The weekly Butte record., 1866-09-29

SAN FRAscIsco. Sept. 9th, L

SASFRAscIsco. Sept. 24th, 1866
Dull7 very dull, as dull as the d. These COM
parsons family to express the general state
OF business here at present. 1.-The oldest inhabi-
tant" never saw any thing to equal the present
pressure of nothing to do. Why, We don't even
have q respectable earthquake to pet and keep up
the excitement with, and Local Items goes
mournfully around, vainy bunting a subject for
paragraph. And yet, with his general stagnation
of business. there are more improvements being
made than ever before. The whole city front, from
the foot OF Folsom street.-the present Pm. s.. S.
Cos. wharf, IL Third street, is being rapidly i'm
proved new wharves building. and streets and hills
graded so that 90 that the entire local of the place
will be entirely transformed. Prominent among
these improvements. are the new and extensive
wharves OF the Lumber Dealers Association and
the wharves and and depot of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Co. This last is the most substantial and ex
tensve piece of work of the kind ever built on the
Pacific Coast, and when completed will have from
tage enough to accommodate six steamers. There
will also be large Bonded warehouse. Machine
shops, Foundry and all the other buildings ne
cessary to carry on the entire business, repairing
etc. Of the company. The business portion of the
city is being greatly improved and many new and
very fine buildings being erected in all parts of
the city, so if we cannot buy and SELL we can build
THE WEATHER, ETC.
This inexhaustibae topic of course must be dis
cussed and in fact deserves it for the last 70 ur
days we have had the most delightful of weather
and as that is an article that is usually scarce in
this market, everybody are trying to make the most
off lof bar an f,r
blcs, as everything in the shape of horse flesh was
in requisition, and the Cliff House and the rest of
our suburban resorts were filled to overfowing
And the ladies. (Bless em), they didn't show their
new bonnets and .'other fxns," nor nothing, oh
no . guess not; and then those new hoops, oh
perfectly adore the tilts.n They allow the little
dears to show their pretty little ankles so nicely
with now and then glimpse of a well turned
L-ahem If you will agree 10 keep it a secret,
will inform you that of the fair dam-sels
actually wear false caires and stuffed with bran at
that; at least one of charmers while trying on
pair of shoes few days ago brought too heavy
strain on the hose, and the result was, the shoe
maker had free feed for his chickens for several
days. ''Men Gott,n he says, "she vas booty put
how tam queek her sdoching did schmall up !
tell you it is getting dangerous for man to trust
to his eyesight now, ''seeng is believeing" may be
true in some cases, but when the subject under con-
sideration is ladies, it won't do. What between
chignons, false calves, palpitators and the many
other etceteras that 60 to make up Belle of the
present day. it takes good judge to tell where
nature leaves off and art begins bat they are lovely
and loveable any way.
HAIL THE OFTEN
The Jenkinses of the press were all on hand
Monday to herald the arrival of the Kanaka Queen,
and as the Steamer came slowly up the harbor, fly
ing the Hawaiian Royal Standards flag of the
largest dimensions known. Each expectant stood
awaiting anxiousy the first appearance of H. r. H.
Queen Emma. The Queen of the Cannibal Islands,
The local of the Bulletin in such haste to be the
first in the field, and head off the grace fool and
asstute Fitz Smith, of the grandmother 4Hu, that
he got things as much mixed as his drinks usually
are. getting Doct. Hitchcock in place of C. F.
Hitchcock, and making him U. S. Minister to the
Islands instead of Hawaiian Consul at this Port
But they excuseable it is not often they have
to chronicle the doings of real Royalty As every
paper in the city will devote considerable space to
the Queen and her movements here, will back ont
(that being royal etquett, | beieve) from her and
the topic, by saying that ever since her arrival.
large crowd of open mouthed expectants, (expec-
torants, the ladies say, throng the sidewalk in
front OF the Occidental. patiently waiting glimpse
at Her Majesty, and suppose feel duly rewarded
it a shadow happens to be thrown on the curtain
OF the room they think she occupies. Well, $50
mote it be- "for SIGH is life GEoRGrcus.