Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-06
"THE BAY"
Items Of Interest from San Fran
cisco.
A QUIET MINING STOCK MARKET.
The Mint investigation Adjourns Until
Next Week.

SAN Francisco. August 5th.-Among the
political rumors tonight is one that new
Convention will be formed of 100 delegates
each from the Yosemites, Manhattans and
Workingmen, TO make up a combination
ticket; also one that the Manhattans will
combine with the taxpayers. This, how
ever, is apparently thus far merely gossip.
THE STOCK MARKET.
The stock market has not been a very
profitable place for operators this week, the
variations. with two exceptions, being mi
nutely fractional The two exceptions were
Eureka Consolidated and Northern Belle
the first named falling away from S2S last
Monday to $40 % Friday, with recovery
to 500 bid to-day. The cause of this break
is not known, and the best guesser among
clippers confesses it is another one OF those
things no fellow can find out The fall in
Northern Belle has been going on fer the past
three weeks, and is attributed to the pros
pective suspension of dividends, because the
management is going to erect mill, and not
have their bullion crushed by custom mills
that charge too much for their work. 1t is
the bullion from this mine that has cut so
much of figure in the Mint investigation
now going on in this city.
THE MONEY MARKET
T.. GpI
difficult to get profitable employment for
their money. Several large sums have been
let recently as 10y as per cent. per annum,
and more could be obtained at the same rate
on gilt-edge city security. For Butte county
los (called in) the last bid was l03. Yuba
county SIS are quotable at 100 bid and 10
asked. No transactions in Sacramento
county and city bonds have been made pub
lic For the first (6's) 100 is bid and for the
latter (6's) 45 is bid.
TONNAGE MATTERS.
The wheat fset in port, engaged and dis
engaged, foots up somewhere near 10000
tons carrying capacity, of which something
over quarter is open to charter. During
tlO WCVh SLHi tOio AofO ANSA maui
here within range of "a down to
e5 It's Cd for the United Kingdom-the latter
figure being offered for December arrivals.
Reported sales the past week foot up about
10000 tons of shipping grades, mostly at
81 All for No. shipping, though 81 so has
been paid, and it is understood that business
has been done in the interior on a basis of
81 80 GENITAL here.
CLIPPER GAP IRON.
Iron from the Clipper Gap mine is obtain
ing favor among foundrymen here, and much
of it is being consumed. The new machinery
for the Jute mills at San Quentin is being
made from that iron, the contractors finding
it more suitable in texture and susceptibility
Of finish than imported metal
MISCELLANEOUS.
Thursday morning small boiler used on q
pile-driver, at the inter- ection of Front and
Union streets, exploded. The engineer was
slightly scalded.
The Republican County Committee have
decided to hold ratification meetings only in
Senatorial districts, and one grand general
meeting on the eve OF election.
Sergeant Fields and officers Mahoney and
Wallace raided lottery agency on Sacra-
mento street, below Montgomery, capturing
several thousand tickets and the conductors
of the establishment.
William Sorenson, arrested last week for
dumping garbage in place not indicated by
the Superintendent of Streets, and released
on his own recognizance, has been rearrested
for repetition of the offense.
In the Mint investigation on Thursday a
slight breeze sprung up on the attempt to in
troduce the subject of political appointments
The Commission finally decided to hear Mr..
Page on the subject on Monday next, to
which time the investigation was adjourned.
John Brickley, arrested few days ago
upon a charge of having threatened to take
the life OF his wife, appeared before Judge
Rosenbaum, stated that he had no desire to
take his wife's life or do her any injury, and,
upon his promise not to modest her, the COM
plant was dismissed.
The charge Of burglary in the second de-
gree against John Martin Tannian, who
broke into the car stables on Fillmore street
last week and stole some clothing belonging
to the employees, was reduced to petit larceny
in Police Court No. /. and the accused
allowed to pay fine of $50.
At meeting of the State Board of Harbor
Commissioners the Chief Engineer submitted
Estimate II (section IA of the seawall) for
July, 1881, amounting to S673S 40. The
Secretary was instructed to draw on the San
Francisco Harbor Improvement Fund inlfayor
of A. Onderdonk for that amount.
There were twenty applicants for admis-
sion TO Harvard College in the examination
held in this city last month by Professor
Goodwin. of the twenty, thirteen were ex-
amined to enter next year. Those who en-.
tered this year are George F. Davidson, Ban
croft G.. Davis, +. Refs, Samuel L. Foster,
N. Fredericks and T. " Lux.
An action at law has been brought by the
Holland Silver Mining Company Of New
York against John K. Luttrell, to recover
$50, 900, which, it is claimed, was paid him
between March, 1880, and March, 1884, as
Superintendent, to be expended in work
about the company's mine in Arizona, but
instead was converted by the defendant to
his personal benefit.
On Wednesday night boy named George
Millzner mischievously ignited half pound
or more of cayenne pepper in the AGelphi
Theater. thereby causing. general and un-
usual bit of sneezing on the part of the
audience and consequent interruption to
the performance. Special officer M. Hussey
effected Milzner's arrest, but Judge Rosen-
baum dismissed the young scapegrace.
There were 223 births registered at the
Health Office during July. or these 124 were
males and 80 females. This is about twice as
many as usual, and is accounted for by the
fact that physicians and midwives have been
notified Of the law. and blanks sent them to
report each month. There were also 312
deaths during the month, 209 of males and
103 of females; 272 whites, 81 Chinese and
negroes.
a verdict for the defendant was rendered
by jury in Judge Aliens department, in
the case of Catherine McGrath vs. Catherine
Pryor This was an action to recover &c.
600 for an alleged SANDER uttered on the 14th
Of last August, when, in a dispute regarding
a board that had been torn off fence on
Everett street, above Third, the defendant
was charged with having called plaintiff
thief and a robber.