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i 1 i i OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY EVEKING NOVEMBER 20 1880. TEN PAGES. VOL. XXV. NO.

I I NO. 122. tion of another cottage on the Harmon BRAIN FARMERS. LANDS AND BUILDINGS. HIS PILGRIMAGE.

BULL VS. BRAY. wants and Jmm cook peering through thi door to seethat his appetite is up to iln st-indardA I tne ecece ai viewed from the car windows Tnere something grotesque in the Alameda oak at this season, presaging an evo-Iation to the gruesome when the fierce winds'-of-" winter shall whip the-leaves from the crooked, ill-shapen limbs, leaving Kaunt skeletons to creak and rattle and moan in every pasting breeze. Alameda blooms in the spring, tra la, and that is her deligbtf ul'f eason. One of tbe suburbs of Alameda is a queer-looking shanty of primitive architecture and apparent instability.

Its walls wsrs originally whitewashed, but the whitewash was laid on so thick that the dry, dedicating north wind, the vigorous west wind, the blustering east wind and the insinnating south wind peeled the greater portion off, leaving the rough hoards bare in broad patches, like an unhantsome woman whose clothing ha been torn by rude policemen in the effort to drag her unwillingly to jail as a "drunk and disorderly." An adjunct of this particular suburb of Alameda is a clothes line, from which flaunts the undergirments of thess who dwell i 1 the house the tattered embroidery, so to speak, of the tract, to cost about $1,500. Goodrich It Newlon. architects of this city, have drawn plans for a $2,000 freight house and store for Bowen Ycj W. L. Goodwin has s'gned the contract to build the school-house in East Oakland.

J. J. and T. D. Newsom are the arch tects, and the cost will be $0,980.

IN ALAMEDA. The new cottage of Charles F. Fischer, at the comer of Kailroad avenue and Hil bard street, is ready for occupancy. The dwelling is finished off in tbe best style 1 1 I iences and improvements. A five-room cottage is nearlv comnleted for Edward Perks, at the corner of Park I street and Blading avenue.

Mr. Perks intends to build another mttim nntl.il same lot some time next spring. An addition has been built to the office lately, occupied by Major Reynolds, on t-ars: street, and the building has been re modeled, it, win ve nsea lor store pnr pofes. The three cottaeres beinsr ererited for Af Brown, on Encinal auenue. near Versailles avenue, are being rapidly completed, he residence bung erected for Sam Frank, at the corner of Pacific and Second avenues, is nearly finished.

It is a band some dwelling. A email building is being erectel by Charles Dittmar on Santa Clara avenue. near i'uric street, it will te occupied A. yj. MDgg as a camnet shop.

MILLS COLLEGE. iht. it r. norion, rresident I'ro Tem. 'I'lie l.atc Unpleasant.

neis. The Board of Tru Mills Colle? held a meeting yesterday. Rev. Dr. L.

A. Horton was appointed President of the College pro tem. The Committee on Eelnestion were au thorized to employ additional instructors. and a course of lectures by dis tinguished speakers was also pro- vided for. Mrs.

Mills renorted that anDli cations for the next term were already coming in briskly, .1 After tha little. hree PrMint opragues removal creaeea, mis well-Known institution has settled down to hard work again. After the late President bad left the Co lege and been paid up- to November 1st airs. Aims paid bin 53,000 in addition, though advised that be had no claim upon ner in law or in conscience. COLLEGE FUN.

Class Fcelinir Urealcs Ont with Unusual Vigor at. the I nlvcr. i lty. The students of the lower classes in tlie University enjoyed themselves immensely ast evening. The Freshmen held a glee ub at the residence of Mr.

Cheeney, and hile it Was in nror-rPHa rrnv of Stinhrt. mores surronnded the place and 6lled the with their yells. Mr. Cheeney sud denly appeared among them, and assisted bvi me Freshmen captured two of the noise-makers. In the meantime, some of the Sophomores pained an entrance into ti-e house through the rear, and efuietljy carried away two freezers of ice.eresni which the Freshman had intended to feast upon.

The captured Sophomores were bound, leel into the house and placed in la and the enemy's esteitainment contiuuert. lhe other Sot. horn, ires took the ice cream to Doug's restaurant anel invited their friends to a feast. When die glee club was over several Freshmen tered narmon Oymoasium, which had been neatly decorated for the Konhhrnrm nop, ana tore the elect rations down, anil carried off the flag. The Sophomorejs spent tins morning renewing the deci WAS HE ROBBED? a ie trance story of a J'ortn fatsc Shellback jMjnuel Joseph Fiates, a sailor, accoiA-1 panied by a shipmate, came to the lie-1 ceiving Hospital last night with his cou- I lenance battered in a woeful manner.

He said that he and friend were attacked by a garroter on Sycamore stieet, and that they climbed a fence to avoid the felloty. Fratea attempted to get over last, but' the robber.wss too nimble for him and cd'-laring him proceeded to him, after wrrtch he robbed him of 55. Dr. LylJr atietnkd to the man's injuties land sent im away from the hospit .1 slightly disfigured but t-till able imbibe tiie foamy. Steward liincke states that be has had creat difficulty in reaching Dr.

Lyler through tbe Central Telephone office, and although the operatois at the Central said they had sent messengers irp-mediately on receipt of llineke's message, at 11 oclock, the doctor did not.arrivs until after one o'clock this morning, stsjt- ing mat ne had only just received? noti that he was wanted. GoldciuonN Technical Defensr. I Eugene Dcuprey, att for yoi iig ihle ison, the muriierer of Majaie moved to-day to set aside tf indictment on technical grounds, anel for a change tf venue. Argument on the iu tion to eet aside the indictment wiil be heaid on Tuesday, and tne criange ot venue motion next Saturday. Among the' grounds alleged for setting aside the indictment, are sev eral which go to the valid the lr.nd ury which made tiie indict meut and to its powers in that regard, Ou liccord.

