_* SHOW DIM YOUIt'HANDS.

IS.-.,, poor room that was their home,A mother lay on the bed,IHer seven young children around her;___. Ann, catling the eldest, she said;

-I'mgoing to leave you. Mary—You're nearly I*.you know-.

And now you must be a good girl, dear,Aud make me easy to go.

-You can't depend much on father;Hut just l.c patient, my child.

Andkeep the children outol his wayWhenever he comes home wild.

"And keep the home as well as you can;And, littleuaiijlrtt-r,think

lie didn't use to he so—I'.ciuriuber it's all the drink."

The weeping daughter promisedAlways10 do her best;

And,closing her eyes oua weary life,The mother entered her rest.

And Mary kept her promiseAs faithfullyas she might;

She cooked and washed and mended.And kept things tidy and bright.

And when the father came home drunk,The children were seat to bed, \u0084

Aud Mary waited alone, ami tookThe beatings in their stead.

And the chubby littlefingers lostTheir childish softness and grace.

And roughened and chapped and calloused;And the rosy, childish lace

Grew thin, and haggard, and anxious.Careworn, tired and old,

As on those slender shouldersThe burdens or life were rolled.

bo. when the heated seasonBurned pitiless overhead,

Amiup from the filthof noisome streetTne ratal lever spread.

The wort an 1 want and drunken blowsHad weakened the teutter frame,

And luluthe squalid room once inureThe restful shadow came.

And Mary scut for the playmateWho lived just over tin- v.... ,

And said"The charity doctor

lias beeu here, Katie, to-day.

-He says I'llnever be better—'lhe lever has been so bad;

AnilIT It wasn't tor one thingI'm ire I'd just be glad.

••It isn't about the children—I'vekept my promise eood.

And mother willknowIstayed with them-AS lou.as ever 1could.

-But you know how It's been here, Katie—I'vebad so much to do

1coul.in'r mind the childrenAndgo to the preaching too.

-And I've been so tired like at night,Icouldn't think 1"pray;

Ami now, when 1see the Lord Jesus, .Whatever am 1to say T"

. And Katie, the little comforter.Iter help to lite problem brought,

And Into the heart made wise by lureThe Spirit sent this thought:

"1wouldn't say a word, dear,For sure lie understands:

1wouldn't say one word at all.But,Mary, just show Himyour hands

'"ftlA-Eti a. ti -us is tn Woman's Journal.

A MARRIAGE OFVENGEANCE.

MiAST week Iwas at the oflice of a dls-J-'v _ charged prisoners' aid society, when,\u25a0"VS among other applicants, was one whom I- -willcall John Lock. He was still a young

'.man, Ills age being nut more than thirty-three,and he had been convicted of the seilous offenseofattempting 10 poison bis wile and condemnedto teu years' penal servitude, Be was ceriitiedas

"well educated," and lvprison he bad earnedall that was possible Inthe wayof good-conductmoney. II was willing to undertake any kindof work by which be wightget an honest living,and he was told to call again on the followingSaturday. Ou thai day 1chanced to look ivatthe cilice aialn. and shortly afteiward JohuLock appeared. He was much altered, andlooked as though be bad been much lightened.Recognizing the Secretary at his desk, lie hastilyremarked: "1 bee your pardon, sir. Ican'tlake a jobin London. Iwish to be sent away, Ifyou please." " lobe sent where?" "Anywhere,"answered John Lock, desperately, "so thai liIsfar enough— far away as the money due tomewill pay passage to. Idon't want any otherclothes, sir; these Ihave on will do. Ionlywant to get away." "To get away from whom?""From my wife,sir. She mlghihave been dead. (or allIknow to the contrary, but she came lome Inthe street sudden as a ghost nut two hourssince, and she has opened my eyes. Iwouldn'thave believed that a woman could have so muchol the devil Inher."

"The fact Is,"remarked the

Secretaiy, "you have ben looking lor your wifeand have lound her, and you wish her to livewith you again, aud she refuses." "Livewithher again:" the man exclaimed with horror."What! alter all she has revealed tohie? GoodLord, no!I-lullkillher ifIremain where shecan put herself In my way. Mie is mad. Ibe-lieve, though she does nut look or speak like it.She wishes me to kill her. She swears that shewillhaiuil and harass me until1do it. so that Ishall end my lite ou the gallows. Aud so Itwillbe, Ileel suit aod certain olIt, II1am not abletoput the sea wide between us, so that we cau-not come together again. For llie good Lord'ssake, gentlemen I"and be clasped his hands to-

fether and spoke as beseechingly as a manbegging for his life, "don't refuse me what 1am asking." There were no more prisoners tobe attended to at the iHire that morning, and Ibelieve more to gratify me than that he himselffellparticularly curious in the matter. Mr. Sec-

'remarked, "You willhave Hist to makeout that yours Is a ca-e furunexceptional treat-ment. Towhatdo you attribute your wife's bit-ter rcseullulness?" "Ithink she niusi be mad,gentlemen,'' returned John Lock. Then, alter alew moments ot pondeiiug whether he shouldspeak out.and, Ifso, to what cut nt, he promptlyresolved to tell the whole story. "Icannot ac-couut foi tl in any other way, hut If you willkindly have iatiei.ee to listen to me you willbeable to judge for yourselves."lwillbe as brief as Ican, butImust go backto the time when we v-re belli single, and benshe

—my wile, 1mean— was Bweatbeartlng wl b a

fellow-clerk olmine lit the same office, a youngfellow named Xaplow, and we were much of auage. Caroline Speed was my wile's maidennan and we were all three members cf theMechanics' Institute, and that Is bow we madeacquaintance. 1 was lv love with Cany fromthe ilrsi lime Isaw her. lam uot of a very bolddisposition, and 1kept my feeliugs to myself for' along time, and until 1 thought that 1 mightspeak; and when 1did she laughed Inadlsdailv-fulsort ol way, and said lhat she must refer meInSelh Xaplow,my fellow-clerk. 1 never for amoment dreamed thai there was auy;h lugbetweenthem, but when 1 asked lapiuwbe Informed meotherwise. They bad been Keeping company Ina quiet way, be told me, for six months or mure,snu it was settled that they should gel marriedas soou as be had saved money to make a decernhome for her. He was gelling only £80 a year,and my salary was £120, aud feeling, perhaps, alittle spitefulof whathe had told me, 1 remarked:*1hope you are lvno hurry, Setb. How long do

