Society.

Mid.-umnier week was perfect in weatherand decided many doubters to leave for thecountry. The leading resorts bid fair to becrowded during the celebration of tha na-tional birthday. Tennis willbe a prominentattraction of the holidays. This weekBerkeley University wiilsee ibe termina-tion of the commencement festivities sohappily inaugurated last week.

Consul and Mrs. D. A. McKinley willre-ceive tlieir friends on the first Monday ineach month at the Palace Hotel. Mrs. Mc-Kinley has just returned from her tripdowntlie coast

Miss Lizzie Sinton, daughter of Coloneland Mrs. &H. Sinton, was married on Sat-urday at San Rafael to Mr. Henry D.Walker. The happy pair will spend thehoneymoon at Lagunitas.

ASeattle journal has the following: Mr.and Mrs. C. G. Hooker, Miss Hooker andMiss Bessie A. Hooker of San Francisco arespending a week or two at the Rainier Ho-tel. They are visiting Mr. Hooker's son,Mr. Hubert H. Booker, the cashier of theSeattle National Bank. Mr. C. G. Hookerhas lived in California fur mire than 30years, and has amassed a large fortune.Though his sen has but recently coma toSeattle, his management of the affairs of thebank has won him many friends and a finereputation here.

A tally-bo drive was given at Larkspurlast i day -evening to Inspiration Point,San Rafael. Among the participants (theyoung ladies being chaperon by Mrs.Fletcher) were: Miss Crowell, Miss IvyBunker, Miss Alma Crowell, Miss MarianLouderback, Miss Annie Gunn, Messrs.Miles, Atwater, Gunn, Fletcher and Brown.. A midsummer cotiiion is to be held at Se-attle on Monday next. Messrs. F. K. Struveand John Gibbon, both well known here,are busily engaged inarranging the details.

Last Wednesday Miss Maude Knowlton,daughter of Processor Ebenezer Kuowlton,was married by Rev. Dr. Scott to Mr.Jo-seph P. Lambert, a young merchant of Chi-cago with business interests InNew Jersey*.

The wedding of Miss Julie Lydia Puvv.-ouand Mr.Daniel .1. Biordan took place doThursday evening last at St. Mary'sCathedral iv the presence of a large num-ber of friends. A reception was afterwardheld, when the happy pair were warmlycongratulated.InSonoma on Wednesday, the 15;h Inst.,

at the residence of the bride's parent Mr.W. J. Minkel, formerly of this city, wasunited inmarriage to Miss Ella Mclntyreof Sonoma, oniy relatives and a tew inti-mate friends of the bride being present.The happy couple departed at once for SanFrnnci-co, where a reception was tenderedthem at the residence of Mr. O. W. Nord-well. Upon their return from their wed-ding trip they will take up their residence atEf Verano, Sonoma County.

Au enjoyable and noisy straw Tide waseiven by Mr. Taylor to a number of SanFranciscans and others at Sulphur Springson Saturday evening last

The marriage ot Mr. Charles Ruling ofthis city and Miss Maud Krau-e, daughtercf Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Krause of WoolIsland, 1took place last Wednesday at RoVista. The bappy pair willsojourn a*. Sam aCruz for a month before taking up theirresidence in this iity.

An elaborate ball was given at San Joseat the Yendomc on Wednesday evening.Among the guests from thiscity were: Mrs.J. 0.Reis.'Miss Brooks, Dr. and Mrs. Ed-wards, Mrs. Stewart, Miss McLaughlin,.Miss Charlotte Ebherts. Mr. and Mrs. A. C.Gunter, Mr. FrauU Webb, Mr. and Mrs.Antons Friant.

On Monday last Mr. Bruno Frr: of•Alameda was married by Rev. J. A. Emeryof this city to Miss Caio M. Shirlaad,youngest daughter of Mrs. S. B. Weller ofthis city."'

Colonel Moorhead gave a four-in-handcoaching party in honor of the Misses Morri-son en the 19th inst. The drive was toGuadalupe mines, where luncheon wasserved. Tho party included Mrs. L. S. B..Sawyer, the Misses Morrison, Mies Burling,

Cattir Tevis, Dr. Harry Tevis, ColonelMoorhead, Dr. S. Tevis, B. C. Houghton,L. G. Nesoiith. Harry Morrison, J. W.Findlav, J. Moorhead.

-On Monday last, at St. Mary's Cathedral,

there were married by the Very Rev. J. J.Prendergast, V. it., with nuptial mass, Mrs.Elizabeth Aenus G idea and Mr. HughO'Neil. The bride's sister. Miss JennieGeldea, was maid of honor, and Mr. M. If.Moore best man.

Mr. and Mrs. IIrry Baum will receivetheir lends Sunday next at 30 Hanovercourt, offISacramento street, betweenPow elband Mason.

Mr. Samuel M. Ewing, the well-knownand popular newspaper man, was marriedon Friday to Miss Anna Nicaolson, by theRev. M? M. Gibson, at the residence of Mrs.J. A. Pariser, 1460 O'Faneli street. Thehappy pair are enjoying a southern bridaltrip;.

The Class of'

92 of the State University'tendered a reception to Acting I"residentMartin Kellogg atid Mrs. Kellogg, last Fri-day Evening. Besides the class, the follow-ing enj 'ypil the occasion: Professors Paget,Hilgard; Lencfeld, Armes, Bradley. Rich-ards.n, Rowell, Howison, Moses, Dr. andM.*;- Bonte, Sou>, Ruing, Edward*, Putz-ken, Slate, O'Neill, Wickson, g-sn. Hub-hard, Grar, Leuschner, Lockridge, Mage-,Bitter, Sutton, Sttatton, Miss Sherer, Mrs.Rising. Mrs. Grovr.'

Mr. Melville Herman of 1104 Marketstreet and Mis**- Luella Comtek, a hand-some young lady of this city, were marriedin Saa Jose on Wednesday last.

The marriage of Mr. Isaac Goldman to•Miss Ray Levy, both of this city, took piace

<n the 12th Inst, at the residence of thebride's mother, 222 Eleventh street. Tbeyoung couple received many elegaut pres-ents -and telegrams of congratulation. Thefestivities were happily conducted, toastsbeing proposed by Messrs. A. Barnett, 11.B. Mays, M. Rothschild, D. Cohen and W.Goldman.

On Wednesday last Miss Mary Snider,daugnter of Hon. A. Snider of Oakland,was married to Mr. O.e C. Yinzent, a real-estate it.an, at the residence of the bride Inoak. at by Rev. Dr. George W. Sweeney.Four rations of the family were present

at the happy event.MisS Mono Creilin of 13G4 Broadway. Oak-

land, gave an enjoyable candy-pull onThursday evening.

Engagement Notes.The engagement is announced of Miss

Emma McMillan to Mr. Ellis Wooster. Thewedding is set for next September.! The engagement is announced of Mr.Fred Torry to Miss Alice Bayley, both wellknown .ii Oakland society circles. Thewedding will take place on the 7th prnx.

The wedding of Miss Leza Lampe andMr. Russell li- Martin will take place onWednesday next at the residence of thebride's mother, 2134 Mission street. • Owing

fo the recent death of the groom's motherthe wedding willbe private.

Mr. A. T. Herrmann of Sin Jose hasissued invitations to the wedding of hisdaughter. MistEtta Elouise, to Mr. MarvinT\. Hubbard, to take place at 601 SouthSeventh street, San Jose, next Wednesday

at high noon.• The engaeem-nt is announced of MissNettitf Bullion, daughter of Mrs. H. Bul-lion, to Mr. Milton Elmer, both of this city.They will receive friends Sunday, July 3,at 721 Franklin street.

Cards have been issued announcing themarriage of Miss Maud Lemon to Mr. W.If.Coulter, at the. First M. E. Church, atPasadena, on Thursday, June .TO.

The marriage is announced for July 10 ofMiss Fannie V. Steiner and Mr. JonasEilaager. The ceremony will take place atthe residence of the bride's parents, 918Eddy street.

