Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-18
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

A police raid was made on a faro game at
No. 80 Geary street Tuesday night, and four
gamblers captured.
The canning of salmon began Tuesday at
A Lusk Il Co.'S Brannan-street factory,
which will employ 500 hands during the
! fruit season.
C. W. Griswold, soap peddler stabbed
himself fifteen times Tuesday night with a
| iackknife in an attempt to commit suicide.
| The wounds are not fatal. Whisky was
the cause.
More damage TO sewers from rains is re
ported. The easements of many stores
east of Sansome street have been flooded
| Nearly all the streets in the outlying dis
| tricts of the city have been overfowed.
The first fast overland mail arrived on
time Thursday morning, and, somewhat to
the surprise of the postotfice officials, who
had anticipated a little delay for the first
day, was in the postotfice before s o'clock.
! Elizabeth A. Flamant, of the Maryland
| Agricultural College, has addressed COM
munication to the Tax Collector to ascertain
if any one is paying taxes on Goat Island,
and if any of the taxes are in arrears. The
island is Government property.
The account which the Alta published
about the arrest of defaulting clerk of the
Land Office at Washington and of the re-
coyery of $1,000 of stolen money, is con-
tradicted by the Post which says its aged
contemporary has been made the victim of
Il canard.
The overland shipments of treasure from
San Francisco through the express during
the first half of April were as follows;
Gold ,S4l
Currency 800
silver 34O
Total 9l7
Assistant United States Treasurer Spauld
ing paid out $133,000 in standard dollars
last month in lieu of other money deposited
for that purpose. This is about the same
amount as was paid out in the same month
last year, but the demand for the quarter
ending March 31st has not been so large as
il was Il year ago.
Columbus Bartlett, special counsel for the
collection of delinquent taxes, has filed his
report, showing the collections for the
month of March as follows: City and
county taxes S4S7 So State taxes 1888 10;
total collected S1,076 IS. Commissions for
collections deducted Sl07 g. paid to Tax
Collector $96S 81.
Isaac Abbott, who was shot in the thigh
Tuesday night during the row which oc-
Cured at the meeting of the Dashaway As
sociation, is resting easily at the Receiving
Hospital He states that the cause of the
trouble was en- account of an order brought
in by Frodsham, calling for members
share of the $4,000. Thayer claimed that
the order should net be paid, and on this
thetwo began to quarrel
About year ago man named Tucker
applied TO the Supervisors for a wooden
leg, stating that with the artificial limb he
could earn his own living. His request was
granted Subsequently he appeared again
and asked that he be purchased a wooden
arm. An examination revealed the fact
that the man had two arms, but had one
hidden, to deceive the Board. He was
summarily put out Wednesday one of the
Supervisors discovered the fact that he had
pawned the wooden leg for s. worth of
whisky.
J. Wightman, Jr., of the firm of Wight
man Brothers, having urgent business at
the Samoan Islands, left this port on the
Zeaandia on the 14th instant, and as the
islands are not touched at by the steamer
Mr. Wightman had siXteen-foot boat built
here, and made arrangements with the
steamship company to have the Captain
drop him within three miles of Tutuila
As the passenger has never been in the
vicinity he took a supply of rockets of blue
lights to attract the attention of the island
ers in case he is compelled to leave the
steamer during the night.