Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-09-07
FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

al old employe in the locomotive depart
men. of tbe railroad in California, he thought
he might crafty some of his old friends BY
announcing his whereabouts. Hs regrets his
| inability b. describe the strange country in
| which he now finds himself. He accompanies
| bis letter with number of the papers pub.
lished in South Africa, and which, it rIust be
confessed present q strange appearance to the
American eye, as they are like nothing in the
newspaper line with which this people is ac-
| guainted. MIR. Buell. says that the country
is full Of interest, but that which appears to
have seemed most curious to him Is the
Tapping system, by which sta the Illicit it
| be prevented. In his opinion it is
a disgrace to England that it is
+, permitted. Engine drivers in that country
receive very liberal wages, and he desires his
old comrades on this coast to know that he
J has made ns high as thirteen pounds sterling
! per wesk In running an engine there but
from $40 to $50 is the usual wages. But, he
/ says, when oae hss had his say about wages,
he has said all. He AYERS that he has had
| not one equare meal since he left California,
not even in Australia, through which country
he passed. Very evidently Mr.. Buelrs recol-
| lections of his square meals in the Golden
| State are too much for him. Just at the
| time when he wrote there were two excite
ments in Transvaal-smallpox and gold dis
| coveries. He records that on the Fourth of
July the Transvaal authorities fired salute
| of twenty-one guns in honor Of the American
Republic. The Boera, he says, are not cor
Iectly understood in these parts. Oae has to
tavel among them to End out what they
really are. he pronounces them Beers
| by name. and beers in fact and by
nature. This consideration seems to recall
the letter. writer to the subject of eating
again, and he therefore Immediately remarks
that one can get far better meal at the
| Western in this city for song than ore caa
| get at the highest-toned Kimberly hotels for
the liveliest sum. What connection this has
with our misrepresentation of the Boerish
| character, the reader must himself conclude
There are several Americans in Kimberly, he
says and adds that they are all doing we'll
at least, nearly all of them. A few days be.
fore he wrote the place received a reinforce.
ment in tee shape of a number of Mississippi
river sufferers. He had shown the RECORD.
UNION to a number of the leading English.
men in Kimberly as o representative Amer
lean journal, and in every Instance they had
expressed their opinion most favorably to the
American style of paper. Mr.. Buell. says
that the Master Mechanic of enc of the lsrg-
est diamond companies in that place, the
Central" vas at one time mechanic in
the railroad shops at Sacrameptc, and his
AaHiS 10 AhOiAao
GULF OF MEXICO CYcLosE.-Sergeant
Barwick, of the Signal Service, gays The
cyclone spoken of yesterday in the tele.
graphic news from the Chief Signal Officer as
being south Of Cuba and moving in north
westerly direction, will probably be heard
from aE either Galveston or New Orleans.
That class Of storms alauays moves to the west
ward until reaching the latitude of 20' north,
after which their course is more to the
northwest, and from latitude % to 30o
their course is nearly or quite due north,
| from which point they turn almost abruptly
and travel in a northeasterly direction. If
they travel to the northwest far enough to
reach Galveston they generally produce
tidal wave, if IL Is cyclone of much intens-
ity /; from which point it travels north for a
short distance. and thence northeast across
the Indian Territory, Arkansas, Michigan
and Illinois, touching Detroit and Cleveland.
and following the st. Lawrence valley out
of North America into the Atlantic ocean :;
| but ii they trend northward at New Orleans
then the storms center will be near Natchez,
| Miss, Nashville, Tenn, Louisville, KY, CO.
lumbus, O., and out the st. Lawrence river
valley to the ocean by the way of Erie, Pa,
| OF course the cyclone. if OF large area, will
take in in its (devilfish-l ike) tentacles Chi.
csgo and upper Lake Michigan, and Lake
Huron, giving severe and heavy gales on the
lakes, with probable loss Of property. These
particular cyclones follow meteorological laws
that are unfailipg in their action toward
such storms, or those that form q parabolic
course in their apparently cratic course
across a portion of North America.
