Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-22
PACIFIC COAST


INC turct OF tue kata.
San FEAscIsoo, Nov. Y.-The pro-
traeted rain and tie consequent sifs-
Guilty OF getting cattle to the slaughter
houses and beef to market have raised
tue price of beef from 6js cents Ter
pound, Wholesale 20 81 ceEts.
shsrsn's Charity.
Ine charitable beq1est- II III. late
WE. saaron we're uace public today.
Besides tJo OH Tor tue Improvement o:
Joicsn Gate Park, b. guests sRgregaiins
soluOU were N de - about twenty
cnarltaoie institutions IN this CITY aud
tbs state Of Nevada. rangfnz from $50
to 5000 each.
Horrible suicide
San FR,scIsCo. Nov. 2I.-S. c. Blake.
proprietor Of several stationery stores
in this city and brotsef Of Fra ~
Blake OF the well knosn paper firm OF
Blake. Moffett d Co. cut bis throat and
both wrists with = razor eariv this
morning and jumped from the ziudos
OF bis room, on the second flor IF tis
building. on the corner of z .citie AID
Powell streets. While being CONVEYED
to the city resolving hospital be died.
bis will. dated Nov 10Th, was found on
hls body. He vIlled all his property to
his sons. Somner I. and theodore F.
Bake. No canse assie ed for the deed,
He Is said TO leave property worth be
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
The Dakota safe.
SAs Francisco, Nov. N.-The schoou-
er Dakota, which arrived in port TO-DAY,
had rough trip from Port Gamble.
She left Port Gamble on October 2s.h.
for Santa Barbara, loaded xi,h lumber
and piles On the 30th. fifty miles
south of Cape Fisttery, southeast gale
came on, during which she shifted her
deck load, and lost her maiRmast and
mizzen. After Fighting, four feet Of
water vas found ia Der hold. Finding
1t impossible to return to Puget Sound.
her commander worked his way to this
city, experiencing succession of heavy
gales, rains and squalls.
The schooners Leon and Compeer,
also from the north, report rough triIs
down. The former has been q week
within 800 miles of this port, trying 10
get In. The latter lost her jibboom.
and Was considerably damaged by
gale on November 18th.
suing Her Husbaad,s Executors.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2l.-Martha l..
Hitchcock Insulated suit today against
John III. Stanley and John NJ. Wise, ex-
ecut0rs OF the estate of Chas. NJ Hitch
cock, deceased, her husband, to recover
rents accruing from the BROOKLYN Hotel
property, on Bush street, between Mont
gomery and hcarney streets, since 1852.
which aggregate about $4,000. She
claims that the property is her separate
estate, and also asks that the executors
be ordered to execute a deed of the
property to her.
The Damage Repaired.
SAN Francisco, Nov. 2l.-Superin-
tendent Fillmore, of the Southern Pa
eiic Railway Company, reports that all
the damage by washoats on she South
ern Pacific Railway has been repaired,
and that trains are nov running on
time.
The Rains In California.
San LUIS OBIsPo (Cal.) Nov. GA
terrible rain storm Ia. this county dur
ing the past few days. has swept away
nearly every bridge in this vicinity.
The rainfall has exceeded ten inches.
Hismo Il Cayhuca's wharf was swept
away by the heavy seas. The creek
overlooked and flooded the city. Sew
eral families barely escaped drowning.
The water mains we're carried away. and
water famine Is immiBeAt. The road
bed Of the Pacific Coast Railway Com
pany was considerably damaged. A
number of business houses sustain
heavy losses from the food. The losses
are estimated at over $4,000
suit against the city or san Francisco |
San Francisco, Nov. 2l.-Mrs. Iss- |
bella Franeahu today instituted suit
against the City of San Francisco to
have the defendant declared trustee for |
her of a tract of land included between
Franklin, Lyon and Union streets and
the water front, which comprises one
hundred squares outside the CITY. The
lands ere valued at $2,000,000. She
claims that the tract mentioned was
granted her father, Gabriel Castor. by
the Alcslde of the cid Pueblo. Of Yerba
Buena, in 1896. The title to the whole
of the Yerba Bnena Pueblo, including
this tract, was recently made good to
the city by the United States Govern
ment. Plaintiff claims a prior title
under the grant made to her father by
tue Mexican Government. A large por
ten of this property is now occupies
and built upon by persons who first
preempted 1t and now hold quit-claIm
titles from the city.
The weather.
SAN Francisco, Nov. zl-S y. m.-Indi
cations for the succeeding thirty two
hours for the North Pacific Coast
Cloudy weather aud rain southerly
winds.
shipping Intelligence.
SAN Francisco. Nov. 2l.-Arrived-
Ship Blue jacket, from Seattle /; ship
Oriental, from Tacoma steamer EN-
pire and ship Astoria. FROM Nansimo.
TINE WAR IN THE BALKANS.
A REPORT WHICH PHASES THEM.
BELGRADE, Nov. 2i.-1ntense excite
uent prevails here owing to a report