The San Francisco call., 1896-03-20

His wonders to perform:
He plants his footsteps in the
And rides upon the storm,
| Is from sIight Shines Out of Darkness" by
William Cowper, who lived from 1871 to 1900.
SAILING vEssEL-W. L. D., Hillsboro, Hill
County, Texas. The fastest passage made from
San Francisco to New York by sailing vessel
was by the Northern Light in 1852. She made
the voyage in seventy-fve days She was in
ballast, and the distance sailed was IL, $50
miles. The following year the ship Trade
Wind sailed between the same ports in the
same number of days, but she sailed only
Ii, ,610 miles.
MONKEY ENGINE-E. G. S., Livermore, Cal
The term "monkey engine" is one that was
originally applied to what is now termed
donkey" engine. When it came into use to
supersede the larger engines the remark was
made that it could not do the work because it
was no bigger than monkey; but when it
worked some one added that it was as strong
as a donkey, and from those remarks came the
words t'monkey" and donkey" engines The
ones who made use of the remarks given are
lost to seekers of origin OF terms, as no record
was kept of them.
THE CENTRAL PACIFIc-R. C. D., City. The
first of the United States bonds issued to the
Central Pacific Company became due January
16, 1895, the remainder to mature at intervals
till January 1, 1899. The amount of these
bonds issued by the the eGoyernment 90 was: To the
Pacific Railroad. 81 ,970, $50, making total of
$27, 1855, $50, the interest on which,. ST. 67l.-
$40 80 annually, to be added. The assets of
the company are rated at $500, ,491 ,5S4 OF.
The main line from San Francisco to Ogden is
8S3.23 miles, and the total mileage, including
the branches, is 1254.24 miles.
GOLDEN GATE BoULEvARD-W. H., City. While
the recent order of the Board of Supervisors
declares Golden Gate avenue q boulevard and
prohibits certain vehicles used in the transpor-
tation of goods from passing overit. it provides
| that vehicles carrying goods and merchan-
nue. shall have the right to enter said avenue
| to deliver the same on and along either of
the streets running at right angles to said ave-
nue. and bounding on one side the block on
which said buildings of such residents are To-
Gated, and depart by either street bounding
said block, but not otherwise"
SUccEssIoN-L M. Newman, Cal. If a woman
marries divorced man with number of
children, and during their married life the
| husband and wife accumulate property, it is
community property, and is subject to the law
OF succession, in case OF the husbands death
without will. The law says:
If the decedent leave surviving wife and only
one child, or the lawful issue of one child, The
property goes in equal shares to the surviving wife
than one child living or the lawful issue of
more deceased children, one-third goes TO the wife
and the remainder in equal shares TO his children
and to the lawful issue OF any deceased child by
right of representation
ARREST BY PRIVATE PERsoN-D. Med, City.
The Penal Code of this State on the right of
private person to arrest another, says:
A private person may arrest another for public
offense committed or attempted in BIS presence;
when the person arrested has committed felony
although not in his presence; when felony has in
fact been committed, and he has reasonable cause
for believing the person arrested to have commit
ted it.
In making an arrest private person as we'll
as an officer must inform the party of his in
tention to arrest him and the offense for which
he proposes to arrest him, unless he is in the
actual commission of a crime or is escaping
after its commission. If the arresting party
went beyond justifiable means in making an
arrest he would be liable for injury inflicted
and prisoner in resisting arrest would also
be liable for resistance.