Mrs. Phoebe E. Keith has an In ventory of her sei arjrti property in th-El Dorado stab'e, on Eleventh and Frank lin streets, inclutling the stock, appurtenances and lease. I The L'nion Savings contra convey the premises on the south side! of Fourth street, 75 feet east of HarrisonJ to A. E.

Youngtf for 2,800. Burns Kneaes have given Jacob Cim-pher a bill of sale their boats and boat renting $1,450. btisiues. on Lake Meiritt fe.r Mramski. The-arguments in the case of Andrew chaiged with assault with a deaelly weapon, were beard this morning by Judga Gibson, in Department Three of the Supeiior Court, and the jury retired at talf-pasl two o'clock hia afternoon.

The jury after deliberating for twelve minutes brought in a verdict of( cot gut ty. Ilxploded in Ills Ilajid. A. J. Goocb, of Sail Leandro, during a recent visit to lied Bluff, was re-capping some cartiidgee, and chanced, inadvertently, i pick up one which was loaded; pressing on the cap it exploded, firing the charge in the cartridge.

The shot ilxrne- trahsd bis right leg epjite deeply, and the 7- cjrLriuge lacerated nis Death of a 82,000 Horse, Sackrlder's valuable Percheron stallion; "French Spy," died last Wednesday at the stables on Eleventh street cf hemorrhage the bowels. Tbe horse was imported from France by Mr. Sackrider and was valued at 12,000. He was 16 yean old. 1 1 I 1 I I 1 I 1 I I 1, 1.

on ttie I the and and 10, was to to lie the of thB tion of by H. tlie was the and for the by For and the A No Important -Chaoses in the Real Estate Market. I Th Trade Active Improve ments in Progress St. Frances de Sales Parochial School- The condition cf the real estate market has not been materially changed during the wk. The market took a slight spurt week before last, but it has dropped back to the old condition of things.

The real estate dealers are puzzled to know the rer son iA this long stagnation, and many them do not attempt to assign any par txul reason. The only redeeming tea. ture of the market at present is the very large number of inquiiers that, apply daily to tbe red estite agents and ask to be shown pieces of property. Tfcis is healthy s'gn, and many rol esta'e agents are led to believe that in a short time tb condition of the market will change for th better. The.

cable road is now in operation whicf) is a big card' for Oakland, and visit rs cannot but le favorably impressed when trey see the cars buzzing up and down JJroauway and out ban Pablo ave nue. Thevbiiilding trade remains quite active but another mentn will probably see great on ia tne numoer ot new houses that will be commenceell A large number ot cottages are in course of erection in the outlying districts, especially along or in the ceignsornooi ot the cable line. ST. FRANCIS DE SALES PAROCHIAL SCHOOL The new parochial echoed for St. Frao ccs de Sales ptr.sn, which is in course of erection 'at the southeast corner of Jones and Grove streets, is rapidly nearing com pletion.

The building in the ground plan is OUxiou feet, aud is three stories, height. The ground floor, or baseman is 1 ine feet clear and will be finished off as ine apartment and will be used as a rec- teation and play roim. A good floor has been laid, aud light will stream in through many windows. The second floor is thirteen feet clear, and is di vided into fouiteen rooms. There are ei'ht class rooms 21x20 fet, Between several of these are folding doors, so that they may be thrown into one apartment.

Six of the rooms on this floor are 1010 feet, and are designed for the use of teachers. The third floor will be fitted up for an assembly hall. In the front is-a stage, 15 feet deep, with rooms on either tide. Until a church is built the ball wjll be used as a place of worship. Tne ceiling is 20 fc in the clear and arched, and the walls are wainscotted.

he entrance tj the building is on Grovt treet. A pair of broael stairs leads to a hall-way, nine feet wide, which traverses tbe center of the building. There are four pairs of staits descending to the basement, and either eide of the main entrance is a flight st.iirs leading the assembly hall on the third floor. The building is of composite style architecture with Eastlake tin'sh It ia surmounted by a tower on the western end. the cross on the ton of which is Its feet from the ground.

The structure presents a stronir, substantial appearance and is not tstiguiei by too much fancy, work. Shay are the contractors, and the cTist will be in the neighb -rh ood i.f On the lot adjoining the school buil the same contractors are erecting a reel-; (lence for the rector of 'the parish. Its v. Father McSweeney. The house will con tain ten, rooms, supplied with speaking-tubes, electric and all modern con leniences.

The cost will be 5,500. IMPROVEMENTS. The inteiior of Stanford Hall will shortly be rearrange and opened? as a skating rink. W. H.

Weilbe is building a little cottage for Healey on the corner of Pine and Atlantic streets. The cottage is an ordinary structure 'and will cost about SI. 500. It is a very neat house. Ga'en M.

Fisher will shortly start a couple i ne houses on the Comer of Magnolia and Tenth streets. George II. Fiick has a new building in charge for a Mr. Fiwjer, of San Francisco. Tbe building is to be an oroinary two-story building with apartments above and stores leneath, and it will be situated em the corner East Fourteenth street an I Thitteenth avenue.

The excavations have been made ar.d the foundations lui ij and the building will now be rapidly proceeded with. As trere is little brick work the coming wet weather will not be of much hindrance. The cost ot the buileling will be about SI, 000. It will be about two months before it is finished. The corner-stone of the new Church of tbe Advent was laid 'on Wednesday after noon, at clock, by Jeev.

