Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-10-06

saturday morning, after the deVOuOnal
exercises, Revs Gillett, Becker, Shuck, De
Munbrun, Field, Cowell, BURNER, and
Messrs. DNries, Nicewanger, Folger and
Burkett were named to fill regular vacan-
cies occurring in the Board of Trustees of
San Joaquin Valley College, located at
Woodbridge, Cal.
Revs. Il. ]. Mckinney and J. Mcbride
were granted leave of absence.
g. NJ Palmer was elected Branch Mis-
sonary Treasurer, and Prof. f. Ridcnour
Secretary
C. w. Wells presented the report on the
Bible.
Rev. Stanley and Dr. NJ F. Clayton were
introduced TO the Conference.
The report on education, by President
Mobley called for an open Bible and
Christian teachers and officers in all the
school work" 1t rejoiced in the success of
the Conference College in this State, and
recommended College Agent to secure an
endowment of chair with $4,000, to be
known as the California Conference Chair.
These items were separately considered
and enthusiastically adopted.
Thirty minutes were devoted TO prayer
and song, while the committee on station
ing the preachers retired to complete their
work.
At the afternoon session chart reports
were taken up and completed.
\ resolution Of coincidence was passed
expressing the sympathy of the Conference
| for Rev J. L. Field, in his severe affection.
DIR. Kepharts report on temperance was
| called for and read The doctor set forth
/ in strong terms the duties of the hour.
He did not condemn nor upbraid those
who differ from him as to voting the
/ tpl- Irrt loft
excuse for those who believed in the sup
preston of the great evil and at the same
| time refuse to support prohibition at the
| ballot box, in State and county elections
! He held that the organized power
! of the rum traffic defies the tenn
perance people, and that they must
meet it at the ballot-box. The report was
| ordered published in the State temperance
| papers.
Becker's report on the Sanctity of the
/ Sabbath, claimed that holy heart. alone
was able to keep the Sabbath holy.
| An edition of the minutes was ordered,
| with proceedings in full.
I The resolution on hospitality, thanks to
| the Sacramento press and an expression of
! satisfaction to the Bishop for his impartial
courtesy, was unanimously adopted.
The Sabbath services were well attended,
| and the expression of the preachers was
/ that this was the best Conference they had
ever attended.
The following is the report of the Sta
| tioning Committee:
! Sacramento District. d. Shucl:, p T.; Sac
ramento Mission Station, f. Fisher; Wood
bridge Station, to be supplied; Stanisiaus
! Circuit, F. Dewitt; Monument Circuit, r,
Metcalf; Yolo Circuit, J. Medesger; Feather
| River Circuit, W L. DeMnbrun Selma
. mi. 10 f
supplied; Traver Mission, to be supplied
Los Angeles Mission, \. \. King; Shasta
| Mission, g. w Burtner; Clear Lake
Mission c. w Gillctt
Humboldt District, L. Bast. p T.; Eureka
Mission Station, W H. Bast; bonneville
Circuit. to be supplied; Matole Mission
Presiding Elder of District.
ELECTION SrATIsT1cs.-The publication o.
a compendium of Election Statistics fol
northern California has been entered upon
being compiled by Win. j. Davis of this
city, and to be published by Lewis Il John
ston The publication will be in pamphlet
form, consisting of about thirty pages, aIic
contain election returns of Sacramento city
and county, the State and nation, going
back as far as the exact result of elections
are of general interest. The information
presented, concerning elections in the State
is taken from the official returns Othel
political statistical matter of interest is tc
be included in this work and will be pre-
scented in 6. convenient form for preserya
ton and reference.
CoMMERctAL.-The following steamboat:
have arrived at Sacramento since the las
report: Varuna, from the upper Sacra
mento, with barge of grain San joaquin
No. 9. from san Francisco, with genera
merchandise and barge of freight for In,
upper river; Solano, from San francisco
with two barges of lumber, posts and shin
giles to Friend Il Terry Lumber Company
w. =. Frazier, and Knox & Richards De
, parted-Varuna for the upper river, will
barge of freight; San Joaquin, No. =, 70
San Francisco, with barges of grain, ant
Sonoma, for San Francisco, light
SCHOOL Books will be exchanged to-day
; Scholars must bring their old histories
, spoilers and arithmetics to have them ex
changed for the new ones. The new book
will be sold at the exchange and introduc
ton prices contracted for by the Board o
, Education, al Houghtons Bookstore, 6i5 .
street, between Sixth and Seventh.