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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-13
LIFE ON THE FRONT.
Sailor Arrested for Defraudinp @

Sailor Arrested for Defrauding an
1nn-Kesper.
The way in which unprincipled sailor
boarding house keepers get men away from
each others houses was explained yester-
day, when Christopher O'Brien, a sailor on
the British ship Amazon, now in the stream
and ready to sail for Europe. was arrested
by the Harbor Police on warrant charging
him with defrauding an inn-keeper. The
warrant was sworn out by John Daily, a
city-frOnt boarding house keeper.
1t appears that OBrien arrived here Sep
TENDER 9th on the American ship York
town and put up at Billy McCarthy's
house. on Vallejo street. After he had run
up bill there DAILY enticed him away, say
Ing he woul1 give lin position as runner
Tor his house. OBrien accepted the job,
DAILY told him he wanted him to ship ON the
whaling bark Bounding Bllow.
had to ship as he wanted me to-" said
O'Brlen to reporter, yesterday. who saw
him In the cell, Tor like many another man,
l would have had the head kicked off me-
But did not intend to go in the whaier;
intended to ship in foreign going vessel
and give Mccarthy my advance note for
what l owed him. So l shipped on the
Amazon and Mccarthy got my advance
note and gave me good outfit. Daily owes
me money yet for my services. ana emily
offered me the job to get me away from Nc
Carthy's SO he could ship me-"
Officer McGreevy vert out 10 tho Amazon
and brought OBrisn ashore and locked him
up at the North Harbor Station. An effort
Will be made to have his case disposed of
early this morning SO that he may 70 in the
Amazon, which sails at noon.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-13
Christian Brothers Pupils.

Yesterday afternoon at the Sacred Heart
College, Eddy and Larkin streets, the in
strnctors were occupied in the examination
of the fourth intermediate class, as follows
Hymn. " Christian Doctrine" class; recita-
tons. William Tregsy, Joseph Feeney, Rob-
ert Harrigan; song. Poor Old Joe," choir
recitations, Ed Mulville. Harry Rosseter,
W. Wenthrop; violin solo. George j.
OConnor; spelling; vocal solo, Hush, My
Baby" Charles Jennings; recitations. Peter
1. ,GlbbOn. W. Casey, g; 0'Connor. j;
Collector; song, THE Old Village School"
choir; concert recitation, 1.-THE Dying
Gladiator" class; United States History
song. 1.-Two Little Urchins," George A.
Glepnon; rccitations, Charles Jennings, E.
We Birchall, L. McCrystle, Francis Flani-
gan. NJ. Kehoe; geography; violin solo,
Vincent Kngwell; concert recitation
.Balshazlar," class; recitations. William
Kingwell, George Crowley. T. Robinson
grammar and parsing; vocal 500, "Then
You'll Remember Ne" James McBree
recitations, E. Baago, e. OConnor. e.
Clancy. +. O'Donnell; concert recitation
''rhe Seminole's Reply" class; vocal solo,
BLOSSOMS Bloom Where Mother Sleeps, %
I. Robinson; arithmetic; photography and
composition
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-13
A RISING BAROMETER.
The Signal Service Reports Give Promi
of Fine Weather.

The Signal Service Reports Give Promise
of Fine Weather.
Lieutenant John p. Finley. in charge of
the United States Sign al Service Bureau in
this city, issued the following weather bull
letin last evening at o'clock:
The cyclone OF Tuesday remained nearly
stationary near Vancouver Island up to this
morning, when dur ing the day it suddenly
moved with great rapidity eastward along
the boundary of Washington. 1t is now
central to the northward of Western Mon
tana. Throughout Oregon and Washington
the winds have shifted to westerly, attended
with light rains generally, although occa-
sionally heavy in some places. As the
storm passed eastward over British Column
bia violent gales with thick weather and
rain were experienced along the Coast
southwark to Central Oregon. This morn
ing thu wind was blowing seventy-two miles
per hour from the southeast at Fort Candy,
and during the last night the velocity had
increased to nearly ninety miles per hour
The lowest barometer reported was 49, "a
The rain area has extended southwark into
Northern California to the fortieth parallel
of north latitude, taking in the stations of
Red Bluff and Eureka, but will not advance
any further southwark. At all coast sta
tons the barometer is rising very rapidly,
with winds shifting to westerly, showing
the departure of the storm to the east. At
Fort CANDY the barometer rose nearly half
an inch during the past twelve hours.
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PERSONAL NOTES.

