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i If I MISCEtL4XEOga i VtvAS ImporteriHlWhiaiTei Siegfried BrmndnB tta I 11S A3d 120 Mart SSl BBS 1 ta aoSad50S5lM A IWallne tC 1 Wis xvastSa oicee wLtevssi sffajsst end all dwcrotloos of Win Tr3 8 VF Wire Works GC93thKts Lfftl Wall PaneTarut foWlki fJl tlea ituobatiiir vm Clwja at PBa 6M Mmjgt street 4J PEIICMS Chilled PloWs I JiT ARRIVED A Complete Stockj Owing to the rapid sali of thesel Plows we have been compelled to order a new supply whicl has jtun smvd from the East Orders for all sizes of is PRINCESS The Chilled riov lal now be promptly filled SOLE AGENTS 1 Baler Haiti BA3T rBANCISCO CHEONICEE MHDAY JASTJABT 10 189C 10SCEIlVUrEOUS OUB HOLIDAY PREISOTTM Only 75 Cents gent Prepaid to Any Address and the Great WEEKLY CHRONICLE tor three months HOUSE AND LOT OUE SWELL KNIFE frrcT blttJedknile roMrtractnre Ispedally for WEEKLY CHKOfrCLEiulacri I ca Beftt Iet shape with fac simile ANTIQUE IVORY IIANDLE 5Tth rc i Conil design and other ornament on both sides of handle boss Used anl BMBiSwst crcciu poUsd blades The blades are forged from fine steel and are fnlly Warranted and any blade In either oi oar knives that Is broken oa account of a flaw of Joy blau other knife that is found to be ot soft steeL we will cheerfully replace wth tsew alius any time within UUrtjr days after purchase A GREAT FEATURE OF THIS ESTFE 13 THE NOVEL FRENCH FILE AND NAIL CLEANEK Ude a not the old style hackneyed blade that ean be found la knives for sal li Sesto es but something entirely new more like the naU cleaner only sold with KarateliaatLes Wewll send th knife la a neat bo to any address aad the iet WfcXKi i iiiKUMCI or i re months on the receipt a 75 Cents SiCRUlKMO pAL RUSSIA OFLrESZAl Heavy Business in Real Estate BOILDIKG CKUSTJALLY QUIET Fairs Water Front Farchases Jl Sew Armory on Pa elflc Street EVEA LADY should have one in her atche ErR GENTI EMAN hould have one in ha vest pocket EVERY BOY should have one OUR UTILITY KNIFE Jo Ik Tlunj hrmn Mum Ma ail Mac re rented a Curep by MmMm ww Mi a 1 1 A IDTII MlCKOua KIIiLEK CO 1H31 Market Street jS THE ONLY RELIABLE Optical Establnl brint CvM te is a large three bladad penknife with brass Unine two German ooliter eu wioa ilea cannot be bonfc Vha mf aui the great WBJUiY cUttoiiiaUi lit tat Is an exact fac tiaafl 5UiDanyicuU store bum months iox des and fprimrs Ths cannot be topjm tor les 75 Cents OTrVE EYESA go II Oixl InUtaM fc nrHiiKIHhnait Eww ltacbsl nbltliinrst an itlj a wh4f tber art mauocnl ttor uQ muc prtaoiii Juki tnjoiit il omrf 10 oorrect eoca rtkrlf fil ir CA Vlllll AfACt Whetf I mm laln rt comp lotted for ual I araav our uji 10 09 ainocaiviy pvr 1 ct ftnotstrea aci no emicaa ret laewcu i a not fcltm as axe unit fortt taairameatf a raetttods uad are mf owa 11 ic vrbanfiiavaioi ano ar rar iq a eta any in hu iaioa tuaraix lvL 1 LiBERTELMaifijOplitua 4 KfJrny street 1 17 De Xat iorl Ue sttr HI Thai we send the knja a nest box and the Weekly both pTerM to any mart ro ior cti Money must accoapany the onler 2o accounts opened for pre Prenium Kniie and Weekly Chronicle 1 year 1 85 fremiti in Knife and Weekly Chronic 6 mos 1 10 Preme Knie and Daily Chronicle 6 months 53 85 FtetniBin hn fe and Daily fctonicle I year 7 20 C3f Be Bareanddwignate which knifeyou want SwelP or Utility Xudmia all orders de YOUNG Chrojicle 3n Francisco tVXKssjkUS iL ISM5bJhn i JSJSVlBSiii tExr ii tervne1 7 3 xsearny wew iiyhaiiiuM LCtFMB HAS NOCID OCK 6YSH rM AjrSTI orri xaoyerroro ri Uoawloattes ut Bt anl I idrwd by a th rt es thro grioat the Vo an aa the scuurs ire fit aia anlewl Ff nTl 1 A ti il 1 ucal gPuus repa re3 MfCdli Va Ic na 822 EOR A 75 High Arm Sewing Machine and the Weeidy Chronicle THE SIN FRANCISCO CHR OlsriCLES Petkt and ImproTed High Arm SEYLNG MACHINE RUPTIJKE Uati csIJf CnraOT 41 canearc1 paocuu uig ui hypiilenoic al ro stirsiaa ovvrawi Kerns velbtaia irj rruvati icwo tnerpj nrnt the ory aars Pill sarrCBrerormmare IB Ml twill aosvW rwfffl WJf Cf 14 leteix lioasauS tatnu ah IH5 jiDaultarJaa Ires 1 luu imrtic aar call a oillce jor eat atai lor pamphlet tie Address DBS HtUtkk sJ ucrt I wet Corner Ktaraf a Secranv nto sts Sao Fra cltco ww it irii irtt iit Mmruauiv aen 3r ajjp fur luoi Wft xo a mw Uaeritxaoat ntr lljil wUTllEirr I Ta LAk nrlc from the cBecta of yorihfBt 1 uy neoay au lng akRBSs lht naorwH airj i wii aena a raiuaoie irraur 2 ooolaicu tUl particular for notua curei vl fcar A spli lid rnadiLal Wurkj shJ to read by every ma vhaU aerjrinta arw billtatea XdOreur lowrfrMoodB ari lsiao falLma lwocmiM 18 Meal noaaia ladoned Proposal rjsjpuj5 Kara Island be opeaeO sanuary 15 lsvn Tilt inw1 usw jr Lt as4 UelarnK paryjjaparwiwai auiT ion 1 CttaUlli odoc bot Jaana law ana paouvix vjr bwww ihufnf Cnr rrtAtaaBunl tutnbe dell atrra Savy Yard Mara Uauf Callforel 1 ae aiqqttlea art dl tuVa I to i eases nB benl as wliowa 111 a ooi aaa nui bnuh uidtooms 13 cainentland plaster IT jcka ai a vin 18 Man ra 3 leat and lestlier bfltins i Mi 1 Iuaiber 7 reaww This Machse is tba finest of its kind ever offer to the publle at factory pricea and cannot boiuht from af aou for lea than the regular ailing price 75 It la the high arm pattern has self setting needle It Is a noiseless light ranging ssaehine arconaaaled by an Ulustraied book of luttrmtlais thai make every tklag so plala aa4 alsopla that any lady or chill can master It Wi call It the 8AN fKAKCISCO CRKONICLE HIGH AKH SEWING MACHINE aud warrant it tort ra nil and eitlre saritfaetion in erarr Salaverumay be returned tons saiiiui asys ansr toe sussanaer naa tmw ua ms 1 alia to be as repreaenUd at our expaaa and Ua money will ba rafanded OCTflr Each machine ia supplied with Ue following eatSl One Hemmar and raDar on piece Twalva Maedles Six Bobbins One Wrench One qnllting Gange Fe 8crtdrlrer OH Can SlterJ with Oil Cloth Gauge and Tbnmbacrew and a Book tf Plrttil oa The following eitrs atuehments are also famished free RufSir TMter ilinJar Bet el Wlo Hammers ana sairricg i 1 ue rju lar retail pnee ei uus maenms is ilea to the WEEKLY CHOSIPLE Is only 221 The Dally Ban aTraaolse Cbroalele by Mall and tbit Ifwlng Machine 8 HOW TO ORDER When you remit us the 54 for the Machine end WEEKLY 81V FRANCISCO CHECK L8 on a year write plainly the point Ue Machine is to be shipped to as well is the PwtoSce the peper ia to be sent toy The Machine should be ordered le toe iiarei rx Irosd point where the railroad cempany has aa agaat stationed aad tax name of rail oarf station the county and State ahould be stated nan 11 are sent br toe WEEKLY BAN fKAMUSCO CHEOMCLS one year and the Machine the freight cbarses from the factory In Chicago are to ba paid by the Subscriber at the JwlflWe Machine Is deUvered to Address de YOTHSTGr Bart Fraootaeo Chronicle OBtee to Call at Ciroaklo Office and Eiamine tie Machines The ra nlar retail pries of this machine Is S75 Our price with a Yeara Subserlp mber 3 dr Is ant bras MBmetM mt Hi tact ttl bar Iroal ei faWfi iatabaetlH il har ateeL a iallapU etc 81 irfcnun paalog SA eobol Si pauiA varrKSties drnyt etc BS pipe iip Blttagv 4 bra and trodaerews ej itiuoaerr 68 ttlfra tT