Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-21
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

From our San Francisco exchanges of July GOTH
The collection of city and county personal
property taxes thus far amounts to So, 900,
So. 600 of which was collected yesterday.
The earnings of the Central Pacific Rail
road Company for the first six months of
the year amounted to IS, 4S4, 800, against
81 500, 400 in the same time last year.
Chief Justice Morrison has ordered the
calendar Of the Supreme Court to be made
up for August ID, when the Court will sit
IN the new quarters in the Howard build
ing on Stockton street.
The Chinese, under the supposed tutel-
age of Colonel Bee, are refusing to paw
their licenses, claiming exemption nnderth
Act of the last Legislature to prohibit the
issuance of licenses to persons ineligible to
citizenship.
The steamship George w. Elder. which
arrived at this port from Portland yester
day, will be withdrawn from service on the
Oregon route for the purpose of undergoing
. general overhauling. Her place in the
line will be taken by the new steamship
Columbia.
There were 81 new registrations yester-
day, II changes of residence, and | / twenty
onesters. Several appeared under the
impression that the registration was for the
Presidential election, but every person was
informed that they would be required to
register for the general election.
Two cases of smallpox on Branpan
street, between Fourth and Fifth, were re-
ported to the Health Officer, DR.. Meares,
yesterday. That officer visited the house
mentioned and found two ladies who had
been attacked by that disease. One was
discreet case of varioloid, and the lady
with her husband and two children were
sent to the Twenty sixth street hospital.
The other case was an extremely light at
tack of varioloid, and the lady was per-
mitted to remain in her room in charge of
nurse, the house being quarantined.
To-day the demand of Henry Schmidt
for services as clerk in the Registrars
office, after his dismissal by MIR. Tharp,
was presented to Auditor Dunn, who re-
fused to audit it. The City and County
Attorney, Mr.. Murphy, then took steps to
ask for writ of mandamus to compel the
Auditor to sign the demand. The Regis
trar declined, also, since the case to ascer-
tain where the power of appointing regis
tration clerks resides may be more COM
plicated than at first supposed The de-
mand for compensation is made by the
clerk on the ground that he was ap-
pointed by the Election Commissioners,
and that Registrar Tharp had no right to
remove him.
The time of the Supreme Court was oc-
cupied to-day with argument in the APP
peal case of F. A. Sprague, who is under
conviction of murder in the first degree for
the killing of Thomas Wallace More in
Ventura. The trial took place in the late
Judge Fawcett's Court and more than or.
binary attention has been directed to the
matter for the reason that after the jury
had rendered their verdict certain develop.
ments made it clear that perjured evidence
had been introduced at the trial. Greed
Raymond appeared as counsel for the de-
PENDANT, and fought every legal point on the
part of his client inch by inch. The ap-
peal to the Supreme Court is on the ground
that the lower Court has not dealt properly
by the bill of exceptions, which Mr.. Hay
mond urges contains enough matter in fact
and law to set aside the verdict and entitle
the defendant to the benefit of new trial.
HAVE TRIED Hammers Cascara Sagrada
Bitters, and find they are all they are recon-
mended to be. o. n. CRoNKITE, Sacramento.