Orlof Ropp of Russia is at the California.
DR.. F. w. Conn of Napa is at the Bald
win.
DR.. N. L. Bates of Mare Island is at the
California.
j.. w. Thompson of San Diego is at the
Occidental.
DR.. L. A. Harcourt of Crescent City is at
the Grand.
Governor Waterman went to San Bernar-
dino yesterday.
State Prison Director J. Craig of Wood
land is at the Palace.
c. ii. Fitch of the United States Geolog-
zeal Survey is at the Lick.
State Controller-elect E. P. Colgan of
Santa Rosa is at the Grand.
j. II. Whited, a railroad superintendent of
Wadsworth, New, is at the Grand.
General Bidwell of Chico entertained a
few friends at the Occidental last night
II. B. Maxson of the United States Survey
is registered at the Palace from Arizona.
j. w. Rea of San Jose, member of the
State Board Of Equalization, is at the Bald
win.
j. Clark, General Passenger Agent for
the Union Pacific at Los Angeles, is at the
Grand.
DR.. Frederick Bass of the English Medi-
cal Dispensary, who has been absent for
some time on business, has returned to the
city.
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STATE HISTORY.
General Bidwell Reviews . Local Mags-
zine Article,

General Bidwell Reviews . Local Mags-
zine Article.
General John Bidwell, Dr. S. II. Wiley
and Willard B. Farwell met last night at
the Occidental Hotel to discuss an article
published in monthly Coast magazine by
Mr.. Farwell, in which the early history of
California before it became part of the
United States was reviewed, a portion of
the evidence as to its condition to become a
State was given, and a great deal of evil
dence taken at General Fremont's count
martial was also published. General Bid
well reviewed at length the article in ques-
ton, most Of which, especially the quoted
evidence, he directly coniradicted from his
own personal knowledge. He described
many incidents bearing ON his statements
which were remarkably interesting. espe-
cially those relating to the early Indian his
tory of California, the first settlers and
their ideas as to the best steps to take in
either forming an independent republic or
entering the Union.
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ing hours. To stop this he put a paddock on
the door, but that did not stop it very long.
Yesterday young Dunn and several other
boys quarreled aud disturbed the peace.
throw away some keys. Investigation re-
suited in the keys being fitted into the door
and padlocks, and Dunn was then for the
first time suspected Of being the person who
has entered the establishment OH every and
all occasions. He has been in the Indus
trial School hafnra
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Stolen EnnIMaar.

Henry Moore and Henry Brooks were
the names given to Police Sergeant Haskell
at the Southern Station last evening by two
young tonghs, but since Henry" is q
favorite name with those who wish to con-
ceal their own name from The ignominy OF
:heir deeds it is safe to say that both have
assumed false names. They were caught
emerging from the dry-goods establishment
OF james Dwyer, So Third street, burdened
with stolen hosiery. Officer James Mcguire
made the arrest
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Looking for Lobsters.

Joseph d. Redding, who acted as special
agent OF the United States Fish Commits
sion when large shipments of Holsters from
the East were transplanted in Monterey
Bay in June, 1888. is anxious to discover if
the fish have survived. He has offered a
reward of $50 for small live lobster found
on this Coast-one that he can be sure was
among those transplanted. So far none
have been found BY fishermen in the bay of
Monterey. and it is doubted if any will ever
ha naI1frIt
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Home Mt.s,onnrx Work.

