The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-17
SEA AND SHORE.
Sundry Items of General Interest
From the Front.
smothered in Eggs-An Engineer Nearly
Drowned-More Food for Chile The
Market Glutted With Potatoes.

Antoine Beppo, fisherman, went aboard
n fishing boat yesterday afternoon about 2
o'clock to talk 10 one of his countrymen,
and in the short time he was aboard did
several dollars worth of damage and got
himself covered with egg. The boat had
just got in from the Farallones with over
500 dozen eggs on board, which were piled
in heap in the bottom of the boat. Beppo
sat down on one of the matches and his
weight caused it to break through, landing
him fairly on top Of the pile. He was
quickly bragg d on deck with enough rare
omelette sticking to HIM to run Barbary
Coast hash-house for week.
The crew of the boat looked at the wreck
and then at the cause of 1t, but before they
could present a bill for damages B ppo had
eli mbed ashore and disappeared.
TOO MANY sPUDs.
What to do with the vast quantities of po-
tatoes that are being brought to this city is
question that the produce merchants along
the front are trying to solve. AT the pres
ent time over 10, 900 sacks are lying on jack
son and Washington street wharyes. Most
of them belong to D. Keith & Co. and w. r.
Lar zelere & Co.. and they find it impossible
to even give the tuberS away. l. is sta ted
that uniform price will be adopted. and
all potatoes that will not bring that pric G
will be thrown overheard. 1t is expected
that the price will be about 40 cents a hum
dred pounds. there being nearly 10000
sacks on the front that are rottlng for wan
OF "a purchaser.
BROUGHT HOME.
The body of Harry Wallaz, chief steward
of the Walia Walla, was landed from that
vessel yesterday morning. The remains
were received by a delegation of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen. of which the de-
ceased was member. The steamer came
up the bay with her flag at half-mast, and
the flags on the company's steamers now in
port were also placed at half mast.
BROKE HER SHAFT.
The United States steamer Hartley broke
her shaft yesterday afternoon while out in
the bay with patty Of Custom-house OFF,
GERS on board. The boat drifted around for
some time, until picked up by DR.. Lawler
in the quarantine boat.
NEARLY DROWNED.
John Ellsworth, engineer of the tug Kate,
had a narrow escape from drowning yeSter-
day morning. He was going on board the
into the bay. He was rescued by people on
the dock.
FOOD FOR CHILE.
The bark Andrew WEIGH finished loading
and dropped into the stream yesterday
afternoon. Her berth at the sea-wall was
chartered to carry supplies to Chile.
The steamer Santa Maria went up to Port
Costa yesterday, where she will load all the
wheat she can carry, and will also sail for
Chile before the week Is out
SPAR ADRIFT.
A new spar, evidently Intended for YES
sePs lower mast was picked up by boat
man floating about in the bay yesterday.
The spar was turned over 10 the Harbor
Commissioners.
The steamer Crescent City. lying at Fol-
som street, is having her deck-house raised
and carried out the full width of the vessel.
A new pilot-house will also be put in her.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
Captain Hawley, Superintendent of the
SDreckels' tugboats, will take a vacation
During his absence Captain Dan Haskell
will look alter the interests OF the company
IN FROM SEA.
The following vessels arrived yesterday:
Steamer Humboldt from Eureka, Walla
Walla from Victoria, Point Arena from
Mend0cino, Gypsy from Santa Cruz, NOyo
from Noyo, and Truckee from Tilamook.
The schoOners Elyina. Charles Hanson,
Coquile, Mary Buhne and Barbara Hern-
ster came in from coast ports.
WENT TO SEA.
The steamer Celia for Coos Bay, bark
Aureola for Nanaimo schooners Puritan for
Callao. and Leila and Matte for Albion
sailed yesterday.
MOVEMENTS.
The moves yesterday were the steamer
Santa Maria to Port Costa, barkentine c.
c. Funk to the Union Iron Works, bark
Viva from Pert Costa to the stream, An
drew Welch sea-wall to stream, and the
barkentin S. G. Wilder to Mission street.
To-day the Port Stanley goes to Port
Costa to load and the Andrew WEIGH and
c. d. Bryant tow to sea.
CHARTERS.
The ship Republic loads lumber on the
Sound for Sydney.
Schooner Peerless, 233 tens, lumb Der from
Port Blakely TO Ncunea-chAriercd by Rem
ton, Holmes & Co.
THE WEATHER.
The weather yesterday was foggv, with
the wind south and southwest, blowing six
teen miles an hour. Tne barometer stood
%. 80.