Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-06-18
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

From San Francisco exchanges OF June 17th.l
Sales of Mexican dollars for shipment 70
China per Saturday steamer are reported
at $685. cents.
The San Francisco Stock Board will add
journ on the 2d proxime for recess of
four days, reopening on the 7th.
There is a report to-day to the effect that
NJ. d. Boruck has resigned his position as
Secretary of the Republican State Central
Committee.
Wells, Fargo & Co. s Bank has paid
s., 700 to the License Collector, the amount
of back license due under the recent judg-
mems of the Superior Court against num-
Der of banks.
To-day being the one hundred and fifth
anniversary of the battle OF Bunker Hill,
the Bunker Hill Association Of San Fran
cisco celebrated it-with the holding OF
picnic at Belmont Park.
A telegram was received yesterday from
Horace Davis, Representative in Congress
from this district, announcing that he
would 90 to Cincinnati to attend the Mil
lers' Exposition, and thence TO Boston on
q visit. He will be in San Francisco
some time in August next.
J. J. Doyle, Mussel Slough settler,
who was recently indicted by the Grand
Jury for interfering with an officer who
was attempting TO serve processes Of the
Circuit Court on settlers on the railroad
lands in Tulare county, delivered himself
up Yesterday to United States Marshal
Poole. He gave bail in $1,000 to answer
for his appearance.
On Saturday last License Collector r. II.
Sinton sent notes to each of his twelve
DEPUTIES to the effect that their services,
each and all, would not be required after
the Both instant. No reasons were given
for the peremptory and unexpected dis
missals but the Collector took occasion
to say that they need not apply in person
or by letter to be reappointed.
Colonel Finncgas, of the United States
secret service, has been notified from his
chief at Washington that a counterfeit
Sl00 note on the National Exchange Bank
Of Baltimore, Maryland has appeared,
bearing the same general characteristics
shown 10y the counterfeit of the Pittsburg
National Bank OF Commerce, Pennsy lvania,
It's workmanship being in some respects in
ferior to the genuine.
Henry Muller, one OF the victims of the
accident which occurred on the 231 of
May, when an excursion train OF the South
Pacific Coast Railroad Company running
between Big Tree Station and Santa Cruz,
ran off the track near tunnel No. 7, about
three miles from Santa Cruz, and ran
against an embankment, yesterday brought
suit against the company to recover $50
coo damages for injuries to his spine and
limbs.
The annual election of officers of the
Spring Valley Water Company was held
yesterday at the Office of the company and
the following officers elected Charles
Webb Howard, President; Oliver Eldridge,
Vice President VIM. Norris, Secretary,
and VIM. Ward, Assistant Secretary The
Trustees elected are as follows Charles
Webb Howard, Oliver Eldridge, Charles
Mayne, G. w. Granniss, a. B. Forbes, j.
d. Fry and J. H. Dobinson.
In explanation of the wreck OF a freight
train on the Southern Pacific Railroad, re-
ported by telegraph yesterday, it is repre-
sented that an agent of the Southern Pa
ciiic Railroad, in settling claim of CON-
mission house in this city for damages of
fruit which was on the train, said the
accident was caused by tramps who were
put off the train near Santa Clara for not
paying their fare. When the train was
out of sight they commenced breaking the
switch-l lock, and threw the switch in such
position as to cause the ditching of the
next train.
David Mcclure, counsel for j. c. Dun
can, applied to Judge Ferral yesterday for
reduction of bail in the seven cases
against his client The total bail on the
ten indictments against Duncan is $ll3,-
Geo, of which $40, 800 had been furnished
on three charges. In granting the reduc.
ton Judge Ferral said it was the custom
to reduce the bail where mis-trial was
the result. The accused had already suf-
iered long Imprisonment, and he thought
justice would not suffer if the bail was re-
duced &c reasonable figure. The total
bail on the whole ten charges is nov SOL
500, the reduction amounting to S5l, 800.