New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-21
TOPICS IN LEADING CITIES.
SAN FRA NCISCO.
TIE SHARON DIVORCE CASE-KlNDER'A"'
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SAN FR,Nc,sco Dec. 2O.-Thc members OF tno
legal fraternity Of this city nro al 'oo@''B W..
ward with grca, n,crcs, 10 tho dcc'son IN the ce'
.h,o,od share, J,vorco auit. which VIII he dcliv-
c,ed nm Monday next by Judge sullivan ihe
Iudoe bns had no court for n week. being engage"
Ia nreno,inp the decision. A singular thing about
,be cose IL tnat. though opinion II divided on us
MARTA evcry one IA agreed that the Judges docls
ion will be honest, without bias or prclnd'cc' INV
labor of prcparing the opinion must nave poeh N'S
Great as the testimony flied more ihhh u uo"'"
largo volumes, aud the speeches py coulso' "o''
more voumnous than tac evidence. u lhr uc',"-
ion is 8 @ iinst Sarah Athoa, this VIII pronhoS "'
tbe end of the contest "a an appeal would DC 700
costly TO suit her hackers
Tho rain which has continued during the best
rart of The week. is godscud to farmers as IL WIZ
cpah'a them to do tho necessary pioaghh1 "''
will bring I'D the grass which was baily hur' ny
the long drouth II has been general throueio"'
tbc State. and in the mountains inc SNOWMAN ,''
been remarkably heavy. The rain III thls Guy mas
becn heavy and has converted the streets INTO 'NeS
of liuud mud it is estimated that II costs heariy
sl0O 900 10 sweep the streets every year. yo' Inc
mann business h0r0ugh!arcs are IN 4 sha'nelui cui
dition flied with dirt. scraps OF paper ana oth'f
refuse. Muddy streets. however seem TO nave no
bad Influence on the holiday trade, which Is uniSu
ally lively this year.
Iobn $. Enos. Commissioner of the Bureau o.
Labor statistics will soon issue his iirst annual re-
mort lie declares that there Is scarcity OF iapoi
in the agricultural districts. He argues strongly
o,oi,sf th, Introduction Of s,ricuIture in this
STATE rs he maintain that silkmaking can only DC
Carried On successfully where labor is cheap ana
other industries do not offer as many inducements
as here.
Among deaths of the week was that of Shcr-
man Day. n pioneer of this state lie was
the only son of Dr. Jeremiah Day, for over thirty
vcar president of Yale College. and his mother was
daughter of Roger sherman, one Of the signers oi
the Declaration of Independence. One of MS sisters
il tbe wife of the Rev. Thomas X Beecher ana the
o,her wife of Professor Thatcher Of Yale. M lay
was an accomp ishel civil engineer. lie surveyor
the first railroad between San Jose and Sacra-
,ncntn. aud made one of the first gfal"i wagon
r,,ds over the Sicf,ns. He held many pnblic
offices Of trust, and was greatly respected.
Edmund CAREY. the new French consul here, ar-
,,vpd thIs week Ne haa served many yc1f' 80
rnnsnl IA rhiratb bnt 'hs Is hi' lr't V'it to ~"
rnaat tie vas WARMTH trrrtei hers bt the Hisr
F,eneh eHlrnt ~ 10" city.
NU,iptao,tun Wefh ~ this city which tnt ~s
,ea,s has hppA NNipf ihe ehafAp ~ MA aa,ah u
rauipt, has gaeritpi q eipAi stimulus fptAnih nrm
tbs paNooasa of Ahs. ieiANt HitntH.i whe has
iaboh active iNielest lhli ANd hAs hrpA ntAhp hnh
oraJy p,eshinni pi lhu a,anra lN, liNlls W 'hn
Kariuds sohoOls shoN iif litiin chllhlun ltpnAf
rups The culnt event ng Chs year has heen iho os-
iahlshinent of the stanford Memorial hmdoi-
gutcn ~ memory Of tao oS-uoVernors son
Reraris from the Sandwich Island, ndea'o great
development of leproay winch appears To- toe spread
iup aiming the ScandnaN ian contract lahOrcgr ON
sugar nlantations. These labprcrs belong 10 he
pnorcr. classes of Norway aud sweden and hire
themselves for five years NJ $40 per month ON
many plantations they are wrctcnrdly housed aud
badly fed. being given qu"Ttcrs among KANSAS,
south Sea islanders and Chinese. The race Is ma
turallv disposed 10 lcprosy, and great alarm has
been caused among the whites on the islands by
the appearance Of the disease among the CHI irtn OF
these Scandinavans. Physicians on the island De,
liovc they have discovered a lcprosy microDc. and
they propose to vaccnate patients with II rs Il
inventive to the disease.