aaws bammera mscbv 68 roli erilaicooa tools onbserpropwiauwm oe ianB athmtoth Bureau the Commshdant Wahd the Navy Pay Oflbwj ban JW rh The article rou In aucas coaB to th Naval asdara aoa paas joe arwiion tm bids deeided by lot partment reserve the right to waive dew or tect asy or all bios not deemed wo riTTTtaa FaTTHaatw Geaeral uTk Jag TSIHBStrOJTOCBTVU JL C1T ana cauiuj lrv7rf 1 olCa tlarals Jo the maucr of we rgj tvM ih ftoriu Hai1 uau uvr VO ASaoorporaaontor jk disolJ jSctlce hereby gl vea that the tPaolfleS Telephone Oampanv a eporUofl origao Bdt the law of the Mat of laRfornla havag 1U prtadpal place of husmeas JntjJ el and oodyoJ 5 FrsarB btate has pneeated to the Bnpertor vTrrri in Ocauea prayisf ua tsl riKuoa prariBg uk aaia oyrPyrui be dlaaolved aad thai the He WJM llirt Walter aVaaUiww InrlM mlM WlTji ordered aad appllcatlea 6 wjb of ea4 conrt aad has fUed TTVte0L 33d day of January io Jrnaes A sc efthat day at the conrtroorn wj meet 10 tf said court sltriatadl ta City HaU tn said otty and xxf SS Francisco aa the tlmeand plaoe iter br jSrfW2RiBttS nara ana uua vrri iw Court this 1Kb Car of December Stri Pnxaauy a SLasrsxnea Atoi retuxwea a JBCr SALS ITJBTIIK PRIV1LFGE Or taainfu aia upon the Island of St maaz uaorga Aiaasa treasury JJe mnHnufwfl vcemBerxe The Betmery or the Trraaorr win mrfn eaied proposals nam twetv olaeK noon on the Mri day or January 1mm torttai elusive light to take Kox a nnoff the la landa Paul and ft George Alaaka for the term e4 twenty Oj rears from the first day ot 1SJU acreaaMy to the proria lona vi Xi flatula of the nltad tutea taaddrtUalothe spevne rsolruiDt of Said eataft the snccevful bhider 1 1 re eufred ravlde a aultab but diner for a CnbUe aeh ol on each iaiand and to pay the bpenwor rsatnlatBieg acher 4i thrreUdnr lug a pcrVH of not teas than eight SI months Inactis a aNmaybe required 6j theSec gatsryof he treasury Ahra tn pay to the Inhabitants oTSald is raaoafrr abor performed by them aochjtut and prcprc compeaeailoB a may be pre crlbede the ecretary of the Treasury The ncmberjof seals to be takcnforthfr fctna trron Hid Inlands during the year ending Mar 1891 will be Itpntel to aliry Jhnoaa GO 000 and for the aveeredisg Tears the samber will be deteristnrd br the tecrta of tr Treaaury In accordance with tk rrsvms of UK The rishtta reserved to reject any and a3 prnpov nor detuned to be in accordance with the beKitatereata the Cnitnt 6tas tad of viur SnSabttants of aold islands Asagwanty of good faith each proposal must be accompanied by properly certlrtal check ura rn on a Cnltfsd trtate National Sank tii a da tA lha order nf th afTftary thsT ary la the earn of one hundred tooisxaa aoufcrs giuuuuu in caeta or the cntx awful bidder wht be rumt and for fatted to the Cnhed Slates nalesa be execute the lease and bond required by law TotsiTrraarT Vraaslogten BaSt iTopoeais we leasing ree Jt H1UJAM WlMJgil gecrtttxy of the Treaaury SMOKE New Orleans kaSs 6 KIDNEY f5 AUi TTarsART IZ xm trouhles eatllr aatekly Piy cured by doctTa cipLfca RT2iitnrefbi seven rjaya oMat JjWperbox AauranSstaerrntarilron aaSIt5Jcnpy i White eNtew lfork Full directional HAVANA FILLED FOR SiLE BY ALL DEALEBS RINALDO BROS CO 123 and 123 Battery SU SOLS AGEJTTS FACXFIO COAST TJB JA MASSHHJia 1 Fifth Street Cfty Has given 700000 communications the past 40 years onnaattenpertalBlag to busV nessr communications from the departed About a fortnight ago the announce tnent was made that James Fair had bought in considerable Quantities property near the water fronton Da ns Front Facifio and other streets Since then therehas been considerable speculation that locality and more than one man of means thinking that there must be som hidden motive be hind the purchases has endeavored to secure property there So fax as can be learned tne property purchased by Mr Fair lias ceen secured as an investment and not as a speculation The occasion of his withdrawal from the Nevada Bank left lam with it is said 1000 000 for which he sought a safe investment and he has doubtless found such in th locality referred to bin ce his parchaes nave been made however holders in this neglected section whose negligence of their property is in a great measure responsible for the movement of the wholesale houC3 to the south of Market street have conceited inordinate ideas of the worth of their shanty covered water lots Prices in ths pan of town hare jumped tremendously and one or two iocky people hare csught buyers while a number of the owners still nave their faacy priced and dis epu able property tue nanus or tne present out one improvement is contemplated on roeneaiy acqiurea air property tne reraainlne lots will not be inlr oved for a twelvemonth at least and so the onners may be expeced to leave their property remajr as it Jias been tn some jostan esf or over th rty ears Leas nave neensrantea or the Drcsent owner for short periods of from one to two years a iacwiiicri goes lar to connrtn the report that with the excep ion referred to immediate Improvement is not contemplated It would be difficult to find a more neglected portion of the citr or one in which ike neglect has been more de ervedly foIowed by a standstill in values Property on the south side of Mar Set street not nearly so ell located but in the wvof improvement is to day comniandinn much higher rents and 15 worth several hunired dollars more a front foot simply because of the improvements made With improTea weather real estate business has sensibly increased in volume and dunnjt the week quite a large number of private sales of im portance were closed Budding is still very quiet tfcough architects generally have tLer bands pretty fu I with new work which a few days win place ia the con tractors hands HEAL tSTATX EC0SDS The transfers for the wek are more numerous than for the previous one numbering 163 of tthich 13o were bled for nominal considerations Western Addit on property is still largely in de mand and in the more western por tions there is a good deal of qtLet speculation going on South of Market street from the bay to Sixth street the transfer of property has of late been quite noticeable and bodes well for the substantial improvement and altera tion of that neighborhood for business purposes The most notable transfers of the wee are as follows Post north line 80 east of Stockton east COxO Eitza Newman to Lotus Saeha et aL consideration 10 There is a lit le jld gabled two story cottage on the lot and the price paid for the whole was 19 0oo Green and Broder ck southeast corner east 1J7 Uxl37 A IS Lllln by ex ccutors to Alfred Cohen to 0500 un improved Baldwin Park propertv Brodcrick and Green northeast corner east 137 6x1 S7 6 A Baldwin by ex evutors to Alfred If Cohen for 10 000 also unimproved Baldwin Fark property Washington north Una 130 i east of Webster east 50 Sxl27 Lzjle 6 Hopkins and husband to VrlUiara Birdie con siderat on 10 The property Is held at t200 a ironl foot Tnrfc and Buchanan northwegt corner north 120x102 7 Char csC Keene to IL Feigenbaum for 7000 Property Is unun roved ShMdr west line 100 south of Fnlton south 7sxlC6 3 la Western Addition 