you think it wilt take ynu to save enough tobuy a decent home, when at the outside youcan't hut up more than ten shillings a week?''Well,' said be, '1have let you into one secret.Jack, and 1 willtell you another, but you mustpromise to keep itdark, for It would be the sackat a moment's notice ititcame to the governor'sears. 1have been doing _bitof betting on horse-races, and I'vebeen lucky at It. lintyou niu-u'tsuppose that Iam such a foot as to believe in itas ameans of easing one's Income. 1 have-wona few pounds already, and 1mean to givethem a chance to win a littlemore at all events.But never no more" after we are married, Ipromise you that.' Well, gentlemen," continuedJack Lock, moistening his dry lips with bistongue-tip, and with anything but a nice look lvhis eyes, "knowingme onlyas what Iappear ason your books, you may not believe what 1amgoing to say. Iadmit that Ifelt the disappoint-ment cruelly, and none the less, you may depend,because it was one whom 1 might call my bosomfriend who had occasioned it. But Ifelt moreon account of ilie second secret Selh had con-Hot d to me. 1 said nothing about it tohim atthe time, but that same night 1 wrote turn aletter, begging and Imploring him lo abauaougambling, which would be sine, sooner or later,to end tv his ruin. Nor did 1think Itmy dulyto keep the horse-betting secret quite so close, asIbad promised to. 1 went fianK and disinter-ested to Miss Speed and told her about It. Ishowed her ihe letter Selh had sent me in leplytomine, and lv winch be said Itwas too late forme to preach for that week anyhow, as he hadput £3 on a horse for the St. Leger, and hoped towiu£30 by it. 1pointed out to her the risk shewas miming iv inairytng such a man. She al-ways was quick tempered. Iwas cowardly,me and iire rest of It, and she would tell Seththat 1bad betrayed him. That was too much formy patience, and Itold her lhat the tufoi malumload given her was in friendliness and confi-dence, and that IIshe tried to make 111-blood be-tween me and Selb, worse than the Imaginedmight come ol it. So she Kept a still tongue.But worse came olItfor all that. Seth's luck athelling took a bad turn, as he himself told me,and liw4o-l more than he had won, and lie wasstrongly templed to a crime 1feel sure be wouldnut otherwise bave committed or even thought

"of. Tlnee £5 notes, the property of the linn,were missing from my desk. Itwas, of course,a very serious thing lor trie, and 1 hadto do all Icould to clear myself fiomsuspicion. I suspected no one, leastof all Selh, but whenIwas closely questioned bythe principal as lo what Iknew of the nablis ofmy fellow-clerk, 1 was compelled to tell tbeTruth, and mentioned what Iknew about Taylorbetting on horse-races and his havinglost moneylately. He was questioned, and the result wasthat a police officer was called iv.and ou a searchbeing made tbe stolen notes weie discovered inBelli Taylor's cigar-case, aud be was tried lorthe robbery and sent to prison tor eighteen

-' months. 1was very uear getting discharged for. not making Hi" firm aware that Seth was en-gaged in gambling, but, fortunately, the letter Inwhich 1had begged him 10 break oil lite danger-ous habit was lound, and that, of course, was inmy favor, belli, ol course, declared he was in-nocent, and went so lar as lo decline that some-body who bad a private spite against him badplaced tbe notes where they weie discovered,and Carry Speed, who voluiiteeiru as a witness,

\u25a0 related incourt what transpired at 111 privateInterview Iball with her. and how 1had threat-ened, that IIthe made known to Selh what 1hadtold her, -woise would happen to him.' But theJudge said it was monstrous iv endeavor lo puta false complexion on a perfectly innocent re-mark in..de by an intimate friend of the prisonerand one who, as shown by the letter alreadymentioned, had proved himself to be a good adviser. But Itdidn't mailer much shout Taylor's

• sentence being such asevete one. lleficitedhimself to death lv prison, and only lived livemouths after his conviction.

"1 had not seen lair. Speed once dining thewhole ol that live months. 1 had no animosityagainst her, but 1did not care to meet her againafter the base insinuation she had made againstme at the trial. But, 10 my surprise, shortlyafter Sellt Taylor's death, she wrote to me. liwas all over vow, she said; bill her luiud C&uMget norest uulil site lt«d begged lilyforgivenessfor what she bat] doite, since ihe longer she re-flected on it the more site was convinced thatfti__',i-- misjudged me. There was a lot mure InBer letter to lite same effect, and with which 1need not trouble you. You will easily under-stand that Iwas very much surprised and pleasedas well. Imade it my busluess to see her and

tell tier so. Allmy old love for her came backwhen we met, and she was no longer disdainful.Iwas beside myself almost with delight at theirespect of winning her after all. Of course Inever dreamed of sucb a tiling after what Hadhappened, and least of all did 1dream of thehorrible trap that was being laid lor me. When,a lew weeks alter our reconciliation, Iaskedher to be my wile, In the quiet way that nowseemed natural to her she accepted my oiler,and we were married."She was not the fond and cheerful wile Iex-pected to find her, hut no woman could have beenmore patient and obedient or more devoted tomy Interests. A longtime befoie Ihad Insuredmv lifelor £300. Nothing would satWy my wifebut that 1should insure net lite as well, and lortwice as much a*mv policystood tor, and Imadeno objection. Thls'was when we had been mar-ried not more than four months. Amonth afterthe Insurance had been made her health was notso good as Ithad been previously. She wood be111 lor a day or two and be well again lor perhapsa week, and then she would relapse. We livedin apartments and had no servants, and wheushe was illIwaited on her aud never made atrouble of it, for IIever a man loved a woman 1loved her. She gradually grew to be more fre-quently unwell, and the doctor we called inseemed puzzled 10 make out what was the mat-ter witli tier. Agirl, who was employed by ourlandlady, came In at odd times and gave -Uermedicine and piepared anything she fancied inthe wav ol food. lhe landlady was paid extralor this, but she gave the servant no more thanher ordinary wages, so that what Ihe latter' didwas not done willingly,and one day my wileaskedme 11Ithought it possible that 1110 girl could bewicked enough to tamper with her food out ofspile. She had had soma hinth that day. shesaid, and she thought it lasted strangely. 1ridiculed the idea as a sick woman's fancy, binthe same afternoon Iwas fetched lv a hurryfrom the ollice. the messenger bringing the Start-lingnews thai my wire was vety 111— neat dying,In lact—aud that the maid servant had beeugiven into custody oo suspicion of having poi-toned her. When 1 reached home 1 found suchto be Hie case. It appeared that during themorning the girlbad prepared mv wile some ar-rowroot Irom a packet 1 myself had bought thed..v previously, and she was Immediately after-ward—before she had emptied the cup, indeed—taken with such violent pains thai the doctorwas sent lor. and to him my wife mentioned hersuspicions of the servant. The doctor examinedthe remains of lire anowrool lv the cup audthereby discovered such ample proof oi guiltthat the girl was at once arrested. 1fell so ivli-mit against 1. -1 lhat icould have killed her. AsIhave already told you Iloved my wile sin-ce1c1 and would have suffered death myself al-most 10 have saved her Irom harm. Happily Iheprompt remedy that was adopted averted thethreatening danger, aud the same evening shewas able to see and reply 10 the questioning ofthe Police Inspector who visited us. 1 was atthe bedside the whole time and heard all thatwas said as to tlicstrange taste my wife had forsmile time past delected illthe fuod Ihe gni hadgiven her. Ihe Inspector wished to see lite cup-board In which tbe food was kept and movedseveial articles from the shelves himself andtook possession of them.

"As Ihave told you, we occupied only twolooms, and the cupboard was 111 1lie silting mom.We were alone there, examining the tilings 111the cupboard, when be suddenly turned on mewith the Question: 'Ho you yourself ever keeppoison 111 the house?' Ireplied tbatIuever did.•if1 kept any,' said I,'you may depend that 1should keep Itsafely locked away.' -lobe sureyou would, and you would keep the key safe inyour pocket. Aie they there now"." lat onceproduced my Utile hunch of keys, and lulu himthat they were never out ol my own possession.He look them in lis hand. 'Don't be alarmed,'said he. 'hut 1have a articular wish to have apeep inside any drawer or box Ihey willunlock.Have you any objection?* Iadvanced to snatchmy keys from him aud demand tils authority lortaking such a liberty. But he had come ail pre-paied. Taking out his pocket-bunk he showedme a search-warrant. 1nad raised my voice an-grily, ami so, as 1 supposed, alarmed mywife 111 the next loom. She hastily slippedon a dressing aud came in to wherewe weie. She was white as paper, hut

calm enough. 1 was not- Iwas tremblingwith rage and Indignation. Iexplained to mywile what 11 was the Police Inspector wished todo.

