Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-09-11

up the race. Time, hour, 4 minutes.
Auderson's time for the same distance. /
! hour, q minutes. Anderson rode two.
miles farther, when he was stopped and
awarded the race and money. Time.
hour. minutes
THE MULDOoN-HUGUES MATCH.
Tle Athletic Pavilion, at the corner of
McAllister and Jones streets, San Fran.
CISCO. was filled Saturday night with the
crowd that usually attends wrestling
matches. the attraction being a mstch be.
tween William MuldOon and Chss. Hughes.
According to the agreement, Muidoon was
to throw Hughes in two hours wrestling
to win the match. while Hugues, TO win,
had to prevent Muldoon from throwing
him or to throw him himself. Muldoon,
however, failed, and according to the con.
dl'lons lost the match, not having thrown
Hugues in the two hours.
SUITS FOR DAMAGES.
John Mclaughlin has brought suit
against the Central Pacific Railroad Com
pauy for $50, 35l damages for the loss of
his sixteen year-old daughter Kate, killed
in collision at Ravenna station on June
% h last, which collision was caused, It is
sverred, through the defendants neeli.
gence.
William Brother brings suit against the
same company for $50 600 damages for in.
juries received while working for defend.
ant GU September y 1881, st Knights
Landing, he having his ankle wrenohed
and back injured by being caught in an
elevator of defendant which was faultily
constructed.
MORTALITY OF THE WEEK.
OF the ll6 deaths reported at the Health
Office during the week ending September
7th. The males numbered 80 and the
females AZ. Natives of the Pacific coast,
45; of other parts of the Union, II born
In foreign countries, 49; and the nativity
of five decedents was not ascertained Six.
teen OF the number we're Mongoliana
BICYCLE CONTEST
The bicycle contest at the Golden Gate
Fair Saturday was a mile handicap, in
which A. A Bennett was at the scratch.
while W. G. Hull and A. T. Davis received
an advantage of $50 yards and E. W.
Rivers l75 yards. The steely steeds were
speedily marshaled to their respective posi-
tioDs, and when the gong sounded and the
wheels revolved it was clear that Mr.
Rivers was already out of the race. In
deed, there was no serious contest, as Mr..
Bennett passed Mr.. Davis before thew
reached the hslf-mile post, then gradually
closed on the leader, and reached him at
the entrance to the straight, and came
away and won by fifty yards from MIR.
Hull, while Mr.. Rivers and Mr. Davis
trundled slowly but surely past the goal.
The time of the winner was 3:l5.
DEATH OF GEORGE BARsTow.
George Barstow died Sunday morning in
this city, after long and painfnI illness,
! from cancer in the stomach. The de-
ceased was a native of Haverhiu. New
Hampshire, and II years of age. He was
graduate of Dartmouth College. and
adopted law as profession and gained a
high reputation at the Boston bar After
making tour of Europe, he embarked for
California, reaching here in 1858. ana has
since practiced law in this city. He was
elected member of the Legislature sew
eral times, and was Speaker of the House
one term. He was strong advocate of
temperance prominent member OF the
Young Mems Christian Association, and
devoted much time and money to charita-
BILE institutions. particularly the Ladies
Protective and Relief Society. A widow.
but no children, survives him.
AN ELECTRIC MOTOR.
The Mission-street Railroad is about to
experiment with electricity az q motive
power on their road. It was expected that
one car would be put on the road Monday,
bat arrangements have not yet been per-
fected. Much of the necessary apparatus
is now on hand, but the question of eleo.
tricity as a motive power is at this time so
new that more has TO be done than WAS ex.
pected. Several pieces of machinery are
being made, and in the course of about a
week car will be run by the new power.
MISCELLANEOUS,
The Alameda, sister ship of the Mari
poss, is expected to arrive here about Sep
tember 26th.
The Immigration Association reports the
arrival during the past week Of 1872 i'm
migrants by the two overland routes.
The receipts for duties at the Custom.
house for the past week were SI52. IA 90.
making total since January lst Of S.
626 977 u.
The Mechanics Fair will open Tuesday,
but apparently in very incomplete CON
dition, owing to the delay in preparing the
Pavilion, occasioned by its recent devotion
to the purposes of the Corclave.
The number of through passengers arriy.
ing at San Francisco in August over the
Central Pacific and leased lines was 7.75S
and the number departing was 4 ia. For
the corresponding month last year the
arrivals in the same way were 1884 and
the departures 8, 5S5, against 3, 402 arrivals
and 3, $50 departures in August, 1881
On Saturday, September l5sh, the ticket
Offices of the Central Pacific and Southern
Pacific Railroad Companies will be removed
from their present location at the foot OF
Market street. to No. Gil Market street.
under the Grand Hotel
The unfinished race at Oakland Saturday
was won by Prince, Terra Gotta breaking
badly. Time, 2:334. The second race, for
two year-olds, was won by C,rrie c.. from
the Palo Alto stable, in 2:301. The next
race, for the 2;S0 class, was won by Nellie
r. in three straight heats. Time OF last
heat 2;2l.
Lafayette Story, an old resident Of this
city, died suddenly of pneumonia Satur.
day afternoon at his residence, on the cor
ner OF Eddy and Taylor streets. He was
native of Dunbarton, n. H., came to this
coast in lS49 and after brief residence in
Sacramento came to this city, and has re-
sided here continuously ever since He
amassed handsome fortune in real estate
investments.
In the case of John J. O'Brien, ex.As.
sistant Secretary of the State Board of
Harbor Commissioners, and Louis Cohen.
Whar6nger at Mission street wharf No.
q tried in Police Court No. 2, upon
charge of having conspired TO defraud the
State out of $400 collected for wharf dues.
Judge Sawyer, to whom the case was sub
mitted some time since, Saturday decided
that the evidence offered was sufficiently
clear to chow that the crime charged had
been committed, and that the defendants
were guilty thereof.
The Internal Revenue collections in the
San Francisco District for the week ending
September Sth were as follows:
Beer S10s64
Spirits. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1888
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