H. Lath-rop, thJ pisr.nr of the church. The new building will be much larger than the present one, and will stand aloug-ide of it. The foundations of the building have been laid, and the walls will be pil-diedfrapidly The building -st ubout :s.s,oeel and iil be as handsouierasit is -ssi bl-j to mka it. There wiil be svsral lare gothic windows on each side, and the roof will be broke with little dormer windows, each of which will be surmounted a little cross.

The church will face on Twelfth avenue, and will be entered bv a la'ge door, approached by large, commo-n cii.jus steps. 1 he seating capacity will be about Tt wM be or of the prettiest ch-rches in Lat Oakland. i The woik on -ore It. Willi mis' block the rm of East Twelfth street and Twelfth avenue, has been nearly completed, i thing remains to be done except put th? finishing touches o.n the buildings. Mr.

Williams has spent over oh tha block and has given his personal supei vision to the building of the place. The is better than the average buildiug in the Seventh Ward, and, in fact, it is the prettiest block in East Oakland. George 11. Frick. the con tractor, has lavished his best efforts on tbe building and the result is fully apparent jo the appearance of the bleck.

It is neatly decorated and tbe monotony of a plain building is broken by dormer windows and rr.i.es. i Wash in-'ton is repaired a little. Earth is being spreid over the pla.a and the superfluous trees ars being weeded out. If this plaza was taken proper care of it would be one of the rat tiest sepjarea in the town, instead of one the most ragged p'aces in the NOTES. W.

F. Curtis is building a two-story awel.ing at tiie. corner of Linden and Fourteenth street. It will possess all modern conveniences and co3t about 500. W.

X. Concannon.is at work upon two cottages at the cornsr of Seventh and Alice streets, to cost about 51,200 each. W. Teitch is building a handson two- story dwelling house, to cost 2,500, pn street, near Thirtieth. i'.

eieiaua is building a reat iooiiiniz WiiBi! cottage on Union street, nesr Eighteentrh-J- lhe new Health Orhije, th9 rear of the City Hall, will soon be completed. Allen McCarthy are the contractors. C. T. Thompson is erectine a two-storv building, to be need as a kindergartsn school, on Santa Clara avenue, between Willow and Walnut streets, Alameda.

E. D. Harmon has commenced tbe erec- I in Buthia -is grand weather for the mornings are clear and Bold, witjr lust enough bracing quality, lu the ai'to make them pleasant. The man who fond of shooting cau take bin gun, and by creeping out at the dawn, be pretty sure of getting a few birds before biak- fast. beefsteaks are better, the hash less frequent and the consciousness that one is monarch of sll he surveys in the seaside resort more pronounced.There may be les socirty, but this I mkan summer, this gap between tae rains.

'of winter and the bitter winds of sprimfls intersaly enjoyable. 1 1 in the i ale of iwo leities is a rfha acler whose prototype ur'often m-t with ia real life. The drawn of Sv2nev Carton, a brilliant but dissipated' jounJ barrister, tolling tfver the Ira ning i)f a legal document a wet towel wrapped about his thjpubbing temples', for which bis heavy-wifcted, uni'itellrclial pttrin is to receive ail the credit. This is a cae of bran farming. The successful and eil-tc-do lawyer makes wealth and reuuta-' tion from the brains (i "the reckless but gifted junior.

This was a happy courso- lion of Uttkenc, and to the very end of ttns wonderful tile Carton's ehaiacter self-sacrifice snd unappreciated til. tit is sustained. There are few who suffer niore fr-ora the brain farmers tbau the mvi tor. Affc ears of pati nt thought he has succeeded in carrying out his i les, and peifejting some invention of gieat merit. Hut utile occupied in that labor, which was porarily uniu-oductive.

he has dropped out of the "swim," and innr'er isj.an urgent and imn.ediute necessity rie ttects a Drain taiuier, 'gets his mont-y, and the capitalist receives the fruit of years cf labor, it makes' his fortune. The poor inventor is generally puste aside. He is a sucked orange, a honey less bee, and the farmer has nofur- ther use for him. Another class of bra'n tarmer is the political candidate who 1cm nt wiite his own He flies for aid to that peculiar individual known as the tells which IfiJe of the fence he i on. and nppotiitna for a "rimintr SDeecli." The 15..

after receiving his letaine which is ajt indis pensable Dreface to he framine ef Polit ical speech, retires to his den and puts on paper all the froth, venom and patriotism lecessaryfe the filling tf the contract. Ihe candidate by a great mertal effrt commits this to memory, and delights! and enthuses hus constituents by his ty flights and maeniticent invective. The weak-minded young men who want verses written for albums are still another of brain farmers. To the I. B.

iwho may have the.kuack of stringing rhymes -getber, those tinht-trousered gentry come the score. He usually has regular formula prepared, such "D.jjyou want much love in tms? Is ttus to be a purely friendly address?" "Do you ex pect to rrarry this young lady? jAre hr parents suRposed to read All the-e and many more questions he asks. 'and then looks over his ek-in-tia 1 to if be has anything to suit the iinm-di- ats demand. If it be an fie is generally ready, bec.iuss knwing how the tradJ runs t'lat line of c--mp -bitiori, usually keeps a good stock in tne pigeon holes. It is a litta) awkwvt-d soDietlnte when two tbe te ipients tliose tohder legends, in comparing thvir albtiti hnd that both ave been favored with! the.

same e'fusi by duferent autln ri. lhi's is a difficult matter to- c-xplaip, as the 1. 15. not wairint his tlie vers have to argue it out tlieuiHelvis a be they can. lim-iue's has falien oil in the obrtfiary line, onee-a source if jtreat profit to the general writer.