'Well, where is the harm." said she inno-

cently. There can be nothing, my dear, thatyou wish 10 conceal, or mat you need be afraidof. 1could say no more. here were ouly threethings that were lucxed hi the room—the twodrawers of a writing-table and a desK that stoodon a sideboard. The desk coulaiued only a lewprivate papers, Including1110 two insurance poli-cies, and It was we. ks since Ihad opened It.That was the first thine: the Inspector unlocked,my wife arid myself looking on. lv one cornerthere was a small linen bag, half full, which Ihadnever seen befoie, and inmy wonderment 1 madesome exclamation and put my hand tow aid it.Bill the Inspector was too quick lor me. Havingseemed it, he put bis finger and thumb Into thebag and took out a pinch of the stuff 11 containedaod held it up lo the light. 'It is sail. Isn't 11 '."my wife remarsed. 'lire same kind of salt,ma'am, that your arrowroot was seasoned with,ifIam nut mistaken,' the Inspector answered,as he carefully tied up lire bag again; 'Ibis Isarsenic' lieai lug this my wile shrank from mewith a look of horror, and without 11 woid wentback to the bed-room, while 1, feeling stunned orlire one ina dicaui. was taken away to the po-lice station.

"1have already tried your patience, gentle-men, wan my lung sluiy,und 1 willnot troubleyou with Hie lernhie details ol what followed. 1was committed for trial for the attempted mur-der. It was shown that with my small salary ]bad insured my wile's life for £600, and the doc-tor was called lv prove Ural within a mouth thesymptoms which were consistent with slow poi-soning began to appear, llwas shown thai iliepacket ol airowrool in the cupboard and thebeef-tea e«seuce, which weie 11 tended lor mywile's exclusive use, were ahead}' poisoned, anil1could uoi deny my own declaration to the Po-lice Inspector thai th-: keys of the desk wherethe lillle bag ol arsenic was discovered werenever out ol my possession. You my lie surethat the prosecution did not fall .op lot out howmuch my until was lucieased by Itie cutiuiug at-tempt tv put the ci ime on the innoc m servant-girl,and lire end of Itwas that 1was sentencedto ten years' penal servitude.

"As 1 have already Informed yon, I neverfrom the lime ul my couvictlon received anycommunication from my wile, which, of course,added much 10 the bitterness uf my cruel pun-ishment, since it put ll beyond doubt that she.100, believed me guilty, and scutes of limes Iprayed thai 1 might soon die In prison, like BethTaplow. Hut my consciousness of innocencesupported me, and Ilived through it. And vowcomes ihe most terrible part of my strange tale.Iuever thought to see my wife again, but on myway heie tins morning Imet with her. 1did uotkuow her at Drat, she looked so old and altered.Itwas a joyful moment when 1 beheld her, and Iputout both my hands, bin she clasped tiers be*hind her, aud there was relentless hatred 111 hereyes. 'Good God!' said, 'can Itbe thai youhaveall along and still think me guilty." There wasno wasting of words between us. 'Willi no onetooverhear us,' she said, 'listen to what 1havecome 011 purpose to tell you. 1 know of no guiltol yours but oue— yout murder of the man Iloved, It was for lhat 1 married you, Unit Imight be well revenged.' And then sue told mehow she herself had planned the poisoning forwhich 1had been tried and convicted. 11 was shewho had procured the seine. and lib a false key-placed it in ihe desk wbeie it was lound jshewho had mixed the poison Willi the food. Tocany out tier fiendish design, she had takensmall doses of lire deadly slufl, and finallyalaiger though not a fatal dose, so as to make itabundantly clear lhat 11 was my villainous Inten-tion to murder her so as to obtain the Insurancemoney. 'And still with uu one to overhear us,'said she, 'let me tell you that it was not that youmight be sentenced lor a paltry ten years thai 1ran the deadly risk. 1 hoped you would havebeen sent away for twice as long—for your lire,perhaps. Bui 1 have not done Willi you yet, JohnLuck. lobe rid of me you will have to killme.1 will goad you to it.aud die lumpy, knowingthat you v.11l end your tile ou the gallows.'

"Ihave untilinglv add lo Juhu Lock's strauge

story, and the reader is as well able as myself 10judge 11 there was any truth lv 11, or whether itwas a romantic fabrication on the ex-convict'spart to excite sympathy, Inquiry,1believe, wasmade for ms wife, but she bad been lost sight offuryears, and was oowheie to be found, while asfor John himself, at Ins most earliest request,and io the last persisting lv the statement tie hadmade, he was shipped to America.— LoudonTelegraph. ________________________________________________

DYING IN' POVERTY.

A Sad I'nnr. of Destitution Discovered byUndertaker Hoakn Yesterday.

Aremarkable case of destitution came tolight yesterday. Undertaker licska wascalled to care for the remains of AlexanderAnthony Wheeler, who died of consump-tion in the afternoon, on Wright avenue,near E street, in the fourth addition. Itwas found that Mr.Wheeler, who was 37years old last Christinas, had left a widowexactly his own age to a day. The couplehad lived here lour years. They weremarried inEngland whenextremely young-some twenty-one years auto. Fifteen chil-dren have been born of the union, of whomonly three are now living, four having diedof scarlet fever inone day.

Mr. Wheeler had bought two lots of theTacoma Laud Company a year ago, forwhich he had paid one-third down. InDecember he fell sick and has been unableto work since. For the last seven monthsMrs. Wheeler has supported the family bytaking in washing, although she Is notspecially strong. They have held to thelaud through thick and thin, hoping that Itwould go up in value so that they couldrealize something on it. Their interest inthis land has kept them from getting helpfrom the authorities.

On Thursday afternoon Mr. Wheeler,who has been able to get around in a feebleway, came into the house and lav downwithout taking off nil his clothes. In thatcondition he had died, having received suchattention as his wife and neighbors couldgive him. When Undertaker Iloska wentout there last night the family were utterlydestitute, neither the wife nor the childrenhaving had a morsel to eat during tlio daywhile Mr. Wheeler lay dviug.

Mr.Hoska, after caring for the dead, leftwitn them $_ fur present necessities, butwhen this money is exhausted they will bein sore straits.— Tacoma Ledger, July 12th.

Hydremic Pressed Brick.A company is about to be incorporated

hero to manufacture brick by the hy-draulic-press process. The promoters ofthe company, who are well-known capital-ists, have purchased for $2 ',000 from theHydraulic Press Company of ht. Louis theright to use their patented machines formaking brick in this State aud have pur-chased 100 acres of land adjoining Vaiiejo,opposite Mare Island. The purchasedground contains a large deposit of clay. Itis said the brick can be made on an aver-age of Si a thousand less by the intendedprocess than by band.—— ___. —,

SSpi- Air Avalanche of Claims.The State Board of Examiners were in

session a short lime yesterday and againthis morning, and allowed claims were car-ried into the Controller's office by the arm-fcl. Itis believed that the claims alreadyallowed willaggregate nearly $500,000, andthe :examiners are not.through by any

Sacramento Bee, July loth.

SEA AND SHORE.

Tacoma in Demand by Trans-Pa-cific Lines.

Inspection of the Cruiser's Hull—Scarcity of

American Sailors— Supposed Less ofa German Bark.

