Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-19
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

From San Francisco exchanges OF February 18th !
The steamer Zealandia, which sailed
yesterday afternoon for Honolulu and Sgd
ney, took 81 cabin passengers, and 81
whites and 9 Chinese in the Storage.
In one of the recent storms the two
buildings at the end of Meiggs' wharf
were canted over at an angle OF forty-fve
degrees. An attempt was made to raise
them to the perpendicular yesterday, which
resulted in overturning them in the waters
of the bay. When last seen they were
floating seward.
Quarantine Officer McAllister made ar
Colorado yesterday, and having personally
inspected each one of the Chinese, he per-
mitted them to land, with the exception of
about forty, whom, having been but re-
Gently vaccinated, it was deemed prudent
to keep back for a few days longer
The mining dividends paid at New York
this month, says the Bulletin, will be larger
than those paid at San Francisco, and yet
we are told that there is no danger that
New York will ever become mining Gen.
ter. just now, however, New York stock
holders are quite favored. They are re-
ceiving fair dividends and paying no as
sessments.
The Geary-street Cable Railroad Com
pany will not issue any tickets, but collect
cash for its fares, taking however, the
tickets of other roads from passengers and
selling them at the main office. The
Omnibus Company is also contemplating
the adjustment of tickets. The Suffer-
street Company does not propose any
change in this respect, and the California
street Company is positively opposed to it.
Mayor Kalloch has filed an affidavit in
Department No. ii of the Superior Court
in the case of Charles De Young, charged
with assault to murder, in which, after cit
ing the fact that the defendant is out of
the State, he alleges that the bondsmen,
David Farquharson and Dr. Holland, who
each qualified in $4,000 upon De Young's
bonds, are not worth that amount, and
therefore asks that the accused be forced
to find other and more sufficient bonds
men.
Nine hundred and fifty three thousand
dollars was sent to Sacramento to-day
from the Treasurer's Office under the per.
sonal charge of City and County Treasurer
Shaber. The coin was done up in so can
vas bags, and required three wagons to
transport it. There were two wagon loads
of gold and one of silver Four policemen
were detailed to guard the treasure, which
was taken from the Treasurer's office to
the elevator and thence to the express
wagons, which waited at the entrance,
near the Registrars office.
DR.. Thomas Mayo Brewer, well. known
literary man OF Boston, is dead He was
graduated from Harvard College in 1886,
and three years later from the medical
school. He wrote for the Boston Atlas for
a long time. In 1899 he edited new edi-
tion OF Wilson's "0rnitiology, for which
he prepared synopsis of all North Amer
lean birds then known. One volume of
his work, the Zoology OF North America, "
was published by the Smithsonian Insti-
tute, but the publication was suspended on
account of it's great cost. He also wrote
most of the biographical part of the His
tory of North American Birds, which was
published in 1874. In 1878 he contributed
to ':Scribner's Magazine" series of arti-
cles on bird Architecture. which at
tracted marked attention. He had recent
ly prepared for " Harper's Magazine" an
article upon Audubon, containing copies
of letters received by him from Mr.. Audu
ben.