704 Carl Salfieid to Hare Ilsen consid cration 10 an unimproved lot which toiaiorWA 7il20 John Hammond andwtie to Mary mjwuDK lotcoijv lais maes a irons loot rat of 9159 on Vat street jackon sonth sde lb west ot Laguna west 55x127 8 Byron Crane to St Williams onsideratioc S10 This is an unimproved lot for which 10 OOOJias just oeen paia me itue owner oougnt it ser end months azo for Socol Washington north line 103 1 eas ot Brodcrick east 3 ili127 Jocc Meiod et aLto Came Mi ix an for iJwoOO There is a noose on me lex McAUirler south line 110 east ot Gough east 37 6x1 JO Beckwith Seaton et aL to Henry Mernan for iSOOO There are old improvements on thejot rage and Baker southwest corner west 127 dVMl37 JeremUh Mahony et aL to Hugh Keenaa consideration flOa The prl peid as 0 000 and the purchaser is a Dunuer wno wut commence improvements very shortlv Howard northwest line 203 northeast i seconti nonneoat ux ivj si ran ridee to Ferdinand Jansasn crinaJdera tion 10 The price paid for the lot was 20000 and it will be ihortly improved tne 01a ouuamgs being removed irom it BABaMSO BC81SZ83 The ghtness in the money nikrlcet referred to last week though not felt so much now is mil very perctrtjjjtfe and it will be some time befo a much relief in that direct on can be looked for The most imuntantloanof the week has already been Specially noted as that of Tl000 000 on the stock of the Lalilorma street Cable Company by the California Sale Deport and Trust Com pany A loan of f7o0fX was eHected fay the Bibernia Bank on the lot and two story brick improvements on the east side of Kearny street north of Pine Most of the other mortgages were tor smaa amounts BUILDrta COSTBACT3 The eeks work is building go far as the new contracts let are concerned is unusually small There were but three contracts let In addition to one or two unimportant plumbing contracts for buildings in course ot construction The value of the new work contracted for amounts to 21200 Following are the abstracts from the contracts bleu Twentieth and Hampshire southwest corner two story Jrame store and flats owner John Anderson architects John A Balczynaki contractor Henry 11 nor costSjGOO Lott struct and Golden Gate avenue outhwest corner Two story irsme residence owner 0 Gerten architect Hattkld contractor A IL Rummer cost ilar tet west Fourth Academy of Sciences buidlrg architects Percy Karnil tun craunenteL iron work Winslow Brojicrs cotfllKX A SlflT AKHOSY The contracts tt HI be let next week tor a two story pressed brick and ban jose sanasione armory Duuaine to oe occupied exclusively by the becond Jtnuiery ttestment national Guard of Cakforna he building will front on Pacific streetr between 1 oik and Van es avenue and is to hare a frontage of 9 feet and a uniform depth of 137 feet The ground floor will be devoted to Quartermasters omcers and ar I morers qoarters a large drill ball two stones in neigui reel wue iuo ieet long and 40 feet high spanned by six smgie trusses ana unsupported by posts of any kmd To the right of this hall there will be a nding court 21x127 On the upper floor there will he a gallery overlooking the drill ball a social hall mlliard room reading room and other faculties The trlans have been completed bv Astoaibtoee and ice buhding wul cvaa avMjua eMwat WUT Am baus The turrsie sales dosed dnrms the week have math encouraged real es tate deaiers ana nave cone far to make tip for the Ion hma incident to wet weather U0TMT07 Co told a lot VithCrld improvements on it measuring 25x80 and sitaated on Mrsstom street ITS east of Sixth tor 2000a The late owner bought the property two years agri uwvu tuc same urmjor eiu uua ne nonheast corner of Webster and Grove 376x82 with two nmm three flats each was sold for 13000 coaiawaiu cucioee Jo goid the half blot 412 15x137 6 fronting on tb north side of AlIelo between Webster andRltmCrcfor OOO Four Wry Taras two on the southwest corner of Brodenck and Filbert streets and two on the northwest corner of Brodenck and Greenwich were sold for 25000 A one story cottage on the north tide of California near Van Kess avenue found a purchaser lor J130CD and a partly improved lot on Treat avenue and Twenty fourth 62 x5 was also sold Eastori Eldridge Co sou the nn improved0 vara on the northeast corner of VV ulmiglon and Eater for 15000 Baldwin sold the outside land block 1214 for 3000 lhe following purchases effected br Benjamin Co although ostensibly made for Jarboe tn generally supposed to have been made Jor James On Pacific street Montgomery avenue and Jackson street the property Known as the old circus lot on which a large brick hotel stinda covering a portion of the property and fronting on Pacific The lot measures 137 6x275 or two SO varas less a strip on Alontaomerv avenue A laree con cert hall hotel and stable will probably be erected on the entire property Lot and improvements 67 6x177 8 on Battery street west side between Facinc and Broadway with 20x70 feat oa Broadway known as the Golden Age Sour mill property The building is old but the walls are good and will be renovated and leased for manufact hnng purposes The price paid was Lot 45 10x137 6 north side Pacific street 91 west of Dans occupied as a coal ard price 18 000 lot southeast corner 01 front ana Oregon 60x90 with old frame improvements was bought fori7 S00 and not as has een stited for 40000 The northeast corner of Jackson and Brodenck oaxlOO was sold by the same firm for 0675 I heeler i Co report the sale of 47x80 feet with frame improvements on Howard between Filth and bixth for 16000 and 22ljx90 covered bv stores and flats on tieventh near Mission for 12000 McA ee Baldwin cv Hammond nave sold to lloser Tor 1 000 the lot 100xlCk on btanyan near Fulton A handsome rei tence wilt be erected on the lot The same nrm has sold seventeen Potrero lots on banta Clara and Xaxisas streets lor 10 000 PASfra COUMtST The old tuitdire Qn the northwest corner of Pacific and Front which will hardly hold togelh are to be torn down and will be replaced by a substantial brick warehouse The owner is TJ Faif Contracts for the AnzeTais building on Powell and Ellis will be let in a few dars Ficures are beinz taXen on the Lew builaing to be erected on OTsrrell op posite the Pheisn building The old frame houses have been removed and the lot is clear Excavating is eointr on randirat the correr ot TavTor and Market for the Dohohoe building OAKLAND KEWS Mrs Higlers Suit IHTorce for AS0THEB U5HAPPY COUPLE A BeeeiTine Beserrolr to Be Constrneted Sotes From Alameda BLYTHES WIFE ALICE 1HITH VTAS ITtOiTX A3 SUCH She Introduced au Old Ifrlend to Her mrsbaod A Porter Who Was Sent to Mrs Blythe The process ot proving Alice Edith to have been tbe ru of Thomas tilythe went on in the Biytbe case yesterday Mrs Ciara Ford a doctress and phrenologist living at 211 Taylor street spent some tune on the stand She has been practicing medicine for fifteen or twenty years after having attended a few series of lectures of the eclectc school and read certain books she enumerated She knew Alice Edith when the latter was a baby thirty two or thirty three ytarj ago in Tuolumne county