Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-20
Items from San Franclsco.

Items from San Francisco.
SAN Francisco, February 19.h.-A meet
ing was held this afternoon by the ST. Pat
| rick's Day Convention, to complete arrange.
| ments for celebrating the 18th Of March.
Among other business, committee was
appointed to wait on T. P. O'Counor, and
urge him to accept the position of orator of
the day.
James Hall. native of Virginia. aged Ga
years. was found dead to-day in his bed at
the Railroad House, No. 532 Commercial
street. An autopsy revesled the cause of
| death to be pulmonary apoplexY.
This morning w. Curten aged 60 years,
was found dead in his room IN the Mont.
gomery Hotel. Deceased had evidently got
up, dressed himself, and then fallen to the
floor and expired. A post-mortem showed
the caues of death to be cerebral apcplexy.
A fire this morning was discovered in
Weston's bakery, on Stockton street, but was
Quickly subiued. The damage will reach
| 81 009. A fireman named John Gettin, in
| trying to get through q window, was very
seriously cut with glass.
| A rifle match took place to-day at Shell
| Mound Park between twenty-five man of
| Company G, First Regiment. N. G.. c., and
| the same number from the Sumner Guard,
Company E, First Regiment. A large num-
| Der of interested friends witnessed the con.
| test. The National Guards took the lead at
| the start, and maintained it throughout
winning the contest by twenty four points.
| This evening William Logan became in
volved in quarrel with a colored man. A
sctfis ensued, in which Logan was thrown
violently to the sidewalk, sustaining severe
| fracture of the leg and arm.
| Rival meetings at the sand lot were held
| this afternoon, were rather slimly attended
and lacked noticeable enthusiasm. Ksarney
| koI t1.t he boA Gal L.
attempted to renew this agitation he would
| have to abide the consequences Still he was
there, and he would say that ten clubs had
| been organized, with q membership of
| $50. He read letter, purporting to be writ
| ten by an anonymous friend, warning him of
combinations to crush him and conspiraces
against his life. Some present were unkind
enough to express their belief that the letter
was "guy." Kearney proceeded with his
| usual anti Chinese speech until the audience
dropped away one by one, precipitating an
early adjournment.
| John II. Coming, a native of ireland, aged
| SO, employed as a fireman on the steamer San
| Rafael, died here yesterday, from the effects
of scalds and iphaling steam received while
working on the steamer at Point San Qaen-
tin. The family of deceased have demanded
| an investigation.
Over week ago Michael Redmond had
| hight With joan coleman 10 tbl5 CITY, IN
which he beat him go terribly that he died
| the following DAY. The Coroner's jury re-
| turned verdict charging Redmond, who had
| escaped from the city, with manslaughter
| Chief Crowley was notified to-day that Red
mond had been arrested in Humboldt county.
The funeral of Ex-Governor Samuel Purdy
| will take place from Trinity Church. corner
of Powell and Post streets, at 2 o'clock to-
| morrow afternoon, and will be attended by
| the members of the California Society Of
Pioneers and numerous friends of the de.
ceased.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Frank 9.
Newlands will take place tomorrow morning
| from the family residence, No. 622 Folsom
street, and services will be held in st. Mary's
Cathedral at 10 A. N.
| A meeting was held this afternoon of car,
penters and joiners, at which the Chairman
announced that a permanent organization
will be probsb y effected at the next meeting,
IS the charter would arrive soon. A Com.
mittee en- Bylaws was appointed, who will
report at an early day.
The regular meeting of the Board OF Su-
| pervisors tomorrow evening promises to be
| of unusual interest. The prominent business
! for consideration will be the railroad fran
chise water rates and q special message from
Mayor Blake on the Chinese question.
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