Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-29
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS

The Garfield monument fund now amounts
to S12, $50 rs.
The City of New York from Australia will
be due next Tuesday.
Seven ships are entered out at New York
for this port. Three of these are new ships.
Ihere are eleven ships entered out at Liv-
erpool for this port, including one new bark.
During the past four months vessel has
left Liverpool for San Francisco on an aver
age every third day.
The real estate demand this week has been
fair. but the transactions in business property
have been fewer than for some weeks past. q
The collection of duties yesterday amounted
to S44,039 49,. Total since October LIST,
S7S5, 43S Sc. Total for the same time last
year, Sill, 4s6 II.
Brigadier. General McConb has applied
for leave of absence from this city until De-
cember 10Th, and in the meantime the
brigade will be commanded by Colonel
Smedburg.
Henry Scott and William Ozier, of the
crew Of the ship Thomas NJ Reed, are under
arrest for an alleged conspiracy to fire that
ship while at sea. The charge is made by
the Captain, A. E. Work.
The Alaska Packing and Trading Company
Incorporated yesterday. The capital stock is
81 000, 600, divided into $4,000 shares of $40
each. The Directors are John l.. Boone,
George Tashevia. B. NJ. Rowley, I. H. Hop
klns, Charles 4. Travers, Charles +. Jones
and b. +. Jacobs.
The long standing, discontinued case of P.
F. Kearnev, under arrest for more than
year on charge of liheling Deputy Treas
urer NJ. j. Donovan, was called for examina-
ton Thursday and dismissed. The prosecu-
ton failed to show the connection of the de-
PENDANT with the alleged libelous article pub
hshed in an evening paper.
| Neil McCafferty was found guilty of cruelty
| to animals or Wednesday, and yesterday
guilty of battery on G.. Reese, whom he
struck with shovel for protesting against
the cruelty, and Thursday night he was, for
third time, arrested and booked for perjury
| IN falsely swearing that he did not break
Reese's wrist when he hit him with the
shovel.
The three charges of felony against James
| d. Kelly, the cashier Of the State Investme Mt
| Company, have been dismissed on motion of
the prosecuting attorney. In making the
motion he said that the company reported to
him that they would not prosecute, as an ex-
animation of the books by an expert revealed
the fact that the supposed defalcations were
owing to an error in the bookkeeping and not
to dishonesty.
/
members of the Olympic Club Wednesday
evening. the prize for high jumping was won
! by William Brown, who cleared 5 feet D
inches. The fve-mile race was won by P. H.
Hammill in 81 minutes and 90 seconds. In
feats on the {" horse prizes were won by
Sherman and SilveIstone. f. w. Reed and
Louis McLane, Jr., then fenced with foils,
| the latter being worsted. Mr.. Reed then
fought with Mr.. Hammill, also defeating
him.
| Michael Dolan's trial for the murder of
Dennis Hayes, committed on the 4th of
August, 1880, at the corner of Webster and
Haight streets, and which had been in pro-
gress since last Monday, was concluded in
| Department No. II Of the Superior Court
! Thursday. The case was given to the jury
| for its elaboration at 230 P. NJ, and soon af-
ter midnight the tired twelve came into Court
and found the accused not guilty, by reason
of insanity. Dolan was ordered into the
custody of the Sheriff until the question of
insanity was judicially passed upon.
The Supreme Court has held that plaintiff
in the case of Mulligan against Smith had
proven no title to certain land. The suit was
one of ejectment to recover possession of GER
tain premises The right of recovery claimed
by plaintiff depended wholly upon tax deed
which had been executed and delivered to
| him III contamination of a sale of the
| premises for the non-payment OF an assess
ment which had been levied upon the land for
the purpose of raising a fund for the pay
ment of interest due and to become due upon
| 1,575 bonds of 81 900 each, which had been
issued under the provisions of an Act en-
| titled " An Act to open and establish pub
lie street in the city and county Of San Fran
CISCO to be called Montgomery avenue, and
| to take private lands therefor" The Court
holds that the petition of majority in 'front.'
age, mentioned in the Act, was condition
precedent to the organization of the Board of
Public Works provided for in the Act, with
out which petition the subsequent proceedings
Of the Board were void-the validity Of such
| petition being jurisdictional fact.
The plan of the Board of Trade to induce
immigration to California is thus stated by
| the committee of that body appointed to sug-
| gest methods That the President of the
Board shall name twelve prominent repre-
sentative members, who shall have power to
increase their number to twenty that this
body shall constitute itself into a Bureau of
Immigration, and shall organizs itself as such
under the laws of the State. This organiza-
ton will, your committee feels assured, have
no difficulty in raising all the money it re-
| qulres IN order to carry on its work. It can
| appeal TO every business man and to every
person who has substantial interest in the
State to assist it as far as his means will war;
rant. 1t can say If we can make every
valley and hillside in the State to have fifty
well-to-do inhabitants where they now have
one, every business interest in the State. yours
amongst the rest, will be proportionately i'm
proved and when the Legislature meets it
can appeal to that body for State aid. and
for official recognition. To insure success. this
bureau should, in its personnel, be kept clear of
politics and free from the control of the land
owning interests. In carrying opt its work,
~ alax
Office in this city, and from that office should
4 spring out perfect network Of agencies and
machinery for the purpose of distributing re-
| liable information and maps concerning this
| State--its resources, and the prices, location
and capabilities of public and private lands
that are obtainable. 1t should also ask for
the friendly cooperation of all transporta-
ton companies, more particularly the South
| ern Pacific Railroad, to the end that special
rates should be secured for immigrants, and
also half-fare search tickets for those who are
in bona ide manner looking for permanent
locations. 1t should also exert itself to
secure the friendly cooperation of the press.
and might possibly be Instrumental in bring.
ing about convention of editors and pub
fishers for the purpose of devising methods
whereby they may assist the movement. In
short, this bureau could, and no doubt would.
utilize every method and agency that human
ingenuity and experience can suggest in car
rying out its purposes.
WOMEN AS ARCHITECTS. -The Spring.
field Union says: "Woman's sphere Of
labor, outside OF purely domestic work, is
widening gradually but surely. There are
many things that women can do as well az
men, or even better, aud both the women
and the world are finding that out. The
pioneer woman in the profession of archi-
lecture is Miss MARGARET Hicks ,vbo h..