Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-01-03
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| Sensation in n san Francisco Court.
| San FRANCISCO, January 2d.-Much ex
citement was occasioned this morning OF
| opening Department Five Of the Superio
| Court, when Judge Hunt stated that he haC
been notified by counsel for defendant in thu
case of Lewis vs.. MCCARTHY, involving pos
session of certain horses, that an attempt haC
been made BY tive jurors engaged in the tria
of the case, then pending before tie Court
to defeat the ends Of justice. at the SAINT
| time naming the two-Joseph Z. Selleck anC
M. p. Howe. Judge Hunt, on his own mo
tion, continued further hearing of thu case
and ordered Howes name to be stricken frcn
| the roll. He then ordered evidence taken il
| regard to the charge. The testimony went t.
show that Selleck had offered to sell his vott
| for 5000, representing at the time that thu
other side had offered 81, 900. The Court de
! nounced in severe terms Selleck's action, ant
held hill to answer the charge in the sum o.
81, ,0OU.
The San Francisco Money Market.
SAN Francisco, January 2d.-Money PAID
| upon taxes in December is now getting
| back into circulation through the various
municipal departments. The demand orens
quietly. Indications point TO increased in.
quiry this year. Rates are unchanged, but
rather frmer. Eastern exchange has de.
| clined very materially. It is possible to dc
even better than our quotations call for.
| Fine silver shows some improvement.
Sales have been actually made to-day at the
inside rate. Call loans on first class security
are noted at 5@7 per cent, and the ex.
tremes for commercial loans are 7@9 pei
cent. Mortgage paper is taken by the savings
| banks at 6@9 per cent, and the borrower
relieved of all obligations for taxes to the ex.
| tent of the lien on his property. Drafts on
New York sell at 15@10 cents premium pei
| S100 kilograms on do, 25 cents per 500; Lon.
don exchange, 494@495i for bank bills,
| and 50@50sd for commercial; refined silver
| 15@15d per cent. discount; Mexican dollars
S5@S6c apiece, nominal.
A severe FaII-Body Identified Supreme
Court.
| San FRANCISCO, January 2d.-Robert
Davis met with heavy fall this evening near
the corner of Washington and Montgomery
| streets, and badly fractured his leg.
| The body of the sailor which wss found
| fed as that of John Jurisen, native oi
| Russie, SO years oil. He was one of the
crew OF the schooner Rebecca.
Applicants for admission to the bar will be
examined by the judges Of the Supreme Court
next Monday. following which the calendar
Of appeals in criminal cases!will be taken up
CrOokedness In the Office OF the County
| Clerk at Oakland.
| SAN Francisco, January 2l.-About noon
to-day the discovery was made in the Office
| OF County Clerk Ryder, Of Oakland, thas 9
large number Of bogus warrants had beer
| issued on the general fund of Alameda coun.
| ty. M. P. Kay, Riders deputy, who waI
present when the discovery was made, anC
| who had charge of the books of the office
said he would look into the matter as soor
as he returned from dinner. Kay left ths
Office, but did not make his appearance at all
A warrant for the arrest of the deputy ha
been issued, but up to a late hour be had no
been found. The total number of bogus war
rants issued is 1876, and the total defalcatiol
reaches $40, 200. Most of the warrants ar
in the hands of the Oakland Bank of Savings
| Dairymen's Protective Association.
| PETALUMA, January 2d.-The fourth meet
ing Of the Dairynen's Protective Association
| for Sonoma and Marin convened here yester
day. An Executive Committee OF FIVE, con
sisting of President 1. r. Jewell, Vice
PIeaidens II. Lawrence, Secretary ID. s
Dickson, Treasurer 81. 2. McGleave and L
Pedrigini, was appointed, and the organiza
ton is now in good running order. Tht
| membership roll was augmented by man,
new signatures, and the Association bids fai
to take in all interested in the production anC
sale of genuine dairy products in Sonomi
and Marin counties. There are three loca
organizations in Marin ccunty-at San Ra
fael, Nicasio and Oiema.
Dropped Dead.
| PLACERvILLF, January 2d.-G. A. Brown
a tailor, while sitting in chair in q saloor
this evening, dropped dead. Cause, hear
| disease.
Injured by a Fall-showcr of Mind.
FRESNO, January 2d.-Henry Grosiean
the accredited agent of the French Industrial
| Department, who arrived on last evening
| train from San Francisco, met with an acci
dent that will coBfine him to his bed for sew
eral weeks. He fell into an excavation for
i, cellar, receiving sprsined ankle. Mr.
Grosjean stopped over at Fresno under
orders from his Government to inyestigat,
our facilities for vine growing end wint
making, and our stock and agricultural re
sources generally.
| A show of mud fell in this section yester
day afternoon, covering everything with
| light coating of gray sandy mud AS thu
atmosphere has been perfectly quiet fol
weeks, it was hard to determine where the
sand came from.
| The Farmers Canal Company.
MERGED, January 2d.-Eleven hundred
shares of the stock of the Farmers Cana
Company was sold here on Saturday last tc
| q. H. Huffmen, of this town, and Charlie,
Crocker, President OF the Southern Pacifi,
Railroad Company. The whole number o
shares of the canal company Is 1.574, valued
OF $4,000 By this purchase they have Sc
cured two.thirds of the stock, and will pro
ceed at once to enlarge and extend the canal
and turn the water ready for irrigating al
the valley from the foothills to the San Joa
quin river and between the Merced river anC
Mariposa creek. The enterprise will give
greater impetus to business in Merced county
than anything that has ever taken place, no
even excepting the building of the railroad
Violent Sandstone.
BAKERsFIELD, January I'd The sand
storm, which commenced Sund1y night ant
concluded this morning, was the most sever,
ever known in this county. The railroat
track was greatly obstructed with driftinl
sand, and passenger and freight train col
lided in a sand drift near Paso Creek station
The telegraph did not work, and the air wa
30 thick that it was impossible to see NOR
than thirty feet ahead.
Fortunate Absence.
SAN B0ENAvESTURA, January 2j.-Durin,
tie storm yesterday the lightning followeI
| suc Whc intU buo bclcSrepu OHiCt, IubklnR
loud report, and thence through the groun,
wire passed off comparatively harmlessly
Fortunately the operator was not at her desl
at the time. and the only damage done wa
the melting of portion Of the brass work o.
| the switch.
The Weather I'm southerIy Direction
MERGED, January 2d.-The rainfall yester
day was .16 of an inch. .13 of an inch for tn
storm, and $40 inches for the season.
| SAN BERNARDINo, January 2d.-The morn
ing has opened up with pleasant shower
which bids fair to last and give us goo
wettiDg down. A large amount of snow ha
fallen on the mountains.
| Los ANGELES. January 2i.-The rain con
/ tinuad at ipforvalo uptiI ttta avapino 60 n