Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-12-16
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

in session.
Henrietta Hilderbr"ndt, aged 81 years,
hanged herself.
An unknown man was run over and killed
by railroad dummy, on the 18th.
The Free Library contains 1892 vol
umes. Its daily visitors average 1899.
George ID. Coleman, Il civil engineer is
added to the long list of the missing.
The Young Mems Christian. Association
will treat the news boys and hOoiblacli- 10 a
Thanksgiving Dinner.
The residence of = NJ. Wilson. 4 wfl-
known lawyer, has been d?maged to the ex-
tent of SIj.oO.
The city election commissioners will not
have concluded the official count of votes
before the 18th inst.
The local refuers have reduced tho whole
sale prices of refined sugar - &c. per pound.
and of golden syrup q C. per gallon.
The bonds required from city and county
officers has been reduced from former fig
ures i'll many cases one-halt.
Judge Allen of the Superior Court has de
Cicsl that the police may seize property
known, or supposed To have been stolen. with
ont the authority of II warrant.
In Oakland lately, n tramp guaranteed to
drink as much liquor as any one would buy
for him. His brag was pat To the the test,
with the result that he swallowed seven
schooners of beer and three of raw whisky
Then a doctor and stomach pump were
called in. but the fools life could not he
saved.
One of the most important land sales Tor
| a long time was that OF the Pierce estate of
600 acres. near Nacavilr, on the 18th. The
| ranch was offered in y subdivisions. and
| brought an average of $40 per acre, or
| SS4.2l5 for the whole. There were sixteen
! purchasers. The sale was made under the
auspices of the Pacific Land Bureau.
| The large British steamer Silvertown, here
| tofore engaged challenging, has Just been
cleared from San Francisco. by John Ros-
| enfield for st. Vincent. Her cargo con
sists of wheat 101 ,059 centas. value SlSi ,E4.
| She carries as fuel lIUtons of coal. and for
ballast 40 tons of cable. This is believed
to be the largest cargo that ever went from
! this port. She draws - feet OF water.
Edward A. Brewster. in an endeavor to
! secure AN insurance ON his furniture, fired
! the family residence October 2:id. The fire
| did not succeed doing only 800 worth OF
damage. Immediately after the failure of
his attempted crime, Brewster disappeared.
! His dead body was found Il few days ago
near the city, with bullet hole through the
| temple and pistol in the right hand. Mrs.
Brewster has also drifted from the sight of
acquaintances, and il il believed that she
too has met voluntary death.
j. Switzer, of the firm of Swi,zer d Co.,
extensive jobbcrs of meats WIS heard To say
lately that he intended to snip carload OF
choice dressed beef from Chicago TO san
Francisco as an experiment. 1t Ii calculated
that the cost of shipment will not exceed
Sa50per CIR, in wh.ohc 81 sobbers here can
| bring the desired article from over the
Rockies and dispose of il to greater profit
than by dealing with local butchers. Choice
meat is retailing in San Francisco for Is TO
n
year ago for cents now command II.
The annual report of Chaplain Mullins,
in charge of education in the army, has
! reached the Secretary of War. 1t shows that
| there are l05 military posts and camps sup
| piled with teachers The schools were at
tended during the year by 1909 enlisted men
| and 100 children. At thirty-two posts there
were no teachers. At AZ posts and camps
they have libraries, with n total of Gj,1H
volumes. being two and half volumes to
each enlisted man. The report recon-
| mends the passage by Congress of IA bill
| authorizing the employment of loo teachers
| with the rank and pay of Commissionary
Sergeanls, at S3i per month, with allowance
for rations, room. etc. Mullins JOINS IN
| the recommend itiou OF several officers. that
education. should be compulsory among n
certain class of men.
An interesting trial has been made of a
by joseph Hubert. The machine consists
of an ordinary rotary blower and "a boiler
| iron cylinder about eight feet Ill length,
surmounted by hopper. This cylinder re-
wolves, and through II n blast of wind Is
forced while the gravel or ore Is being au-
tomaiically fed through the hopper. The
blast can be so regulated as To carry of
only sand and leave all small particles of
| valuable minerals. On the inner surface oil
the cylinder small iron boxes, similar to
those on elevating belts, are placed and
these serve the purpose of keeping the ore
! to be operated upon directly iii the center OF
| the bl ist 10y the oyerturning of their con
tents while the cylinder revolyes. hand
| full of shot was mixed with some sand, and
the whole passed through the machine, re-
sulting III the successful separation of the
metal from the worthless material.
One of the most successful confidence
men who has operated on the Pacific Coast
has Just been arrested. His name Is Will
liam n. Wilson. Some years ago he was
quiet wealthy. but lost oil in stocks, and for
more than n year past has been carrying on
his new calling with uni lushing effronlery.
| The course ust1h in this line of business
was adopted by Wilson-calling on liquor
merchants and representing that he desired
TO purchase n large invoice of goods, and
then requesting the loan of $50 or $50 until
next day, as bank w Closed; on dealers in
machinery, etc. Sometimes he would leave
IA security 4 draft of $500 signed by some
we'll known citizen, the signature, OF course
being forged. Thus he has operated since
| October of last year, and duped six persons
| out of sums aggregating several hundred
dollars. and escaped capture i'll every in
stance. Besides being charged with obtain
ing money under false pretenses, he will be
| called ON to answerto several forperies, ana
the probability is that the balance of his
lif1 will he passed behind the bars.
Fruit growers have had Il very successful
season of il, and have realized handsomoly
therefor. Grapes have been sold for $50 to
800 per ton, the latter rate only for choice
table varieties. Some native wine grapes
| at the close of the season tafter the rain J.
were sold at xlS(a20 Il ton: others from 81;
ot3J. The raising of good claret wine
grapes, such as Xinfendel, can never be
overdone. The Zinfendel claret has the
world for a market and it is the best carei
the world produces. 1t is not probable that
too many table grapes-early varieties that
| will bear transplantation-can he produced in
California The raisin culture will not
be overdone. We produce 100000 boxes,
and consume annually millions that are i'm
ported from Spain. The fruit market AT
present is well supplied with apples. grapes,
etc. The shipment of green fruit eastward
by rail, notably Bartlett pears, etc, has
been attended with good results and To n
! large extent, and now we are feeding East
eru markets with dried apricots. peaches.
plnms. apples. etc.
The revenue cutter Corwin has Just re-
turned from her cruise in the Arctic. and
reports that upon arriving at the eastern
end of st. Lawrence Island, anchor was
made Just abreast of large Indian village
| and, upon no one coming aboard. as is the