Weekly Trinity journal., 1870-07-02
Our San Francisco AV'"~-'


closed an exhibition of his miniature body when
there turns up from some unknown quarter an
other little animal in the form of a man and so
small that he might be one of the citizens of
Lilliput, that Guilliver slowed away in his pocket
If this new Dot was manufactured TO order for
the show business he reflects credit on his pater-
mai producer, but if intended for an ordinary
normal production, quart bottle, alcohol and
a medical museum ought to have been the proper
termination of his infantle career.
Chang, the Chinese giant, accompanied by his
wife King Foo, or the Golden Lily-the former
being the tallest man n-the world lover eight
feet high) and the latter the most beautiful of
Chinese women, are holding levees at Wood
wards gardens. Time was before the compile
| tion OF the Pacific railroad, when all these Won
ders of the world--giants, pigmies, beautiful
! Circassians and other monstrosites, Ignored our
existence, and like the plague of lecturers took
heed of neither our intellectual cultivation nor
natural curiosity, but passed by on the other
side of the continent. Now we are overwhelmed
with all that is astounding, abnormal and sur
prising in the fiftycent exhibition line, and except
for the unaccountable absence of the learned
pig, who has not been with us for nearly year,
! we must have within the borders of this State a
complete assortment of every creature that was
ever shown for half dollar.
There is war and rumors of war in the San
Francisco newspaper world. Mrs. Respectable
! ity, OF California street-baptismal name alta
! CgiYornfa-has had to come down to twenty-five
cent week, and talks of running an evening
edition in opposition TO the Bulletin. The Buiie-
1 tin is now issued in the morning at two bits a
week. Country readers are puzzled to know
how it is that the Alta with a circulation rang
ing from 2 800 to 5000 should be enabled to
keep the auctioneers' advertisements, while a
paper like the Call with n 6oRqfde circulation of
900 never obtains one. The reason is that the
Alta has allowed the auctioneers to run up
large-sized bills and if they hint at with drawing
their patronage the account is sent in with a re-
quest for immediate payment, which brings the
going, going, cones to terms The days for
high-prced papers in San Francisco have gone
by never to return until railroads and electric
wires resolve into their original elements and
the Panama steamer becomes of old the only
means of communication with the rest of the
world.
The Carrie Diamond murder case, now on
trial in the Twelfth district court, excites unu-
sual interest This is the seventh day of it and
il is not expected to be concluded for another
week. Besides the peculiar circumstances CON
nected with Miss Diamonds DEATH the proceed
Jugs attract more than ordinary attention from
the fact that the lady was well known to the res
idents of the city, as young, dashing, wealthy
women, much liked and respected She had II
millinary store in Kearney street and was doing
business of several hundred dollars per day,
making money fast and investing it wisely, when
in an evil moment she made the acquaintance of
Francis n. NeuyaI, II Frenchman of neither pre-
possessing appearance nor manners. BY one of
those mysterious destinations which neither
man or woman can understand he soon obtained
complete control over both her property and
person, and If acquitted of the capital charges,
dOuDt that he a lpaSt cd
her moral and financial ruin He impoy ershed
her business by borrowing large sums of money
and when her creditors became pressing, in
duced her to assign most OF her property to him
and go into bankruptcy. Last November, con-
! tinued anxiety of mind brought on a slight ill
ness which confined her to her bed, but under
medical treatment she soon recovered. On the
9th of November she was apparently in perfect
health, eat hearty dinner and danced with
some children in her ROOM AT two o'clock
Neuyal came with bottle which he said CON
tanned champagne, an hour afterwards he en-
gagged a nurse, saying that Carrie was sick at
at four O'Clock he sent for doctor who left II
prescription, and few hours Afterwards
one but Neuyal being present-tbe girl died. A
post m0rtem examination revealed that death was
caused by the administration of chlor.orm, and
Neuval (wh0 is proved to have made enquiries
about the use of that drug) was arrested. The
evidence against him is very slight and entirely
tanning conviction But it is many years since
popular prejudice sided so strongly against an
accused, and the universal verdict is "gailty,
though no proof"
Mr.. j. b. Haggin Vice President of the South
ern Pacific railroad, has addressed "A commun-
cation to the Board of Supervisors in which he
states that the company over which he has the
honor to preside do not desire to avail them
selves of fraud and intimates rather obscurely
that unless the city absolutely forces the millon
dollars upon them they would rather not take il.
BY thus making virtue of necessity ii is ex-
pected that the public will be so impressed with
the graceful disinterestness of the action as to
absolve Messrs. STAMFORD Il Co. from all suspic-
ion of having manipulated the altered tickets.
But the public, albeit easily hoodwinked in most
matters, has so thoroughly made up it mind that
I the railroad the prime mover in the at
tempted rOguery that IA dozen disclaimers would
not convince it to the contrary and Mr.. Haggin 5
epistOlary effort is looked upon as being die
tated by the same motive that causes pick
pocket to cry "stop thief" a little louder than
the pursuing crowd. The city has offered a re-
ward of hye thousand dollars for the discovery
of the gentleman whose pencil wrote the hun
dred odd "fors" on the First ward ballots, so
that if detective skill can unravel the mystery
the pecuniary incentive to do so is not wanting
Forged lottery tickets are almost as plentiful
as the genuine article and nicely executed
that il is very difficult to detect the counterfeit.
Somebody is telling tibs about the number of
tickets sold for when the celebrated Dan O Con
ner applied for an injunction Mr.. w. II. l.. Barnes
said in his reply that all were disposed of
but about 5000. The managers since then an
nounced that they had order from New York
/ for 80, 600, and yet purchasers still get any
quantity of them at the Office by paying coin.
Mrs. Doctor l.. Carr, gave woman'S ideas
on the Chinese question, night or two ago, at
Piatts halls to an audience of twenty-nine. The
lecture was for the benefit of the anti-Coolie
Laundry association, when one would have sup
posed all the platform denounces of Cooeism
would muster in strong force The truth is,
that most of the opposers of Chinese mmigra-
tion are willing to make any sacrifice in favor of
their principles until dollars are mentioned and
then their sympathy for the moor white lahorer