The herald., 1893-05-13
PASADENA.

PAsApENA. May 1.-THE Young Peo-
ple's Christian Endeavor society OF the
Baptist church held social at the home
of Miss Brown on East Colorado street
last evening.
The PROGRAMME consisted Of musical
and literary selections, well arranged,
which were thoroughly enjoyed By the
young people present.
Miss Brown rendered o selection upon
the piano in q pleasing manner, follow
ing which Mr.. SCHNEIDER sang Mr..
Charles Sweet OF Los Angeles gave sew
eral selections on the piano, while Mr..
Willard of the same city delighted his
hearers with q number of piecea upon
the harmonica and the either, playing
them together.
A reading in German by Professor
Alderman Of Throop Polythecnic was
much enjoyed.
Games followed the programme, and
the evening passed very pleasantly until
D late hour.
A THUNDER SHOWER.
Pasadena was treated to q genuine
eastern thunderstorm this evening, the
rain coming down at lively rate, with
Jolly accompaniment OF thunder and
lightning. The thunder was by far the
heaviest that has been heard in this
section for years, and gave some OF our
timid Caliiurnians quite scare.
r The shower did no damage except to
small quantity of cut hay laying in
the fields.
Things were rather lively in the tele-
graph and telephone Offices for a short
time, the fire flying from the wires in an
alarming manner. No damage was
done, however, with the exception of
burning off couple of wirea in the
telephone Office, the lightning arresters
coming into good play.
NOTES.
Frank Palmateer leaves tomorrow for
Olive, where he has taken the position
of station agent. ------.----..-
sing their ultimate destination.
Fairman & Gibbs have been awarded
the contract for painting the Hotel
Green.
A newly arrived daughter is announced
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. W. Pea
body.
Mr.. L. @. Winston returned from a
visit to his old home in Virginia this
evening, after stay Of two months, dur
ing which time he travelled quite extern
HlYely IN the south.
Next Sunday the Epworth league will
celebrate its fourth birthday at the d..
E. church. Rev. A. Hardy OF the Uni
versity OF Southern California has been
secured to deliver the morning address,
while an interesting programme. con-
sisting of addresses and papers, will be
given.
The Pasadena packing company st a
recent meeting decided to disincorporate.
just why this step was taken is not
clear, as the establishment paid we'll last
season. 1t has not yet been decided
whether the cannery will run this season
or not, but tt ia to be hoped that it will.
An invitation has been extended to
the Pasadena board of trade to partici-
pate in the excursion to the Santa Moni-
ca wharf, in company with the Los An
geles board of trade tomorrow. The
train will leave the Arcade station at
! :45.
Unfortunately, the announced en-
gagement OF Remenyi to give concert
at the opera house on the 10Th has been
cancelled, owing to conflction of dates,
and our people who wish to hear this
celebrated violinist will have to 20 to
the city to do SO.
The funeral services OF Mrs. Brown,
tnuy heeu 10, WHobo uSRbn OCCURRED yes
terday from consumption, took place
this morning from the undertaking par.
lora of Llppencott, Torrey q Eaton.
Rev. DR.. Hall Of the Episcopal church
ofticiated. the interment being made in
Mountain View cemetery.
A horse belonging to Mr.. Vail,
hitched to two-seated carriage, be-
came frightened on North Fair Oaks
avenue this morning and nearly bolted
through England's glass front. AS it
was, he succeeded in running into Mr.,
armstrong; cart, smashing up both
vehicles.