Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-09-18
SAN PRAscisoc NEWS.

All Sing, Chinaman, has been committed
to the Asylum for Insane at Napa.
The Supervisors are erecting on the
north side Of the New City Hall ground
scales, to weigh Goals supplied that institu.
ton.
The vice-regal party departed from San
Francisco Saturday at IL o'clock for British
Columbia On board the corvette Comus.
The Queen of the Pacific sailed at 10 o'clock
for Astoria, having on board the majority
of the servants of the visitors.
L. p. ii. Whitelaw's new wrecking
steamer is nearing completion, and will be
launched in the latter part OF the month.
She viii be used for work On the wrecks of
the Lammermoor, in Bodega Bay the
Francoaia, at Farallone Islands; the Dub
lin, on the beach near the Cliff House. and
the Aaron Starr. loaded with railroad iron,
lost near Point Reyes.
An informal reception was held Thurs.
day afternoon on board the new steamer
Queen of the Pacific. Several hundred
cards were issued by the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company, and nearly all who
received them improved the opportunity
by paying the elegant vessel 8 visit. After
the next trip to Portland she will be
thrown open for public inspection.
A divorce has been granted by Judge
Wsymire TO Minnie L. Cans from August
E. Cans, on the ground of his extreme cru
city. The defendant is now in st. Louis.
He will be remembered as sandlot agits-
tor, who afterwards attained notoriety by
his arrest for desertion from the army, he
being released from the custody of the
military authorities at the Preside by
Judge Hoffman on habeas corpus.
William Spence, late Captain of the Can
ada, was convicted before Judge Rix Sat.
urday of malicious mischief. A few days
since Spence gave notice that he wished to
resign Che captaincy, because he was dis
pleased with the owner, who had found
fault with the manner in which he kept his
accounts. Another Captain was sent to
succeed him, and after he had turned the
vessel over to the new commander he asked
permission to remain on board for one
night His reques. was granted, and dur
ing the night he mashed the furniture in
the cabin and kicked out the panels of the
cabin door.
David Condor, the notorious hoodlum
"lover," who has obtained criminal dis
tinction as a defendant in no less than
three cases of homicide, received we'll
merited clubbing the other night at the
hands of special officer James G. Green.
Condor and coterie of companions of the
same disreputable character were in dive
at the corner of Bash aud Kearny streets
Condor persisted in interrupting the per.
Torrance by standing in the aisle in front
OF the spectators and guying the perform.
ers. Officer Green quietly asked him to
desist, the response being blow on the
nose and perfect outburst of profanity.
The officer at once defended himself with
a club.
Emeline Wallace, as Administrative OF
the estate of w. II. Wallace, late of the
firm of Sisson, Wallace & Co., has insti.
tuted legal proceedings to enjoin Clark w.
Croker and J. w. c. Pogue from selling
by auction, on Wednesday next, personal
property upon q ranch III Tulare county,
in which the estate owns one third inter-
est. The estate and the two defendants,
80 the complaint alleges. own a 3,S74-a acre
ranch in Tulare county, embracing also a
large amount of personal property necessary
to be retained there to make the ranch
valuable. 1t is alleged that the defend.
ants, without the plaintiff 3 consent, and
intending to wrong the estate, advertised
in an obscure portion of the Tulare Times
a notice that certain stock on the ranch
would be sold. Judge Wsymire has
granted the order temporarily epjojping
the sale.