Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-07-03
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

The State Board of Silk Culture will
hold lis next meeting on the 11th instant.
The Mining Stock Boards adjourned
Thursday afternoon until Monday morn
ing.
The expenses of maintaining the Aims
house during the past month amounted to
So 1876 81.
The new Superintendent of the San
Francisco Minl-Judge Lawton-will not
return here for two OF three weeks. He is
at present in Chicago.
Thirty years ago Thursday the father of
the learned counselor, Hall McAllister,
opened in this city the United States Cir
cult Court for California.
The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency re-
ports $40 failures in California Oregon,
Washington, Nevada and Arizona for the
first six months Of 1885.
The Southern Pacific Company is taking
steps 10 have offices, freight warehouses,
etc, disinfected as precaution against the
possible appearance of the cholera.
The State Board of silk Culture will
purchase all cocoonS produced in the State
at prices ranging, according to quality, for
first class 81 40. for second class 81 % and
for third class 81 per pound.
J. L. Davis. of Sacramento has donated
silk umbrella to the State Mining bureau
which formerly belonged to Benjamin
Franklin. 1t is made OF dark blue or purple
silk. and has buckhorn handle and brass
tips.
The total number Of arrests made by the
police during the month Of June was 2,013
of which 7G7 were for drunkenness Ser
geaut Birdsall's squad arrested 100 Chinese
gamblers, netting 81, $40 in fines and for
FIXTURES.
In the bridge and building department
of the shops Of the Central Pacific Rail
road at West Oakland formerly $50 men
were employed in the mills there Now
the entire force is only fifty men. Several
employees at the yard were removed
Wednesday, and the changes in the heads
of departments heretofore announced went
into effect.
Superintendent Cox, of the Postoffice,
furnishes the following report for the month
of June Of deliveries and collections by
carriers Observation-Disclosures letters, =
763 mail letters, 4,50G; mail postals,
1l9,779; local letters, 342, sos; local postals,
PA, 1853 papers and circulars, ia 4S0; let
tiers returned to office. 1907. Collected
letters, l, lG5, 06l; postaiS 1889; papers,
nv
Charles A. Wetmore. executive officer of
the Viticulural Commission, will start
upon his Eastern tour about the Goth Of
July. On Wednesday he forwarded to
New York $50 gallons each of white and
red wines, which he will use to illustrate
his viticultural lectures in the Eastern
cities, and to exhibit as average specimens
of California wines such as can be fur
nishcd customers ON the Atlantic coast at a
moderate cost-Say 70 cents per gallon by
the barrel.
\ committee Of orangc-growers from Los
Angeles county has recently visited the
officials Of the Southern Pacific Conn any
in reference to orange shipments. The
| facts are represented TO be q. follows Ow-
| ing to u lack Of cooperation the crop has
not been judicously distributed. For in
stance Kansas City can consume about
| forty carloads Of the fruit if that quantity
is distributed through the season. Recently
eighteen carloads were sent there at once,
| and the market was giutted Railroad Off
Gals have advised that an association
| should be formed to regulate shipments so
as to prevent ovcr-stocking and dearth
alike.