New-York tribune., 1884-02-17
TOPICS IN LEADING CITIES
SAN FRANCISCO.
A TERARY-DINORCE lhAoD'-
KEENE'S FURNITURE SOLD.
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SAN FHANCIsCo Feb. 16.-lt has oeeh "u' o'iu
week. with bitter north wind III the earty parl'
and heavy rain during the last three days. Such
,yoathor makes C.hfornians lose faith in the glon
ous climate of the State However rain may de-
press business here, it il great thing for the
farmers throughout the state, who now anticipate
a fine year and farming lands and city real estate
alroady feel the buoyaut effect, of it.
Perhaps 1t ist tho rain which has led to the extraor-
binary boom" in newspapers here. weekly
paper appeared to-day, called The san franciscan.
II is devoted TO literature and politics. and
among its contributors arc Thomas Fitch and K. NJ.
Daggctt. Its editors are three Bohenlhns,
each Of whom has killed his newspaper. Ihis
week also, The D0ilg star Publishing Company
which proposes to issue an evening newspaper was
incorporated. The star is the paper which Don
nelly, the wealthy cattle dealer who died recently,
intended 10 start His brother now furnishes the
funds. 1t is to bc Independent, with Democralc
proclivities. There rumoIs Of still another
newspaper to come out in MaTch--and to be main
tanned on Bourbon campaign pap.
The local Democrats, under tle lead
of Their blind boss, Buckley, havo already
begun work for the fall campaign. IL has
been telegraphcd eastward that a Sacramento man
recently sent out $500 circulars to Democrats
throughout the State, asking their Presidential pref
erenCes Ont Of 900 an ,wers received 500 are for
Tilden, 200 for Thurman. aud for Stephen j.
Field The joke lies in the fact that the man who
thus felt the public pulse fayort Field.
The methods by which free and easy divorce Is
secured hero were revealed this week 10y the arrest
of u shystor named Finley. He has done thriving
business by cTasing names from tho old DEGREES of
divorce and substituting those of new clients
changing the dates at the samo tiino. He
went through the legal form of
filing divorce papers in tho Ala
media court. He received $50 from each client
and averaged half dozen daily. Several of his
clients have married since There i, therefore,
promise of fine legal tanglc over the fruits of his
frauds
The advertising columS Of the papers announce
"The Peoples Railway an ambitions corpora
tion which proposes 60 build double track road
across the continent. stock may be bought Oh the
instalmcnt PLAN and all employees aro TO he paid
partly in stock All that the road now possesses -
u small Office in this city. Work viii he begun
when 100 600 shares at $50 each are subscribed for;
but this dato is as prohematica a, the Second Ad-
vent
The furniture Of James Kecno'S old house here
a. sold at auction this week. 1t comprised many
fine articles; but only few valuable paintings
The assortment Of drinking glasses and decanterh
showed that the lato owEcI was 4 cOan1isseur in
wines ard liquCuT5.
The Supreme COuIt has decided that Majors, who
hired two men to kill an Old miscr III the santa
Cruz Mountains. must hang This decision con-
Germs about half dozen other murdeIers NhD viii
soon ornament the Eaows.
The Abbot Opera Troupe is the only dramatic
venture which is making money here. The other
theatres have done poor busnessdu during HE week,
although Sheridan has been giving a series Of
ShakcspeaIean performances at the California
Theatre.