Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-10-25

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REPUBLICAN,.
SINGULAR AFFAIR.-About ) o'clock last
evening a pistol shot was heard III The sa-
loon connected with the Fountain Vare-
| ties, Second street, between J and X. and a
colored man was seen 10 run out on the
sidewalk, bleeding about the head \
crowd soon collected, and Chief jackson
and other officers began looking into the
matter. 1t appears that the shot was fired
by James Clark, the barkeeper, and the col
| Ored man injured was James Spots Clark
stated that the shot WAS fired accidentally.
| Spots version of the matter was that he
had been doing some sweeping for the man
ager Of the theater, who promised him a
| drink, and wrote on a card for the bar
keeper to give him one. When the card
was presented, Clark had an empty pistol
in his hand, and began swapping it at
Spots. The latter objected, saying that he
didn't like it, even if the weapon was I'M
loaded Clark then put a cartridge in the
pistol, said, Now there's something in
it, presented it again toward SPOTS. and
at that moment it was discharged The
ball passed through the glass in Il door.
and on through two other doors. Spots
was frightened al the report, and still more
| 50 when he found chat he was bleeding
believing that the bullet had struck and
| knocked the spots cut of him, so 10 speak
1t transpired however. that he was only
cut by fragments of glass as thew flew.
While it scarcely seemed probable that
Clark would shoot purposcly under such
circumstances, Chief jackson concluded to
arrest him, and q charge OF assault 20 muir
der was entered against lin. He put up a
deposit OF $500 for his appearance III Court
WoU1DN'r Turn Our-Saturday evening
the Democrats made an cndeayor to secure
a large turnout on the occasion Of their
torclllight parade. One IrisIIman who was
solicited to take part positively declined,
saying, in effect Il can't see What ;hc
men running the party are trying to do
Here we've been fighting the Chinese, be-
cause they were coming bv thousands.
working for low wages, and threatened to
drive out white labor. Democrats and Re
publicans all pretended to he great friends
of the worlIngmcn, and both Claimed that
they did all that WAS done II stop the
! Cinnamon Now here are the Democrats
in favor of free trade, and asking Us work
| ingmen TO help them do something that
will bring wages all over the country to
lower figure than the Cinnamon could
bring them, I'd rather have the China
!
something out of him, for he has to buy
something, and be buried, if nothing else;
but the other way there's nothing as an off
set, and people in other countries are bene-
flied
SHALL IT BE CoNTINUED?-ThcY Young
Mems Christian Association of this city,
which has been struggling along manfully
in an effort to achieve permanently, and
| without doubt has done mitch good for the
Young men Of Sacramento and strangers as
well, by furnishing them a pleasant place
of resort, and keeping them from evil as
sociations and cOrrupting influences, does
not appear to have received the personal or
financial support necessary to its continu-
ance, and the question comes up plainly,
q Shall it live or die?' TO test the scnti-
ment of the community, two mass meet
ings will be held tomorrow evening at
7:30-one in the Congregational and the
other in the First Baptist Church. The
pastors of the city and others will take part,
and addresses Of not more than ten min
utes in length will be delivered Every
person at all interested in the continuance
of the Association is invited and requested
to attend one or the other of these meet
ings.
AN EVENING WITH LoNGFELLow. =
Last evening, at the Presbyterian Church,
an entertainment was given by Sacramento
amateurs to large and ll-pleased audi
ence. The following programme was rem
dered instrumental solo, Miss G. Gcrrish
recitation, Building OF the Ship Aaron
Powers vocal solo, Wreck Of the Hes
perus,n Mrs Auerbach reading, The
Wreck of the Cumberland" Miss Lille
[ Piper; Vocal solo, "The Bridge Mrs.
t Shanklin; recitation, Victor Galbraith, y
Miss Brothers; solo, Miss Wright; reading,
Hiawatha's Wooing," by Miss Edith
Jacka, illustrated by two tabIeaux; instru-
+ mental solo, Miss Gerrish; original poem
, by ShoFtfellow, in the jingle of Hiawatha,
, recited by the Misses Richardson, Jacka
and Van Alstine.
DEMOCRATIC RALLY TONIGHT Colonel
George Flournoy will address Democratic
? meeting at Armory Hall this evening. The
| Cleveland and Hendricks Fire Brigade and
the Young Mems Cleveland and Hendricks
Club will meet at Howe's Hall Sixth
street, near X at 6:30 p. n. to organize q
$ torchllght procession to escort Colonel
Fiournoy to the hail.
RACING To-DNy.-At Agricultural Park
/ this afternoon there will be pacing race
g for purse Q $3.50, offered BY the proprie-
! tor, Robert Allen. The entries are II. f.
Odelfs Selim, Worth Ober's Enigma John
Madden'S George E.. and c. H. Todd's
Black Point. The horses viii be called NJ
g at clock
TWENTY-FIVE dozen ladies hose new
t styles, in dark colors. al 81 cents. q sale
iSaturday evening, c. Ii. Stevens 4 Co