Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-16
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

during the latter part Of the night call to
mind some Of the elegant and musical pas.
sages Of that wonderful Oriental work called
the Koran, which includes much of the tradi.
tons of the Talmudsts, as well as of the
Arabian and Persian mythoIogies. It il part
of the faith inculcated in the Koran that both
angels and demons exist, aud are part of the
worlds beings, taking part in many worldly
affairs that every man has two guardian
angels, who record his actions, good and evil.
The greater portion of those supernatural
beings are called Jins, and are divided into
several classes for good and for evil The
PeSis, or fairies-hesutifrl female spirits
believe in God and do his words on earth.
(Those who have read Mo?re's magnificent
poem, Lalla Rookh," will remember the
delightful description Of the Peril It is
thought by the people of Oriental countries,
and believers in Mohammedanism, that the
shooting stars which we deserve nightly are
the arrows Of fire of the good angels and
Peris, shot against the evil Jins and deev,
or giants, who traus2ress their limits and APP
proach too near the forbidden regions, CT who
seek TO injure any Of the chosen faithful.
Judging from the great number of shooting
stars visible each night, there must be q very
large number Of very bad spirits making a
general assault upon the faithful, and upon
the sacred realms, which keep the good
angels exceedingly busy in repelliDg the en-.
croachments, with some danger of running
cut of ammunition. Perhaps thu recent in
vasion of some of the Oriental dominions by
John Bull may have something to do with
this unusual display of heavenly warfare, in
the light of the recent Herald correspondence
declaring Nh. Bull yioiater of all rights in
making the assault upon the ancient city of
Alexandria.
He WEIGHED Tos.-There was consid-
cradle sport at the DEPOT yesterday. A joke
was richly enjoyed by large number of by
chambers who congregste from day to day to
watch the arrival and departure of trains.
George IL. Harvey, the deputy pell-tax col
lector, was there also. to see that Chiuamen
do not leave the city without paying the
requisite tax. On this occasion business hap.
pened to be dull, and the officer sought to oc-
capy his time otherwise. Observing pair
OF scales standing near that is used to weigh
heavy baggage on, George thought that he
would weigh himself. and compare notes with
the last time, TO see if the bot weather of the
last few days had melted him down any. So
he stepped on the scales and arranged the
weights that usually determined his avoirdu.
pols but the beam was up, so he picked up
2o0'pound weight and placed it on the
beam. His face Redeemed up. he examined
the scses, aud could see nothing wrong. At
this point he recollected having eaten a We
termeion. and thought it might have petri-
he'd, so he felt under his belt, but found
everything in its normal condition. He
added more weights, until he had sufficient
TO weigh Robinson's big OK. The color in
his face grew deeper, and the scales were
again examined. At this point detective
Burke, who had been standing behind him.
with almost his entire weight on the scales.
and who was unobserved by Harvey, gave
him poke in the ribs. The crowd who
looked on With suppressed merriment could
hold in no longer. The depot fairly rang
with laughter. George acknowledged the
joke, and said that he did not expect to hear
the last of it for some time.
The PRIZE RING.-on Monday last Paddy
Ryan and Sullivan Marks had dispute in
regard to the size of the big OK in Robinson's
Circus The war of words eliminated in
blows. Friends intsrceded and the combat
ants were separated. Yesterday they met at
an uptown hotel, talked the matter over, and
agreed to settle their dispute according to the
rules of the prize ring. The time for the
fight and the place OF meeting was arranged,
seconds chosen, and few, perhaps twenty.
hve, OF those scienced In the manly art were
invited TO the matinee. Promptly on time
the pugilists and those specially invited ap.
J of hotel inciosed by high board fence.
At the signal from the seconds, both men
stepped into the ring smiling and in fine con.
dition.. After sparring few moments, ia
which both exhibited great deal of science,
Ryan got in q left.hander on the nose of
Marks. 1t was stunning blow, making the
blood How and sending Marks reeling to the
other side OF the ring. As Marks fell be
placed his right hand to his nose, TO see IL
any of it was left, and in SO doing exposed to
view set of ugly looking brass knuckles.
