, 1876-11-03

on any subject Be that as it may, it
must be confessed, if true, that he has
kept his mouth shut to better purpose
for his own interests than most of US
can claim, for all our blowing. Slow as
stocks are, they have managed this
week to catch
oNB BIG FISH
In their net, and leave him houndering
in the mud of the slough of despond." !"
General Frisbie, ex-lord of the manor
of Vallejo, and kind of father of that
ambitious but disappointed city, has
come to grief, and in consequence, the
Vallejo Savings Bank, of which he was
President, has followed in his footsteps,
and shut up shop for the time being. The
depositors, however, seem to have had
an idea of the way in which the General
was going, and many Of them had fled
from the wrath to come, and withdrawn
their deposits, 80 the chances are that
no one will be much hurt.
woMAN's MINING BUREAU.
Talking about stocks reminds me that
the lady spectators, whose name is le-
gion, have grown tired of smbling about
in the crowd on California street, la
curb-stone broker, and propose to have
headquarters of their own, where they
can hear the news of the street, fix their
back hair, discuss the state Of the mar
ket, adjust their pull backs, and make
themselves generally at home. To this
end they have incorporated the "Wo-
mans Mining Bureau" and propose to
run in connection with it a woman's
stock-broking Office, after the manner of
Woodruff, Clafin & Co., of fragrant
memory. What jobs the dear creatures
will put up on confding public and
each other, when they get that thing
running smoothly. The venerable
Mother Swift, whose silvered locks are
feature of California street, is the re-
puted maternal ancestor of this promis-
ing bantling, and the men of the street
do say that the blessed old lady is about
as shrewd a manipulation as any of them
selves, and has on sundry and divers oc-
casions "scooped" her feminine con-
freres with as much sang .froid and
dpLomb as ever Jim Keene or Billy
Sharon exhibited. Look out for fun
when the doors of that Bureau open.
CROOKED WHISKY.
After q second trial of several weeks,
the crooked whisky case of the United
States vs.. Charles Jost, of the Antioch
Distillery, has again come to an end.
Verdict for the defendant, as might
have been expected-at least that's what
the revenue agents who worked up the
case say, and they growl bitterly over
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got away with them in their efforts to
bring offenders 10 justice. and talk not
loudly, but strongly Of "sell out" on
the part Of prosecuting officers, sup
preston and destruction Of dOcumen-
tary evidence, etc. One thing seems
certain, that in the face of pretty strong
eliminating testimony, Jost again goes
scot free, and it is an open question
what influences have been at work to
compass that result.
POLITICAL.
Politics are boiling as usual, without
anything OF special interest. The vet
Grams tried hard the other evening to
get an expression of opinion from Cen
eral Sherman when they serenaded him
at the Palace Hotel; but the old soldier
lodged all that, and managed to send
the boys away in pretty good humor,
without saying anything to commit him
self.
ETC.
The weather is getting little mixed.
We had lively shower this morning,
enough to lay the dust pretty thorough
ly; quite a blessing in this dirt-ridden
city, where a sprinkling cart is the
eighth wonder Of the world. The pro-
phets say we are to have early rains, so
please take notice, and make your prep
arations accordingly. W.
EFFEcr OF TEA oNSKN.-H you drop
few drops Of strong tea upon a piece