New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-19
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San Francisco May ls.-Public feeling has been
much wrought up over the exposure OF the Jury
hribing this week. but the prospect is that little
will bc accomplished in the prosecution Of the two
conspirators. Eaton, thr cN-pollccmnn, who WAS
the leader in the attempt 70 sell fouS votes for
500, Is a Shrewd rascal, aud has been making
living out OF this business for several months
lie has certainly threar ned that unless the lawyers
for whom be has hNed" verIictS come u his
aid and save hun from punishment he will mike
q full confession, but experience In similar cases
here gives small hopes Of such result.
The Harbor Commissioners have finally decided
10 collect tolls by mAnitest after September and
y small army Of ward politicians who have dnwn
good salaries for doing litte work Will be dis
charged. The credit Of this reform, which saves
the city $50, 900 yearly, Ii due TO The Chronicle
which has exposed the wnstcful system and has
forced the authorities TO make the chang.
leading real estate dealer il authority for the
statement that D. o. Mills will soon begin the
erection Of fine niHcstory block at the north
east corner OF Bush and Montgomery SITS, now
occupied by the cid Pltts Hall building. Such an
Improvement would gPatly help this locality.
which has shown signs Of dc gencracy. The Mer-
camille Library will soon have 10 move FROM It's
present quarters, hllfbUCk away from tEls
corner, ana the DulIulhg VIII w hilFl'h L"I
business purposes In the immediate nrlghbor-
hood are the handsome CrOcEer Building aud the
new First National Bank, which Is built OF
pressed brick, with guni" trimming
Judgr Sawyer, OF the United States Circuit
Court has decided 20 rrsigu from the bcUch. hut
will finish A twenty yr1lrs term Of service, winch
ends with this year, and VIII then retire on Ih'
pay Two candidates for his place are Congress
men MCKenna and Morrow.
The PEDESTRIAN matoh which Albert won was
q fraud from the outset, Albert couu easily
have broken the record, Us he found the climate
favorable for walking with the minimum OF
sleep. The manager, howevT, would NOT 1Ns
any bonus for record-braking 50 Albert TOOK
things easy.
Count Velrnsjn's stallion YaIersin was sold
this week for S2,050 but the purchaser cOuld
not make his pa yment and the stallion reverted
10 the Count who gladly received hlm' rs E
thou ght the price too low. Grace r. dhNsnFr
of the famous mboul, sold for l,1UO. Sh"
Is promising twoJcar-oid my
One Of the most accom- plshcd swindlcrs that
ever operated on this coast died this week
lie was Decker c. WclLhnm who caused the
failure Of thc California National Bank, and was
engaged In a scorr OF crooked transactions. lie
wns out OIL bail for forgery when death came.
Wickham wns from Middletown. y. !.
The trustees Of Sacramento have given - burial
plot In the city cemetery for the body II Colonel
William =. Hamilton, son OF ArNshHet hhhlI'nn l
The Colonel served In the hGNnan War and was
, california pioneer General Schuyler Hamilton,
Of New-York, will furnish fine monument
Clans SprrckeIs discovered this week that he
had been paying taxes on many hundred acres
which ne did not own. lie had new map made
~ his great Aptos ranch, Santa Cruz, and
found that the County Assessor had been making
mn his figures from the original map, although
Sprcckels has sold many tracts 20 settlers
The Southern Pacific has bought the Northern
California Railroad from the builder, n Marys-
lille banker The road IL only twenty seven nils
Iong. and runs from Mnrysyille 20 OrOville the
new centre OF orange growing In Northern Cali
fornia but an extension had been planned which
would have cut into tho business OF the Southern
Pacific
Several large Eastern wine-dealrrs are out here
now taking advantage OF the low prices OF Calf
forpia wines Their wholesale purchases will Cl'ar
ont the old STOCK and will ruiSc prices when IN"
new wine comes In
Several merchants from Los Angeles have been
in town this week. and all report marked IN
provcmcnt in business In both Las Angeles nnd
San Diego They say that money Is more plrhtituI
and loans are easier 10 secure. The southern conn
ties hnrc received large amount ot rain, ana
the unusual acreage in graln VIII result IN pW
crops Fruit, also, never looked better. KAN
This week injured the hay b. some sections Dut
did no material damage. There Is prosp'cL OF "
new field for oranges in southern Monterey Ioun,
~ an orchard Of lEO0O JnpaneS" oranW-Itcs
being planted there and under the care oil harnNrS
OF tie Mikado's hand the trees have thrvcn. tngS
are now In their second ycbr, and promise u 'E
we'll II the experiment should succeed o"'o'
oranges will be extensively piintrd,