The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-19
SAN FRANOIsOO LETTER.

SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
international Press Bureaus letter.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 10, 1877.
The past week has witnessed the
unusual spectacle Of all San Francisco
Frustrated with heat. The thermOme-
ter marched steadily upward, without
retreat, until it stood at 90 in the
Shade. That mythical parsonage,
known as the Oldest inhabitant, kept
himself wholly occupied during the
continuance OF the heated term with
assuring every one he met. that such
weather had never been known here,
at least not since he landed in 40, and
Waded waist-deep in mud through
what are now the principal streets of
the city. Each day he declared would
be the last of the fiery ordeal. After
five days his prediction came true.
The trade wind suddenly sprang up
and came sweeping in, raw and chilly
from the Pacific, upon the sWelterlng
city. Within two hours the thermom-
eter dropped from 99o to Coz and
light OvercoatS and thick under-gar-
ments were as much in demand in the
evening as fans and iced lemonade
had been in the afternoon. The heat
ed term had gone as suddenly as it
came.
1t is not alone the warm weather
that has kept the people in a feverish
state during the past week. Local
IpoIitics are the main topics Of CONVEX
sation throughout the town. The can
yass for the nominations to the various
municipal offices has been fairly begun.
1t is, OF course, too early yet for any
candidates TO have much confidence,
but it seems pretty generally under
| derstood that the present Mayor, A. D..
Bryant, who, by the way, is believed
to have more than a longing for the
/ United States Senatorship, will have
no opposition should he decide to ac-
| cept another term of his present office.
From tile number of the parties who
Ideclaro they will put tickets i'll the
field for the other municipal offices, one
might suppose that the number Of the
candidates would vie with that of
their constituents. There are citizens
lparties, taxpayers parties, independ-
ent parties, anti-COOie parties, and
dozens of each; but by the last Of next
month there will probably be a general
consolidation, and, when the election
comes in the fall, there will probably
be but two tickets for municipal honors
in the field. It is broadly limited by
| those who have no love for the smaller
political organizations, that their sole
purpose is to secure assessments ="
from the candidates Of the larger par
ties. who fear independent rivals in the
field. If this be tue, one cannot but
pity the candidate who fears to run,
unless he has first "seen" all the clubs
that may work against him unless paid
Il consideration for their support.
The Society of California Pioneers
have finally agreed to the compromise
effected between the trustees OF the
late James Lick and his son John IL.
Lick. 1t will be remembered that i'm
mediately after his fathers death,
"young Lick" as John III. is some
times called, although he is about sixty
years old, being dissatisfied with the
moderate fortune left him by the old
millionaire, went East and proceeded
Ito collect what evidence he could OF
his own legitimacy and rights to his
fathers millions, with a view to up
setting the trust deeds by which the
elder Lick had shortly before his death
conveyed the bulk of his great wealth
to various philanthropic and charitable
purposes. To avert what promised to
be an unfortunately long and costly llti-
cation, the Lick Trustees agreed upon
a compromise with John IL. LICK, by
which the latter was to receive the
sum of 100000, and abandon forever
all claim to the $6,000,OOO LETT by his
father The amount to be paid the
son was to be deducted pro rate from
the respective shares OF all the bene-
ficiaries. A friendly suit was begun to
free the trustees from responsibility.
Thensarose the hitch which threatened
to upset the whole arrangement, and
drive the younger Lick into lawsuit
for his fathers estate. Thes"Pioneers"
stubborly refused to accede to the COM
promise, and the Academy OF Sciences
followed their example. Negotiations
have been going on for several months
with the recalcitrant societies, and at
length the Pioneers have concluded
to allow John to have his half million
and avoid a lawsuit. What course the
Academy of Sciences will take is not
yet known, but it is believed they will
accede to the compromise, and that the
Lick trusts will afford the almost UNI
heard of spectacle of rich man leay-
ing his millions for the public good,
and having his express wishes carried
out without an endless litigation after
his decease. Now that the obstacles
by his son are practically
ended, the trustees will push forward
the work committed to them with