The herald., 1898-07-05
BUSY DAY AT AVALON
THE CATALINA SEASON Is NOW
FAIRLY ON
Hundreds of Excursionists Visit the
Island Sunday-Some Good
Catches

AVALON, July 3.-Amid the hiss Of rock
cts and the glare of Roman candles the
steamer Hermosa was received on her first
trip 10 the island since she was put on the
Alaska run. The steamer brought over
nearly 200 excursionists, and as soon as she
entered the bay, from the top of Sugarloaf
a rocket shot up, and was answered from
the boat, and at the same time number of
boniires and pans Of red fire were lighted
along the shore. AS soon as the boat made
fast to the wharf the people began to dis
embark and make for the hotels to secure
their quarters. and the streets of Avalon
presented the liveliest scene of the season.
The band came over on the regular boat,
and at few minutes past o'clock the
leader took his place, waved his baton, and
the band started into march. The season
at Catalina was open.
This morning almost all the launches in
the bay were busy carrying people to points
of interest, and there were numbers who
could not go because there was not room
enough. The proprietors of the stage road
sent two stages over the road this morn
ing, packed as full of people as it was safe
to carry, and this afternoon the same scene
was repeated and premium was offered
for seats. AS early as o'clock the bathers
commenced to put in an appearance, and
by o'clock the water was full of people.
During the past week the Santa Ana, the
Sunbeam and the Violet have all been up
on the beach for general overhauling.
Fred Walton has moved his family here
for the summer, bringing with him one of
the prettiest skiffs ever seen here. She is
a double-ender, canoe built, and is fitted
for two rowers, with steering seat for the
coxswain.
There were $50 people registered at the
Ocean Villa yesterday.
Mr.. Fitzgerald, while out with "Chappie,"
the boatman. caught seven barracuda and
three yellowtail One of the yellowtail
took so minutes to land and weighed in the
neighborhood of 30 pounds.
Mr.. Frank of San Francisco took "a bar.
racuda and one yellowtail while out on the
launch Mildred yesterday afternoon.
At the Glenmore: Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Stoll, Los Angeles; Miss Anna B. Messerve.
Mary j. Messerve, Mr.. and Mrs. F. r.
Martinez. Miss Rutherford, Miss f. King
| Los Angeles; Frank futile, Riverside, Mr..
and Mrs. Cutie, Riverside.
| AT Camp Swanfelt: Mr.. and Mrs. NJ c.
G. Moll, Hollywood; Mrs. w. Scott Graf
| ton, San Francisco; Mrs. S. S. Brewer, Ala
media; Mrs. E. W. Northington, Los An
gees; Ethel M. Northington. Mr.. G. futile,
| Pasadena; E. G. Denzie, Los Angeles; R. R.
| Nicoll.
| At the Metropole: e. A. Pardee Miss
James, Z. ]. OHara. S. B. Osborne, H T.
Osborne, C. b. Osborne, r. G. Osborne, CIV
nd
| ing, w. Harry Belcher, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Sterry, Mrs. Chas. Sterry, A. NJ. Barnum,
w. II. Cassie, Miss M. Worth, Mrs. H. r.
Duffin, Miss E. M. Ferguson, Mrs. e.
Pratt, ]. c. Bannister, jr., Mrs. w. l..
| HOLSTER, Mr.. and Mrs. o. Kitchener, Miss
| Louise G. Soule, S. Bienhoff, F. c. Beatley,
d. A. Drew, Mrs. NJ. Tessler, T. A. Abia,
Thos. T. Bolette, C. NJ Jennings, Los An
| geles; DIR. w. w. Priddy, Pasadena; c. c.
| HILL, Salinas; A. Fl. Glasscock and wife,
| Oakland; A. F. Godfrey, New York: E. D.
Godfrey, New York; N. W. Bell. Pasadena
Mr.. and Mrs. j. e. Jardine, w. R. Stats,
| Pasadena; Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Moore, Dr.
Joaquin Moore, Margaret moore, DR.. j. p.
Dunn; Oakland; Mr.. and Mrs. Rawson,
Norwich, Conn.,. Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. D. Cur
tbs, Hartford, Conn; G. s. Stimson, B.
Story, Pasadena; A A. Dodsworth, New
York; Robert Kimball. Oakland; c. B.
| Strohm, Stanford.
| Chief Justice Street of Arizona is regis
| tered at the Metropole. He is accompanied
| by his wife and daughter, Mrs. ]. c. Wick
ham,
| G. A. Moore, president of the Pacific Mu-
tual Life Insurance company of San Fran
| cisco, is at the Metropole.