That the Pacific Mall Company willgive Ta-coma a monthly service to and from tire Orient iscousldered nearly ceilalu, President Houston ofthe company Is expected to arrive in the city onthe 2oili Inst., when he will proceed to executeImportant busluess connected with tbe line.

Those who know something of the condition ofaffairs among the three

-tiaus-l'acilic lines,

which will be ruuulug next year, say that thenear future willsee a bitter fight between HieCanadian Pacific and the Pacific MailHues. 1heFairfield syndicate, now operating the Canadianline, is negotiating with the Northern I'acllicKallroad to run us steamers to aud from Tacoma.This Is lvview of the lact that the Canadian Pa-cific Itaili will have .Us own new steamersplyingto Hie Orient from Vancouver early nextyear, thereby displacing the other company.

For the same reason President Houston Is saidto be anxious to letalu tin) carrying trade of theNorthwest and the Northern ll.iilroad to Chinaand Japan. He wants to freeze his competitorsout, aud is opposed to a Hue from Sau Diego toChina. The Canadian ltailroad steamers willbethe finest and. it is said, the most magnificentliners on the Pacific Ocean. 1bey are now beingconstructed uu IlieClyde, Scotland.

INSPECTION Or THE CItCISER.The Naval Board of Inspection inspected the

hull of the new cruiser, San Francisco, yesterdayiv the dry-dock at Hunter's Point. She willbescraped aud tainted, and niter a week coal uplot an Informal trial trip around the bay audprobably to Santa liaib.ua. Her official trialtrip willbe made at the latter place, but not untileverything about ber is working satisfactorily.The naval officers on board the ciuiser at hertrial trip willbe: Commander John Irwin,ChiefEngineer (ieorite Kurtz, Captains J.C.Watsonauu J. W. l'hiliiiis,Commander Nicoll Ludlow,Naval Constructor F. !_. TerwalJ, Lleutouaut-I't.ininaiiders 11. F. Tiiley and F. B. Gilmore,Lieutenants J. 0. Wilson and A. W. Grant, As-sistant Chief Engineers F. W. Wilson aud GeorgeJ. li.lilint.

The snip Conqueror, Captain Lathrop, ot theCedar Biver Coal company, arrived yesterdaywilh a cargo of coal fiom Seattle.

Tilt:LOST UAIIK.The German bark J. ii. Hustede, Captain J.

it. lletneis, which sailed Irom Victoria on Oc-tober 23, 1889, for London, is regarded inLloyds' offices as lost, site had a cargo ofcanned salmon valued at $300,000, and insined.The Hinleda was built ut I'otl Glasgow ivFebruary, 1889, aud was, therefore, a coin.parallvely new vessel. She was of 1092 tonsburden, 214 feet long, 34 feet wide and 21 leetin depth. She was owned by J. 11. liustede ofKlstleili, lieiinauy. It is the opinion uf shippingmen here that she was overladen.

The barK Samaria of Kosenfeld's New YorkLine Is at I'mlCosta, and has received a con-signment ol 600 tons of barley. She will lake aremaining catgo of general merchandise fiomSteuart-sueet Wharf forNew Voik.

'1 in-Oriental and Occidental steamship Oceanicarrived at Yokohama 00 .Monday.

AMERICAN SAILOBS SCAItCE.Owing to the unusual scarcity of sailors at Mare

Island Navy-yard the vessels in commission ateall short handed. The new older restrictingsallms on Americau vessels to American citizensis believed to be the cause, as it is not difficult io

secuio hardy seamen frum Northern Europe,who may be' fouud iv nearly eveiy port of theUnited Slates.

The schooner Jennie Ward left this port ouTuesday lor Humboldt, but returned shortly aft-erward, partialis disabled. While passing tintl'ulnt in the rough water tier martingale wasCan led away by the force ol the naves.

The steamer Aeapuico leit Acapulco on the10th and the steamer City ofSydney on SaturdayfurSau Francisco.

IS ITBLACKMAIL?Editor I.X. Choynskl on Trial for Alleged

Extortion.I.N. f'hoyuskl, the proprietor of a weekly

publication named I'ubllc Opinion, was on trialyesterday belute Judge Shaller and a jttty on acharge ol attempting to extoit money tioni una-

dtali Llvcmoie, a local capitalist, The follow-ingjurors were sworn in to try the case:Carl Jaoaan, John B. Merslng, Randolph Herman*

Isaac Barker, Andrew Clark, __£. It. Clark, .MartinJensen Martin Pericles, M. BffcQltnehey, Francis A.Uulsey, Edwin Brleg and Owen J. Mctirath.

Inil.e complaint itis set out that on February20111 last Choynskl wrote Llvennoie a lrtterstating that he bad received information con-cerning Llvermore's actlou with some youngcuts, and Invitingl.ivennoie to call and see him(i-liuvuski). Ina postscript l'lioyu-kiadded thathis paper would go to ptess the followingday.Liveimure did not call on choynskl, and thoughthe paper did go 10 ptess the next day uo men-tion was made of the matter lv that Issue. Inthe following week's publication ot the paper,however, au alluslou to the matter did appearcausing l.lveiuioie lo have Choynskl arrested.Choynskl, after the receipt of the latter hadbeen proven, was placed on the stand and testi-fied mat he had sent the. letter simply lo ascer-tain Ifthere was any truth in certain Informa-tion that he bad received, lie was very icluct-anl 10 give the name of his minimaul, but finallygave the name of the editor of a weekly publi-cation as the person who had told him. He saidhe had no Inleulluu tn blackmail 1.1 v.inun andthe item he did publish was sent lv lo linn anon-ymously, limade no explicit charges and was,Infact, a son id denial of certain allegationsand was simply signed

"Obadiali."

The care willLe taken up again this morning.

SEVERED BONUS.

Marital Kclatlon»hi|>» That Proved I'u-pleasant.

Judge Hunt granted the following di-vorces yesterday:

To Marie A. from William P. Ilemmen-way, for cruelty. Tho custody of a minorchild was given to the mother.

To Annie M. from John D. Drown, fordesertion. This couple were married inBoston inlboS, and have not lived a year to-gether since. The house on butter streetoccu pied by the plaintiff was given to her.

To Harriet E. from Leonard A. Alvey,for willfulneglect. Tne plaintiff was al-lowed to resume her maiden name ofPalmer.

Adivorce was granted to Charlotte Green-lee from Bert Greenlee by Judge Deardeu,lor desertion.

Judge Wallace has granted a divorce toMary from Willard Drown, for extremecruelty and infidelity,but refused a divorceto Dora D. from Wade White, because hercharge of extreme cruelty was not sus-tained.

Emma C. Dostwick was granted a divorcefrom bprague N. Dostwick by JudgeWallace, lor cruelty, and the defendantwas ordered to pay his wife S7o per monthalimony. Dostwick receives \u25a0; salary of6175 a month as private secretary of J. C.Stubbs of the Southern Pacific Company.Mrs. Dostwick charged her husband with.ailing her vile names and frequently as-saulting her ina cruel manner.

CALIFORNIA MARBLE.ItIn to Us Used In the Construction of

the D. O. Mills Building.D. O. Mills, who is soon to commence the

erection of a ten-story building on thenortheast corner of Montgomery and Bushstreets, has just closed a contract with theInyo Marble Company for about £75,000 or5100,000 worth of marble to be used in thenew building. The contract calls for about20,000 square feet of u.arDle tiles, 20,000square feet of moss agate and colored mar-ble for wainscoting, about 7000 cubic feetfur thirty feet high of the exterior from theline of the street up, besides pillars, blocksfor steps and plumbers' slabs. This is thofirst large contract that has ever beensigned for California marble, Mr. Mills,before signing the contract, thoroughly in-vestigated the matter, and concluded thatfor the use to which it is to be put the mar-ble is superior to any imported. The mar-ble willbe dressed at the quarry, and thentaken by rail to the polishing mills at Es-

sex, on the Truckce Diver, and there pol-ished.

