Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-21
THE METROPOLIS.
Items of Interest from San Fran
cisco.

| San FRANCISCO, January ZUth.-I mere were
twenty new applications for admission to the
Produce Exchange to-day. Twelve hundred
dollars was bid for a seat
| A FATAL FALL.
| George Fox, one of the Zarnello Brothers,
trapeze performers, fell from trapeze while
practicing at Woodward's Garden yesterday,
receiving injuries from which he died this
morning
FORGERY AND EMBEZZLEMENT.
Colonel Finnegass, United States detec-
tive, this evening arrested John T. Best,
clerk of the Lighthouse Board of the Twelfth
District. for forging signatures to Government
vouchers and embezzling $4,000.
SWEDISH IMMIGRANTS.
Parties representing Swedish colony of
twenty-five families called to-day at the office
of the California Immigration Association, to
obtain Information relative TO land that is
open to settlers The colony desires to locate
somewhere in this State if lands can be OBJ
tanned.
THE DAsHAwAYs.
The twenty-third anniversary of the organ
ization of the Dashaway Society was celebra.
ted this evening at Dashaway Hall. There
was a large attendance, and the evening was
passed in dancing and social converse. The
association is in very prosperous condition.
THE ANTI. MONOPOLY LEAGUE.
The Executive Committee OF the AntiMo-
nopoly League met this evening. The meet
ing was presided over by T. V. Mcconnell, of
Sacramento. The committee were all repre-.
sented. A committee was appointed to make
arrangements for holding mass meeting
here at an early day. A general discussion
was INDUCED in as to the advssbility of plac.
ing in the field a straight ticket at the coming
election. During the discussion the commit.
tee expressed the unanimous opinion that
neither ex-Mayor Kalloch nor Dennis Kear-
ney would be allowed to fraternize with the
movement The committee adjourned to
meet next Monday.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mexican dollars here are nominal at 80
(@S9kc.
Money is in good demand at the local banks
at 7@10 per cent.
David Scannell, Chief Engineer of the Fire
Department, is confined to his room by an
attack of pneumonia.
The annual meeting of Wells, Fargo
Co.'s express and bank will be held in this
city on February 9th.
Cheap restaurants are sorely troubled at
present over the high price Of garden and
dairy produce and meat
TIE Central Pacific Railroad Company has
declared the usual semi-annual dividend of
8 per cent, payable February 1st.
The British steamer Suez left Horgkong
for San Francisco on the 19.h. The British
steamer Mary latham is due. Both have
Cinnamon.
The prevalence cf smallpox in the city has
led TO an order excluding the parents or
guardians ot inmates from admittance to the
Industrial School.
Ths Poundkeepsr is doing brisk business
in the way OF hauling up delinquent dogs, and
consequently the Mayor and Supervisors are
daily harassed with applications for the re-
lease Of favorite CANNES from the pound.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to animals since its last monthly meeting
has investigated 63 cases of cruelty, prose-
cuted 19 and remedied A. Among them was
q case of overcrowdng poultry in crates.
The receipts were $172 so.
The case Of William Dreyer, the young man
charsed with killing John L. Tripiett, was,
on motion of the Prosecuting Attorney of
Police Court No. L, dismissed yesterday. as
the result of the autopsy made by the Police
Surgeon showed that the blow struck by
Dreyer had nothing to do with Tsiplett's
death.
Twelve merchants. with their families left
ibis city a few days ago for New York and
other Eastern points, for business and pleas.
ure. A dispatch was received this morning
from Adolph Roos, of the party. to Thomas
d. Mckay, stating that they left Council
Bluffs. via the Burlington route, in the best
of spirits.
The Managers of the Garfield Monument
Fund for the Pacific Coast have invited de:
signs for the monument All designs must
be submitted on or before noon of May 10Th
next, and must be accompanied by plans,
specifications and an estimate OF cost, not to
exceed $4,000; $500 will be paid for the
first and accented design,