The San Francisco call., 1896-10-29
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POULTRY AND EGGs-C. N w, Watsonville,
Cai. The annual production of poultry in the
United States varies considerably from various
causes. One statistician estimates the value
year.
ASSESSMENT WoRK-"Rccks." Tulare Cal. If
an individual took up mining claim last
reuIuary he must perform the amount of
W. "oiA Esqulred ty law within one year after
1itbi a,;u ai.er YET that he must perform the work
"itnin the calendar year.
lMhlGRATIoN-A Subscriber, City, There is
nothing In the constitution to prevent Con-
gresS rom passing laws prohibiting ali im1ni-
slarion iol limited time, but such laws would
nave 10 overcome the treaty stipuIations.
Wnicn Wouio have to be revoked.
SAN FRANCISCO SALooNs-J. G.. Fort Mason
City. The number of saloons in San Francisco
and groceries in which LIQUORS are sold vo.
on the 3lst OF last June 1928. OF this number
twenty are kept by Chinese. Al this time the
numoer is ABOUT the same, possibly five or SIX
less. -
THE VoTE FOR BAcIGALUPI-F. D.. Citv. At
the election held in san Francisco November.
1890, the following were the number OF votes
cast for candidates for the Office of Supervisor
1Fom the Ih5d M ws5s Robs4 SRss R 295i6
IL, 1920; Bowers P). $50; scattering, 1s.
MECHANICAL ENa1NEERING-T. L. S., Lathrop.
San Joaquin County, Cal. A young man can
learn mechanical engineering in the Lick
School OF Mechanical Arts in this City, also in
the Cogswell School. There are number on
private institutions where such instruction is
given, but this department. cannot advertise
such.
INFANTRY DR1LL-G W., City. The inter-
probation of the drill regulations by ]. F.
II IT,. 7 Arfil llarxy
U. S. A., are not official and cannot be con-
sidered as a guidebook. The new tactics
ought to soon be issued by the War Depart
ment Lieutenant French's Interpretation
may be correct but the army is not required
to accept 1t
THE NEW ORLEANS TRoUBLE-L. u. H., Isle.
| ton, Sacramento County, Cal. The termina-
tion of the trouble in New Orleans on the14th
of March, 1891, when several Italians were
taken from the jail and lynched, was the vol.
untary contribution by the United States OF
$25, 900 to the families OF some OF the men
who were lynched. This sum was accepted
and paid on the 11th OF April, 1892. =
wooI-K. W. H., Tulare, CAL "what has
been the price OF wool each year since 1872T's
is question that cannot be answered in this
department, as it would require too much
space, because it covers the price of washed
wool, combings and de iafne fleece, unwashed.
light and bright WOOL heavy or dark wool,
pulled wool. tub-washed wool. foreign wool
and domestic wool. ii you will describe. the
particular kind of wool Will endeavor to give
the desired information. .
THE FOREIGN VoTE-T. W, Tiburon, Marin
County, Cal. There are no statistics that this
department has beenWable 10 procure that
show the aggregate of voters of foreign birth
in the United States by nationality. The :cen-'
| sus of 1890 shows that the number of voters In.
the United States in that year was 16, ,940i31I.
| The total mum Der of foretgn-born voters was
! given at 4348 ,459. At the election held. in
| San Francisco in 1894, OF the 6S,039 voters
registered 4O,O64 were natives oil the United
States and 81 ,975 natives of other countries.
Ireland was credited with 9539. Germany
| with 1902 England 2316, Sweden 1925, Cam
ada 800 and Scotland 802.
The MINIS, City. Under the civil service
rules, revised May 6, 1885, President Cleve-
| land revoked all previous rules and made new
| ones, which include within the provisions.
| of the law the several executive department.
| the commissions and offices in the District of
| Columbia, the railway mail service, the In
! dian service, the several pension agencies, the
| steamboat inspection service, the marine hos
| nit al service the fiphlhouse service the lPfe
i saving service. the several minis and assay
| offices, the revenue cutter service the force
| employed under custod ans OF pub .ic Build
| ings, the several sub-treasuries the engineer
! department. at large, the custom honsa SER
! vice, the postoffice service, the Government
printing service, the internal revenue service
| and the Treasury Department.
ISSUE OF PAPER MONEY M. E. s., Ben
Lomond, Cal. The act OF March 2. 1861, au-
| thorized the President to issue treasury notes
! in denominations of not less than $50 at 6
| per cent. There was issued $35, 1864. .45O of
/ which $22, ,468 100 was redeemable in two
| years and $12, 896, $50 sixty days after date
| These went at rates ranging from par to 127.
| Under several acts following the first Febru-
/ ary %, 1862, the Government was authorized
| to issue non-interest bearing totes, that were
! commonly called "greenbaeks," to the amotint
of $3.50 600 600. These were legal tender in
| payment of'al debts, public and private with
| in the United States, except duties on imports
| and on the pu bic debt, and were exchange
able for per cent United States bonds. Gold
notes issued by the Government were fuH
! legal tender, and these never deprecated be-
| low gold. ;,
| ENGLISH Walnut Taffy. Townsend'G