The herald., 1897-08-13
LONG BEACH

LONG BEACH, Aug. 12.-(Reguar Cor
respondence.) Since the departure of the
eastern tourists and Christian Endeavor
ers, the town seems to be unusually quiet,
though the recent warm weather is bring
ing in increased numbers of people from
the interior. The prospects are that sum-
mer travel will keep up steadily throughout
August.
The Christian church convention is still
holding daily sessions, occupied with the
consideration of the different departments
of church activity. Yesterday and today
were devoted to evangelistic work and
number of interesting papers and addresses
were given by various speakers on the
diversified lines of this field of Christian
labor. DR.. Tyler's sermons are attract
ing large congregations to the tabernacle
every evening and arousing quite an inter-
est in the town.
The Nellie came in yesterday with her
party from the veterans encampment at
San Diego. AS soon as she could lay in
supplies, she took aboard the following
party of gentlemen for an extended cruise
among the Chnnel islands: e. B. Cushman
of Long Beach. H. E. Storrs, c. D. Will
bur, A. w. Wright, A. C. Mcclure, H. w.
Stoll, G. H. Stoll, Fred Stoll and A. j.
Stoll of Los Angeles.
The j. Wiley, brilliantly illuminated
and with the Long Beach orchestra to
make music, took the following party for
moonlight sail around the bay on Tues
day evening: Mrs. Crawford of Downey,
Miss Bsrton of San Bernardino, Mr.. Hol-
man of Los Angeles, Misses Kate and
Bessie Bailey of Long Beach. The same
party was at the fishing ground on We'd
nesday morning.
The insurance on the building and furni-
ture recently destroyed by fire has been
satisfactorily adjusted by the company
with the owners, DR.. Henderson and Mrs.
Sarah Reed.
Miss Nellie and Frank Fowler. son and
daughter of Mayor Fowler of Redlands,
accompanied by Wilbur Baughman, came
down yesterday on their wheels. They left
home on Tuesday morning and reached
here at p. M, having stopped over night
in Orange.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. P Forsythe and daugh-
ter Hattie, Miss Grace Fordyce Miss Clara
Vaughn of Pasadena, Mrs. j. e. Cole of
San Bernardino and Mrs. w. p. White,
wife of the owner. spent the day fishing
yesterday on the yacht Luvina.
Archie Cowan and wife of San Bernar-
dino, Mrs. L. B. Morris, Berkly Morris of
Columbia, Mo-, Oliver Osborne, wife and
son of Covina, Misses Cora B. Long and
Grace Griffith of Pomona, Mr. and Mrs H.
Emo of San Bernardino, Mr.. and Mrs. ].
Emo of Indianola, Ia, T. f. Short and
wife of Pomona, Florence G. Hanna of
Tempe. Ariz., are recent arrivals at the
Bayview.
The crew of the Bessie brought in with
their catch of fish yesterday an odd
looking deniZen of the deep. 1t is about
five feet long with the shape and mark
ings of a snake. 1t had a double row of
teeth on the lower jaw, fangs like rattle
snake and the head of fish. 1t seemed
to be a cross between a reptile, an eel and
fish,
Lynn, the editor of the Eye and sta
tion agent of the Terminal railway, is
as proud as the traditional boy with
span new red wagon, sent to him by the
management for the handling of baggage.
There are piles of baggage handled here
In the course of week.
The Dawn brought in sixty yellowtail
and barracuda today. The other boats
had good catches.
The Dawn took a party of forty-one for
moonlight sail to Terminal Island last
night.
The Eye says plans for a new hotel to
cost from $4,000 to $4,000 are in the hands
of an architect 1t will be built on the
corner of Ocean avenue and Locust street,
with frontage of 100 feet on the former,
by ]. n. Mendenhall of Los Angeles.
Two immense plunges will be built in
connection with the hotel. one for children
and another, eighty feet square, for older
people 1t will be begun as soon as prac-
ticable, and take from three to four months
in the building. Long Beach will be we'll
equipped with good hotels next season.
c. w. Curtis and wife of Truckee are
here for few days.
Miss Alice Johnson of Pasadena is the
gueEt of Miss lena Randall
Dr.. Charles Sewall has returned to Pres
colt, Ariz. His family will remain for
some time
grand concert under the management
of 5. Il. Lippncott will be given at the
tabernacle on Monday evening. The pro-
gram Is attractive and contains the names
of weE-known musicians. The proceeds
Will be given to the parsonage fund of the
M. E. church at L.amanda Park.
f. c. Bailey has begun the erection of
handsome residence on Locust street.
Mr. Haskins has completed his work of
unting the whale. and the skeleton of
that enormous marine beast will rattle
his bones for the edifcation of the summer
tourist for many seasons to come.