The morning call., 1895-01-20

eastern slope shows deep crevasse, is but
$3.50 feet. The same authority says that
the Summit, in Nevada County near
Truckee, is 701S feet high. 1t was at this
point that the professor in 1873 had a sta
ton to observe the transit of Venus.
THE CALM. L. H., San Mateo, San
Mateo County, Cal. A volume of THE CALL
contains the papers that are published dur
ing period of six months. The first vol
ume commenced on the LIST day of Deem
Der and closed on the 1st day of June. AS
general rule all daily papers include only
six months in volume.
CIVIL SERVICE Rules. McC., City.
The classified customs service, according
to the latest revision of the civil service
rules, embraces at the eleven ports the
places giving 5000 a year and all those
giving larger salary where the appolntee
is not subject to confirmation by the Senate
of the United States.
PRINTED JoKEs-G. L., Vallejo, Solano
County, Cal. The Query Column is will
ing to do all that can be done to enlighten
its many readers, but it draws the line
when asked to furnish explanations of
paragraphs published in magazines and
periodicals under the head of jokes. 1t
cannot be done.
LoHENGR1N-J. K, City. An interesting
account of Lohengrin was published in
THE CALL of yesterday, under the head of
''The Opera to Close" Wagner's opera of
that name was first produced at Weimar,
under the direction of List, in 1850 and
for the first time to an English audience in
London on the Sth of May, 1875.
WINTER GARDEN FIRE-M. F. g., City.
The Winter Garden, kept by Stahl e. Mack,
and twenty-five other buildings fronting
on Post, Stockton and Suffer streets, were
destroyed by fire which broke out shortly
| after O'Clock on the morning OF the 4th of
August, 1888. The loss amounted to
$167,954.
MUNICIPAL OFF1cERs-L. H., City. In the
| issue of THE CALL of the 18th of last De-
cember you will find report of the Off
! cial result of the election held in this city
on the 9th of last November. This gives
! the names of the municipal officers elected
and the number of votes each received.
DIVIDENDS City. The Consolidated
! California and Virginia mine paid two
| dividends in 1894 amounting to sos 900.
There is no fixed time in which dividends
shall be drawn after they have been de-
clared by mining company.
SIZE OF THE LoT-G. f. B., City. The size
of the lot on the south side of Market
street, west of Fourth, on which an i'm
mense building is in course of erection.
has frontage of 275 feet on Market street
by depth of $50.
POLICE CORRESPONDENT. s., City. The
president of the Board of Police Commits.
sioners of the city and county of San Fran
cisco receives salary of $4,000 year. The
other two Commissioners are paid $1,000 a
| year each.
| THE FUNDING BILL-M. S., CITY. The
Query Column cannot present the details
of the funding bill, in view of the fact that
the matter is being explained day by day
| in the Geographic dispatches published in
THE CALL.
GOVERNOR OF WYoMING-A. S., City. At
the November, 1894, election held in Wyo-
ming for the office of Governor, Richards,
(Republican) received 1O,149 votes, Holli-
day (Democrat) 1865, and Tidball (Popu-
LIST 2176.
To YosEMITE-A. W., City. There are
two toll roads to the Yosemite, the one
! known as the Milton road and the other as
the Counterville road. The one over which
private teams go usually is the Milton
road.
THE STEAMER QUEEN. NJ. g., Coving-
ton, Ky. The steamer Queen at IL O'Clock