and has known her ever since In 1879 said the witness I met Mr Blythe a few weeks after Mrs Blythe called on me fche said that she was married to Mr Bl the bu did not describe the ceremonv I called at their tesdence at 6 OFarrell street later and Mrs Blythe introduced me to Mr Blrthe as her husband I said to Mr Bli the that I hoped it was not too late to offer congratulations and he said it was not and ordered a bottle of wine sent in I called several trues after that at OFarrell street and at 27 Geary reet I dmedwuh them ttfo or three times I hare always known her as Mrs Blythe since that time Henry Williams a colored meen germ a dovrrf town law ofSce also gave some evidence in favor of the widow Mr Blythe trave ed a good deal hen the witness ti as a railroad porter and so for ten years or more he knew Mr Blythe very well and esteemed hin highly as 6 gentleman as was shown bis liberal tips He was at Blythes residence several times On the fir occasion Blrthe told him to fake his valise up from the train and I give it to hu wife On another oc casion be sent a package up to Mrs Blythe The first tlTie I went to the Geary street residence Itoofr np some trout I got at Tracked and gave them to Mrs Blythe for Mr Blythe often brought trout down to gentlemen I knew and when they saw me they would remember me Some little time after Mr Blythe met me and said Jlv wife told me you left soma nice trout for me and went down into 1U3 pocket I know he paid me itoMr loots because if he had 1 1 1 have reiuem I berei it lust the same as if you didn pay me tor ciactmg your coots on a sleeping car high priced orirjir The fog Condemned Prug Sold tB round The 2218 five tael tins of prepared opium smuggled into Batchertown from the steamship Arabic and seized there last April by Deputy Surveyor Fogarty were od yesterday at public action Of this lot 1200 tins brought 55 each 1000 brought 0 53 each and eighteen which were damaged brought 5 22 each 14406 65 being realized Irom tne lot tnisisan arec ageof 4534 a tin of 15 91 a pound being the ruling market price of the drug doty paid and probably the best rate ever received in this city at a I Government sale of condemned opium Air rogany declares mas ine njgn prices paid at yesterdays sale prove that it is not true as charged that Chinatown is heavily stocked with smuggled opium tlLOFZ C1R1V ACAIX Florence Higley has sued John A Higley to have her mams ge annulled The defendant has departed from the State fearing arrest for bigamy Mrs Elglevs story is a sad one bhe married Higley in 1837 in Syracuse ST where she formerly resided her relatives bang wealthy The couple re moved to Los Angeles coming subse i quently to San jeranasca They have been in Oakland about one year Becently Mrs Higley received alet ter from the East in which she learned that Higey had a wile living at the time of her marriage with him and that she had been basely deceived Higey admitted the deception and to pacify Mrs Higley io 2 commenced in San Francisco a divorce suit against kL Upon this Irani admission of his guilt Mrs Higley 2o 2Jeft him and Higley fearing prosecution for bigamy has departed for other States Sir KoeschS Troubles The case of Boesch vS Koesch re cently tried was one of the many sen sational divorce saits which have come up in the Superior Court during the past six months Mrs Ioesch sued her husband Charles Boesch a resi dent ot East Oakland for divorce on the ground of cruelty fche alleged that he was in the habit of beating and abusing her His answer alleged that Ets wue waa insane ana 10a wnatever force lie had used upon her was only to restrain her when sue was in an irrational state AtthelnaiJndgs EHswortft denied the prayer for divorce thus compelling the unhappy coupe to lire together hey subsequently fnsde up and Mr Koesch accviapanied her husband home At the bouse however Mrs Boesch found installed a housekeeper named Mrs Cook who also acteu as nurse lor their child The presence of Mrs Look aroueed Miv lwesct sancer and jealousy and she only reman ei at some two aays returning to ner mother Mrs Look alo left Boesch and he is now without wife or house keeper He declares that his Wilis accusaLd na are unfounded and that Mrs Look demanded of him 100 excess of her salary Mrs Boesch states that their reconciliation was a mistake and that she will not live with nernusDana again A Receiving Reservoir II Hamilton agent for the Con tra Costa Water Company has purchased a forty acre tract 111 the foothills in the Laundry Farm above Fruitvale and it is stated that a large receiving resen oir will be constructed in a natural basin capable of stonng bOOOOOgr gallons of water Mr Hamilton recently parchasexl eighteen acres aa joinings The tract has aa elevation of 400 Ieet and the reservor will be used in the endeavor to furnish th city hh clear water A Lively Council Meeting The lobby of the Coanal chamber was packed last evening at the ad lorned meeting of the Council A lively time was anticijated and those who attended were not disappointed The now bitter light between tbe Council and tbe Board of Public Works ws fought with great vigor and ennrraa ton3 and recriminations were exchanged between the gentlemen to the great dehaht of the large audience The Immediate cause of trouble is the purchase by the Board of Public works ci three nre prooi sates lor the use of aty officials Councilman Evans accuse i the board and particularly ex Mayor Playter with dickering with a safe company The accusation Was construed by Mr Playter and his col leagues ex ayor tt est Martin and Robert Fitzgerald to mean a dishonest transaction and as the first two are millionaires the liveliest kind of a row was raised These gentlemen addressed the Council and in the strongest terms denounced the slur which had been cast against them and indignantly resented any imputation against their honesty The two ex Mayors declared their standing in the community now was such that tbey Were above suspicion in this matter Councilman Wakefield handed a report of the Committee on Invetrga boa of Mr Evans charges of dikr ing The report which was adopted by all but a unanimous vote altera fiery debate declares that Evans charges were ungrounded and that the Board of Public Works acted fairly in th matter He Smashed Thing Last evening word was received at the police station that a young man named Ben Lambert was disturbing tbe peat a house on Twelfth street near Broad war Officer ielley was dispatched to inquire into the trctible Upon Ins arrival the occupants or th bouse including Lamberts wie re fused to make a complaint gga nst Lambert lhe latter was drunk and when be reachedthe sidewalk be debed the omccr to arrest nun lie was fDronrntlv locked up Lambert has been giving his wile mum annoyance lately and on Wednesday he entered her apartments ana smasnea the furniture with an ax The Laundry Farm The Laundry Farm Bailroad has bobbed np again this time on a sale to I a syndicate who will recopstruct the road and work the valuable quarry at rts eastern terminus The tract of 400 acres near the quarry known as tbe Laundry xcarm goes witn tne