Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-05
Sacramento, September 5, 1884.

CALLS IT GAMBLING.-The Woodland
Naa Of Thursday says; - Yesterday c. H.
GarOutte, attorney for Thomas Burns, en-
tered suit in Justice CrOnin's Court against
J.. Dryfus for the recovery of the sum of
| 1920, the trial Of which cause will bring up
some Interesting questions. In June last
| the plaintiff in the case became engaged in
! 4 dispute with George Dinsdale as to
! whether a man residing in San Bento
county, named Sampson Duncan, were liv-
ing or dead Dinsdale affirming his death.
and Burns declaring belief in his present
existence. So confident was each party in
his belief that a wager of $40 a side was
made, and the money, 1920, was put into
the hands Of l.. Dsyfus, as stakeholder. A
correspondence cnsued, which developed
that the belief OF Burns is the correct one,
and an affidavit of the disputed tO-be-
deceased man has been forwarded to Wood
land, declaring in the words of the immor-
tai Webster that he still lives With
this evidence Burns made a demand upon
the stakeholder for the money. which. at
the inStigation Of the losing party, was re
fused by Mr.. Drytus, on the ground that
| the wager was 4 gambling transaction, OF
an immoral tendency, and against public
| policy. The trial will be attended with a
good deal Of interest
Police CouRr-In the Police Court yes
| terday Lottic Ashley, May Morton and
| Mary Jackson, arrested for exhibiting. for
| feitcd their deposits..The cases of Tom
| Gallagher and w. Cole, for battery, were
| dismissed on payments OF costs...... Dave
| Brown was called for trial on charge OF
| assault with a deadly weapon upon Tom
| Arthur-hitting him on the head with a
Ratchet. The men are both colored and
I.afrs tv,,
! jealousy, a white woman named Burdell.
| better known as Too-Too Johnny" who
has been living with Arthur being the
| bone of contention. Miss Johnny had evil
IDENTIFY been drinking too much to brace her
nerves, and when put on the witness stand
was lmpertinent, in consequence of which
| she was sent below to cool of. The charge
| against Brown was reduced to one of dis
turhIng the peace upon which he was adj
! judged guilty, and ordered to appear this
morning for seutenCe......Thcc case of James
havanaugh. for yagrancy, was continued
| until the 2Sd.
INJURED At SANTA CIuz-The Santa
| Cruz Sentinel of the Sd instant contains the
! following: Mrs. Dwight Pierce. an elderly
I lady from Napa who is staying at the Kit
redgt House, was standing on the platform
OF the Big Tree Station Monday afternoon
waiting Ia get aboard of the o'clock train
| The cars he'd passed by, and Just as they
/ stopped the stakes Of the last car, loaded
/ with telegraph poles, gave away throwing
! half of the load on the platform. The end
/ of a pole struck the lady on the foot and
threw her of the platform distance of a
! little over foot, breaking her wrist bone.
Mrs Frank Miller, OF Sacramento. who is
/ Mrs Pierce's daughter was on the platform
! u the time OF the accident The ladies in
/ tended TO have returned home Tuesday,
/ but this accident has postponed their de
! parurc for several weeks.
/ THE SHORT DISTANCE RAcR-At Agri-
/ cultural Park tomorrow afternoon at ,
o'clock, the match race, dash OF 600 wards
! for $1,000, between John Adams chestnut
( mare from BerryeSsa Valley, and V. Barnes
| brown horse Little Alph viii take place
/ and promises 10 be one Of the most inter
/ esung turf events Of the season. The mare
! In her match with Douglas about year
/ ago developed wonderful speed, but the
/ horse is credited with being phenomenaliy
/ fast, also. and would scarcely undertake a
match with the mare, after her exhibition
( Of speed, unless there was a good chance OF
winning. Both horses are represented to
( be in fine condition. and it Is probable that
! those who witness the race will have some
/ thing 10 talk about in the way of turf sensa
ton for a long time.
SIGNAL SERVICE RrpoET.-The United
/ States Signal Service weather reports give
the Temperature wind and weather, al l.
". yesterday Tor the following stations
! viz. Olympia, $50, south and cloudy
/ Portland, go, south and fair Fort Candy
So, southeast and light rain; Red Bluff
F., 10, southeast and cloud Sacramento, 750
I = D.
I cloudy; Los Angeles, 729, west and cloudy
san Diego, -" west and clear SAL
/ Lake, so, southeast and cloudy; Cheyenne
! To, south and clear; Denver, so, cas-
and fair; North Platte, $50, south anc
fair; Deadwood ID. t., 740, southwest anC
fair.
! DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES-A meeting Of
! the Democratic delegates of the Nineteenth
Assembly District will be held at Howe;
Halr Sixth street, between X and L, Al
$50 this evening. for the purpose of nom
mating an Assemblyman from that dis
trict.
TEAS AT LESS THAN Cosr-Wc will sell
for fifteen days the " Our Fayorite" I'M
coiored Japan tea in Perfection canisterS
for the low price of 35c per can Irregular
price 50c)i 5-pound canisters reduced from
y to 81 90 per can, at II. H Paulk's
Si4 X street.
IL GENTS furnishing goods we have a
fine assortment of underwear, hosiery
neckties, handkerchiefS, collars white anc
colored shirts, and all kinds Of wooler
overshirts. Red House.
MILLINERY opening at Red House to-day