POLICE CoURT.-The following business was
transacted in the Police Court yesterday d.
Cummings, charged with being drunk, was
found guilty and sentenced to "a hours in the
city prison: William Stone charged with an
assault to commit rape, had his case con-
| tinued to September 9th I; James Turner,
arrested for grand larceny, had the charge
reduced to petty larceny; be was found gull
| ty and ordered to appear this morning for
sentence. Mike Brady pleaded guilty to the
| charge of being common drunk The Judge
gave him GO days in the County Jail to medi-
tate upon the errors of his ways. Norman
D. Nichols, charged with maintaining pub
| lie nuisance, had his case continued until Sep
TENDER 18Th. Robert Jones was broughtin into
Court under two charges of battery. He
| was found guilty and sentenced to ITO DAYS
in the County Jail. All Lee, charged with
misdemeanor, was found guilty, and fned S.
or five days in the County Jail. James Duffy
aud NJ. Crosman, two boys, arrested on
charge of battery, were discharged.
AUCTION FRIDAY.-Bell & Co., auction.
GERS, will sell at auction Friday, September
| Sth, at 1890 A. NJ, at the residence Of Mrs.
! Shangier, No. S27 J street, as follows: Par.
! lor set of four pieces, bed lounge, single
lounge, bedroom set, marble-top center.
table. dining chairs, rockers, lace curtains,
Brussels and ingram carpets and rugs Singer
sewing machine, feather pillows, blankets,
sheets, spreads, Buck stove and fixtures,
crockery, glass and woodenware.
For COUNTY Observation-Disclosures Fay
announces himself as a candidate for the
Office of County Treasurer, subject to the
decision of the Democratic County Conven.
tion, which viii be held TO day. Mr.. Fay is
one of the pioneer citizens of this county has
for many years been engaged in business in
this city; is well and fav0rably known both
in the city and county; is a heavy taxpayer,
and Is is every way representative citizen.
AUCTION SATURDAY.-D. J. Simmons &
Co, auctioneers, will cell at their salesroom,
1913 Fourth street, on Saturday, September
oh, at IL A. NJ, one open pisno-bo
buggy, canopy-top phaetor, lesther-top phae-
ton, light country top.buggy, FIVE other bug.
gies, phaeton ssd harness, large carriage
horse.
COMMERCIAL The steamer Dover came
down from the upper Sacramento on Tuesday
with barge of grsin in tow. The steamer
Pioneer arrived from San Francisco yester.
day with barge of lumber for W. F. Frazer
and the Friend & Terry Lumber Company.
En- RoUTE.-Deputy Sheriff Stephenson,
of San Francisco, passed through yesterday
en- route to Folsom with Pat Murphy. sen.
fenced to the State Prison for one year for
burglary in the second degree.
IMMIGRANTs.-Sixty.n nine immigrants To-
Guiding fifty males passed Carlin yesterday
en- route to California. They will arrive in
this city by the overland train to-day.
OSE.-At the corner of Sixth and K streets
last evening. there was witnessed novel
scene. In front of tie store OF G. Politz was
erected o large platform, and on this in full
uniform was stationed the First Artillery
Band. From that prominent position i.
played for two hours and half the choicest
selections in its repertoire. The band was
there by order of Mr. POLITE to entertain the
hundreds upon hundreds of guests who at
tended upon his grand fall and winter opan,
ing, and the dedication of shs enlargement
of his splendid establishment The in.
PRODUCTION of music on such "a occasion was
a novel feature. But Mr.. Politz believes with
Leland that
''of all the arts, great music is the art
To raise the soul above all earthly storms" :
And that Of all the arts it is the art best EN-
ployei TO adj its notes of me'o 1ious sound
to the celebration Of success in business. Sc
too, evidently, thought the people. fer they
thronged 10 q vast crowd shout the hand.
somely-decorated store front, and when their
souls were satisfied with the stirring strains