Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-12-15
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
cooLAr,s CASE CONFINES.

benson at 10 a. NJ yesterday. il being the
seventh day of the trial. A number of cleo
tion officers were examined in regard to the
mode in which TIE election and the counting
Of the ballots was conducted. Among these
were Samuel johnson and w. a. Anderson,
Judges R. b. SERVER. Inspector, and D. T.
Beverage, Clerk, of precinct ; Chris. Green,
Inspector, and J. z. Dalton, Clerk, precinct
2; /. NJ. Lincoln, judge, Sutterville pre-.
ciact; and g. w Carey, Judge, precinct 8.
County Clerk Berkey received his customary
amount Of examination. Charles Schmidt
the printer cf the Peoples ticket was
also called IS q witness. Supervisor Butler
wac examined in regard to the opening of
some al the pac&sges of ballots in the Super.
visors' room at the time the official canvass
was made. N. I. Groeneveld was called TO
testify 10 regard to ticket which had bsen
found with his business stamp upon its back.
and he ssii It was not the ballot which he
cast, nor did he know by whom it was voted.
W. a Anderson, one Of the jndges Of pr,-
cinct l, testified that when the ballots v ere
taken from the baliot-box in that precinct
and counted, it appeared that there was one
more ballot than was shown by the poll-list.
and he stated that it was the iEtention, should
they finl the count of the ballots to he correct.
to throw out the last ballot reached but at
that time il wss entirely forgotten. and they
Were ali counted. y. A. kidder, the Court
house iaui:or, was EXAMINED in regard to the
keys OF the vault in the Supervisors room.
TIE Court then repaired to the vaGi. in quss-
tion and made personal examination. This
closed the testimony on both Sides
Couasei 70. the contestant briefly stated
their claims, namely, that Coglan has 50
more vo,es than Beard that there were
errors in sixteen different precincts through
out the county which had been made by the
ID
corrected, make 81 aggregate gain for Cogla,i
OF 81 votes; that through the same errors
Beard heG teen given IS more votes than he
sctually received; that evidence now before
tie Court shows that nine votes which were
cast for Cog an ia the First Precinct had not
been counted for him by the Board Of Elec-
ton that siZ votes IN the same pre- siact were
counted for Beard which were not cast for
him that ia Precinct u the official returns
gave CUglap 30 aud Beard 3D. and that an
examination showed that Coglan should
have bad 2Il votes counted for him,
while Bsara's count was correct; that
in Precinct where Coelan had 15e
votes scereGitsd to him, there should have
been l59 votes counted for him that in Pre-
cinct 3 the Board Of Election gave Coglan
119 vOtss, while he should have had IS5 votes,
shown BY testimony that in the same
precinct Beard was accredited with 1913 votes,
and according to the recount he is only en-
SiLlSG 20 AGJ votes LfltsS III IrecincE NOglan
was accredited with hut 344 votes, while he
should have been given 3j4 votes, while
Beard Wa accredited with $50 votes and was
entitled 10 33l th6t Ia Precinct Al Ceglan
should have been given S24 votes instead of
322, while Beard should have teen given 32l
votes instead of 331 that Coglan should
have b5en accredited with votes more and
Beard 2 votss less at Guthrie's Precinct;
that Cogiap should have haa counted
for him enc vote more in Precinct z,
ore ~ more each in Prscinc's -
10, p anS t51 /; that Coglan received in all 81
votes more than be was accredited with by
the various Election Boards; that in all
Beard was ,red;ted with Is more votes
than were cast for him and that the iudg-
ment Of the Court should be that Coglan has
plurality over Beard Of 80 votes.
5. 5. Ho!l viii open the sIgame nt proper
this morning at II o'clock. Council for re-
spondent will arsue against the counting of
the returns from Precinct 1, and if counted,
that the official returns should be used and
not the result of the count made by tie
Court. L is thought that the case will be
submitted to-day.
