Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-07-17
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

/, The Gaelic and Belgic have been char
tered by the Occidental and Oriental Steam
| ship Company, to run between China and
Japana
Reports from Stockton indicate that
Judge ClOugh will recover and be able 10
resume his duties again before many days
have passed.
An emery wheel, revolving 600 times a
minute, burst in a tool shop of this city
| Wednesday, pieces flying in all directions
No one was hurt.
The entire upper floor of the new build
| ing of the Pioneers Association, on Fourth
street, has been secured by the State
Neurological Bureau, to be used as a
museum.
Wednesday Governor Stanford paid in
full 4 subscription of s. 600, which he made
to the college preparatory building Just
completed at San Jose, for the University
of the Pacific
The Market-street Cable Railroad Com
pany has reelected Leland Stanford PreSi-
| dent; c. c. Crocker, Vice President; n. T.
Smith, Treasurer J. S. Willcutt Secretary.
and MesSrs, Stanford, Croker, Smith, Will
! cult and V. Huntington, Directors.
The Home OF Industry for ex-convicts, at
| 220S to 2212 Taylor street, which claims TO
| have reclaimed BOG out OF 215 convicts
during the past year, will have to close It's
doors unless 5000 is raised for its sup
port Of this amount 81 800 has been sub
scribed.
Government Inspectors Hillman and
! Freeman Will make an inquiry into the
cause of the wreck of the steamship City
of Toxic upon the arrival of the officers and
crew at this port Some of the officers of
the wrecked steamer will probably arrive
on the steamer Arabic, which is due here
on Sunday. Commodore Maury is not eX-
pected 10 arrive until the 3lst instant.
At the annual election held Wednesday,
the Los Angeles and California Railroad
Company substituted Charles f. Croker,
| as President for Charles Croker The
other officers are: N1ce-President, limo
thy Hopkins; Secretary and Treasurer, +.
s. Douty; Directors, Charles F. Croker,
| Timothy Hopkins, +. s. Douty, w. a.
Brown Charles Croker and w. Y. Hunt
ington.
1t is understood Collector Ellisis about to
make some reductions in his force. There
are now ten division deputies doing the
outside work, and it is proposed to reduce.
the number to seven. This Will necessitate
an increase of the duties OF those remain
| ing, but they will not be paid any more
|
| cling expenses Other changes are in con
temptation.
The total number Of deaths last month
in this city was 516, of which 10l were
under one wear of age IS from one to two.
| 81 from two to five, % from five To ten, l.
| from ten to fifteen, from fifteen to twenty.
SO from twenty to thirty Al from thirty to
! forty, 63 from forty to fifty, IS from fifty TO
| sixty, 40 from sixty to seventy, and - from
| seventy to eighty. The male deaths aggre-
gate 3I2 against POI females. Forty Chi
nese died.
| John Bostin, while engaged on the build
| ing of Hobbs, Wall d Co, Main street,
near Market, Thursday, attempted to pass
from the scaffold on which he was to
window sill little above him. He grasped
| the window casing on each side. The paint
| being still fresh on them, ais hands slipped
and he fell backward to the stone sidewalk,
sixty feet below. He struck on his head
| Death was instantaneous. He was an Eng
! lishman, 80 Years of age and leaves wife
| but no children.
| Congressman Barclay Henley has written
letter to the Examiner in regard to The
charges that he renowned his allegiance TO
the United States, about twenty years ago.
and became . naturalized citizen OF Mex
| leo. He quotes articles Of the treaty be
tween the two countries to show that res
idence of five years is required TO entitle
citizenship by naturalization, and asserts
that he did not reside in Mexico longer
than three months. He also says that he
is wholly destitute Of knowledge concern
ing letter recently published purported to
have been written by him. In reference to
this matter Mr.. Henley uses the following
language. Il only know that | never took
an oath of allegiance, never appeared be-
fore any Court or officer for the purpose of
naturalization, and never was natuaIizcd
in any shape or form"