The San Francisco call., 1895-07-28
No Prize-Fighting or Boxing
Will Be Allowed in
HayWardS.
MISS CooLBRITH IMPROVING.
The County Press Condemns the
Reduction Of Railroad
Assessments.


yesterday, hoping to find a. M. Lorenzo
de Ferrer, who is wanted for plgamy. Ills
mother and brother reside at that address,
and it was thought that Lorenzo might
nav them a visit while filling the role of a
fugitive from Justice. But their vigil was
in vain.
Ferrer came to Oakland when little
boy. but nothing was heard of him until
be attempted to organize an immense
Mardi Gras scheme about four years ago.
II was a 'fzzle," like other schemes of
Ferrer's, and he was heard of again in
July. 1898, when he married very worthy
Young lady of Oakland. After the honey
moon Lorenzo deserted his young wife,
and was next seen in Oakland with a
young lady named Miss Patten, whom he
had married at Santa Cruz. A friend of
his first wife discovered Ferrer's duplicity
and told her. By the description fur
nished Mrs. Ferrer recognized the girl as
Miss Patten, of whom she had frequently
heard.
Mrs. Ferrer wrote the Patten family and
told them she was Ferrer's wife. BY that
time Ferrer had gone on the road as a
drummer, and he has not revealed his
presence yet. The second wife, to whom
Ferrer was married by contract, returned
to her parents, and her brother Christie
pher swore out a warrant for bigamy, but
so far the officers have not been able to
locate Ferrer. 1t is stated that he has rec
ords at Los Angeles and Vallejo.
1t is a curious coincidence that A. E.
Parlin and De Ferrer both figured in Oak
land in marriage escapades at the same
time two years ago, and both gained noto-
riety for bigamy on the same day. Parlin
t1,oT-+ IS ?
same build, and each belongs to the
debonair class of young fellows that wear
silk hats with strong list to leeward.
Wheels Are Turning.
The Smith pipeworks at San Leandro
started up on Tuesday with small force
of men after been idle some months
BY the time the present order is finished
work will be comm enced on big lot of
work from San Jose. This job VIII take
several months to complete.
Daniel Best Of the large manufacturing
works at San Leandro reports a pleasant
outlook. To a reporter yesterday he said:
II have just received an order from an
English company at Redding for a
traction engine and three largeiron
wagons They are to be used in car
rying copper ore. I am expecting to do a
big business in Australia before long. a
number of English capitalists have inter-
eSteu themselves III the 1ldtlSI Oi 1HLFO-
ducing my engines and harvesters in that
country. They have spent $500 in secur-
ing patent rights, and as soon as certain
other details are attended to | expect to
receive orders that will make things lively
around here. Altogether the outlook for
the coming season is all could wish"
Apricots are coming in so fast that the
canneries are unable to keep up with them
This is due to the fact that the cannerv
nfa 6alr To
peel the fruit. There are plenty of people
in Alameda County who could fill these
positions, and they apply at once the
management says 1t will not send to San
Francisco for Cinnamon. After a little
practice workers can make from 81 to 81 %
per day The canneries are now kept in
clean and orderly manner, and there is no
reason why Chinese should be put TO work.
Mrs. katelSon will soon erect hand
some residence on the Meek Tract, on the
County road. Charles Neudeck of Hay
wards has a fine house nearly completed.
?. H. Hoare is planning TO build on his
Castro Valley property. ]. Ruppricht OF
Haywards is to make large additions to MS
store property IN that town.
No More Boxing.
The number of disgraceful fights that
have recently taken place at HayWards has
moved the respectable residents of that
place to strongly protest, and as result
the following ordinance was passed for the
first time last Wednesday and was pub
lished in the official paper yesterday:
1t shall be unlawful for any person in the
town of Haywards to engage in, instigate, en-
courage or promote any boxing match, fist
fighting or fsticuffs.
Every person who violates any provision of
the foregoing section shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall
be punished by fine not exceeding $50, and
in case such fine be not paid then by fmprlson-
ment at the rate OF one day 1or every ~ OF the
fine so imposed.
The ordinance will become a law in
about three weeks.
BIackmailing the Chinese.
During the past few weeks several
Chinese merchants in Alameda County
have been blackmailed by two men imper-
sonating Federal officers. Their plan was
to represent themselves as officers and de-
mand to see the stock of merchandise on
hand and when shown it they pretended
the revenue stamps were not OF the right
kind and that new. ones were necessary,
promising to send some for the money
they received. At the store of Chung Wo
at Haywards they secured SO and from
Hing Lee they got $12.
Last Wednesday evening the men re-
turned and tried to work the same tactics,
but Constable Ramage had been informed
of the swindle and when the men found
they could get nothing they became sus-
picious and left town quickly.
The Macdonough Attractions.
Monday, August 5, inaugurates the
opening of the regular fall and winter sea-
son of the Macdonough Theater. The at
traction will be Hoyt's ga Black Sheep"
1t is the third season under the manage
ment of Charles E. Cook, and the coming
season bids fair to be more prosperous than
all preceding ones, as Mr.. Cook has booked
the finest attractions ever known TO the
coast. "a Black Sheep" goes to Mac
donough's for three evenings and We'd
nesday matinee. Following "a Black
Sheep comes Herr Fritz Scheel and his
entire orchestra, Friday, August 8, in a
grand concert, and on August 13 Froh-
mans Lyceum Company in complete re-
pertoire for three nights.
ParIin's Wives.
PASADENA, CAL, July 27.-This morn
ing's press dispatches credit F. E. Parlin
with having had six wives, whose names
are given. c. E. Getcheit, a prominent
Pasadena citizen, comes forward to-day
with the information that in 1888 Parlin
married Fannie e. Slocum in Helena,
Mont, who died in 1889, leaving child,
which was taken by Mrs. Parlin's mother
to bring up. Getehelt has occasion to re-
~, a m he 10 c;ro,,r, 70 moo ha aranfaJ n