Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-11-05
BRIEF NOTES,

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The La Gsiete Club will hold its frs
party st Turner Hall this evening.
Wilbur F. George has been appointed /
Notary Public, vice self, term expired.
One hundred and thirteen emigrants vii
arrive in this city from the East to-day.
The overland train came in last evening
with red-hct box. The flames from the
burning oil almost outshone the headlight oi
the locomotive.
The Natoma vineyard, in this county, will
no doubt in time be the largest in the world.
In less than two years 10000 acres will be
growing vines.
There will be review of the troops of the
Fourth Brigade. N. G. c., by Major. General
Turnbull on Wednesday evening, November
7th, at Armory Hall.
The social given by the citizens of Ala
bama School District Friday evening, for the
purpose of raising funds with which to fur.
nish their new school-house, was well at
tended and proved success.
! City Attorney Anderson aud Judge Nc
Kune will this morning make motion before
the Supreme Court in San Francisco for a
transfer of the bond case of Meyer ct al VS..
| The City of Sacramento from that tribunal
to the Circuit Court of the United States,
The motion will probably bs disposed of at
the November term of the Supreme Court in
this city.
Yesterday afternoon two colored men of
this city, Charles Slaughter and Charles
Brown. fought a prize fight near Guthrie's
station. Ten hack loads of sports were pres.
ent to witness the mill and see fair play.
After two rounds, Slaughter's second threw
| up the sponge. The physicians who attended
Slaughter last evening say his injuries may
prove fatal.
The following registered at the police sta
tion last night: Mrs. Larcener, for disturb
ing the peace; Miss All How, for misde.
meanor Frank Clark, a drunk, and Lewis
Lamott, for grand larceny. Upon the latter
person were found eleven well-make skeleton
keys. of different sizes and pattern. and their
owner will be called on to answer the charge
of carrying burglar tools.
About o'clock Saturday night a still
alarm was turned in for the fire department,
which was caused by smoke issuing from
the rear of Il. S. Crocker 4 Co. y printing and
stationery establishment, on j street. Tom
Rowe. of Engine Company No. 2, and Ned
Cox, of No. l, were promptly on hand and
prevented what would certainly have been a
disastrous conflsgration. Goals from guam
tity of ashes in the engine room had set fire
to some contiguous paper.
The following is the temperature, wind and
weather at II NJ. yesterday, as received by
Sergeant Bsrwick: For Olympia, Az, calm
and fair Portland, 4S', south and cloudy ;
Fort Candy, southeast and cloudy Rose
burg, S9', south and cloudy Red Bluff, 55o,
north and clear ; Sacramento, 54o, northwest
and clear; San Francisco, So, northwest and
clear; Los Angeles, 64' south and clear San
Diego, 69', west and clear Salt Lake, So,
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and cloudy; North Platte. 49,, northwest
and cloudy; Omaha, 59', south and cloudy.
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A BRACE OF SUIcIDEs.-"To he, or not
to be-" was a question settled early
yesterday morning By two citizens of
Sacramento, and their remains are now at
the Morgue, on Fourth street. Frank T.
Meagher, native of New York, lately en-
ployed at the Central Pacific shops, commit
ted suicide in the Railroad Hospital yester-
day. He had been sick for some time, and
becoming respondent through ill health, con-
cluded, as he so stated. to hurry up and
die, as he could not get well. He told a
friend Saturday that he wss going to die that
night, and bid him good by. No attention
was paid to this strange talk, and his words
were forgotten. Sunday morning he was
found dying, having taken a large guam
tity of chloroform. Meagher was one
of the leaders of the Workingmen's s
party. He had wife, but report
has it they lived very unhappily
Christopher Rave, until lately employed as a
locksmith in the Central Pacific shops, was
found in the Capitol Park, yesterday morning
about half-psst six o'clock, dead with bullet
mole in bis right temple. An American bull
dog revolver was found tightly grssped in his
right hand, and he is supposed to have sui
cided. It is reported that he drew his time
| from the shop where he was employed on ac-
count of some little difficulty with lady to
whom he was paying his addresses. A few
days after, the love affair was Strengthened
up, and he applied for his old position. He
was informed that he would be set to work
again 10 few days. he being valuable hand
| in tbs shop. He either became discouraged
waiting for employment, or his course of tr1e
| love ran roughly. Albeit ne sought the Park,
and out on those beautiful grounds 10 the
early morning shot his life away.
CoRoNER's INQUEsT.-The post-mortem
examination of the body of Jesus Rochel was
concluded Saturday afternoon. The pistol
ball which caused his death was found at the
edge of the posterior and superior angle of
| physician testified that the track Uf the ball
and its position where found corroborated
the statement Of the woman as regarded the
relative positions of the weapon and the body
Of the dead man at the time of the fatal dis
charge. The doctor accounts for the fact
that scarcely any bleod came from the
wound, though the great carotid artery was
severed. by stating that the bullet entered
! the flesh while the body was in stopping
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| lar position the muscles acted as valves and
closed the wound, consequently the bleeding
was internal. A letter found in the room of
the deceased, bearing his name, was trans-
lated, but proved to be of no Importance,
being merely the jealous accusation against
the woman OF showing foudness for some
other person. The Coroner's jury returned 8
verdict of accidental death, and Miss Peralta
was discharged.
AN ExACTING THIEF.-The Folsom Tele.
graph of Saturday says John Butler, OF
! White Rock. who some time since had a
horse and cart stolen from him by a pre-.
tended miner, who claimed TO be on q pros.
pecting tour in his locality, has found the
pretended gold.seeker an inmate Of the Fol-
som Prison. He proposed to tell Mr.. But
| Ter what disposition he had made of the
| Iut HOEs6 huu CaAts Dub uCliaGucu u uepOtiL
of $40. After this exaction was complied
with he informed him he had taken them to
San Francisco. where he had sold them to q
| junkman, who had probably disguised them
in such way that it might be hard to recog-
nize them. The horse was branded how
ever, and Mr.. Butler has some hopes of re-
covering it.
WHERE ARE THEY is want.
ed of the whereabouts of one A. H. Parker.
who is supposed to be in California. Any
one knowing his address will please telegraph
to his brother, j. G. Parker, Cleveland, Ohio.
Information is also wanted Of the where.
abouts of Michael O'Brien, John Rudd and
Lieutenant Ernest-all soldiers in the last
war, serving in Company G, Seventh Califor.
MIA Regiment CT Infantry; they were last
heard feom in San Francisco. Address John
A. Avery. Republican Office, Waukegan. Lake
county, Illinois.
TEMPERANCE MEETING The Csliforuia
Temperance Benevolent Society held meet.
ing at their hail last evening. Several names
x,ara aJdad 70 tho rolt and the foIloxiuo rro.