HEX fatal misstep.

A Woman Attempt! to Ler.to a -Moving1itn, and Is Killed.

Mrs. Kelly,a woman of middle age andsupposed to have been a resident of SanJose, died at St. Mary's Hospital yesterdaymorning from injuries received at theFourth and Townsend streets depot, whilestepping from a moving train.

bhe arrived nt the depot on the 9 o'clocktrain Tuesday morning. As the train wasstopping she attempted to step off and wasthrown on her head. She became in-sensible immediately on striking the pave-ment, and the officials placed her in a backand conveyed her to St. Mary's Hospital. Aslight scalp wound was found on the leftsideof her head, but blood oozed from the ears,mouth and nose, indicating internal in-juries aud concussion. She never regainedconsciousness after the fall.

There Was no Criminal Intent.United States Commissioner Sawyer yes-

terday heard the case against P. Laterra,charged with abstracting and opening mailfrom a mail-box in the lodging-house at 523

Kearny street. George Black, a mail-car-rier, and Charles McGovern testified forthe Government, the testimony of the sec-ond-named witness satisfying the Commis-sioner that Leterra isnot in his right mind,wherefore his discharge followed. The rela-tives of the accused promised to take bettercare of him in the future.

To Supply the Indian*.It.V.Belt, the Assistant Commissioner

of Indian Affairs, whose headquarterswhile in the city is at 105 Front street, yet-

terday opened the bids for the contract tofurnish, to the value of about 560,000, sup-plies for the Indians of California, Oregon,Washington aud part of Idaho. Therewere forty-five bidders, mostly from thiscity, and the articles to be furnished in-cluded groceries, provisions, agriculturalimplements, hardware, crockery, harness,leather, oils, paints, etc. The names of thesuccessful bidders will be announced in afew days.

'

HANGED HIMSELF.Patrick Clancy, Capitalist, Com-

mits Suicide

Patrick Clancy, a capitalist, was founddead yesterday afternoon in his room atthe Ahlborn House, corner of Grant av-

enue and Hush street. He had hanged him-self in the closet.

Clancy went to live at the AhlbornHouse about a year ago, and bad made itbis residence ever since. lie was worthfrom 540,000 to 550,000 and lived off theInterest of bis money, which be loaned outin small sums. Hut disease laid bold ofliiui,and gradually lie failed in health froma complication of disorders. Despondencyfollowed, until be found an escape from it

by taking his own life.He was last seen alive in tho hotel on

Tuesday afternoon, shortly after whichhour, it is believed, he went upstairs to hisroom find made deliberate preparation! forhauling himself. lie opened the door oftbe closet and threw one end of a piece ofclothes-line across the door, securing thecord between the jamb and frameworkabove. Ou lite other end he made a nooseand placed itaround his neck. Then, ap-parently, he let go of the rope and dangledwith his toes touching the floor until hestrangled to death.

Yesterday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, achambermaid entered the room anil noticedarope hanging from the top of the half-opendoor, She still further opened the doorwith some difficulty and was horrified bythe awful sight before her—a tall, gray-whiskered old man hanging, orrather stand-ing on the floor, rigid indeath, his eye-ballsbulging out on his cheeks, with a terribleexpression on his glazed pupils. His tonguebung upon his chin, and the whole counte-nance was awful to behold. The girlranscreaming from the spot nnd notified theproprietor. Immediately the .Morgue offi-cials were sent for and the body removed.

Ou a table iv the suicide's room were anumber of bottles of medicine, showingthat he had been under treatment for bisincurable diseases.

Deceased evidently wished to appear de-cent indeath, for he dressed in his bestclothes and clean linen. He was about 55years of age and was an uncle of Rev. D. S.Clancy, D.1)., of New York City. Anothernephew of his lives in this city. The bodyis at the Morgue.

THK STOCK MARKET.Miningstocks were dull and uninteresting yester-

day. The tendency tilprices was downward Inthemorningand upward In the afternoon board. Theclose appeals below.

Trading tn local securities was fair, HawaiianCommercial sold up to *1-1:Uand -safety Nltro Pow-der up to $13,

Almout (l'iina County, Ariz.) Isassessed \'_ of lc,.1.\u25a0;;;:.,:.. \u25a0.: August IStb.

The liodie Con. and Crocker assessments fall de-linquent lv board to-day, and the Con. New Yorkdelinquent sale takes place also.

The monthly dividends of the Omnibus CattleCompany have been increased from 12i£c pershare to 250.

Oceanic B. 8. Co. has declared a dividend of $1,payable on the Ist.

Kureka Com has declared a dividend of 25c. Thestock Is now quoted at $4 antl upward, against $1ayear ago, when there was an assessment of 60c onthe stock, Itwas the twelfth assessment, making atotal of S53U.U0U. There were 85 dividends paidup to and Including the one for duly9, 1888, uiak-a total or }j,012.0U0. The dividend just declaredis the first Intwo years.

Tbe San Iranclsco Stock Exchange has declared adividend ofsloo per seat.

Ata special meeting of the Directors of Gould ACurry 11. Zadlg. J. Wollberg, George Wells and G.Pries resigned ami Thomas Anderson, J. Souther, J.11. Low and 11. P. Havens were elected in theirplaces. Hi. Havens was subsequently elected Presi-dent

Holmes milled last week 181 tons ore, assaying$23 40 per ion.

BOARD SALES.

Following were the sales yesterday In the SanIran Cisco Stock Board:

It.t:l.Alt session— 9 A. St.250 Alpha... 200 C C & V.1.05:150 Mexican.100 Amies 1300 4.00 60 Occid ...1.70

..b 10 eta 200 Con NV..45 300Ophir 4%35 Belcher..2.Boilso CPoint..2 »0 100 0verin.. .2%

150 '.'.8.. 100 Del M ...1.60,150 I'ottm....7a/i

600 11 151e.. .1.35 '.'OO .....1.65 650 Savage- .4.6325 liA 11...4.10 100 Kill. .4.00 225 4.60

160 4.05 170G4C ...'.'.'.Hi 150 8 IS 431.. 1.90150 i'.o.lie 90 200 11 A N...3.00 200 ..3.33300 8u11i0n...;!'.. 60 3.05 80 S King 70160 Chall C..2 93 260 lleii.lrlcks4olsu Uni0n....2.90100 Cliollar...3:'. 100 Justice. ..it:.; 50 VVelUoti.. .16150 3.80 200 KentlirH 1.40250 Com 40200 CTlnp 40.200 Mexican 3.30.250 VJacket.3.2o

_*_.Tl.R.NOON SEUHItIS.- —

2:3).

