The herald., 1897-08-04
PASADENA

beck to yield up his coin, occurred last
night, in this last case the victim pelns
Thomas N. James a 16-year-old clerk IN
| j. w. Woods drug store. The story as
| told by yonug James is that he was going
| home on his wheel last night about III
o'clock when, as he reached the driveway
into his home on the corner of Walnut
street and Hudson avenue large, roughly
dressed man accosted him, inquiring the
whereabouts of Oakland avenue. He
promptly jumped off his wheel to give the
desired information, but had hardly
reached the ground when the fellow poked
revolver into his face and commanded
him to throw up his hands and shell out
the dough-" James replied that he had
none to deliver. when the footpad gave
him a blow on the side of the neck with
his fist. sending him sprawling. Then re-
memberng that he had revolver In his
pocket which he was taking home from the
store, he presented it as he got up with the
business end toward the cowardly high
wayman, who promptly made tracks for
the other side of the street. and from the
protecting shade of a tree fired at his
intended victim. He succeeded in putting
a hole in young James hat, which had
fallen off in the general melee, but aside
from that did no damage. James returned
the fire, but it is not probable that his
craftsmanship was even as effectual as
that of the footpad, who was by this time
disappearing in the darkness. The shots
brought out the young mans family and
aroused the neighborhood, but the would
be robber had by this time got out of sight.
James says it was too dark to get good
view of the fellow, but he was tall and
n beard.
though he could not be sure.
SOCIAL DOINGS
A party of young friends rendered Miss
Lena Med 1iald surprise last evening, the
occasion being her nineteenth birthday.
The party gathered at the home of her
mother and when Miss Mcdonald re-
turned from drive they were seated in the
darkness, so that she did not know of their
presence until she lit the gas, when her
surprise was great at seeing the rooms full
of people. For amusement pictures of
prominent people were passed around for
the company to name. Prizes were won
by Cadet Burit and H. e. Meyers. Refresh
ments of cream and cake were served, af
ter which the party had merry time The
Misses Rands and Miss Starbuck gave sew
eral musical numbers. Those present
were: Mms. Starbuck Mcdonald and
Frame, Misses Starbuck, Viola Starbuck
Ella Rand Amelia e. Rand, Lena McDon-
aid. Lowe and Frame, H. e. Meyers, Cadet
Wilson b. Burtt Gaylord, F. H. Burtt F
Burtt Dodge Burtt, Messrs. Window and
others.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dolph Bassett entertained
a party of friends last vening in honor of
Mrs Bassett's sister Mrs. Arvila Cole of
Peoria, Ill. The grounds were illuminated
with Japanese lanterns and the house was
decorated with flowers. Cards, music and
social conversation made the evening pass
mi inlf1 f1xy Pnfr !, ,nt,fs TI,n
guests were: Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Bassett
of Los Angeles, Mr. and Mrs. Pearly Bas-
sett, Mr.. and Mrs. T. c. Stein. Mr.. and Mrs.
o. ]. Peel, Mr.. and Mrs. C. j. Pearson Miss
Anna Dayhoff, Mrs. E. Dayhoff, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. c. Lee, Bert Orr, Will Orr and Ellis
worth Dayhoff.
Miss Lydia Nichols very pleasantly en-
tertained her Sunday school class of young
men last evening. Music, games and elab
crate refreshments afforded ample enter
tanment. Among those present were:
Messrs. Will Taylor Lester Bright, Bert
Nichols, Ed Miller, Rob Nichols, Paul
Green and others.
The Knights of the Maccabees enjoyed a
social evening yesterday at Odd Fellows
hall, about seventy-ive members being
present. The evening was spent in dancing
and refreshments were served.
BREVITIES
The directors Of the board of trade met
this morning and considered the matter to
go into the new souvenir descriptive book
of Pasadena. 1t is expected that the book
will be ready for delivery some time next
fmonth. 1t was decided to increase the
size from seventy-two to eighty pages in
order to include some more cuts of the
fine residences. This will make an addi
tional cost of about $100.
DIR. E. S. Rosenberger Samuel Palmateer
and G. S. Mayhem expect to start for the
gold fields of South America, sailing from
San Francisco on the City of Para for
| Bolivia about the 18th of this month. DR..
Rosenberger goes for pleasure trip prin-
cipally, and expects to be absent about
eight months. The others will go in search
of the yellow metal.
The remains of the late Mrs. Pearl Edg
erton Davis, who died on July 18th, were
| today shipped to Lansing, Mich, by I'm
dertaker G. NJ Adams.
| There will be regular meeting of the
| w. CT. U. III the Methodist church Thurs
| day at 2:30 p. M, at which time the work
among colored people will be considered.
| The building at No. 1e West Colorado
street is to be improved by the substitution
of plate glass in the front for the old or
dinary glass and by the painting of the
whole front.
A vagrant named John Roche was sent
to the county jail for eight days today by
Justice Rossiter. An ice cream peddler ar
rested for doing business without first Sc
curing a license was before the recorder.
His case has not yet been settled.
! The Y. M. C. A. have been fortunate in
securing the services of Prof. d. L. Hinck-
| ley of Oil City Pa, to take charge of the
classes in instrumental and vocal culture
| this fall.
| At the meeting yesterday of the directors
of the two water companies it was decided
| to build a submerged dam near the La
Canyada bridge and then store the water
for the summer months.
PERSONAL
Miss Lucy Evans of Moline, ILL.,, who has
been a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Bene-
dict of North Raymond avenue during the
past week, left today for her home via San
Francisco.
A letter from w. H. Conrad, who left
Pasadena with his family short time
ago for his old home in Muscatine, Iowa,