roao The Durchase price is between 100 0fO and 120000 The road has Deverbeen operated regularly since its construction and hei bee a financial failure being in continued litigation It is said that the present sale is an assured lack Confederate Money Joseph Riley young man who daunt San Francisco as his residence was arrested by Officer Barnettin a store on beventh street last evening for attemntinir to pass Confederate bang hills Upon being searched at the sta tion house a numoer 01 me ora dlus were found Hi hispockets ALOLKDA at 4000 and consist principally of a bouse and lot on Broad wayjn this eiry ine property wm envmea among the three sons of the deceased Clarence Andrew and ml JV Law rencev The first arrest made by tbe police this year was that of a vagrant who was taken into custody last Wednesday Health Officer McLean was recently summoned by a telegram to Coulter ville Mariposa county announcing the serious illness ot his daughter who is Imng there He is expected to re sum xo oay lhe County Superintendent ot Schools has apportioned 7433 to the schools ot this city oat of tbe State School Fund This apportionment is made upon the estimate of thirty two teachers Tbe Alameda Bicycle Club was or ganized in this aty last Wednesday bight and th follow tie officers were elected White president Ives captain Porter and Bird lieutenants MTA dark secre tary and treasurer and bngier Mrs Clara Morris who 1 seeking to obtain a divorce from her husband George is in a very distracted frame of mind because she does not know the whereabouts of fcer five vear oid on George The child was in the custody ot tne latner by an unaerstanamg Be tween tne nusbena ana wile until ae cisiotuwss reached in the divorce suit After the husband was arrested on the complaint of the wife a few days ago on the charge of oattery he sent their child away without the ltnowl edge of xhe mother Yesterday Mrs Morns obtained a writ of habeas corpus from Judge Ellsworth and the father mil be compelled to produce the child in court next Monday The question of the location of tbe City Hair site was considered at the ad journed meeting of the City Trustees lastevening Advocates of the various proposed sites were present and gave their news The Trustees then went into executive session much to the dis gust of several property owners who ttouzni that the auesuon should tie discussed entirely in open meeting jno conclusion was reacneg out a majority ofthe Trustees were incliAed to Javpr the 1 urchase of the Le Feore property on Walnut street between Central and Santa Clara avenues IINT ARENA A 2ITVT CHART XSSITED BY FRO FESSOr MFXDEX11ALL CITY HIGHWAYS Settling the San Bruno Road Trouble SEW TELEPHONE FBANCI11SE A DisertS3ion on the Proposed Surrey of Xitaion Street She Feints Out Stilt Another Assailant Oloil the father of the nine jear old gni who chirms to have ben enm inaily assatLted by a stranger whom he met on Market street about two weeks since has had George Hessler arrested as tbe guilty man The child tTur ra sf thA allaffarl a sauit pointed out several men as the ones who assaulted her and rt has at I last come to be betiered in podcectr des that she does not know herself who her assailant waa little doubt is held of the innocence ol Hessier He is a respectable ap pearing young man wno anves a wagon for Mark Ctrouse the butcher Tha IJlvorp Mill Judge Levy has granletl Hfca Mc MilUtt a divorcftfrom Charles McMillan on the ground ot extreme cruelty The divore suit of AUMcCleliAnd against John McClelland on tbe ground Af extreme cruelty was tried behind rbvMKi doors Jndre Bcardene court yesterday and was unaify a bntittea an trri XAaumonv rhrvorc suits were filed yesterday by Augusta Seidenadel against Crl Seidenadel and by Augusta wonman against OiaiUa Woitmaa Trie Llgbthouae aad Fogr Horn Interesting Facta About the Well Known Spot Professor Mendenhall Superutiend ent of the United States Coast and GeodeLc Survey has just issued a chart of Point Arena and the coast ine for five miles south and five or six miles north The scaie is about one niie to three inches This pout is one of the well tnown pomts where the change of a vessels course is made in the voyage to and from Sat Francisco and the northern I ports It lies in latitude 53 deg 57 arm 20 ses north and 8 14 rain 57 4 tec west of Greenwich The chart exhibits the surrounding topography ana the soundings oil snore lor a distance of three miles to forty fatnoms depth The character of the bottom of tbe sen is here fine gray saud to cfty fafhoms whereas in other parts of the coaet tbe green mud of the deep sea is usually aetectea as tar in as ute forty fathom Lne lbe magnetic Tanaton Is 17 nee 15 min east of north for 1890 with no annual chanze at the present time The tidal data show that the corrected establishment or the average time of the high waters after the moon meri dian passage is ten hours and thirty six i minutes and tne average rise 01 the tides above tbe plane ot reference is 44 feet The plane of reference is tbe average depth ox the ooservea lower low waters From Davidsons Coast PHot we learn that upon Point Arena there is a lighthouse tower Irom wtucb is exhibited a fixed white light of the first or der of the system of Fresnej Thi jraifc 19 auiuibcu uwiu euaa tu sunrise The height of the rocky cuff is about fittr six feet and he height of the focal 1 lane Of the light tt life feet above tbe sea From a vessels deck Uus fisEht is visible at a distance of nineteen nautical miles throujti the enure nonzon In loesrr and thick weather there rs also a eam whistle which gives lira second Masts every half minute Three miles southeast of Point Arena Is the small anchorage of Point Arena Just on tbe northeast side of the pomt is tbe mouth of the Garcia river thence to the northward the shore is a broad low sandy beach Point Arena is one of the test exam pies on this coast of the action of ice upon the surface of the nearly vertical stratification of the rocks which fomr the terraces hence to Arena cove to the southwixd Tbe surface is perfectly level and nooth for a mile to the southeast and the whole hue of ter races points to ice planing and not to the erosive acaonof water this is the farthest point ot land sen by CabriLo and lerreto in 1542 43 when they were storm driven off the coast just north of Fort Ko3 It received its present name from the Spaniards who evidently mistook the white1 tine 01 dins for sand dunes i THE STARS AMP STRIFES Frank Case the eighten year old son of I Case who is employed as ticket agent at tbe end ot the narrow gauge pier learned the combination of the ralroad company safe la his fathers office and on Tuesday nigbt opened it and took 70 from it He then locked the saw ami leit xne father hotced the loss the next morn inz and at once suspected that his son was the Kuitr party He has notifiVSt the railroad company that he will maka pond rift amount stolen and will endeavor cot to have his son prose cuted Yottugcase nss a osm reputation ana served a short time in San Quentis for sandbaggmir a man In San i rancisco Morton Tnft soft Of Capiam Tuft residing on Central