Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-01-22
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

NATION occupied the greater part OF the day.
He, next to Williams, is the most important
witness for the prosecution. He testified that
Walden arranged with him to commit per-
jury on the Williams trial, aud that both he
and Walden committed perjury on the first
Williams trial. He was rigidly cross-exam.
ined by the defendants counsel. T. J. Drsis,
q brother-in-law of Williams, testified that
Williams came TO his place near Pennington,
San Joaquin county, between and 9 o'clock
on some day in October. 1875 and but few
days before Williams arrest, and with
Mackall, and that the two men changed
horses, as Williams testified. After the ex-
animation of Drais tho Court adjourned until
10 a. N. to-day. During the day there were
several tits between attorneys and between
the attorneys and witnesses.
The CoLD WEATHER. The excessively cold
weather of last week still continues. The
minimum temperature yesterday was 24' and
the maximum 42'. Water pipes have been
frozen in some places in the city, and many
waste pipes have been solidly frozen, Ice
was formed during Saturday night an inch
and half thick, and yesterday some urchins
were skating on pond north of the railroad
depot. Skating on pond in Yolo county be-
yond Washington, known as Green's lake.
Uesc ASPOAeCo 90 duAtC BOOu yesterday uDEn-
ing, while the current ia the Sacramento
river has been bringing down ice cakes for the
last two days. The temperature of the Pa
cihc Coast at A. N. Yesterday morning as
received at the Signal Office by Sergeant Bar
wick, was as follows: Olympia, 2S9; Port
land, 2S'; Roseburg, 23'; Mendocino, 39' !;
Red Bluff, 26'; Sacramento, 30'; San Fran
cisco, So Visalia. 25' Los Angeles, $40;
San Diego, So. At noon the temperature
east of the Rocky Mountains was Salt
Lake, " I; Denver, 26'; North Platte, s. I;
Omaha, 3 below zsro; Yankton, o. below
zero.
Y. NJ. G.. A.-The Young Mems Christian
Association in this city, a. the annual meet
ing held last week, elected as officers for the
ensuing year the followi-s; President, w. S.
Bsssett; First Vice ra-,isnt A. J. Han.
son: Second Vice President. T. b. I.swist
Treasurer, G. A. Maydwel; Clerk, ]. L.
RobiEette; Financial Secretary, ]. Wood
bridge; Auditor, IL. n. Miner; Directors
on behalf Of the Sixth-street NJ. L. Church.
ID. w. Hoffman; First Presbyterian Church,
~. N. Denton; Fret Baptist Church, II.
Huntsman: Kingsley Chapel, w. II. Walters;
Calvary Baptist Church, III. L. Parker:
United Brethren. l.. Awker; Fourteenth
street Presbyterian Church. G.. II. Tenbrook;
Episcopal Church. L. G. Darrell; Christian
Church, +. II. Gaines; NJ. +. South, p. II.
Russell. A vacancy exists in the Director
ship from one or two of the churches, which
will be filed at the next regular meeting of
the. Association.
BRAKEMAN KILtED.-While the emigrant
train which left this city at $40 yesterday
morning was switching some cars at Elk
Grove, brakeman named George Ii. Lander,
In attempting to get on a moving car, fell
under the wheels and was killed instantly.
The fall was caused by post of which he
caught hold, breaking. The remains were
brought TO this city on the express, which
arrives at 2:10 P. NJ, and were taken charge
81 by Coroner Clark, who will hold an in
quest on Tuesday. Lander was an unmar.
ried man, about % years old, and a native of
Boston, where his relatives reside. He was
nephew of Hon. A. A. Sargent. He came
to this coast about two years ago, and has
been residing in Oakland. But a few DAYS
ago he was talking of going to see his folks in
the East, and said he would start as soon as
the cold weather was past.
