Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-03
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.


It is estimated that nearly 10000 people
visited the Cliff House and OCEAN beach yes-
terday.
The receipts for duties a. the Custom house
for the past week were $50, 400 80, making a
total since January LIST of IS 65O,415 10
The number Of arrests for New Years Day.
up to 1880 o'clock in the evening, aggregated
thirty-hvs, twenty-four of which were for
drunkenness.
Tee license receipts for the past year have
increased per cent. over those Of 1882 This
represents an advance in mercantile pursuits,
FOX the collections on billiard saloons, bowling
alIeys, etc, have decreased.
Twenty-Five families were located in Shssta
county and thirteen in San Luis Obispo
county last week by the Immigration Asso-
| citation, and a vegetarian colony brought out
from Germany by the association will soon
| arrive here.
The imports of specie at this port during
the month of December were as follows
Gold from Australia. Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Silver bars from Mexico. ................ $1,000
Silver dollars from Mexico. $4,000
Total sl,32hoO0
Francois Deramble, native of France, As
years of age, was found dead in his room. in
the lOGglI k-0puSb on the sUuLilWc5s IOEICE VI
Dupont ana Broadway streets, Tuesday, with
| bullet-hole in his head, and a revolver, with
one chan Der discharged, tightly c'utcAed in
| his right hand. The deceased, who had been
dead for at least four days, was knife
| grinder.
John ,Joice, a man who VI rked along shore
and " no resided at u Ecker street, attempt
ed suicide Tuesday morning at his home by
| driving a kuife four times Into his LETT side
and once into his right side. He was treated
ct the Receiving Hospital, where he stated
that he wanted to die, as he had lived long
enough. One Of the wounds is considered
dangerous.
The steamship Zealsndia Captsin Weber,
i which arrived in port Tuesday from Sydney,
made the remarkably fast run Of tweRty-four
days, being three days ahesd OF schedule
time. When three days out from Auckland
| tho Z,alandia passed the City OF Syiaey.
She brings a very heavy mail. If no delays
| occur the European nail will arrive 10 Lou
| den thi-tytwo dsys out from Sydney.
The New Year reception rendered thu pub
| lie by the Young Mems Christian Associa-
| ton was q success, it being the first temper
ance affair Of the kind ever held in the city.
| From 10 o'clock in the morning until ii at
| night there was a constant crowd OF visitors
at the hall On Suffer street. They par.ook
with relish of the coffee and cake, which were
| bouuteously served by the young ladies con-
uected with the city churches. It was esti-
mated that fully 1000 people called.
The steamer City de Rio de Janeiro ar
rived from China Wednesday morning. she
| brought so Chinese passengers. OF these
| l3S were for San Frsncisco. One was for
Portland, 217 were for Honolulu, for Vic
toris for Panama, and for Havana. OF
the 13S Tor San Francisco, "a came with Cam
| ton certificates, or there were 81 Canton
sr,ifcates which might bring more than ore
passenger each. Only one more, 80, came
with Custom-house return certificates.
| Robert Wilson, a seaman, in company with
two fellow sailors, and while under the bane-
full influence of bad whisky, fell over the cliff
at the Pacific Rolling Mills, distance Of 40
feet, Tuesday afternoon. and died almost iu-
s.aatly from broken neck. The accident
was caused by tie deceased attempting to
| prevent Charles johnson. his shipmate, from
falling down the came cliff he did. johnson
went over, but escaped serious injury. bus his
wopld-be savior met an untirnsly death.