avenue fell from a Ixdrizontat bar upon which be was practicing av few days ago and ans tained a fracture of hs left leg Just above the anKe Tbe contractors of the tidal canal armavatlnrrMinmfelonerations vaster day and If another storm does not interfere TfHtxrush the work with unabated Vigor until the present contract UnamtieoV une eaxua Jiuumpeavu tho iiuim nf tha San Leandra bav Frederick Lawrence has applied for letters of administration upon the estate of his mott ilargery Lawrence deceased lea eiuie is Tsiued The proposition of declaring Ears Bruno road a public street which is strenuously opposed by tbe San Bruno Improvement Club occasioned a lively discussion at the meeting of tbe Street Committee of the Board of Supervisors yesterday A large number of prop erty owners appeared and asked that they should he given another week In which to present their case they hav ing been informed that the Supervisors had passed a resolution declaring the intention of the board to declare the road a public street Street Superintendent Asbworth de nounced certain charges made against him by the Saa Bruno Improvement Club tn reierenceto care of the road as false and malicious He said that tire property owners were themselves responsible for the present wretched con dition of the road and sot be He in sisted that they were abundantly able to pay for thea improvements and should not be allowed to shift their burdens npon the general public GnitaT Sutro of the Omnibus Cable Company informed the committee that at the tune the cable company built its railway en the road the property owners agreed to put it In proper repair Ketwitiistaud ng that fact however they had not done so Tbe committee considered the matter briefly and decided not to rescind its previous action aad that that portion of tbe road between Army street and Fifteenth avenue should be declared apubhestreet The Santa Crux Bituminous Bock Pavement Company was granted an extension of sixty days on its contract to pave Kearny street from Ueary to Suttee JohnLSabinsoperintendentof the racic sell Telephone tympany presented a petition for a franchise to lay wires underground jur aabin submitted drawings ot the system of eotf I duits adopted by the company which Wi00 1 iyv uvugu wmen tne wires are to run mt aoin further said that the company was about to move into its own bulidine and that if the franchise were granted if was prepared to spend 200000 in tbe wort The matter was la over ior one 1 week for further consideration WH Healy was awarded the contract for reconstructing the wooden portion of the Army street sewer said work to be perormed under tlis plan prepared by Street Superintendent Asaworin A letter was recently addressed to the Board of Supervisors by City and County Surveyor Smth in which he recommended that a survey ot the hues of Misam street should be made by the Widening Commission beore the tXeeds ior ttie land acquired are issued Haley GL Smith FI warn ana secretary oney 01 ue Mission Widening Communion addressed the committee with reference to the matter Tbe substance of their remarks wax that Mr Smith bad asked them 2300 for surveying the street parage in advance ana list tney nan the same work dons by 8 Til ton for 900 They did not regard Mr Smiths acfton in demanding pay in advance as eminently proper Mr Smith aagwered the cornniusion era by saying that be ha1 asked for the mon in advance for the reason that he was not able to advance it himself ra order to make the surrey He said that the comniissKl having had its work performed by another surveyor was now demanding ot him as city and county official information concerning the lines of Mission street This he was unable to give as many ot the monuments were missing and anew surrey would be very tfiramlc If the commisson thought that he was looking for the job they were greatly mistaken In answer to Questions of the com mittee Mr Haley said that thecost of esiaoirsning tbe lines ot Mission street notwithstanding the absence of some of the monuments would not exceed Vvr Mr llaiey insisted that the commission was net responsible if the lines of Mission street were incorrect or nlegaL The matter was discussed by the conrrritee ard it was finally decided to postpone it until the labors of the commission ore ended when sieps will be taken to ejtalish the easterly line of the street which is now in question A Subscription tor School Building Flaae Started The rccnt action of tbe Board ol Education in refusing to fiv the Ameri can flag over the school buildings ot th city on the ground that there were no funds vaJablefortoe pur pose has awakened the Grand Army of the Republic men to action with the result that a public euuscription list for that purpose has been started The matter of raising funds is in enarce of Dr Corbelt of 402 arret street and School rector Wilson of bath er Bank is treasurer CvC Ford vis tbe only author ted collector of anb oenptions which nave been tuted at so cents in order that all those of the puu iic wno ciesire to see the stars and stirpes float over the school boilings may contribute to the fund Nearly 200 has been collected and it is ex pected that several thousands of dol lars will be raised before the expiration of tbe month The money will be 1 devoted to tne purchase 01 nags poies ana apparatus ior an we scnoot Build ings aad in the event that more money is secured than is actually needed the surplus will be used lor supplying new nags when needed and ior repairs Wouldnt Fay for His tfaffles Henry Peters is a waffle maker and yesterday while he Was plying his trade near the comer ol Bosh and Kearny a reet he was approached by Thomas Coflboy a dapperyoung man sport few waffles refused to pay for them and when remonstrated with tipped over the venders tray of wafSesand treated peter to two long to be rememberedremembered kicks He was arrested and booked at the aty prison for malicious miSvme Hies Kvasa Xee4s Relieved Miss Elzabeth Evans the invalid nure who was one of the surviving sufferers front the late Market street fire has received enough money from charitably inclned people to relieve her nrset seeds one oee to ex press her thanks to those wbo have so generously contnouua 10 ner rei Miss Evan has entirely recovered from har late illness aad ha left the receiv ing hospital to live at not Hyde street 1 Captain Drew Fined Collector Phelps has fined Captain Drew of the barkentme William li Dimnnd 500 for breaking the seals on the vessels hatches Lantain Drew broke the seals because he thought the ChistdnirhOdse oS2ciaU were too flow la doingso and the later determined to mate an example ot nan caCx strata sicniss With esirplete attachments and ttra Wsnar Cbboxkx oar year for 23 rTarrasted to give fall and entire aatUfae ties in every caeev Ltght raaalng aad notedes CallUCBOXlcxulScaaadex I a ue the cuve good assets 409398 80 from doubtful assets U7 rrora worthless assets 10410 73 collected by the Controller 2250 Following is the disposition made of the sums collected Loaned paid and other disbursements 5017 62 dividends paid by Controller checks 33341197 legal