New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-21
THE TALK OF CALIFORNIA.
IMPORTING CAROLINA NEGROES : BOSS
BUoKLEY.s TRIP-MINING NOTES
lBr TELEaRAPH TO THE ThIbuHf'I

BIJCKLEY'S TRIP-MINING NOTES.
tBr rEIEeRAPa TO THE rArsussl
San Francisco, April 2O-The magnificent 90
sorin.ion Of the great storm at Samoa sent by
7 % n,nninr the Associated Press correspondents
- tbs chief tonic of conversation here In tine
CARLY davs of this week. Although the stofy
was 60 elaborate in its details, it was prooaoiy
more widely read than any other newspaper nara
tive OF recent years. Its great superiority 70 'no
I04,a,a NJ any special correspondent who mas peen
.on4 "a Samoa brought out the fine service OF
tho Associated Press, and the great efforts
,,.h,ob 4. makes to secure news, even when u Is
necessary. as in this case, to send mon across
the Pacific. Another feature that made LIDS
letter noteworthy is the fact that MI. Dunnins
vvas the only newspaper correspondent who VII
messed the great disaster. In private Ht0er
he apologized for the lack Of some deta'S' ai-
tbouQh he sent 10000 words. In all the report
he did not use the big I, en- omission winch IT,
yeals phenomenal modesty.
The costly house which Mrs. Z. b. CROKER
built about five years ago, at Van Ness-ave. anu
Westinghouse, was sold this week TO ". HOBART
a mining CAPITALIST, for s250,00e. inns price
inoluded the large lot and the furniture OF tne
bouse, Mrs. Cookers chief home is Los Angeles
although she still retains her fine house at Sacra-
mento.
Soon after Mr.. Lynch's pamphlet on
Rpcklev Appeared, the blind Democratic
boss took passage on Panama steamer anu S"'ieu
AWAY It was given out that he was going 10
Central America, but more creditable reports are
n the effect that he has gone TO NewYork, to con-
sult with Democratic leaders there In regard 10
the next campaign, and to allow the excitement
ooueod hu TvnnhIs attack 10 die cut
Little Lord FauntIeroy" has had greater
success than any other play given here Tor years
II was originally intended for fortnight ~ the
Baldwin, but IL has drawn crowded houses Tor
four weeks The title role has been hIed mainly
by Willie Eddisger, who IS only seven years osd'
the alternate being Flossie Ethyl age elght lno
tote receipts for the four weeks Will amount 70
ss5. ooO The receipts of the first week were
$4,000.
Labor Commissioner Tobin is taxing acuve
measures 70 compel the city storekeepers to runsh
seats for saleswomen,, in accordance win laws
recently passed by the Legislature
new cable is being laid in Post and Leaven-
worth sts, while this week franchise WAS granted
for third crosstown eable,road, which VIII run
from Market-st to North Beach, along Jones-st
A clause In the franchise provides that cars must
run continuously for at least twelve hours daiy,
which bans the new company from merely aylng
O track % preserve its franchise.
Mr. Gilmore, of Bonfort's Wine and Spirit
Circular has visited all the leading Californian
VINEYARDS during the last month, ana promises 70
tive full description of their methods ana
product in the journal which no represents nc
thinks GfGrns wine shGd S os some place ike
Louisville or Cincinnati, as overland rreignt raOeS
are too high.
A dinner was given this week to President Bart
lett of Dartmouth College, by the local alumni.
h smonS +, the Rdpfo%s nnd rs Po Sapern
tendent Of Public Instruction.
The Coucordia Club will soon build fine new
hohse at Van Ness-ave. and Post-st. The building
will be four stories high, OF pressed brlcK, WIN
sandstone trimmings, and will cost sl2o'oOo'
Two carloads Of Carolina negroes reached Fresno
this week They are under contract to work at
SIS per month until Their railroad ARE Is paia
difficulty in making them keep their contracts, as
the law makes no provision for the enforcement
Of such obligations. $
Some idea Of the growth OF Fresno County, the.
centre OF the raisn industry, may be gained from
been planted there since last year, when u was
estimated that there were 10000 acres In vines
Private firms interested in the whaling business
VIII advance the money TO build the Point barrow
Relief Station as the appropriation is not avail
able until July.
II has just leaked out that mine in the Mount
RAYMOND district, Of Fresno County, which IS
ope rated by Montana capitalists has an output OF
So 600. 600 yearly By an endless cable the ore Is
Carried TO the mill at cost OF only twenty cents
per ton. The ore ave -ages $40 per ton.
An effort is being made by clergymen nc Viz
ginia City TO have Sunday observed as day oil
rest in the Comstock mines. The singular feature
OF the movement is that the liquor-sellers are
warmly in favor OF It, as they think weekly hoh-
day would be profitable 10 them.
A 12O-stamp mill is being made here for the
Treadwcll Mine, on Douglass Island, Alaska. The
mill already running there has 240 stamps and IS
the largest quartz mill in the world.