The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-10-13
Our California Letter.

SAN FRANCIsCo, Oct. s, 1877.
The great question which is every day press.
ing itself upon the attention Of the thinking
men Of this Statesls, What are we to do with
our unemployed labori In this as well as other
states and in no city more than san francisco,
is this question loudly clamoring for solution.
In the country our unemployed are proportion.
ally much smaller, il being generally known
TACT that there is little chance TOR the labonne
man re, unless he he q skilled mecahRlc, Ow.
ing to the farmers work being almost exciU.
slvely done by Cinnamon. The result is that
nearly all If our unemployed classes are crowd
ed into san Francisco, and their appeals for
work grow louder each day. All that mas been
done thus far has been to make a slight reduc
tion IN the number OF Chinese employed in the
vailous factories and substitute white men; buI
great project Is now being ardently advocated
which, If carried out. will do much to bring
prosperity to our brawny soma Of toll. This Is
O scheme for sea wall to be built the whole
length OF the city, and running out around the
Golden Gate. 1ne enterprise ID gigantic one,
and II undertaken would give wOik Tor hund.
reds OF labJrers TOR many II onths 10 come, The
pay, too, would be good, unless he city were to
violate all IOrIner Ireredent There Is no doubt
but thaC such wall Will, sooner or iafer, be
constructed and give san trunClsCO a wharfage
perhaps the most extensive IN tle word out
It's construction now Would Ue Ike that oil
many OF our new hotels. an excellent thing IN
its way, but years IN advance OF the demand for
| II. However, the pOpuiar verdict ls that sUme-
| thing must be done for our unenDlOyed laOOr,
| and thY at once and as this project seems the
only feasible one tnat Will DenenJ them 10 any
| great extent, 1t Is finding new fIlends and advO.
Gates daily.
| cisco society by the IInumeraOte divorce suits
and scandal actions that are Caily before our
courts, our Tepu ation for morality would DC
| decidedly below pHr. For variety this week we
| have q suit to set aslde a divorce granted heI Q
| sometime $50 TO parties who were never even
| married. The case IL singular in some respects.
Some months ago young lady. moving IN good
| sOcleIy, made appht alton TO be !Ooscned from
| the bonds Of matlimony with u gentleman
| named Walter. weli.KnOwn in the gay world, TO
| whom she prOfessed TO have been privately mar.
| ried some months before. No Oppg gsItion wuB
mYde by Waiter, aud the divorce was gained,
1t appears. however, that in the matter Of ali,
| mOuy she pressed hlm to hard and he now turns
round and declares that the young lady was
never married to M They were intimate and
she became encIsnte lie sent her 40 o secluded
place In ihe cOuutrY wnere u child was born.
she then eurned TO the CITY, and was every
where regarded us an unmarried and respecta.
bic young INDY. FUr peCuniaIy OBJECTS, how.
ever he declares she soon pretended 10 him that
she could not longer Keep ner secret, ana urgt d
that he allow her to take divorce that she
might have access TO her child, anu retain her
good name in the world. lie consented, aud
the gossipS being interested in the matter OF
the divorce, forgot 10 inquire very closely into
the presumaDe marriage, which now appears
not 10 bHve taken plnce at all
Another unusual case that has occupied ouI
courss this week has been beach OF OroInise
action. The lar plalntiH is spinster Of SIXTY
five summers, while the ruthless DESTROYER o.
iemaie peace and happiness has now reached
} tue mature age OF seVenlY.six years. The plain
til alleges seduction a few ears ago while shO
was employed no the decrepid old gentlcman'i
housekcepeT, and lj Remains to be seen wha
damage the jury may think ner bhghted pros
poets are entitled TO.
; We had an IncipIent anti.coOhe. riot last Tues
? day, wnch at one time promised to make seI1
= Gus trouble. A p,dlal went intoa house o.
7, well street and on helng told that the lad!
; did not wish TO purch ase, assaulted the Chimes
boy, knocked out seve al Of ms teeth, and bi
; HIM in the arm: He then ran into the stree
] closely pur' utd bv JOhn, who, though mu
. smaller than the edur, seized MIN ana hum
4 on. A crowd Of two or thr,e hundred hOOn uul
Q appeared in a twinEling. and score Of wOWe
: rushed up with paving stones XIII he Cl II
ese--"" something" was Ghe cTv but JOh
' hung 10 his man IN spite Ot the efforts ol tn
!: mob to rescue, and never let go his no d u d
u erul pO icemen arrived on the scene and too
o the misCreant TO the CITY Prison. The hOOC
Z lums at the sight Of the officers. DelOOk then
. 81. YES to the neariest groceries, and the con
Il munistlc woman suddenly laid down their bIlcl
bats and 0etnOught themselves OF their babe
o MAX.