The morning call., 1891-03-13
FROM SANTA ROSA.
Numerous Notes From SOnOma
C0unty's City Of Roses.

10 the EutLOT OF LIE morning eau: a
generation of moss-backs has sprung up
since the social swim of the "City of Roses"
was reported in THE CALL, but notwith-
standing the seeming GOODNESS of the scribe
in allowing our society princes and
princesses to languish in the shades of met
ropolitan newspaper obscurity, they flourish
and now and then startle the social world
hereabout in way that shows them to be
not far behind their brothers and sisters of
the metropolis on the bay.
The junior Four Hundred gave bon-tOn
party at Assembly Hall. Saturday evening,
March 18th. Nearly all of the society folks,
too young tor decolete and swallow-tails,
were there, and for the guests of honor had
a number of San Francisco friends.
Miss Della McQuail of the Grismer-D Davies
Company is spending her vacation at the
residence of her sister, Mrs. j. B. Davies of
this city. Miss McQuaid formerly lived
here and at the recent appearance Of the
company here received an ovation at the
hands of her many friends.
TIE wedding of Mr.. j. 2. Fay, formerly
Of Boston, and Miss Stella Patterson of this
city was the principal nuptial event of the
past week. Mr.. Fay is the able General
Secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A. at San Jose,
has good ability and is brimful of energy.
his DTiue Wis very pIOHliHeut IN drG ana
| social circles here. They are spending their
| honeymoon at Pacific Grove.
Great preparations are being m ade for
| the entertainment of the Grand Parlor, Ma
! tive Sons, which c0nyeneS here in April.
| Business men will contribute liberally. and
nothing will be left undone that can in any
| way tend to make the session a most pleas
! ant one A home dramatic company re-
Gently presented "Richelieu" and cleared a
nice sum, which they very generously turned
| into the Entertainment Fund.
| The construction of our two new public
| buildings, the county Hall of Records and
the new jail, drags YEARLY afong though
| the contractor expects to complete them
| within the specified limit Since the work
began the plans have been altered a num-
| Der of times by the Board of Supervisors
and with each change thousands of dollars
| in cost of construction were added. The
board is being roundly abused for the lavish
way in which they have dug into the
| county'S eXehequer in adding to the original
| cost ofsthe buildings.
Judge Dougherty rendered decision In
the Superior Court in a PoStoffice case that
! has severely shocked the pecuniary system
of one of our capitalists. Said capitalist
wanted to get the PostOffice moved into ono
| of his buildings and in order to accomplish
that end contracted to furnish it to the
| Government for five years at 81 a year.
| The Government accepted and moved in
nearly two years ago. The capitalist de-
| pended III ON sub criptionS from business
men 10 pay the balance of the rent. One of
the subscribers refused 10 keep up his pay
| ment Of 81 80 per month and the capitalist
| sued The Judge decided that he could not
recover on the ground that the contract was
| void, because 1t was contrary 20 public
policy. low the other subscribers are be-
| coming restless and we may soon have the
| sad spectacle of a money-lender furnishing
| Uncle Sam good PoSt0ttice for three years
| for So.
One of the raeiest cases that has caused
the gossips of Santa Rosa to wag their
| tongues vocifer0usly for some time is the
| Sargent divorce case, on trial before Judge
Crawford, during the past week. The
| plaintiff, a prominent physician, sued for
| divorce, charging his wife with inhdelity.
| In her answer the wife surpasses the hus-
| band in charges OF the same salaclou5 char
acter. The goody-gOody parties insisted
that the case should be tried with closed
| duorS. but all Of the Iacts leaked out, were
published in local paper, and the court
officers are now wondering why they did
| not hold open court and let the people get
the racy evidence fresh from the forum.
Among the projected enterprises for
| Santa Rosa is the railway to Taylor Noun
tain. The mountain is about four miles
| distant; is a charming pleasure resort, and
the scheme is to build a narrow gauge to
and over it. Then, too, the proposed road
will run close TO the celebrated Sulphur
Springs.
Speaking about railroads reminds that
Santa Rosa has street-car line that is GER
tainly without parallel, SO far as rolling
stock is concerned. The cars have been
cartooned and lampooned; have been mad
the subject for local hits for all theatrical
companies. But the superintendent insists
that it is stocked as well as the business will
| Justify, and so the miserable cars are allowed
10 go numbering up aud down our best street
to the great modification of our public
| spirited statesmen.
Judge John Tyler Campbell, ex-Consul to
| China, delivered his secoud lecture on
"China and the Chinese before the Young
| Mems Christian Association Tuesday even
ing Tue Judge was close student of Chi
neSe customs while living at Foochow, and
greatly edited his hearers in his off-hand
way of relating his observations
Colonel NJ. l.. Mcdonald, Worlds Fair
Commissioner at large, is also President of
a Santa Rosa railway, and while lie is al
ways primful of great enterprises it some
times requires considerable prodding to get
him to attend to the small ones. For some
time our City Council has been coquetting
with him ABOUT having certain improve
ments made in the track. The Colonel al
ways wanted little more time. After CIV
ing him nearly two years the Council de-
| clared the road nuisance, and were about
to order il torn up when the Colonel began
| the wcrk of repairing. TOM RYE.
ROyl, Mdrch II, 1891