Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-12-18
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Charles Pape killed his wife at the corner
of Bryant and Fourth streets Saturday,
and then committed suicide.
During the year fourteen persons were
convicted of murder in the Superior Court.
Of this number three were sentenced to be
hanged, but none have yet paid the death
sentence.
The o. and o. steamship Gaelic, which
left for China Saturday, took 1854 Chinese
passengers, OF whom seven were females.
The males were all provided with return
certificates.
A dispatch to the Merchants Exchange
Saturday reported that the Chilean bark
Onesta, from Buzzard Inlet, with lumber,
went ashore at Paposa on the night Of
November 5th.
Eighteen Custom. house certificates were
issued to departing Cinnamon SATURDAY., of
whom twelve are going to China by the
Gaelic, five to Sydney by the City of Syd.
ney and one to Honolulu by the same yes.
sci. The whole number of certificates
issued up to date is 5.037.
Sarah Kerr, native of Kansas, Is wears
of age, unmarried and employed as govern.
ess in the family of Major Chapman, who
resides at No. 1929 Sutter street, died at 4
o'clock Saturday morning, from the effects
of dose OF carbolic acid administered by
herself with suicidal intent.
The California Immigration Association
OF California reports 500 immigrant ar.
rivals by the overland railroads. for the
week ending December 10Th. The cold
weather East has materially interfered with
the emigration, but largely increased
the correspondence and inquiry.
The third Nilsson concert SATURDAY. after.
noon was attended by as many people as
could find seats, with several hundreds
crowding the numerous aisles and entrance
ways. Two full hours before the doors
opened numbers of ladies were standing
waiting by the entrance, content to do so
for the privilege of selecting place to
stand, as every one was informed that mo
seats were to be had for any price in any
part of the house.
Colonel Shaw, Chief of the Fire Brigade
of London, England, on his recent visit to
the United States for the purpose of in.
vestigating American fire departments, the
apparatus in use and the modes of extin.
gushing fires, wes so much impressed with
the usefulness of the Hayes extension lad
ders and truck California invention
which is being adopted in nearly all the
large Eastern cities-that he has sent an
order to ID. d. Hayes, the inventor, for a
first-class truck for use in London.
About 1000 people were at the Bay Dis.
trict Race, course Saturday afternoon to
witness the trotting match between Over.
man and Romero-the largest assemblage
seen on the track since the four.mile race
three years ago. As = race the affair was
rather failure, neither horse coming near
his performance in the past, Overman hav-
ing his own way from beginning to finish,
winning in three heats easily. The track
was in good order, and the horses were to
all appearance il fine form. Time, 2:24-
2:25-2:235.
Saturday night about ! o'clock a well.
dressed woman, accompanied by three
small children, the youngest one babe in
arms, staggered along Kearny street under
the influence OF liquor, and when near
Geary fell irto the gutter. She was in
stantly surrounded by crowd of several
persons, who calmly watched the actions of
the woman until officer Rainsbury placed
Ter IN carriage with the young children
and carried her to the Central Station. In
consideration of the little ones the mother
was not charged, but was detained until
she became sober and was sent to her home
IN charge of an officer.
Coroner Weeks held an inquest SATURDAY.
IN the case OF Sarah Louisa Ipprabam-
heretofore alluded to in the papers as Little
Lulu-the little girl who died from the
effects of injuries received by being run
over by one OF the trains of the California.
street Railway. The jury in their verdict
cay We find that her death was acci-
dental, and we exonerate James Mott, the
engineer Of the dummy, from all blame.
Further, we recommend that the Legisla-
ture pass law to the effect that young
children be not allowed to ride on the dunn.
mics OF the various railroad companies ex-
ceps they are In charge of proper guardians.
We also recommend that the openings on
either end of dummies be closed"
One OF the passengers on the Monterey
express Saturday was Jose de Maria ANA.
dor. who it is claimed is over log wears of
age. He got on the cars at Watsonyille
and rode to Giiroy. The centenarian was
accompanied by his great st-granddauphter.
neither could speak Erglish, but conversed
freely in Spanish. Don Jose stated that he
was born in the Mission of San Francisco
in l776, six years after the first landing at
Monterey, and has only resided in two
houses-ope in this city and the other in
Watsonville-s his birth. His mind is
apparently active, and with the aid of a
stick can walk on level ground, but cannot
step up ard down without the aid of az.
sistance. He is about five feet eight inches
10 hight, and weighs about 100 pounds.
His hair and beard is iron gray, and his
check bones prominent, with the dark skin
drawn closely over the bones.