The San Francisco call., 1896-08-14

between them is to come on some time within
six months from June 70, the GATE OF the
signing OF the articles, but the date mas not
yet been nxeo-
ARcH1TEcTURE-A. J. S., City At this time
there is no class i'll architecture In the Lincoln
Evening School. There Is sucn aciass at the
Mark Hopkins Institute OF ART, out u is not di.
Tectiv connected with the School OF Design 1t
Is under the supervision OF the Architects
Guild.
THE RAILROAD K1Ne-A o. g., City, William
Henry Vanderbilt, son of Cornelius, oled De-
cember 8, 1885. He succeeded TO the nulk OF
the paternal estate BY his VIII ne iets 70 gSen
his eldest son. 50 O0O, 900 additlonsli the resi-
dne went in equal shares to his Two eloest
sons, but charged with an annulty ol P|oV'VVV
to his widow.
DOUBTFUL vALUE-W. J. S., Angel Island,
Cal. A $40 bill issued by the state Oh Ala
bama, payable to bearer and reoeemsDle IN
five Der cent coupon bonds OF the State' or In
Confederate treasury notes, at the option OF
the State" is piece of paper OF very oouoiul
value AS there are no Confederate notes at
this time and the State fa1 b ei canceaon Of war
DEBTS it is hardly probable that the Dill IN
question would be redeemed on presehtatlon
at the State treasury of Alabama.
SNAKES IN IRELAND-S., City Snakes are not
indigenous to Ireland, yet there is nothlng IN
either soil or climate to prevent their natursl,
ization. To test this snakes were introduced
in County Down in 1881. They were OF
harmless species. They were purchased at Co
vent Garden market. numbered six ana were
turned out in the garden OF Ratn Gal1 mouse
One of these was killed at Mllecross week
after being hberate Three more were killed
within six weeks, but the other two were not
traced, although reward was offered tor thelr
capture. In 1884, according to Bel1sst cor
respondent OF the Dublin PENNY Fost, SNAKES
in infr n
thrived.
BISHOP, THE NovEL1sT-C. R., San Diego, Cal.
w. H. Bishop, the novelist was born in Hart
ford, Conn, January 2, 1s47. He graduated
at Yale, studied architecture in New York
City. passed some time in the United States
architects office in Washington, u. z.
After that he edited newspaper In MIL
waukee Wis, and then retur ned IN New York
City, where he remained from 1877 TO 1883,
when he went to Europe for an extended tour
His first story, .one OF the thirty Pisees sgs aP-
books are: "Detmold, Romance" tlS79l,
f.The Household of Merchant Prince" 1S83l,
"choy Susan and Other Stories" Ss9' qSss49' GI %0Id
Golden Justice" Qso6), and "The Brown Stone
Boy QSsSl.
THE FIRST RAILRoAD-A. G. R., City. The
first railroad projected in the United States
was that built by Gridley Bryant in 1928. 1t
ran from the granite quarrfes OF Quincy,
Mass, to nearest tidewater, the Neponset
River distant four miles. 1t was used TO carry
granite for the building of the Bunker Hill
monument The rails were fat, wooden ones,
laid on wooden sleepers and covered with
strips of iron plates. The motive power was
the horse. The second road was one which
extended from Mauch Chunk, Pa to me
Iehieh River, a distance of thirteen miles.
That road was commenced in 1927. stephen
sons locomotive came into use in 1879 ana py
1880 there were twenty-three miles OF rail-
INT f1o itadC Now
United States represents one-haf OF the rail-
road mileage of the world.