100 A1pha. ..1.35 100 Eureka ...4,* 100 N" C0m...2.80200 Alta 11*HIOExcUq 90 1500ph1r....4.40100 Andes.... 05 too G 4 0...2.98 150 P0t05i....7?a10 8e1cher. 2.851600 o Prize 60 40 8.0015 '.'.BO. 50 11 4 M...8.10 550 Savage. .4.Bo60 Benton... /4 100 3.16 600 l'lBO II

_8... 4.16 300 Hendricks 10 300 1.70

310 80d1e... 1.00l 60 lowa 75 150 S Nev.. 3.10200 8u11i0n. .3.65 BO Justice. ..1i,_ 100 8 Ring....701Oilt.'aletloina.lt. 100 Navajo....70 .100 Uni0n....2.250 C C A V.4.20 '.* till1110 XV C011i.... 40100 Crocker. ..2o 100 Nev O 90150 Jacket..!) ,*100 C .3.00,100 N B 151e. 1.30.

Followingwere the sales iniho Pacific Stock Boardyesterday;

lionATI -session— lo:3o.250 Alpha...Ul6400 II4 0... 2.95 250 llverni...2'i250 1.30400 2.90 400 I'otosl I-,200 Belcher. 2.9o: 20 '-'.>.'. 250 "54300 B4 8...4.10 '.WO 3.00 150 7 • _400 4.05 450 114 N.. 3.05 600 Savage.,.4.6o400Bodie 92 250 3!,. 250 IU400 91 50,1 .lilt 30 100 4.65200 90 100Justlce...l% 260 4.70POd Bullion... 3i • 150 Kentuckl.4l, -'50 8 B 4M.1.80400 3.lit 150 1.46 '50 5Nev...3.40400 ».6( tOO Lady W... 37 ISO 3.46720CC4V...4.01 100 0ph1r.... 1.21 .'SOB 11111 :i5400 4.05 100 41. 100 Utah. 1.05400 4.1b 100 4.31 .50 VJackot.3.ls

50 Clmp 41AIIIHNOON SESSION— 2:3O.

200 Alpha.. .1.35 150 (1 40. ..2. 100 Savage. .4.6o250 Belcher. 2. 200 2.95160 4%200 US B. ..\u25a0!', -'30 3.00 200 4.70300 8u11i0n. .3.61 100 liPrize -'50 4.05150 3.7b|.'00 ll4 N...3.M, 100 5_5ev...3.40250 3.60 500 Jul ta 30 150 3.45300 Bulvver....'.'s 220 Meilcau.3.3s 250 S Hill 38200f'hal C.8.001100 0pD1r...4.401260 Uni0n.. .2.95200 HIM v.1.15 150P0t0»1....7< < 251) tan 1.05100 0 P0int..3.00 1200l200 7 ;,250 VJackel.3.2o200 Exchl) 90, I

CLOSING QUOTATIONS.VVii.visi.vy,July 26—4 r.m.

Bid. Asked.) Mitt. Asked.Alpha Con 1.30 1.3$ Justice 1.50 1.55Alta 1.20 1.25 Kentuck 1.40 1.45Andes 60 06 Lady Wasting!!. 3D 40Belcher 2.85 2.90 Mexican 3.25 3.30Belle Isle 1.30 1.40 Mont. 60 65Best 4 Belcbcr.4.os 4.10 Navajo 70 76Bo.lie 95 1.00 sev Queen 80 90Bullion 3.60 3.66 4 Belle Isle 1.30 1.40I.ulwer 25 31 Jl Cuuiinuullh..2.7o 2.80Caledonia 45 Bt. jccidenial 1.65 1.70Challenge C0n.. 2.90 3.01 phir 4.30 4.35(hollar 3.80 3.8.' ivcrman 2.70 2.75Comnionwealth3.2s 3.51 cer 25 30Con Cal 4 Vir..4.20 4.2; 'eiriess 26 30Con Nev/ York.. 45 ti, 'otosl 7.75 7%Conndeuce 7.00

-avagi- 4.65 4.76

Con Imperial... 35 4t .BA Hides i..1.90 1.95Crocker 15 21 corplou 25 30Crown P0int .2.90 2.9. terra Nevada.. 3.4o 3.45lift .Monte 1.60

-diver Hill 35 40

Exchequer 90 9.* silver King 65 70Gould 4 furry.2.90 2.9.' Jnloucou 2.85 2.95Grand Prize 50

-Ilab 1.05 1.10

Bale *N0rcr5..3.06 3.t0 Weltlon 10 15Hendricks 40 46 V Jacket 3.15 3.25Julia 25 30

JIISCEI.LANEOIiS SECURITIES.Wednesday, July 16—2 p. it.

Sid. Asked. Mid. Asked.rjSßds.4's...l2l'/8

-PaciflcLlirhtg. 79% 81%

CutaCoVVßils. 981*101 8 1Gaslight.. 68 68%I)upnl-st Bits. 100

—SlktuiiUA-11. 30 60

K4C'llseKyU.loUK.*llo llal-st ItR..._—

110I.l4l'Hßßds...

-90 Central RR...

—19

.Mkt-slßltßdsl2g',_!l23 City KR.—

100NP Coastßß.

—103 iF4CHsellv 36 38

NP RRBdS..IIS I/*ll6%Ucary-st R It*.—

100NKyorcallldslOPVi:

- !NB4MRR. — 53OuiulbusCßd.llß 1181; Omnibus RIt. 77"'„ 80P4oßßßtl__...ll7 120 ll'reatdiu R ih. 16 35lAillKyUds.

—106 Anglo Nev As. 87 90

Powl-stlljiltl.—

120 California Inslll . —SPRRArlzlldslOS I'l'oiuuierciliis 86 —SPRltCalßds.ll6

—jKlremau's 1d. 166 ,

—SPRRCaIBBs.IO2

—Home Mutual. 140

—SPBrßCallldslll'.a

—Slate luvesim 77 80

BVWaterO's,.l23: Union Ins as1,90BVWater4's..

—;, Atlantic Pow. 42' 45

AugloCalßnu. 83 89 Cal louder... 140 190Bank of Cal... 270 Giant Powder 70 75CalSareUepos.

—63 Sat'tyN'UPow. 12 14

PlrstNatllank.l7o—

VigorrtPow.. 7 71,1,Ll'4Aiußauk.l23%

—Vulcan Pow..

—18

L4 P Bank.—

40 Cat Elec Light 21'i22

Pacllic 8ank. .160 165 lalElec was. _' 6_/,MercbKxßuK 16 23V-. Haw'n Com... 143; IBBlue Lakes W. IB

—llutcn'n Sugar

— '21

Contra Cos W. 90 91 Juds'n.M'fgCo 17 18MarlufoW...

—60 oceanic S S..

—100

SV Water.... 981* 98% Pac 11 S 4 8... 66— '

Central Gas...—

95 |Pac In4 Nail.—

35Los Angs Gas. 55

—Pac Phonogh, 114 '.'i;,

Oakland Gas.. 36 36% PacWoodnw'e 25—

PacUulin Co 62 63 IkIORNIS'o BALES.

Board-80 CalElectric Light, 21Tb; 60 Hutchin-son Hp (0, 20; 30 8 V Gaslight, 68 1*;15 HawaiianCommercial, 14%; 50 Safety Nitro Powder. 12 it:6do. 13: 60 do, 12:.*.

'"'AFTERNOON BALES.

Board— l4s Omnibus Cable, 78; 25 do, s 3, 78- 50I'ulElectric Light, 21%; BO do, b 3, 22; 10 S VWater, 98*: $1000 SP of A Bonds, 105 1*.

