Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-03

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oANDLEMAs.
The Feast Of the Publication of the
Blessed Virgin was celebrated in the several
Catholic churches of this city with the usual
solemn and i'm pressive services.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The receipts of the County Clerks Office
from fees last month were 81, 249 so.
Three hundred and forty-one civil actions
were brought in the Superior Court in JAM
uary.
Two hundred and five marriage licenses
were issued by County Clerk Wilder last
month.
The receipts at the License Collectors office
during the month of January amounted to
$40, 479 80.
The Superintendent of Streets reports that
during the month Of January 149 miles Of
public streets were swept at a cost Of Sc 407 q.
The steamers City of Rio de Janeiro and
Gaelic are expected from Hongkong next
week. the former having been detained by re-
pairs TO her rudder.
A verdict of suicide has been returned by a
Coroner's jury in the case of Charles L..
Skol6eld, who took cyanuret of potassium at
"a Louisa street on Monday evening.
Fl. T. Mordhoff, of Idaho, sged so years,
left his room in the Lick House on the 25th
of January, and has net been seen sincs by
bis SOD, who is much worried over his disap-
pearance.
City and County Treasurer Widber will
shortly make another trip to Sacramento for
the purpose of settling accounts between the
city of San Francisco and the State of Cali
fornia. The State will receive nearly a million
dollars.
A number of men are at work fitting up
the rooms on the third story of tho new City
Hall for the use of the School Department,
who will have TO give up the magnificent
chambers they now occupy before the cad of
the week.
Reports have been received at police head
quarters that j. W. Creighton. who arrived
here from Australia in June last, has been
missing from his residence sincs the 26sh ult.
He is 29 years of age, tall, slim built and
wears light side whiskers.
The top rate for wheat charters at this port
last month was 75s, and only five vessels re-
ceived that figure out OF the 81 cleared The
favorite figure was 70s. Nearly three.6fths
of the vessels received from 70s to 75s last
month, and from that down to Cos.
The canmakers met in secret conclave in
Ixora Hall Wednesday evening. There was
delegation present from the Trades Assem-
bly,, who attended for the purpose of advis-
ing with the workers in tin as to the best
course to pursue to protect themselves against
the inroads OF Chinese labor.
In the case of Cath. McKeever ct al. vs..
the Market. street Railroad Company, in
which jury rendered verdict in favor of
the plsintiff for Sc, 500 damages, for having
caused the death of David McKesver, the
Supreme Court has refused to grant hear
ing in bank, and ordered that the remittitur
issue forthwith.
On Tuesday evening some portion of the
passenger elevator in the Baldwin Hotel be-
came disarranged, and the elevator, which
had reached the third story, commenced to
drop. At the time Marcus p Hall, his
wife and the elevator boy were in the car,
and they were more or less shaken, but not
seriously injured.
The war between William McMann and the
Wood and Coal Dealers Protective Union. of
which he was once President, still RACES. The
Union is determined, if it can, to maintain
the margin of profit at 50 80 above wholesale
rates. McMann has issued circular, in
which he intimates that he is supported in
bis fight, and will succeed in breaking up the
Union.
The California Coursing Club held its reg
ular meeting Wednesday night. at 435 Cali
fornia street. Vice-President j. c. Murphy
in the chair. w. Cronip, John Hughes, t.
Fisher and F. Fisher were unanimously
elected members of the club. 1t was decided
to hold the drawing for the spring open meet.
icg on Saturday. February 25th. at the usual
meetiug.room of the club. The club then
adjourned
At the annual meeting of the stockholders
OF the Pacific Rolling Mill Company the fol-
lowing gentlemen were elected Directors for
the ensuing year: D. o. Mills, William Al.
word, Louis McLane, Nicholas Luaing and
James G. Flood. Subsequently the follow
ing officers were elected President, William
Alvord General Manager, L B. Benchley !;
Secretary G. M. Keeney; Superintendent,
Patrick Noble
J. w. Burnham & Co., the well known
importers of carpets, furniture. upholstery
goods and oil cloths. have made an assign.
ment. A meeting of their creditors was held
Wednesday, at the rooms of the Board Of
Trade, when the firm represented that their
liabilities amounted to s47. 500. to meet which
there was stock amounting to $50, 900 in
value, and S., 600 in bills and accounts due,
making their total assets foot up S41, coo.
Andrew McDevitt, who was arrested last
Saturday Upon charge of having attempted
to rescue prisoners from the Industrial School,
had hearing before Judge Rosenbaum yes
terday, and was held to answer before the
Superior Court, with bail set at 81, 900. The
accused went to the school and threw a knot
ted rope over the fence. There was a note at
the end OF the rope, written by the accused
in which be announced to the inmates that by
means of the rope, which was fastened on the
outside, they could scale the fence. Joseph
Gilleon, who was jointly charged with Nc
Dewitt, was acquitted on the ground that the
evidence was insufficient to implicate him.
Iron piles are being shipped from this city
to Mazatlan, Mexico, to be used in the con-
structicn of a Government wharf at that
place. They are from fourteen to sixteen
feet long, about seven inches in diameter, the
lower part solid, tapering, and covered at the
point with steel, the upper half being hollow.
Midway in the pile is lug, firmly bolted,
and with four fanges made with eyes, SO that
the piles may be connected at any distance
aRd bolted together-making one perfect
piece of mutually protective work. The tops
of the piles are to be covered with fat iron
caps, upon which the superstructure of the
wharf is to be laid. Iron is employed to bid
defiance to the teredo, SO destructive to
wooden piles on this coast.
William h: Petit has brought suit in the
Superior Court against James T. Wyatt, to
set aside deed to fifty acres of land, located
on Point Lobos avenue, and adjoining Laurel
Hill Cemetery, and for cause plaintiff
alleges. that from the latter part of Decem-
Der, 1880, up to February, 1881, he was very
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