The be reaved who used to be taxed in- proportion to their grief, of lite years prjfer the oi ste-reotvped tyie iff obituary the "Dearest Johnny thou hast us" patterd to anything fresh and original. This jraay oe ow ing to hard times, or to mme news paper propriet -is who. by keeping an old assortment ot obituary on hand, tiavj done much to bear the market, JifNoyo. THE ERiGQS CASE. Allejrutioi tlx.

Little -Eiixl. iirl in of 11 iihuu ll tl David M. Brings, accused' tlie jniost dreadful crime known to i ue known to immoralityj i-day in the tjou preti Jing. Wneri I was examined ti urt, liecshaw pret the case was calle 1 tor examination, George W. Lewis, attorney for the d- fenilaii announced that he an examination helel openly.

After the arrest of liriggs the? newspapers had ujatla rep rts that tenuci to produce the impression tl.it the defendant was guilty. If the be Jvin lirateel, be desire 1 fbe given the vindication that bad been given the statements that tended tori produce an impression that In gjjtitty. Mr-, llebeccas McWade, the president of the Little Workers' Home Association. testineJ tout Jiriggs brought little lora ainrtn Tree other little children Bu the leaving there while che went oat to work. The lady testified.

tj the physical conuition 1 the little girl. Flora Brigits was the next witness we t)t for the prosecution. The little girl bitterly. Judge Hens-haw was to a.iminister "the oath wbien about Mr. li tt le oillul d.ite.

wis i jecte--l to tiit- tetiiaony r.rl on the ground ttiat slie i- of i u.iud, pnncip.euy by 1v.1s.111 of -vii li since she was an infant four yeaig 1. He ked an exauiinst'on of witnesses KeSore a medical commission to deterniinei. this point. if Deputy Disirict Attorney raid he would i.i the re-q and, aoordingiy, th lf.ue the Court nil til th me-llca! niuiK-i it; bnar tiie vs. njit the child tiol liiuke a r.pTt.

POLICE COURT. Following is the iecor-1 of piocoe.Iings in the Police Court this moin-ng. Alice McCarthy, drunk; S30 or In 'day 4 Kd-ward McFariand, diunk; bail i F. H. Sackett, drunk; pleaded, jk'uiity; judgment susjiended.

W. Emery, Thomas Hayes, drunk; 86 or 3 days. Thomas H. Smith, drunk aud ill -curbing the ac; S-: bail forfeited Thomas Corvan, petit larceny; 10 forf siteii. F.

K. Jacobs, drunk; Sti 3 days; ivulgar language, $5 or 2S days; disturbing the peace, no complaint. Ed. I.akio, battel tried and convicted; $7ii or 75 days, Peter Schwab, drunk; disturbing the Mary Dolan, di-4url the peace; pkaled not -guilty; set for November David Briggsj rape; dismissed on motion of Deputy l)istrict Attorney. David M.

Briggs, incest; examination postponed, lie Lett tlie Installments. On Thursday night the resideiice of Charles Sch'ey, who- keeps a bakery ia Schimmelpfennig's block, was ontefc 1 by burglars, who stole a old wa'ch tba Schley ba 1 just purchased. bad been purchas-d on the-iWtMlment plan, and Schley still owed $70 on St. As soon as Schley finds the number! of the watch he intends to report the thtf A Family I11 eed. MrsHoffner, a worthy widowj whose son is and who is herself suffering from injuties to such an extent that she is unable to work, are in distress.

Tjie charitable will render a good service in; succoring thii destitute family. They reside at 163 Magnolia, near Twenty-fourth and Adeline streets. of by on ot Ignoto Discourses Tricks I Which Are Not in Vaiu. Barnes and Webb Howard The Gay faulter Summer Besorts in Wii -A Dujjiful Son. In looking over the advetrments in the city papers one often CAs acres some thing of this nature: will give twenty or fifty dollars to anybody who will secure tor me a position of -trust.

Address so and so. lbese are-fvery dubious advertisements. It isot work that the advertiser nor th traditional or- rtui.itj to make himself useful, ealary being lets: an object than tteady employ -ment and a knowledge of the business. He-bulj" asks that money may p23 through bis palm. We have a great hesitation in this country, which the American party is so nobly trying to winnow, in declaring that a thief is a thief.

But I have always bold, and now that oyer half a century hits gone by since I first saw the light my opinion is entitled to some weight, that if a man has the knave in him it will be sure to come out, and that explaining villainy is only excusing it. The, solemn prayer, "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil," teaches that eia may be npenert by circuuistinces, and that he who standrth should take heed lest he fal1. Pontics, as a rule, disclose many persuasives to fraud in the shape tf highly successful embezzlemeiits and in their improved code oc morals The spoils 01 uuico are aiviuea among tne givers or money, or of services to the winning party, ana it lawtuli salariea uo not ret ay me outlay something must be done to make np the difference. Office-holders are taxed by party managers a percentage over their earnings for the election ex- penses, and this Dercentace is lometimra asstssea not upon the lawful salary, but in a much larger sum, supposed to be derived from perquisites or plunder, almost syncnomous terms. Here is a temptation 1 just eoougn embezzlement to cover political expenses.

I do not that many piace-noiuers yitia t-ttie insidious bait but only that it is offered, and a dishonest man extremely liberal to the election fund Keeps his footuold better than one who re fuses his assessment but has his accounts square. Defalcations are not well put iisnea in tins country, a graax tnett is dsually viewed as a successful business operati and the greater the breach of trust the more daring and disastrous stroke of business it seems. lr.e newspapers are in measuri reponible for this. Euphe mism for crime is as old as Falstaff since istol rebukes the Knight and Mvra in using the word "steal, tiuig that "convey'' if the proper term, luwevr'r if theft is habitual and reckless tiiough wecll kloptom ima. ith a bl operator it is always dt-f jlcation and wl are told by the newspapers to let our Iliads uvyell candidly 011 the virtues, the -en-handed jtca-erosity man, or his kindly and cheerful nurd for everybody, i-v'ii those he was cheating, while we are assured that such a man is no vulgar ttlloivj 80 this tendency to make a ie.it hero out i robber clotties iiisli( with a certain glamour whic-Si is not by any m-tans conducive to strictness in politic tl -or com itiercial lift1.