Bank Examination.The Bank Commissioners report the con-

dition of the American Bank and TrustCompany to be as follows:

.KESOUKCES.Loans and discounts $324,565 55Cash balance 116.9.1.1 67 ,Due Xront banks and hanker* 1167 53Furniture and fixtures 2 225 81Kipensesand taxes 6 102 15Other assets ':_ 7J576 pi

LIABILITIES.Capital paid Inc0in..................... 211.200 00Due depositors 268,977 67Interest collected 10,169 61Rents and exchange 335 14Dividends unpaid 90 00

Total resources and 1iabi1itie5....... 5490,762 42

AtCathlamet, Oregon, tbe salmon fishers aretaking two lous dally with seines.

RAILROAD NOTES.Local Ticket Agents Complaining

of Dull Times.

The Southern Pacific Company is aboutto issue a new freight tariff sheet, betweenSan Fraucioco and points on the Union Pa-cific, west of Nanipa, Idaho, which is theJunction for Boise City, Idaho. The routewillbe via Portland iv connection with theShasta route, covering the old Oregon Rail-way and .Navigation line, with the excep-tion•of the western end of the OregonShort Line, which will be replaced byHuntington's new road. This will be anall-rail tariff and the first one ever issuedover this route.

"Innine years' experience in the ticketbusiness on the Coast," said an agent yes-terday, "Ihave never known times so dullas at present. Ifthis continues lam afraidthat some of the Eastern roads willdiscon-tinue the San Francisco officers andmove them to Tacoma, Seattle or someother town in the North where there isbusiness. Some of the officials are aboutto reduce their clerical force, having no usefor men when there is so little to do."Ido not Enow how to account for this,

unless the cause is to be found in the factthat an unusual number of largo excursionshave been run this year and absorbed in afew months the travel which belongs to aWhole season.

"1think the excursion business this yearhas been run into the gruuud, and nextyear you will see them fewer and muchhigher rales. Freight business is a littlebetter, though not to be compared for a mo-ment with the traffic for the same periodlast year.""Ihave sold oue ticket to-day," said an-

other agent, "and last year at this time wewere doing a rushing business. Ido notknow what lias got into the people. Tlieyseem afraid to go further than Santa Cruzor -Monterey, and Eastern people are tillsteering for the North."

Aspecial train of fifteen cars, containingrolled oats, consigned to a Front-streetmerchant, left Cedar Rapids, lowa, on Mon-day over the Northwestern, and willarrivehero over the Santa Fe. This is tbe largestShipment of rolled oats ever made to SauFrancisco.

James Patterson has been appointedTraveling Freight Agent of the Union Pa-cific, with headquarters at Sacraiuento, viceF. F. Eccles, triuisfered.

J. F. liurgen Jr. and Peter McGlynn ofthe San Francisco and North Pacific Rail-way are expected home from New York onMonday next.

Heavy rains at Octa and Dragoon, Ariz.,have done considerable damage to SouthernPacific trackage.

E. A. flolbrook, General Traffic Managerof the Chicago and -Northwestern, left yes-terday forNapa.

THE CUDJSTY CLERK,

Aimiisl Report of the OfHco Iluslt.cssTransacted.

The annual repot t for the fiscal year endingJune Doth of County Clerk Davies Has been sub-mitted to Ihe Supervisors and scut to the print-ers. The oQlce records show a steady increaseof business aud fees.

The various schedules show the followingItems: l'rocccdliigs on 11 c, 54,503. Of thesel:i.'.»'l are of a general character, 0850 probate,2703 special, 1814 Insolvency, 3775 appeals,Clou lufoimatlous aud iudiclmeuts aud DO adop-tions.

The expenditure. Including the Clerk's salary,was $75,1)1)8, or S3 less than the appropriation,aud the teceipls $70,053 25. The latter annum twas composed oi 5u0,730 'iii ollice fees, $130 1lines and (4962 law library taxes.

The total number ol civilactions and habeascorpus cases was 3448, au Increase of 358 overlast year, lit these 1090 were adjudicated, 'Mldiscontinued, DO trati-lerted to other courts and1975 ate still pending. There weie 'MS appealcases, 183 ol which are pending, 29 discontinuedand 50 adjudicated. Of the 221 appeals fromthe Police Courts 159 judgments were affirmed,32 reversed, 13 granted new trials, and 17 arepending. Of the 14 habeas corpus proceedingsD had their applications granted, 8 were dis-missed and 1Ispending.

There were 404 articles or Incorporation filed,making the total number 11.480. There were17 notarial bonds and 183 certificates of copart-nership, 155 Coroner's Inquests, 11 auctioneer'sbonds and 74 medical certificates filed. Sixtywarrants were issued for the arrest of insanepel sons aud 440 examinations were held. Ofthese 44 were sent to Stockton, 128 to Napa,197 lo Agnews, 4 to the Hume of the inebriate,66 discharged after examination and 1to thehospital. Ninety-nine proceedings in insolvencywere filed, of which 85 were voluntary aud 14 in-voluntary. Ul tills number 12 lecclved theirfinal discharge, 7 weie dismissed and 79 atepending.

The marriage licenses Issued numbered 3421,the certificates of naturalization 1074, and thedeclarations of intention 2775.

KfiALESTATE TRANSACTIONS.

Frederick It.Fossctt to Adam Bclser, lot onE. line of Madrid St., 150 8. of France, S.25x100 *10

Henry T. Scott et al. to entries O. Itlchards,loton S. line of (lay St.. 137 :6W. of La-guua.W. 88:9x127:8^4 10

Fred Schuman to Frederick K. Possets, lotonE. line of Madrid st., 160 S. or France.S. 25x100 10

Theodore Elpper to Augustus 11. Kipper, lott.tt K. line of Virginia St., 150 S. of Colusa,8.95x200 Gift

Theodore Kipper to Tin.nut- 0, Kipper,lot onK.line of Colorado st, -00 S. of Fresno, 8.25x100 Gift

Theodore Elpper to PhillipV. Kipper, lotonE. line of Colorado St., -i- S. of Fresno, 8.26x100 Gift

Theodore Kipper to Elizabeth Kipper, lotouw. line ofI'uwell St., 75:6 N.ofChestnut,N. 25x70 Gift

Theodore Kipper to Lena Sciallero. lots 1347,1348 and 1349, Gift Map 3 Gift

Tin-.-. I.tpner to William T. Kipper, lots1368 to 1378, Gilt Map .1 Gift

F.U.Norman to Charles liable ftal.. lot onN. line or Bcllevue st., 178 W. of Guten-berg, W. 89x313 660

Edward Wllberg to William 11. Crltn. lot onE. line of Alabama st., 210 .8. ol Twenty-third. 8.25x100 10

Allen Huiisaker to Henry Jerusaleu. lots 669an.1671, GiltMap II 5

Henry Jerusalen to A. Rosenberg, same 5Henry Heares (by executors) to Jacob Gold-

berg, lot on E. line of Thirty-ninthaye., 1008. Of CSU, 8. 100x120 800

Mary A. Fritz and husband to Patrick F.War.l. lot on E. line or Ashbury st., 839:2B. orFrederick, 8. 26, E. 160, NE. to apoint. Vi.165 2,600

Frank 11. Smith to Johu O. Smith, lot on SW.line of Manitoba st., 75 BR. of Kaskaskla,BE. 75x100 6

A. S. Baldwin toFlorence M. Boyle.lotonne.cor. of Paris St., 50 SW. of China, SW. 25x100.. 10

Laura 1. Vale to li.V. Itixfurtt,undivided halfof lot on liHue of Twenty-third aye, 1008. of Lake. Fl. 100, N.11:114, NE. 74:9, 8.50:3, W. 120, S. '.'5, W. 120, N. 50, aud 0other descriptions 10

