Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-09-14
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE:

EXPLOSION oV ALooHoL.-Y esterday af-
ssrnoon P Fuchs, who keeps cigar store on
x street, near Fourth. left his 13.year. old
500 in charge of the store for short time.
About O'Clock the lad found the slcohoi
vas nearly exhausted from the cigsr.lighters
aud undertook TO replenish them. Hs al
lowed ths gas 70 burn during the time he was
illing the alcohol receptacles, ard while in
.ae act of pouring the liquid from half
gallon can, o man took up one OF the little
sOrches aud put it in the blaze, 80 as to light
acigar. It is thought that drop of burning
alcohol fell in such manner ss to c0mmuni.
cate the blaze 70 the can. At any rate the
can exploded in the boy's hands, burning bin
about the head, peck, hands and chest quite
severely. He was Immediately carried into
Hammers drug stOre, and his wounds were
dressed. His father returned about the time
this was completed, and sent the boy home in
hack and sent for q physician. The lad
states that there WAS only about pint of sl-
Cohol in the oSD, to which fact it is probable
that he owes bis life. At late hour last
evening the patient was said TO be as easy So
could be expected. and YVES doing well.
METROPOLITAN TEEArER. The Metropol-
itan Tbestes was deDsely packed last night.
''Rosedale' was well played, and presented Mr..
Grismer il q new line, as also Miss Davies,
both winning warm applause and well de-
served commendstion. Miss Pierce ives
noticeably successful as Lady May. The
lady gives evidence Of long step in advance
since she wsB last here, while the progress Of
the leading lady, Miss Davies, is matter of
general comment. She has developed
breadth Of conception Of the idea Of the text
nd IS
nicer discrimination in reading, a greater
nsturslness and ease of manner. The sup
port last night was good, and very much of
Toe even success Of the play was due TO the
work OF Mise Douglas, Miss Butler, Miss
GRrmap, and MessrA Stevens, Thsyer and
Roberts Even and reliable stock actors are
such rarity in these days as to command
special notice. Tonight the romantic
drama of Bnooh Arden"
POLICE CoURs. - Yesterday the Police
Court was held By Justice of the Peace
a,omas w. Giimer. Judge Henry being ab-
tsnt. The business of that tribunal was dis
posed of As follows: John Grouse, drunk,
lined s.. or in default of payment, five days
in the city prison. W. @. johnson, disturb
lug the peace fined 81 and costs. Mrs. Dsw-
son, for similar offense, was punished in a
ike mRuDet. ana JODn OaWSOn, Tor q IKE
Ctfense, was Eued SO, and in case OF non
payment to remain ten days in the County
Jail. The following were discharged, to wit:
4. Mccarthy, healthy beggar @. Brown,
misdeDeanor, on payment of costs James
Wilson, stealing 8 ride on railroad cars
These cases were continued to the 14th inst.
viz: Maud SilyeFstein and w, H Wilson,
grand larceny.
SMALL PAI.-Some burglars entered the
ofics of the Pacific Ice Company on street.
between Fifth and Sixth, Wednesday night,
and drilled hole into q small-siz cd safe near
the combination lock, and by means Of pow.
der blew the lock open and robbed the safe
The safe contained $50 in coin and 50 or So
worth Of postage stamps, which the thieves
pOcketed. The Job was well done, but the
pay they got fos It was small. The safe and
contents were the property Of Jacob Hoehn.
This loss was discovered yesterday morning,
and q Deighbor thinks he heard the sound Of
ths explosion about 10 o'clock on the night of
Wednesday.
AUCTION SALEs.-Bell & Co. will sell on
tomorrow, at 1890 A. n, at their salesroom.
9l6 J street, horses, buggies, wagons, harness.
furniture, snd twenty-eight trimmed hats,
stc Also, Bell & Co. will sell on Monday,
September l7sh, ct the residence Of Mrs
Jones, northwest corner of Tenth and K
streets, over Lambert & Co.'s store, com.
mencing st 10 q. N, very large assortment
Of all kinds OF hue furniture sets, carpets,
mattresses, pillows, bedding. and household
appliances generally.
That ROEAEAI.-We learned yesterday
that the horse which ran away from Twenti.
ath Il
owned by Nelson Wilcox that Miss Wilcox
was thrown ont Of the buggy and badly
bruised ; that the buggy collided at Twenty
fourth and O strests with some trees, which
relieved it OF ist top. The boy mentioned in
our item OF yesterday managed to stay with
the buggy until the horse had carried it sev-
ersl miles beyond the city limits. to his home
STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. .-Yester.
day morning the State Board of Equalization
Wss in session, hearing the cases of the coun-
ties of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and
Tehama. The former sent o written protest
against the increased assessment, while the two
latter counties we're represented by delegations
of officers and citizens Last evening the
Board was occupied in hearing the San Fran
cisco case
TIE FIRRBRL1. after IL o'clock
yesterday e small house occupied by Mrp.
Powers, at Fifth and Q streets, was burned.
The FIRE department Was called out. Il be.
longed to IL. Pungey. The alarm came from
box 81. The property could not be saved
In few minutes another alarm was turned
IN from the same box, snd this time o shanty
ON Y street. Dss- tue gas works was con.
sulned.
ASoTBKB BUBeIARr.-At an early hour
yesterday morning the saloon of Philip Sieb-
snthaler, on Il street, between Twentieth
and Twenty-frs., snd just south Of the Agr,
cultural Park, wts entered BY burglars and
the till was esbbej of over 500. The thieves
went through ths house and relieved q street
car driver. who wss rooming over the saloon.
of gold watch.
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