Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-21

FoRGERY.-Last Monday man who gave
the names of Wilson and Burkson. at va
riouS times. came TO Sacramento from
Willows, and endeavOred to obtain 81 600
from different parties, offering as security
two notes. aggregating s., 800, and It mort
gage on ranch, all purporting to have
been drawn by Charles d. Langmeycr a
well-tO-dO farmer of COluSa county. the
paper being made payable to the Bank of
Willows. Chief Jackson received a dis
patch Tuesday requesting that the man be
looked after as the notes and mortgage
were forgcries, and instructed the officers
as TO his description. Officer Franks found
him that afternoon in restaurant, and
took him in charge, together with a man
who was in his company, being assisted in
eScorting them to the calaboose by officer
Ash From papers found in his pos
session it was asCertained that VIII
sons name was Andrew Dwyer He
was very much opposed to being
arrested, and offered TO give Franks, while
they were going to the station-housc, one
of the notes, in the sum of 81 500. if he
would let him 20. While cndeavoring to
negotiate loan with citizens he represented
himself as q raucher, declared that he had
been on a spree and lost his ready cash. but
must get 81 600 as it was necessary to buy
! thrashing engine for use on his place He
made his statement in good style. and al
most succeeded in one or two instances in
obtaining the amount he desired He was
noticed in the city because of his having
an oyercoat, which made people remark
that the weather must be very warm in
Colusa if 4 resident Of that county felt the
need of such a garment when he came
here An officer will come from Colusa to-
day to get him.
SUCCESSFUL HUHTERs.-Y esterdav morn
ing r. J. Merkley and 5. B. Ridgway drove
up to the formers hop-pole ranch in Yolo
county and when they returned last even
ing brought with them quarter Of venison
ahd a deer hide, stating that Ridgway killed
a big buck which they found trying to rob
the bee hives on the ranch Deer were
represented to be very numerous at the
ranch, where they did much damage by
browsing upon the rhubarb plants in the
garden The hunters showed their trophies
to many Of their friends in town, explain
inc that more VeniSou would have been
brought back but for the fact that they had
supplied more than thirty families with
deer meat at the ranch and on the way
home. Of course their friends regretted
that they had not waited until they arrived
here before commencing 10 distribute to
thirty. The ycniSOn was an excellent ar
ticle apparently. but the hide had peculiar
appearance, due probably to the singing of
the bees 1t looked as if it had been taken
from u deer a year or two ago and soaked
in water a few hours to make it timber.
RidgV ay repealed Indignantly all insinua-
tons Of jealous people that he did not kill
the animal, and silenced all observations
by declaring For 500 ! can go out to-
morrow and get another -
THE FUGITIVE HORSE THIEvEs-Geo.
Shields and VIM. Lyndall, the horse thieves
who escaped from the officers at Nevada
City on the 18th inst, rs detailed in a dis
patch from Grass Valley in yesterdays
RECORD UNION, are supposed to be the par
ties who stole two horses from Brytes
ranch, in Yolo county, some weeks ago.
Sheriff Hmtley, of Auburn, arrested them
last Friday. and recovered one of Mr.
Bryte's horses, which has since been re-
turned to its owner. The two prisoners
were wanted in Nevada county for stealing
n horse, and on being arrested We're sent
there for examination and held to answer
on the charge.
BARwIcK's REPoRr.-The Signal Service
report shows the temperature, wind and
weather at II N. yesterday TO have been
At OLYMPIA, 40, north and clear Port
land, 768, north and clear; Fort Candy,
So, west and clear; Cape Mendocino, 90.
north and foggy; Red Bluff, So east and
clear; Sacramento 77o southwest and clear;
San Francisco Coz, west and cloudy; Los
Angeles, 75O, west and clear; San Diego,
100 west and clear; Salt Lake, $50, north
west and fair; Cheyenne, co., southwest