W. 11. Wordeit to Amelia L. VVordeir, lots183, 184, 186 and 18*. Hull.lay Map A Gift

Elizabeth Nelson to Maty -V. lingers, hit onSW. cor. ofFilbert and Pierce sts., W. 137:6,8. 112:6, E. 25, N. 50, E. 112:6. N. 62:0 .... 10

Stephen J.Bains to Carl A. Tornberg, lots584 and 685, (ill Map2 400

Augustus Schwerltr to William A. Scuwerln,lot onNW. cor.of sixth and Jessie sts., MV.75x80 Gift

Leenard stovey (referee) to Fannie settle, loton S. side of Broadway, 12:1:6 W. of Folk,W. 45:10x137:6 7,000

Mary Aitken el al. it,Fanny Scale, same _. 7,000John F.English to Henry lleversen, lotmr

SW. cor.of Twentieth and Shotwell sis., 1_26x95 10

Daniel Lynch to James 11. freely, lot on E.line of California st., 50 N. ot Prospectplace, N.25x80

—\u25a0 10

Mary A.Merles to John F. Hendry and wire,lot on W. llue of Twentieth aye., 100 B. ofCalifornia,8. 25x120 10

Pierre I'elllson (by executors) toJoseph Felll*son, lot on W. line of Folsom St., 95 N. orTwenty.sect. ml. N. 60x122:6: also lot onNE. linoof Nevada, 250 SB. of Folsom, SE. ,26, M-49, NW.25, SW. 51; also lot onNE.line of .Norfolk St., 276 SE. of I'olsom, NE.64, SE. 16,SW. 68, NW. 16 6,550

Patrick Sawyer to Mary A. Sawyer, lot on W.Hue of Shotwell St.. 155 N.of Nineteenth,N. 30x122:6: also lot on W. Hue of Shot-well St., 125 N. of Nineteenth, N.30x122:6 Gift

James H.Davis toJohn H.Grady, lot on "W.Hue of Thirty-firstaye., 226 N.of c, N. 50x240; also luton Iiline of Thlrly-lirstave.,25 8. or U. S. 200x240

& W. Brundage to William B. Marsbutz, lot950, Gilt Map

_10

Frederlca Meyerstein et aL to L.I). West, loton N. Hue of Herman St., 106:3 E. of Fill-more, E. 25x120 10

Gertrude E. Laud to Kale c. Sliarpsteln, loton Vi.line of Twenty-first aye., 300 8. ofPoint Lobos aye., 8.25x120 10

Jacob A.Bruuner to Clara Bruuner, lot on N.Hue of Washington St., 114:3 1.. of Sterner,E. 23:3x127:8i,i , 10

Market und Stanyan streets ImprovementCompauy to Frank Lorev. lot on N. line ofClarendon St.. 381 :10» NIC. of stanyan, E.25:1%, N.98:7. W. 26. S. 100:9 • 336

Market and Stanyan Streets ImprovementConrpairy to Carrie Bund, lot tin NW. cor.or Clarendon aud stanyan sts., N. 81, W.54. S. 101:3, NE. 64:1 1,640

Market aud Stanyan Streets ImprovementCompany to John McLaren, lot ouS. line ofltlvull aye., 150 K. ot Statryau St., S. 100,E. 31:3,N.100 :7.». W. 38:1 1,000

M.C. Hansen to 8. Hansen, lot onNE. line ofVenezuela St., 250 SE. of Platte, Mi 60x100 Grant

S. Hansen toM. C. Hansen, lot 164, Block 98,Central lark Homestead Grant

George B. Fletcher to James Dudd, lot ou E.line of Devlsadero St., 75 N.of Ellis. N. 26

190 . 10Frank V.McDonald toEmlle N. Torclll, lot

on 8. lineor I'reclta aye., 35 W. of Yorkst.,W. 25x100 10

Builders' Contracts.LulglGcndotte withAlex McKay, to build on N.

line or Hayes St., 125 _. of Lott, E. 25x137:0;14600: bonds *3 'i'O ;11. C. Bennett and J. B. Drewsureties.

-li.Goldfish with W. H. Wtckersham. to build on

N line of Jackson St., 237:6 W. of Broderick. W.37:6x127:81/4; bonds *3000: C. S. Holmes and L.L.Lewis sureties. \u25a0_

-\u25a0

Kcsolutlons of Kespeot.Wallace A. Love, A. M. Armstrong and

John L. Love, who were appointed byJudge Slittfter to draft a memorial of re-spect to. the memory of the late AssistantDistrict Attorney, J. B. Southard, pre-sented a brief report jesterday, to whichJudge Shatter added some feeling remarks,paying; a high tribute to the ability andvirtues of \u25a0 the deceased. The resolutionswere ordered spread on the court records.

Poisoned by Wild Parsnips.Last;week, while engaged at work at the

Newmarker ranch east of Keno,Billy Hoff-mann drank Icopiously from a stream ofwater along the ditch way of which, somewild J^uanlps were growing. An hour

afterward a son of the ranchman found himalmost insensible on the ground. Speedyremedies were used, and in about an hour

he revived. The water of the same ditchhas already killed several cattle of Mr.Newmarker's.

—Reno Gazette, July 16th.

DAVE OPI'ON'S STUKGEOX.It Was Captured After Being Lust for

Sixteen Months.Under the caption "Who has lost a stur-

geon?" the Astorlan of the Ist insL hadan item about the finding of a sturgeon inthe last trap at the mouth of the river theday before with a chain nearly five feetlong, showing that he had beeu caught audstaked out somewhere, and had got away.

Dave Upton of Deep River was in townyesterday, and says that's his sturgeon. Hecut away from him one nigh', in March,1880.

He makes a business ofcatching sturgeon,and to keep them fresh when caught heputs a chain through the mouth of eachfish, and ties the chain to a log. The fishflounders around in shallow water tillUp-ton is icadv to remove the works from theinside of the fish and send the raw materialto ho worked up into boneless codfish.This particular sturgeon got away, and hasbeen shassaying up and down the riverever since. Upton thinks that the incidentshows that the sturgeon go out of the riverand come in again, all the same salmon.

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COMMERCIAL RECORD.Wednesday Evening. July 16.

Sl-MM.IKY OF THE

________Wheat lower.Barley steady.New Oats from Sannas.Corn firm.ltye steady.Good llaysells well.Beans weak.Grain Bags demoralized.Potatoes in good supply.Onions steady.Butter tending upward.Cheese lirut.Choice I:.'.',strong.reaches and Apricots still. Figs lower.Dried Apricots higher.Green Corn, Cucumbers and Squash declined.New York Exchange lower.

;. ..r th; Sheepskins,shearlings, 10B.0C; short wool. 30350c: medium.65390 c; long wool,90c35l 25 9 lb. Butcbertowugreen skins sell relatively higher.

TALLOW—Fair to good rendered, 8%A8%e; re-fined. 535 Vie;Grease, 2 i»@3Cf* 16.

WOOL—

We -\u25a0 quote spring clips as follows:Eastern Oregon. 15320 eft IB;Nevada. 15-t.l-. \u0084---%• 16; choice Northern, 19321c: Humboldt andMendocino, 21323c; San Joaquin and Southern,:year staple. 12n.(d115c; San Joaquin and Southern,seven months, 12316 c; choice Foothill 163 18 VicVID. ,'--\u25a0- .-\u25a0 -\u25a0 \u25a0

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-- .General Merchandise.

BAGS— Lower and demoralized. Calcutta, spot,i._