The Home Missionary Society of Calvary
Presbyterian Church held meeting last
night in the auditorium of the church, at
which Mrs. M. Walker gave the history and
workings of the society. Mrs. Walker is
sent out by the Woman's Executive Com
mittee OF New York City, and has been in
the State several weeks. She defined the
work as peculiarly fit for the abilities of the
ladies' and urged them to the effort of saving
to the church the souls of foreign persons.
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huge piece of iron and carried it TO JUNK
store, where he disposed of it for Is cents.
IL was also ascertained that he had sold
coil of rope weighing about as much as tue
davit at the same shop. Kidney was ar
rested and charged with petty larceny for
stealing the davit, and the police are now
looking for the owner If the rona
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-13

George Dunn. aged IA. vino has been en-
ployed as messenger in the store kept by
Henry Baldwin on Market street, was
booked yesterday afternoon at the Southern
Station for the Industrial School. For some
time Mr.. Baldwin has found his store en- :
tered and things carried away during clos
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-13

There was some disappointment at the
Berkeley campus yesterday when it was
found that King Kalakaua did not appear
as was expected. 1t was stated that the
visit and review had been postponed until
next week, owing to unavoidable circum-
stances.
The situation at Emeryville was quiet
yesterday. 1t was stated that two men,
who had come out to work, had been per-
suaded by the strikers not to go to work.
The Executive Committee of the strikers
claims that workmen in other departments
will go out next week if the trouble in the
rolling-mlss is not adjusted
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-13

Yesterday afternoon the Supreme Court,
sitting in bank, handed down a decision
against the appellant and the defendant in
the case of the City of Nnpa VS.. Rowland,
an action for ejectinent from certain lands
dedicated to the city in 1850 and held for
public use until March /, 1876. when How
land took possession
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-13

The Sausalito News of yesterday pub.
fishes lengthy petition, signed by large
number of property-owDers OF Sausalito and
qualified electors of Marin County, directed
to the SUPERVISORS of the county, and asking
for the incorporation of Sausalto as town
The petition will be presented to the board
ON the fist Monday In next January
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-13
Bound for san Quentin.

A man named William Goodwin, who was
convicted of grand larceny in Santa Barbara
County and sentenced to serve five years in
San Quentin, was lodged at the North Har.
Dor Police Station yesterday morning. Ii
the afternoon he was taken to his new home
across the hav
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-13

Professor Alexander Agassiz, the we'll
known scientist, will sail early next month
to the Galapagos Islands, off the coast of
Peru, for the purpose Of making souudings
along the shore and also to gather specimens
of the islands fauna and flora. He will be
aboard the United States vessel Albatross
and may not return Tor four or five months.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-13
Would steal a Hot stove.

A few days ago boat davit weighing $50
pounds. belonging to the tug Reliance. was
stolen from Folsom-street Wharf. The
Harbor Police ascertained yesterday that a
man named John Kidney had stolen the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-13

The Tucson Citizen says the stockmen of
that country have organized to open cattle
trail to California. At their first meetin
$500 was raised and enough more promise
to raise $4,000.
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IL. Selection, Claude DnyaP (E. Solomon.
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HOLLOW.

