Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-07-08
SAN PRANc1sco NEWS.

The public schools will reopen on Mon.
day next.
William Hunter and Jacob Smith have
been convicted in the Police Court of mis-.
demeanor, for having disturbed a religi.u as
meeting at the Magdalen Asylum last Sun
day.
Thomas P. II. Whitelav, owner Of the
wreck Lammermoor, has obtained a search
warrant to search the schooner Laura. ON
which ne claims there is quantity of prop.
erty saved from the wreck.
An endeavor to bore an artesian we'll
near the foot of California street has not
been successful At depth of 245 feet
out small quantity of water was found,
and the well was abandoned.
Coroner Weeks held an inquest in the
case of Peter Goetz, the ship carpepter
who, on last Tuesday night, was shot and
killed by Luke Carly, at No. 1929 San.
some street, and the jury returned a yer.
dict in which Carly ia charged with man.
slaughter.
In the matter of the loss Of the Lam
mermoor, the Naval Court of INQUIRY finds
the loss of the ship to be due to the act of
Captain Guthrie, in not taking soundinps.
in not altering the course of the ship. and
the Captains certificate was ordered sus.
pended for six months.
Still another tramp is in trouble over the
greed of somebody in bring here an unlaw.
tul number of coolies. H. W. Brown. Az.
sistant of Port, has filed a complaint
against Captain North, of the ocean tramp
Scraps. The complaint states that the
berths OF the Scraps are constructed in
violation of law, and if such is the case the
ship Is liable to fine of "a, ITO, as she
carried S34 passengers, the fine for each
being S..
Communications, it is alleged, have been
filed with presiding Judge Allen rejecting
upon the judicial integrity of Superior
Judge Charles Halsey, of Department Ten.
in that he has favorites whom he appoints
to positions of trust constantly as receivers
and assignees, and that he is unduly in
tuenced by one certain attorney. Judge
Halsey' friends Indignantly deny that there
IS anything but personal spite and jealousy
in the matter, and that the Judge is uc.
right and conscientious in all his acts.
The Harbor Commissioners on Thursday
directed the Chief Engineer to prepare
plans and specifications for the construc-
ton of shed on the Main street wharf,
the same to be IS feet wide by 5S5 feet
long; also for the repairs necessary to be
made on the wharf to receive the shed.
This shed is designed to accommodate
steam and sailing vessels trading with the
Sandwich Islands, and for the temporary
storage of sugar. The Chief Engineer was
also directed to prepare plans and specifica.
lions for the construction of the outer sew
enty-tive feet of Steuart street, from Folsom
to Harrison also for the construction OF a
wharf on the southerly half of Folsom
street, from Sseuart to East street, being
800 feet in length by an average width Of
81 feet; also for repairing and the recon-
struction OF the wharf along the outer half
of East street. from the center line of Fol-
som street to point 800 feet north also
for the construction of pier 100 feet wide,
to be known as the Folsom street pier, ex-
tending from point near the intersection
of Folsom and East streets to the pier lead
line, having length Of 420 feet.