Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-07-18
SAN FRANCISCO.
Items of Interest from the
Metropolis.

IN the United States, VIII visit California
next year.
The Olympic Club Of this city on the 30ih
instant will hold gyrnnsstie tournament
here. Arrangements will include handicap
races for all amateurs of the State, of 100 and
440 yards.
THE COMING STALLION TRoTTING RACE.
The stallion trottisg race to come eff at
Chicago Tuesday is the most interesting topic
of conversation among horsemen here. Santa
Claus performance at Rochester on the
! Fourth. where he did such excellent work
while hardly in good condition, has made a
strong impression. and belief is entertained
| that if ne is at all himself he will have little
difficulty in coming in first, habit the Cali
| fornia horse has acquired. 1t was reported
yesterday there was doubt abou. Santa
Claus starting Tueeday, but Colonel P. A.
Finigan, the owner of the horse, said he had
received no notice from Hickok, who has the
horse in charge, that be would be withdrawn,
| and he felt Santa Claus would be ia the race,
and certain, also, If well, that he would win.
AhS OHiAAOkh4d iiOiocs udhC Asd iidIu tlulc
of it in the East this season. OF all the ami
mails that Hickok took East with him not
one has escaped the results of change Of eli
mate. st. Julien is not himself at all Santa
Claus had the influenza, from the effects of
which he had not recovered at the date Of
the last mail adyices ;Overman had the same
complaint, ard has it SO badly that the effects
of the disease bars his appearances on the turf
until late in the fall, and it may be that even
| then he will not be able trot
MISCELLANEOUS.
"A venire of United States jurors has been
ordered, returnabie IN the United States Dis
trict Court on Wednesday next.
! Registration for the coming election is pro.
crossing slowly, the average number of names
recorded daily being rot over sixty.
Theodore Lucas, sailor of the French
| ship Chanaral, was arrested Friday by the
| United States Marshal for desertion Lucas
claims to be cousin of the poet, Theophile
| Gautier.
James 0'Brien aud John Scott are under
arrest for embezzling 126 pounds of ore val.
ued at 81, 600 belonging to Gen. Grant and
others. 1t had been sent from Mexico to
this city.
| The Manhattan club has resolved to call a
convention and favor the nomination Of q
| straight out Democratic ticket; to refuse to
| join with the Workingmen in a compromise,
for the present, at least, and to oppose the
Buckley faction.
The following divorce DEGREES have been
made IL the Superior Courts: Emma G..
| Harde from Bernard H. ID. Harde. cause.
extreme cruelty of the husband; Dora Nor.
gan from Hugh Il. Morgan, same reason
Joseph Charpiot from Mary a. Cbarpiot, de-
sertiop.
The Democratic Nominating Convention
| viii meet on the ooh in Mercantile Library
Hall. Judge "A. Craig, of the Thirteenth
District, recently received the unanimous
vote Of his delegation for Chairman of the
Convention. but it is believed by many that
ex-senator John G. Murphy will be called
upon to preside.
The day of the hanging of Sing Lun, who
was convicted of the murder of All Cheong
on the 1lth of May. 1880. was set Saturday
by Judge Freelon for Friday. September ID.
Sing Lum had appealed 70 the Supreme
Court, but as the record on appeal was in
| complete, in not making the supposititious
errors OF the lower Court apparent, tie judg-
ment was affirmed.
Professor S. P. langley, the eminent Di-
| rector Of the Allegheny Observatory. near
| PIttsburg, Pa. Is at present in this city ON
| his way to establish an experimental Signal
Service station on Mount Whitney, Califor-
mia. He is accompanied by Captain Nj
ehaelis, United States Army. Of the Ord.
nance Department; j. Il. Keller, of the
Allegheny Observatory and W. c. Day.
Fellow of the johns Hopkins University Of
Baltimore.
A demurrer to the several indictments pre-
sented by the last Grand Jury charging the
| members of the Board OF New City Hall
Commissioners, respectively, with willful
omission of their duty in not advertising for
bids for concrete work on the new City Hall
building, was argued Saturday before judge
freedom. The demurrer was q general one
and set up various technical grounds. both as
to the form of the indictment and the offense
charged. The demurrer has been taken un-
der adyisement.
The Sand-lotters are industriously drum.
ming up candidates, and have succeeded in
| appropriatiDg the names Of It. A. Cox and
T. J. Pindar, the distinguished legislator. for
Public Administrator. j. +. Nounan and Fl.
w. Quzon for Recorder. They are specu.
lating on the possibility of getting James
I. Magnire TO oppose John Luttrell Muir
ply. For Supervisors they have pitched
upon j. H. Cregan of the Tenth Ward,
Thomas Donnelly of the Second Ward,
Ward, James Henderson of the Odd Fellows
Cemetery aud Zsyfuss of the Tenth Ward.
At meeting of the Mechanics League at
HUddy's Hall, the committee appointed at
previous meeting to draft a public address
presented the result of their labors, which,
after being read, was discussed and adopted.
The address sets forth that the object of the
League is to organize the toiers and mechan-
les of this city, to the end that they may dis
cuss questions of public interest, and exert
proper interest upon the selection Of public
officials and bring about such reform in legis-
'lstion as will promote the prosperity and hap
piness of the people. A mass meeting is to
be held soon, and committee has been
named to arranged for it.
Il has been stated IN some of the news.
papers of this city that there were in the
County Jail at the date Of the Sheriffs an
nual report $50 prisoners awaiting trial. This
is incorrect, the total number in jail, includ.
ing United States prisoners and prisoners
serving sentence. being then only 80. OF
this number only 81 were awaiting trial in
State Courts. Against these 81 the charges
were as follows: Murder, IL assault to muir.
der, > I; assault with deadly weapon, B; bnr-
glsry, 10; forgery. 2; felony. 2; grand lar
ceny, (: robbery. ) embezzlement, l rape,
/ !: perjury, 2. The remainder is composed
Of q United States prisoners and 81 prison
ers serving sentence.
The discussion OF the doctrine that parents
have supreme right to educate their children
as they deem best has given rise to an enter.
prise, the object of which is to secure the
names of ], 800 persons, who will be expected
to prepare and file answers in favor of or
against said doctrine with Thomas II. Holt,
No. 326 Montgomery street. The person ad-
vancing the best answer, with reasons there.
for. not using more than 200 words, will re.
ceive a prize of LOCO. The following CON-
mittee is in charge of the enterprise: A. L.
Mann, d. C. Stone and d. Mcclure. Ea.
tries for competition will close on the 10Th
instant. and competitors will be granted until
November 1st next to prepare and sle their
answers.
The contractor for brickwork on the New
CITY Hall progresses reasonably fast, although
his contract time-July LISTS now exceeded
and there is no probability that he will get
through before the middle Of September. At
that time it is presumed that the portion Of
the building between the south end of the
Larkin-street wing and the main building
will be completed to a level with the parapet
all around the Hail. After that will come
the painting Of the iron and woodwork just
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