The herald., 1895-09-12
PASADENA'S QUOTA OF NEWS
SIS, 1896 Expended in Various Public
improvements
Orange BIossoms---A Triple Wedding Anni-
versary---A Public Library at
South Pasadena

PASADENA, Sept. 1.-THE regular
weekly meeting of the 10. CT. was held
last evening in GAR. hall, and after
the usual business session there was a
surprise for the assem- hled company in
the way of wedding ceremony. When
Mr.. Frank Bailey and Miss Anna Hobson
were observed coming forward. accom-
panied by Rev. Clark Crawford, it was
noticed that the young LADY was wearing,
kustead of the simple attire with which
she had first appeared, a white gown. a
veil and orange blossoms, it was made
plain why she had retiied few minutes
before, and for what. purpose they now
appeared. A mum Der of friends who were
not mem bers of the lodge were invited to
witness the ceremony, but to the rest of
the com pany it was a complete surprise.
W. A. Ward acted as best man fol the
groom, while Miss Myrtle Rslston was
maid of honor for the bride. Congratu-
lations were numerous and hearty, after
which the bride and groom left and this
morning went to Long Beach for short
stay.
What Pasadena has been dong in the
way of street improvement during the
the figures furnished by Superintendent
OF Streets Buchanan, and which are
given herewith. The work is done under
the supervision of the city, but is paid for
by the property owners interested. Dur
ing the twelve months named there have
been constructed Sewers. n,479 ieet;
grading, IS, 906 lineal feet gutter, oobble-
Stone, IS, $40 lineal feet; curb, obble-
stone, 16, 564 lineal feet; curb, cement.
&c. 694 iheal feat sidewalk, cement, "a, 999
square feet, or about 10, s35 lineal feet;
asphalt pavement. 90 600 square feet.
During the same time the superintendent
of streets has inspected 142 jobs of plumb b.
ing and sewer work. The cost OF the
above work was SsS, 106.9b.
Besides the above work, the extern sion
Of Oakland avenue and the widening of
Pasadena avenue has cost the property
owners the sum of $7367.50. There is
still a large amount OF work going on in
various parts of the city, which will add
very materially to Its appearance when
completed.
SOCIAL AFFAIRS.
A triple wedding anniversary is being
celebrated tonight at the b ONE OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel J. Reese on Ashtabula street.
1t is to celebrate the occasion when at
the home of Mrs. Keeses parents Mr..
and Mrs. Abbott, on the corner of Illinois
;a3d Villa streets, there were united in
wsdlock the following three couples:
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel J. Reese. Mr.. and
MIS-. Henry Newly and Mr.. and Mrs. J.
N. Van Mugs. The occasion was an
especially suspicious one and upon each
succeeding anniversary some celebration
has been INDUCED in by the three happy
couples.
Last evening Miss Block of South
Madison avenue gave pleasant informal
party, peanut hunt constituting the
chief feature of the evening entertain
msnt. The prizes OF this exciting con-
test were won by Messrs. Macy an d KIM
roth. Those present were Misses Rob-
erts, Church. Genevieve Church, Beatrice
Church, Eldred, Fife. Smith. Katherine
Gardner, Ruth Gardner, Hodge. Block,
Msssrs. Kamroth, Simpson, Smith. Flagg,
Gale, Lutz, Macy, Eldred, Block and DR..
Roberts.
The Misses Townsend gave asreception
last evening at their home on Adeila
avenue to their young friends. Games
were played throughout the evening and
refreshments were served. The decora-
tions were simple bouquets of goldenrod
Misses Florense E. Kiehl, Harriet f.
Pyle, Bertha Benedict. Edna Wright.
Milly Kirk, Hattie Chamberlain. Ada
Purdy. Amy Lester, Nelly Lester and
May Bufkin, Messrs. W. Doane, ". Had
ley, A: Mills, T. N. Bufkin, G. Ham
lncli, H. 4 Clhllh1 II. a Sioyf ~ bcottl,
n. S. Abbott. r. C. Biehl, ". Thompson,
r.. A. Dimond, C. Roberts and A. Will
Jams, also Misses Sadie Sharpless and
Ida Hiatt of Whittier, and Miss Stella
Sanford OF Des Moines, Iowa.
At the regular meeting of the South
Pasadena city council last evening it was
decided to levy tax of 10 cents on the
500 for the support of public library.
Heretofore the library has been sup
orted by subscriptions.
The tax levy for general munici pal pur-
poses was Fixed at so cents on the 500,
thus making the total rate GO cents. The
trustees are Leo Longloy, John Wads-
worth, Rev. AN. Merwin, Mr.. Keith and
Howard Longley.
There will. be celebration at the NJ. f.
church Thursday, Setem Der 10th, from 3
TO 5 o'clock pm, in honor of the birth
day of Mrs. Leavitt, the celebrated roun d.
the-world missionary.
Mr.. Alexander stowell, one OF Pasa-
dena's most honoreu citizens, is danger
ously i'll and it Is feared owing to his age,
that he will not have vitality enough to
recover.
The meeting of the members OF the
board of trade called for tomorrow after
noon at o'clock by the directors of that
organization is an important one. as it
will determine whether Pasadena will be
represented at the great southern expo
sition to be held at Atlanta. All citizens
who can should turn ont. 1t is to be
held at the Carlton.