Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-04-12
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

lUGaL lmiElLiGEMGE.
NEW Observation-Disclosures Cooke 4 Son
have opened new and what promises to be
an important industry in this city. For
many years they have conducted what Is
known as the Pioneer Box Factory, on the
corner of Front and NJ streets. They have
been manufacturing all kinds OF boxes aud
fruit packages, excepting berry baskets. The
manufacturing of this class of free packages
requires an entirely different class OF machin-
cry and labor from that used In the making
of the ordinary fruit boxes and crates
About fifty feet east OF the oox factory, In a
large and coramodious room, Cooke Son, at
an expense OF several thousand dollars,
have placed all the machinery necessary
for the carving on sf this important indus
try The power to run the machinery Is
transmitted from the box factory by large
endless wire cable. In the new building is a
complete saw mill This has been built for
the purpose of converting logs OF sycamore,
cottonwood and other trees that grow In our
immediate neighborhood into basket. making
material. Here we fad band saw, slicer
and molding machines of various kinds. All
of this machinery, which works admirably,
It NAV be said to the credit of California, was
constructed in this city. Around the room
are nicely mads work tables with all the i'm
plements and tools used in the construction
of the berry baskets. In front of these
tables, all seated on comfortable stools, are
fifty workmen. all busily engaged and turn
ing cut thousands of those neat little baskets
per day. These workmen are not Chinese.
No Chinamnn need apply here. They are
white boys and girls, varying in age from y
to 20 years. Messrs. Cooke & Son have
started in to solve the Chinese problem, and
if other manufacturing enterprises would fol-
low their example its solution would be q
matter of very short time. The cottonwood
trees that groH so plentifully throughout our
valley is the material used for making those
baskets.
SUNDAY LAW Enthusiastically morn
ing the case of Joseph Goddard for the vio-
Iation of the Sunday law, came up in the
Police Court. Judge Mcfarland addressed
the Court at considerable Length, and asked
the dismissal of that and all similar cases
that were to follow He said ten years ago
this thing was tried, three cases were prose-
cuted, the iuries failed to agree and the
matter dropped. In Woodland and many
other towns on the coast, one and two cases
have been tried, the people have been con-
yinced that y conviction cannot be procured,
and the matter has been dropped. In this
city we have tried three representative cases,
and verdict of aoquittal has been returned
in each case by iuries composed of good men,
and it looks as though it were foolish to pros
ecute this matter further. City Attorney
Anderson stated that he did not feel justified
at this time to dismiss the cases. However,
he agreed with the editorial in the RECORD
UNION Yesterday morning. He would like to
have the case postponed for few days for
further consideration. After consultation
between the Court and attorneys the case was
postponed until the first Monday In May.
This is virtually Abandonment OF the
prosecution of the cases. The case when
called up for hearing at the time appointed
will in all likelihood be dismissed.
POLICE COURT In the Police Court the
following was transacted yesterday: All Lip,
charged with All assault to do great bodily
harm, had his hearing and was discharged.
Lewis Cush, charged with vagrancy, was
found guilty and sentenced to serve 80 days
in the chain-gang. Barney Timmons, who
made his bed on the sidewalk, was assessed
S. or five days in the city prison. Jim Nc
Laughliu, charged with vagrancy, had his
case continued until this morning. John
Leonard, charged with malicious lnlscnie',
was found guilty and sentenced to pay hne
of $40 or serve ten days in County Jail
Barney Donahue, for petit larceny, was SEN
fenced to pay fue of 500 or serve as many
days in the chsin-gang. John Waters,
charged with being drunk, was fined 50 or
FIVE days in the city prison. Thomas Iobln
was charged SIS or 70 days in the County
Jail for disturbing the peace and battery.
All Shuck, charged with misdemeanor, was
sentenced to pay S.. The case of Joseph
Goddard. charged with violating the Sunday
ordinance, went over till May LIST.
QUICK TINE Edward Rand was brought
into the Police Court on Monday morning on
a charge of vagrancy. He stood upon his
RIGHTS as an American citizen, denied the soft
impeachment and demanded a jury trial
The RIGHT of Mr. Rand to be allowed jury
trial was not denied. The Bailiff summoned
jury Of twelve men /; they were sworn In to
try the cause. The witnesses testified, the
defendant made his statement, the jury re.
tired, with instructions from the Court, and
came back with a verdict of guilty in just
seven minutes from the time that Edward
Rand proudly remarked: Your Honor. l
demand to be tried by jury OF my peers"
IScoRPoRArKp.-Avtic of Incorporation
have been filed with the Secretary of State
of the Riverside Fruit Company principal
place of business, Riverside, San Bsrnsrdino
county Directors-B. d. Burt, A. Keith,
o. s. Dyer. II. B Everest, B. L. White, b.
s. White James Bettner; capital, 500 600,
in l 900 shares. Also of the California Vol
cano Water Company principal place of
business, San francisco; Directors-C. A.
Miller, Ii. Fahrenkrug F. w. Voegelein, NJ.
Fitzpatrick, G. Klpe, j. T. Smith, H. Lock-
mann, l.. Huerstel and F.. Rentschier !;
capital, s. 600 600. in 80 900 shares.
BoUNn FoR WASHINGTON TERRITORY -
Yesterday afternoon several carloads of i'm
migrants arrived in this city on the overland
train from the East. One hundred and
twenty-five Of the party were from Kansas
City, Mo, and were en- routs to Washington
Territory. They had stopped few hours at
Rocklin yesterday, and all the men, women
and children had their hats decorated with
beautiful wild A,wers. They expressed them
selves as being highly delighted with the ap-
pearance of California.
MERCHANDISE REPORT The following
freight passed Ogden for Sacramento on
the S.h: For Huntington, Hopkins & Co.,
l car iron, car nails, q bundles and l0l
bars steel Geo A. Davis, l car wagons and
fixtures; Continental Oil Company, l car
oil; Adams, Mcneil 4 Co., 5 boxes cocoa.
nuts; Weinstock & Lubin, 5 cases quilts, 2
boxes dry goods Hale Bros. & Co, bale
and l box cotton goods, boxes clothing /.
Anderson l. Hamm, 10 cases hats.
UPPER R1vER-The steamer Governor
Dana, Captain Page. came down from ia
cinto yesterday morning with / 1856 sacks Of
wheat. of which / 500 were consigned to Nc
Creary's Sacramento Mills From parties
who were on board of the boat 1t is learned
that the water ia the upper Sacramento Is
falling, aud that force of men are engaged
in stopping the break on Grand Island, Colusa
county, with good success.
TAKEx TO FoLsoM-Yesterday Joseph
Orn. Deputy Sheriff, took from this city to
the Folsom State Prison. john Demsey. who
was sentenced few days since, by Judge
Clark, to four years imprisonment for may
hem.
EXAMINATION OF APPLICASTs.-The City
Board of Examination will hold an examina-
ton for teachers certificates at the Hish
School building, corner Of Ninth and NJ
streets, to-day. commencing at $50 A. NJ
IMMIeRAyTs. Ono hundred and thirty