The wedding of Miss Rose Manhelm toMr. Charles Weinschenk willbe calebratedat the home of the bride's parent on thelOih-of July.

Cards- are out for lhe wedding of MissAdele Seller to Mr. Louis Feigenbaum onthe evening of July G.• Tbe wedding of Miss Goldina Gump aidMr.Schwabacner of Wheeling, W. Va., isannounced to take place July 27.- The engagement is announced of Dr.William Fitch Cheney of this city and MissClair Garnett, dai^gbter of Mr.J. S. Garnettot Dixon.

- .. ... „.The engagement is announced of Mr. Ed-

ward Gabriel of San Jose to Miss MaudPerlnlch of Petaluma. The wedding willL-ccur there on Sunday, July 31.

Miss Georgia 11. McClclJan of Oroville is

to be married next Thursday to Mr. Ed-ward B. Ward at the residence of herparents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel McClellan, atOroville.

Three engagements of young people inAlameda city are announced. Thej fire:Mr.Robert Herbert, son of Mr. H. V. Her-bert of the law department of the Southernracific Company, lo Miss Belle Reynoldsof San Francisco, whose father i- also con-nected with the railroad law department;

IMr. Otto Cotlisscbonn; a local architect, toMiss Dora Motui", daughter 11 Mr. HenryMohus, and Mr. F. 11. Spink to Miss MaryA. Gaig, both of Alameda.

The Katcn-Thomns Wedding;.

One of the prettiest weddings of the mid-summer season was that on Wednesdayevening last of Miss Emily Thomas of NewYork aud Mr. K. Lloyd Eaton, at the resi-dence of the letter's parents, Mr. and MisF. W. Thomas, SOS Bush street.

Rev. 11. D. Lathrop performed the cere-mony iv the presence of a few of the mostintimate friends of the contracting parties.The bridal attendants consisted of twolittle flower-ben Miss Lulu HaU andMaster Thedy Hall, white, carrying whitebaskets filled with flowers; the bridesmaid,Mi-*-. Nannie Whitley, and the best man,Mr. I. Ward Eaton. The decorations werepeculiarly artistic and appeared well uuderthe Bubdued lamplight.

The bride looked very pretty In a robe ofwhite India silk, made with a court train.The corsage was cut round and trimmedwith point lace, and the long sleeves wereof lace. Around the base of the skirt wasa light trimming of ostrich-feather tips.The veil was of white ruoleine. Her baudswere ungloved, and she carried a bouquetof white sweet peas; > liianieiils, diamonds.

Miss Nannie Whitley appeared In a be-coming toilet of white India silk, made witha demi-train and gracefully draped. Thecorsage was cut decollete. She carried pinksweet peas.

Mrs. F. W. Eaton wore an elenant im-ported gown of heron-gray faille fi '.n.iiise,made en demi-ti Hin and trimmed withbandsof oxide-gray velours de Lyons. Upon theskirt and bodice were some beautifullyembroidered thistles wrought of gray amiblue cut steel. The corsage was cut round,nud the sleeves were of chiffon, The orna-ments were diamond-.

Supper was afterward served in theJapanese room, and the happy couple werelhe recipients of innumerable felicitations.

Mr. and Mrs. Eaton will tour in thenorth, and on their return will reside at 625Haight street, Mrs. Eaton receiving onWednesdays.

At the University.

Commencement festivities inaugurated atBerkeley last week will be continued thenext few days as follows:

Monday— Tho seniors will hold theircommencement ball in Harmon Gymna-sium.

Tuesday— The University Glee Club willgive a concert. The Philosophical Unionwillalso hold their annual celebration.

Wednesday—

The cement exerciseswillbe held and in the evening the AlumniAssociation willgive a banquet to the mem-bers of the graduating class at the Califor-nia Hotel.

The rerkltis-Grlfflu Wedding.

On Monday la^t at Pomona Miss MarieGriffin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. F.Griffin, formerly residents of this city andwell-known in society circles, was marriedto Mr. Daniel T. C. Perkins, son of Mr. andMrs. Samuel Perkins of this city.

Mis? Marguerite Griffin, the bride's young-est sister, held the silken ribbons whichrailed eff the bridal party. Miss EdithGriffin' was maid of honor su I Miss AliceGriffin bridesmaid. Mr. John O. Blauctiardof this cityacted as best man, and .he bridewas given away by her father.

After receiving their friend-' congratu-lations

-and partaking of. an elaborate

supper, -the happy pair left on a tripthrough Southern California. Thereafterthey will reside at Sausalito during thesummer, and still later in this city.

WtnUl" nt 11ark *****.

Last Friday evening tho new "Skull andKeys Club of Berkeley" produced the play"Esmeralda" before a large audience, manyof whom were San Francisco friend of thastudents of the State University. Itwas es-timated that there were at least Iwjpeoplein the hall and the play was a charming onefor an amateur performance.

Four society young ladies of this city tookpart in the represent the full cast be-ing as follows:old man F.ocer*! H. 11. McCl.uijliryLjClaAnn Ut-gers Misi Jessie ColemanKsmerilda alias neila iiuu-oinsouDave liar;;. M !». LathamJjtabroofc David LowJack Desmond W. H. HenryNors Desmond Miss Mary McNuttKatie Desmond Miss UratiamMarquis de Muutassiu LE. Van Winkle'iturge Drew R. L. llatUorae

The members of the "Skull and Keys,"which i- founded on the same plan as theHasty Pudding Club of Barvard, are:Messrs. L.E. Van Winkle, JR. L. Ilathorne,M. S. Latham, Johu A. Marsn, Prank Dea-con, of San Francis: Mr. Harry Me-Claughry of Sacramento; Mr. W. 11. Henryof Oakland: Mr. David L>w of Santa Bir-bara; Mr. Egbert J. Yates of Berkeley; Mr.Edward Mays of Oregon.

The tlirl:-I>;vi.l«on Wedding.One of the most eij/yable of the many

quiet weddings solemn Z'd since the seasonclosed was that of Mr. Elmer Clark to MissGrace Davidson, which took place at theresidence of the groom, 1616 Turk street.Itev. Mr. Willis performed the ceremony.

The bride wore a costume of old rosetrimmed with volvet of a darker shade.One of the bridesmaids. Miss Ann) Symeof Petaluma, v. as dressed incream and LiFrance roses. The other, the br.de's sis:er,Miss Eva Davidson, wore a gown of tan andbrown withLa Marque roses.

After congratulations and blessings thecompany adjourned to the supper-room,which was very prettily decorated, and par-took of a bountiful spread. Toasts weredrunk to the bride and gr < m, and after avery pleas int hour spent in music, dancingand songs the company broke up, wishingall happiness to the newly married couple.The t.C. Press Club's "ffrnta| Detail."

A unique reception was given by theUniversity of California Press Club lastWednesday evening at the residence of Mr.F. H; McLean in Berkeley. The invita-tions were cards the same size and tintedthe same hue as an ordinary sheet of "copy"paper. Oa one side was the outline of aclipping pasted on the sheer, and on thiswas printed in the form of a "one-head"story the invitation requesting attendanceat "the desk" for "evening detail."

Mr. P. L. Weaver of the Overland Month-lywas "ou the desk" as city editor of theTrumpet of Truth, his desk being decor-ated with flowers and 6kulls, the latterilluminated with candles. The "details"were given outou the backs of handsomelyengraved souvenir cards bearing the crest ofthe Press Club and name* of the members.

All"copy" was handed in at 10:30 o'clock,and as Editor Weaver arranged his papersrefreshments were served to the ladies andgentlemen. Then Mr. Weaver, aided by anassistant editor or two, published the paperby reading the various efforts, which wero agreat success.

