The herald., 1897-08-05
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
PASADENA

PASADENA
| PASADENA, Aug. 4.-(Regular Corre-
spondence.) Still another holdup is to be
| added to the list, this time the victim being
Charles II. Goldsmith, teacher of boxing,
who holds forth in the rear of So South
| Raymond avenue. Goldsmith was riding
home on his bicycle little after II o'clock
last night and had reached the corner of
| Waverly drive and South Fair Oaks ave-
| nue., when he was hailed by man stand
| ing on the corner, who asked for match.
| Goldsmith obligingy stopped to give him
a light, but instead of taking match the
| fellow pointed revolver at his head and
demanded his money without ceremony
and without any delay. Goldsmith says
| he replied with a right handler on the jaw
| of the would-be robber and then the two
men clinched. When they fell the footpad
was on top, but Goldsmith says he sue
ceeded in getting loose and after admins
| terng vigorous kick to his assailant,
rode back up town and notified Officers
Pinkham and Nosworthy. They visited
| the place few minutes later but of course
| the man was gone. Godsmith's clothes.
| as well as the ground which he designated
as the scene of the encounter, bore evil
dence Of quite a-tussle. He describes the
man in much the same way as the others
who have been held up lately. and there is
IedSOI LOT UelleVlnS tndI Ine same lnOlVlu-
ual has figured as the highwayman in each
of these recent cases in Pasadena. His
gains have not as yet been such as to cause
him to rechristen Pasadena as the high
wayman's Klondyke. He will be likely to
meet warm reception from somebody's S
hand yet if he continues his pastime, for
these recent cases have led many to arm
themselves when they have occasion to be
out late at night and one of his intended
victims Chanpa n pat 10 i'm
and administer dose of cold lead in lieu
of the asked-for coin.
A CASE IN COURT
A case was on trial before Justice Ros-
sitter this afternoon which disclosed the
domestic infelicity of a couple who have
been married twenty-five years and who
up to this time. have never had their
troubles aired In the courts. l.. c. Meserve
who, with his wife, keeps boarding house
IN the Doty block swore out warrant for
the arrest of Swaine Firth on charge of
disturbing the peace, and the testimony
in the case brought out a sorry state of
things. Firth. who is butcher, has been
keeping company with Mrs. Meserve not
withstanding the fact that he is man of
family and, according to the testimony of
Meserve, has been out with her late at
night and frequently taken her to the
beaches while Mrs. Meserve has been seen
IN his room at unseemly hours. Firth and
Mrs Meserve. when placed on the stand, !
did not deny these charges. but Mrs Me-
serve did -dapn tl>st- xerisys ~ ovdxurr al
the Meserve table. He was found guilty,
but sentence was deferred until Saturday. |
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
At meeting of the school trustees last
evening bids for supplying 100 tons of We'll
lington coal were opened ,and the bid of
Macomber & Kellam was accepted, theirs
being the lowest. For the furnishing of
five cords of juniper wood, cut into Pinch
blocks, the bid of S. F. Bangham was the
lowest and was accepted.
On the recommendation of Prof. Graham !
it was voted that the clerk purchase desks
and furniture to furnish two rooms in the
Columbia school now unfurnished. 1t was
also decided to enlarge Miss Peases room !
at the Garfield school by removing por-
tion of the cloak room partition
1t was further voted to employ Miss Jen
ME NJ Deyo as teacher of the seventh
grade of the Columbia school at a salary
of $3.50 per month.
BREVITIES
G. H. Miner has a mushroom farm in the
cellar of one of the vacant business blocks
of South Pasadena, where he has from 500
to 800 feet of bed surface devoted to rails
ing the succulent delicacy which is always
in demand at high prices. Mr.. Miner has
not yet realized much from his new enter
prise, for the reason that the mushrooms
are just beginning to be ready for the mar
ket, but there is every indication that he
will reap a rich harvest in return for his
hard work. And it has been hard work,
he says. for upward of six months before
he could get any returns, besides an out
lay of considerable money.
At meeting of Good Templars held yes
terday evening at G. A. r. hall officers
were installed by B. o. Lacey, lodge dep
uty and installing officer.
At the regular monthly business meeting
of the B. Y. p. U. yesterday evening de-
bate took place on the question: Re
solved that lying is a worse crime than
dishonesty" The debaters We're. affirma-
tive, RI p. Congdon, w. B. B. Taylor and
e. P. Hawkins; negative, M. A. Bryte. H.
10. Taylor, Miss Bertha Webster. The
judges were Rev. C. IT. Douglass, Ernest
Garfield and Leon p. Brockway. and they
awarded the debate to the affirmative de-
baters.
SOCIAL NOTES
Mrs. p. c. Baker of Orange Grove ave-
nue. entertained party of friends last
evening with an evening devoted to the
discussion of educational and literary
topics. followed by music and social con-
Iversation. DR.. Norman Bridge was called
upon for an extemporaneous talk on an
educational topic which provoked con-
siderable discussion among the assembled
guests and afforded both entertainment
and amusement. Half an hour was given
| to the enjoyment of vocal and instrumental
music furnished by Mrs. Edwards and
Miss Coleman, and another period to social
Intercourse. stimulated by coffee and other
| delicious refreshments served by the host
ess The list of her guests included Mrs.
|C D. Daggett Mrs. Kimball and son
Rufus. DR.. and Mrs. Bridge, President and
Mrs w. A. Edwards. their aunt. Mrs. Ed
wards DR.. and Mrs. Grinnell. DR.. and Mrs.
Hull. Dr. Black of Chicago, Rev. and Mrs.
| A. NJ Merwin, Mr. and Mrs. Coleman, Miss
| Coleman.
| The home of Mr.. and Mrs. e. c. Daniels
on East Walnut street was the scene of
| a very pretty home wedding yesterday
evening, when their daughter, Miss Esther
IC. Daniels, was married to Mr. George D.
Turner of Corona. Rev. A. c. Maxwell
officiating. Following the ceremony which
was very impressive, refreshments were