Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-11-10
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE GREAT FIRE.-Iu speaking of a local
item that appeared in this paper. the Ala
media EnciHGI says Last Saturdays Sacra-
mento RECORD. MON contained a reminis-
cence of that city's first conhagratiOD, which
occurred on the night of the I'd of November,
1852, just thirty-one years ago, and the next
morning, if our memory serves us faithfully,
there were not more than dozen houses
standing within the city's limits-the cottage
we occupied with our family, and the four
story hotel adjoining, at the head of Fourth
street, outside of the I.street levae, being
among thu number, where, for several weeks
thereafter, we entertained about q dozen Of
our friends, among them the lately deceased
James McClatchy, Ned Jetfries, also de-
ceased, and several others Of the fraternity
not now remembered. We were then en-
plyed on the old UNION, and had passed up
street only few minutes before the alarm of
" FIRE sounded through the quiet midnight
air. The RECORD UNION says "A norther
had Just set In, which, after the fire COM
menced, increased to a gale" This we think,
is an error. Our recollection of the night is
that there was but little wind blowing, but
that, as usual in all great fires, a strong cur
rent was produced by the flames of the burn
ing buildings The norther came the day
after, or the following one, and was succeeded
by heavy rains, which rendered the condition
of the % burnt out" people more 1ncomforta-
bic. 1t did not take long to rebuild city in
those days of push and enterprise, for, not,
withdrawing the season of the year, the
high prices Of building materials and the
sudden increase of value of all kinds of skilled
labor, by the Sd of December, q single month,
T61 buildings had been erected.
INcoRPoRATIoNs.- of incorpora-
ton were yesterday filed in the Secretary of
States Office of the Stockton Combined Har-
vester and Agricultural Works. the purpose
of which is to manufacture and repair all
kinds Of agricultural horticultural and me-
Chemical tools and machinery, and nipple
ments of husbandry to deal in sll such
tools, machinery and implements, and
g'agons, and iron, hard and woodenware,"
ste; 60 borrow and loan money, buy and sell
real estate, TO manufacture and deal in all
kinds Of building and fence material. The
place of business is at or near Stockton, ana
the time the Incorporation can run is fifty
years. The subscribers to the stock are L.
Z. Shippee, 81, 500; r. c. Sargent, S12,-
900; B. f. Lsngtord, 81, 1000; G.. Grsttsn,
81 coo; H o. Southworth, 81 900 William
the stock subscribed S4S, 900 ont of the whole
capital stock named OF $500, 000 The sub
scribers Of the stock are the Directors for
the FIST year Also, Of the Bank of Los
GAtos doing business ct Los Gstos. Di-
rectors-Samuel Templetou, r. w. Walker,
W. w. Kirkland, Of Los Gatos John Stan
field, of Union district; A. g. Higgins, OF
Redwood township.
Police CoUBT.-In the Police Court yes.
terday Thomas Dryer, charged with burg
larry, was held to answer, with bail fixed at
$500. He entered house on Eighth street,
between and K Thursday afternoon, and
loading himself up with lot Of clothing
started for the street. The landlady gave
chase and captured him before he could shake
the mud Of that vicinity from his feet Louis
KavsnaugA pleaded guilty of being drunk,
and was sentenced to thirty days in the
County Jail. The redoubtsble jake Smith
man whose barbsrism civilization cannot
break down, and whose evil practices the
police force cannot break up, was before the
Court charged with the petty larceny Of an
S. watch belonging to John Costa. In sort
of rebuttsl Jake raised Johns claim 81,
accusing the latter Of breaking stove worth
Sl5, aud scalding spectator, worth probably
a dollar more, This looked bad for Costa,
and the cases were continued until this morn
ing, When J axe viii marshal his cohort OF
witnesses and defend himself and his castle
in Court.
PARDoSED UNcoSDIuoSAILY.-T par
don issued this week by the Governor in
favor Of An Kow, who had served in State
Prison about ten years under sentence for
murder, and then found to have been cor
vic.ed upon p5rjured testimony, was uacon-
ditional and not conditioned, IS heretofore
stated, boz some unaCcOuntable reason,
Consul Bee and the Chinese petitioners for
his pardon promised. in their papers filed
with the Chief Executive, that if q pardon
was granted An kow be would leave the
State within thirty days, and never return
This proposition, which, in its strsngeness,
would seem 30 intimate g lack OF confidence
on the part OF the signers Of the petition as to
the entire innocence Of the loug-imprisoned
man, led to the erroneous impression that the
victim Of perjury was compelled to fee the
State Sc soon as liberated from State Prison.
bus this part of the noudescript petition Of
Colonel Bee aud the other siRners was disre.
garded by the Governor, and simple pardon
granted.
CoSsIDERATIoN.-This wet, disagreeable
weather is doubly bad for the friendless and
homeless, Yesterday morning drunken
man, in trying to navigate a Tbird-street
crossing, lost his bat, and in reaching for it
lost himself. The top-heavy body pitched
into the deep mud, and the booty unfortunate
wsllewed helplessly till some friendly hand
helped MIN out. Another came along, Look
lag as if he had bunked all night in the soft.
est part of = mud puddle. A gentleman.
looking at these pitiable spectAoles, said " Ii
the whisky-6eslers who daily fiji these men
had the slightest consideration for them, thew
would shut down on the drinks little until
good weather came, then their customers