Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-12-26

AssSeY cesnxnupe11nf Of the y.
sinsst San fsnrilro. Nov. 20. TINS ssosrs-
In she way 81 politics the times are psclRant
With great aseaaise s--hinfs, winks, blinks ana
thinks. The different parties are Ike lot OF
dssss thai have just come cat Of general skriin-
ussgr. and all got whipped, and are rather reisie
tsnt 10 take hold agaiT--sst they sit all around
ii 4 ring showing their teeth al each other.
i SHARP srIzrrR roR nrsr.
i noticed in the Times, mention Of The mate
ri,ss OF a building having been stolen from a va
cant lot up town in yonr city, and no ctr Obtain
al 10 their Whereabouts We do these things
u,,bettcr Ii, San Francisco. The proprietor OF
A new LAGER beer saloon atftte head of Meiggs
wharf having failed 10 PAT bis ground rent s,is-
pected his landlord would lay claim 10 the b'iisd.
ing. which of course was liable for the ground
rent. So after dark, he commences, and at sun
rise there was nothing left but the piles on which
the building stood the evening previous. The
l,nalord came down the next morning 10 attach
the building, Ia two story one, but was consid.
erahly astonished MOTTO find stick Oft left, and
he has never found /; or the owner to this day.
rHg OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Il abnndantly supplied, and even young and
u
IL being the dreadful extravaganza in dress in
dulged in By this feminine community. II IA
perfectly awful They have nothing else TO do
hut spend money, dress, running about from
house to house, gossiping and talking scandal
OF all places that ever was heard of, San Francis
co takes the lead for scandal. No one escapes
No wonierthe youngmen shudder at the thought
of tackling themselves to such thoaghtless, ex-
travagant senseless candidates for the situations
ofwives and mothers. Society in California, at
the present speaking, is in a dreadfu's state, the
chief occupation of the female portion of it being
as aforesaid, and in turning their noses up at
each other.
NEW noTEL---yALUE OF REAL ESTATE.
The Union Hotel, formerly the headquarters
Of gcnteel Democracy, but latterly like Taras
Halls, deserted is about to be re-opened again.
II will never be suitable hotel for lsdies-only
appropriate for Young bucks. To show you the
difference between the times as they used to
vas and times as is--the rent of this hotel in
1862 and 1853 was $4,000 permonth, or 100000
, per annum-its frontage not being over 20 feet,
its depth about loo-three stories high. Now
it has very tight scratch to get an occupant at
81 900 per month or sl2,0 900 per annun,, and it
is extremely doubtful about its continuation at
that price. Real Estate sells slowly at less price
for house and lot than the buildings cost, or
about 0ne-t0urtll cost TWO wears ago.
THE FARMERS OF CALIFORNIA.
The only class of people who may be said to
be thoroughly sound and prosperous are the
farmers. They have had a hard struggle, but
have come out bright at last, and there is scarce
" one in the country that is not making money.
Great attention is being paid to the dairy bust
ness. There has never been time that fresh
butter would not bring 70 cents per pound,
cheese 90 cents-the former IS now 81 to 81, %
and it costs less to keep stock here than in the
Eastern States, the feed being best in the winter,
when Eastern farmers are obliged to feed out
hav, &c Cattle have been very low, and cows
to be had for what cost in the State of New
York; but, within the last three months, stock
| of all kinds has advanced fifty per cent. and is
still going up. Horses are getting scarce; the
omnibus and stage companies use them up very
fast, and there appears to be none coming over
the plains. 1t will be good speculation Tor the
Western men to bring them, next season. The
price of good dray horse ranges from 800 to
$500 Il good common road horse, 5000; u crab
that can 20 in three minutes, 81 ,000--and every
second under adds Il couple OF hundred dollars.
There are probably three hundred fast horses
kept at livery, in San Francisco, ranging from
$500 to $4,000 in value \ pair of carriage
horses cost $1,000; pair that will go together
in 3:O5, or $40, So, 600 The distinction in value
between pacing and trotting horses is not as
great as with you 4 pacing horse will sell for
within one-fourth as much as g trotter of the
same speed. The native California horses, al
though small, are being broken to harness, and
hundreds are driven in soda-wagons and beer
carts. California is a fast county--no mistake
about it--and every one here seems to be deter
mined to have good time, and enjoy life. We
arc all firm believers in the ancient adagc Of
$50 it while you'er young for when you get
old it's inconvenient."