The sight of the knuckles caused Ryan to
hastily leave the ring. hotIy pursued by
Marks. Ryan's friends claimed that Marks
had attempted to use foul, and declared
victory for Ryan.
A NARROW EscAPE.-Yesterday moi. ing
about 10 o'clock q lady, who resides near
Freeport, with her 5-year.old son drove to
the Fountain Stables, above Tenth street, 10
put up her team. Just as the lady stepped
to the ground the horses started on a run
down Tenth street. The little fellow secured
the lines sn6 took his place on the seat, but
the horses were running so wildly that bis eff
forts proved futile. They ran to Ninth
street. and there struck heavy farm wagon,
which caused the rupaways to turn and run
back in the direction they came from. The
collision threw the child forward and caused
him to drop the lines. He imm lately re-
gained possession of the lines and took his
seat. Near the corner of Tenth and J streets
John Barrett and another gentleman,
seeing the boys psrilous position, ran into
the street and, at the rick of their lives
stopped the team. The mother was almost
frantic, and in attempting to catch the horses
as they were going up street, narrowly es.
capped being run over. The only damage was
broken wheel on the farm wsgon
LOOK Our FOR BRUIH.-The large and Zero.
cious grizzly bear that has been kept chained
at East Park for the past several months
broke lis chain and escaped Monday even
ing. Ha is wandering around the outskirts
OF the eastern po1tion Of the city and hides in
the brush along the American river A Ger
man who lives on Thirty first street rushed into
the Sherif's Office yesterday, and stated that
bruin had got into his COW pasture the night
before and had run all of his cows off the
ranch. He wished to swear out warrant
and have his bearship Immediately arrested,
The German was sent TO Chief of Police
Ksrcher. and the necessary papers were no
doubt issued.
DANGEROUSLY ILL.-James Tenant is
lying very dangerously i'll at his residence at
Seventeenth and streets. He at one time
was thought to be the best trainer and driver
CT trotting stock on this coast. When occi.
dent, the California Wonder the prep.
erty of Governor Stanford, was in his prime.
he was intrnsted to the care Of James
Tenant. Through his careful handling and
excsiicnt training, Occiient surprised the
sporting world. His best efforts and best
records were made when Tenant sat behind
him. Remnant has been Familiarity known as
Honest jim" He always drove to win +;
money could not buy him.
He sTooD GuARD.--A few DAYS since a
street car ran over a little black cur at Sec.
ond and streets, killing him instantly. A
shepherd dog standing near by witnessed the
accident, walked up to the lifeless remains of
the canine, eyed him for q moment with
look Of pity, and then sitting down on his
launches he guarded the corpse Of his ists
friend and companion. He allowed neither
man nor beast to pass anywhere near the de-
fuuct dog, and for an hour or more people
could not pass that way. Finally some per-
son was found who could coax the dog away.
aad the blockade wEs raised.
DIED OF HEART DIsRAsE.-At an INQUEST
held last evening on the body of woman
who died sud ienly a. the residence Of Mrs.
Cody, on the southeast corner of Eighth and
NJ streets in this city, on Thursday last, the
Jury brought in q verdict follows: 1--WE
mad, from the evidence before rs, the
decsased's mama to be Elizabeth McCurdy,
native of Nova Scotia, about 55 years of age.
and the cAnse of her death to be disease of
the heart"
IMPROVING THE CHAyNEL.-J. T. Card
well, the navigator of the American" has
several parties engaged in taking the ansgs
out of the American river and otherwise i'm
proving Its channel. He says be intends to
have il entirely cleared from its mouth to the
town of Folsom, before the water again rises.
Just SIS soon as the river rises, with the early
fall rains be viii commence bringing the wood
,o,y ha;ro hantad ak Eolsan tn this CITY