Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-28
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS.
The number of voters registered Sasur.
day was ga making S04 Tins far

The number Of voters registered Satur.
day was 944, making s. S04 thus far.
An examination of the condition of the
German Savings and Loan Association of
this city shows that on the 23d instant it's
total resources and liabilities were $40. 2O2,
l59 &c.
Charles Holman, who swindled Mrs.
Berry, Sacramento widow, ont of 81, 100,
was sentenced Saturday by Judge Ferral
to five years imprisonment at San
| Quentin.
| An old French mussel-tisher named De.
vaux was found dead on the side of hill
about a quarter Of a mile back Of the Six
Mile House Saturday, presumably from
natural causes. He was 70 years of age,
and resided alone in South San Francisco.
Mrs. ID. M. kenfeld, the wife of the
State Controller, is very iii of rapid decline,
and is not expected to live many DAYS
she was brought to this city Saturday in q
special car from Monterey and taken to the
residence of her brother-in.law, Marcus d.
Boruck, on California street.
During the past year the fruit and flower
mission in connection with the Young
Women's Christian Association has been
continuing its good work among the hos.
pitals and poor of the city. Among other
places. the Alms-houae and the Marine
Hospital have been visited regularly, and
books and papers, beside fruit and flowers,
have been furnished to the inmates
Frederick Harmon, freight brakeman
on the Southern Pacific Railroad, was ruL
over by an engine in the company's yard
on Townsend street yesterday morning and
horribly mangled. death resulting instantly.
Harmon was New Yorker, 80 years of
age, and resided at 426 Greenwich street.
He had been employed on the road but a
week, but was an old railroad man in the
East.
A. K. Briggs, President of the Immigra.
ton Association OF this State, gives the
number Of immigrants arrived here over.
land third.class for the week ending Satur-
day as 5S3, in which twenty-five States
east of the Rocky mountains are repre-.
sented, as well as Canada, England, Scot.
land, Nova Scotia, France, Belgium, Ger.
many and other countries. The largest
immigration is from Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
New York and Canada, in the order named.
The Chinese crew of the steamer City of
Sydney, who were detained on Board OF
the hulk China, were released Saturday by
an order of Justice Field and Judge Saw.
yer. Following the decision in the case
of the Chinese in.sseward, the agent
OF the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany demanded from the Collector of the
Port and the District Attorney, in turn,
written orders for the discharge of the
crew. This was refused, and the agent was
: directed to read the opinion of the Cour,
and the directions therein contained
II .hoou rNrn,oal ~
! and instituted, the crew appearing be.
fore the Court Saturday afternoon. It was
) explained that while the written order
could not be granted the landing of the
crew had never been opposed, and there
upon the crew were ordered 20 be released
and were carted off in an express wagon.
= At an early hour Saturday morning soms
soldiers at the Black Point military reser
| walton found the body of man lying un
der the bushes back of the fort, with
new revolver and box of cartridges BY
l his side, the weapon being under the righ
, hand. Deputy Coroner Smith removed
, the body to the Morgue on notification
aud afterward had it identified as Jamel
Smith, an old miner, who has lately beer
living at the New Continental Hotel 81,
: Mission street. Smith was of Irish parent
4 age, and upwards of so years of age, hi.
: hair and whiskers being snow white. o
: late he has been in bad health and despond
= ent, and about a fortnight since threatened
= to kill himself if ne did not improve. On
his person were found between 5000 ant
500 in coin, 5000 of which was in pocket
!, book and the remainder in belt worl
e under his clothing. In another pocket
n book was steerage ticket for Australia
!. bearing date Of July lst. Near him wa
a also found bottle half filled with whisky
d His face was covered with blood, and al
examination showed that the fatal bulie
had been fired inside the mouth, krcckin,
;, out two upper teeth in its passage. Tn
u f3e0eo0 iisRtly been dead from fit