Sam Davis told me the rthef day ahout young man in Carson who got married and stirted tor California' with his young wife. As he boarded the train his father ba Iftitn good-bye au gave htm the 1 1 nal blessing. "My sai the sge-l s-ire! shaking with emotion, "rememlK-i- the-e words if you never see me again; 'Xever go into a place where you would not take your wife." The out.1'9 settled in Maripneaf county, and 'ast week the old man went down to visit tsem. He proposed a l.s)ar hunt, and thy were fortunate enough to track agiizz'yto bis among some cf-the boulders in the cbpparal. As the two aoproa the boir rose up and sent forth a growl which shook the "Go in there and kill "im," said the old man excitedly.

Toe son held back, further eennri3 i.i ale respects undesirable. "Count me out." he said. "Have I crossed he se is an 1 sett led in Amrio a shouted the father, a tfatt. "I but rcolhct your advice when I left Carson," was th reply. "H-i-a' can 1 forget joars-tge priivpts.

Didn't you tell me never to 1 couldn't my wife. How would Sal there with that bear. Th old mnii id bis du ift.l eon 1 Ids bosom, us iho be.ir is-ufed forth, exclaimed: "Speaking of Hally, ltt us hasten home; our prolonged might cause her njedleds i In about hfen minutes they had reached the ranch, the old man. a ahead, an 1 the was about four miles. fbo-e who to part in the.

charity eiitertahniei.t at tho (Irand 1 Ho we-. s-ome oris to iam-ut the rehearsals. It appears from tjhe testimony of those intelligent parties that between W. H. liarnes and Chatles Webb Howard, a bittir feud existed.

iThegen-rol reytr.g 1h antique! gruce of form and iiiapm ie biui poou-lor b'tlf a turv aco. 1 to do bis Avoirs to tbe l.t lies wi'b' the air of 1 in Cnailes Webb M. l.e f.mnd a fiiEinidable lival becs'ise the rosy and -smooth shaven Wibb s.iugs naxty ogle himself and is as siiseeptibie to- female charms as a gs car to a 11 blow. Thc.ugii they ever openly quarreled, those tivo beautiful and accomplished m.tn did not design to ooneeil their hate. Charles Welib, however, scored one point against his rival.

And this was it: "Do not go ort; witSi the Biinnet, said one of the young lad'-e. untd the old man couies, the old man was Barnes. and great i This is the season when the summer resort wears' mourning. The hotels where all during the warm portion the year the pleasure seeker from the1 city adjourned, are now deserted. The dead leaves lie upon the garden walks; the croquet ground is silent as a cemetery.

There no music now from the best Rartof the piano is hut down. The dust remains upon the furniture. There are withe-red flowers in the vases. The ball-room shares the geneial gltoin. The clerk has- nut away his diamond pin, and grows careless about Hie.

starching of his linen; The ledger only now and then bear a new autograph." The bathing houses and the attendant crowd partake of the universal desolation. For weeks the canvas cover has heen removed from the billiard table. There is nothing for the few who stick to the ship but to look forward to the advent of the cext season. Still this is realjy the time for those v. ho love nature for nature's slce to go to one those de-erted hotels.

far as his personal comforts are "concerned he is made much of. Amid the rush of summer guests he may J.aVe been neglected. But as a representative of the class he is sure of a hearty welcome in The. whole house is at his disposal. He can amuse himself at the billiard table all day and enjoy his solitary grandeur in the dining-room, with the entire fores of waiters to attend to bis tier I I "Esau" Starts on i Flying; Trip.to the tiardei City.

i reurteentli. Street Park I Cosmopolitan Tenderfoot Street The Suburb i End. on the Bay The Wes A red flag flapped lazily from its staff in front of the row of buildings 1 tbe nprth- west corner of Franklin and Fourteenth streets and huge anr ounced tne fact that the houses were to be sold at prices absurdly Tow. As a ma te'r of fact, when the half-past two o'elc train for San Jose left the Sou FaciSc Coast da pot last Saturday afternoon, these buildings had been so 1, to make "room for the imposing strut ture which Senator Fair intends to erect their site. It is said that the Athenian 'lub will be luxuriously provided for in one if the buildings, and that a depot worthy of a rich metropolis will accouj nodate tbe Narrow-gauge trains at this int.

I'tla-tial'dry -goods at res, handsome commecil bazaars, opening upon broad asphalt or Belgian pavement', ornats ex! eri irs smiling in a dignified sort' of way upon the wide thoroughfares, Jtall, sub stantial edifices are, it is be lieved, ran to rear I themselves this section of tne even if the is eventually slvallowe bv its saturman nnhbdr, tfjo Southern Pacinc. It was intli peculiar interest. then, that, standing on the rear platform of the little train, I gazed I at these oil landmarks, about to riistppekr forever the dressmaking establishment on the cor ner; the carpenter' shop in the middlje of the block, with -its pile of lumber in front that never seemed to dimmish! even ori the darkest night; the old fashioned two-storv house on Franklin -street, where Professor Lemmon nsed tJ investigate Istrange and nnusual bugs, or classify rare tend ufTbeau- tiful plants by weird and unpronounceable names; the peaked-roifed hybrid cottages, in which all sorts of families nave dwelt- all doomed to PBRPETCAL: EANlSHMtST From the scenes that have knewn them so intimately. A sharp tuin in the track hides the marc 1. 'of jm.

