The herald., 1897-02-28
LONG BEACH


bow, all wearing immense picture hats.
LONG BEACH
Free Harbor Minstreis Score Success-L'-
brary Matters
LONG BEACH, Feb. 27.-The Free
Harbor minstrels. an aggregation of
home talent, scored decided triumph
in their mirth-provoking and side-split-
ting entertainment in aid of the city
park improvement fund at the taberna-
Gle Friday evening.
rousing big house greeted the troupe
and from the moment the curtains were
drawn until the close the audience were
kept In a continual litter OF merrimert
by the funny sayings and comical ac-
tions of the end men. The program haa
been arranged so as to allow of local hits
and gags. and o. Pen Cotton and Ala
baster Whitesides. aided and abetted
by "Staid a. Gardner" just turned
themselves loose. ard such a broadside
of squibs and shots at little local short
comings and follies were never heard
here before
The boys had worked hard to get in
practice, giving their time and talents in
aid of this public work. and they de-
serve an unstinted measure of praise
and good words for their self-sacrific-
ing labors. Many of the numbers on
the rather long program were ludicrous-
ly comic. the burlesque play of the
Artists" permeating and tinting the
program all through.
This entertainment is the first of a
series to be given to raise funds to be
expended for care of the park, ard no
doubt our people will extend the same
liberal patronage they did at this the
initial performance.
The troop contemplate repeating the
show at San Pedro on Tuesday even
ing next March I'd.
The official order changing the name
of Signal Hill station to Burnett" was
issued today by General Manager Hynes
of the Terminal The name of the sta
tion has been changed on account of the
antipathy of the postoffice authorities
at Washington to compound or hyphen-
ated names for postoffice stations. ard
as their is to be postoffice at this sta
tton the name of Burnett has beer. SUD-
stituted for Signal Hill.
The members of the library board met
on tuesday evening at the Presbyterian
church. Officers were chosen 10 serve
for the next six months. President DR..
A. L. Covert; secretary, Clifford Smith;
treasurer. W. w. Lowe, and the follow
ing nineteen ladies and gentlemen were
..
Geo. c. Brown. Mr.. and Mrs. K Almind.
W. P. L. Stafford, J. Rogers, DR.. A. T.
Covert, Mrs. Mary Brown, Rev. A. In
wood. Miss NJ. NJ. Fette, Miss Bessie
Bailey, Mrs. John Armstrong NJ Shaul,
Miss Esther Smith. Mrs. M. R. Spang-
Ter, W. Caller, E. G. Denio. Rev. S. c.
Kendall and Dr. w. L. Cuthbert
The new board will meet on March 8
and elect a librarian for the ensuing
six months.
The number Of books read during the
year of the library's existence as shown
by the report Of the librarian was 3279.
AT present in library there are 5S7 books,
an increase Of z62 since the opening of
the library, and Of magazines and
pamphlets there is on hand some 700
numbers. The donations during the
year Of books, magazines, etc, were II.
and fS fines for over detention Of books
was the number recorded.
One of the incest little affairs of its
kind this season was the missionary
social held by the ladies of the home and
foreign missions of the Presbyterian
church at their church here on Thurs
day evening. Mrs. George c. Brown
presided, and an interesting little pro-
gram was given.
Thursday and Friday afternoons that a
number Of persons took advantage OF 1t
and went In bathing.
The final borings and soundings in the
outer harbor at San Pedro are being
made by Engineer Kent on the lighter.
and Capt. Osborne of the United States
geodetic survey steamer Gedney
Extensive improvements are making
in the interior of the Henderson house.
The hall in the second story, known as
Forester hall, is being divided off :.:to
bedrooms and Railways and exits added.
The dining room of the restaurant con-
nected with the hotel will probably be
enlarged to double It's width by the de-
molition of the partition which now sep
arates it from Miss Murphy's millinery
store.
The lumber for the Alamitos Library
association building is now on the
ground, and the work of erection will
begin this week. There will be large
hall in the building, which will be for the
use of the public, in which entertain
ments, plays, meetings, lectures and
any and all legal gatherings may be
held, as the use of the hall will not be
restricted to any sect or clique what
ever. being perfectly free and open to
all.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. A. johnson re-
turned Thursday from their several
weeks stay at Riverside. where they
had been in attendance at the deathbed
of their niece, Miss Effiie Hart
Mrs. e. c. Jay and Mrs. F. l.. Wyant
of Pasadena were visitors at the beach
on Friday.
DR. A. w. Dillingham;. who has been
severely i'll for some time back, has so
far recovered as to be able to go to Pasa-
dena for change of air.
The owners of the land on the Cerritos
on which it was so positively asserted
that there would be a beet sugar factory
built in case of McKinley's election,
have withdrawn the proposed undertake
ing, as the factory at Alamitos will be
enlarged as occasion demands to a ca
pacity large enough to meet all the re-
quirements that can possibly be put
upon it for a considerable number of
years yet to come.
SANTA BARBARA
Bids Accepted for the City Water System.
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