Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-08-05
LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA.
SAN Diego, july a., 1882

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= EDITOR RilNTElt4IGENGER:- Perhaps
ae.ffte few lines from tAis ,far-away. opt-ot-
t9s-way place, may, prove Of some i'm
tsresta !figs T. ato, ,your many readers If 40,
ihe following is at your service. l,,..,,
g Polltisslly. the state is very quiet
at this time, but the notes Of prepars-
tion for the election iu November are
noticeable The democrats. have al
ready nominated state aud congress-
iual ticket. aud III due time will have
county tickets in tho fieli in. all The
counties, whether they shall succeed
or not. -..,s....,f,..,5
Most people of all parties seem 70
agree that the democrats have been
quite fortunate in. the selection, of
their state ticket. aud all admit it to |
be ticket that will be hard to beat.
General Sioneman is = strong man, |
and seems to be = trusted fsvorlts
with all Csliiorn.sns who, fear and
deprecate the outrnges Of tue great
railroad monopoly Represented By, the |
Centrsi-Snuthern Pacific railroad.
managed by that most sstute but un,
principled railroad ,lsguste, Leland
Stamford. OF coarse, ,aoney. will be
lavisl,ly used hy the sou less corpers-
tions headed by that nAnsl unscrupu,
lous Magnatc, if not the oldest in the
Unisn. certainly the most daring aud
among tho number of e, eat men IN
the line. II 10 not General S!onemsn
for whom the party is TO do battle,
but for principle which he leads of
in rtpresentiDg-anti-monopoly. Aud
that question gees into the very joints
and marrow Of all the states. so that.
sooner or later, It will be comnand.
ing question in them sll. aud one that
will have to be met, not In spirit
that would work To the serious Injury
OF railroads, but insugur.te reform
that would be fair aud healthful TO all
the people. In some sort, II is the old
battle between capital aud labor, in
which the latter is usually worsted in
the contest. Here, this battle has been
too long delayed; aud although tie
majority of the people may favor il.
and even prefer Stonemsn to most
Others. the appliances of the nonopo.
ly are many aud very strong, for, yon
know The noney bags are in too many
instances, euccessful over the right.
Without knowing who is to be his
opponent. at present it looks as thouxh b
General Stoheman would be elected,
but who knows?
Tie railroad building eastward
from this place has been delayed on
account Of want Of rails, long d, !.
layed at sea. Fortunately that want
is now supplied. and in q little while.
and probably by the time you can
give your readers the information, an
outlet for the place will be effected 10
Cotton. ON the Southern Pacific, in
San Bernardino county. For tho pres
ent that road will be used, but ult;-
mately it is expected that the Cali
fornis Southern will be complsted To
q connection with the Atlsnt,c and
Pacific railroad at the Needles, on the
Colorado RIVER, which would make Q
trans-cOntinental road, and aid. ma.
terially in building up Sou thern Cali
iornia, as we'll as in destroying the
hydra-,hleaded monopoly which is re-
tsrding trade betwe ecu the east aud
the west, and grinding the people
everywhere into the dry dust. a..
lp an agricultural way San Diego
county, the present season, may be
said to be rated At half crop, II 90
much. The grain will likely 70 TO
one-half. and not more. The honey
crop will not reach SO good figure,
for some reason. while the yield Of
wool may go oyer the Uslim .tei halt.
The fruit and vegetables are doing
well.
Land in the county is yet quite
cheap, ranging from $5 to $15.. accord.
ing to location aud general facilities
for business. Much OF the land it is
known,is mountainous or desert; but
there is yet good deal of land sub
Ject to occupancy in the several meth.
ods prescribed by the laws-pre-emp.
ton. homestead, FIR timber, &o.
Nail facilities only moderate. So.
clety good, but church and school &C.
commodstions limited ss in all new
countries.
The town of San Diego has grown
quite rapidly the last year, and the
county is filling up we'll. the new
railroad having proven an impetus to
'mmigrAtisn,and brought much valua.
ble land into market.
Mrs. NJ. Black well and her dsugh-
ter, Miss Miriam, late of your city,
reside here, and are in fair health,
though Ars. B. is we'll advanced in
life. w. w. Benton and j. M. Julian
aud family are among the Lexington.
ians of this county. All Of them are
i" fair health and prosperity. Henry
Bull. q son of DR.. John Bull, rs.
sides up at Sonoms, where is also 10.
Gated l.. w. Smsllweo cod. WIN. Hun.
ter anu his family resiie in San
Francisco. i.
The census bureau has issued q spe.
ciai bulletin showing the number end
size Of the farms 10 the Ulitsd States in
1880, and tho kind OF tenure BY which
they were held. The number OF farms
4 n. IL