The San Francisco call., 1896-04-22
PERSONAL.

Captain w. A. NeviIls of Sonora is at the
Palace.
H. II. Knapp of Napa is visiting friends in
this City.
]. Marks, merchant of Stockton, is at the
Cosmopolitan.
d. +. Nouce. merchant of Pomona, is at the
Grand. He came up on a business trip.
Ex-superior Judge Charles F. Lott of Butte
county was among yesterdays arrivals at the
Lick
General N. P. Chapman, chairman of the
state Board of Trade, is in town, q guest at the
Palace Hotel
W. S. Bury, an extensive farmer and orange
grower OF Lindsey, Tulare County, is at the
| Cosmopolitan.
E. Carl Bank, superintendent of the State
lnoustrlal School at lone, Amacor County, is
at the Grand Hotel
Editor Lee Fairchild of st. Helena stopped
work on his weekly long enough yesterday to
get to the City. He is at the Lick.
h. Watson Webb, at one time Justice of the
Peace of San Francisco, but lately of Seattle.
wash, arrived on the Walla Walla yesterday
ana Is staying at the Cosmopolitan.
J. N. Hitler, prominent Democrat of Santa
Barbara and his commandery's delegate to the
Grand Commandery of the Knights of Pythias,
TO be held here this week, is at the Grand. Mr..
Hitler is an ex-Councilman of Santa Bar bara.
Mrs. Addison Ballard, wife of Alderman Bal
| lard OF Chicago, who has been on a visit 10
southern California for some time, arrived
mere last evening, accompanied by Miss Judith
Ridgeway Todd of Santa Rosa. They are at the
Grand.
The Rev. George K. Irie and the Rev. Y.
Honda, missionaries of Japan, and Professor E
Asada OF the Anglo-Japan College at Toxic, left
| here last night for the East to attend the Gen
| eral Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
| church.
X. G. Sargent, the millionaire, of Stockton is
| on visit here. Mr.. Sargent is an extensive
landowner and large wheat-grower He also
| owns much property in Stockton and is inter
ested In many enterprises. His visit will only
| be for a day or two.
| A. L. Piper, of Piper, Alden, Goodall & Co.,
| the steamship owners, has gone to Stockton to
take look over the Valley road prior to start
| ing work on the Santa Clara Railroad from
Alviso through the Santa Clara Valley. He has
just received between 5000 and 5000 tons OF
rails for the road.
]. B. Overton, superintendent of the Virginia
City and Gold Hill Water Works in the FAM
Gus Comstock district, Nevada, is at the Russ.
Mr. Overton is one of the pioneers of Virginia
City and has held different positions OF trust
during his long residence there. He is here
partly for business and partly for pleasure.
l. c. Steele, the creamery king of Pasadena,
who owns large areas of land on which Craze
many bands of cattle, is at the Russ. Mr..
Steele has been running dairies and making
butter in large quantities for many years. Ow-
ing to the heavy fogs along the beach the
grass is very heavy at almost every season oi
thegear, so that it is a great milk and butter
country. Mr.. Steele's son, G. II. Steele, is with
him.
Senator S. R. Buford of the old and famous
gold camp of Virginia City, Mont, is in the
City. He has been on visit to Southern Cali
fornia. Years ago Senator Buford was exten
sively engaged in freighting goods to different
Montana mining camps. He is now engaged
| in banking and in growing cattle and sheep
He is one of the rich, solid men of the new
| commonwealth. Senator Buford has had rheu.
matism in his shoulders and came here to gel
| it out He says he has been much benefited by
the change.
Postmaster S. 3. Buekman of Bodie, who has
been a resident of Mono County since 1879
and followed many occupations. is in the City
He has mined a good deal, but for several
years past has been the protector of general
merchandising business Mr.. Buckman was ap
pointed Postmaster by President Cleveland
three years ago. He is here as delegate to
the meeting of the Grand Lodge of the Inde.
pendent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr.. Buckman
says Bodie is unusually lively, and that the
cyanide process is doing a great deal for that
high camp in the Sierras.