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

San Francisco, January 20th.-There were
twenty new applications for admission to the
Produce Exchange to-day. Twelve hundred
dollars was bid for seat
a FATAL FALL.
George Fox, one of the Zarnello Brothers
| trapeze performers, fell from trapezs while
practicing at Woodward's Garden yesterday,
receiving injuries fIom which he died this
morning.
FORGERY AND EMBEZZLEMENT.
Colonel Finnegass. United States detec-
tive, this evening arrested John 7. 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 Calf, ,rnia 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
izstion of the Dashaway Society was celebra.
ted this evening at Dashaway Hall. There
was large attendance, and the evening was
passed in dancing and social converse. The
association is in very prosperous condition.
THE ANTIMoNoPoLY LEAGUE.
The Executive Committee OF the Anti.Mo-
nopoly League met this evening. The meet
ing was presided over by F. 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 advisability of plac.
ing in the field 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
per cent, payable February 1st.
The British steamer Suez left Horgkong
for San Francisco on the 19th. The British
steamer Mary latham is due. Both have
Cinnamon.
The prevalence of smallpox in the city has
led TO an order excluding the parents or
guardians of inmates from admittance to the
Industrial School.
The 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 favori'e 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 10 and renedied A. Among them was
case of overcrowding poultry in crates.
The receipts we're S172 so.
The case Of William Dreysr, the young man
charged with killing John L. Triplett, 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
Dfeyer had nothing to do With Tsiplett's
death.
Twelve merchants, with their families left
this city few days ago for New York and
other Eastern points, for business aud pleas
ure. A dispatch was received this morning
from Adolph Roog, of the party. to Thomas
D. Mckay, stating that they left Council
Bluffs, via the Burlington route, in the best
of spirits.
This 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 18th
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 aceepted design