Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-01
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

The new vault at the Sub-Treasury is
ready for use.
The Cincinnati Baseball Club will visi,
San Francisco some time the coming win
| ter.
The steamer Newbern, which arrived
from Mexico Monday, brought up S17,00C
worth of pearls
The bicyclists, John s. Prince, T W
Eek and Louise Armaindo, left this city for
the East last Saturday.
| The cornerstone of the Swedish Luth-
eran church was laid Sunday on the south
side of Mission street, between Eighth and
Ninth.
The receipts for duties at the Custom
house for the past week were S125, $40 II,
making total since January LIST of 81 ST.
372 20.
William Long the pugilist, is again in
jail on charge of battery, in having used
his strength in trying TO wrench out of its
socket the arm of his wife, Norah.
Claims TO the amount of 5000, 900 against
the Blythe estate have been presented to
Public Administrator Roach and allowed
by him. Others are still in his hands.
1t is reported that John Connors, the
Pittsburg miner and champion catch-as-
catch-can wrestler, intends coming out
here to meet Whistler for a stake of 81 900
a side.
The first gooseberries of the season were
received Monday in San Francisco from the
ranch of William McAuslan, of Hay
wards. They are selling at 124 cents per
pound.
II. J. Bernard a confidence operator.
who lately embezzled $72 from an Oak
lander, was sentenced to San Quentin Mon
day by Superior Judge Toohy for term of
three years.
The journeymen painters of San Fran
cisco want So 80 per day. The bosses are
to be notified on next Saturday night that
the painters will not go to work on the fol-
lowing Monday morning unless that rate of
wages is paid.
The colored people of San Francisco and
Oakland held a memorial meeting and
choral service Sunday night in honor of
Wendell Phillips, at B'nai Birth Hall
Among the large audience We're many
white persons.
A crazy woman named Mary Smith who
said she had no home and didn't want
any, made an attempt at suicide Monday
evening by jumping into the bay off the
Oulhlltdu ut tilt lOll VI llllIu SlIttl. one
was rescued by policeman.
The opening of the new route to San
Rafael on the San Francisco and North Pa
cific Railroad is announced and with it a
reduction in fares. Commencing Sunday
next, five round trips daily will be made
from the Market-street ferry.
During the month of April there were
two straight cargoes of flour, four mixed
.
straight cargoes of wheat, cleared from San
Francisco for Europe, besides cargo of
wheat from San Diego for Europe
The San Francisco real estate market
during the past week has been marked by
unusual activity. All classes of property
high and low priced participate in the
ments are going on all over the city.
At o'clock Monday morning Jas. Mar
shall, 10 years of age, died suddenly on the
Sacramento steamer Modoc, where he was
employed rs a dcckhand. The body was
will be made TO ascertain the cause of
death.
The laying of the cornerstone of the
new odd Fellows Hall on the l4th of May
promises to be splendid affair. A resolu-
i
recommending the closing of business
houses on that day, and a petition will be
circulated to that end.
In Department Eleven of the Superior
Court, Monday, Edward J. Morris. found
guilty of manslaughter for having stabbed
and killed Eugene a. Carlisle during row
on the corner of Powell and Ellis streets,
year and a half ago. was sentenced to i'm
ptisonment in San Quentin for five years.
The City of Picking, which arrived in this
port last Saturday, brought Il batch of 100
coolies from the land of the sunrise, none
of whom We're dependent upon the leni-
ency of the Federal Courts or the Chinese
trader certificates for admission to our soil,
factories and clearinghouse cook houses
they were all supplied with Custom house
return certificates.
Captain John Clar, California pioneer
of 1S49, died in this city Sunday at the ripe
age of - years. The deceased was born in
Port Mahon, one of the Balearic Isles.
dependency of Spain, in the Mediterranean
Sea. In 1852 he was appointed teacher of
mathematics and navigation and attached
to the United States squadron in the Med
iterranean. In 1886 he first visited CaIifor-
MIA.
Monday morning the first of the four
locomotive engines designed for use upon
the Haight-street cable road extension to
the ocean beach was conveyed to the
Haight-street terminus station from the
machine shop of the Southern Pacific
Railroad. These engines were recently
constructed by the Baldwin Locomotive
Works expressly for use upon the extern
sion.
The annual State Encampment of the
Army and Navy Republican League of
California was held at Music Hall, 927 Mis-
sion street, Monday evening The follow
ing camps were represented: Camps No.
l, and 3 OF San Francisco camps at
Oakland, Sacramento Vallejo, San Jose,
Stockton, Bodie and San Diego The fol-
lowing officers were elected for the ensuing
year State Commander, f. b. Jerome;
Senior Nice-Commander. Ed. 5. solomon
Junior Nice-Commander, John Britain
Quartermaster-Genera r. NJ. Apgar; In
spector-General, f. NJ. Cooley; Ordnance
Officer, F. l.. Kearny.