The morning call., 1891-03-12
SEA AND SHORE.
The China Steamer Brings Only
One Chinaman.
Los. T. Bark at sea-A Lively Runaway on
Vallejo Street-A Large Cargo of Flour.
A Broken Finger

The Pacific Mail Companv's steamer City
of Picking came into port and anchored oui
in the stream at o'clock yesterday after
noon, after a passage Of 10 days and &c
hours from Yokohama. She had 10 cabin
and SIS steerage passengers on board The
Mail Dock officials were taken all aback
when it was learned that only q single
Chinamau was on board the steamer as q
passenger.
The first two days ont from Yokohama the
ship encountered heavy gale from the
south, with high sea. After that the
steamer had fine weather for the remainder
of the passage.
The passengers and mails, of which there
were fifty-fve sacks, were landed by tug.
She brings to this port 1862 tons of cargo,
among which ara u, 533 cases of tea, 2I,57l
bags of rice, 1000 bales OF hemp, 10 cases of
curios 697 packages of raw silk and SO
packages of opium.
When the City of Picking left San Fran
cisco she took away nearly 500 Chinese 60
ing home to spend the New Year, but as the
ship made a long passage they did not get to
Hong-kOng until the 81 day of the year, sc
they rugged up joss down in the steerage
and had what one of the passengers called
"A deuce OF u time"
A RUNAWAY.
A lively runaway took place on Vallejo
street about o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The rig, Il nice t0p-buggy, to which a gray
horse was htched, was left by the driver, a
mere boy, while he went into one of the
warehouses; Something frightened the
animal and he dashed down the street at a
furious pace. Several people had narrow
escapes from being knocked down by the
runaway, which, however, did not 90 far.
At the corner OF Front and Vallejo streets
the rig collded with teleggaph-pole and
the horse WAS thrown down. Before he
could regain his feet he was secured The
buggy was complete wreck and belonged,
so the boy stated. to a livery stable on
Mission street. The boy, who gave the
name of Clarence Miller, had the misfortune
to lose So god-pece from his pocket as he
ran down the street after the rig.
AN OPIUM SCHOONER.
The opium-laden schooner Halcyon is
still in trouble. Up to the time the City Of
Picking sailed, the owner of the craft
Whaley, had not succeeded in getting the
Japanese authorities to release her. The
vessel has been got off the rocks and is al
anchor close 10 Yokohama. The owner will
make one more effort to get the cargo OF
opium, valued at $4,000, across to Victoria.
A LOST VESSEL.
Advices from China are that the British
bark Charlie has been given up as lost at
sea. The vessel left Nagasaki for Shanghai
with cargo of coal, since when nothing
has been heard from her. The Charlie was
built In Germany in 1864. She was aban-
lost. A pilot picked her up and she was
taken into port and sold. She was then
put under the American fiag. Once more
the vessel was abandoned at sea and ~ n
up for lost, but the next day was aga n
brought into port by a pilot. The bark was
nj n a '
Last spring $4,000 was spent on her.
FLOUR FOR CHINA.
The largest cargo of -four ever taken from
this port by a steamer was that on the mail
steamer Belgc that sailed for Chiua last
Tuesday. On the 1st of last October the
steamer San Pablo carried away for Hong
Kong 20 200 barrels, but the Belgic beat thai
by 1900. as she took $4,000 barrels.
Tie Vice-COnSul of Chile has issued no
tice that invoices OF goods shipped to any
port in Chile must be presented tO mis- Office
triplicate.
William Mclean, seaman of the Pacific
Improvement Company's steamer San Be
nito on her last voyage, has llbeled the yes
sci for SIS %, wages alleged to be due him
SIMILARITY OF NAMES.
The two ships now in port named Edward
O'Brien are owned by the same man.s " hen
asked why he did not change the name of
one of the vessels he replied: Let ZEN
slide; If | had dozen I'd call them al
Edward O'Brien's."
just before the zealandia cast of heI
m0orings on Tuesday afternoon to go tC
Honolulu. ten five-tael cans of prepared
opium secreted in the shaft alley were found
by the Cus:o n-house searchers and seized.
ALAUNCH FOR ALASKA.
The steamer jeanne will sail for Alaska
the latter part of this week, and among
her cargo is new steam launch to be used
OF r he nj l.I ia
The schooner Vanderbilt, now on the
Merchants Dry-dOck, has had a new ruddeI
put in her and has been given coat Of paint
The ship Sea King will 90 on the dock al
soon as there is room Tor her.
THE CANADIAN STEAMER.
When the City OF Picking left Hong Kong
the new Canadian Pacific steamer Empress
| of India was daily expected. A large num-
| Der OF people will come over on her, includ-
ing the CzarowitZ of Russia.
The steamer San MateO came In from
| Union Bay yesterday after passage of five
| days. She las n cargo Of 1000 tons of coal.
The schooner Eva got into port yesterday,
| thirty-four days from Mahukona, with 7U5G
| bags of sugar on board
Tne stea mer San Bias sailed from Aca-
pulco for san Francisco on the 10th.
The ship NJ. p. Grace, also 1or San Fran
| cisco, has been spoken at sea.
ABRoKEN FINGER.
w nlie tue SCHOOHtE AIdIN w II hlculau was
! leaving the Sea-wall at the sugar landing
Dan Perry had his finger broken. Perry
was letting 30 one of the ropes on the
wharf and got the finger jammed against
the moorng-post
1t will be three weeks yet before the work
on the Lombard-street ferry-Slip is finished.
The timbers for the apron are in place and
are bi! ones, measuring 10 by 20 inches and
20 feet long. There are four of them.
The steamers Los Angeles and National
City left yesterday. bound for Eureka
About 100 tons of the coal lost from the
scow Bullion at Pacifc-street Wharf has
been recovered. The remainder is so scat
tered that ii has been abandoned.
THE WEATHER.
The weather at Point LJbos at O'Clock
Yesterday morning was thick. wind south,
s miles; at o'clock foggy, wind southwest,
S miles; at noon fUggy and calm. at 5 O'Clock
foggy and calm.
AT S o'clock yesterday the barometer
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