Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-24
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

From San FRANCISCO exchanges OF May 23d.l
The General Fund of the City Treasury
is exhausted.
There are no Mexican dollars here.
They are quotable at 6@7 per cent. dis.
count.
The demands for duties for the past
week were $685. S9, making total since
January lst of 50, ll5.9 Sl.
Last week there were 50 deaths in this
City males and % females-as against
81 deaths for the corresponding week of
last year.
Judge Hoffman has ordered venire OF
fifty grand jurors for next Thursday, when
not less than sixteen nor more than
twenty three jurors will be impaneled.
At the request of counsel for the people
in the appeal case of L. j. Cannon before
the Superior Court, Department No. IL,
Judge freedom yesterday granted a con.
tinuance of two weeks.
The United States ship Pensacola is al.
most ready for sea, and will come down
from Mare Island on Monday next. Some
time during next week she will sail for
Alaska, and will cruise about that coast
during Lne SEASON.
The ship Mariposa is at Vallejo-street
wharf, all ready to discharge. This vessel
is the only American iron ship afoat. The
pumps have never been rugged since she
left this port, over a year ago. She has on
board at present 2, 200 tons of general mer-
chandise from New York.
The second floor of the eastern half Of
II e
rell streets and one of the stores fronting
on Stockton street have been leased for
the use of the Supreme court. The store
will be used as the Clerks Office. The
floor above contains eleven large rooms,
which will be remodeled to suit the con.
venience of the Court.
NapoleonL L. Broughton, Familiarity known
throughout the State as Nap Broughton,
died at aquarter of 6o'clock yesterday morn.
ing at his ranch in Vaeaville, Solano coun-
ty. Deceased was taken i'll about ten
weeks ago with malarious fever while in at
tendance at the Legislature in Sacramento
He was a native of South Carolina, and
left there for this State in lS49.
To-day Joseph NJ. Crawford, Consulting
Engineer, Kaitaten Shi, Japan, left, accom-
panied by some of his former associates
on the Texas Pacific Railroad corps of en-.
gineers, for Yokohama via the steamship
Gaelic. The Japanese Government is now
engaged in building a railroad extending
from the harbor of 0taru, situated upon
the west coast of the Island of Yesso
about 200 miles north Of Hakodate, via
Sapporo, which is the Capital of tn,
northern island of Japan, to the Poropa
bituminous coal-felds in the interior. The
total length of the line when completed
viii be 81 miles.
The revenue cutter Thomas Corwir
sailed on her relief voyage to the Arctic
ocean yesterday afternoon. a short time
before the hour she was announced t.
start, a reporterwent aboard of the steamer
Her decks were found to be completely
covered with coal in sacks, intersperseo
with sacks of potatoes and a few casks O
pork. The cabins and state-rooms of the
officers were filled with baggage and pack
ages, many OF which were destined for the
officers of TIE Jeanette, forwarded by
friends, who hope that the Corwin may
fall in with her. Every locker and vacant
space below were packed full of provision!
and supplies for the voyage. There wa
nearly ton of reading-matter and pres
ents on board, intended for the crews o
whalers and the Jeanette. The rooms
ordinarily used by the cook, carpenter ant
boatswain were full of extra sails ant
rope; in fact, there was hardly room fol
| the crew to get about, so much had thu
space been economical. On deck forward
lay the iron plates and covering for thu
stem, which is to be put over the bow AMI
used as an ice-breaker when the vessel get
among the floating ice.