Professor Arms bad writen as a specialconvention correspondent, Mr. Burte aspolice reporter, Miss Maggie Qui ton as apleased spectator of a prize-fight, Mr. J. W.Stetson described the terrible death of agoat on Telegraph Hill,and Mr. HarryAllen the thrilling murder of a black tom-cat; Mr. Joseph Fife wrote up as a sensa-tion hazing among boys and gum-chewingamong co-eds; Miss Sadie Hardy as "AnnieRooney" described the "social swirl";MissBlanche Morse wrote upon Palo Alto, andLouis Allen on "Our Bosses"; Mr. W. Ji.Waste had the tracking, arrest aud confes-

sion of the Berkeley train-robbers ;Messrs.Roger Sprague and E. 11. McLean suppliedthe "ads'' and Mr. Weaver the editorials.

The meeting was voted an entire success.The Oeffeney-Zepr Wedding.

The marriage of Mr.Albert H. Geffeneyto Miss Gertrude Zepf was solemnized lastWednesday evening at the residence of the

bride's parents, on Seventh street. Theceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr.Case.

Dining the evening the newly marriedcouple were the recipients of numerousbeautiful wedding gifts. They also receivedthe warm and hearty congratulations oftheir many friends.

Mr. Geffeney is well known in this city,having been employed for some time In theoffice of the Butlington railroad. He is atpresent official Interpreter of tho UnitedMales Immigration Service a', this port.

Lite ilauser Silver Wedding*

On Thursday evening, the 9ih last, Mr.and Mrs. J. J. Hauler's residence was a

rendezvous for a large number of friends,the occasion being the twenty-fifth anni-versary of their marriage.

The whole affair was given by the Weib-liche Ih.-elf's Verein of the St. JohannesChurch, with Pastor Mangold at their head,

and was a complete surprise to Mr. audMr«. Haoser.

Among those present were a large num-ber of the verein and a few others, includ-ing Miss May Uauser, Miss Tillie Bock,Miss Annie Sehocinb*. Miss Emma Bock,Miss Carrie Glaser, Miss Lizzie Seebeck;Messrs. 11. Hauler. George Hau*er, 11.Turk, H. Grieb, Ed Golly, Charles Funk, J.Richter, John Schueider, Jac Jung, J.Shimpf.

Lindquist- Falrmau Wedding.

At the residence of the bride's mother,the Hotel Hillsdale, this city, June -•">, at4:30 v. m.. by the Rev. M. M. Gibson, D.D.,Victor J. Lindquist and Miss Marie WellsFairman were joined in the holy bonds ofmatrimony. The ceremony took place inthe two elegant front parlor*, which werethrown into one and elegantly decoratedwith flowers and evergreens. After theceremony an informal reception was held,at which the health, happiness and pros-perity of the bride and groom were pledgedin sparkling champagne.

Among those present were: Mrs. Lind-quist, Mrs. A. Anderson, Mrs. Charles Mc-Gowan, mother and sisters of the groom;Mrs. i.. A. Pa man-Wells, mother of thebride: Mr-. Frank Briggs, Mrs. Lufkin,Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Epler, Mrs. Dr. M. M.Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Badger, MissEdna Briggs and Miss Addis Keinan ofSacramento, Miss Norma Badger; Messrs.Scott Cooper, Mr. Bee be. S. Leavitt, Mr.Parke, W. Fairman, F. Skidmore, P. Cree-gan, L. Walsh, 11. Cbristenson, Captain F.Fouratt r.nd Captain T. C. Badger. Thebride was the recipient of numerous, taste-ful and elegant presents. They will re-idefor the present at the Hillsdale.

The I.efevre-Mctilrney Weddlnfi*-.The wedding of Mr. Edmond Lefevre and

Miss Jennie McGivney took place ou lastTuesday morning at the home of the bride'sparents in this city. The wedding break-fast being over, the happy couple took theafternoon traiu fur Sau Jose, where theyspent their honeymoon, returning on lastSaturday evening. They were tendered agrand reception at the residence of thebridegroom's brother, Mr. Peter Lefevre,ÜBS San Pablo avenue in Oakland, abounteous supper being spread for fiftycouples. Dancing, music and singing werethe principal amusements of the evening,lasting until a late hour. The happy pairwill leave this week fur their future homeiv South Dakota.

Party at MillValley.

Miss Lulu Steele gave an Informal recep-tion r.n last Thursday evening at the hand-some residence of her parents in MillVal-ley.

The guests were entertained as follows:Songs by Mr.M.Schultz; comic songs by Mr.B. Davis, Mr. William Lewis, Mr. triesEnkie and Mr. Louis Janes; plan solo,Miss Gertie Schmitl; recitation, Miss GraceSteele; quartet, Mr. and Mrs. Coffin and Mr.and Mrs. Kelly. Dancing and supper wereenjoyed.

Ami those present were: Messrs. EmllSuiro, Joseph Emanuel, Louis Janes,George Hunt, T. Kelley, William Lewis,Joseph Eppinger, M. Lowenstein. WilliamHunt, A. Coffin, E. Steele, L. Meininger,Miss Gertie Schmitt, Miss E. Kratzenstein,Miss 1. itSteele, Miss Trixio Kelley, MissGrace Steele, Miss Maybelie Kelley, MissAnnie Steele. Miss Florence Sefaultz, Mrs.M. Schultz. Mrs. T. Kelley, Mrs. A. Coffin,Mrs. B. Mastick, Mrs. L. Thayer, Mrs. W.Hunt and others.

Prirate Knto.rtaiuments.Mr. and Mrs. A. Repso'.d iave a dinner

parly at their Pine-street residence on Fri-day evening in celebration of the birthdayof the hostess. ihe evening was -pent inmusic and dancing. Among those presentwere: Mr. and Mr-. Rudolph, Mr. andMr-. Morton L. Cook, Mrs. Salarandini,Miss Clara Salarandini, Messrs. John R.Wallock, Arthur Salarandini, ProfessorSieb.

On Saturday last Mr. and Mrs. GeorgoMonuier gave a reception to their manyfriends at their elegant home on Howardstreet, the occasion being the fifteenthbirthday anniversary of their son, who hasreturned from college, where he made com-mendable progress.

Miss Hattie Fischbeck gave a coffee partyto a few of her numerous lady friends ather residence, 1217 Mason -treet. T..0atteri: was spent in pleasant conversa-tion, vocal and instrumental music.

A very pleasant surprise party was givenon Saturday evening to Miss Katie Gillickby her many friends at her residence onSierra street. Tlio hours were most agree-ably spent.

Mr. and Mrs. E. Puerari gave a dinnerparty on Mouday evening at their residence,fc;>3 Bush street, in honor of their daughter.Miss Adelfl Puerari, who lias recently re-turned from Milan to reside at home. Musicwas afterward enjjyed.

A very enjoyable birthday surprise partywas given to Mr. Julia- Strauss at his resi-dence, 2549 Sixteenth street, on Wednesdaylast. Dancing, singing and games were in-dulged in untila very iate hour.

A pleasant surpris was en Saturdayevening, the llth inst., tendered to MissMac Lawrence at the residence of her par-ents, 1214 Ninth street, Aianieda, 'he occa-sion being her fifteenth birthday anniver-sary.

A very agreeable birthday party wasgiven on Satin last to Miss PaulineMurphy at 10ll1/* Mason strpet on the occa-sion of her birthday anniversary. Thefeatures of the evening were dancing, sing-ing, tines and recitations, with the cele-brated Indian war dance of Mr.Dick Agee.

Last Wednesday evening a highly enjoy-able surprise party was given to Mr.L. O.Jacques on the evening of his birthday an-niversary at the home of Miss ClaraThomas, on Golden Gate avenue. Musicand recitations made the hours fly swiftlyuntil dawn, and at not infrequent Intervalsrefreshments were served.

ll.tilPartlea.An admirably managed reception nnd

ball was tendered by the subordinate grovesot San Fraucisco to the representatives ofthe Grand Grove of California, U. A. O. I).,last Wednesday, at Odd Fellows' Hall. Mr.George 11. Buck ale some telling re-marks, there were vocal selections by theStanford trio, Miss Gertrude Plants madeanother bit with the "Death of Virginia,"as did .MUs Rooney in her solos. Dr. Tatmanaged the floor, and the committee of ar-rangements, to which much credit is due,consisted of Messrs. Classen, Schwarz,Knarston, Chessi, Kommer, Antonioli,Diemer, Olivier.-, Reynolds, Hubs, Muller,Anderson, Correia and K.dd.

