The morning call., 1890-04-27

Baltimore Convention, which was continuance
OF the other, he stated that he could not sill in
convention where the African slave trade,
which Was piracy according TO the laws of his
country. was openly Advocated" Whatever may
be said OF Butler, none can doubt his loyalty as
Union man.
MosT POWERFUL LIGHT P, Oakland,
Cal. The following Item, answering your query,
is going the rounds OF the newspapers: "The
new lighthouse al HOusthOm is the most power
full in the world. The beam is of 100000
candle-power. and shows clearly at Blokhus.
distance of thirtyf five miles. 1t is produced by
are lamps led by De Merlens dynainos, driven
by steam engines.
ARMY OF THE PoToMAC-O. T., City. ~
Grant never was in command OF the Army OF the
Potomac IN the sense you mean, but after his
Lieutenant General In March, 1864, he estab-
llshed his headquarters with the Army of the
Potomac at Gulptpper, Va; (2) Mcclellan, Burn
side, Pope. Hooker and Mead had active ceAl-
mand OF the Army OF the Potomac.
THREE WoRDs-B W, City The word mat
iDee" is from The French "Datin,' meaning
morning. derived III turn from the Latin matnti-
mum; archaeology" is he science CT antiquities,
and 'copra" "a native word) The dried kernel OF
me cocoanut, one OF The principal articles OF ex-
port from the islands of The Pacific TO Europe,
where The oil IN expressed.
MARY ANDERsoE-W. F. L., Vallejo, Cal
Mary Anderson was born in Sacramento, Cal,
but when quite Young removed 10 and afierward
lived IN Louisville, Ky. In that city she made
her first appearance on The stage at Macauley's
1heater In Juliet III Shakespeare's Romeo and
Juliet"
SAN FRANCIsCo's PoLICE-J. j. c., Santa
Barbara, Cal An error was made last week by
the Q. C. in the statement that the NIcCoppin act
Increased The city police from $50 TO 400. The
answer should have been from 100 10 400 200
having been the increased number Of officers
DEEPEST MINEs-O H., City. The greatest
vertical in n Galifbrnia 10
1890 feet in The Idaho Nine one mile south OF
Grass valley, IN Nevada County. ana 1900 IN
The Pacltc Mine of the Plymouth Consolidated
Mining Company, in Amador County.
SECOND DIsTRIcT-J. L. B., Turiock. Cal.
The Second Congressional District OF California
comprises the counties OF Amad0r, Butte, Gala
yeras, FL Dorado. Mariposa. MERGED, Nevada,
Placer San Joaquin, Stan islaus, Suffer, Tuol-
ulnne and YuDa.
SIT OR SET-A. L. B., Saratoga, Cal. Web
ster gives as one of the definitions OF sit" (pres
emf participle sitting to thcubate; TO cover and
warm eggs for hatchng as FOWL
ORANGE GROWING = w. L., City. Shasta
are grown. They are there cultivated near
Shasta and Redding.
VOTES PoLLED-C. j. W., City. The number
of votes poed In this city at the Presidential
elections in 1880. 1884 and 1888 were: Al 292,
Al ,535 aud 90, BIB.
NEW YORK AND CORRESPONDENT. S., West
Oakland. The distance between New York, U.
). A, and Queenstown, England, is about 2S77
miles.
ROBERT bonner. X, City. Robert Bonner
of The New York Ledger was born near London
derry, Ireland, on the 2Sth of April, 1924
FIELD MARsHAL-O o. II. P. Fletcher. Nevada.
The rank of Field Marshal has never existed in
the United States Army.
CITIZENSHIP PAPERs-C. !. W., City. No
expense is attached TO the taking out OF citizen
ship papers.