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SAN FRANCISCO, February Sth.-
A gang of Mexicans, who have their
headquarters in this city, are operat-
ing throughout the country in the
cigar line. They sell at ruinously low
prices, were the cigars of any account.
And the y state while bartering that
the articles were smuggled, conse-
quenely they can afford to sell cheap.
The cigars are really vile Chinese af-
fairs and the buyer is in every case
outrageously swindled.
A firm of London, England, has
been sending emigrants from that
kingdom to the Pacific coast with
false representations and fictitious
letters of introduction, in many cases
entailing heavy loans OH parties who
placed money in their hands.
Among the curiosities in the Police
speaks only Spanish, and an ex-Con-
gresham. Both attracted considera-
BILE attention.
James r. Horrick, member of the
California Board of Brokers, has been
missing since Jan. Goth. He leaves
many inquiring friends who mourn
for him in greater or less amounts.
Unfortunately McGregor, the youth
full foot-pad shot on Sunday forenoon
while attempting highway robbery,
is recovering.
Toward sundown the rain ceased,
and with the rising barometer it looks
like clearing up. The buoy at sea con-
tinues high, however, and several ves-
sells are waiting for the sea to subside
to proceed on their voyage, including
the steamer Los Angeles for the South
ern coast.
The celebrated buggy robe affair, in
which DR.. Rice, the late Coroner, was
interested, and which was the main
cause of his dismissal from office, was
up to-day before the Municipal Court,
and on motion of the Counsel for the
people, the case was dismissed, the
Doctor going free.
During the gale this morning some
damage occurred to the shipping on
the Southern and most exposed por-
tions of the water front. The ship
Niagara and bark Battle Axe were
badly chafed by striking against the
wharves, and some injury was done
in similar manner to few other
vessels.
Paul Spite, surveyor attached to
the County Surveyors office, was ar
rested yesterday on charge of biga-
my. He came here several years ago
and married daughter of Max Hoer-
mer, O well known German citizen.
Some months ago an advertisement
was published in the German newspa-
per here, asking Information relative
to Paul Spite, of st. Louis, which was
responded to by his father-in-law, and
it was ascertained that Spite had a
wife and child in that city. The ac-
cused was arrested.
PHI. Sumner, on a requisition from
California, was arrested for allege ed
forgeries aggregating 100000. He
formerly resided in Oakland as real
estate agent. He has an office in this
city also. His rascalities have been
found upon inv estigation to crop out
in nearly all of his real estate transac-
tions. Sumner has obtained consider
able nOt0rietyi in connection with the
Parshall scandal. 1t was he who put
the charges against Rev. Mr.. Parshall
into circulation.
The eSavings Banks of this city have
decided to pay back to depositors the
mortgage tax which the banks had re-
tanned until the constitutionality of
the law had been decided, and will be
decided tomorrow.
Of the two dozen criminals in the
Dock Police Court to-day, about doz-
en- of them were boys under the age of
eighteen and a majority of them &C.
cused of crimes of the gravest charac-
ter. Five lads, none of whom appear
ed to be over sixteen, were charged
with grand larceny. Two were accus-
ed of outrageous acts of hOOdlumism,
and two more were striplings had to
answer for highway robbery in the
night time, attended by violence. In
addition to this there were two or
three boys up for petty offenses, while
the cells of the city prison held doz-
en- Others all under eighteen, held on
suspicion of being implicated in felo-
nies.
The steamship Ancon has arrived
from San Diego.