Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-04-10
SAN rsAEc1sco ITEMS.
Archbishop Alenany dedicated ST. Bren-
dams Church Sunday.


Archbishop Alemany dedicated ST. Bren-
dams Church Sunday.
The steam yacht Edith had narrow es-
cape from destruction Sunday.
The late Engineer J. E. Ross was buried
Sunday. The funeral wac large.
The yachts Chispa and Lurline cOllided
on the bay Sunday aud are both damaged.
The steam schooner William Ackmann,
of this port, is ashore near Point Reyes
Light.
The Chinese tsel is now valued by the
officers of customs in the United States at
81 20, instead of 81 q 10.
The funeral of the late Thos. II. Blythe
was conducted Sunday by the Mssons and
Pioneers, and attended by his presumptive
widow.
The receipts for duties at the Custom
house for the rast week were Sl60, 800 IS,
making total since January ls5 of 81
224. Cos 6S.
The final meeting of the st. Patrick's
Day Convention was held Sunday, when
the net receipts at the Graad Opera House
were reported at S402, all of which was
given for the relief of sufferers in Ireland.
John, brother of Judge Robert Ferral,
| died Monday at San Rafael of heart dis
ease. He was 45 years of age, native CT
Ireland, and single. He formerly kept
cigar store here, but has been an invalid
for some time.
The acting commander of the Military
Division of the Pacific has ordered that the
| four destitute Mojave Indians, who came
to this city last week, be furnished with
money and eleven days rations, to enable
them to return to their tribe, near Mojave
Station.
Ex-Auditor Brickwedel died Monday of
pneumonia. The deceased was a native OF
Drangstad, Hanover, born in 1926. and
came to this State in 1851. He vas mem.
Der of the liquor firm of Brickwedel & Co. /;
was Supervisor in 1877, and afterwards
Auditor. The deceased was taken i'll last
Wednesday. He leaves wife and chill
dren.
Henry Willard and party arrived at the
Oakland depot at half-pest o'clock Satur.
day afternoon by special train, having
made the quickest trip on record. The
time consumed in travelling from Sacra-
mento to this city was one hour and forty.
five minutes. The quickest travel over
land was between Winnemuoca and Reno.
The party are quartered at the Palace.
Donald Dinnie, a Scottish athlete, has
been engaged by the Scottish Thistle Club
of this city TO appear at their next annual
picnic and exhibition in Badgers Park,
Oakland. D.nnie, it is said, stands 6 feet
l inch in hight, weighs 900 pounds, and
measures As inches around the chest. Dur
ing his athletic career he has won 6, 600
money prizes and 100 champion medals
and cups. At wrestling, in his own Scot
fish syle, he has never been defeated.
The contest over the estate of the late
Thomas Blythe was begun in the Probate
Department of the Superior Court Monday
morning by the filing of an application for
special letters of administration by Alice
Edith Blythe, through H. E. Highton, her
counsel. This is the beginning of con-
test which viii, probably, have to be set
tied by the Courts, as a thorough search
of the effects of the deceased in the Safe
Deposit vault failed to discover any will.
a well planned attempt to escape from
the City Prison was made at l o'clock Mon
day morning by William De Ford, alias
Butts, and Ned Foster. De Ford is the
man who jumped from the third-story win.
dow of the Appraisers building and broke
his ankle. Foster was also in the hospital
attached to the prison, he having been shot
through the legs by officer Duncan, whom
he had shot in the lung in attempting to
arrest him for burglary. De Ford escaped,
with the assistance of hospital " trusty,
by forcing the lock on the iron door. He
was recsptured at o'clock in the Western
Addition. His escape was discovered be-
fore Foster had time to follow him.
The Internal Revenue collections in the
San Francisco District for the week ending
April 9Th, and since July l, 1882, are as
| foIIou-e.