Seven Pines Circle No. 3, ... lies of the G.A.B,gave their seventh anniversary enter-tainment at Social Hall,102 O'Farrell street,on Friday evening. Mrs. J. M. Bailey pre-sided during the presentation "Ia speciallyattract programme, followed by dancing.

The .'-I II'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•-' minstrel performance atOdd Fellows' Hall on Thursday night suc-ceeded in attracting a fair attendance, inspite of the allurements elsewhere. Mr.Thomas it. Egge.rt was manager, and theprogramme, which terminated witha tug-of-war, contained many amusing specialties.

Bickerdyke Camp No. 2, Daughters ofVeterans, held \u25a0 monthly social and danceon Tuesday last at Mozart Hall, 1336 Mar-ket street. Itwas an enjoyable affair.

The Halcyons gave their first social atForesters' building on Saturday evening.There was a large attendance, the constit-uents of whichappeared to enjoy themselvesto the full.

The Coronados gave their ninth bee onMonday evening at Odd Fellows' Hall.There were over 100 cuu pies in the grandmarch. Mr.S. J. Stuparich managed thefloor, and the reception committee consistedof Messrs. L. W. Nelson, Charles Goer'.z-hain, J. E. Ilulden.

I'lcolca in Prospect.

Golden Gate Council No. Si, Y.M. 1., willpicnic at Santa Bosa Monday, July 4.

Golden Gate Parlor No. 20, N. S. G. W.,willpicnic at 1.l Campo July 4.

The second annual picnic of the DanishSociety Dannebrog will be held at San Ka-fael Park next Sunday.

The Del Montes willgive a private picnicat Fairfax Park on Sunday, July 24.

Fames to Take ace.The seventeenth anniversary oT N. S. G.

W. willbe celebrated under the auspices ofCalifornia Parlor No. 1 by a musical anddiamatic entertainment, concluding withthe fourth act of "iiichelicu," with the fol-lowing well-known people in leading roles:Richelieu, Mr. K. J. Quillinan; Julie doMortimer, Miss Kosella la Faille. Itwillbounder the direction of J. B. Kincaid, andwill take place at Odd Fellows' Hail, July15. A dance willfollow.

Young Ladies' Institute No. 1 willbe "athome" to Its many friends Wednesday even-ing, July 6, at Knights of the lied BranchHall, corner of Mason and O'Farrell streets,when public installation of officers and re-ception to delegates to the fifthGrand Insti-tute will take place. Very unique invita-tion! have been distributed, and a splendidprogramme, in which Mi?s Ethel Brandon,Miss Carrie Clark-Ward and Mr. JamesWard will assist, ties been prepared.

The Del Montes are making special prep-arations for their fourth anniversary, totake place in Union-square Hall on Tues-day evenine, July JO.

San Francisco Council No. 7, Y. M. 1.,willhold its annual installation of officersand social nt Washington Ballon Wednes-day evening, Jay 20.

Itacslstec Lodge So. 1202, Knights and

Ladies of Donor, will give n pyrotechnicparty at Union-square Hall Thursday even-ing, July 7.

On Tuesday next Young Ladies' Insti-tute No. 3, assisted by the field music.Third Infantry Reeiment, N. G. C, willgive a unique social at Union-square Hall.

Young Ladies' Institute has issued in-vitations for a reccu'.ion to be tendered thedelegates to the fifth Grand Institute atOdd Fellow-.' Hall next Wednesday even-ing. yyr.y

The Excelsior Club willgive a fanpartyat Washington Hall this eveniuir. A shortmusical and literary programme willbe fol-lowed by dancing.

The United Social Club willhold its nextsocial Saturday evening next at Foresters'Hal), 102 O'Farrell street.

This evening Young -Ladies' InstituteNo. 7 will give au entertainment and bop

at Olympic Hall,corner Sutter and Powellstreets, a' which they will entertain thedelegates to the Grand Institute.

Eureka Valley Lodge No. 252, A. O. U.W., willgive an annual grand rally at theirlodgeroom. corner of Seventeenth and Noestreets, on Thursday evening next, onwhich occasion stercopticon views will begiven, and there will appear the celebratedVOCaliSt, Mr.Fiiidlay McGregor, the entireperformance to conclude with dancing.

The Washingtons willcelebrate by givinga recentiou and ball at New BersaglieriHall, 1529 Stockton street, onMouday eveti-ing. July 4.

The Falcons announce a change of datefor their initialparty, which will take placethis evening at Saratoga Hall.

A social will be given by the Plumbers',Gas and Steam Fitters' Local No. 69, U. A.,of San Francisco, nt B'nai B'rith ll.ill onSaturday evening next.

The public installation of officers ofBritannia Lodge No 7, Daughters of St.George, will take place at Foresters' Build-ing on Wednesday evening next and will befollowed by a bon-bon social.

Society Personals.Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Crocker, Mrs. A.

Sperry, Miss Jessie >ewlainD, Mr. GeorgeHull and Mr. B. M. T. bin, after a briefvisit to Mcuterey, have gone down to SantaBarbara.

Mr. J. B. Haggin is expected from theEast this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Gillig arrivedduring tho week fromJapan, and left almostimmediately for the East.

Mr.and Mrs. A. W. Scott are at Ska^gs'Springs.

Mr.and Mrs. A. L. Tubbs, Alfred Tubbs,and Lieutenant sad Mrs. Oyster havereturned to San Francisco from a trip toAlaska, ami willsoon go to Ilillciest.

Mrs. W. R. Shatter will be the guest ofMrs. A. G. Booth at Santa Cruz this week.

General W. 11. Dimoad went down toSanta Cruz on Saturday to spend a fewdays.

Mrs. Robert N'uttaii and Miss Nuttall willleave for Europe in the fall, probably toremain a year.

Mis. U. S. Grant and Mrs. Jesse Grantare at Cransto.i's on the Hudson, wherethey willieraaiu some time.

Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Tevis are at theirBakersfield ranch. They, will spend Julyat Del Mt.nt*.

Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Ashe have been visit-ing friends In Stockton.

Miss Lulu James has be-Mi visiting thefamily of Colonel Robert J. Northam at LosAngeles. -

Julga Joseph McX nun has left to bepresent at the graduating exercises of hisson at West Point and to visit his daughter*,who are attending school in cine.

Miss E. V.McCloskey is at present so-journing nt Camp Taylor and willshortlyvisit 1. vi ro and San Ramon.

Messrs. 11. Donald Girvin and EdE. Eyre,of San Francisco, were the guests of Mr.and Mrs. Harold Girvin of Stockton duringthe week.

Mrs. William Cluff of 1916 Yallejo streethas gone to Spring HillFarm, their sum-mer home in Alhambra Valley, to remainuntil the middle of August.

Mrs. A. K. Richardson (nee Ray Wolff)willspend one month at Harbin Si ring-.

Mrs. A. Truoworthy and the Misses Lilyand Kate Trueworthy are passing the sum-mer at Boulder Creek. .—

Mr. anJ Mrs. John Hammond of SanFrancisco are among recent arrivals atByron HotSprings.

Mrs. E. Asherson and her son Louishave gone 1 1 San Rafael for a short slay ofabout three weeks,

Mis. Hattie Whltesldes of Los Banos isspending her vacation at tin*home of Mrs.Yollers, her sister, in San Mateo.

Messrs. W. 11. Martin aud C. L. Marplowillshortly leave for Colorado to examinetheir miningInterests, thence proceeding toChicago to attend the opening of the Colum-bian Exposition.

