The morning call., 1890-06-24
ACROSS THE BRIDGE.
General Items Gathered in South
San Francisco.
Sar-Scorched Hills-Excellent SIN slt. Fishing
at Hunters Point-Ths Police as Con-
fdential Advisors.

While South San Francisco possesses
many advantages for business pursuits, it
can at no time be even called ordinarily
picturesque; and at this season Of the year
particularly the surrounding scenery is very
dreary looking. The hills that surround it,
which in the rainy season are covered with
profuse grassy growth, are now so
scorched and burned brown by the sun
that the eye is actually panied by the sight.
Yet, over these hills large tlocks Of sheep,
many cows and lnnumerable goats and
fowls of all sorts pasture daily, and the
wonder is how they manage to exist on the
sparse sustenance afforded. But perhaps
the sand and rocks Of the hills are of more
life-gving power than is generally sup
posed, for the animals, though not exactly
killing fat, look to be in fair condition.
The store-keepers of the district are COM
planning loudly of the lack of business, and
say that the present season is the dullest
they have ever experienced.
THE LINE MUST BE DRAWN.
While not exactly worked to death in
making arrests and such other police work.
the officers stationed at South San francisco
are frequently kept very busy in straight
eDing out differences that Will happen even
in the best regulated families, and hardly
an hour passes that either the head of the
family or the heads better half does not visit
the station 10 ask for advice, which Is freely
kept on tap. Some Of the troubles laid be-
fore the officials are utterly foreign to po-
lice matters, but still the officers do their
best to please their customers. They are,
however, thinking of setting some limit, as
the ladies OF the district are now in the
habit of consulting them as to whether
they shall have their new dresses cut en-
princess or in the last Paris lin de steele
StVlp AdyPp c tn when to XIII the MO
if it is proper to have JOhnnie's hair cut
before the full moon is OF course, Just what
South San francisco police otcer likes TO
give, but when it comes to ladies' fashions
a line must, and will in the future, be
drawn.
FISHING AND HUNTING.
Most excellent fishing is now being had at
Hunters Point, and every day for some
three hours while the tide serves great
catches are being made OF sMelt and perch.
Some of the fishermen catch more than they
can carry, and on Sunday last one lucky
disciple Of Izaak Walton caught to one rod
263 fine smeit, which averaged fully half
pound each. II the fishermen have it all
their own way the gunners are feeling quite
chill, for outside Of goats and tame geese
and ducks there is nothing in the district
that they can shoot, every feathered Wild
thing seeming to have left for good.
Although the district boasts of owning
some of the best bred and gamest fighting
ROSTERS on the Coast, no mains are reported
III prospect, though on Sunday, far out on
the San Bruno road, chicken dispute be-
tween the Oakland and San Jose fanciers
was decided.
LOST HIS RIGHT EYE
Joseph Bein, an emplOye of the South
San Francisco Glue Works, who Was shot
last Tuesday on Sixth avenue by Peter
yelling, another employee, and who is now
laid up in the City and County Hospital, is
reported out of danger, though he has lost
his right eye from some of the bird-shot
fired at him by Yelling destroying the eye
1t was so badly Injured that 1t had to be
taken out of the socket. Bein will be kept
in the hospital for another week. Well
ing's examination in the Police Court is set
for this morning. No cause for the shoot
ing has yet been ascertained, and both men
are exceedingly retlcent about the matter.
Real estate matters are very quiet at pres
ent and no sale or proposed deals are noted.
The minister of the Congr egational Church
at South San Francisco is building hand
some large new residence on Eighteenth
and Railroad avenues. Miss NJ. Rosekamps
is putting up fine millinery store on Rail-
road avenue.
The movement TO provide watering carts
to lay the dust on the main streets has not
yet assumed definite shape
ALL QUIET IN BUTCHERTowN.
In Butchertown no matters of interest
outside the usual routine business are re-
ported. Tue Strengthening is about as large
as is usual at this time of the year. All the
buildings destroyed or damaged by the late
fire have been rebuilt, with the exception of
Lux d Miller's large barns, and this is about
the only indication to some that Butchert0Wn
will soon be moved to the proposed new To-
cation at Sierra Point.
There is discomfort in South San Fran
cisco juvenile circles over the fact that the
police have notified all store keepers that
they will not be allowed to handle fireworks
for the coming Fourth of July unless they
first obtain permit to do 50 and take out
the necessary sale license.
Residents of South San Francisco and also
the police were delighted that from some
happy cause or other the usual hoodlum pic
mic at the park was omitted last Sunday.
But they await with anxiety the coming OF
next Sunday, when grand cake walk,
prize dance and free beer tug-of-w war will be
decided.