New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-03

which has been ushered in with such bountfui
rains promises to be equally kind to him. mere
nm increasing demand every year for fruit, and
many of the oid-ti ne wheat farmers are turning
their fields into vineyards and orchards. The large
number Of canneries winch have been built within
the last three years consume fruit which formerly
belped 10 rn this market or fltten hogs under the
trees from which il dropped, The result has been
10 raise the price of fine fruit and to shorten the
eason of many varieties.
Time was when grapes were almost uusalable IRE
mote from the large cities in the State, and the unpa-
atoble Mission crane was the leading variety. Now
there - an eager demand for the product OF all the
yinevarls. and shrewd ranchmen arc planting
many thousand acres in the foot-h1 WIN CHOICE
imported varieties which have been proved 10 grow
we'll and bear abundantlv on certain soils. Inc
wine manufacturers declare that they are unaoic
10 ill their orders from the East, and seVeIai VI
the largest firms offer TO make contracts WIN Ni"o-
landowners for ten years at the present rates as
The ruling price is $50 ton for ordinary grapes
il will he seen that there is bright Ou'IooN ioi
the man who has fifty acres in vines
This demand for grapes and all kinds OF iruit has
led to boom IN farming lands. In spite Oh the
large railroad Immigrants in this state there Is
nncb land. remote from market, which still awaits
settler
1. being bought now is railroad land, convenient TO
the market, and adapted to fruit-growing inc
prices paid would astOnish those who look on tins
ms newly settled state At Nacaville, in the heart
NJ fertile Solano County last week there was sale
Mt auction of several thousand of unimproTcd
land II was near the town, and was cholce lru't-
land Five years ago it would have brough' Foo
an acre Now II sold for prices ranging from SoO
to $3.50 an acre. the average beng ABOUT @loo:
To those who come out here with the expectation OF
getting rancho for a few hundred dollars, these
seem exorbtant prices. In fact there Is no more
common error than to suppose that land is cheap in
California # Is almost as dear as In the Oldest
SETTLED parts of New-York or Ohio, because Its
,nonev-proincng power has been demonstrated.
Now that the last echoes of the election have died
away. the newspapers have fallen back upon the
charter of this city. We are supposed to possess
charter II consists of what is called the old Con-
solidation act-framed by shrcwd business man
named Horace Hawes-but so thoroughly amended
that little OF the original document remains Its
Interpretation affords fine field for legal ingenu'
ity; but this process is rather trying to the tax
payer So at the last election committee oil
freebolders was elected TO draft charter. The
committee is low wrestling with the inchoae doom
ment and making very slow Roadway. 1t is gwen
wise counsel by the newspapers, each OF when has
different scheme of redemption from the evils OF
heavy taxes, official extravaganza and other mu-
nlcipal ills.
Tho Salvation Army has been making spasmOac
efforts Of late to lay siege to sin In San francisco
The melancholy looking band has paraded through
the streets just after nightiall with drum and
TRANSPARENCY and discordant singing but the audi
ences have been meagre and the interest has been
small. The hoodlum has delighted to worry these
enthusiasts, and has proved in this work. as in
everything that he undertakes, that he is beyond
all reformation. His peculiar wckedness has been
revealed this week in the partial exposure OF life
I'm the Industrial School This is an institution de-
signed for the reformation of vicious lads who are
detected in petty crime or whose parents are unable
TO control them. 1t has had many superintendentS,
but on one ever able to preserve discipline and
he was removed because OF cruelty. Under the
present regime il has become genuine pande-
inonium: and the testimony of some OF the u
mates shows that the infamous crimes which
brought destruction TO the cites oi the plaln were
of daily occurrence In this rCIormatOry winch
never reformed anyone. The hoodlun seems T.
absorb all the European and Oriental vices, winch
are faunted here in open day with bTaZen front.
The police are languid, amt opium dens and low
dives are Increasing i'll number. Parental con-
trol IL as lax a. police supervision, and CHI drcn OF
ten or twelve years are found who are adopts III
Chinese vices, and rnined 10y lnctTable diseases.
The iaiss, 2 'djre principle III morals and training
never had better illustration than III this city It's
fruits arc class of young criminals VINO are as far
beyond the reach OF reform as an Arizona Ap@che'
Everything IS fat stale and Improbable here, in
a theatrical way, TO Engsh-sp speaking piay-goers.
The Germans however. have be N having season
Of tragedy and mel Odrama. the star beng FRANCESCA
Ellmenreich, a Ieu;onic Clara Morris, who scored
success even in so heavy drama as Marie
Stuart Next week we are prom 'ed new play
by BARLEY Campbell, called siberia prod iccd
here for the first tune any stage. 1t IS made up
of Nihiist plots and Jewish massacrcs In southern
Russia and will only need n lew dynamite bombs
10 paralyze the audience with ITS urld realism. 4
ballet has been imported from New-York for the
special purpOsc-tO quote the happy language OF
the play-bill-" Of adding one more charm to
'Siberia ~ Meanwhile the theatres arc given mp
q sprctacles ike Uncle Toms tabln' with the
bloodhounds a. the chief attraction and variety
and minstrel shows.