Consul F. Herrara is at the /Etna Springs,Mr.and Mrs. J. B. F. Davis and family

will occupy their now residence in RossValley the latter part ofJune.

Mr-. J. H. Fisher jr. and Mrs. WilliamSmith and children have gone to San Rafaelto spend a few weeks.

Mrs. A. Pease and the Misses Pease areInSausalito.

Mrs. Edwin Sutherland and family ofOakland are spending a month at CampCalamity, Contra Costa County.

The Misses Kittle, Annie and MargueriteCroniu and Miss Minnie Reed, chaperonedby Mrs. Gocdhart, have gone to Santa Cruzand are guests at the Sea Beach Hotel.

The Misses Carrie and Louisa Hufschmldtare spending the summer at Livermore.

Miss Tillie Brohaska is staying i.'i Capi-tola, tiie guest of Mrs. A. Pieper.

Miss Sadie Jacobs of '2611 Jackson sireethas returned from her visit to Lorniia,Santa Cruz Mountains, and leaves on Mon-day for Paraiso Spring*.

Miss M. Morunof ltiolMission street is ex-pected home next week alter a two mouths'sojourn at Cazadero.

Mrs. A.Eophrat and tstudy are spendingthe summer at Alameda.

Senator J. ii. Mahoney and family arooccupying C cottaee at Byron Hot Springs.

Miss Mintiye Bley and Miss Natalie Gam-bitz are sojourning at the Villa Los Loma3.Santa Cruz Mountains.

Mr. and Mrs. 11. A. Moore of Oaklandhave gone to tho Vosemite Valley for a fewweeks.

Mr. Fred J. Atwood is spending his vacation at Chico, as the guest of Mr. line BCollins at Lis summer homo In the moun-tains.

Mr. J. J. Groom and family are steppingat Wegener's Villa, Glen Ellen, SonomaConn!v.

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Mr. Ben Livingston and Mr. Bank Bantnwillspend their summer vacation on YoloFarm.

Mis3M. Fabian of 881 Geary street hasjust returned alter spending a couple ofweeks, a very enjoyable visit with herfriends at Paraiso Springs.

Mrs. E. Sulsberg, In company with herbrother, Mr. J. F. Swift of San Franciico,is soj tilingat Paraiso Springs.

Mrs. li K. Love has rented a cottage atMill Valley and will spend the summerthere. '\u25a0\u25a0"\u25a0': r

Mr. and Mrs. Isidore Nordman, accom-panied by Miss Rose Levy, sail forEuropeon the Gascogne Saturday, July 2.

Dr. W. 11. Mt-bcrt, Messrs. E. B. Surry-huo and J. J. Wirtner leave for a twowpeks' fishing trip in Mendocino County.

Professor Samuel Adelstein has gonefrom Portland to Victoria, B. ('., via Tn-coma and Seattle. From there he willgo toBanff Hot Springs, on the Canadian PacificRailroad, anil return to San Francisco viaSpokane Falls, arriving home about themiddle of July.

Miss Ada Lapp has returned to the cityafter a brief absence of two weeks. Ac-companying her is her friend, Miss NettieYoung.

Miss Annie Mosber is visiting Miss JessieBlgiey at her beautiful home inSan Juan,Sau Benito County.

Miss Annie Witzemann has gone on avisit to Sacramento for a week. Prom thereshe will make an extended trip through thesouthern part of the State.

The Beasey family have removed fromOak street to 803 Golden Gate avenue. The"babies" ko down to San Jose this week totake part in a concert.

Mr. and Mrs. E. Mausbach and son willreturn to the city on the 25th Inst, alter amost enjoyable trip in Europe and the East,lasting over two ye* s.

Mrs. Dr. W. Z. King and family arespending June at Camp Taylor.

Mr. ana Mrs. Will Knapp will occupyMiramer during Mrs. Henry McLean Mar-tin's absence inEurope of two years.

Mrs. Willlard Sperry of Santa Barbarahas been making a short visit to Mr. andMrs. G. K.Sperry of Stockton.

Miss Sadie Gould, Miss Edith Judklnsand Miss Maud Berry were the guests ofCamp Cruz on last Thursday.

Mrs. S. Coulter and Miss S. Kixon arespending the summer at Skagg* Springs.

Judge and Mrs. J. C. B. Hebbard leftSunday evening for Vichy Springs. Theywillvisit the Blue Lakes and bo joined byMr. and Mrs. Charles Schroth, Miss Alice,Mis*Florence and Master Charles Schroth.

Miss Kisel Levin and her two brothersare at Blue Lakes, and not at HarbinSprings.

Mr.and Mrs. D. G. Waldron of SancFran-cisco are spending a few days at Byron HotSprings.

Mrs. E. Northrop and daughters have en-gaged the Bryaut collage of Paclfle Grovefor the season.

Mrs. .1. C. Saia and family are rusti-cating at the "Broady's Villa" in Mavfield,accompanied by Miss Annie yon Hadelu,their guest, and willreturn on August 1.

Lieutenant-Commander J. 1. Brice, UnitedStates Navy, is among receut arrivals atByron Hot Springs.

The friends of Mr. Low W. Claussen, thewell-known young stenographer of SachsBros., will no doubt be surprised to learnof his contemplated trip to Madagascar forhis health.

Among the San Franciscans livinginMillValley during the summer are: Mr. andMrs. It. W. Mastick, Mr. and Mrs. L.Nord-man, Miss 1. Friedman, Miss J. Friedman,

Mrs. William Steinhart and family, Mr-.Thayer, Mrs. Ebb tte, Mrs. Charles Harrisand family, Mrs. Mark Harris. Miss B. Har-ris, Miss J. Block, Miss Classen, MissTressa Hess, Mr. Horace Janes, Mr.LouisL. Jines, Miss Lottie Ebbetts, Mr.and Mr-.Henry Epstein, Miss Elsa Epstein, MissOlga Epstein aud others. .

Amonc recant visitors to the YosemiteValley are: Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Schroederof Redwood, Mrs. James Irwin, Cal Byrne,J. W. Byrne, Miss Marie Dillon, Mis- AdaSullivan, Miss Arcadia Spence, Mr. and Mrs.George rage, Mr. W. P. Born*.

Among those at the Geysers are: Mr.ami Mrs. J. do la Montanya, Miss Jenniede la Monlanya, Miss Minnie Houghton,Miss Alice Grimes, Miss Bessie Shreve, MissCarroll, Mr. 11. B. Houghton, Dr. and Mrs.Washiucton Dodge.

Among those expected at San Rafael thisweek are: Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Goodall,the Misses Know Miss Goodall, Mrs.Colonel William McDonald. Moss HelenWalker, Mr. and Mrs. William Fries, theMisses Diiuotid, Mrs. E. B. Dlmond, Mr.Harry Dimond, Mr. and Mrs. AlexanderLoughborough, lh» Mkses Loughborough,the Misses me, Messrs. George and Alex-ander Loughborough.

Among prospective visitors to Del Montethis week are: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Janin.Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Sharon. Mrs. R. C.Woolworth, Miss Helen Woolwortli, Dr.and Mrs. K. ('. Foute, Mrs. R. C. Tobin,Mr. J. Tobin, the Misses 1 bin, Mr.George11. Rice, Mr. Bice. Mrs. H. S. F?iote, MissSharrand, Mr. J. B. Sherrand, Mr. nnd Mrs.W. L. Woodrow, Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Mills,Mr. and Mrs. G. L.Lansing, Mr. aud Mrs.E. W. Churchill.

The new Tenderloin Club, composed ofyoung business men of this city, gave asuccessful dance in Union Hall, Sonoma,on Friday evening la-t, many attendingfrom this city. Brandt's orchestra officiatedand the dire tors

—Messrs. Cleuat, J.

Schuster. John A. Reed, Rudolph Belauand Charles Hess Jr.— were highly compli-mented on tho success of their initial enter-tainment, iy

A musical and literary entertainmentwillbe given by the young people of HollyPark Church, at the hall, 3406 Missionstreet, to-morrow evening.

