The morning call., 1891-01-24
CENTREYILLE.
The Farmers Are watching and waiting

Inc Farmers Are Watching and Waiting
for Rain.
hut'or Morning Call: Next to his
MokNlNG CALL the two things most ear
heStly scanned by the Centrevillite lust now
are 1he SKY and the barometer. We are
MOI Weather~ise. We are quite convinced
.h"I no human being save, perhaps, Lieu
tenant Finley of the Signal Corps, is more
tn"reiy ignorant of weather indications
tldh we are, but we do know that we want
ram, ana heartily wish that the clerk of the
weather had saved up some of the super
hnous moisture OF last year for the present
season We have plowed, we have har-
rG"ed and seeded, we have pruned, sprayed
ana weeded, and now we are ready and
WalIlng Tor at least what Lieutenant Finley
cars a precipitation of MOISTURE if not a
genuine hard rain. Prayers were read for
ram III st. James Church Sunday.
Our recently organized Knights of Pythias
GoIninandery met last Wednesday and in
olaHeu Ihe following officers Tor the current
year: Past Chancellor, n Trybschenck
Chancellor Conductor, T. c. Huxley; Vice
Chancellor Conductor, 5. Sandholdt; Keeper
OF records and Seals, Frank Eggers; Master
o. finance, Frank I. Hawes; Master of
EXchequer, Charles A. Plnmmer Master
alarms, Charles Burdick; Prelate, Rev. T.
Il. Crump; Inside Guard, E. Mass; Outside
- Gl!dIu, L. MhthleSeD.
Services are now held in the morning at
the Presbyterian Church. instead of the
evening, AS heretofore The congregation
Aad the pleasure last Sunday of listening
once again TO their former eloquent pastor,
W. r. Is. Lynch, he having come up from
San Leandro to exchange pulpit with Nj
Gillian.
Our public schools opened Monday. with
MI John Clark in the principals chair;
Misses Brown and Riley remaining as assist
ants. The new principal, Mr. Clark, is an
educator of some note, having formerly oc-
cupied the chair of mathematics at BeIke-
ley. lie Is also the author of the algebra in
use In the schools of this State. Mr.. Clark
and his sister will make their home in Cen
treylle and will doubtless prove Il delight
full acquisition TO local society.
Washington Parlor, No. 169 n. S. G. W.,
has posters out announcing its first annual
ball ON the evening of February 9th. This
IS the first entertainment given by the Lew
society and they are preparing to make it
grand success. One great need of our town
has long been a suitable hall for just such
occasions as this, and this ''long-felt want"
IS now to be supplied, as NJ. SouZa, owner
OF the brick block occupied by Hawes &
Dusterbury and n. Trybschenck, is pro-
ceedlng at once to raise the entire building
another story. and will IT up the space thus
gained for handsome lodge-room and pub
lie hail.
Captain J. W. McCuIly of the British ship
Riverside spent portion OF this week in
Centreylle at the home of J. w. Robertson.
Mrs. hurtZ OF San Francisco was The guest
last week of Mrs ChadbnurnP.
Mrs. Clara sutherland, who mas been quite
i'll Tor number of weeks past, is once more
aDlp 10 be ont.
A good deal of sickness has prevailed this
winter, probably attributable in great
measure to the very unusual weather, but
mos 80 our invaiids are recovering. {. C.
{ %z-=v.&le Cal. JSJL 60. 1891.