The morning call., 1890-12-26
MEN ABOUT TOWN.
Bits of Information Gathered
Here and There.
Back to His Old Home Got the Wrong Change.
Chadbourne's Costly Honors-H Hard
on the Postmen.

W. ]. Haynes of Ceur d'Alene. Idaho. Is
at the Grand Hotel for the Christmas holi
days and visiting a number of his old friends
in the city, He is an old San Franciscan,
but wandered out into Idaho few years
ago. and when the big mining "boom"
started at Coeur d'Alene he was one of the
first to strike it rich He has prospered ac
cordngly, and comes back to his old home
with good round belly and fat capon
lined"
He is enthusiastic over the future of
Idaho, and says that the new State is on the
high road to prosperity. Enterprises of all
Kind are spriuging up, and the mines in par
ticular have been so wonderfully produc-
tive that they are attracting great deal of
outside capital
GOT HIS CHICKEN FEED.
Wednesday afternoon compositor en-
ployed by an evening paper was in need of
some small change to pay off Christmas
debt, and being up to his eyes in business
when the unexpected creditor handed in his
card lie called an office boy. and in hasty
way said: Johnny. you take this five and
bring me four dollars worth of chicken
feed and hog dollar, and be quick about it,
too; de yer hearP"
The boy started post-haste, and as the
minutes flew by the owner of the glittering
coin became uneasy and wondered what
had become of the youngster. Someone in
the composing-room suggested that the man
OF uneasy mind hire detective TO hunt up
the absconder, when noise was heard at
the door, and the supposed lost Johnnie,
pulling and blowing, put in an appearance.
A sigh OF relief escaped from the owner of
the flyer when the boy flung down a dollar
on the desk, with the remark that the man
with the chicken-feed was coming. The
non-plussed compositor caught on at once,
ana as ne grasped an iron bar to brain the
boy the seedman arrived with four sacks of
Iced. 1t took some tall explanatory words
TO prove to the eXpressnlan that it was not
chicken-feed in the real sense. but small
change that the compositor wanted. The
owner OF the money was returned his change
minus so cents for drayage.
COSTLY HoNORs.
Colonel! Oh, ColOnelp" The words
smote the drowsy ear OF night, in the region
OF Market aud New Montgomery streets,
with resonant clearness that echoed for
docks along the silent town, and was fol-
lowed at once by the Scurrying sound of
flying feet 4 moment later Colonel f.
). Chadbourne rushed breathleSsly around
the corner of the Palace Hotel and plunged
into the arms of CALL reporter.
Don't stop me!' he exclaimed desper-
ately. II am ruined man. and the news
papers nave Caused 1t all. Yesterday | was
private citizen enjoying the quiet ease of a
domestic life, but the announcement of my
appointment by Colonel Markham has COM
passed my ruin. Every man that ever knew
me Is pursuing me, and $500 wouldn't put
me even. If this thing continues will be
bankrupt in month"
Another cry Of Colonel" resoun ded
around the corner, and with one fra ntic
bound the new staff officer had gone, cleay-
ing the darkness with the rapidity of
despair
HARD ON PosTMEN.
weary postman slowly unlocked mail
box Wednesday afternoon, and esurely drew
therefrom handful after handful OF circulars.
:. Very bad thing. that" he remarked.
Circulars should never be deposited in
street boxes. Causes too much labor in the
hrst place. and in addition to that it causes
no end OF confusion. About year ago, OK
Ittle more, L was suspected, and notified
that letter containing a large draft was
missing, and had been traced to my route.
The gentleman was positive that he had
mailed IT, out it had failed to arrive at its
destination. or course l could make no ex-
PLANTATION, when, to my great relief, the let
ter showed up all right. Some one had
mailed a lot of circulars in the box, and
when tine letter containing the draft dropped
IN IL !eii INTO circular envelope ana wan
dered of in that way TO Montana. The same
thing often happens, and many times, sup
pose, through the careless of the recipients
OF the circulars never show up again."
MILLIONS IN GOLD.
81. B. Wheaton, Superintendent of the
Excelsior Mining and Water Company,
located at Smartsville, is in the city.
There is a prevailing opinion abroad
that placer mining is played out" he said
last night. !" 1t is he continued, "a great
mistake. The shutting down of the hy-
draalic mines has put temporary stop to
1t, true, but the body Of the gold has not
yet been touched in this State. Back of
Nevada City, for instance, and extending to
the Oregon line, there is a range of hills
that has never been worked because of the
anti-debris law, and experts estimate that
there is from 81, 100000 to So, co., coo in gold
to every mile; in other words, $3.50, COO, GOO
to $500, 600 locked up because it cannot
be mined IN paying quantities except by
the hydraulic process. Just think of that.
and then wonder that the miners feel ag-
grieyed over the law that holds them In
check"