CORBETT ROAD DISPUTE.The Lous- Drawn-Out Battle for

Ks Possession.

History of the Contentioi-Ths Proposition ofB. Joost Is Unanimously B-jected by

the Lot-Owners-

The owners of property on the Corbettroad met yesterday afternoon to consider aproposal of 'brand Joost In regard to hisalleged title to a portion of that thorough-fare.

la early times nil of Seventeenth streetwas known as Corbett road. Where thatstreet now breaks into the' hills near Doug-lass street it i-.-iillknown by that name. Itscourse is then zigzag so as to follow au easygrade through the hills. For 28 years, ac-cording to the testimony of old settlers inthat vicinity, Corbett road has always beenan oren thoroughfare to the Pacific Ocean.

A large number of laboring men lor thelast 10 years have bought lots and estab-lished homesteads on the portion of Corbettroad near Seventeenth street, and a numberof small streets tributary to it have beengraded. Some months ago Mr. Joost pur-chased considerable "land in this neighbor-hood, deriving his title through the I'iocneand Robinson estates. His efforts to selzna large part of the road by running a fencenearly across it, leaving open only a spacewide enough to admit of the passageof a wagon, have aroused general oppo-sition tram tae small property-owners. Thecontest between Joost and these hard-working people has been going on for aconsiderable time.

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At the instigation of Mr. Joost the lastBoard of Supervisors, better known as the"Solid Nine," passed a resolution dosingthe ibett road, except 20 feet thereof,which Joost was to deed to the city. Theproperty owners protested vigorouslyagainst this proceeding and one of the lastofficial actions of Mayor Pond was to vetotl.i- job.

As soon as the new Board of Supervisorswas organized Mr. Joost put up hi- fences.The property-owners, -who are law-abidingand peaceable men, did not tear them down,but asked Street Superintendent Gilleranto do so. That official refused to complywith the request, Informing the property-owners along the line of that road that Mr.Joost w*s only exercising his lawful rightsover his private property. Meanwhile Mr.Joost brought a suit against the city to vin-dicate his title, and this mi is stillpending.

The meeting was called yesterday by theofficers of the Corbett Road and EurekaVa lev Improvement Club to consider Mr.Joost a offer to deed 50 feet of the road tothe city in consideration of $650, to be paleto him by the property-owners. The widthof the load is 50 feet, and Mr. Joost pro-posed to take three feet from each side.

IT.W l.\u25a0!:- RECEIVED.The meeting was held in a vacant cottage

at the corner of Merritt and Hattie streets.Twenty- of the property-owners wereon band, but neither Mr. Joost nor any ofhis representatives appeared. City andCounty Attorney John S. Durst uud hisassistant. J. J. Stephens, drove up ina baggy and took an active partIny- the meeting, which was calledto order by William Den vir, tiepresident of the improvement club. Mr.Denvlr recited tbe history of tiie coi.tentic nbetween Mr. Joo-t and the property-own-ers, and expressed some surprise at theabsence of that gentleman after his pro-posing the conference. lie told hew theproperty-owners had petitioned the Boardof Supervisors for many favors, and hadreceived none, except, peril the blindsewer in the Corbett road, which, was noteven constructed according to sanitaryprinciples, as two 18-inch pipes carried thesewage into one 14-inch pipe. Mr. Dcnvirsaid he was opposed to entering into anycompromise with Mr. Joost and introducedMi.--)-. Durst and Stephen-* to the meeting.

S. N. Norton, the soon-tan. mentionedthe proposal if Mr. Joost to deed the roadto the city for 16001 and expressed his oppo-sition to recognizing bis claim to any partof the Corbett road. The secretary pro-duced a copy of the deed to the city, whichIs the foundation of its title to the old Cor-bett road.

AN IMPERFECT' DESCRIPTION".Assistant City Attorney Stephens read

the deed, and remarked that the descriptionof the land was very imperfect and that theonly question involved was as to tho line ofthe street directly west of Dolores Street.

Several voice****.; "We say Seventeenthstreet."

Mr.Stephens: "Mr. Joost says Twenty-fourth street."

Mr. Crowley remarked that as the ma-jority of the people interested' had ouivpaltry lots, which they had no intention ofBelling, while Mr. Joost owned a large tractwhich he was very anxious to sell, and asnobody would buy lots with tho Corbet!road practically destroyed, that tho bestthing to do would be to keep on lighting Mr.Joost. lie would be the greatest suffererby his own actions.

City Attorney Durst said he understoodMr. Jooct to say that, he had paid $1300 forthe land he proposed to deed to the city,and be only wanted the property-owners topay him one-half this sum. Ithas been al-ways his Intention, Mr. Durst .said, to trytlio issue with Mr. Joost In the courts, andhe proposed logo right along with the case.Even if Mr. Joost made a deed of 60 feet ofthe road it would stillbe his duty to defendthe city's title, to tho six feet of the roadwhich Mr. Joost proposed to reserve.

DECMXES THE OFFER.Upon motion of S. N. Norton the meet-

ingunanimously resolved to decline to payMr. Joost any sum of money or to recog-nize his title to any portion of the Corbettroad, and to leave the whole matter of de-fending the interests of the property-earnerswith the City and County Attorney in con-nection with the suit brought by Mr. Joostagainst the city.

After passing a resolution of thanks toCity Attorney Durst and Assistant City At-torney Stephens for their attendance themeeting adjourned.

The In11 tieik of Custom.Women are not permitted to sit In the

body of the Temple Church of Loudon, be-cause many hundreds of years ego theseats were reserved for thn monkishknight?, for whom the church was erected.Another story, illustrating the tenacity ofcustom in European communities. Is that ofthe sentinel at a certain point in a publicgarden In London. Nobody knew why hewas stationed at that particular point untilsome one, delving In old records, discoveredthat generations before a sentinel had beenplaced there to warn people off a newlypainted bench. Even European birds seemtenacious of precedent. Migratory birds donot cross the Mediterranean at its narrowestpoint, but an examination has proved thatthe point at which many do cross was atone time the narrowest part of the sen.

Un a Itnbtaii Car.l'uclr.

Conductor (to solitary passenger)— No, Ican't bust ass bill for you. Bat (insinuat-ingly)Itell you what Ican do; I'llstop thecar at the next saloon aud go in with you togot Itbusted.

Tiifkk is nothing which will so quickly amieffectually remove the bad taste pro*luce by sarnie

-Ing or chewing tobacco as a piece of White** Yuca.tailUuin,

REAL ESTATE REVIEW.

Lust Week's Transactions Fewand Unimportant.

The Usual Summer Sluggishness Prevailing-.A Peremptory Sale Set for This

Week- Notes.

To say that the real estate market of thecity was active the past week would be tomake a statement not supported by facts.There was, however, nothing disappointingto real estate men in this Blackness oftrade, for it was anticipated by most ofthem at the beginning of the month. Juneis simply a dull season In real estate anyyear and there is no apparent reason whyit should prove an exception in this in-stance.

There is every indication for a bettermarket inJuly, after the celebration of theFourth is over. The large sums of moneyshortly to bo paid out by the savings banksand other institutions in the way of interestand semi-annual dividends willseek invest-ment somewhere and there are many goodreasons for believing that a goodly portionof it may go into city and country realestate. 'y...:

There is only one thing necessary to as-sure this, and that is a willingness on thepart of those having property for sale toset a reasonable price upon it. In the esti-mation of all the leading firms In San Fran-cisco nothing has contributed so much tothe prevailing sluggishness of tho marketas the unreasonable demands of owners ofcity real estate. In almost every instancewhere the agent has been able to offer apiece of property paying rent equal to theinterest paid on a like amount by the sav-ings banks a sale has been effected.