provement" from view and the train rattles do wn Webster reet behind a pirt of an engine that splutters and snorts and bus ers like an old woman, pursuing a merr and active young hen. I believe these locomotives Consume their own moke, or have some peculiar faculty of condensing their steam, something of that sort, bu why they should make such a fuss aov it is one of I the mysteries of railroading tt be classed with tke reason that a braken an yells the rjatnef of the stations 30 indi tiuctly that you have to ask the pasFeng: in the next what the nai seii. Sat irlav after-1 noon sai an exceptional day. Tbe norther bad not waked up mi 1 the sun ight flojded tne landscape with: its warn rays until the bon'-s of tbe rheumatic ce esed ache and the heart of the misarii rope almost throbbed with joy. On estiary a schooner floated lazily, irt-beifrinje 1 sails scarcely rippled by the ft breeze; a tug pushed a mud -scow down the creek, puthng assiduously aud givi ig the scene a touch of realism a.most ch fining in its contrast.

Te the north lu the water front suburbs of Oakland, 1 he distance chastening their tgpprtty tiv I mellowing them to a memif o' the lJen Horn, minus the arabesque trimni icgs and the bizarre surroundings of Se aglio Point. The white houses gleamed the greenery like he innocent ices of seminary girls a picnic, the si rns announcing "beer five cents," adort tncr many of them, blending initiie per leciive as if ware that their uaiiness and incrncruity the beauty of the view. Hunters in mud-cd'red suit, jrrying shtt-guns in leather cases and foj by yellow anS sorrel dogs whose tails wagged merrily, filled thet baggage oar at Ala meda en route their dismal sport on the marshes at the THS GLOBE THOTT i' Boarded trie train at the wh 1 and a seat behind me. He wore a checked suit, a belmet hat with puggaree attachments, gold ere-glasses and a -kid glove on his lett hand. He wus very lish you Know, ana ihs a ceot 1 td him.

Bee paden," he ilrawle-hu umbrella of Madras crt knees, "but would you kirn if Oaklawnd is a subub 'F "A 'suburb of uhilV I well-Mined astonishment. "Of 'Frisco, you knaw." jn he between his (y ln'awm me la'aited with And I elevatid mv auburn brows tne Iuke tf Uuihain manner habitual ti lordly lishrr; "Ye', IFris.s'-. 1 von 't rei-Iied a drr-: "I nevr heard of tlieiiiac log tone. I Why how lis bbiWstiid "sevah hard 'of 'Friso long have you le-xLiu contrv since the watercam up to Mont: gonrierv street. II "Ah, -Meah 1'ib, ynt are chaffing me." he with sai ini "Jtlontari.riiry trt is in 'I r's-, and )ru-jry Is ri San Francisco," I tTi as my cor.rt;sy renn-.

i-'Stn 1 bv il -i'-- firme.i au 1 1 ut th Ca'ifo nian iesnot er.cvnr.Ae the birba risro. and' the dazed bv my rebuke, lapsed i silence, and presently nbirii' binisnif di Detu C. Truman's aiVvfrtisiug pri.bably, me flr dfagnat'-HK Can 1 rm-i Jivervooiiv saUuil diwn 1 tne teruta of the afternoon paters as the train plunged through "Alameda, and ok note of the scrnpry the ha; nn the hid-sides toning tj.c tierce Autu un colors, the dark veil of fnike hi.iing the wrinkled range in the sout heist, tbe lashing wa'ers of the bay stretching iiway to the south reflecting the d.nzzfirig oialight. the swiftly-moving trains in tha distance, trailing their white andgraj smoke plumes far to the retr as they gpe i along toward the purple slop or travers the mottled valleys and plains. THBTRAIS Sharp featured, ever vouthf ul and agres sire, made his appearaocelos we entered aloud the aaturday litera ture the metrop lis in tlta et reoti ped vcice peculiar the penclit butcher the woilo? over.

I believe at if peanut butchers were pri ilenti.il ChinpRe rail- way or on the Centra! i rsian Iiini'e 1 mng man who Ex pi ess, the voice of tne swindles travi-lera with mi eaten app.les "Hi.e French and poisons th-m with mixad candies," a uld not distinguished frotii bis American pal. vh-ther he at tergtt his falsehoods in the Cantone-e or howted them in the -ythmic caden-cadencas cf Hafiz the poet. It is tbe same old batcher, with the sami old voize and so it will be to the end of time. The peaunt butcher is immortal and his voice rasps and grates and nam rves the sensitive' pa-senger until he ven wishes he were deal. Alameda is present em bowered in dusty oaks whose decrepit branches, twisted.

snarled and riw- tortsd, lend a fantastic aspect to in A on A Snit to Set Aside Certain I Deeds 06 Gift. Two Tracts in Contra Costa County and a Marriage Portion-Findings for Mrs. Cohen. Ihe snit of Alpheus Bullagarost Wston tray et is on tiial this afternoon in Department Tfa of the Superior Court, before Judge Green. Tbe history "BB .8" Itrta the papers on iouows; xn nis com.

plaint Bull includes, as defendants, besides Watson A. Bray, Julia A. Brav bis wife Emma B. Cohen, his daughser. and Alfrrl a.

