The herald., 1896-02-11
PASADENA NEWS

worth will ba glad to hear that he is
improving.
The excursion to Santa Barbara on
| Wednesday promises to be large in
| numbers. The tickets are good for four
days.
A burning chimney at the home of
Mrs. Cooley on North Orange Grove
brought out the fire department this
morning. The loss was nominal.
The North Pasadena w. G. L. U. will
hold mothers meeting at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Huntley on Raymond
avenue, on Friday, February 14th, at
2:30 pm. Paper by Mrs. St1ntz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Wood were
shaken up somewhat Saturday even.
ing by their horse, hitched to cart,
STUN cling and falling.
DR.. McAllister has removed the
quarantine from the Niosi house. cor.
ner Of Lincoln avenue and Villa street,
where child had diphtheria. He re.
ports two cases of scarlet fever in the
family of John Harris, on Mercer ave-
nue..
Adam H. Johnson, a resident of Chi
cago who has been in Pasadena for
few months past, died in North Fair
Oaks avenue this morning. ES He was
Mason, being past grand commander of
San Bsrnardino commandery. His
wife, who has been with him, will re-
turn to Chicago tomorrow morning
with her husbands remains.
The members of the Valley Hunt en-
ioyed progressive euchre party Sat-
urday evening at the club house.
Some sixty members we're present.
Pr zes were won by Mr.. and Mrs.
t..
Miss Bolt, Miss Clark, r. I. Rogers
and w. Il. Stats.
Newton FL. Cox was given surprise
at his homo on Saturday evening, it
being his eighteenth birthday. Music,
cards and dancing were INDUCED in.
Among the guests we're Misses Lizzie
Weingart, Alics West, Eliza West, Jes-
sic Cham arlain, Edith Brush, Messrs.
West, Cox, Newmeyer, Powers, Murray,
Fred West and Harold Cox.
A very interesting progressive eu-
cher party WAS held at the home of An
drew McNslly at Altadena Saturday
evening. There we're eleven tables.
Mr.. Cody won the first Rentleman's
prize, and Mr.. Crane the second. The
ladies' who scored the greatest number
of games were Mrs. Caldwell aud Mrs.
Christy. Mrs. Beale won the lone
hand prize. The guests were Messrs.
and Mines. Hull, Dewspd, Stanton,
Cody, Ray Barnhart, Thadeus Lowe,
jr., Olney, Aldrich, Shirley, Neff, Crane,
Mines. Storey, Ford, Belford, Fred Mo-
Nally, Misses Olney, Storey, Crane,
Nc Clintock, Messrs. Sheppard, Elliott,
Vance Martin, Hughes and Arthur o.
ney.
The First National bank of Pasadena
has accepted $4,000 in government
bonds at 116647I. The Pasadena bank
bid being the only bid accepted in this
portion of the state. II yields profit
of 3ls per cent. Coupon bonds were
selected instead oil registered and the
denominations called for in the bids
are $1,000 in $50 bonds, $4,000 in 500
bonds, $4,000 in $500 bonds and $l0,-
00U in $1,000 bonds. These denomina-
tions were chosen to meet anticipated
demands of the banks patrons.
Fred Miilard, heretofore manager OF
the Sunset Telephone company at Pasa-
dena, has been promoted to the tele-
phone service, manager for Southern
California, with headquarters at Los
Angeles.
Albert Fountain, who took an ounce
of laudanum on Saturday morning,
died in the county hospital at 2 o'clock
this afternoon. Mr.. Fountain was 50
years of age, and had been sufferer
with kidney disease. He had taken
laudanum for his trouble, and on this
account his friends cannot think that he
took it with suicidal intent, but simply
made mistake as regards quantity. The
funeral took place at o'clock this aft
ernoon from Adams undertaking
rooms. Mrs. Fountain was at Santa
Monica, but came home at once. E. A.
Fountain and Mrs. Granger are the
only children.
PERSONALS
Mrs. Hall and daughter Of Kensing-
ton Place left this morning for visit
to Anaheim.
Charles Griffin and George Rogers Of
Cohoes, n Y, friends of Fred A. Ryan,
are visiting in the city.