IMPORTANT AUCTION* SALE.On Thursday next all those having money

to invest will have a rare opportunity toPlace it. The real estate firm of O'FarreU&Lang will on that day conduct a per-emptory sale of very desirable city property,at which buyers will have ttie call. Thefirm has announced that all the real estateto be submitted by it on this occasion waslisted under the strictest agreement thatthe highest bid should be accepted by theowner and th.it no bid should be rejected.

AGENTS' SALES.The following recent sales have been re-

ported by tbe agents:Bovee, Toy & ('..—The northwest corner

of Fell and Lott, 31:3x100, for $5000; the lot\u25a0Ml side of Loit, ICO north of Fell, '_'."> x106:3, for $2500; lot aud improvements. 30x137:6, sooth side Bush, near Lyon, for83500; lot southwest corner of Frederickand Ashbury, 106:3x177, for §20,500; lotsmith side of Sacramento, east of Gough,15x127:8, for $8250; house and lot. 25x80, at413 Naioina, near Fifth; lot west side ofAshbury, south of Waller, 25x186:3; loteastside Twenty-first avenue, 104 south ofLake, 00x120, for 51800, and lot in block308, South San FramMsco Homestead AlSso-claiion, 25x100, for £775.

Sol Getz & Brother— soxl2o on the we3tline of Twenty-seventh avenue, 125 feetsouth of X street, for $600; 25x120 on thesouth line of It street, 82:6 feet east ofThirtieth avenue, for $200; 25x120 on ticnorth line of L street, 52:6 feet east ofTwenty-eighth avenue, for .$300; 50x120 onthe west line of Twenty-second avenue. 200feet north ifL streer, for 81000.

George D. Shadburne &Ca— -35x85, lot onTwenty-fourth street, 23 feet west r»l Ellen,bouse of* five rooms, $2600 ;25x85, lot on'Twenty-fourth street, 50 feet west of Ellen,house of five rooms, S2GOO; 25x120, Douglassstreet, between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth, house of 5 rooms, 99600.

Jacob Heyman has purchased the tract ol22% acres, comprising about 200 lot*, on theSan Leandro road, Oakland, and will placethe same on the market in a very shorttime. The tract is one of the best located) inthat vicinity,belngclose to the power-houseof the Haywards electric road and withinhalf a block of the railroad station. Thelots are to be sold on small monthly install-ments.

NOTES.There has been a stiffening of prices on

many pieces of property In the vicinity ofthe new postofiice site. Investments iv realestate In that locality now must -yield goodreturns before a great while.

The new real-estate firm of Riven Bros.A Long, 22 Montgomery street, occupy 6neof the handsomest offices in the city.* Thefinn advertises very select list of vacantand improved lots ir. almost every part ofthe city.

George D. Shadburne Jr. has formed a part-nership with a well-known capitalist ofNapa County. The business from now onwill be conducteu under the name of GeorgeD. Shadburne Jr. &Co.

uriLHiNr,NEWS.

Architects Coxhead & Coxhead lave letthe contract for piling the foundation of theLiming estate building, to be erected atMarket and California streets to Darby, Lan-don ft Co. for 87400.

Architect T. J. Welsh is drawing plans forthe remodeling of Miss PottofTs residence,at 356 Grove street. It will be convertedinto three flats, y .-

The same architect is preparing plans fora new building 011 Fillmore street, betweenFine and Bush, it willbe a store aud threeflats. The owner is a Mr. Credon.

Architect Henry A.Schuize has let threeof the contracts for James G. Fair's bigbrick warehouse at Oregon and Drumnistreets. It is to be a very' substantialstructure, covering an area of 120x145 feet,the foundations and lower walls to be builtwith the view of eventually adding four orfive stories to the two stories which, will bebuilt at once, at a cost of 870,000. Btchard-snn ft Gale have the brickwork contract,Thomas H. Day &Co. the carpentering an 1H. J. Balslou the ironwork.

The same architect has let to C. F. Scam-mon the contract for building MorrisThompson a summer cottage in the SantaCruz Mountains at Wrights station for82375.

Architect IL A. Comstock willsoon let acontract for ding a two-story framehouse for T. H. Abbott on Vicksbnrgstreet, between Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth, to cost about $3500.

On the sth of next month the same archi-tect willlet the contract for a 810,000 fire-proof hall of records for Plumas County.

C. I. Havens is preparing plans for atwo-story brick wool warehouse to takethe place of the one. recently destroyed bytiro at Fifth and Bluxome streets, the costof which willbe about $25,000.

The School Department has authorizedthe same architect to go ahead with thework on the new Bartlett

-street public

school. This will be m frame building ofthree stories and 12 classrooms. Bids willbe received the first of this week.

Mr. Havens is also preparing plans forthe eight-classroom public school on Jack-son street.

Two new buildings will be erected at thenortheast corner of Market and Polkstreets. The corner lot Is owned" by Dr.Nightingale and the property adjoining isowned by Schwartz Bros. Two six-story.press-brick offlce buildings are to be erectedon these lots, the plans for which are nowbeing prepared— A. J. Harnett for Dr.Nightingale and Clinton Day for theSchwartz Bros. The two structures are tocost about J.so, 000.

Architect J. Carter Newson is preparingplans for eight fiats to be erected on Bushstreet, between Powell and Mason, forMrs. Biglow. The cost willbe about $15,000.

The same architect has opened bids forfoundation and concrete work on KobertHubb's four-story frame building at Hayesand Octavia streets.

Architect William Curlett has let the con-tract for repairing and remodeling JamesVVestall's building on Stevenson street, ne;.rFourth, to William Linden for 13149.

Architects B. McDougall & Son have Mthe contract for a tnree-story frame build-ing nt O'Farrell and Devisadero streets toG. Peterson and A. Olsen. The cost is$9300. Seymour Gabriel of 711 Hyde streetis the owner.

John Gunn has the contract for erectinga two-story, eight-room house for P. A.Doien at Uranus and Mluerva streets for$2250. ___

How to Drink Milk.Few people Know that there is a good and

a bad way ofdrinking milk. The bad wayis that which they generally follow.viz.:toswallow a large quantity at once. Whenmilk goes into the stomach itis instantlycurdled, nnd If it is curdled Into one bigmass the juices of the stomach can work ononly the outside of it. This is the reasonthat many people who like milk, and to

whom it should bo of the utmost bene-fit, cannot drink it. They say it givesthem indigestion, and they are right. Letthem give it another chance. Hut this timethey must sip it slowly, not taking morethan a good teaspoonfnl at one sin, andtaking at least four minutes to finish theglassful. Each little sip thus becomescurdled up by itself when passed into thestomach, and the digestive juices percolatefreely around it and itbecomes assimilated.One of the best restoratives known afterexcessive fatigue, and one infinitelyprefera-ble to form of alcohol, Is a glass of hotmilk. The heat seems to tighten it and todeprive it of much of the sweetness whichis so cloying to some tastes.

A WILD MAN.He is Turned Up This Time In Sauta

Rosa. .Santa Rosa Democrat.

AlHutchings an employe at Markham'smill, discovered a wild man last Mondaythat is mote than a match for the oneSheriff Mulgrew unearthed a year ago.Hutchings was strolling leisurely in thebushes about two miles from the mills whenlie heard a crackling sound proceedingfrom a clump of live oaks, lie thought itwas a bear nnd stood for a few secondswithhis rifle ready to get a shot at the sup-posed bruin when itemerged from the cov-ering. When the creature did make itsappearance it presented a sight that madeHutching:/ hair stand on end. Itwas noth-ing more nor less than a human being, hav-ing a wild, maniacal look and cov-ered down to the knees with a growthof long and shacgy hair. Hut lungsstood as if rooted to tlio spot. The wierd-looking creature strode or half-leaped outinto the clearing and looked about as iffearing scum one was near. Bsiug evi-dently satisfied that there was do intrudersin tho vicinity, the wild tnan gave vent to adeep, guttural sigh and seated himself onhis haunches. During this time Hutchingscautiously retreated behind a neighboringtree, from which point of vantage he ob-tained a complete view of the freak. Hut-chings states that the wildman whs about 5feet Bor 9 inches inheight. The hair whichfell from his head was fullytwo feet long,very matted and of a reddish hue. His facewas scantily covered witha growth of beardof a sandy color.

