Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-06-18
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
TOO IIANY WHEELS.

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The travelling clock tinker has arrived
File has visited 0 street and at least over
hauled and repaired one clock. His rap at
the door had business air to it, and the
good lady of the house stated, in answer to
his inquiry, that the clock was out of repair,
and in fact had not run well since it was last
trouble. He might look at it if he was a
mind to, and if lie could fix it satisfactorily
it would cave taking it down town. ''If L
cannot fix it, madam, it cannot be done, ard
| viii put it in warrantable repair for 81, p"
was the reply of bland assurance which
won him the job. He had got it
Laid out" and dissected on the dining
room table, and was putting it together
when the lady, feeling pleased to have so little
trouble in getting her regulator into motion
again, asked what he found to be the diff
Guilty with it. "Oh, it needed overhauling
and setting up properly" Having it set up
and ready to so he was perplexed to find he
had one Wheel left, and glancing back to see
whether that fact was noticed by the lady, to
his annoyance he saw that it was, but Drawing
the situation he laid it one side in an uncon-
cerned manner and as if it was a common &C.
currence to find surplus Of wheels IN timers
and giving the pendulum a swing, found that
it started oil all right, and to his surprise kept
going. Watching it for two or three minutes,
and seeing that the wheel was from some local
ity which did net produce stop, he assumed
an air of completed task and self satisfaction,
and said There, | guess it will stand by
you now "Yes, said the lady, who was
curious to see what he was going to say about
the wheel :" but how about that extra
WHEEL" That, madam, he replied, "was
what allied your clock. Whichever one of
these city botches tried to repair your clock
last, got that wheel mixed in from some other
clock. and it would never have gone il the
world until the thing was overhauled and the
surplus gear taken out. | frequently find
this same difficulty" he continued, and the
only way is to leave the extra wheels out.
This was an astounding proposition to the
owner of the clock, and beyond comprehen-
sion. But what could she say against it
Her clock would not go before, and now it
did. So he received his dollar and departed.
He had not got of from the square, however,
before she noticed her clock began to have q
sickly tick, and showed unmistaksble signs
of its old habits, and by the time he was fairly
out of sight it had again come to a standstiD,
and she has not seen anything of the traveller
since. nor told her husband where that wheel
came from.
HIGH School COURSE OF STUDY.-The
following is the proposed revision of the
course of study for the High School, and
which is now before the Board of Education
Junior year-First term Algebra, English
language and composition, ancient history,
ancient or modern languages (optional).
Second term: Algebra Continued, English
language and composition (completed), phys
ical geography, languages continued. Mid
die year - First term: Geometry (com-
mencedl natural philosophy, civil govern
ment, languages continued Second term
Geometry Completely, chemistry, American
literature. languages Continued. Senior
year-First term: Algebra completely, En-
giish literature, rhetoric, languages (contiu
uedl. Second term Higher arithmetic nat
ural history, English grammar, languages
tcompletedl, general review.
WRoUcRr CAn WHEELs.-A set of eight
wrought-iron car wheels, the invention of
Master Mechanic Stevens, are being finished
up at the railroad shops, for locomotive ten
der, for an experimental test, if their success
and vastly superior quality over the cast
wheel cannot be regarded as already an es-
tablished fact. The wheels are 30 inches in
diameter and composed of IS pieces-14
spokes and the rim aud hub, each in two sec
tons until welded together in the final heat.
When forged, the rim is left plain, after
which the treadface Is turned off true and
steel tire shrunk ON in the sane manner as
the locomotive drive wheels. It requires
i've weld heats to make the wheel, and the
last one, in which the whole Is pieces are
brought into one solid, requires about 50
minutes. The present set viii soon be com
T,iafAl and lp1eu the road.
FRUIT QgoTArIoNs.-T following are
yesterdays quotations for jobbiug lots Of
fruit: Apples, 5Oc@s1 = box, according to
size; pears. 75c@s1 %; apricots, 75c@Sl
for Prinsle, and 81 50@2 q box for Royal
blackberries, I0@l2c y basket; cherries,
5a,7c for common. and 9Gl2c = ID for choice &.
cherry plums, l5c; peaches, 20c; goose
berries, 495c for ordinary. ard sore I 10
Cor English; raspberriss, GGSc q basket for
Newcastle and Sc for San Jose; Strawberries,
s. 50Gg4 FOX common, and S5G7 for choice
S5Gl6 y chest; oranges range from
quality; lemons, S9@l0 y box for Sicily;
lines, 81 for Mexican; sugar cane, s. 50@3P
bunch; pineapples, SSCg9 q dozen tamaIia1s,
I2@l5c q ID; bananas, s. 5000 z bunch.
Snow YoUR TIcKSTs.-The recent expert
mest Of the Street Railway Company, in
this city, 20 substitute coin for fares in place
Of tickets hiss proved unsatisfactory, and the
old method i 10 be resumed. The reason
assigned FOR returning 10 tickets IS the scare
ity of i've cent coins and nickels, and mas
much as IL was stated that about $500 per
year would Dc saved in printing by SUBSTITUTE
ing change for tickets. there must be posi-
tive lack Of the half-bis 60 bring about re-
turn TO the former method.
PoLIcs CoUET.-In the Police Court yes
terday the cases of All Jun and Al Young
for violating the health ordinance. were dis
missed for want Of prosecution. as also that
of Pat Hsgget, for battery. All Chong and
An Bow, arrested for gambling and out on
bonds, forfeited their bonds of 800 by failure
20 appear for trial. The cases of +. Fair
childs, j. II. Merrill, William Boyne and
Edward Cadwaiader, for violation Of health
ordinance, and Mary Cody, for misdemeanor
were continued until tomorrow.
MERCHANDISE REPORT. - The following
freight for Sacramento passed Ogden on the
18Th: For A. Dennery & Co., 20 barrels
lamp chimueys, l barrel glassware; w. ID.
Comstock, 2 boxes chairs; Chas. Heinrich,
boxes sausaees Weinstock K Lubin, box
neck war. . boxes SHOES O9poIn q Daheif
20 boNes charts; w. A. & e. 5. Houghton,
l bundle paper; Lindley & Co, 20 barrels
hams !. T. Stoll, boxes saddlery hard
ware James Parsons, boxes shoes; Stade-
baker blos, sets wheels.
Fggl1Hr MovEMENTs-The following car
loads Of freight were received here yesterday
One Of plate iron, 10 of wood, of hardware,
5 Of lumber. Of wheels, of wool, of wag-
OHs, q slabs, l of beer, l of lard oil, of
machinery, Of wheat, Of coal, 9 OF corn.
The following carloads were sent East 4:
Seven Of wool, l Of hides. Of merchandise, !
. OF salmon, l OF sugar, of wood pipe, Of
malt, Of coffee, of canned goods, of bot
ties, Of wine.
POLICE ARRESTS Frank Kinney was yes
terday arrested by officers Ferral and Rider
for disturbing the peace; Emma Smith for
battery, trying to put a head on Mabel Wood, |
who objected and swore ont warrant for her |
arrest, which was made by Ferral and Rider; |
All Soon and All Tie, for gambling, were |
taken in by officers Wood and Lee.
PuRsEs FOR GOLD, purses for silver, and |
purses for greeabacls, at Mechanics Store
Scorer GINGHA&s, reduced to Is cents a
ward, at l.. Bien's, Eighth and streets.