An echo is kind of holler mockery.-
Binghamton Republican.
Some BARRIERS are best at cutting hair
and others excel in shaving the cheek.
But, as a rule, all are good at the chin
Philadelphia Times.
''I see that your Chinese servant has
managed to pick up good deal of Eng
lish." eyes, he walked away with my
dictionary. y."-Washingto Post.
Father-Tommy, are you sure your sis
ter's beau hasn't gone yeta
Tommy-Yes, sir; there isn't any light
in the parlor.-Kearney Nebraska.
Hojack-I wonder why lightning never
strikes twice in the same place. Passifer
Perhaps it is because its demands are ac-
ceded to the first time.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
:sWhat does the doctor say you've gotf'
81 think he said it was lumberago." well,
/ told you to let JOHN split the wood.
You never will do as tell you. buffalo
Courier.
Our artist, who was abroad Tuesday
night and endeavored to paint the storm,
used but two colors to depict the scene
the storm rose and the wind blue.-The
Berkshire News.
You are apt to hear e good deal of the
husbands of equal suffragists being com
PEELED to stay at home and take care of the
baby. There is no truth in it. Equa
| suffragists have no babies. - Atchisor
| Globe.
He had been captured as he came out OF
| the hallway with the article in his hand
What are you in the dock for." asked th'
magistrate. '..Simply trying to raise al
umbrella, your honor. r."-Philadelphi'
Times.
Cause for Sadness-"What's the matter
| You look SO sad" my uncle's condition
troubles me" ''Why, saw him a littl'
while ago, and he seemed to enjoy perfec
health" '.That is exactly what troubles
me!"-Texas Siftings.
The Queen in her speech the other da.
remarked that her foreign relations con
tinued pacific. 1t was a curious blunde
the typesetter made when he made her sa.
that her domestic relations continued pro
lific.-Boston Traveller.
What She Meant-First Summer Girl
There isn't a young man at the resor
worth flirting with. Second Summe
Girl-Why, my dear, there isn't youn
man of any sort here-not one. Firs
Summer Girl-Well, that's what 1 said
didn't Is-Good News.
i Mrs. Brown-"Brldget, L don't unuel
stand. You say you paid ten cents for
glass of soda water for Master Edward
| and vet he tells me he did not have any.
''That's all right, mum; 1 bought it fo
him, but he was SO warm, l thought
might hurt him, SO 1 drank it myself
mum. ."-Fliegende Blatter.
IA competent occulis is needed in Oh
cago now" remarked man to PittsbuI
eye sharp sis that sof' replied the la
ter. s'Ter me about it and may go fo
awhile if there's any money in it. There
money in it without doubt" HWhat
the dificultyl" ''Well, the city is havin
a great deal of trouble with her site" "
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-28
LIGHT IN PEABODY.

The town of Peabody, Massachusetts,, is
about to build and operate an electric light
ing plant. 1t will light its streets and
public buildings and sell its surplus light
to any who may desire it. Danvers has
owned and operated similar plant for
two years, but has only lighted its streets
and public buildings. Other New England
towns also make light for public uses, but
none sell light to the public. 1t is believed,
however, that there are no legal obstacles
in the way. The Supreme court of Massa-
chusetts decided last spring, in response
to a request from the house of representa-
tives, that the town of Danvers had
a constitutional right to make elee-
tric light for it's own use. The
question of the right to sell did
not come up. An earlier decision recites
that the city of Lowell had the right to
dispose of the surplus room in building
leasing it for other than public uses. The
right of cities or towns to sell the surplus
hay from public commons, or gravel OF
stone from public pits or quarries, has
never been questioned. From these prem
ises it is argued that the surplus product
of lighting plant would come under this
same category, and that custom and pre-
cedent would authorize its sale.
1t will be interesting to watch the work
ing of the experiment. Philadelphia
makes money out of its gas works, as dc
some English cities.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-28
REFERENCES Required.

The servant-girl question is ever a burn
ing one, and anything that will help an
swer it is welcome. An Englishwoman
comes forward with the suggestion that
the servant girl when applying for stu
alton should have the same right to ask
for references from the mistress that the
mistress has to ask them from the servant.
For the purpose of meeting this legitimate
demand, she suggests that each mistress
should name two referees among her for
mer servants who have lived with her
within year.
At first sight this looks fair enough, but
a second glance will convince anybody
who knows anything about the matter that
the Englishwoman's suggestion is highly
superfuous. The New York Post shows
sumes judicial mindedness and power of
expression on the part of servant--girls
which they hardly ever possess, and it
assumes also that the servant girls do not
already act as references about mistresses
for each other. The truth is that nearly
every employers character, as an employ
er, is pretty well known to all the servant
girls in the neighborhood. They describe
the ways of the people they live with to
one another at their Sunday evening con-
venticles with minuteness and prolixity
which leave nothing to be desired in the
way of information about temper, habits
kind and amount of work. 1t would be a
waste of labor for any housekeeper to ap
point standing referees, because theil
judgment would either be superhuous OF
ineffective, and would besides this b.
| highly colored by the reasons of the ref
cree for leaving or staying in the house.
No, the servant girls do not need any
references from mistresses. What they d.
not already know about them would no
fill very large book. If there is any wa.
to make them know less 1t should be mad
|
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-28

