New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-26
TALK AT GREAT CENTRES.
SAN FRANCISCO.
MRS. BARRIOS-J. A. FROUDE-GhAfEo
FROST BITTEN-PERSONAL.

MRS. BARRIOS-J A. FROUDE-uhAH 10
T-BITTEN-PERSONAL.
tnr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSB.l
SAN Francisco, April 25.-The arrival OF the
Panama steamer with Mrs. Barrlos and her atteh-
dants has brought the first trustworthy details oi
the death of the Guatemalan Dictator. lhey al
attribute Barrios's Ill fortune and death 10 .ho
treachery of DR.. Zaldiyar, President Oh oan
Salvador, whom Barrios raised to power. ho w
tanned cable messages from this country d. ha
Libertad. and, it is charged, manufactured o.heio
thus creating false ideas there Oh the a''i'uu0
tho limited states Mrs Barrios brings her several
small children with her to be educated ~ ,.s.,,
country. and will live in Now-York in tho fli'h-
o1,o n,onoon purchased and furnished by her nus
band on his last visit to that city. Inc FORTUNE
loft her nv General Barrios has been much over
estimated large part of 1t was in plantations
the full value of which could not be realized.
James Anthony Froude arrived this week on q
steamer from Australia and LETT for Ne"-ioih
after spending q few DAYS here Whon asAeu
whether he should visit the Yosemite MI frouuo
made the characterize reply that he "would ra,noi
travel one thousand miles to see great man ihan
tan 10 Geo tbe hest scenery" lie had some pleas
ant words TO say of tho beauty OF tho size Oh nah
Francisco and the signs of business actlVI{ Mh h
he saw here lie a tScra t be found to any large
extent the "Phlistnlsm" OF which Mattnc"
Arnold accused America
The inside reports of the "strike" on the ola
Comstock lode at Virginia City are less fayoIapIe;
As limited last week the stock doubtless advanced
more RAPIDLY than any development of ore-body
would warrant. There has since been heaVy re-
action which may perhaps have gone 10 tho Quiet
extreme
Commandcr.in-ChiofK ountz Of tho Grand Army
of the Republic has received many courteses ncIu.
IIa nod rccautiOu in San Francisco ana HOW
he is making tour of the interior cltles, wueIc
various posts are giving him hearty welcome
The chief social event Of the week was the we'd
ding of Miss Gertrude Hatch, daughter OF the eA-
surveyor General of Nevada and Albert Irving
IIscOck, of Representative liiscock Oh New
York.
Among deaths Of tho weeks was that of Caleb l.
fav piOneer merchant who came around inc
Horn from Boston In 40. He gained much
notoriety lust before the outbreak OF the Rebellion
by freeing slaves whom he held at Sacramento
and pro. slavery men dubbed him the Abolition
istD When the Republican party was organized
in tho State he was among its first supporters ana
did moro than any other man, with perhaps inc
single exception of Leland Stanford, To make III
"A success.
Much damage TO grape-yines is reported from
various quarters of the State owing to heavy frosts
this week. Despite the precaution OF smoking
vineyards vines in Napa Valley were backened,
and In S0nona it is estimated the loss VIII DO
twenty per cent. Many wine makers. however, de-
clare that the loss will he an ultimate gain toNine-
yardists, as il will prevent repetition OF the low
prices which resulted from the immense crop OF lOHt
year. Other fruits in most counties escaped