Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-12

Taylor who walked only a part of the
time, made in all 62:4, while Sadie Donley
made All, and Alice Donley 66:2. The last
two days the Donleys did not put in an ap-
pearance. Sadie having been ruled out on an
appeal taken.
The amount the four winners will receive
is as vet unknown, but will be somewhere in
the region of $500, which will be divided
among the four, according to the terms
already published. There has been row
among the managers, a disagreement and
much jangling, each charging the other with
attempts to get the best of the bargain. The
walkers representative has held out for their
rights, and between the whole Of them the
disagreement has kept a small tempest going.
1t was announced last evening that salts
factory settlement had been arrived at, fair
share of expenses charged against tie
women's match, a fair share reserved for
the mems match, and a dividend agreed
upon satisfactory to all. At one period
of the wrangle, H. S. Beals was
agreed upon as trustee to hold the money on
hand, and after that matters progressed to
settlement. The walk Is over, and no one is
materially benefited by it. 1t presented no
single element to commend itself to the good
taste or opinion of any person. 1t was
painful exhibition-one tending to deaden
the sensibiities of all beholders, to cultivate
coarse if not brutal taste, and served rather
as an evidence of a growing love for cruel
sports than an example OF commeIdable
athletic exercises. With men on the track,
it might have been less Objectionable; with
women as contestants, it was simply and
plainly cruel, unnatural and without a single
palliating feature.
The EcL1PsE.-The eclipse of the sun yes
terday afternoon was a success. The sky was
clear, with the exception of few thin clouds
Just before sunset, but which did not inter
fere with observations at this point. The
eclipse put in its appearance at precisely the
time appointed, and carried out the published
programme without variation. Soon after
| half-past P NJ, peculiar condition of the
sunlight could be recognized. which rapidly
increaseduntil about2:45 when the frsteontact
was observable. The first contact took place
at about 80 degreest to the right of lowest point
of the suns disc and travelling in a somewhat
semicircular direction along its southern limb,
passed off at the point Numerically opposite
| its first approach. The greatest degree of
observation. as viewed from this city, was
about eleven-twelfths of the suns sur
| face, which was reached little prior to four
o'clock, and from which time it gradually
diminished till about 4:5S, when it
disappeared just as the sun was setting.
While the light was very much changed dur
ing the eclipse. and all colors were unnatural
wearing CHASTITY gray and sombre APP
pearance-it was not so dark or shaded as to
necessitate lamplighting. or interfere even
! with reading the finest print. 1t will be In
| teresting to observe the accounts as to differ
ence in appearance of the eclipse as seen at
different stations but a short distance from
each other.
DIVIDEND PA1D.-In accordance with the
resolution passed by the Board of Directors
of the Capital Savings Bank at the time it
determined to close its business, the first
! dividend of ten per cent upon deposits, to-
gether with two per cent. accrued interest,
was paid on Saturday last. There. was q
large crowd at the bank during the day re-
ceiying their payments, and the eagerness
with which many crowded to the counter and
sought to obtain their dividend as early as
possible, indicated fear that there was not
enough to go around, "butall who appeared at
| the counter were promptly paid. The effect Of
! this payment of one-tenth to depasitors
seemed to be generally accepted as satisfac-
| tory to them, and as au earnest that payment
| in full would be made as early as the assets
and securities of the bank could be realized
upon and applied.
ing of the City Board of Trustees, to be held
this morning, the City Attorney will be in
structed to institute proceedings to vacate the
franchise of the City Railway Company,
with view of obtaining a Judicial decision
as to the effect of the recent removal of a
portion of its lines, and also its neglect to
keep the street along its track in proper re-
pair.
ARRESTS following arrests were made
by the police since our last report: Charles
Stan6eld and E. Dwier, by officers Wing and
Valentine, for discharging firearms: P.
Hughes, by officers Frazee and Eldred /;
James DALEY and Henry Davis. by local Of
ffcer Eldred.
PERSONALS. Treasurer J. G. Es-
tudillo, having closed his affairs of office, left
the city on Saturday for his future home at
Los Angeles Charles Lathrop and Robert
Robinson, of San Francisco, were in the city
yesterday.