rihed his pockets. He took therefrom two
loaded revolvers, bowie knife, q dagger, q
slungshot, bottle of chloroform, and q
ssandbag.
ssYour first offense. is itE' said Cyrus.
For a novice at the business you carry
pretty good kit of tools. Stand up
The burglar obeyed-
'.Are You a man of familyF'
Yes, sir; o, please-
''Stop your whining
A look of hard, stern, relentless purpose
revolver at the abject scoundrels head
again.
$50 and take that babyi'' he command
ed.
''Wh-what fors'
'.Never mind what forl Yo go and take
that baby.'
''Cyrus." exclaimed Mrs winterbottom,
in dismay, "what do you meant"
II know what 1 am about, Emily. Pick
up that squalling infant, You villain.'
The man obeyed.
Handle il carefully
s'Yes, sir"
'sNow walk the floor with it,''
For four long hours Cyrus Winterbot-
tom held that empty revolver leyelled at
the head of the miserable man and compell-
ed him to walk up and down the room
with the crying, squirming infant in his
arms.
AT daybreak the cringing, crawling william
was permitted to sneak away from the prem
ises, a broken-hearted man.
His raven hair had turned gray in that
one night.
1t was a horrible retributior but who
shall say it was not deserved And thus
we learn, my children, that crime some
times brings its own punishment, and that
the way of the trangressor continues to be
hard
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The lot of the umpire in an amateur
base ball game is unusually very unhap-
py and likewise a dangerous one. In a
contest recently played in town not
many miles from Buffalo between the
home team and a visiting club the umpire
was compelled to decide several close de-
cisions against the local nine, and though
the crowd became greatly excited no harm
befell the autocrat of the diamond up to
the last half of the ninth inning. The
score at that juncture was to s, in favor
of the visitors, with the home team at bat.
The first man up got a base on balls, the
second singled and a sacrifice advanced
each a base. A repetition of the four-ball
act filed the bags The next two batters
famed out, to the chagrin of the crowd,
who began to think that the umpire in
tended to rob the horne club of the game.
The climax was reached when the third
man had two strikes and three balls
called ON him. The excitement was at
fever heat, for the next ball pitched meant
defeat or victory. Straight as an arrow
came the sphere towards the plate. but as
the umpire tremblingly prepared to call
s-thiri strike side out:'' the bafsman
swung around with naz--a-aN and l-Donl,Ad
Ela.s isaIi over the fence. The sensafs0h o.
joy experienced by that umpire was of a
joyous kind, as he comprehended how
near he had come to deaths door. He
never tires of telling the story, but AYERS
that he will never umpire another ball
uauaa
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BEWARE OF INVITATIONS
CALIFORNIA. TEXAS AND MEXICO.

Semi-mouthly Parties, personally condnctea'
man sleeping cars Call on OF address e Z SSnh-
RIER New England Agent Southern Esclnc
Company, le2 Washington Street. Boston AAss'
3yia eod6m
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-28
SEAL HUNTERS.
How They Pursue Their Carnage off
the Labrador Coast.

How They Pursue Their Carnage off
the Labrador Coast.
Correspondence of the New York Tribune.l
st. Johns bustles with activity in the
week before the hunt begins. The streets
are crowded with men from the soutsports'
looking for "a berth for the ice.s They
carry roll of bedding, long, heavy
stick, which they call their ''gaff," and a
long, sharp knife. They arr. as warmly
clad as their financial position permits. A
single suit of clothes is all they require, as
it stays on their backs without change un-
til they return. This and the hatchery
they engage in do not contribute to their
lovely appearance as they disembark. The
windward side of them is much the pleas
antest to occupy.
The hunt is conducted ON shares. 1t is
pure speculation. If it is successful the
men come off with snug little fortunes to
to hit the breeding grounds, and there are
some failures every year, the experience Is
both painful and improbable. The
ssfo'c's'le' of "siler'' presents a sorry
spectacle. No one who entertains a pre-
judice in favor of cleanliness can afford to
90 near one However decent it may be
when the ship clears, it is dreadful
enough when she returns. Overrun with
yermin, reeking with blood, greasy and
| malodorous, it is more fit for the occupa
ton of jackals than of men. But the sea
hunter does NOT seem to mind 1t, and th'