Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-12
Registration - Meeting OF Democrats :
Presents from Australia-Deafh Record.


Presents from Aastraiia-Deafh Record.
San FRANCISCO, August nth.-The rseis- |
tration of electors to-day numbered 343s |
making grand total of l, 1873 sincs the open
ing of regis alton.
Tonight meeting was held by com nit |
tee composed Of number OF prominent Dem |
ocrats Of this city, for the purpose of making |
preparations for rendering flung reception |
10 Senator Farley and Congressman Berry |
and Rosecrans, on their arrival here. Alter |
discussing tine matter some time the COM
mittee adjourned to next Tuesday, when all |
the arrangements viii be completed.
Walter Bradley. President of the New |
South Wales Geological Gardens, Sydney, |
has presented Woodwards Gardens with two |
full-grown emus, male and female-the largest |
that have ever been sent to the United |
States. The gardens have also received from
Ernest w. Moore, Director of the Botanic !
Gardens, Sydney, one pair of black Austria.
liam swans. The birds are in full plumage |
and splendid condition.
There were no fewer than 103 deaths DUR |
ing the past week in this city, 81 Of males |
and AZ Of females. OF the number % were
infants under one year old. There were Is
deaths in public institutions; consumption
caused nine deaths and pneumonia six.
Meeting of the Republican County Com
mittee-Brutai Robbery.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 11th.-The Re-
publican County Committee met tonight, for
the purpose Of completing the preliminsries
for primary election for delegates to attend
the State Convention. The committee
adopted, with some slight amendments, the
plan which has heretofore been published for
conducting primaries. The time for holding
the primaries was fixed for the 26sh of
August. The duties of the delegates chosen
are to be confined only to State
and district Conventions. The rate
of apportionment IS fixed by the
publican voters and fraction of 100. This will
entitle the county and city of San Francisco
to 95 delegates, and one to be elected at large.
This afternoon q brutal robbery occurred
on the street in Oakland. A young man
named Williams aged 16 years, was set upon
by several boys, who knocked him down,
kicked and beat him most brutality, and then
took from his pockets 81 25. The outrage
was parpetrated in sight of number of pas
sergsrs who had Just left train.
Explosion of Powder WOrks-TwO Men
Killed.
VALLEJO, August 18th. = The Hardy
Powder Works. located ore and half miles
southeast of this city, exploded at twenty
minutes past IL. The mixing, Glazing and
drying house, together with the magazine,
were blown to atoms. The ruins took fire at
once. Nothing was left standing except the
water-tapk aud brick work surrounding the
boiler. A. II. Hill, engineer and superin-
tendent, is badly burned, but has chance
for life. He made his way out into the road,
and tore off his burning clothes. George
Edpscumb and Fergus McArdle are burned
beyond recognition. Edgecumb's toiy is
out, but they cannot get to McArdie's until
the FIRE is subdued, although it lies in plain
sight. 1t is estimated that fifteen tons of
powder exploded. The works, which were
erected about two years ago, are completely
destroyed. They have been manufacturing
steady for some time past.
Shasta Surrounded by Fire.
SHASTA, August 11th. The woods all
around our town are on fire, and have been
for the past two days. l. .st night most all
of our citizens fought the fire all night to
keep it from town. The FIRE on the road
towards Rsdding is very bad, SO bad that
communication is shut off between Shasta
and Redding. Several residences below town
have been burned to the ground-among
which are the Lower Springs place and the
Gage place. Two miles from town about
one hundred citizens of Redding and about
an equal number from Shasta are out, and it
is believed they are getting the fire under
control. Several fine orchards and vineyards
have been destroyed.
Fire On Ranch.
CHICO, August 11th.-About half-past
o'clock this afternoon a whirlwind passed
over the Pratt grant, where d. A. Bennett
was thrashing, and carried the FIRE from the
engine to two stacks of wheat at which they
were threshing, burning them and the engine
and the entire threshing outfit. Loss, about
$4,000.
Sudden Death.
RED BLUFF, August 18th. - Yesterday
morning a man named A. Stinchacum died
suddenly at the Red Bluff Hotel. He worked
on George Hosg's ranch, near Riceville. 1t
is supposed that he died from consumption or
heart disease.
Meeting OF the Directors of the stockton
Insane Asylum.
STOCKTON, August 11th.-At meeting of
the Board of Directors of the State Insane
Asylum yesterday. Major N. M. Orr's
bond, as Treasurer, in the sum Of $50, 0O0
with I. s. Bostwick, Frank Stewart,
H. II. Hewlett and Sydney Newell as
and George West and R. B. Parker in the
sum of s. 600 each, was approved, and he
was sworn into office. The report of DR..
Shurtleff for July showed that during that
month three males and two females had
bean discharged; six males and two fe-
males had died, and one male and one
female had eloped. In the Asylum on
<Aubusb LEU buCfc "cEo 10 ndiCS auO OlU tc-
males; total, 1.09S, an increase of three dur.
ing the month. The cash receipts from pay
patients ETC., were 81 055. The furnishing
account amounted to IS, I96 81; expense &C.
count, SIG, 1913 So; bills audited, S17. 062 56
cash on hand. sl1, $40 26.
Homicide near sonora.
STOCKTON, August 11th.-About half-past
7o'clock Wednesday evening Solomon Haslem
shot and instantly killed Samuel Brooks, on
Gates water ditch, near Mormon creek,
about three miles from Columbia, and
an equal distance from Sonora, Tuol-
umne county. Haslem is wealthy
miner, having been engaged in business for q
number OF years, and has been regarded as a
peaceable man. Brooks was a fender on Gales
ditch and was also an old resident of that sec
ton. and well thought of. There has been
long standing difficulty between the men, but
just how the fatal affair was pre,ipitated could
not be learned. After shooting Brooks Has
lem walked to Sonora and gave himself into
the hands OF the authorities and was put in
jail. Although the Coroner WAS notified OF
tho occurrence, the body of Brooks was not
removed, and lay beside the road when the
Sonora stage passed that point this morning
on its way to Milton.
Fresno Republican Convention.
FRESNO, August 11th.-The Republican
Convention to-day met in Fresno. Resolu.
lions were adopted pointing with pride to the
achievements of the Republican party, and
requiring the full enforcement Of the Sunday
law. The following nominations were made
Assemblymsn, ]. F. Wharton Sheriff. NJ.
J. Donahoo Clerk, T. r. Brown Treas
urer. Otto Froelich Surveyor, NJ. Mananl
District Attorney, NJ. Ashbrook Superin.
tendent Of Schools. T. j. Kirk. The dele
gates from Fresno Flats Withdrew from the
Convention on the adoption of the Sunday
law resolutions.
Street Raflroad-F0unA Dead.
BAKERSFIELD, August 11th.-E. Chauvin
arrived here to-day to commence the con-
struction of q street railroad through our
principal streets, with track leading to the
depot 1t Sumner.
A man WAS found dead near the outskirts
of the town yesterday. He was apparently
about 80 years Of age, and . German. His