Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-07-28
ADVERTISEMENT MENTION


JAMES A. BARWICK,
Sergeant Signal Corps, U. 5. A.
ADVERTISEMENT MENTION.
Coles Circus Thursday, August 2sth.
Notice 10 contractors.
Mare lost.
Sacramento Council, r. A. NJ, tonight
Notice to immigrants
Second hand piano for sale.
n and /. of H., this evening.
Auction Sales.
D. J. Simmons & Co.-Sale postponed
BY Sherburn d Smith, at IL A. N. to-day.
Business Advertisements.
W. D. Comstock-Furniture and bedding.
Mechanics Store-LOrd Spencer.
Hale Bros. & Co.-Nearly done.
Red House-The purchasers JOY
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE,
Forester Gun Club Shoot.
The Forester Gun Club held its monthly
pigeon shoot at Agricultural Park yester-
day morning. Owing to the absence Of
many members of the club from the CITY
there were only ten contestants, and the
shooting was not very good. In the sub
sequent pool-shooting the shooters did bet
ter. Following is the score of the main
match:
Watson. ,...,..................l1 1111111011- Ill
Auyer ..........................l llIl11lOlI1 Ill
Todd .;...................O 1111011 400 S
h Gerber ...................0 l l 0 l l L
sochroth ''.''.............'..! l /
Cofey .-........................1 0 l l.
Miller .....................O l / 00O1ll1-
Iebpets -.....,-...........0 0 0 l /
EcEheIdt. ...................0 0 0 o ! l. 6
A n
Watson and Zuver shot off the tie on IL
at double birds Watson winning, as fol-
lows:
Of OF
The main match was followed by a
sweepstake, 81 so entrance, p yards, 5
birds:
I /: - -
SsIsS4 -
HuNer DIR
The lies were decided at freezeout, 81
yards
Todd ......,..........................,..1O i
Watson / - -
Parrot .......... ... ........1 Il11O 3
The next match was for S. entrance, p
yards, 10 birds:
Todd ;....'...-....-..............l | 1-1O
h; Serber.-......................ll o. II111-9
" atson ..,.........................1 l IS
Parrot. ...-...................1 l l l Ito
Todd and Parrot shot off at 81 yards,
treezeout Parrot winning Todd having
lost his hrst bird.
ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED. = Yesterday
John Miller, Augustus C. Radomsky T.
I. Fake and wife, and man whose first
name is Philip, his other name being I'M
known 20 those whom he accompanied,
went down the river about two miles, to
point on the Yolo side, in the vicinity of
Paines Top ranch, on fishing excursion
During the afternoon one of the men pro-
posed that they should go in swimming,
snd the PARTY separated for that purpose
Miller and Radomsky went down stream a
few hundred yards, undreSsed and entered
the water, where Miller especially enioyed
himself il the swell of a passing steamer.
Presently Fake called To them to come up
stream and JOIN him, and they commenced |
making their way in that direction. After |
while Radomsky got caught in some |
brush, and had great difficulty IN extricat- |
ing himself. Directly after his struggle he |
heard Fake calling Catch him !" and |
looking around for Miller, could only see |
his hands above the surface he having also |
probably, got entangled in the brush and |
failed 20 extricate himself Radomsky |
swan 10 where he had been last seen, but |
he neyec rcappeared. Fake also SWAN 10
the scene, and the other man came with
the boat, and were joined by some fisher
men who were near by. Some of the latter
dlycd after the unfortunate man, but the
current was swift and the water very deep, |
and their efforts were unsuccessful. Miller
was painter by trade, and came here about
tt1vn - he .1r
where he at one time kept grocery at or
near the corner of Vallejo and Kearny
streets. He was about 26 years of age.
FArAL ENCOUNTER. Gait Gazette says
that in response to a telegram from her
daughter Mrs. Wiser left Gait Monday
evening for Las Vegas ranch. Lincoln coun-
~, Nevada, near the Arizona line. The |
dispatch contained the sad news of the |
murder Of Archie Stewart, son-in-law of
Mrs. Wiser and husband of her eldest |
daughter, Ellen, who was raised in the
immediate vicinity of Gait. An Associated
dispatch dated at Phoebe, Nevada, July
21st, gives the following account of the
shooting 4 traveller from the south re-
lates tina: on the 18th inst, near the Ari-
iona line, at Las Vegas ranch, Archie Stew
art, the proprietor on returning home from
FL Dorado canyon, saw Hank Parrish, with
in the door. Stewart dismounted, tied his
horse and approached the house, firing his
pistol At Parrish, who reached for shot
gun, which he found to be unloaded. Stew
art fired a second shot, when Parrish OBJ
tanned a Winchester rifle, which was also
unloadec. and he went behind the door to
load it. Stewart, advancing, fired again,
and as he came into the house and around
the door, Parrish, having loaded the rife,
fired, the bullet penetrating Stewards head,
killing him instantly Parrish received
only one wound, a slight one inside the
arm. Stewart leaves u wife and three chill
dren, and was possessed of considerable
property
CoLR's ClRCus.-Announceme is made |
that w. ". Coles great circus will appear
in Sacramento on Thursday, August 18th. |
on which occasion excursion trains will be |
run from neighborng towns. The features
of the show include a greater number of |
performers than any other institution of |
the kind has brought to the coast among |
them being male and female acrobats. BIZ |
cycle riders, trapeze performers leapers |
male and female riders, Bedouin Arabs. an |
uncqualed number of trained horses etc
The performances will be given in three |
rings, and on an elevated stage at the same |
time, forty-tive acts being presented ut each
performance, ana tne audience must be |
hard 10 please that cannot find something
of interest in one ring or the other from the
time Of the first appearance to the close of
the entertainment. The menagerie in con-
nection with the circus contains forty cages
Of rare wild animals, including white
hippopotamus, two-horned rhinoceros,
elephants. camels, etc.
LIE NAYS REPoRr.-Lc May Bros Lon
don hop circular, of July eth. makes the
following report: The trade doing is purely
consumptive and sufficient to cause a gra-
dual advance in values. Stocks never were
so small If any speculative demand were
to set il prices would advance considerably
The crop prospects are very poor thousands
of acres in black blight. Those grounds
that have been persistently washed now APP
pear TO be fairly clean, but unfortunately
-moldis prevalent in many plantations that
looked Ike pulling through the black
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