The morning call., 1891-04-04
FROM SANTA ROSA.
Breezy Bits From the SOnOma
County Capital.

SUuHLy Cdplidi.
Editor Morning Call: Easter Sunday
was observed in Santa Rosa with due cere-
moDy at ali of the churches. The houses of
worship We're all taStefully decorated and in
some Of them the floral designs were most
| exquisite. In nearly all of them the Easter
sermon was preached in the morning, while
the evening service hour was given over to
the children, who had interesting exercises
in commemoration of the resurrection.
The Templar Easter services were held
in the Episcopal Church and were exceed
ingly appropriate. Santa Rosa Comma nd
cry, No. IA, under the command of Captain
Isbel of Ukiah, marched to the church over
fifty strong and had front seats. The build
ing was filed and hundreds went away IN
able to gain admittance. The Templar's
address was delivered by the Rev. DR.. J.
Avery Shepherd. who had for his theme
Jesus Rose in the Springtime and There
fore the Flowers in Spring are EmbIems of
Jesus" There were present from Ukiah
Sir Knights Isbel. Day, Elliott, Paxton,
Stout, Mannon, McYork, McCOwen, Saun-
ders, and Sam HaiUes and wife, Mrs. Man
non, Mrs. Mccarthy, Mrs. II. McCowen, l..
W. Babcock and wife, T. NJ. Goodwin, T.
J. Weldon and lady, w. r. Meendy and
lady, 5. j. Halliday and lady, c. A. Goun-
cell and wife, j. c. Cook. D. Bruner, George
Weslar, MIS-. l.. I. Day, Miss Minnie Craw,
W. StOrkey, NJ. Luce, Miss Jennie Luce,
P. Robinson, r. Moor. NJ. L. Gibson, A. G.
Bechtel, j. w. Hendrix and I. G. Charlton.
The Hon. Samuel /. Allen has re-
turned from San Quentin. where, since lust.
December, he held pretty good position
under Warden McCOmb of the State Peni-
tertiary 1t was hoped by many Of Sans
friends that he would be retained, but the
new Warden had hardly got settled in his
official harness before Sans official decapi-
tation took place. Sam came very near be-
ing elected Sheriff last fall, and it is tn ught
by many will get there the next time he
runs. Saeriff MulgreW is a good man, but
there are enough Democrats dissatisfied
with his beStowai of patronage to take
fendish delight in cutting his political
throat, should he obtain the Democratic
nomination two years hence.
T. Frank Muther, one OF our largest cigar
manufacturers and tObaccO-dealerS, has
been the victim OF series VI most Cowardly
peTsec itiOnS of late. Two weeks ago some
! body cut his fine new carriage to pieces; a
week later his dog was poisoned; a few days
after that all his chickens were killed, and
last Tuesday night his barn was fired, and
his trotung-h0rse, harness, carriage, hay,
grain and barn were destroyed in the flames.
INT 10 NdS 81 ohiIi1uiig idlU tilbt luS lUdI
apartments in the building were fired SIM
ultaneously. 1t was total loss with not
one cent of insurance. Mr.. MuLher feels
sure that he knows who the guilty party is,
though no legal steps have yet been taken.
Some assert that there is a woman in the
case Others think that his msfortunes
have not yet eliminated, and advise him to
guard lis residence securely.
Mr.. William Ii. Hunt of the firm of Hunt
Bros, proprietors OF the Hunt Packing
a. A.
Lltchtield of SebaStOpOl were united i'll mar
riage at the home of the bride in the latter
town last Thursday afternoon. The Rev.
DR.. Anderson of Santa Rosa performed the
ceremony and a number OF prominent So
cietV people were present.
The Santa Rosa City Council has been
greatly distressed by one q. II. Myers, bet
ter known as myers, the Meat Man."
Myers lives just outside of the corporation
limits and persists in peddling beef in the
city and steadily refuses to pay peddler's
license, which for those of his class amounts
to $50 per month. He has been repeatedly
arrested and fined. This week he was ar
rested again, but refused TO plead guilty as
he had done before and appeared, with
Judge Presley as counsel full of judicial
fight. After eXhausting venre of ninety
men jury was secured and he WAS tried,
but the jury failed TO agree. A stipulation
was entered into to put eff the second trial
until next Tuesday evening, when the coun-
ell Will meet. Myers friends will try to
have the ordinance repealed and all of the
other meat men in the city will bring their
influence TO bearin having it retained. The
trial has led to an investigation that shows
that there Is strong probability that not
one of the ordin 1nceS passed by the council
within the past six months, and there have
been good many, is valid, owing TO the
failure 10 properly publish the ordinances
when promulgated. Ii the validity of the
ordinances is attac ked and they are not SuS-
tanned some very surprising results will
follow.
The ladies of the Fifth-street Methodist
Church gave unique entertainment in
Rldgeway Hall Wednesday and Thursday
evenings. 1t was an orange social and in
support of the supposition that everything
should smack of oranges, the hail was
decorated in orange colors, the menu was
oranges from top to bottom and even the
fair young ladies in charge of the booths
were clad in orange colored robes. Bright
programmes OF musical and literary eX-
ercises were presented each evening and
a neat sum was realized for the church.
Tho new County Government Bill cuts e
wide swathe in the salaries of the officers of
Sonoma County. With one exception it re-
duces them one-thlrd and in some cases it
cuts them rearly in two, in the middle, as it
were. Some of the officers feel indignant
because the next county below Sonoma in
grade is to give better salaries than our
county, and they blame our representatives
for not doing their duty. as they style it, in
trying to keep the salaries in SoDoma Coun-
ty up to the high-water mark. The people.
however, look on in su blime satisfaction, for
they realize that they have been paying
their officers royalty. They cannot see why,
since everything else has come down, salaries
should not, anu they are sincerely tired
OF paying their servants salaries that
were only justifiable in the good old boom
times. They see that the efficiency of the
service will not be impaired, but, as one
county officer admitted, the saloon men
will be cut down just that much. As it has
been, the saloons have eaten up large
share of the salaries, in the amounts
they have received from the candidates dur
ing the campaigns, and the reduction of the
salaries VIII necessarily cut them out of
big part of their haryests. The people do
not propose to submit TO salaries out of pro-
portion to the times and the ability required,
for they know that the counties of many
Eastern States are governed more wisely
than this, and at one-tnird of the expense.
They are not apt to be satisfied when they
getting five times as large a salary as the
Governor of the State of Michigan.
Miss Charlotte c., daughter of Mrs. Henri
eta A. Hahman of this city, and Mr.. George
A. Turner of San Francisco were married
at y 80 o'clock Thursday at the residence
of the brides mother. The Rev. DID.
Avery Shepherd officiated and there were
present only the friends of the brides
parents, who were pioneers in Souoms
County, and who came here when Santa
Rosa was only hamlet. The residence
was most tastefully decorated aud every
thing in connection with the affair was in
accordance with culture and refinement.
The dinner was one of the most elaborate
ever spread here and the wedding presents