expenses paid 572 69 receiver salary paid to date 233335 aHother expenses 3335 71 balance in barms 01 controller VT Jfte Ket Tei ravsa tX aa ne 177 0 total coiiecttone made and disposed of 435437 02 The total claims proved amount to 45J519 30 on which two ttindends have bees paid amounting to 75 per cent of the prindnaL The receiver states that he hopes within the next thirty er sixty nays in aaa to tne amount now in the hands of the Controller by collecting sufficient funds to pay an additional dividend or 10 per cent THAT BOOTH LETTER ACTOR DECILES THINKS IT SOT OBSCLSE THE LICK TKIM1 A llIPOBTAJfT DEC1SIOV JCOCE Hoa The Zfechaaleaf fcTiooi to Be En rtovged by the Truatee and Not by ihve CorparaUon Judge Hoge filed along opinion yes terday in thecaseof Ricrardb Floyd etaLagairst Ira Ilankln et al in rolring tfe constincUon of the fourteenth cUe in the James Lick trust deed which berjneaths 040000 for the endowment of as institution to be knotu as the California School of Mechanical Arts and which farther provides taat the same shall be founded aad endowed under tbe direction of DrSDK StOlman Horace Bans A 8 Halhdie John 0 Eldredge Jonn Earl and Hon Lorenzo Sawyer The suit waa of an anucaola nature and was brought to determine whether the liclc trustees should budd the school er pay Over to the persons named the clause tbe entire toIOOOa to be used by them in corporate ca pacity tor tne purpose I he former view of the case war the one takes by Judge Hoge who find as follows the concluding words of ms opinion From the who deed I thins It is manifest that Mr lick in ended that these trustees whom he had selected ana in wawu oe entertained entire confidence should be the lole execu tors of his bounty in whom he Tested bis entjre estate to be expended or as rJ ed by them in the manner and for the purpose and objects expressed and provided in ls deed In every instance and by various appropriate language the trustees were themselves UfcxecTue its several trusts as named and to enable them to carry eat tho trusts they are made th owner holders and disposers of the entire fund 1 ant of opinion and to hold that the true construction of ktoe claim question is a I hare land and is in en tire harmony with the meaning and intention of the donor as manifested in the whole frame and provisions of the deed And tost tne whole instita tion with its property nd ftmaa when fully founded endowed and established Is then to he turned oyer to the ownership control and management of the corporation to be formed as ptovifcWdin the deed TU CALIJOUTA XATIOVAZ Tte Statement of the Racefver for th Last Quarter of I sail Young receiver ot the Call lornia aabonal Ilanav which sns pended Tecember 17 33 gives the following items from his last quarterly report The total assets piaed in Mr Young hands on hls appointment receiver amounted to j7325 7d of wh 1400002 73 scheduled as poo i a513 ZJ was donctxal and tlW 703 75 worthless fcince suspension sd dlt onal assets which have come into his possession hare raised the total aj sets to 764100 48 of which 45 is reMrted as eood The total CoUec atone art repotted follow Fiom NEWS OF ME BAIL Meetins of the COfflrSlSSiOH Stale A CLUIRHAHS TEOUCLSa Complaint Itfjeelred JlellariA Illnssa Excursion Business Some Strange TUaga About Boaton Carbett the Slayer of Jphn Wilkea Uth Kelson Becker tbe actor who was with John Wilkes Booth and Edwin Booth just before the assassination of President Lincoln and who was con nected wita the old California Theater 4 fromlS74 to 137 arrived here recently front Australia alter a Icg absence The reputed discovery ot a long suppressed letter from John Wilkes Booth written just before the killing of Lincoln recalls some strange incidents in the career of tbe Booths said he to a Cbsoticls reporter yesterday But I do not believe this letter isgen oine It doesnt sound like John Wilkes Booth I played with hua a longtime at tbe inter Gardens and knew him intimately That he was crazy tbere wasn a doubt He had one sister who was an mibc ile and John ilkee though a fine actor was always shakv He was on intimate terms of friendship with Lincoln aa was Edwin Booth About the theater we used to hear John Wilkes say What if Lincoln should getkiCedr and such like but we rieter thought anything about it When he was killed though we thoagbtofit Mrs fcurrstt only knew Booth and had nothing more to do with the killing than smr other outside person This reminds me of Boston Corbett the slayer of Booth and some atranee thiars that have never got into history Just before Stonewall Jack son came across tne encnanaoan vea era Miles and Colonel Butterfield were at Harper Ferry with their forces Colonel Butterfield took A drink of liquor and a curious looking little man with his hair cut straight off around hu neaa sang out Colonet I caQ Tonto order It was none oiher than Boston Corbett a rehgiou crank who bad be come the butt of tbe regiment on ac count ot bis peculiar notions ana acts lie was at once put into tne guard home When be eot out he was sent up to Winchester and one day when he was on truard two soldiers began guy ing him and thrqwing mud at him 11 you oon 1 quit uiai saia ior bett I will boot you The soldiers sat still end continued to fire tbe mnd Thereupon Corbett shot hit tin both men in the less He was severely punished for this but the 1 rounds 01 tne men were not serious and they recovered 1 1 11 AX IXiECDRE POSTOFIICE Felice Protection Asirdbut TVarn lngXot Heeded A short time ago ft weU fflled mail hag was stolen from the Government wagon while standing before Postomcs fetation Bt at the corner of Mission and Eighth streets The rojtoaceautor itics notified the police and requested that special care inosict be given to guarding the PostofSce as the mail was oten valuable and the large aae in the office frequently contained money and valaables The otneers on the best examined the premises and found eU the large windows which open on Mission street Hiifasterred so that a passer by raght raje any one of tbem with a slight pnh climb in and ransack the ofSce Tbe place of deposit for packages ia a hole about ten by twelve Indies which passes through the wall with a downward bend While very convenient for slm pmg the letters and packages Into the baskets inside it could hardly have been better devised to faciLtale their theft by any passing hoodlum During the Christmas holidays the officers on the beat demonstrated the insecurity by taking out A number of pack ags and those in charge were duly notified of the insecurity of the elate So attention has been paid to the warnings of the officers and yesterday a Cbsomcxc reporter was invited by a resident jf the neighborhood to inspect the place The windows were found unfastened and it was foi nd quite easy to abstract a letter dropped into tne PostofSce by a passer by There was short meeting of the Board of Railroad Commissioners yesterday The principal business trans acted was the hearing and disposition of several com plaints GJ Campbell a commercial traveler who sought redress for excessive ehtrgee on baggage earned for him from Los