From the shoulders to the knees a thickhirsute growth covered the body to such anextent that it appeared as if the man worea woolen garment, so effectually did itcoverids person. After squatting on ids haunchesfor a few minutes the strange specimen ofhumanity stretched himself out for a nap tothe blazing sunlight. Fearing to rouse thewildman into active hostilities were he tomake his presence known, Hatchingsquietly slipped away, leaving the strangeson of Adam to enjoy his repose in peace.No one livingin the vicinity of Marktiam'shas even seen the man before.

From Hutchings' description, the wildman is about 40 years of age. It is sup-posed that he is the same individual whostartled the country in the vicinity ofGuaUla about eight years ago by his sud-den and unexpected debut. Itis believedthat lie is an escaped lunatic who has longbeen given up as dead. Hutchings andthree men intend to search the. country andcapture the human freak, if ihey can do sowithout taking his life.

OUT OF THE BAG.Tale of the Ilarueme Small Hoy and the

Cats.l.'uenemtj Herald.

Some years ago, when A. J. Salisbury wassuperintendent of the wharf company, themice and rats beean to cut the grain bags inthe warehouses to an alarming extent, andall sorts of efforts were made to annihilatethem. Poison was used, terriers weretried, but the rodents kept at work. FinallySalisbury concluded to get back to firstprinciples, and to lay In a supply of cats.The beys about town were notified that 15cents apiece would be paid for cats, and thefun began. Cats began pouring in fromall quarters; there were toms and tit hiesof all hues, old and youne, and of everycondition of previous servitude. Afterthe secretary had been kept busy forabout a week, making out cat' warrants,Salisbury dropped in one day and said:"Say, young fellow, just see how many catswe've bought so far." The books showed atotal of 137] "What,", said the superinten-dent, "-»37, why there ain't over *4."> dowiithere all tola!" The secretary humbly sug-gested that thereafter each cat- brought inbe photographed. This set Salisbury think-ing, he smiled a littlein that way of his andstarted off. That afternoon ho strolled iutothe office again and remarked, "just cancelthat order for cats. A little while ago aboy brought in a bagful and when the firstone jumped out my boy said, 'why that'sour cat. Ginger,' and sure enough he madea bee-line for home. Fairbanks says he'scertain that same cat's been" bought sixtimes so far. Many of the others had afamiliar look and 1believe some-' of thosecats have cost us at least ?1 50 so far.Let's quit on cats."

THE BLUE LEAD.Rich Truapecla . in the Vicinity of Oro-

ville.Ororllle Register.

Dr. Allen of Bangor was in town on Tues-day, and speaking of the blue-lead mines atthat place said everything was looking en-couraging. The Catskill Company had ashaft down 142 feet and had run a tunnelabout 1(X) from the bottom of the shaft.They had to hoist their pay-dirt, dumpwater and force air down a four-foot shaft,and thus work under some disadvantages.The bid of gravel was ab>ut twenty feetin depth and was raying well. The chan-nel was wide and. the- bed promised to lastfor years. He heard it said that for theseven day's run, euding on Sunday,the company had cleaned up SISOO,but he could not tell whether thiswas true or not. The cement had to beblasted with giant powder and then runthrough an arrastra. The owners of theBishop mine had things about ready toEtart up. They had new and good machin-ery, and would work rapidly as soon as theybegun to raise dirt. They had steam-powerarrastras like the Cat-kill company, butowing to more favorable conditions hethought they would be able to crush morecement per day to the man. Hays & Clarkbave a good prospect, and willprobably getrich returns. They have struck the'bluelead on Captain J. W. Smith's land nearthe Kentucky ranch, and have run quite acut there by means of water brought fromthe North Honcut. Dr. Allen is convincedthat these mines are exteusive and perma-nent. There are nearly 50 men now em-ployed, and \u25a0 larger number will be addedas new mines are opened and the presentones have greater facilities fur getting outcement and crushing it .

A TEXAS CHARACTER.lie XV a Burled Erect, nt nil Own lie-

•jurat, by Hit Friends.Dallas Newi.

Aneccentric character named Brit Baibycame from Tennessee to Texas in 1830.While en route to Texas In company withseveral others he requested each man totell what he was coining to Texas for.When ail were through itcame his turn andhe said: "1am going to Texas to establisha character. 1have not got any at homeand 1am going to try to establish one inTexas."

He settled at Baileys Prairie, and soonafter trouble commenced with the Mexicansand he participated in the battle of Velasco.He carried home with him a cannon-ball asa relic of this li*iht.

When he came to die he requested to beburied standing un, 6 feet under the earth,which would require a grave 01 more tbau13 feet in depth, as lie was G feet 2 inches inheight. He also requested to be burled withhis rifle, 100 rounds of ammunition,butcher-knife, two plugs of tobacco, one bottle ofwhisky, his dog and the cannon-ball fromVolaseo. All of this was done with theexception of the dog. He died at home in1838 on Baileys Prairie, Brazoria County,and was buried on Oyster Creek. He wasliked and respected by all who knew him.

KfejiiiigFlowers fresh.New Yortt World.

Flowers may be kept fresh for & Jong timeby tiug a pinch of soda into the wateriv which they are held. They should notbe gathered while the sun is shining uponthen', but early in tlte morning or after thesun has been down for an hour. To revivewilted flowers pluugo the stems to about

one-third of their length into boiling water.This willdrive the sap back into the flowers,causing them to become fresh. Then cutaway the third of the stem which has beenheated and place the flowers in cold water.

THE MORNING CALL, SAN FRANCISCO, .-MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1802 EIGHT PAGES.7

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CLEARANCE!•To enable us to close out

our CHILDREN'S ANDMISSES' WHITE SUITSwe have made 2, very decidedcut.

White Lawn Suits, cut from $7.50 to $3.50Wliite Lawn Suits, cnt from $10 to $4.50WliiteLawn Suits cntfrom $12.50 to $5

These Suits must be seeuto be appreciated, as they areoffered at prices that do notcover the cost of material(without regard to the cost ofmaking).

FRATINGER & CO.,The Lamest and Le»4lm CM and Snit Hoe,

105 Kearny Street.myIB Mo'l'litf

OF INTEREST TOEVERY LABY.Every lady enjoyed a rare treat who at-

tended the opening of the new Corset Boomand Ladles' Emporium of Richard Freudand Mrs. M. li.Ober at 816 Market streetand 11 O'Farrell street, in the centrally lo-cated Phelan block. For a quarter of acentury Richard Freud has been engaged inthe manufacture and sale of corset*, lie i***the inventor of Freud's Celebrated Corsetsand the manufacturer and patentee of therenowned R. F. Eagle Brand Corsets, whichhave now bo extensive sale throughout theUnited States and Europe. He is also thesole agent for America of the famous C. T.Royal Black Corsets and Weriy SeamlessCorsets.

Mrs? 11. 11. Ober is equally wellknown asthe inventor of her celebrated "Ober CorsetWaists," which are recognized as the be-.;

ever made for ladies who prefer a comfort-able and perfect-fitting substitute for cor-sets. They have been awarded aold medalswhereverexhibited.

Mrs. Ober is also the only authorizedagent for all of Jenness Miller's goods andpublications, and always carries a large andcomplete stock of the Equipoise Waists,Ypsilanti Union Suit3, Equestrian Tights,Divided Skirts and the Sensible CorsetWaists.

This ladies' emporium willpossess severalnew features that must commend them-selves favorably. Allcorsets will be deliv-ered free to any address in the UnitedStates, and sent on approval to any localaddress. Cozy fitting-rooms and expertfitters are provided, and every lady is as-sured of a perfect fitnnd satisfaction. Thisnew emporium for ladies fills a much-neededwant and must prove a great success to the'enterprising parties whohave established it.

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