Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-22
SAN FRANCISCO.
Items of Interest from the Me-
tropolis.
CITY POLITICAL SITUATION.
Serious Riot at Picnic Of Military
Company.
CITY POLITICAL SITUATION.


SAN Francisco, August 2lst.-This has
been one of the pleasantest days of the
season, and unusual large crowds left the
city to attend picnics and the Alameda baths
| ROW AT A PICNIC.
At a picnic of one of the independent mill.
| tary companies at Shell Mound Park, Berk.
| eley, to-day, row occurred which assumed
! the proportions of free fight. Many per.
sons, including members of the company,
were injured, some of them so seriously that
they had to he left at the Park.
| THE SUNDAY LAW.
| Rev. W. II. Smith. of the Tyler street
Tabernacle, preached tonight upon the pro-
posed Sunday law move. He said the law
was impracticable, and could not be en-
forced, as it was too weak to enable the
| Courts to enforce it.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The total deaths for the week ending the
| 10Th we're So.
John D. Ijams, Assistant Cashier at the
| Pacific Bank, died at Paso Robles Springs
| Saturday.
| line OI LLe lWtlItu OenaVOTlal
| District will hold a ratification meeting in
Metropolitan Temple Tuesday evening.
The Humboldt Hall w. P. c. Convention
has nominated for Supervisors Robert Cor
don, Calvin Ewing, John Hughes and Will
| lam Holland.
The Democratic Convention Saturday night
| nominated f. B. Drake and I. w Taliaferro
for Police Judgships, and II. 2. Bush, A. j.
| Griffith and VIM. Hesse for School Directors.
Thomas Graham has commenced suit
| against the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
| pany to recover $4,000 damages for the kill
| ing of his son Martin, through the negligence
of the company.
An analysis of the stomach of John NJ.
| Jones, who died suddenly at No. S02 Shot
| well street on the 11th inst, revealed strych-
nine as the cause of death. A coroner's jury
| yesterday returned verdict of suicide.
The Democratic Convention has nominated
| J. M. Merrill for Clerk for the short term.
For School Directors, A. j. Griffiths, o. H.
| Lerdas and Messrs. Lawler and Sheehy.
| The nominations were not completed.
1t is understood that Lincense Collector
| Sinton will not give over his office to d. n.
| Mcneil unless directed to do so by the Su-
preme Court, claiming that Mr.. McNeiPs ap-
pointment was not made within the time ap-
| pointed by law.
The Auditor reports the demands audited
| during che fiscal year ending june 80. 1881,
! to have been "a, 563, 2S6 %. For the new
| City Hall, demands were paid amounting to
| 81, ,549, DOL 80. The salaries of school teach
| ers amounted to S736,274 72, and Of janitors
| to $40 34S so. The bonded debt of the city
is 50, ,577, ,545 "a.
William G. O'Vreend chief clerk at Mare
| Island, who fell while attempting to board
Geary.street car while in motion last Thurs
day, aud was run over, died Saturday morn
ing in the City Receiving Hospital from the
effects of the injuries he received. The de-
ceased was native of England, 45 years of
age and married.
1t is reported that the Election Commits
sioners held an executive session on Thurs
day, and decided not to include in the cleo
| tion proclamation the offices of Police
| Judges, Police Commissioners and Chief of
Police. The Board will meet on Tuesday
next, and officially announce the result of
| their secret combinations.
George W. Colby, President of the Gran
gers Bank, resident of Benicia, q promi-
nent agriculturist of Butte and Contra Costa
counties and we'll and widely known eiti-
zen, man of much influence, died here
Saturday, after brief illness. He was aged
80 years He is to be buried at Benicia un-
Ger the auspices OF the OaiIOrGla I1Ole3fS
and the Masonic Fraternity.
The lady managers of the San Francisco
Homeopathic Hospital formally opened the
institution by reception at the hospital
building, corner of Valencia and Twenty
seventh streets. The reception was success
in every particular and the elegant lunch
provided by the ladies for their guests was
enjoyed ly ALL Nearly 800 persons, the
major portion being ladies, were present at
some time during the day.
Robert Jay was one of the crew of the Brit
ish ship Eastern Monarch, recently arrived
from Newcastle with cargo of coal. James
White is the master of the ship, and, accord
ing to complaint on file in the Justices
Court, beat and wounded Jay during the
voyage on the high seas, until he became
deaf in one ear, in addition to being lame,
sore and sick for many days. The complaint
says that it is worth S299 in gold coin to be
beaten in this manner.
The Mexican residents of this city will
celebrate their national independence day on
September 9th. The following persons have
been elected to make appropriate prepara-
tions President. Hon. J. G. Mexia, Consul
General of Mexico; Vice-President, DIR. l.
Ravas Secretary, NJ G. Pritchard Assist
ant Secretary, j. NJ. Villagrana; Treasurer,
W. Loaiza; Trustees, n. Gaxiola, Capt. A.
Cerisola, Capt. a. de la Tore, Fortunate
Ybarra, Senator Joaquin Redo, Luis Palo-
mar, Thomas NJ. Jewett, J. M. Mugarrieta,
r. Uruchurtu, f. Epson.
The Taxpayers Convention has rescinded
the nominations previously made for City and
County Attorney, Superintendent of Streets
and Supervisor Of the Ninth Ward. The fol-
lowing nominations were then made: Aud
itor, II. Brickwedel; City and County Attor-
ney, j. F. Cowdery; District Attorney, L.
E. Pratt; Tax Collector, J. H. Grady !;
Sheriff, J. Sedgwick; Superintendent of
Streets, Z. Drumm; Supervisors-J +.
Sullivan, First Ward; H. Mollineaux, Fifth
Ward Oliver Merrill, Ninth Ward; School
Directors-J. j. Phelan, J. G. S. Stubs. H.
d. Drumm, DIR. FL. M. Fiske, DIR. Dewitt.
The Greenbackers have nominated for
Mayor, M. G. Blake; Sheriff, Thomas Des-
mond; County Clerk, J. NJ. Merrill Re-
corder. J. w. Cherry; Superintendent of
Streets, Robert Graham; Tax Collector, J.
II. Grady Treasurer, J. H. Widber; Cor
oner, DIR. McAllister; Surveyor, w. P.
Humphreys; Public Administrator, w. M.
Lemap. Supervisors First Ward, J. j.
Sullivan; Second. T. c. Donnelly; Third,
J. M. Litchfed; Fourth, J. H. Barry; Fifth,
Hy. Mollineaux; Eighth, G. A. Fisher
Ninth, 0. Merrill; Eleventh, N. G. Parish
Tenth, j. Doherty. School Directors-Wm
Cosby, DR.. Suppo, 1. Danielwitz, W. D.
Ever. J. III. Culver, B. F. Webster, J. N.
McGlone, H. P. Bush and J. G. Stubbs.
Officer Russell assembled the stairs leading
to the first story of No. ZIG Dupont street,
and then made his way along corridor to a
place where there is a trap door used by Chi
namen to escape from lottery place on the
lower floor The officer raised the trap, and
was descending ladder leading from it, when
one of thirty or more Cinnamon who were in
= IL Al
officer fell distance of ten feet, and before
he could regain his feet all the Cinnamon but
one escaped from the room. The remaining
one, who was gathering up coin and lottery
tickets, was arrested and charged with keep
ing lottery agency. The officer was, by the
fall, SO badly bruised that he has not been
able to leave his room since.