Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-02
San Francisco Letter.
Tho Usual Growl at hHard Tlmssn-Ths Con-
shtutionial Convention - Stocks - The
Theatres-A Plucky Manager, etc,
SAN Francisco, Sept. sOth.

Theatres-A Plucky Manager, etc
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 30th.
EDITOR HERALD: Like almost
every where else on the Coast San
Francisco has not got over the
"hard times" caused partially by
the almost total failure of crops
last year, and the thousand and one
other causes, which are always
brought into requisition when
ever comparison of seasons-good
or bad-is desirable. By the way,
did you ever know Of a good season
In Califo rnia until after it had
passed for few years The ''old-
est inhabitant" will exultingly in
form you that the years $50 and SOL
were the times when money was
flush, when industry thrived, and
when 1.-THE boys" generally had all
they wanted. But, If you had been
here in those very years, you
would undoubtedly have heard
those same individuals croaking
over the hard times pretty much
as they are doing to-day. The
almost unprecedented amount of
of shippeing now in the harbor to
load graiu for foreign ports, and
equally unprecedented yield OF
small cereals, are calculated not
only to make the heart of the for
eign shipping master rejoice, but
also that of the providenJ Califor.
MIA granger.
At present almost everything
centers in the
CoNsTITUTIoNALC CONVENTION,
Which met on Saturday ut Sacra.
mento, although it is generally
conceded that, among the Non
partisans, there are some of the
brightest intelects in the State
holding seats as delegates, yet
there is u feeling of mistrust, not
TO say of apprehension, lest the
purely ignoramus portion OF
the Workingmen's crowd should
either get control, or, by their
cursed obstinacy, retard the pro-
ceedings of the Convention to such
an extent as to either make it u
grand farce, or result in a rupture
which would prove even more dis
astrous to the interests of the peo-
pie of the State at large. However,
all hope for the best as the result of
its labors and "we shall see what
we shall see."
THE STOCK MARKET,
AS your readers are advised, has
been booming of late, and fortunes
aud bankruptcy have followed in
the wake of Sierra Nevada, Savage,
Hale & Norcross, etc. Personally,
l know one individual who bought
Hale & Norcross at Sc about the
time of the big jump in Sierra Ne.
vada. Last Friday it reached Sl8,
aud he sold, realizing n handsome
profit. But, on Saturday, by one
of those freaks best known to
the "inside" manipulators, the
stock advanced TO $45, and my
friend, who was exultant on the
day previous, told me conflden-
TALLY that he never felt SO much
like kicking himself as he did
when he heard of the advance.
But this is a common occurrence
on California street, and men who
are paupers so to speak, to-day
may become millionaires to.mor. :.
row.
PERSONALS.
One sees great many Angeleiios
on the streets, almost every day,
G. o. Tiffany has been in attend
ance at the State Fair, with some of
his fine trOtting stock, as have also
Messrs. Titus and Rose. Imet Col.
Ayers, Friday, bound for Sacra.
mento to attend the Convention.
X. ID. Pitt has been sloshing around
here for the past three or four weeks
with the insane idea that he can
be elected Secretary of the Con.
ventiOn. He is supposed to repre-.
sent the Workingmen, but, it is
said, will fall considerably short of
securing an electiOn-BOruck, as it
is generally conceded, having the
inside track.
INVESTIG ATIoNS
Occupy considerable attention Just
now, and their developments ap.
pear to stuffthe public nav to its
utmost capacity for reception.
What with the several reports of
the Bank Com ssioners, the
Austin affair, the Police Commis-
sioners, Board of Supervisors, ETC.,
the average citizen Is fast coming
to the belief that 80 err il
human" and feels in no particular r
humor to finish the quotation.
THE THEATRES
Have all been doing a fair business
during the past few weeks. At the
California, Robson aud Crane have
made their farewell bow, and are
succeeded tomorrow night by
Frank Mayo in "Davy Crockett"
At Baldwin's, "Struck Oil" has
held the boards for two weeks, Civ.
ing way tomorrow evening to
BrOugham's "Emeraid Ring"
The Grand and National are closed
"for repairs" At the Bush Street
Theatre the Oates Company are
proving not only a gratifying, but
u pecuniary success. Their fir. t
production had fine run of two
weeks, and now "Girofe Grofa"
enters on its second week with
fiattering prospects. The manag, r,
Mr.. Charles E. Locke, being u
sometime resident of Los Angelo,
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