The herald., 1897-08-21
TERMINAL ISLAND

TERMINAL ISLAND, Aug. 2O.-(Regu-
lar Correspondence.) If Uncle Sam only
knew how much Terminal Island needs a
postoffice, he would cut his vacation short
and send on the necessary documents to
meet the iong-felt want. The mail is now
sent to San Pedro, and it depends entirely
on the good offices of the grocer's boy, the
vegetable man or some other purveyor
of the necessities of life, when, where and
how 1t gets on this side of the inner har-
Dor. To get a letter off this island
is a serious undertaking, for no one wants
to be responsible for other peoples mis-
sives of love or business. The Terminal
tranmen and conductors are models of
long suffering and kindness. but a letter
in a mans pocket is an uncertain quantity.
Nobody knows whether it will see the
light of day and the mail box next day,
next year or never until the pocket, per-
chance. may go to the tailor's. the laundry
or the rag-bag. One of the footprints in
the march of human progress is the mail
bag and the postoffice. Civilized man can
no more live without them than he can
live without cooks. Therefore. dear Uncle
Samuel, Terminal Island wants a postof
flee "right-away, quick"
Terminal had an electric display last
evening not down on the bills, but it is not
advertised as a regular attraction. The
play of lightning along the horizon, where
sea meets sky, was as beautiful as it is
rare in this part of the world.
The fishing here is fine. The sloop Alpha
from San Pedro made big haul of sar-
dimes for the cannery a day or two ago,
close to shore, and good catches are made
from the pier Gerald Rule hauled in a
devilfsh on Wednesday morning. which
was quite a curiosity to most of the cot
tagers. who went out the pier to in
spect it. 1t had circular body, with eight
a ha ha
that had an ugly curl when the fish was
angered. 1t resembled a jellyfish in flesh,
and turns from a clear white to a dark
green color The head is oblong and has
an odd way of turning back on the body,
with the eyes uppermost.
"They say it's a fish" exclaimed a lit
tie maiden" but 1 don't believe it; it's just
a horrid. horrid thing" And that just about
describes it.
Prof. Waterhouse of Washington univer-
sity, St. Louis, visited the islnd this week,
the guest of T. f GibbGn.
Mrs. A. C. Lynch of Cucamonga re-
turned to the city today after visit of
several days with friends.
Mrs. Barker and Mrs. Holiday and two
children of Los Angeles are at the Glen
burmie cottages
LI. d. Silent celebrates birthday ami
versary on Wednesday evening, presuma-
bly, the seventeenth, as there were that
Mr.. and Mrs. Crutcher of Los Angelse
were here at the Boschke cottage to stay
some time, but were obliged to return i'm
mediately on account of Mr.. Crutcher's ILL
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Hutchins and mother
of Pasadena have rooms at the Boschke
cottage.
Mrs Laubersheimer of Wilmington pur-
chased lot this week on which to build
a cottage.
The attraction at Terminal Island for
Sunday will be an exhibition of high
diving from the pier by Prof Raymour an
eastern professional of wide reputation in
his art. A tower seventy feet high has
been erected on the pier, from which the
diver will make the plunge. barrel is
placed on a platform and the professor
will stand on it, rolling it with his feet
until it rolls off, when he makes the leap
and reaches the water before the bar
rel.
Miss Addie L. Murphy the talented elo-
cutionist is here for a visit of two weeks.
the guest of Mrs. Vosburg
number of the children from the
Boyle Heights orphans home, under the
care of six of the sisters, spent the day
here p:cnicking on Thursday. The whole
party enjoyed the bathing and the pleas
ures of the beach.
The bathing here is superb. Visitors
who take the first dip become a. once en-
thusiastic in their admiration~of Terminal
beach, The short distance to deep water
and the absence of the treacherous under
tow makes it ideal for older bathers and
safe for children. Life lines and diving
boards are placed at convenient distances
along the shore
Miss Lottie Doan. stenographer in the
terminal railway offices, is spending. a
weeks vacation at Terminal tavern
Inc strange yellow haze hanging over
the San Pedro hills and the stffllng at
mosphere betokens intense heat for the
day and intolerable heat for unfortunates
away from the seaside.
Zen ladies from Arizona camping at
Long Beach. walked all the way down here.
this morning. looking for shells on the
beach.
There are beautiful shells seamoss and
kelp TO be found here at times. more es
pecialy after the heavy swels and storms
of the winter
Mrs. Simons mother of Mrs. Frank Glib
son, was brought down on Friday for an
indefinite stay at the beach, Mrs. Simons
has been seriously out of health for some
time. but stood the journey better Than
was expected. 1t is hoped the chanpe NAV
be of permanent benefit.