Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-07
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS.

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been taken in charge as insane.
Dennis Haggerty, hod.carrier, was run
over by street-car, Friday, and so badly
hurt that his leg had to be amputated.
b. c. Hagan, who formerly lived in Aus.
tin, New, was found dead in his bed at
No. 3l4 Bush street, Saturday. Heart
disease was the cause of his death.
j. G. Iandini is under arrest for having
salmon in his stall out of season. This is
his third offense, and he says he will sell
salmon all the year round, despite the law.
The Chinese crew OF the Arabic have
been supplied with permits to return, and
q number OF Chinese who sail on the Mala.
bar Tuesday have also applied for permits.
The total number issued up to Friday was
l,040.
Captain Roper, Of the AMER Head, left
the necessary papers in the hands of the
British Consul, to be used at some future
time to sustain petition for relief, which
Captain Roper says the owners of the AMER
Head will make to Congress. Such petit
tion could be answered by bill in Con.
gress granting the relief sought for.
The mysterious cracksman, who for some
time past has been causing the detective
force so much trouble by his persistent and
skll'ful work In burglarizing residences, was
run to ground by detectives Lees, Jones,
Coffee and special Ryan, who captured him
on East street. Some weeks ago the police
department received information which led
them to Stockton, and there they identified
watch and chain and other articles which
had been stolen from S. d. Chincoyich's
residence, at No. SOB McAllister street, in
this city. 1t seems that the mysterious
burglar had left this city for Stockton, and
in that place his work had puzzled the au.
thorities as it had here. Becoming too hot
for him he left Stockton, coming back again
to this city, where he has been keeping
quiet through fear of detection. With the
clews in hand, and the mans identity
known, it was simply matter of time for
the arrest to be made, which occurred Fri
day. the culprit being negro, named
Frank Pruitt.
The British ship Cypromene, Capta'n
Gross, from Newcastle, New South Wales,
arrived in port Saturday with somew what
unusual narrative of maritime perils and
phenomenal occurrences. The tersely.
written and urexaggerated history of the
voyage, prepared by the Captain, and in.
harmoniously designated the log, relates
that on June lst, while eff New Zealand,
the good ship encountered heavy gale
from the northeast to north, which lasted
an entire day, and caused a very high sea.
One OF the mountainous waves washed the
vessel from fore to aft, causing her to take
tremendous lurch, and shifting the cargo
badly. 10 stem the turbulence of the sea
the Captain utilized fifteen gallons of oil.
with satisfactory results All hands were
then sent below to trim the vessels shifted
cargo. On June 18th, in latitude l6 de.
grees south, longitude l5S degrees west,
comet was observed, and shortly afterward
the vessel passed through an electrical!
storm, experiencing alternately severe
gales and Gains, interspersed with cleo
trical disturbances, during which balls of
fire flew around the ship, presenting most
brilliant spectacle. Subsequently the yes.
sci experienced fine weather, crossing the
equator July LIST, at longitude l55 degrees
west.
1t happens that the Anti. Chinese Immi.
grafton Act took effect on the day of Il
Chinese Enperor's birthday anniversary.
The Chinese are not only surerstitious, but
60 In tremendously for applying omens,
good or bad, to all character OF coinoi.
dences. When it occurred that the Chi
nese Restriction Act took effect on the
Emperors birthday, there was no end Of
hobnobbing with spirits, familiar and 9th.
erwise, to discover whether the astonishing
coincidence was an omen of good or evil.
1t has been decided to be an omen of good.
SO Chinatown is putting on it's gala toy.
gerry, and the green dragon on a yellow
ground floats aloft in greenery. yellary,
witness Of the general Chinese Joy prevail.
ing. 1t has been decided to celebrate the
occasion In becoming manner on Tuesday
next. Saturday, as preliminary under.
taking, committee of Chinese waited upon
the Chief of Police aud asked permission to
explode bombs and crackers on Tuesday.
AS the Chief Is not authorized to grant
anyone permission to violate city ordi.
nance, the request was denied However,
certain amount of bomb bursting in Chi.
natown will probably be winked at, as it is
IN all parts of the city for the week pre-.
ceding and following the Fourth of July.
The principal Chinese business houses will
be closed up ON Tuesday, and the day will
be passed in feasting and rejoicing. In the
evening number of small merchants will
banquet together, and toast each other IN
the general felicity over the remarkable
circumstance that q certain number Of
years after the birth of their beloved EN-
peror, President Arthur should have signed
bill to exclude the immigration of coolies.