Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-09-09
SAN FRANCISCO sEwa.

DAN 16aNS1oSo 16WSs
Thos. Cannon, an old man about sixty
years of age, fell from the balcony of the
Oriental lodging house. corner of Wash
ington and Drumm streets, shortly after
midnight Thursday, and sustained such Sc
we're injuries as to render it necessary to
remove him to the City Receiving Hospital
for trea tment.
The labors of the California Immigration
Society are meeting with success, and the
pamphlets spread broadcast over the land
are attracting considerable attention to the
public lands in California. An agent from
Wiacons is here now looking up loca
ton for 100 families intending to remove
from that State, and another is DESTROYS of
securing location for fifty families from
Illinois. During the week four families
were located in San Luis Ohispo, and the
agents Of fifteen families have gone down
there to look up sections for location.
Tax Collector Grady and Auditor Brick.
wedel have investigated the thirty-six
names submitted by Registrar Tharp as
being those of men frsudulently registered
in the Seventh Ward, and who voted on
certificates at the recent Republican pr
mary. The mode Of investigation was to
Issue citations to the parties registered,
and as they failed to respond, citations
were issued to the landlords of the houses
from which they were registered. In all
the cases the landlords responded that no
such persons resided at their houses, and
the committee will recommend to the
Board of Election Commissioners that the
thirty six names be struck from the regis.
ter. 1t is stated that these are the same
tbirty-six names presented for contest at
the Republican State Convention, and
which the committee declined to consider.
and sustained the regularly credentialed
delegates.
Concerning the alleged yellow fever in
two cars filled with Chinese en- route to
San Francisco from Texas, considerable ex.
element prevailed. Dr.. Hatch, Secretary
of the State Board OF Health, and DR..
Meares. Health Officer, held consultation
| over the matter. They also had an inter
view with a. N. Towne. manager of Pacific
railroads, at his office, Fourth and Town
send streets. Mr.. Towne knew nothing
| additional to the news given. He was of
| the opinion, however, that it was not vel.
low fever. This opinion Drs. Meares and
! Hatch conceded in, after discussing all the
| information they had. The statement pub
hshed that yellow fever prevailed in San
! Francisco and Sacramento in 1853 is de-
MED by DIR. Hatch. He has resided in Sac
raInento for thirty.tw years, where he mas
been practising physician all the time,
and he says there was never a case Of that
| epidemic during that period 10 this State
! William Watts, late mate Of the Ca
therer on her trip from Antwerp, who is
| =. L. !
| trial, was On Thursday afternoon brought
before Judge Sawyer in the United States
District Court by virtue of writ of habeas
corpus. When placed on the stand Watts
gave history of his arrest by three of the
| Irish constabulary on the 10Th of June, his
detention in Bridewell, Scotland Yard and
| Cierkenwell Prison, aud his transatlantic
| trip in charge Of detective Ven Gerichten.
He claimed that Deputy United States
| Marshal Alderman, who took him in charge
in New York, never exhibited a warrant,
but simply iutimated that he took hin IN
charge for felony. Watts' counsel ad
dressed the Court at length, claiming that
the Circuit Court for .his district had no
jurisdiction TO try Watts, as the United
States statute provided that person ap
pretended for committing an offenss on
LlIc iliSAl SCAn uthSH tG tiiGA III the ti4ShElGi
into which he is first brought, and in this
case it was the southern district of New
York. AS Assistant District Attorney Var
DG2er deaired 10 file brief, the Court re
manded Watts to the custody Of the Mar
shall pending decision.
The California Sericuitural Society mel
Thurs6ay. Mrs. Hittell, Coz epondi {
Secretary, reported that she had received
and answered twenty letters FROM various
parts Of the globe IN regard to silk culture.
One Of the letters was from the United
States Consul at Smyrna, Turkey, in which
he described an apparatus ne had invented
, lessenisg the labor of feeding the worms
Mrs. Hitteli stated that there were %, co
persons at present engaged in sericulture il
the United States, ana the industry wa
rapidly becoming one of importance IN tn
: East. a silk house in Lyons, France, ha,
! offered to take 200 ounces OF eggs from Cal
ifornia, and agreed to pay the highest prio
for them, II they were shipped by the Is
, OF November. The Recording Secretary
reported that three prizes would be award
ed at the Stockton Fair for the best co
coons, and that $500. in ten premiums
would be awarded to those producing tt
largest coaoons, by the Women's SerIcultu
l raj Society OF the United States. Miss j
; B. Farnsworth, of San Jose, read an inter
esting paper, giving her experience il
cocoon production. With few eggs sh
had obtained from the society last year, sh
had succeeded in producing 5000 cocoon
, OF fine size and texture OF these she re
, tanned LOCO, and in April last had GO, 00t
insects under her charge She succeeded
in producing this year ninety pounds O
coeoons, which are worth 81 10 per pound
Mrs. FELTON, stated that Mrs S. A. Sellers
of Antioch, Contra Costa county, had ), 90
mulberry trees on her ranch, the leaves @
which she would gladly give to any persol
who would build a cocoonery near he
, place. A discussion on finances ensued
t during which it was suggested that til
society apply to the next Legislature TO
$40 000 to enable them to carry their en-
, terprise to a successful issue.