The herald., 1897-05-30
AVALON

AVALON, May 29.-(Regular Correspon
dence.) When the Warrior left San Pedro
on Thursday last the passengers gave lit
tie attention to two of their number WHIT
boarded the boat as though they wer,
brother and sister. They were accompan
led by q gentleman in clerical garb ant
from after developments, 1t transpired tina
he was a necessary adjunct. When thu
| vessel reached mid channel 1t became his
pleasureable duty, after the marriage Ii
cense had been produced, to declare then
man and wife. The happy couple were
Miss Matte Glenn Billmeyer, aged 20. ant
Fred Palmer Hewett, aged 2S, who is con
nected with the Southern Pacific railroad
Mr.. and Mrs. Hewett are both residents oi
Los Angeles and have resided on Adams
street, the bride at the home of Mr.. Lang
and the bridegroom at 1922. The officiat
ing clergyman was the Rev. G. w. Hemine
| Of Los Angeles. The mother Of the bride
would have accompanied them, but she
wisely preferred comfort to romance, and
left it to the bridegroom to pay Neptune's
| fee.
The Fleetwing took a merry party OF
| eleven on a shell hunting picnic to the
Isthmus today. Among the party were
Mrs. MacRae Mrs. Thomas Hill, Miss Kit.
tie Smuck and Mrs. Ida Brown of the Pas
adena hotel.
]. M. Beck Of Pasadena.a accompanied
by his nephew, A. C. German. and Mr.
Rust. arrived today. In the afternoon Mr.
Beck caught a s4-pound yellowtail and Mr.
German and Mr.. Rust each caught two
from q skin in the bay.
Mr.. Hyde Tomlinson while out with jim
Gardner caught 2S-pound yellowtail and
three rock bass.
Prof. Holder caught a 25-pounder on his
| rod from the wharf and Captain Jack VIII.
liams hooked large tuna In the bay, but
lost 1t.
B. Brown, with Mr. and Mrs. Bates, who
are camping in, Camp Swanfeldt, caught
three yellowtail this morning. This makes
| twelve OF these game fellows which have
| succumbed to Mr.. Browns skill within Q
week.
]. r. Donaldson and T. D. Gronow of Los
| Angeles. who are staying at the Crescent
| caught large tuna last night weighing
over hundred pounds.
concert was given at the church or
Thursday night which was greatly en-.
joyed by large number of auditors, and
by request the program will be repeated
tonight. Among those who volunteered
their services in behalf of the church were
Mrs. Hawser and daughter of Los Ange.
les, Mrs. Hewes, Miss Barnhart of Pas
| adena, Mrs. Quincy of Los Angeles and c.
w. Jargstorff. vocafists, while Mrs. j. D.
Mclean and Mrs. Plant of Pasadena each
gave charming recitations. Messrs Moore
head. Eddy and McComas also contrib
uted to the evenings enjoyment.
At meeting Of the Free Library asso-
| citation held last night at the residence OF
Mr.. Hewes the secretary F. w. Clark, re-
ported that the funds in the treasury were
sufficient to warrant the statement thai
the reading room will be open to the use
of visitors and residents. furnished with
papers and magazines. by June 1st.
John H. Schumacher, Los Angeles; Mrs
James ]. Brown and children, Denver
Miss L. e. Greene, Denver; Charles w
Livermore. Miss Mary B. Robinson, Mis-.
e. 8. Richards and r. f. Goodman, Pas
adena: Mrs. D. G. Whipple, Miss Sill
bridge and G.. W. Cole of Los Angeles anc
Miss Bayning of St. Paul. Mimi, regis
tered today at the Metropole. =