The herald., 1897-08-03
LONG BEACH

LONG BEACH, Aug. 2.-(Regular Core
spondence.) Last evening Mr.. Thompson,
his family and some of the neighbors sat
on the front porch of his ranch home in
Duarte chatting pleasantly. About $50
Miss Jennie, Mr. Thompson's 17-year-old
daughter, rose quietly from her chair,
passed through the house out to the rear of
the orchard and stepped into a buggy that
was standing there waiting for her. Jen-
ME and Homer Norman of Glendora were
very much in love with each other, but
Papa Thompson was emphatically and i'm
placaby opposed to Homers attentions to
Jennie, and the lovers had not met for
month. But "love laughs at locksmiths"
just as defiantly on the eve of the twen-
tieth century as 1t did several centuries ago
when the words were written. Through the
offices of the obliging third person the
young people had arranged an elopement,
and they made very clever and complete
job of it. They drove down to Long Beach
as fast as horsefesh could carry them.
and arrived here about o'clock this morn
ing. They awoke Capt. Pierson of the
sloop J.. Willey and engaged him to take
them out beyond the three-mile limit for
deep sea wedding. The tug Hirondale
steamed up and towed the party out, and
just as the "gloms shivered off, and the
sun crept up over the eastern hills Capt.
Pierson performed the ceremony that made
Miss Jennie Thompson and Homer Norman
husband and wife. Mrs. Pierson, wife of
the captain. Mr.. Norman, brother of the
groom, Mr.. Taylor and A. j. Bently accom-
panied the bridal party, and after the mar
riage ceremony there was a very happy
little wedding breakfast aboard the J.
Wiley, which the groom and his friends
had taken the forethought to provide.
About o'clock the party reached the Long
Beach pier. and Mr.. and Mrs. Norman went
to one of the hotels of the town. where
they will remain for few days. Mr..
Thompson in the meantime had been tele-
phoning around in every direction for his
daughter. and finally located her here. 1t
was the first marriage ceremony Capt.
Pierson had ever performed. and when the
groom learned that his irate father-in-law
had learned of his whereabouts he hur-
ried off to the captain to be reassured that
the nuptial had been tied beyond any pos
slbility of it's breaking loose. Mr.. Norman
is very highly spoken of by his friends. is
said to be able to indulge In the luxury of
a wife and has a home OF his own to which
to take her The principal objection to the
marriage was the youth of the young
woman. AS "all the world loves a lover,
the young people have the sympathy of
strangers and congratulations of friends.
1t is "a great risk. even to the reputation
of a newspaper reporter. to tell 1t, but The
Herald must have all the news--so here
goes Yesterday Harry Eubanks. C. d.
ellison and p. S. Hunsaker were out in the
bay in a row boat fishing. Suddenly Mr..
Eubanks was startled at seeing what he
thinks was a sea serpent float along beside
the boat, apparently asleep. He called the
attention of the others to the animal
which by that time reused up and swan,
though not until ali had seen 1t. They
each and all, severally and collectively, de-
clare that there was not one morsel of or
drop of anything eatable or drinkable
aboard of that boat. Mr.. Eubanks is an old
sailor and has never believed in sea SER
pents heretofore, but he Is positively con-
vinced If that thing was not a sea serpent
It was sea something that he never saw
nor heard tell of before The creature was
about twenty-five feet long. gray in color,
with an immense head that sloped to 4 hog
shaped snout. The body was covered with
short gray hairs and was from three to
four feet through. The party regret very
much that they had nothing aboard with
which to capture the animal, in which
case it would not be necessary for them to
go to Klondyke to find gold.
The Woman's Home and Foreign Mis-
sionary society had an interesting session
this afternoon. The program consisted of
music and short addresses on the subject
of missions.
The fishing boats have brought in large
catches today. The Point Iona had 49,
the Hirondelle 105 Clemente 81, ard the
Tralita 40
Miss Jennie White of Riverside died yes
terday at the Bonnie Brae cottage, after
protracted Illness. The remains were
taken TO Riverside for interment
Mrs. Dinsmore, Mrs May Cook and sister
nave gone to Compton to visit relatives.
D. X. Lindley and family of Los Angeles
are stopping here.
warren Wilson, publisher of the Daily