Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-31
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

From San Francisco exchanges of January SOthl
Of the Sc deaths recorded at the Health
Office during the week ending last night 46
were males and 40 females.
Sailors continue scarce and there are
several wheat laden vessels in the stream
which cannot sail for the want of crews.
A reception will be rendered to the
Grand Lodge of California of the Ancient
Order of United Workinen by the subordi-
nate Lodges of San Francisco at Mechan.
les Pavilion next Thursday evening.
The matter of the petition of the brother
of Mark Hopkins, deceased, to have the
letters of administration, heretofore granted
to the widow, revoked, on the ground that
the estate is improperly administered, has
gone over until February 10th.
1t is announced that August J. Saul
mann, the proprietor of the well-known
Saulmann' s restaurant, on California street,
between Kearny and Montgomery, has
suspended payment. The restaurant and
contents, and several pieces of real estate,
have been attached by the creditors, the
attachments amounting to upwards of
S3S, 600.
In the case of VIM. Corcoran VS.. Richard
Chenery ct al, action to foreclose on the
California Northern Railroad Company,
whose road runs from Marysville to Orc
vile, the Commissioner in the case paid
into Department Seven of the Superior
Court yesterday the sum Of S3S, S62 25,
pending the determination of the action
County Clerk Stuart is required to deposit
the money with the County Treasurer,
subject to the order of Judge Evans.
The steamship City of Sydney, H. c.
Dearborn commander, arrived in port yes
terday afternoon. She sailed from Sydney
on the Both of December, touching at
Auckland January 4th, and at Honolulu
January Goth. The passenger list was
made up of 80 cabin and As steerage. The
cargo is GAS tons. From Auckland to
Honolulu strong head winds were eucoun-
tered from Honolulu thick weather and
heavy seas. Off Auckland the crank pin
OF one of the engines broke, causing some
delay.
Among the passengers arriving yesterday
on the steamship City of Sydney, were his
Majesty Kalakaua, King of the Sandwich
Islands, and Messrs. Armstrong, Judd and
McFarlane of his Cabinet The King will
remain short time in San Francisco, 60
ing hence to China, where he will investi
gate the subject of Chinese labor and its
relation to the Islands. 1t is probable that
the party will then proceed to Europe via
the Suez Canal, returning home across the
continent by the Southern Pacific route.
The driver of milk wagon belonging to
Liepsic Brothers was driving along Fillmore
street about o'clock yesterday morning.
When ne reached Ellis street crossing the
ground suddenly gave way under the
horses feet and the animal was precipi-
tated into the sewer. He was cut loose
from the wagon, which was kept up by the
rails of the Turk.street Railroad Com
pany. After laundering around for while
the unfortunate horse was swept by the
food down the sewer He was followed to
the crossing of Webster and Turk streets,
a distance of three blocks, where the car
cass, becoming iammed, had to be cut up
and taken out piecemeal through the man
hole.
On her last trip from this port to Homo
lulu, the steamship City of New York ex-
perienced very heavy weather. On the
oath of December, at o'clock a. NJ, she
shipped a sea which washed overheard two
seamen, Arthur Simpson and David Sill
berry, and one quarter-boat stove in the
rail and engine.reom doors, and washed
away the ships bell and ventilator. The
schooner John d. Spreckels likewise re-
ported very rough passage on her arrival
at Honolulu. a day before reaching that
port, December 9th, when off Koko Head,
man named William johnson, Swede,
was washed off the bows. A life buoy was
thrown to him, and the ship put about, but
he sank suddenly before he could reach the
buoy. 1t is supposed he was seized by a
shark. johnson is stated to have been a
steady man, who had saved all his wages
with view to bringing his wife and three
children to settle at the Islands.
The case of Louis McLane against The
Sacramento and Piacerville Railroad Com
pany. involving nearly half million of
dollars, is on argument before Judge Hunt
of the Superior Court yesterday. The
question presented is as to the number and
amount of the outstanding mortgage bonds
of the defendant company. Sometime
since an order was made authorizing the
plaintiff az Receiver to take possession of
the defendants road. This order was sub
sequently modified by Judge Hunt so as
to permit the company to pay into Court
the amount claimed to be due upon said
outstanding bonds 1t was contended by
the defendants counsel that only the sum
of $50, 900 was involved, being The amount
claimed upon the so-called Kettle bonds.
The intervenor Robinson claimed that the
assessment of bonds held by him should
also be secured under said order, the
amount of the latter being some $500, 900.