Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-10-22
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.


The Sharon adultery charge has bean dis
missed.
Tive sharks were caught at Union-street
wharf Friday.
The yellow fever patient on board the
Granada died Saturday morning.
For robbery. Peter Stanley was sentenced
Saturday to imprisonment for life.
The fare to Honolulu in the cabin of the
steamers is s75, or S125 for the round trip.
Wright Leroy, for the murder of Nicholas
Skerrett, has been sentenced to be hanged
November 21st.
Vanderlyn won the first trottiug race at
the Bay District track Saturday. The second
race was not flushed
Since the completion of the Haight- street
Cable Road property on the south side of
Golden Gate Park has increased in value over
80 per cent.
During the past two days 250 return cer-
tifcates have been issued to Chinese who will
depart on the Rio Janeiro. The totsl number
of certificates issued by the Custom-house
officers to date is II, 727.
Auditor Edgar has completed the work of
correcting and copying the assessment roll,
and he will accordingly turn it over to the
Tax Collector Monday. He discharged all
his extra clerks Saturday. The roll will
amount to about 500. .000.
The number of deaths reported in this city
for the week ending October 10, 1888, was 81.
Male, 54; female, 81. Number for corre-
spending week last year, 90. Nativity-Pa-
countries, As; Mongolian, 13; whites, II /;
blacks, l.
1t ia reported the California, Central, Clay,
Spth n str H.,
extend their lines to Central avenue and
thence unite in one route to the beach, pass
ing over the cemetery by an elevated track.
Only one fare will be charged for the trip to
the beach.
The steamship Granada reports that
waiter of the Gslicia, on recent trip from
Montevidio, fell into the sea off the NAL
donado coast, and sailor jumped into the
water to rescue him. While the two men
were struggling in the water. and before
boat could be sent to their assistance, school
of sharks attacked the unfortunates and de-
voured them.
Pietro Mezzara. the well-known sculptor,
who for many years resided in San Francis
co, having for long period a studio in Pio-
neer Hall, Montgomery street, died in Paris
September 9TH last, aged about 60 years.
Among his works in San Francisco are she
statue of Charity" on the Masonic Temple,
"Romuius and Remus on the facade of the
Mechanics Pavilion, the statue of Lincoln at
the Lincoln Grammar School, and he also
designed the statuary on the State Capitol at
Sacramento.
Three Italian fishermen, while fishing near
Angel Island Saturday morning. were very
much alarmed and surprised at seeing their
large net disappear from eight and the tow.liue
spin out as though a whale had been fastened
to the other END. The crew worked for nearly
two hours to secure their capture. aud finally
huge fish was hauled to the surface and was
taken into the boat with great difficulty The
monster proved TO be ten feet il length, four
feet in circumference, and showed an ugly
mouth that opened twelve inches. The jaws
were armed with rows of short, sharp teeth.
The specimen is known as the elephant "
fish, and this is the first one of the kind ever
seen in these waters. Some OF the fishermen
who gathered to inspect the fish say that they
have seen the same kind i'll the Mediterranean
sea,