Angeles to San Diego brought un a nice pomt in railroad liability He bocght two tickets In order to get 300 pounds of baggage earned free of charge and waa informed that the extra ticket did sot entitle him to an extra 159 pounds of free baggage transportation anct farther that being a commercial traveler the law was particularly applied to hiia He had Id pay fees on about 3X1 pounds and was out that cost of ha extra ticket The complaint was referred the IralSe manager ot the Southern Cahorni BuV way tor explanation In the case of Messrs Cox A Clarke cattle dealers who aUegeJ that they had been charged 75 for a carios4 of cattle shipped from Cottonwood to Gazelle aa answer from TrafS Man ager Richard Gray of the Southern iPadSc Company was read In it the railroad official admitted that the rate onsht to have been only 3 23 and stated that the agents had been instructed ter make only that charge in future John Hards letter ot complaint which he alleged overcharge far moving loinler from Loat in Plumes County to Oakland was not discussed The secretary was however instructed to kifera the complanant that the matter a beyond the yanslietion of the board and ought to be referred to the Interstate commission Th lumber in shipment irom Chat sent out of the State to Bene lier aad then comes in again over the Central Pacifrv lines GEORGE CIIARLCS KtJCHKD Ue Falls In an Epileptic Fit and I Seriously Hurt George Charles en old man and well known character tn the Mission because of his eccentricities was suddenly taken with an epileptic fit yes terday afternoon and felt to the side walk on Howard street pear Twenty third severely lacerating his head He was conveyed to the City end County Hopitat by Officer honir where insetUirstjan showed that he was very seriously burt th head being eat to the sknlL He tuedprefosely arid lost a couaiderabie amount ot blood While in that hospital he was taken with a series of epileptic fits be ing subject to tuem toe weunosare of a serious nature in consequence of the extreme are 01 the man and the Joss of blood At one time Charles was very wealthy but pecuniary losses nnDaianceo sis in ma CLETIELt CACbHT FaiMnger Association Railroad men fully expect that be fore the rate war now in progress in the Northwest shall spread ta this coast new Western States Passenger Asscr elation wiQ have been formed The primary cartse of the dissolution of the late association was the hosoEry to tnarrman 900011 ana bis resignation calls up the petrousr plight in which we aiiiere i read placed mm no was at one time and for many years general passenger agent ot the Ene hues and when he held that posiBoa tbe road was notable for the lavish war tn which it paid commissions and cat rates in the scramble for passengers it uej a more conservative no icy sue ceeded Mr Abbott resigned aodNwas soon alter apoomed chairman of the Vi estern bates i assenger Association 111s knowledge ot tale catting ntted him eminently for the position and no one was better informed on the subject Complaint after complaint was bled and Mr Abbott calmly straddled the fence probably out of kindly fee I ing tor tne weaknesses 01 those who did as he had dona lor a time the complaints were discussed considered and dropped then the cry was raised that he ought to fffie aoaie of the roads and hisineod nrged htm to exercise 4tfs authority The Bockr Island and the Chicago and Alton were fined and immediately the two roads complained that tney were ing un jostly treated In the end Mr Abbott found that when be did fine he was as little popular a when ie did noL There was A deadlock in thev asaoeiafcoo which ended with its di3souUcnlut week As soon ae anew cbanan can be found there is IiLeiy to be anew association Track and Train Tips a Mellen the tra He managinr of the Union Padficvis lU with in jjinT lie has been confined to his bed for ten day The first Raymond Whltcomh excursion of the year fefrTBostonon January 6th aid is expected to reach TSew Or le ins to morrow Seventy five people number will hare been started and tbe 1 increased to iw before this State is reached The eastbound excursionists ot the Southern Pacific Company who are to visit Boston Philsdcphia and other cures reached Uactrmati yesterday The second Raymond Whilcomb ex cufsion will leave Boston just in time for the Mardi Gras festival ia5ew Orleans and a targs nhmber of passengers hare been booked a ready all of whom wiI Journey through to thi State The Southern Pacific Company has received new cyclone snowplow Irsnt Mmneapolbroa triit The plow works on the augur principle aad is different from the other ones now in rue by the company JffASOJflC OS3ISTOKr A Little 3Iexlea Lottery Director In Trouble Licbtenstem who was some time ago arrested and fined forsellmg lottery tickets is again in tbe toil this me for aiding and assisting the management of a lottery concern Ltch teastetn is one of the leading spirits in the little Mexican Lottery whose headquarters are at 224 Montgomery street Detect yes Lean and Handle have been on hi trail for some time and obtained yesterday the only needed link in the chain of evidence which they have been forging against him when he transferred a certificate of stock to the concern to a fellow detective whom they sent to tbe office as stranger looking lor an investment The otneera say they have a llrong case against Uchteastein 22 tVB A 7 High and sewing machine wOh complete etof at larks aciit and tbe Waestr Ck aojt icxa for one year The nuchlna Is noiseless aad light running and the finest of its knd ever offered Call at CKSOxiCiB ofSce and examine the raaehine Grand Officer Ina tailed Degree Conferred Tbe second fraud consistory of Misters of the Boy al Secret degree of the Ancient and Accepted Sotash Etta of Freemasonry wa held yesterday aternoon in the Masonic Tejiple Ee ports recerye 4 from various commit tees showed that the conssUiry yrac ia a prosperous coodrtio The fodow ing officers were elected and installed Grand master Btephen Wry grandt prior A Bobertsou grand pre cepor IL 8 Orme grand constabb James Merntt ktsnd admixaL Thomas Kuipe grand minister of state KKnara rt unit grana chan ceijjr IL Seff grand almoner CT Giilett grand registrar If Ho lee keeper of seals and archives A Shermsu treasurer Jvrt I primate A Messing master otcere momes tv feirce experts wF Brooks Eugene Canreny bearer of tire battle tlag Jackson captahl George JvenneJy grand tiler Treat Clarke In the evening the thirtyecond degree was conferred upon tea applicants and the grand consistory dosed with the annua banquet A Chinese Rag ulo raided Sine Chinese os5tntejvwere arrested fast night by Sergeant Kelly and posse in the buildmg having entrances at 1013 Stockton and 8ia Washington streets They were booked at lh cjty pnsoa tor visitiog a house of3I fame and their names had scarcely been en tered on the prison register when a long line of male Celestials appeared and the women we a ipeedTiy oaIed out 25 tn Cjun being deposited fox each of them MI3CLLAJEQC5 S8Xto Js your jbsielan aoi6 6rijci jbr boinfOD of He gpxgKk THX JOHS30S LOCKJ alKCArTITJ8 GCHCFAVT Bote J3.