Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-29
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

The registration at the new City Hall
Wednesday amounted to 453, making q
total thus far of 1852.
Wednesday twenty men and twenty
women We're examined under the Civil Ser
vice rules for positions in the PoStotfice.
A flagstaff nearly 100 feet high has been
erected at the Republican Wigwam, and
new and handsome flag will be displayed
from it until the close of the campaign.
\ large amount of provisions has been
| shipped to China within Il week. The de
mand for sailed provisions exceeds the
/ quantity certain dealers have had on hand.
| Lionel Lawrence Sarah Althea's mi
croscopical expert in the Sharon divorce
suit, pleaded guilty to having embezzled
some money from Harry Mccarthy, an
| actor, and was sentenced to three months
/ in the House of Correction.
4 package of letters for Oakland were
dropped behind the coal box in postal car
some ten months ago, and have been travel
! ing over one route until within a week
when they were found. They were received
at Oakland Wednesday.
A Jury in Judge Edmund's Court has re-
! turned verdict in plaintiff favor for s., 600
in the case of Martha B. Decker vs.. The
Geary-street Railroad. an action for dam
ages for personal injuries. The suit was
first tried four years ago, and $4,000 dam
ages were then awarded.
Emf Kennedy, ex-President of the Peo-
pies Railway Company of America, ac-
cused of conspiracy to defraud the stock
holders of the corporation, whose bail was
reduced from $1,000 to $1,000, has, as yet.
failed to procure that amount, and Ian
guishes in the county Jail.
The Board of Education has been unable
to decide upon the question of rcinStating
Senger, the suspended High School teacher.
Some of the members of the Board want
him reinStated Immediately and the others
sustain Superintendent MouIder's action III
suspending him for thirty days.
At the recent civil service examination
157 of the Isl candidates remained from
post to finish The highest percentage
gained by any one of the contestants was
99i and the lowest l3l. SiXty-One re-
ccivcd above 80 per cent, 40 between so
and 80 per cent, and - between 20 and 50
per cent.
An account of the marriage of Eta Atkins
to Paul Ny, after her divorce from William
II. Atkins, who married her while on a
spree, was published Tuesday. An inter
esting addendum TO the story is the fact
| that after his divorce young Atkins was mar
ried to young lady to whom he had been
engaged before his marriage to the other
girl.
The steamer Newbern, from Mazatlan
which arrived Wednesday, and was put in
quarantine, to remain there until eight
days from the time of departure from the
infected port, have elapsed. She brought
eleven cabin and sixteen Storage passen-
gers and a general cargo among which
there was S65,OOO in treasure and $1,000
worth of pearls.
The Central Pacific Railroad Company's
| land agent is receiving number of appli-
cations for information about California
| lands from parties in the East DESTROYS of
immigrating. One of the latest is from ten
families in-Nirginia, who have $4,000 to
and mechanics. The correspondent says
they want to come Immediately.
J. w Whelplev, Cashier of the Treasury
! Department in Washington, and c. H.
Smith of the Public Money Department of
the Secretary of the Treasury's office, have
completed their examination of the affairs
of Assistant Treasurer Spaulding's office in
this city The examination has been in
progress since July 2Sth, and over $50 00O.-
600 III coin and notes have been weighed
and counted
Archbishop Riordan's objection to the
picture, An Incident inthe Louvre, is that
the insinuation conveyed by the attitude
and expression of the Catholic priest is
calculated to bring derision and uncharit-
able remarks upon religion" The picture
displays an alluring glimpse of hosiery at
the top of a stepladder, with a priest near
by betraying indications Of lively interest
in the spectacle.
Rev. Aaron Williams, who objects to the
use of ninepins, and such other Satanic de-
vices as were introduced into the Young
Mems Christian Associations Hall, has
been arrested and held in $40 bail for dis
turbing the peace, in breaking up prayer
meeting by references to the nholy bowl
ing alley in the basement. He pleaded not
guilty, waived a jury, and will be tried
next Thursday by Judge Webb