FREIGHT TO ARRIVE. - The following
freight for Sacramento passed Ogden on the
18th instant For E. w. Melville, l box
brass castings: Joseph Hahn & Co, 1 bag
seed, boxes gum, 5 boxes drugs, 10 boxes
soap Huntington, Hopkins & Co., 252 spools
wire, 100 bundles bar iron J. R. Watson, 1
box tin car scale, "a car wheels M. Meister,
6 bundles wagon springs, 6 bundles shafts
Scofeld Tevis, q barrels chimneys Lind
ley 4 Co., ITO cases lard Biilingsley & Co.,
ITO boxes clothes.pins Henry Eckhardt, l
box cartridges; Mrs. E. w. Wiadmann. bar
rel candy; Van Heusen & Elntoon, 10 boxes
chains A. A. Van VOORHEES, & Co., 2 cases
whips; Thomas Harper, cases boots and
shoes. Passed Ogden on the 10Th: For
Henry Eckhsrdt l case fishing tackle; Sco-
field Tevis, % barrels of glassware; A.
Coolot. case cigars.
FTzGERALD.-Lsst evening Deputy Sheriff
Hickey left on the overland train for Reno,
New, as a witness before the Grand Jury,
which will tomorrow make an examination
into the case Of R. F. Fitzgerald, alias +. G.
Wilson, alias F. W. Emmerson, alias Ira L.
Evans, alias Charles d. Williams, alias o. r.
Payne, alias II. G. Wright, alias J. B. Ran
dolph, alias G. q. Schofeld, who is charged
with forgery. The first alias is the name
which he goes by at the present. Hs is
known in this city as FITZGERALD, under which
h0mC hO az ohC bL1dll DlhCkIQdll-
ing paper. There is now a warrant at lone
City, Amador county, charging him with the
grand larceny of team and blackboard,
which he left in Wheatland after obtaining
some money on it.
SHOOTING AFFRAY.-On Saturday evening
after D. Mckay, who keeps harness shop,on
street, had paid the men in his employ, got
into dispute over an alleged debt of SO.
After some words one of the men named
Frank X Stecher drew pistol and fred at
the alleged debtor. the ball striking him over
the left eye aud glancing off, causing only
slight wound. Stecher made his escape from
the store, but about 9 o'clock yesterday morn
ing he was arrested at the Pacific hotel by
Officers Sager and Frasee and taken to the
with intent to commit murder was placed
against him.
CoMMERCIAL,-Since last report river steam.
ers have arrived as follows: San Joaquin
Nos. 2 and 8, from San Francisco with gen.
ersl merchandise and barge of freight for the
upper Sacramento Varuns, from the upper
Sacramento, with barge Of grain. Departed
San Joaquin No. 2, for San Francisco, with
barge of grain; Varuns, for the upper Sac
ramento, with barge of freight; Neponset,
for the upper Sacramento, with general mer.
chandlse @. NJ. Small, for the upper Sacra-
mento. with merchandise.
AGAINST THE REPEAL.-Dr. Dwinell had
for his subject last evening at the Congrega-
tional Church, the repeal of the present So
called Sunday law. There was q good
attendance. He took strong grounds against
the proposed action Of repeal basing his re-
marks upon the commandment, Remember
the Sabbath day, etc. He claimed that the
present laws, although very lenient aud not
generally enforced, still had restraining
influence and should not be removed from the
statute books.
INQUEST AT Acknowledgements Clark
held an inquest Saturday at Antelope on the
remains of Richard Astell, who died sud-
denly on Friday morning. A post-mortem
examination was held, and the jury rendered
a verdict of death from pluro pneumonia.
THIS morning we call your attention to the
greatest bargain ever known. II consists of
pure linen hapdkerchiefs, hem-stitchsd and
colored. bordered, for 12Ac accidentally
one half and in some cases one. third their
real value-at Hale's stupendous sale.
WE HAD 40 pieces of those all.wool, double.
49,. oooIr g. 40 oa,kr ,o,,- L..