The herald., 1896-02-20
LONG BEACH IS ALL READY
To Take Care Of the Coming Excnr
sionists
A Relic of an Ancient Wrcck-A Ball Game.
tiarbor Inspection Personal
and Social Notes

ment society met at the council
chamber Monday evening and heard
the reports of the different commit
tees appointed at the previous meet
ing as to the practicability Of having
Long Beach excursion day On March
7th. The reports were favorable, and
there is now every probability of hav-
ing the excursion take place. The Ter
minal railroad will give round trip
for single rate that day, besides help
ing in advertising and other ways,
and no doubt the Southern Pacific will
do the same. Free carriages will be in
readiness to take the excursionists to
places Of interest in the neig hborhood,
as we'll as atfording the chance to all
who choose of taking spin on our
famous beach drive--the finest in the
wotld. Those who prefer dancing to
driving will be provided with the op-
portunity, the pavilion on the beach
being resecv ed for that purpose. The
Long Beach band will be on hand to
meet the excursionists and escort them
to the city park close by, where one
or two short speeches of welcome will
be made. The society will meet again
next Monday evening.
Mr.. Duffy, the ferryman between
Terminal island and San Pedro dug
back of his landing, San Pedro eide OF
the creek, a knee and two chain plates
belonging to Norwegian whaling bark
hot ot <ho% int to
two years ago. The surprising part Of
in the saline mud for so many years, is
just as good and sound as ever it was.
The fixing up of the Development
company's wharf by replacing a few
piles in place of the toredo- eaten ones
may leap into legal complications.
The Downey ball tenn came down
last Saturday for the return game with
the Long Beach nine, and were taken
into camp to the tune of "a to "a. This
evens up things, as the Downey boys
the week before defeated the Long
Beach team.
Col. Fordyce OF the st. Louis and
Gulf railroad, the Cotton Belt road,
accompanied by General Passenger
Agent Wincup and party Of the Ter
minal, went down in his private car last
Sunday to inspect the harbor.
Church .goers at this place had a
rare musical treat last Sunday in lis
tening to Mr.. j. H. Haines Of Bangor,
Me-, tenor of rare ability. The gentle
man sang in the morning at the Con-
gregational church, two solos, Jeru-
salem and Guide Us With Thy Heaven
| ly Light. and in the evening at the
tabernacle. Calvary and The Two Pict-
ures, the last named boing magnificent
ly rendered.
The ladies of the Happy Hour Dane
ing club will give leap year dance al
Forester hall on the evening Of the 21s,
(Friday), inviting and escorting their
company and paying the charges.
Mr.. and Mrs. q. L. A. Johnson enter
tained at dinner Sunday at the iowa
Villa hotel, Mr.. and Mrs. frank Graz
of Janssville, Wis; Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H.
Hsines Of Bangor, Me-, and W.. s. Clark
of Long Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Il. Place of Los
Angeles were Sunday visitors at the
beach.
Miss Bernice Hoyt of Los Angeles
spent Sunday here with her mother.
Miss Jessie Goodwin, of Los Angeles
assisted by her brothers. gave a con,
cert at the tabernacle, Tuesday even.
! ing.
Nine we'll grown boys will have an
oratoricsl contest under the supervis.
ion of Miss N. Clarice Cuthbert for a
Demorest medal at the tabernacle Fri
day evening.
The county surveyors, accompanied
by Supervisor Hay, came down yester.
day morning to see about improving
the county road or that part Of it tina,
crosses Cerritos Heights between Long
Beach and points further north.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church will serve a dinner on the day
of the excursion to this place on Marcel
7th, in the new bank building.
Mr.. +. Mas, Of Los Angeles, prop
erty owner here, was down on bust
ness yesterday.