The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-04-28
SANTA ANA
Masquerade Ball Grand Successfully bugs
Reported

SANTA ANA. April 27.-The topic of
conversation today has been masquerade.
Never has Santa Ana experienced such
a grand successful masquerade as last
night. The ball continued until 1 o'clock
this morning and even then the dancers
were loath to quit. The four prizes were
est ladies' costume. Mrs. Burdleston of
Santa Ana. character. Nymph OF Fralie,
prize. point lace Handkerchief; ladies' best
sustained character, Miss A. G. Yoang
Spanish Dancing Girl prize, a fine stone
lamp: gentleman richest costume. Mr.
G. A. Fisher of Los Angeles, character.
Mercury, prize, a gold headed cane gen
tleman's best sustained character Mr. D.
6. McClay, character. Little Boy Blue.
prize, a silver pitcher and goblet.
The spectators literally filled the hall.
Every seat was taken. On the stage alone
seats were prepared for about six hun
bred people. Everybody was satisfied and
said they never had a better time. Every
thing worked like clock work.
Sometime ago it was reported to your
correspondent that the lady bugs were ir
creasing rapidly near Anahem. Mr.. j.
n. Rafferty,, horticultural commissioner,
went to the place but after examination
found they were not lady bugs at all but
different species altogether.
lie ClluICH IdulGS WIZ ScTNCu u!ulGT
yesterday had great deal of material
(raw) which was manufactured into a 10
cent dinner today. Quite Il number took
lunch with them, which raised the re-
ceipts OF the Congregational church up to
about $50 which the Methodist ladies
made about the same am ount-while the
hotels were left in the matter of custom
ers. The cantata of the Rose Maids will
be given in Surgeons opera house May
Sd for the benefit of the public library.
Rev. and Mrs. w. b. Burrows went to
San Diego today to remain over Sunday.
Mr.. Burrows will fill the pulpit of the
Episcopal church of that city.
The chamber of commerce will banquet
their members at the Sturgeon opera
house on May Sth. An interesting pro
gramme has been arranged. The Los An
geles chamber of commerce will be
present and take part.
J. l.. Rice of Tustin shipped carload
of oranges to San Francisco yesterday via
the Southern Pacific railroad.
The |. o. o. +. of A. took in sixty-five
new applications at their meeting last
night.
The electric light plant is still being
discussed by those interested. G. NJ
Homes, president of the Electric LighJ
and Gas company has challenged Messrs.
Shaw and Wallace of the Orange County
Herald to submit the question to three
competent engineers as to the horse power
it requires to pump 213. 900 gallons of
water IN twenty-four hours against a
pressure of sixty pounds to the square
inch. Wallace and Shaw say eighteen to
twenty horse power. while Holmes claims
it requires Az to 81 horse power.
The rich gold find reported at Lander,
Wyoming, has had the effect of an cleo
trio shock on some of the mining men of
this city.
AT the Orange county champion pigeon
shoot for the medal today, which was
held by Ed Vaughn. the score stood:
Elmer Mason and Ed Vaughn tied on
twenty-one birds out of twenty -five. The
shot at thirty birds when the score stood
Waugh twenty -four and Mason twenty-six.
Mason carried off the medal. At tn