Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-12-16
CONCISE LOCALS.


Two men were arrested yesterday By Con-
stable Frank Swift for shooting On the Nor.
iis grant.
for county offices VIII De made through the
Superior Court.
Rsv. A. j. Frost, of this city, delivered
lecture last evening az Woodland Oh the sub
ject, Silent Forces"
A dramatic entertainment and ball will be
gwen by the Minerva Dramatic Club ct At
l2ntic Gardens to morrow.
The train which arrived here from Sau
Francisco at noon was delayed yesterday
half hour a. Einlira by hot box.
Fl. Greenland. Deputy Sheriff of Butte
county. yesterday took a prisoner named
Melville Move to Sen @ entin Prison.
Deputy Sheriff Colburg, of San Josquip
county, passed through the city yesterday en-
rout to Chico with prisoner in charge.
The Butchsre' Protective Union announce
today that there will be no free beef on
Christmas day, as has been tie custom almost
from time iInmemo:isl.
John Coppin, native Of England, was
admitted to citizenship yesterday in the Su.
pefior Court, on the testimony of Les Stan.
ley and Thomas TaverBer.
Lots and 6, in the block bounded by
Fourth and Fifth, G and r streets, will be
sold in lots, 40 by 100 feet, by Bell & Co. to-
day at P. NJ, on the premises.
The French Canadian" stations which
have been expected for some time by w. r.
Cunnington, of Nicolsus, arrived yesterday,
AID can be seen at Agricultural Park.
Ore of The large French plate windows in
Goggins' drug stoIe, on j street, was broken
Yesterday by coming in contact with step
ladder rTha 1a1la. .nfr =
Sheriff +. A. Sprague, of Butte county. |
cisco, from which place he will leave for
Portland. Or. lie goes after prisoner.
John Weistein was taken to Folsona YES
terday from Ssanislaus county by Sheriff |
Fulkerath. He has been sentenced to the |
State Prison for five years for stage robbery. |
Jose Dolores, drunk Geo Dresser, grand |
laTcsny; L. Hammond, maintaining a NUS |
snce, and Mrs. Mary Fsrr. disturbing the |
peace, were registered on the police station |
slate last night at y o'clock.
G. 2. Refill, Postmaster at Freeport. died /
on Thursday evening at that place ate. a |
short illness. The funeral will take plaza tn. |
day unGer the auspices of the Red Men. of /
which Order deceased was a member.
Semi-annusl examinati ms at Sacramento |
Seminary continued yesterday. The follow
ing classes were examined: Rhetoric, geog.
raphy, gram mar, fourth reader, primary ee-
cgraphy, primary arithmetic and art.
The case of Carey We. Brown, which went (
up from this county to the Supreme Court
on appeal, has been decided in fsvor of the |
plaintiff. 1t embraces the title of some lots
on l street, between Thirteenth and -Four.
teenth.
=. Hammond, proprietor of the hide end
tallow rendering establishment on Twenty.
eighth and X streets, was arrested yesterday
by Health Officer Martin. There are two
charges against him of maintaining nuisance
one under State law and the other under
the city ordinance.
Complaint is frequently made of parties
throwing ashes, water, ETC., from the upper
stories Of business houses into the streets.
Yesterday morning brewery team became
frightened from this cause on Second street.
and it was with difficulty they were prevented
from running away.
Tae stock of hardware, stoves, ranges.
store fixtures aud plumber tools in the store
on the northeast corner of Seventh and J
streets, formerly occupied by Ames, Earle &
Co. is announced to be sold by public auction
on Friday, January 5sh, by the assignee of
the aforementioned firm. One horse and
wagon will also be sold.
An attempt will be made by members of
the new Board of Supervisors to have the use
OF the engine for pumping water at the Cour-
ty Hospital discontinued. It is claimed by
those who have given the matter some atten-
ton, that horse power can be used to as good
advantage and ct much less expense to the
county, and that inmates of the hospital can
then be placed in charge of the pumps.
THE ELECTION CAsE.-Yeeterdsy was the
eighth and last day of the trial Of the conGe sted
election case OF Coglan vs. Beard in the Su-
perior Court. The position taken by the
contestants was given in outline in the
RECORD UNION yesterday. Counsel for re.
spcnlent give as their theory that there has
been fraud, and that the bsllots have been
with since they were canvassed by
the Election Boards. The changes which
have occurred by the recount are given as
suspicious circumstances, they being as fol-
lows: Cogian's gain, 40; Coglsn's loss, 8;
Boards gain, B; Boards loss, 10 !; blanks,
gain, z; blanks, loss, 80, In precinct a the
blanks returned by the Election Board
were six in number. There were
among the ballots SIX prohibition tickets,
on which there had never been any name |
opposite the Office of County Clerk, and there |
were also six Democratic tickets on which |
other written. In this precinct the members |
of the Election Board did not writa their |
names across the seal as required by law. The |
only marks upon the envelope of the package |
of ballots. ss presented in Court other than |
the printing, was the name and number of |
the precinct printed with a pen. These |
facts were cited by counsel as being |
packages of ballots from Sutterville |
and Liucoln School-house precincts were |
given a, evidence of how even attor eys
and the Court may be mistaken When thepe |
packages were brought into Court they were |
passed as sealed, By both sides. Il was after. |
wards learned by the testimony of Super. |
visor Blair, that both of these had been !
opened and resealsd by the Board when the |
official Canvass was made. Respondent claims |
that the ballots are not as good testimony as |
the tally sheets. The argument occupied the |
time Of the Court yesterday from IL A. n |
until nearly o'clock last evening, when the |
Gaze was submitted and taken under advise |
meut by the Court. S. S. Holl made both !
the opening and closing argument, while that |
of respondent was conducted by Messrs. !
Carey and Beatty.
CHRIsTY's CAsE.-Suparvisor Christy, who |
was arrested about two weeks ago for an al. |
legged violation of election laws, will have an |
examination to-day before Thomas Stephen.
500, Justice Of the Peace at Mormons sland. |
A. p. Catlin will act as attorney for the de- |
tense. County Clerk Berkey, who has just |
got through an eight-dsys' siege of exsmina.
ton as a witness in the contested election case |
before the SUP erior Court, will be an i'm.
portant witness. Mr.. Berkey. at the request |
Of citizens of Mormon Island AID vicinity, |
appointed W. Q. Davis Ia Constsble) as |
Deputy County Clerk for the purpose of regis
teriag vosers before the recent general election.
II is claimed that MIR. Christy procured the |
registration of sheep-man who was in the |
mountains at the time. Hew that could |
have been done is not very evident for MIR. |
Berkey says the name was returned to his |
office Is subscribed and sworn to F" before Mr.. |
Davis. az required by law. Mr.. Christy, as
before stated in tho RECORD. UNION. claims |