Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-07
THE METROPOLIS.
Items of Interest from San
Francisco

San Francisco, November 6sh.-Ex-Gov.
ernor Stanford is expected to leave Liverpool
on the 10Th instant for New York. BE will,
in company with C. P. Huntington. arrive in
California about December 1st.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A Young lady Of this city was admitted to
the Protestant Sisterhood of the Good Shep-
herd by Bishop Kip on All Saints Day.
William Roper, barber, residing at No.
2S Dupont street, was found dead in his bed
Saturday morning, presumably from natural
causes.
The Bank Commissioners have removed
their Office from the northwest corner OF line
and Sansoms streets to looms over the Ger
man Bank, $40 California street.
Frances L. White has been divorced from
George G. White, on the ground of his failure
to provide and Eva Cochrsne from George
Cochrane, on the ground of bis willfui deser-
ton.
William z. Joseph, wood and coal dealer,
has filed petition in insolvency in Judge
Halseys Court. He represents that his lia-
bilitiss amount. to 81, 332 Y, and that his as
sets are nominal.
The commencement exercises of the Medi-
cal Department of the University of Califor-
MIA will be held in B'nai Il Brith Hall on Mon
day evening. The address to the graduating
class will be delivered by DIR. A. M. Wilder.
Captain Francis Presto Gruzelier, of the
British shop Thomas Bell. was before Com.
missioner O'Beirne Saturday, charged with
opening letter addressed to James w.
Brown. He was held in 500 bail to answer.
Colonel William Highly. upon his retire
ment from the office of Internal Revenue
Collector in July last, took himself to the Sc
clusion of his ranch 10 Sonoma county. Upon
visiting the city for the first time since his re-
tirement he was corraled by his former sub
oIdinates in the Office Of the present Collector
and presented with $500 Howard stem.
winding gold watch, suitably inscribed and
accompanied by graceful expression of the
regards of the donors.
A party of prominent citizens met at the
Palace Hotel Friday evening for the purpose
of arranging for grand tournament on
Thanksgiving Day in aid of the Garfield
memorial fund. ]. w. Schaffer wss chosen
Chairman, and E. j. Murphy appointed Sec
retary. A communication was read from
Captain n #. Smith, Treasurer of the Cen
tral Pacific Railroad Company. placing the
Bay District track at the disposal OF the com.
mittee for the day. The cifer was accepted.
81 an executive meeting of the Police
Commissioners, held recently, resolution
was adopted requiring certain police officers
who continually escape duty under the plea
of sickness to report to their respective Cap
tains within thirty days or show carse why
their resignations should not be demanded.
This action was found necessary from the
fact that there are about twelve officers who
are unable to do patrol service, and yet are
y L u agN
The usual practice with this unhealthy twelve
is to stand one watch Of six hours and then
report themselves sick, and thereby escape
duty for several watches.
The whaling schooner Golden Fleece ar
rived in port Saturday about moor, direct
from the Arctic ocean. Her advices are from
the whaling feet up to October 1st. The
following list of whaling vessels and their
respective catches is reported by tho bark
Dawn: Steamer Belvidere17 whales, bark
Helen Mar 16, bark Rainbow Is, bark Coral
IA, bark Fleetwing II, bark Abran Bssher
9, bark Sea Breeze 9, bark Pacific H. bark
Sappho. 4, brig Hidalgo 4, bark Northern
Light 10. bark Thomas Pope clean. The
most important news brought down by the
Golden Fleece.i from the mysterious Wrsn-
CELL Land, which was taken possession of by
the United States steamer Corwin last July.
The search and relief steamer Rodgers, which
went forth in search of the Jeanette. sue
ceeded in making a complete circuit of Wran.
CELL Land It is discovered to be an island
about sixty miles long. Upon the northern
end there is current running in north
westerly direction about six knots an hour,
this indicating an open sea north of Wrangell
Land. The Rodgers made a complete circuit
of the island and will so into winter quarters
upon it's southeast point. Nothing was dis
/ Al II "a L.,
| fate or the course of the Jeanette, nor was
there any sign whatever discovered on Wran-
CELL Land indicating that the Jeannette had
made landing there.
| Az the Bay District track, Saturday, the
annourcenen of the races said that seven
yearling colts from Governor Stanford's tele.
brated breeding stable at Palo Alto would
| trot each quarter of 8 mile against time,
| and, in pursuance OF that promise, MIR
| Covey, the Superintendent of the stables,
, sent out the brown stallion Arol, by Elec
| tioneer, Gam Aurora, by Nelson; the bay
| FLY Helen. by General Benton, dam Ala.
media Maid; the gray FLY Sallie Benton, by
| General Benton, cut of Mohawk, and the
/ bay stallion Ansel, by Electioreer, cut Of
! Annette, 90 warm up before they started to
make record. A larger, finer, or better
looking lot Of yesrling colts never stood on g
track at ere time, and it was generally re-
| c.etted that they were not to trot q full mile
Aroi, alone, wss sent around the track, being
speeded on the backstretch fer a quarter
| which was made in :414 or a 2:47. DR.
! Hicks yeailing colt Pride was theI
trotted against 2:562, the time made
By Memento. The first quarter We,
made in :42d, the half in 1:25, tht
mile in the unparalleled time of 2:4411 or ~
seconds faster than The phenomenal record
of Memento, the bsby trotter. The last hal
was made in 1:199, or ct 2:99 gait. Roses
two-year FLY was then driven to beat
2:20, but only made 2:26d. Roses
three-year-old Sweetheart was tro.tec
a miis in 2.22 linda Rose, year
ling, was then trottsd beside a running mate
one quarter in :423a, cne-half in 1:24 three
quarter in 2:0l, mile IN 2:434f. thus lowering
the record of the Eastern baby wonder 49,
seconds. Clay, Susie, Hancock and Starr
King then tyotted for the 800 purse. Clay
took the first heat in 3:27. The two-year-old
FLY Bentrs (Palo Alto stock) YVES then driven
a quarter in &c. or at a 2:24 gait. From the
same stable the twoyear-old filly Bonita
trotted quarter in 323 seconds. The second
heat of the purse-race was then won by Clay
ia 2.28A. The Palo Alto two-year-old Bon
nie was then trotted a quarter in :36, or
2:24 gait, and the Palo Alto twn-year eeldins
| Fay made quarter in :96. The two-year
old Wildf wer then trotted with running
mate 10 80, or 2:0S gsi-. In the purse-ract
! Starr King won the third heat in 2.25I bu,