Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-10-31
san FRANCISCO ITEMS.

The receipts for duties at the Custom.
House for the past week were S206, 226 IL,
making total sirce January LIST of 81. 1927,
462 IL.
The Home of the Boys and Girls Aid
| Society mas fourteen boys, whose ages range
| from three and one-hslf to fourteen years.
well brought up, and are at the Home
through mis fortune and not through any
sins of their own. The management is
DESTROYS % placing some of these IN homes
and employment, and others in families for
legal adoption.
By TIE arrival OF a steamer from Homo.
lulu, news ia received Of the loss of the
Niagara off Honolulu with cargo of Cali.
fornia wheat. The Niagara is British
wooden ship Of L. 800 tons, which sailed
hence September 10th for Cork. with
Al ,405 centals wheat, valued at 500, 354,
and cleared by William Dresbach. This
is the first disaster reported to the wheat
feet of 1882 SO, now numbering l35 ves-
sells.
The authorities of Golden Gate Park are
preparing to wage war of determination
by poison sgainst the rabbits, and for the
following reasons A number OF young
trees were set out in the sands two weeks
ago, but nearly all these trees have been
eaten by the rabbits which infest the west
ern end of the park. Boys have been
hunting in this portion of the park with
dogs since the lat of August, but without
killing sufficient number.
The Supreme Court has affirmed the
judgment of the lower Court in the cage of
the CITY and County of San Francisco w.
James Phelan, an action instituted for the
purpose of recovering 81 800 city and
county taxes, and S735 State taxes levied
on Sl00, 600 in money, for the fscal years
lS76T. The Court says that, "notwith-
standing the testimony of the defendant
that he did not have any money at the
time of the assessment, the Court found
against him, and with that finding, there
being evidence to sustain ii, this Court
will not interfere"
The American steamer st. Paul, Erskine
commander, arrived Sunday from Kodiac
after passage of nine days, bringing !, 500
otter skins consigned tosthe Alaska Fur
Company, by whom she is owned. This is
the last trip to the north for the year.
The 81. Paul still bears the marks OF her
encounter with a hurricane on tee up trip,
the vessel having combated the fury of
wind and sea for the greater portion of
twelve hours on the 7th of September.
The hurricane was encountered when to
the northwest of Cape Flsttery, and after
being ont eleven days from Ouraiaska.
The st. Paul Lost her three boats, the star.
board railing was carried away, while the
volume OF water shipped on the forward
deck dashed against the wheel house, the
panel and wood word, together with the
doors on either side, being stove in and de-
tached by heavy chicken coop, which the
water used as batteripgram to be alter
wards lost overheard with its beGraggled
and frantic contents. After the storm the
schooner Claus Spro ckeis was hailed, she
also having had 90 weather the storm.
| The schooner was bound from Humboldt
| to Coquimbo, Chile, and was so badly dam
aged that she made for Honolulu, arriving
there on the 4th instant. Tho st. Paul
left Ounslasss some ten days after the
revenue cutter Thomas Corwin, which is
due in port at any time, having had to
stop az all the way stations.