Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-01-03
SAN FRANCISCO LETTER,
FROM OUR REGULAR coRREsPoNDEET.]
sAN FRANc1sco, Dec. 20, 1873.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20, 1878.
DEAR JOURNAL I'VE are still the
satisfied recipients of copious rains. They
interfere somewhat with holiday huek-
sters and tradesmen, but are welcomed
by all who are for the health Of the city
and prosperity of the State. Christmas
was the only fair day we have had in
about six weeks. With tho rains andthe
holidays nearly the entire Legislature Of
! the State came down upon us, and most
of them will probably remain till about
the fourth of January before departing
I for the scene o f their arduous labors.
Would it interest your readers to know
that the fight for the office of Chief En-
gineer of the Fire Department as between
Dave Scannell and Frank Whitney is not
yet closed Only one remarkable cir
cumstance about tive have had no fires
since the fight began. The Chronicle is
hauling Chief Cockrill over the Goals and
Chief Cockrill is correspondingly red hot.
They said he was in favor of prostitutes,
and when about twenty of the creatures
were arrested, Mr.. Chronicle said he ar
rested only those cyprians who do not
patronize his wholesale liquor store. The
/ Chief is indignant and so are his friends
at this method of dealing with him, and
| the Chronicle loses patronage in conse
| quence. There are only two thousand
! opplioan+c fnr ,1oeitiop an tha ,olioa forca
under the law authorizing fifty to be add
ed. OF course each man is sure he will
obtain star and club. City Hall is
thronged daily by men who are anxious
to be made conservators of the public
peace and morality, and to escape from
their opportunities the Chief, Police
Judge, and Mayor have to use every va
riety of strategy. They are worried and
harrassed beyond endurance by the fell
! lows.
At the California Theatcr the Naiad
| Queen" n fairy spectacular piece, is hav
ing tremendous run just because there
is an abundance of female legs displayed
in the play. 1t beats the Black Crook in
many respects but such legs They
must be seen to be appreciated. Clumsy,
spinding, knock -Eneed, stuffed and pad
ded, and yet they must dance and poise,
float around on clouds of canvas and
rough boards, hang by ropes and wires,
and shin up" through trap doors, till
you can't rest. A good, decent play
would not draw two hundred people, but
this fills the house from pit to dome.
Such is the effect of legs, and internally
bad looking legs at that.
We have new thing just now among
the hobbies, the Dundreary fellows who
part their HAIR in the middle and wear
quizzing glasses. You know the ladies
have, for long time been in the habit Of
wearing ugly parasols on their belts as
we used to pack six shooters. Now these
fellows may be seen every day with UNI
brelas hitched to their Wristbands and
sticking out from underneath their nobby
coat tails like dress swords. The effect
is " SO striking, you know" so "genteel
you know" that they will not use their
umbrellas open, even when it rains.
Stocks are " booming" to-day, to-mor
row they will boom down, and thus they
go. VIM. Maloney, formerly of Wea-
vervillc, Chcllis, Sam Kreidcr and 9TH
ers Of old Trinity are on hand, following
them up and down, but Bill Schna5el is
content to deal out Fredericksburg Ia
ger for the thirsty, and makes dividends
at it too. He says there is "nothing
so good for the youthful blood, etc."
The city is very quiet. 1t is an out
rage upon the State that we don't furnish
first class murder or startling suicide
every week, but we can stand it if they
can. | have one consoling tact to an
nounce however. Gentle Laura d. Fair
has realized so, 900 from Ophir, that is
enough and | will close. d