Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-07-17

! SAN Francisco, July 16h-A sculling
match came off this morning between Thos.
| Flynn, of the Pioneer Rowing Club, and Le-
ander Stevenson, of the Ariel Club. The
match was for 800 a side. The course was
! two miles and turn. Stevenson easily won
the race in II minutes and 234 seconds.
| The loss by the fire a. the corner of Spear
and Market streets is estimated at about
$50, COO. Large quantities of lumber have
been destroyed, and the exact value is very
difficult to estimate without careful exam.
nation. The insurance probably reached
one.half the loss.
washed Ashore.
SAN Francisco, July 16.h.-To.day the
body Of man was washed ashore near the
Cliff House. The remains were supposed to
be one of the Inflated crew of the steamship
Escambia This is the second body that has
| come ashore from the same vessel.
Rapid Trip-The Sand Lot.
SAN Francisco, July 16th.-The steam
ship Granada arrived here to-day from Pana.
ma. with full freight and numbsr of
passer gers. She accomplished the voyage in
fourteen days-a rapid trip.
The sand lot meeting this afternoon was
addressed by Denis Kearney and K. Z. Shan
non, and the attendance was quite large and
enthusiastic. -
Overdue Vessels.
A'EAN Il hANSlotOf OSu.-Ac'cAoA 'co- |
sells are overdue at this port. The ship Davy |
Crockett, from New York, is overdue some
twenty-five days. The British ship Theo- |
bald is out 2l6 days from Philadelphia. She |
has never been spoken, and as ehe should |
have accomplished the voyage in $50 days. |
her chances for ever coming in are considered |
slim by shipping men. She carried load of |
general merchandise. The British ship |
Hermes is now out from Glasgow 226 dayp. |
She should have made the trip in 125 days. |
She was last spoken off Rsthling. The rumor |
OF her burning at sea has been officially de- |
MED. and the chances of her ever reaching |
her destination are about equal to those of |
the Theobald.
The President Coming.
SAN Francisco, July 16th.-It is learned |
on good authority that President Arthur and |
several members OF his Cabinet expect to |
visit the Colorado State Exposition, which |
will open at Denver August LIST. The ex. |
position will probably last several weeks. |
From Denver it is stated that the Presiden- |
tial party will proceed to San Francisco by |
way of the southern route.
Body FOund-street Car Accident.
SAN Francisco, July 16th.-The body of |
an unknown man was found in the water !
near the foot of Vallejo street to-day. There |
is no clue to the identity of the remains.
NJ II. Meuntzer was knocked down by |
street-csr on Suffer street, and very severely |
Injured. His little son. who was with him at |
the time, was also badly bruised about the |
head and body. The escape from death of |
| both father and sou was very narrow, and |
Meuntzsr claims that the conductor pushed |
him off as he was endeavoriug to save his boy |
from being run over but it is asserted that |
the accident was the result Of his own care.
lessLess.
An Indignant Britisher.
SAN Francisco, July 16th.-Captain |
Roper, of the unfortunate British sea.tramp |
AMER Head, has become so exasperated over |
the notoriety that the city journals have |!
given him enc way and another, that he |
now positively refuses to see newspaper re- |
porters under any circumstances whatever, |
and is wholly inaccessible at sll times to the |
inquisitive knights of the quill.
skull Fractured by Il Rock Thrown by = |
Policeman.
TRUcKEE, July 15th.-A stranger, hailing I
from San Francisco, giving his name as Will
lam Roslof, made his appearance on our street |
night, and at once commenced chasing
different men off the plaza and sidewalks. |
threatening them with large drawn prun.
ing-knife, which he carried in his h6nd. |
Officer Reed was notified, and st once started |
to arrest him, when Roslof turned and made |
lunge with the knife at the officer. Reed, |
seeing him coming, stepped back few feet,
and, seizing rock, threw it at him, striking |
him on the head. Roslof, although paralyzed |
for moment, turned and made a second |
lunge at Reed with the knife. Reed then |
threw another rock at him, this one striking |
Roslof little above the left temple, fractur- |
ing the skull. DIR. Curless was at once called |
and removed from the inner brain ten pieces |
of the skull bone. Roslof is not expected to |
live. He was at the time of his accident sup.
posed to have been crazy or very much in.
toXicsted.
stroke of Paralysis.
