Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-02

Preside, from which letters will be distri-
buted to residents in the northern portion of
the city.
| One hundred and seventy nine marriage
! licenses were issued from the County Clerk
Office last month, which, at 81 each, yielded
the sum of 1858.
During the month of July the total coin-
age of the Mint was 81, $40. coo, of which
s., $40. 900 was coined in double eagles, and
81, 200. 600 in standard dollars.
On the 18th ultimo NJ. Thomson, a sea-
man aboard the ship Erin's Isle, which has
just arrived died and was buried at sea. He
was native of Norway, aged 30 years.
The British ship Dunselaw, which has ar
rived from Rotterdam, reports that on June
1st j. P. Kuyt, seaman, fell from the top
sail yard overheard and was drowned. BE
was native of Holland. aged Is years
The British ship Argo, which has arrived
from Holland, reports that the Master of the
vessel, Captain A. Cook, died on the 10Th of
| April, and was buried at sea. The deceased
was native Of Scotland, 45 years of age.
| Denis Kearney is at the fore again, and in
| his sand lot speech told what big 81" had
done for the downtrodden workingmen of the
| coast, and pitched into the various political
parties for neglecting the Chinese question.
Lie CoiuplctiOu Oi Tile OCeau Deacu NAIL
road from First Avenue to the Half.mile
Track, where passengers are transferred to
buses, makes a connecting line from Kearny
street to the Cliff House, with fare at 20
cents or 40 cents for the round trip.
At the conclusion of his sermon on Sunday
morning, Rev. John Hemphill, pastor of Cal
vary Presbyterian Church, announced that,
in Difference to the wishes of the congrega-
ton. he had withdrawn his resignation and
would remain in charge of the parish.
The action for Sill, 900 damages for the &C.
cidental killing of laborer named Douglass
at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in August, 1880,
has been dismissed by plaintiffs consent as
to Richard Savage and Richard II. Savage,
proprietors of the Empire Foundry and Ma
chine Works, it appearing that these parties
were in no manner connected with or re-
sponsible for the accident.
Officer Connolly interfered in a family
row on Zoe street, and placed James Meehan
| interfered, and the two made such combined
and desperate warfare upon the officer that
his coat was half torn from his back before
officer Frisbee put In an appearance and as
sisted him to lock the belligerents up on
charges of battery and drunkenness.
A young man, Hubert Fairfield, was stab
bed in the left chest, on Mission street, be-
tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth, by one of a
party of hoodlums with whom he had re-
monstrated against their use of profane
language. He was called out of restaurant
by the crowd and stabbed twice by an IN
known party, with a small, sharp-pointed in
| strument like an awl. 1t is thought the left
lung has been injured.
| Sunday was the anniversary of the Chinese
| feast day of departed brethren, and was
celebrated by the peculiar Chinese rites.
Early in the morning the different places of
public assembly in Chinatown were thrown
open, and large crowds visited them all day.
| All who were able to do SO procured convey
ances and proceeded to the different Chinese
burial grounds, where their well known Gus
toms in making the offering of food to the
| departed were gone through with. Large
numbers of citizens witnessed the ceremonies
Since Friday shipping and grain circles
have been more or less agitated over the sud-
den arrival of two thirds of the fleet now fully
due here, twenty-five ships and barks, all
suitable for wheat carriage, having come
through the Golden Gate during that period
OF these vessels sixteen are British, six Amer
lean, one German, one Norwegian and one
French. They come from Great Britain,
New York, Spain, Belgium, Australia,
France and South America, and bring vari-
ETY. of cargoes, although the public will be
glad to know that coal is the predominant
article, 80 600 tons being added to the San
Francisco market, which will certainly not
advances prices, to say the least. These ves-
sells will all take wheat out of California, and
their arrival is hailed with qualification by
merchants and farmers alike. AS they came
standing in shore and sailing through the
Golden Gate on Saturday afternoon and Sum-
day morning, they presented fine spectacle.