The herald., 1897-06-10
dence. 29s Cypress avenue. at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning.
AVALON

AVALON, June S.-(Regular Correspond
ence.) Capt. Jack Williams and B. Brown
of the Pasadena hotel caught a tuna last
night weighing 1OS pounds from skin in
the bay. Mr.. Brown took three yellowtai
before breakfast this morning. making his
| total catch of yellowtail thirty in five
weeks.
r. G. Boyer, proprietor Of the Bellevue
Terrace hotel in Los Angeles, accompanied
by e. c. Schnabel of the same city, have
leased the pretty six-room cottage at the
summit of Metropole avenue. Mrs. Boyer
and Mrs. Schnabel will join them by to-
| nights boat. and they will occupy the
cottage during the season.
Sir Charles and Lady Cochrane Of Lon
don. England, are registered at the Metro
pole. Sir Charles is proving himself an
expert fisherman. While out on the Cata-
lima he caught tuna weighing ia pounds,
besides three yellowtail and five barracuda.
J. c. Nicoll and his daughter, Miss E. R.
Nicoll, of New York are also staying at
the Metropole. Mr.. Nicoll is a well known
artist, and has returned to Avalon to COM
plete some sketches Of the island scenery
he commenced while here about month
ago.
Among those who enjoyed the six-in-
hand drive to the Loop yesterday were;
Mrs. Hallock and daughter of Brooklyn
N. Y: Miss Bolton, New York: Miss Hynes
Los Angeles; Miss Titus. Kansas City
Mr.. Luther, Los Angeles.
Mrs. p. Holman of Los Angeles. lady
"A years old. and who is almost totally
blind. caught a twenty-pound yellowtail
from skiff yesterday. entirely unaided.
The Grand View opened its doors for the
season on Sunday
AVALON, June 9.-(Regular Correspond
ence) The fishing in the bay at Avalon
is better this year than ever before. Yes
terday the wharf was thronged with sue
cessful anglers. 1t Is rarely that the big
fish come so close in shore so early in the
summer. Yesterday Mrs. Boyce of Los
Angeles. who is camping here for the sea-
son. caught three fine yellowtail from the
end Of the wharf. On Of them weighed
forty pounds and was too heavy to be
raised from the water on the hook, so q
boat put out to her assistance and hauled
the fish ashore. The other two weighed
nearly twenty pounds apiece. Mrs. Boyce
has been almost jealous of the prowess OF
Miss Emma Bumiller. young lady camp
ing with her, who caught her first yellow
tall some time ago, but now the tables are
turned.
Lee Wilson of Los Angeles caught a big
fellow yesterday from the same place. He
the fish tipped the scales at forty-two
pounds.
J. X. Urmstiad caught four yellowtail
In the morning. Weighing sixty-four
pounds.
R. J. Cope, with his wife and daughter,
has taken possession of his cottage on
Metropole avenue for the season.
A. D. Sheppard and wife of Los Angeles
are registered at the Metropole. They pur-
pose spending the summer here. Mr.. Shep-
pard will be general freight agent in the
city.
Mr.. Potter of the Avalon Inn is in town.
The inn is now open for visitors.
A little son of ]. III. Davis of the STAN
ford House fell off the wharf on Sunday
while leaning too far over in his anxiety to
snag the sardines. He was rescued with
out further injury than wetting, but he
gave quite scare to the older fishermen
on the wharf.
q. L. Doran, accompanied by his nephew.
A. c. Breese of Los Angeles, left for San
Clemente island yesterday Captain All
Holbrook went along as navigator. They
expect to be gone for week.
f. A. Clark left on Sunday to attend the
wedding of his sister, Miss Mamie Clark.
to Johnny Ray Of Santa Barbara. He will
return tonight.