RAILROAD IMPRovENENT.-The filling on
the northeast side Of China slough by the
railroad company is progressing as rapidly as
possible. There sre now le5 teams employed
in the work Of hauling earth. The material
is obtained near the Sacramento river, Just
north OF the Pioneer Touring mills. Besides
the drivers Of the teams there are 81 other |
laborrrs employed. OF these 70 are China
men. There are more te3ms being added |
every day, A man with o span Of horses re-
csives s. per day. This is 80 cents more |
than has been paid oy the company at any |
other time Tor the past eight year,. The work |
is being done under the direction of Ben, Il,
Croker, John Beck acting as foreman. Al
together there has been two weeks hauling
done, AMI Mr.. Beck states that it will take
100 teams two months loE ger to complete the
work. l. is he intention to make the fill 200 |
by 400 fee, for building site, and should the
weather permit it will be filed 100 feet wider
for yard room. Two foundries will be erect
ed on the place, each Building being 100 by
200 feet in dimensions. One of these will be
used az a wheel foundry, and the other for
general work.
ARRESTED FOR FoRGERY.-Two young men
have been swiudling the business men of thi,
and other places tor some time past, by re.
presenting themselves as being collectors for
McKinrey' : Paeifc Cons. Direc DRY. A num-
Der of Sacramento business houses are suffer-
ers in small sums. Mr.. Mckinney reported
the matter TO The police authorities here, and
came to the city himself In search of the
men, but they had left for other fields of
operation. kilograms were sent to a number
OF placss north and east of Sacramento. and
yesterday morning q message was received
from Justice of the Peace Ia Dutch Flat
stating thst the men had been arrested. Ia
answer to a telegram il was stated that there
were three Clrr.os az sinst them at that place |
aud Mr.. Mckinney left for Dutch Fiat on
the train last evening. Tne names of the
men could not be learned.
AUCTION To DAY Bell 4 Co. will sell by
public auction to-day, at 1880 NJ, large
lot Of furniture and other household goods.
The ssle will toke place ct their salesroon,
No. 9l6 J street. The goods to be sold con.
slst IN part as follows: One parlor set, one
walnut set, che spring and top mattress, one
l.cctave uisso, two sirGle lounges, one bed |
lounge, two dining tables, two saloon tables, !;
three kitchen safes, six white blankets, three
Brussels carpets, two ingram carpets also,
one small house of furniture, consisting Of |
one cook sscvs and fxsur s. safe, tables, chsirs,
parloT stow F, crockery, glsss and tinwsre,
loo feet Of matched partition and DOORS The !
sale of jswelry will continue every evening", |
commencing at 7:S0
FREIGHT To APRrvE.-Freight fer Sscra-
mento passed Ogden on the 1lth instant as |
follows For Central Pacific Il .ilroad, case |
and barrel lanterns, s coils and Is bundles |
pipe, , boxes iron poe fittings, box glass |
signs A J. Veile, , barrels and Foxes
plated ware Bnosh 4 Co, barrels W iskY ;
Kirk, Gsary Il Co, csses drugs: Joseph
Hahn & Co, . cases paint; Van Heusen &
Huatoon. s boxes chairs; l. cks & Lsvensop,
boxes wood brackets A. A Van VOORHEES,
& Co, , cases brushes; Huntington, Hopkins
4 Co, 90 plates iron; Holman, Stanton 4
Co, carload plows.
Police CoURT. = The following business
was trsnsacted n the Poiiee G5dss yss.ssaas5ys:
Jack Sullivan, vsgrsnoy, continued to De.
center 18th All LING, petit lsrcsny, dis
missed.
SPECIAL We place on our glove counter
this morning fifty dozen Kid gloves, two anG
three button. 20 close. st 25 cents pair.
Fsrcy Goods Department, Red House
where you can find sli the new styles of silk
and lace hsndkerchiefs. for the holidays.
BRYTHTEG GoEs.-They are making