Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-09
SAN FRANCISCO.
Items of Interest from the
Metropolis.

At meeting of the Produce Exchange to
submitted. A committee of seven was ap
pointed to make rules for the conduct ol
| business, and the Board of Directors was
| asked to establish standards of produce, IS
mentioned in yesterdays report. The minor.
ity report. by Horace Davis and G. W. Nc
Near. opposing the call system, as tending to
Introduce gambling feature into the grain
trade, was rejected.
wELL-KNowN ACTION DISMISSED.
The well-known action brought by the Hi
hernia Savings and Loan Society against the
Safe Deposit Company Of San Francisco, to
foreclose mortgage executed byJ. G. Dun
can on the lst of July, 1875, and delivered to
Fl. T. Teschemacher and George H Howard,
assignees of the plaintiffs, to secure the pay
ment of Duncans promisaory note for $780,
600. was dismissed to-day by Judge Sullivan,
under stipulation filed by the attorneys in
the case.
THE CHINESE.
The steamer Gaelic brought 500 Chinese
passengers.
A Chinese woman answering to the name
of All Sus was convicted to-day in the Police
Court on the charge of keeping an opium den.
She is the first female ever found guilty Of
keeping an opium den in this city.
SOLVENT BANKS.
The Bank of British North America (San
Francisco agency has been examined by
Bank Commissioners Watt and White, and
found to be solvent.
The Bank Of British Columbia tSan Fran
cisco branch) was examined, and found to be
solvent.
ACTION FOR DAMAGES.
Anna j. Parker has brought an action in
the Superior Court against the San Fran
cisco Woolen Factory, to recover S25. 600
damages for alleged neglect in not covering
tank Of boiling dye and providing suitable
scaffold upon which to work. for lack of
which precaution Frank G. Parker was pre-.
cipitated into the boiling dye and fatally
scalded.
THE FREEMAsoNs.
All the Masonic Lodges in the city have
appointed committees to receive contribu-
tions, in response to the circular issued by
the Grand Lodge of Ireland, for grand
Masonic fair to be held in Dublin during
Easter week. The object Of the contribution
and fair is to defray the debt remaining on
the school erected by the Freemasons of Ire
land for the education of the orphans of de-
ceased members of the craft.
MORTALITY REPORT.
The death rate, so far for the present weeF,
is unusually high. The chief cause is pner.
monia. On Saturday eighteen deaths were
reported, Sunday s, Monday 81, Tuesday %
and q to-day.
NATIONAL LAND LEAGUE.
The meeting of the Brennan Branch of the
National Land League called to take place in
McCreagh's Hall, Fifth avenue, tonight.
failed of quorum, ard adjourned to the call
Of the Chairman.
HELD TO ANSWER.
The examination of Isaac Barman, the
having obtained goods by means of false rep
resentation from merchants of this city, was
concluded before Judge Resepbaum, and the
accused held TO answer on each charge, with
bail set at 81, 600 on each.
ANOTHER CLUB.
Another Work. gm EMS Club was organize
tonight by Denis Kearney.
LAND SUIT.
The United States Circuit Court was occu-
pied to day with the suit of Charlotte Hay
ner VS.. J. A. Stanley. to recover q tract of
$40 acres of land situated in Napa valley
Judge Stanley testified that the value of the
property in question was between 500. .0OO
and Sl5O,000, although it was assessed for
Only $4,000.
ARRIVAL FROM THE ORIENT.
The steamer Gaelic arrived to-day from
Hongkong. via Yokohama, but brings no
later news of interest from China.
YOKOHAMA, January 24th.-Doctor Ia
kepa Impei, President of the Aichikn
Assembly, A,kaua province. was decapi-
tated in his house and his wife morta'-
" wounded by three unknown men, who an
bounced that robbery was not their motive
partisansbp. Deceased WAS prominent and
public spirited man.
A severe gale occurred at Nishinaru.
Houses and trees were blown ,wr, and ves-
sells in the harbor sustained much damage. A
steamer was sunk in Harina Bay.
TIE preliminary investigation of the de-
mand of the Japanese for treaty revision has
been held by the foreign Ministers, bu. they
will do nothing until the arrival of British
Mif lister Peaks.
kilograms are received by the Japanese
Governments announcing the sppsintment Of
John Russell Young as Minister.
japanese journals state that Bingham,
present United States Minister, accepts an
appointment on the staff of the Japanese
Ministry of Justics The reorganization of
the Ministry has induced some trouble. Ito,
Home Minister, has been anonymously
threatened with assassination.
MISCELLANEOUS.
f. W. Leicken's creditors have fled peti.
tion to have him declared bankrupt.
Mr.. Sheridan's personation of King John,
Monday night, at the Baldwin, was a COM
plete success.
The investigation into quarantine affairs
still continues. The prosecution is now re-
examining DR.. Lawlor.
Ho OduSIdt dCiuC h1iikOhu SOup1up HAS
paid the Immigration Bureau s150 so, in &C.
cordance with its subscription.
the Chief Engineer of the Harbor Commits
sioners reports the teredo as eating away the
timbers of the San Rafael ferry slip.
Public administrators Leman has depos.
tied $50, 900 in the treasury, bsing the money
derived from estates upon which he has ad.
ministered.
The testimony sgainst Best, the defaulting
clerk of the Lighthouse Department, is be
ing prepared for the consideration of the
Grand Jury.
Adolph Sutro has given $3.50 to the German
General Benevolent 81 cietv for the purchase
of additional books for the library of the
German Hospital.
The Captain Of the ship Armenia, which
arrived yesterday from New York. reports
that on the 24sh of last November Gunnar
Wielson. a native OF DiammeD, died on
board of the vessel, of consumption, and was