The herald., 1896-01-26
THE NEWS AT LONG BEACH
An Admirable Place TO Erect Seaside
Resort Hotel
The New Bank Building Approaching Com.
pIetion and the Stockholders Heet-An
Interesting Budget of Items

place in the oountry-certainly no
other seaside re5ort-that is being so
rapidly settled up by new arrivals
from the states as is Long
Beach and Alanitos Beach. The
magnificent mesa on which the two
townsites are situated-ths erstwhile
sheep pasture, is nov dotted with the
beautiful homes Of well-to-do and
contente1 community, who know
good thing when they see it and are
satisfied that they could not cast their
lines in any place at all near so pless-
ant.
The latest arrivals who wish to locate
and get into some kind of business
are Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Gardiner and
daughter of Newton, Ohio, who are for
the present the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
P e. Hatch.
The contractors, Brown e. Stanfield,
the tabernacle and chapel of the M. E.
church.
Mrs. Dr. Helen Densmore, who lee
tured the week before on "How to
Live" delivered her second lecture,
her subject being in line with the pre-
vlous lecture, and entitled Natural
Methods of Cure vs. Drugs" at Fores-
ter hall, Thursday evening, before
select audience.
The library board met at the council
chamber Friday evening and adopted
set of rules and regulations for the
government OF the library. E. E.
Moore, president of the board, admin
istered a we'll deserved rebuke to an
officious member of the board of city
trustees who was present, anent some
resolutions he was instrumental in
foisting on the latter body for adop-
ton the week previous.
The six-foot high hedge ordinance,
after sleep of a couple of weeks,
bobbed up again at the city trustees
meeting Thursday night. 1t went
through. The only plausible eXplana-
tion of the introduction of the ordi-
nance is that it is designed to make an
office for chronic place hunter. Quite
delegation of workingmen were on
hand, and the trustee who was to engi-
neer the snap through became alarmed.
The Office of the street superintendent
is created for the benefit of the place
hunter.
Rev. s. @. Kendall gave his lecture
on The Tower of London to the four
higher classes in the grammar school
Friday afternoon. 1t was closely
listened to.
The ArstoteIian society of the high
school will resume their fortnightly
sessions by giving An entertainment
next Friday evening at the M. E.
chapel.
There will be regular monthly
social under the auspices and for the
benefit of the newly organized Choral
society at the Congregational church.
Thursday evening next.
Long Beach is the place to go to
when you want days sport, for when
you get tired of wild fowl hunting, you
wharf and catch more fish than you
know what to do with.
Harry Lelande of Los Angeles came
down Thursday and drove friend who
accompanied him out to his 2O-acre
ranch in the Lucerne district.
The Happy Hour Dancing club is
flourishing. 1t is steadily growing in
membership and popularity. Their
Friday evening dances are charming
affairs, and to those who dance offer
the orrortunity to pass a delightful
evening.
There will be, next Friday evening, a
social given by the Golden Rule
church at Foresters' hall, at which a
short program, followed by refresh
ments, will be served, after whicn dane
ing will be INDUCED in, general invi-
tation to the Happy Hour Dancing
club and all others who chose to at
tend being given by the pastor, w. P.
Haworth.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
L l. IL II.
building for which is now in course Of
construction, for the purpose of taking
steps Of organizing and Incorporating,
was held in the council chamber this
Saturday afternoon.
Among the late arrivals at the Sea-
side Inn are: Major w. A. Elderkin,
Los Angeles, and Miss Martha B. Nc
Way of Yankton, S. d.
The yachts Dawn, o. II. Haworth,
master, and Clemente, l.. ii. Amesbury,
master, will have gasoline engines put
in for next seasons service.
Miss Leona Lillard went up to Los
Angeles yesterday to stay couple of
weeks, the guest of her sister.
Miss Amy Mccoy and Miss BERTHE
Callum of Syracuse, N. T., were two
days. visitors the past week.
Orville Graham, drummer" for an
agricultural house in Chicago, made a
business visit during the week.
Ed Grsyson and Andy Graves of Los
Angeles we're down for ducks Friday.
Mrs. Harriet Newnham and Mrs. Sa-
rah Rouse and husband, of Kent, Ohio,
sisters and brother-in-law of DIR. w.
L. Cuthbert, arrived Thursday morn
ing and will spend the winter here.
Mrs. @. F. Bunker, of San Francisco,
sister of Mrs. e. B. Oushman, of this
place, is down on a visit to the latter
lady.
Hon. Brewster @. Kenyon returned
from his weeks trip to Sacramento
Wednesday.
G. A. Laney, a representative of a
Boston shoe house, paid his old home
here business visit Thursday.
Yachtsman Killed.
OAKLAND, Jan. Z5.-W. G. Moody, son
of the Oakland banker. V. ID. Moody had