The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-08

as possible, and they are more easily handled"
'"rhats right" chimed in Mr.. Neff again.
"You wouldn't treat horse unkindly and why
should you treat men so? Kindness is great
thing, Hale, great thing"
''That's my belief, Neff, and I have always
tried to practice it. 1 never let myself give
any marked attention to any of the convicts as
it of necessity breeds jealousy, a very bad
thing in such cases. have no doubt that SEN
atot Seymour ought to make very excellent
official and viii be"
"But he amt appointed yet, Hale, SO what is
the use of talking about it? The papers don't
always know just what the Governor proposes
to do any more than the Governor does"
At this point the two gentlemen smiled and
Mr.. Netf looked as if he was very tired of the
conversation. Mr.. Hale was on the point of
opening up the patronage discussion again
when Mr.. Neff turned to mining.
"What we want is q mining boom to help
this country along and the appointments
amount to nothing. They aren't worth talking
about, so what's the use?'
Mr.. Neff was becoming impatient and when
Mr.. Hale tried to recur to politics again Mr..
Neff took the conversation into his own hands
and talked mining statistics till his auditors
threw up their hands as if they had been stage
passengers and Black Bart was in front of them
with cutoff shotgun.
o. f. McCord, resident of Fall River, Mass,
who was at the Baldwin yesterday, says the
celebrated Borden case recently again came
into public notice through report that Lizzie
Borden was about to marry the foreman of the
jury who found her guiltless of the terrible
crime OF which she was accused. cit appears
that the fascination which this case possesses
for the people of Fall River will never die out"
said Mr.. McCord. "Some new rumor about the
case is constantly springing up, and the COM
ings and goings of the Borden sisters are always
sources of curiosity to the people of the place.
Beyond few stanch friends who have stood
by her through all her troubles, Lizzie Borden
receives no visitors, and her life is spent in
almost complete isolation. She drives quietly
through the streets at times and is q regular
attendant at church, those being about the
only occasions in which she appears in public
1t is a source of wonder to nearly every one
why she still continues to make Fall River her
home. She has but few defenders or friends
and the fact that the case refuses to die must
he source OF terrible annoyance to both the
women. There is some circumstance con-
stantly arising which has the effect of keeping
the case fresh in the minds of the public
els Los Angeles improving? Well, 1 simply
never witnessed anything like it," said ]. T.
RAIDER, brother of the Mayor of that city, at
the Palace yesterday. "In the two years which
ended in March there were issued in the city
334S building permits, or an average of over
four structures each day. In the year just past
1925 permits were issued, or an average of over
five houses day. The records show that the
most of these new ediices are solid business
blocks and small dwellings, and that the latter
will average $500 each in cost. In a CONVEX
sation recently the manager of leading abb
stract company in the city stated that they
handled an average of fifty abstracts day,
while am informed that here in San Francisco
the firm which does the heaviest business in
their line looks upon twenty-five abstracts
day as being pretty good work.
i. A. Hosmer, an old prospector OF this city,
has just returned from a trip to the Panamint
district, in Inyo County, and brought speci-
mems of ore, which he was showing to friends
at the New Western yesterday. Some of them
,were quite rich in gold, copper and silver. He
has been working property in the Argus
range of mountains, between the Panamint
and State ranges. The location is about eighty
miles to the northeast of Mojave, and an easy
wagon road reaches the property.
J. D. Phelps of Stockton, who is in the CITY,
says a movement is on foot in that city to raise
a fund for the purpose of entertaining some of
the Eastern excursions which are now coming
to this coast, If these parties can be induced to
stop off at Stockton and view the city and sur
rounding country