Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-12-04
SAN FRANCISCO IFEMs.

The Signal Services reports the rainfall
for the month of November TO be AIS
inches.
Seven hundred and sixty. three immi-
grants were reported by the Immigration
Association to have arrived during the
week ending Saturday, making 8, 466 for
the month of November.
Anxiety is felt for number of vessels
overdue at this port. Among others are
the British bark Khekand, $50 DAYS out
from Liverpool: the bark Missy, IS7 DAYS
from Rio de Janeiro, and the American
ship 81. Joseph, l79 days from Cardiff,
Wales.
Negotiations for the sale of the Fourth
and Market streets property belonging to
the Lick estate are in progress, but the
trustees decline to give the names of the
prospective purchasers, on the plea that to
do SO might in some way interfere with the
contamination of the present prospects. If
disposed of the sum realized will, by leave
of the Courts, be distributed to the benet-
ciaries under the will.
Frank Happersburger, the artist and de-
signer of the Garfield Monument, to be
erected in Golden Gate Park, will leave for
the East, overland, next Tuesday, to make
some arrangements preliminary to COM
mencing work On the monument. He will
visit the widow of the late President at
Cleveland to obtain data, and will also 20
to Washington for the same purpose,
While in Washington he will procure a
copy of the plaster cast of General Car
fields face, taken after death. It is ex.
pected that the monument will be COM
pleted and in position, ready to unyeil in
about eighteen months. The pedestal will
be of two different kinds of granite, from
Placer county. On one of the faces will be
bronze relief, representing President Gar
field in the act Of taking the oath of office.
Saturday afternoon, at quarter before
6 o'clock, Antonio Veda, proprietor of
hotel in st. Helena, Napa county, at
tempted to cross Montgomery avenue, near
KearDy street, ahead of hackney car.
rage, and IN SO doing fell with his right
arm across the track of the Omnibus Rail
road Company just as one of the cars of
that company was approaching from an
opposite direction, and one CT The wheels
of the car passed over the arm. yeda was
taken to the Receiving Hospital by officers
Stokes and Linskey, where Police Surgeon
'Stamhaugh discovered a compound frac.
ture of the arm between the shoulder and
elbow, an injury to the spine and the
fracture of three ribs CD the right side.
These injuries were of srch Character
that Neda died about two hours after he
was admitted into the hospital. E. L.
Libby. who was IN charge of the car that
ran over Veda, was arrested by officer
L'nskey on charge of manslaughter. BE
stated ne did not see the man fall and
knew nothing of what had occurred until
he felt the wheel pass over something and
heard some one cry cut that there was a
man under the car.
The untimely death of Captain Charles
+. Curtis of the schooner w. /. Beebe.
which was announced In the coast dis
patches of Friday, has been followed by
the death OF his wife, Carrie E. Curtis. in
this city. 1t appears that on Thursday
Captain Curtis and party Of sea captains,
VINO were temporarily soiourning at Port
Biakeley, chartered the steamer Blakeley
to go, to Nesqually duck hunting, and in
the afternoon, when preparing to return,
Captain Curtis attempted to remove his
gun from the skiff by pulling the muzzle
toward him. The hammer unfortunately
| caught IN the bottom of the boat, and The
contents of the weapon were buried In his
lett breast, killing him instantly. Tidings
OF the unhappy event were telegraphed to
Mrs. Curtis, at her residence, Nc. $40
Leavenworth street, but as she had been
| very Ill for couple of weeks, suffering
from inflammation of the bowels, the I'M
| welcome information was withheld. Her
| condition, however, became worse, and
Saturday morning, about half-pas 4, she
expired. They had but one child, a bright
boy of 6, who has been taken in charge by
friends of the family. The remains Of the
Captain have been embalmed, and they
will be brought to the city for interment,