Cohen, her husband. Bray, on thsi 20th of nd for several years prior thereto, was the owner of two tracts of land in Contra Costa county, being a part of the-Kancho de las Kuects Bol-lones, or San and real property in Brooklyn townediip, Alameda county, the northeast corner of Howard and East fourteenth streets, 250x101 feet, being portion of Bray's Oak Tiee Farm tract. Ihe complaint 'charges that on May 20tth, 1880, Bray deeded the Centra Costa proneitv to hi wif and that there was no valuable considera tion therefore whatever, being a de-sd of mil. xneaeed to tbe Snconri norlion of tne (contra Costa Dronertv was mriv on August 3, 1881. and it is alletred that ever' since tliat time the rireu ises hiva been controlled and run by Bray as a stock larm, with bis individual funds and for his individual benefit, in the name i thn defendant.

Julia A. Brav. It is slen alleged that Bray, on July 12, 1883. deeded 1. kl aa.

i hi property ro nis aaugnter, Emma B. Cohen. Brnv. on Uh '20. 1K80.

was indebted to various persons, and ar- iiollt woo claims that these debts and liabilities greatly ji HP'jr i.ic;u ikimphvh ina BRAY 8 ISDEBTEDNKSS. To Bull on May 20th exceeded $55,000, money loaned to him while conducting the business of Bray in San Francisco. The security of this indebtedness was the promissory notes of the firm, which were from time to time renewed down tu Anirnit 1. 1882. On that date Bray gave the firm's note for 920.000.

Davable on Sen. tember 1, 1882, with interest at the rate eight per cent, per year, and on Jons 1880, a note was given for the balance cf $38,000. payable one dav after date, -with interest at six Der cent, per yearC On January 9. 1883. Brav paid $3,000 on the last note, aud on June 1884, took up the last-named promissory note by giving his promissory note for $35.

GOO. On April 10, 1885, Bull began suit in the Superior Court on the $115,000 1 the no'e for 20,000, and juuKiiiriik was re dered in his tavor against Bray for 853. 102 2 land costs, taxed at $41 70. This judg ment remains of record iu the Clerkof the Couit in full force and effect, arid wholly unpaid with the exception the sum of $11,031 10 paid on the judgment since the docketing of the same. An execution was issued on April i28, against Bray's personal and real property, and was returned before the beginning if this suit, August 22, 185, wholly unsatisfied.

An lias issued on Jnne 4. 1885, wai also returned uitiit- fied. Plaintiff then alleges thjat at the several times of the making and delivery of the deeds Biay was insolvent and unable to pay in full his debts anddiabil. iiis, anel Las ever since remained so insolvent. The defendant has no other pror- erty than that embiacod in the dned-i mentioned, anil unless the "property ele-sciihel in those deeds can be reached and applied to the payment e-f the amount due The debt must remain wholly unsatisfied.

The complaint further states that the properties described are not exempt from execution, but the deeds ate clouds upon title and gteatly affect the market value thereof. It ia claimed that wherT Bray made tlie deeds be was fully aware nis tinancial condition and the deeds were made and accepted with the intent to place the properties beyond reach of all hie to defraud, binder ami delay thope creditors, aud particularly the plaintiff, to prevent Kim ftom enfoicing payment of the amount due. Bull ss-e-rts thttt he did not di. cover the making e-f the needs, or the condition of the affairs of Bray, or bis insolvency, prior to February l.SMo. Up to that date Bray had re-peatedly represented to plaintiff that he a man of large means, thnt be owned prevterty in value greatly in exce.s tall bis-debta.

and that he was fully able discbarge all his liabilities, and parties ularly-the debt this plaint tf, upon demand. "Wherefore, plaintiff demands judgment, that the deeds mode by Bray his wife and daughter' be declared fraudulent and void as sgfini-t plaintiff. asics that a receiver be nntjoihled and that the premises dercribed be sold under erder of the couit, ami the proceeds sales applied toward the payment of judgment held by plaintiff. The defendants. Bray and his wife in their an swer, denying that pnor to April 21, 1881, Bray was the owner of the Contra Costa property, as thty eieny eich allege tion throughout the complaint and fur A SEPARATE ANSWEB7 Iefendazits allege that the causes of ac set out in the complaint, at the pieces land in Contra Cost county are barred the provisions of subdivision 4, Section 338, of the Code.

of ieil Procedure. Tbe defendants Emma B. Cchen a -d fcer basband, Alfred Cohen, in their ar-swer a im that deeded'the property mentiopad in complaint "to Mrs. Cohen, "but deny that the deed was voluntary, or that there no valutl le consideration. On the contfarj-, they allege that at the time of making of the dret Alfreel H.

Cohen Emma Bray were engaged 1 1 be mar- tied, and Bray, knowing his, and the purple cf encouraging prejf osed marriage, gave the property described and promised that when the inarrUge took placa he would build a house on the premises for the occu-paii of Ci l.en and his wife, and indoced thee promises these defendants were married to each either on February 2S, 1 188C Alfred H. Cohen furrSshed the hou-e according to his agreement, expending large sums of money in adding to and the va'ue of the pieiperty. The on trial last Wednesday, and the prosecution gave testimony intended te sustain the allega'i of the cotrpb.ijt. the defense, W. A.

I'ray and Alfred Cohen testified that the deed of the Oak Farm property was a marriage portion, on this showing the Couit gave judgment for the defendants. Further hear-in, was then postponed until this after-coon at 2 o'clock. At 2 e'cle ck this afternr on none of the cours-d for either party weie preset and Judge Grenne stated that the date for further bearing of the case would hare be fixed hereafter. KlsjliS Years. Mrs.

