Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-10
SAN FRANCISCO IFFMs.

The School Department complains of the
overcrowded condition of the public schools,
and asks Tor more accommodations.
The First Cremation Society Of California
held a meeting at San Fran cisco on the S.h,
and elected officers for the ensuing year.
The attention of the Grand Jury has been
called to the dismissal Of Cox, the slayer of
Mclaughlin, and the affair will be investi-
gated
The Pacific Mail steamship City of Toxic
arrived in port late Tuesday night, twenty
FIVE days from Hongkorg and sixteen days
from Yokohama.
The widow of Theron A. Wallser, who WAS
killed on September 49, 1888, by a powder
explosion at Pinole. has brought suit against
the powder company for $4,000.
Agnes H. Funston has brought suit for
bresch Of promise against William Kennedy,
Of Alameda county, who, she says, promised
to marry her nearly thirty years ago, and has
failed to keep his contract.
The duties paid on foreign imports at SEn
Francisco for the month of December were
S4S3, 800 This is the smallest total for any
month in nearly three years, and is $780, coo
less than in December, 1882,
The S5O0 600 in dimes coined at the Mint
in this city under the direction of the Secre-
tsry of the Treasury are now ready for dis
tTibuti0n, upon the same terms and in the
same manner as the standard dollars.
The time has been fixed for the argument
10 the United States Circuit Court on the de-
murrer to the complaint Of VIM. Sharon Va,
Sarah Althea Hill, to declare void paper
purporting to be a marriage contract between
the parties.
In a letter to J. S. Enos, Commissioner of
the Bureau Of Labor Statistics. w. T.
Welcker, State Superintendent Of Public In
structiop, states that since the last report the
number of school teachers in the State has
changed At present there are /, ia male
and , SIG female teachers, the number Of
school children being Do, SIG. of which 81. 06l
are in San Francisco.
The Chamber of Commerce has elected the
following officers President, Horace Davis /;
Vice-P President. d. J. Staples; Second Vice.
President, Andrew WEIGH; Trustees. J.
McKinnon, G.. w. McNear, G. L. TAYLOR, J.
n. Knowles, Alfred 2. Elicit, Eugene de Sa-
bia. Andrew Crawford. II. l.. E. Meyer, w.
L. Merry, Charles w. Whitney, Edward l..
G.. Steele and Jacob S. Taber.
Detectives Harper and Cox have arrested
three young men for the burglary of w. L.
Morrow's house on Christmas night. Fred.
Wilson was charged with grand larceny and
burglary for having entered the house and
carried out the goods, and E. d. Harriott
and Edward L. Palmer were charged with
felony in being accessories after the fact in
aiding him to carry away the spoils.
The Board Of Election Com missioners met
Tuesday afternoon and considered the coming
election campaign. Il was decided that the
Registrar should at once proceed to precinct
the city in accordance with the plan of ap-
pointment adopted by the last Legislature,
and select polling places. A resolution was
adopted instructing the City and County Sur
veyor to prepare a map Of each enc of the
twenty Assembly districts which the city will
contain under the rev spportionmsnt.