Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-08
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

lowing on us btdIi Gieuttudut rSD. N6ary,
Adjutant, with rank of Captain; Lieutenant
Fred. Eisenmeuger, Quartermaster, with rank
of First Lieutenant; George I. Bush, Pay
master, with rank of First Lieutenant Lieu
tenant Joseph Wallis, Inspector of Rifle
Practice, with rank of First Lieutenant :
Lieutenant d. Tobias, Commissary, with rank
OF First Lieutenant; Lieutenant ID. J. Long,
Ordnance Officer, with rank Of First Lieu
tenant Major Henry S. Welch, Surgeon,
with rank of Major. Ncn-comnissioned
staff-SergeaDt Major, Joseph P. Wisemar,
Company e; Quartermaster Sergeant, Sergt.
Gard, Company f; Commissary Sergeant,
Merrill, Company g; Hospital Steward,
Walter Hart, Company A Principal Musi-
clan, d. w. Knox. Band Right General
Guide, Sergeant P. Buckley, Company
"A; Left General Guide, Sergeant James
L. McNiff, Company G. He has
established his headquarters at 1017
Third street, with Office hours from to s
every Wednesday and Thursday evenings
The commissioned officers of the regiment,
field, staff and line. are to meet at G compa,
ny's armory on the evening of the 18th, to
organize as permanent Is Board of Officers, :"
and adopt constitution and bylaws for the
regiment. Companies u, G and f are on reg
ular drill nights to give soma time to the
exercises in the school of the battalion. Con-
paaies located in Sacramento are to have
regular battalion drills, at times to be deter
mined at the meeting of the Board Of Officers.
Officers and non-commissioned officers are to
meet monthly for instruction.
The HowARps' BENEFIT. = The ladies'
committees for the Towards benefit to-rnor-
row night held final meeting yesterday and
heard reports Of sub committees. It was re-
ported that the canvas for the floor of the
Pavilion had been donated by Lipman & Co.,
Weinstock & Lubin, Locke & LaYenson,
Parsons d Co., n. I'll. Nichol, L. Bien. G. II.
Stevens, Hale Bros. and Gattmann l. Wilson,
and that b. Cohen donates the work of laying
the canvas. II. S. Crocker & Co. and II. A.
Weaver & Co., it was stated, donate the
printing. The District Soliciting Commit
tees reported progress, and wished it known
that if any have been overlooked they will
send in their contributions tomorrow fore
noon at the Pavilion. The ladies' committees
meet a5 the Pavilion at A. N. tomorrow to
begin the work Of preparation.
THE DOUBLE EAGLE DISPUTE Henry
Cole takes exception to a reply to sc " in
the RECORD UNION letter. Box of Satur-
day, TO the statement that in double-eagle
tS20) there is of pure gold 4644 grains aud
5l.6 grains, or Ito alloy, and that therefore
Suoi6 10 OA EhfS SOil z gu piece Dub J-lU
pure gold. lie says that the authoritie fix
the Mint value of one grain Of pure gold at
.0430663. and that multiplied by 1914 gives
$40 SO II of pure gold. Mr.. Coles mistake,
and that into which sc" of Wilcox. A. r.,
fell, who made the bet calling cut the reply
alluded to, is in forgetting that the Mint
value of one grain gold, as stated, is 1000
fine, whereas the standard fneness of United
States coin is 800, and therefore his estimate
of tha total raI1ra pnld in 1bla eaJIa 10
based upon false premise.
CoTToN-RAIsING.-Af fine sample of cotton
in the balls was shown in this city yesterday
by John Mackey, Superintendent of the
Norris Grant. The specimens came from the
Haggin & Tevis place, about FIVE miles FROM
Bakersfield, in Kern county, known as the
Bellyiew rarca. MIR. Mackey states that
the proprietors have 100 acres OF cotton
standing at that place as fine as the specimen
exhibited, and gentleman from the South
ern States who examined il, remarked that
it was of fine quality, and If such cotton
could be raised here like it there was 10
necessity for this coast TO depend upon any
other portion Of the world for It's cotton pro-
ducti9ns.
PLEADED Nor GUILTY.-Bernard H. Mey-
ers and All Mou, who were arrested in this
city for selling unstsmped matches, were
arraigned yesterday upon indictments filed
in the United States District Court at San
Francisco, and both pleaded not guilty.
Their trial will soon take place, and it is
quite probable that they will learn that they
are mistaken in their pleas. A gentleman in
this city who is well acquainted with the
prisoner above referred to, who gives his
name as Meyers, says that his true name is
Jake Einrsch; that he has been arrested
repeatedly for various crimes, and upon each
occasion he comes out with a new name.
OCTOBER CEMETERY REpoRT.-The report
Of S. r. Caldwell, Superintendent of the City
Cemeteries shows that during the month of
October there were A deaths in the city, be-
sides still. born, and % were brought here
for interment total, "A. OF these interments
SO were in the city cemetery, % in New Hell
vetis, 8 in st. Joseph's, l 10 the Jewish and
in the new Masonic. Amount collected
upon sale of lots, S192 70; for burial permits,
500 for exhumstion permits, $50 for vauls
dues, IS; total, 1926 Is.
CouRs1NG CLUB MEETING.-A meeting was
held on Saturday evening last by the Sacra-
mento Valley Coursing Club, which has re-
Gently reorganizsd, sud the following were
elected officers for the ensuing year: William
L u. v
President; Charles Zeitler, Treasurer, and
NJ. A. Howard, Secretary. Another meet
ing OF the Club is to be held this evening, to
make arrangements for fall coursipg, and
especially match to be given on Thanks
giving Day.
MERCHANDISE REPoRT.-The following
freight passed Ogden for Sacramento on the
4sh: For Huntington, Hopkins Co., car
iron bars, 81 boxes axes; Van Heusen & Hun
toon, 2 boxes hat-racks Hall, Luhrs & Co.,
is tierces hams Holman, Stanton L Co., /
car plows; Hale Bros. & Co., case hosiery
l bale cotton goods. There came by the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad 3
cases of acid powders for I'll. G. Kirk & Co.
CRY FREE LIBRARY.-The report of the
Librarian of the City Free Library for last
week was as follows: Number of books
issued during the week, $50. OF these there
were of fiction, AS; juvenile, 10 history,
% biography, 21 !; travels, 20; belle lettres,
"a: poetry and drama. 10; theology, Z
science and art, %. Average number issued
per day, 10Y; percentage Of fiction, 90; per-
centage of juvenile, q.
PARDoNED.- Perkins yesterday
issued pardon to John 0'Brien, boy sent
to State Prison for four years for grand lar
oeny, October. 1880, from Alameda county.
He psrdons him because of his extreme
youth, and because q worthy citizen OF Val
lejo agrees to take the boy, apprentice him
to his trade (tsilorinR) and do his best to
bring him up to useful manhood.
CITY TREAsURER's REPoRT.-The report of
the City Treasurer for the month Of October,
1881. makes this showing: Amount on hand
October ID, S102 057 A received during the
month, 50, 800 AZ paid ont upon Auditors
warrants, So, S43 9S; upon Fund Commits
sioners' warrants, S1S upon coupons, 1882;
total, SIG, 143 9S; balance in the treasury
November 1st S95. AIS SS.
New TRIAL GRANTED.-Louis Hansche,
who was convicted short time since of ab-
duction of the girl who was taken for i'm
proper purposes from this city to Woodland,
and suhEeq 1eutly to Dixon, has been granted,
by Judge Clark, q new trial, which will soon
be re set. Messrs Snow and Henley are his
SUPERIOR CoURT decides that the Red
House must accord with its instructions.