New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-21
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
THE FRUIT TRADE-AN INCIDENT OF 49,
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San Francisco, Sept. 2O-Althongh this Is Tie
tcst wear ever known in California for producers
OF fruit, the fruit packers will suffer heavily De-
,ausc of their contracts to deliver dried ami canned
'ruits for about one-liaf tine ruling rates FAIRY
n the season, when reports came from tue Eas'
# the total failure of fruit they diScredltc those
concerning the Delaware peach cf1E, and 'hd''e
conf, tracts on the usual terms for the delivery %
fruit this fall The result is thai thev are ITO"
paying 10 cents a pound for pI"acs "hic" ''"s
have agreed 10 deliver for D cents l"e '""''
rates hold good in regard to peaches Pe"e a'
other fruits One large packing hrm VIII io''
$50 900 on prnncs alone. While seVcrai sn'aA''
oncs will probably 80 under. as they VIII I"
Unable TO stand the losses. II Is srcH' se''
however. for fruit-crowerS. rs prices die ""'"'
double what they usually are ana the crop II
,,rcc Even cranes which have been drag on
The market for several years. bring mSh prr'S
Ordinary Zinfandcl wine grapes fctch ~
,a, ord LARGO ouontitps not used for wine have
been dried These will he introduced TINS "i".'I
o, tho Fast for ,tewing and as Il substitute fof
curranis.
limo If ,hc features of building in San Frah-
cisco is the large number Of big priVa'e ""''''
recently finished or in course OF cohs''"'"'"
Two have been opened at Suffer ana Taylor e'S
one fvc-sto.y building is going up at the sou.h'
west corner of Pine and Jones sts and the io"no'-
,ions of another are being laid on inc oppoS'e
corner while no less than four are IN \"rio"'
uapes of construction in Van NeSS-aVe.
James F.. Jordan read this week before tue
california Historical Society paper on inc 'oNase
If the clipper ship Alexander Won fumooi"''
which reached San Francisco in September. ''4"'
Among the PASSENGERS was Coils r. H"h'i'e""'
who uuarrclcd with felow-traveller name" o''''
oxcr Tho bareback and other had food furnished.
When the ship reached Acapulco poth "ei' VII
shore and attempted to settle the dispute ny
G~h+ with bare fists The battle was finally &C.
cIared a draw by the other passengers, VIII" III
,erfercd Starr is prominent mercha" vi
Oakland. hut both he and Huntington came OUT
in the stccragc to make fortune III California
The Unitarian Conference of tho coast held us
so,.o,t,, animal session this week. which was at
tended by many delegates. The reports SHOVE" d
r,r;d growth Five years ago there were Only
,brrc Unitarian societies On the coast, wmIe 10
dov there are twcnty-threc Th" Kew Dr. H'eo-
bins who succeeded 10 Starr Kings pulpit
presided over the conference.
Old DR.. r. H. Mcdonald. who made his fortune
al, If vinegar bi,tcrS and is now Il rampant Pro-
hibitiouist is making fight against the call OF
I)r Meredith of Brooklyn, to the pas'ora'e "i
,1c First CONGREGATIONAL Church in this city Ut
Meredith is IN favor of high license, ami Is ho'
n believer in Prohibition and this aroused Mcp"h-
aids anger The ma lority of the members oi 'hr
church are in favor OF DR.. Meredith. ana tHcrr
;s No question but that he will he chosen
General Manager Valentine, of Wells. Fargo &
Co.. has recently established library for the use
Of the employees of that express COMPANY. u"
bcyan with magazines and other pcIiol'c"ls' ann
,s now adding lo.ks Tho cost TO employees Is
,nly <wcu,v-ilye cents monthly. aud II Is expected
soon that books will he circulated among all
agents OH This coast
United states Minister Swift Is sad 10 |"
house. also of San Francisco. was appointed
Consul General at Yokohama by Cleveland. hnt
has held over lie is also n favoritc among natives
aud foreigners. lie is now on visit to cX.''udge
Denny, the conhueh'ial au\i0ci VI VIC i>'" "
Corea.
An unparalleled shipping occurrence on this
coast was on Wednesday, when four tea steamers
arrived on the same day: two DeloncliS 10 Ine
Canadian Pacific arrived at Vancouver. ana thr
others came from Japan to San Francisco
Ormistead Thurman, stage ro',bcr and muir
d.rcr Xyill soon lr sent from Ehiorato t"nntI
to State Prison for robhing the Georgetown stage.
IIc has had Il remarkable career. having spent
thrt y-ivc years almost continuously III Prison Tor
stage robhcrirs. During one Of ls terms ne nuT-
Gnr,l "a fellow convict, who betrayed the plans
for breaking Jail He is old Innn. aid
if ne goes to prison after this term he will
probably dir there
The CENSUS of Fresno County shows that ii has
had n remark able increase, from ".i'' IN -"
10 3l.lj> in ls"0, or gain OF ~" per ,,rh'
The population Of Fresno tity is l".s"n. Most
oc This growth is duo 10 tho development OF III"
raisin industry If which Fresno is tine centre