Margar was sentenced to-day, in San Francisco, tn eifcht years ia State Prison for assault snarler Emma T. Lathrop with a razo-, outskirts of the -town. Diift wood gathered at flood tide from tbe bay is rotting in the backyard, and oyster cans, disrobed of their gaudy trademarks, and tawdry japer envelopes giisten in the sun, battered like I BE1H.EVAL HELUKTS On exhibition in a dime museum. Booties Uiat once contained pepper sauce, bottles that were once filled with beer, bottles that smell cf pickles, broken -Lotties, cracked fat bottles, lean "bottles, bottles of every size, shape and color litter the sward, hide in the tar grass. lurk in the woodpile, twiakle in the open and everywhere lay in wait for the bare feet of the half dozen youngsters ading on the muddy beach searching or clam holes or chasing tne tumble crablet to his lair 111 the slimy Goats brjwsa in places where the omniverous donkey would starve T7-meditutive goats philosophic ftont' tnaL inrive on tar-weea ani vacrant cir cus posters torn from the bleak side of a neighboring fence.

Your Alameda goat is a contented creature and admirable for his patient endurance of ills that would deringe the more susceptitls intellect of the ordinary West Oakland goat. An atmosphere of mingled beer and clam chowder lazily through the open windows, and the traveler knows that he is passing through what is known as- the West En 1. This section of Alameda populated by people who rent lean bath ing suits to fat met, and lure out strange and uncouth costumes to ail sorts of women who here on hot summer days to swim in tni(8 and plunge koad- oag from spring-boards iiko bine bloomered comets. Another class cf ti West Knd populace is the small mer chant who lures the unwary to purcrKe indigestible popcorn balls, txtf -roasted peanuts, unpalatable candy mstMfactured during the Devonian age, stale beer, fighting whisky and tamales. Ah, the tiiuaie! Maudlin memory be still! Thou haunting taniale of Alameda, avauntl Then there is the shooting gallery colony, the lifting machine fraud, the varietv show of barn storming sub-thespians, the ring-chucking" swindlers a motfay gang i penny peddlers and CQMHEKCIAL PIRATES, Wh so hand aarnst everybody, and reafching out for everybody's pocket.

As we nit through this Olect tIe neighborhood -we n-'tice an its sramrner its hot weather The booths are eujpty, the sidewalk peanut and andy obstructions are denuded, the bath-itu tanks uurippled by even the wind, the beer merchant asleep on a csk. at his dirr like au over-fe I sjiijer in his weV, tbe tttoroughftn-es I and sT.ent and the town drowsy wirh idleness as ii taViing a si-t before arising refreshed for Sunday's work. The train passes the ha-1 grounds where the Pioneers were destined, on th following Jly to Wat-rl 00 this tireenhn id Morans, and where "twenty thousand men, women and children were to gather for Sullivan worship. The enterprising management had tacked a piper sign to the gits announcing that on this occasion only, everybody, inclti ling ladies and children, would have to py twenty-five cnts to pass toe port-ils on Sun lav. Tvventy-fivo cents to se Sullivan decline to nirip're the base ball match.

tim- jxivt, ilov mny ot those who cmwdfil, an! pistied. and fought, to 'th a glimpse ef-the liislon bruiser would pav twenty -live cents to ht ar Oliver Wendell also of Boston, iectme? HoW many of theai would purchase the Atlantic- Jlonthtt, a Boston puoiicatior, How many of them ever heard of Lowell, James, II owells or 'Emerson, all tonian-', or having heard of them would give twi-nfy-five ennts to rod. uhat they have written? Erston may be proud f. her Sullivan, but the must not erect her haughty ctest tno high on his account, it is a humiliating fact that Snllivan is 111 1 because he is a lUist pin -duct, but becar'si he is a slogger a nullity hitter. The -grounds were dsited as we passed rdy a small boy iu the liht fje'd ani a sparrow hopped spryly over home plate, -a-chini; in vaiilfor something to' And the Mir.

shine floodeit the showering its gohlen rays upon clean, well-kept 1 ark street atul glirteni'ig from the tall electric tiht tower ia. reflected radiance as bril-li ont as the midnight sparkle of the famous ix Tnoons on half a dozen sticks. "Partee lastay 'Meda!" It is tl conductor, talking in thnt weird anguag ot the railway so ditfictilt to tin lerst in 1, and yet so comprehensive when thoroughly mastered by the lerscverinsr linguist. l're-5y. translated, the Conductor of our had simply remarked.

fttAtioa. La '11 Alameda. I on rriy w.iy to tran Jos. I shad Alv is nrxt I ir.ay I a long time on Jits road, but I shall, gf h-re or t-xolode in the a'temtt. K.SAL'.

THE Organization of County C'en-- iral Committee. A "meeting of the County Central Committee of the American party was held last evening, and the following officers were elected: J. L. Eyon, Chairman; I 'r C. L.

Tisdale, of Alameda, -Secretary; (Jeurge W. Grayson, Tiejsurer; Financial Cotrmittee, K. K. Potter, J. F.

Chapman, U. Inman, tjmith, E. Jf. Comu.ittee.on By-Laws, M. Otey, W.

V. Craig and C. Allen. Committee on Printing and Publications, Messrs. Cuvillier and Committee on Ma Meetings, with power to act, Messrs.

Havens. Grayson and Fellows. The Secretary was in-strtit'td to request Americans of every precinct in the county to form clubs and iiid dele 'at to the Central Committee. If. assistance is needed in the formation of cliibs, the committee will do all in their power to assist them.

The third Friday each rnont.i was selected as the regular meeting night of 'the committee. After some informal discussion as reuarc's the good of the partv, the committee adjourned. Watti Tract Steiirt ing-room. The Free Library Trustees still have under c'orjsiJeratioa the advisability of establishing a free reading-room at Watts Tract. The argument put forth are the residents of East and West Oakland can come up to the Central Keading-room without cost, while the residents of North Oakland are obliged to pay to com down the cars.

The subject will probably be considered at the next regular meeting of the Trustee', which will be held on ths 7th of next month. a a is of 1.