williams, of Nantiooke, Pa,
is the guest of Superintendent Monroe.
Mrs. James E. Eaton, of Stockton, is
the guest of her cousin, Mr.. William
Menner.
Mr.. Thos. Foster, of Silver City, New
Mexico, where he is largely interested
in mining, arrived here lase evening,
and is at Mrs. Bangs's, where Mrs. Fos-
ter has been living for some months.
w. q. Miller, printer and newspaper
publisher of Astoria, is in town, the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Gates.
"a. w. Stimson, formerly one of our
citizens, will leave tomorrow for Boston
for two months absence.
DIR. Frary has bought.of Mrs. Bangs q
lot on Grand avenue, opposite her new
new house upon which he has begun to
erect an eight-room building for resi-
dence purposes.
The United Samaritan society will
hold its regular meeting in the Presby-
teIian church, on Tuesday, at 2:30
o'clack. A full attendance is desired by
the officers and members.
Rev. Clark's holiness wagon was out
on the street yesterday afternoon for the
first time, and was used in the character
of portable church, with all out doors
for accommodations for the congrega-
ton. Its unique appearance and the
singing from it attracted large crowd.
DR.. William Nicholson will address
the Pasadena branch of the Woman =
National Indian association at the
Baptist church, next Wednesday after
noon.
Work at both ends of the dry tunnel
south OF DEVILS Gate, is progressing
satisfactorily. At the lower end the
tunnel has been driven through gravel
and powders distance of about fifty
feet, necessitating timber. while from
the north side of the hill the solid rock
has been penetrated for distance Of
about twelve feet.
A bevy of young Pasadena ladies,
bound for Mrs. Caswell's Marlborough
school at L Is Angeles, took the O'Clock
Terminal train this morning, viz.
Misses Charlotte Policy, Carrie Frost
Lyde and Henrietta Viss~her, Daisy
Wallbridge, Carrie and Verna Fish, and
Mamie Young. There will also be
other students for the Marlborough
from this city. among them Misses
Nettie and louise Hugus.