Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-27
THE BAY"
Items Of Interest from San Fran
cisco.
THE ESTATE OF MARX HOPKINS.
His Widow Removed from the Administra-
tion by the Probate Court.
THE INQUIRY INTO AFFAIRS AT THE MINT.
Sacramento Valley Fruit at the Mechanics
Institute Fair.
1.-THE BAY"
THE ESTATE OF MARX HOPKINS.
THE INQUIRY INTO AFFAIRS AT THE MINT.

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SAN FRANCISCO, August 26th.-The Pro-
! bate Court this morning rendered decision
removing Mrs. Hopkins from the administra-
ton of Mark Hopkins estate.
FRUIT AT THE MECHANICS FAIR.
The fruit exhibit at the Mechanics Fair
this year is small, but what there is of it is
of the best varieties and finest descriptions
E. J. Baldwin has an exhibit showing the
productions of his ranch in Los Angeles
county, embracing oranges, lines, citron and
other semi-tropical fruits, as well as apples,
peaches, plans, etc.; barley, wheat and corn
are also shown. The entire exhibit is a very
fine one. The Farmers Association have q
large section on the upper floor of the
Pavilion, where are exhibited all the agricult-
ural products of the State. TIE display is
one of the most interesting in the fair. and is
crowded with observers at all hours.
THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY EXHIBIT
"Sol. Runyon, Sacramento river" is the
modest label on a table on the lower floor,
covered with an array of fruits that attracts
the attention of most persons passing.
Twenty jars of different kinds of jellies put
up by Mrs. Sol. Runyon, is fitting set off
to this the best display of California fruits
seen in San Francisco for many day. D. M.
Asborn, ID. I'll. Asboru and II. Mahler, all of
Coloma, show some choice specimens of
peaches. such as are not often seen here.
Tbax- liz, lpair Hipo1y-
ley. of Winters, has several varieties of fruits,
notably peaches, that are second to none dis
played. w. L. Rhodes, Yolo county" :"
shows soms large specimens of the production
of his orchard in the apple way, that COM
pare well with other exhibits. He also shows
Bartlett pearr of large size. j. Collins, Sac
ramento river, has few specimens from his
orchard which are so good as to induce wish
there were more of them. His pears are par
t;cularly noticeable. The names mentioned
in this paragraph include all the exhibits
from the Sacramento valley, and while there
are not many specimens of the different
kinds Of fruits, yet the quality and beauty of
what there is make an exceedingly good
showing. Several of the exhibitors have
grapes in their displays, but they are not
particularly noticeable.
TIE HARBoR COMMISSION DISCREPANCIES.
+. A. Bishop. Chief Engineer Of the Har-
Dor Commission, has made report to the
Board, explaining the discrepancies between
the amount of filling required in certain Sec
tions of the sea-wall and the amount esti.
mated by the uncertain nature Of the bottom
and the sinking of the embankment, and
states that the estimates of the engineer were
| not final. but rather contingent upon the off
| ficulties that might present themselves in the
progress Of the work.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The French ironclad Triomphante will go
into Hunters Point dry dock next Sunday
for repairs.
| A charitable society called the North
Beach Turn Schwester Verein has been or
ganized. 1t is for the purpose of instructing
young girls in household duties. A general
appeal for assistance is made to the German
population.
Ex-Governor Low has written long letter
to the Mint Investigating Commission in
which the Mint management under General
La Grange is severely criticised, and the old
| Commission, of which Mr.. Low was mem
| ber, defended.
! Counterfeit dollars are being extensively
circulated which are likely to deceive the un-
wary. The bogus dollar is dated 1879, made
of base metal. of dull color, and consider
ably lighter than the genuine coin. A COW
eripg of silver foil serves to aid in the decep-
tion, but the point of a pin or blade
will separate it from the body of the piece.
| An extreme case of destitution was discov-
cred Wednesday by officer Travers. In a
small shanty ON the corner of Lombard and
Leavenworth streets he found an old couple.
Samuel Thomas, aged ", and his wife, 67
years old. The old man was bedridden and
in bis second childhood, and they were almost
entirely without the necessities of life, pre-
senting pitiable spectacle.
| A man named Thompson claims to be pos
sessed of the secret of the burial, years ago,
| of box Of treasure on Portsmouth Square,
and asks leave of the Street Committee of
the Supervisors to dig for it. He was allowed
to prospect with an auger, and claims to have
| found the spot. 1t is agreed that he may
dig for it if he will share the treasure with
the charitable societies of the city.
The w. P. c., under the auspices of the
Board of Ward Presidents. held ratif-
cation meeting at Metropolitan Temple
|
Democratic candidate for Mayor, Robert
Howe, and by Walker Levy, II. T. Ham
mond, j. 2. Dunn, Peter Hopkins, Sheriff
Desmond, John Dougherty, j. II. Grady,
Clitus Barbour and Walter Gallagher.
A ten.inch artesian we'll has been sunk on
the north side Of Geary street, between De-
visadero and Scott. The depth of the well is
140 feet. Water comes to within u feet of
the surface. When steam pump is put into
| operation it is estimated that the flow will be
6,000 gallons of water an hour. 1t is the in
tentinn to supply seventy-fve houses with
the liquid A well has also been sunk on
Shipley street, near Ninth, with the capacity
of 10000 gallons an hour.
| Samuel Lowenberg, peddler, residing on
Linden avenue. was arrested on complaint Of
| Nathaniel Hunter late ON Wednesday night,
| on charge of refusing to support his chill
dren, of whom he has eight. Three of them
are able to provide for themselves, but the
remaining five are of tender age. The mem
bers of the family state that Lowenberg left
| them some three months ago, since which
| time they have not received dollar from him.
although he is abundantly able to provide
| for them.
George H. Norris files petition in the Su-
preme Court against l. S. Kalloch, John P.
Dunn, Charles Tilison, A. A. Lindsay and /.
l.. Murphy, as members Of the Board of
| Election Commissioners of the city, end
county of San Franciscc. The petition calls
attention to the fact that the election of Po-
lice Judges is not called for in the proclama-
tion calling an election, and makes applica-
tion for writ Of mandate to issue to the
Board of Election Commissioners to call an
election for said Offices. The application was
denied.
In the Mint investigation Mr.. Page closed
the arguments in speech in which be made
some bitter and sarcastic structures upon
General Barnes. denominating him as the
boss bully. The speaker laid great stress
| upon the point that in remittipg parting and
refining charges on certain class of bullion
the Superintendent did not act under in
structions from Washington, as claimed. He
telegraphed to Washington to the Director of
Mints. asking if ''crude silver bullion, suit
able for ingots, issuhjeet to refining charges" F"
That dispatch did not describe Northern
Belle bullion, as it has been sought to make
the Commission believe. because Northern
| Belle bullion never has been suitable for in
gots, and the Assayer and the Melter and
Refner of this Mint had both SO informed
Mr.. Dodge before he sent that dispatch. But
neither did the answer to that dispatch refer
| to Northern Belle bullion, although that
answer has been harped upon during
the course OF this investigation as e law
full Observation-Disclosures, in fact,
| for tho rnaprar in xpbich Nnrkh,-,.