The herald., 1897-08-06
AVALON

AVALON. Aug. 5.-(Regular Correspon-
dence.) Mrs. William Squire and her sis
ter, Mrs. Wnstanley of Hollywood. ar
rived on last nights boat. Mr. Squire has
been staying at the Island Villa for som
days. The party are now going into C--A-,>
on Whitney avenue.
Mrs. Warren Campbell and family of Los
Angeles arrived last night and are located
In Camp Swanfeldt.
Mrs. Julia Mclaughlin of San Luis Obs
po was out in a skiff yesterday with Johnny
and caught her first fish. Having heard the
stories of several of the members of the
Ananas club she was under the impress
sion that nothing smaller than a whale
ever takes the hook at Catalina, and when
she felt a tug on her line she shouted for
her husbands assistance. BY their united
strength they hauled from the depths of
the ocean a monster which proved to be an
innocent rock bass measuring six inches
in length and weighing about four ounces.
Phil Wilson and Warren Carhart are
staying at the Metropole.
A jolly party of campers have chris
| tened their camp "Hotel Metropole Jun
ior.' The party consists of Fred w. For
rester c. de Forrest Howry, E. A. Klokke.
E. c. Ducommun and A. c. Briggs. They
are continuing their accustomed occupa-
ton of breaking ladies' hearts, but are
varying 1t somewhat at Catalina island by
incidentally catching fish.
William Donnel and Charley Wright
registered last night at the Metropole.
S. p. Parsons of the Citizens bank, Los
Angeles, is here for a vacation at the
Island Villa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacoby and Mr.. and Mrs.
Hellman of Los Angeles chartered the
launch Santa Ana yesterday morning on
a deep sea fishing and trolling excursion.
They went to Seal rocks and Church rock.
Fl hat
of womans rights may be on shore. Father
Neptune is polite, yielding up to them sew
eral of his treasures in the shape of yell
lowtail, while the men folks had to go with
out.
The F'leetwing made an excursion around
the island yesterday with the following
picnic and fishing party on board: George
Fl. Phelps and wife of Kingsley. Iowa, j.
F. Murphy of Boston. Arend Hewlett of
Pomona w. Preach and wife, C. +. Fluhr-
berg, j. A. Bannister and wife and A. Z.
Olmstead and wife. A very pleasant day
was spent and large number of fish
caught, the most successful anglers being
Messrs. Hewlett, Preach and Fluhrberg,
who caught several yelowtail and barra-
cuda.
John King and his wife of the Royal
Oak restaurant. arrived on last nights
boat and went into camp in Camp Swan
feldt.
Mrs. Mutchmore of Los Angeles and Mrs.
Farvo of Pasadena are camping here
DR.. Prittie has opened his drug store op-
posite the Metropole hotel for the season.
He goes over today to Pasadena, but will
reurn tomorrow.
A good many passengers came over on
the Paloma, the newspaper boat yester-
day morning. Those who registered a the
island Villa were DIR. j. M. Lawrence of
Los Angeles, Mrs. j. T. Haskell. Fort
Leavenworth, and Roland S. Haskell of
San Pedro, Mrs. John Booth. Jacksonville.
ILL.,; Mrs. d. e. Kronninger Jacksonville,
ILL.,; f. Field, Los Angeles, and FL. l.. Jen-
kins of Los Angeles.
{. w. Kennedy of Albuquerque. N. NJ.
arrived last night and is registered at the
Pasadena house. He is accompanied by
the following Arizonans: E. Greenland
and wife. Miss Rhodes and Miss Howard
and j. M. Dennis of the Dennis Lumber
company of Williams. Ariz.
Ihe Misses Russell and Miss Miller of
Los Angeles are staying at the Pasadena
house.
Inc usual Wednesday night dance was
given at the Metropole hotel last night
and was enjoyed by brilliant crowd of
invited guests.