PETALUMA, July 15th.-A. H. Drees, an |
old and well-known resident of this city, was
Frustrated by psralytic stroke yesterday, |
and is still in unconscious condition.
kicked by a Mule.
MERGED, July 15th.-Ched Conley, aged |
II years, was thrown to-day in the street by |
a mule, and kicked and dangerously injured
and disfgured.
Shock of Earthquake.
CENTRRvnLE. July 15th.-A very heavy
shock was felt here this evening at 7:45 No
damage was done, but many were well scared.
Victim OF Rum.
MARYsvnLE, July 15th.-Patrick Mcclure,
q farm laborer crazy from drink, committed |
suicide at Mrs. Kerrigan's RANCH Suffer
county, to-day. by drowning himself in tank.
IncendiarIsm on a Ranch.
OAKDALE, July 1sth.-About o'clock Am,
July 18th, a wheat field on the ranch of Dan.
lei Callahan, about fifteen miles southeast |
from Oskdale, in Stanislaus county, was dis.
covered to be on fire. The men employed on
the ranch rallied and extinguished the flames,
after burning about two acres. About s |
o'clock stack of fifty tons of hay and stack !
OF barley were discovered to be on fire, and |
were both consumed. Another stack of bar
ley WAS examined, and nothing was found to
create suspicion. A few minutes later some
men started to re-examine the stack, and be-
fore reaching it one called out, 1.-THE stack is
on fire |" They sprang forward and grasped |
all that was ablaze and scraped it clear from
the stack, and saved it from burning. A |
package of phosphorus was found done up in
a wet rag and placed in the straw. A few
minutes later Mr.. Callahan's new dwelling.
house was ablaze on the roof of the piazza,
which was also extinguished. On further in
vestigation phosphorus was found in the
blacksmith shop also on the foot of brace
in the upper portion of large barn. In all
discovered. it was found that the element of
destruction had been placed 10 eleven differ.
ent localities on the premises. Strong grounds
of suspicion rest upon q man by the name of |
Childs, who was formerly for several years
employed by Mr.. Callahan. The man is in
jail The sufferer is an old resident and a
man of integrity.
RAILROAD ffOSresss
SAN DIEGO, July 15sh.-Constructio trains |
are being pushed to the front as fast as pos.
sible, and work is being crowded to close the |
gap between the end Of the track of the Cali.
fornia Southern Railroad and Cotton. Tran.
sit to and from this place by rail is daily in.
creasing.
An Exciting Primary.
FRESNO, July 15sh.-Ths Democratic pri.
mary to-day was an exciting meeting partic-
ulary during the ballot for the offices Of As
semblynan and District Attorney. The
returns which are obtainable tonight indicate
that w. D. Grady, present District Attorney,
has been nominated for the Assembly. The
result between Edwards and Harris for Dis.
trict Attorney is yet in doubt. The balance
of the ticket will consist Of the present incum.
bents. At the polls to-day o fight occurred |
between Grady and Sheriff II all. While in
close quarters the Sheriff drew his pistol and |
would probably have used it but for the in.
tervention of friends.
Republican Delegates.
BAKERSFIELD, July 16th.-John Barker
and S. Davis, of Bakersfield, and Z. j. Z. |
Taylor, of Weldon. wsrs elected delegates to |
the Republican State Convention by the Re. |
publican County Central Committee yester.
day evening.
ARIZONA.
Pleased with the Change.
PREscoTT, July 15th.-The news Of the |
change in the Military Department gives |
general sitisfaction, az Crook is conceded by |