Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-09-08
San FRANCISCO ITEMS.

Daniel Keefe, pioneer resident Of this
city, died Thursday.
An invoice Of 5000. 900 in English sover.
eigns from New Zealand arrived Friday.
Isaac Goodkind and Charles Paul were
| arrested Thursday for a number OF lar
cenies.
A conference of agents of transccnti-
mental railroads will be held here this
month.
A young bartender named Rogers shot
| John Sweeney on Market street Thursday
! afternoon.
The Pacific Mail steamship City Of New
York arrived 10 port Friday morning from
Australia, via Honolulu.
The San Francisco Produce Exchange
and the Gail Bosrd stand adjourned until
next Tuesday morning, as Monday will be
legal holiday.
a conference of General Agents of trans
! continental roads will be held at the Pal
ace Hotel between the 20th and 25th of
this month. Rates of fare and wages will
be discussed.
southern end of the seawall, to be used TO
|
the dusty roadway from North Beach
around to Pacific street.
Since the civil service examinations four
of the applicants who passed have been
assigned to duty as Inspectors of Customs,
and two to the clerical and four to the car
riers department in the Postotfice.
Peter Stanley, one of the trio of ruffians
who robbed William Hanna, of Cleveland,
| o, in an alley off Bush street early on
| Wednesday morning, was held to answer
in the sum of S. 600 bail on the same day.
Charles Hugues, LIE Grende Auguste, "
deposited $500 in the Pacific Life Office
Thursday afternoon, thus completing his
stake of 81 900 for his match with Null
doom next Saturday night. Mrldoon has
engaged TO throw the French giant once IN
two houra.
The schooner City of Napa, which sailed
Thursday, returned Friday morning, nav.
ing been in collision when off Smiths
Point, atoat twenty miles north. with the
schooner W. S. Phelps, which also sailed
Thursday. The collision took place about
o'clock ia the morning during thick
fog. Both vessels were BADLY damaged.
The examination of Wright LIE Roy for
the murder of Nicholas Skerrett was be.
gun in Department Two OF the Police
Court Thursday DR.. f. II. Dsnnis,
Patrick DAILY, Samuel Dixon. G. Tacoura,
Thomas G. Maguire, Myra Dixon, F. Phil
| lips, Mrs +. L Ryder and Captain I. w.
Lses were examined. Only one new point
not heretofore made public was developed
during the examination. This was that st
, II o'clock on the morning of the 18th of
! last month-the day on which Skerrett dis
ppesrsd-Skerrett paid a bill at the Office
of the San Francisco Gasiight Company for
gas used in his house st No. 503 Bush
street, and that the bill given him at tkas
time was found IN the second room occu-
pied by LIE Roy.
a party of capitalists in this city are
maturing scheme TO construct and main-
tain salt water bath at possible cost of
$50, 600. The plan is to inclose a sunken
| tank with glass.roofed building, and sur
round IL with dressing-rooms the tank to
be supplied with running water pumped
| from the bsy aud heated. The bath will
be either OF marble or plate glass sides and
floor, and be surrounded by two tiers Of
dressing rooms, finished plainly but nicely,
and well lighted from above during the
day and by electricity during the night.
A restaurant, smoking, reading, billiard
and card.rooms will be attached, and one
day in The week the bath will be placed in
charge of female attendants for the use of
ladies. The scheme is yet in an embryotic
state,