Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-28
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

The late l. n Higgins, news editor of the
Cd{, bequeathed 20 his wife an estate worth
$l2,000
There are upwards ofsixty disengaged ships
i'll port, all of which are supposed to be
suitable and available for wheat.
The steamship San Pablo arrived in this
port Friday afternoon, fifteen days out
from Yokohama and twenty-four days
from Hongkong.
Judge Sawyer has ordered that test of
the ink used in the & My Dear Wife let
ters and the Sharon marriage contract be
made by expert Piper
The body recovered from the bay Wednes-
day morning was identified Thursday as
that Of Charles Minten, who was drowned
while boating on the 18th of March
Charles Rosenbaum was seated ON a
chair III a room in the rear of cigar store
on Sixth street, when revolver fell out of
the pocket of one of his friends and was
discharged, the bullet producing wound
in Rosenbaum's thigh.
The principal topic which agitates society
at present Is the rumored engagement of
Miss Sybil Sanderson, daughter of Judge
Sanders0n, to Signor Cardinalli, the tenor
OF the Mapleson Opera Company. He is
On Thursday Hall McAllister closed his
argument III the Supreme Court in the great
water right case of Haggin d Carr and
Miller IL Lux. In the lower Court the case
was decided iii favor of the first-named, and
the Supreme Court reversed the Judgment
The argument was on the rehearing
The corridors Of the old City Hall were
made lively Wednesday morning bv two
Of Z
who engaged IN row over the right to
; defend female client. Writ preferred Il
charge OF battery against his LEGAL confrere.
, who was locked UP III the city prison.
The intcriocking block system o: signals
and switches ON tie local track Of the Cen
tr. Pacific Railroad at Oakland was put in
operation Thursday. Twenty-Five switches
! on the mole are operated from the towers.
There are seventeen switches between the
mole and the Alice-street bridge, which will
soon be connected with towers.
The newly-invented flying ship designed
| by William Patterson has been much i'm
proved and is now in the hands of J. S.
Haste, the mechanical engineer, who is
perfecting the plans prior to contracts being
let for its construction. The contract will
| call for its completion by the 18th of next
June, and public trial trip will take place
July 9th.
Travel to the Yosemite has begun very
carly this year, several parties having al
ready taken the trip. There are now fifteen
tourists in the valley, and more will start
next week. Last year it took $4,000 to
open the road through the snow, when
preparations We're made to transport pas
sengers, but there is now no more snow
along the route than there is here, and the
l,,-iu l,
When Black Bart the celebrated
highwayman, was captured, convicted and
! sentenced to six years in San Quentin he
| left in this city, in charge Of Il cigar dealer
| on Bush street a trunk containing some of
| his clothing The other day the trunk was
robbed OF some of its contents, and the
thief, Martin Kampfel, clerk in the cigar
| dealers employ, has been detected by
| means of Laundry mark on a stolen cuff
| (4x07), the same mark that led to Black
| Bart's capture.
Justice of the Peace Smith Friday after
noon rendered decisions in the suits
brought by Thomas Grant and NJ Z.
| Meyer, spectators in opera tickets, to re-
cover from Colonel j. II. Mapleson for
| failure, losses occasioned by failure to
have Mile. Nevada appear. as advertised.
| The testimony in both cases being con
! ceded to be similar, only one case was
heard few days ago, when the suits came
to trial Justice Smith decided the case
heard, that of Grant, in favor of the de
| fendant, Colonel Mapleson.
! The Coroner's lease of the premises on
| Washington street, now used as a morg1e
will expire next Wednesday, and the owner
will not release them. The Coroner has
rented the place thus far at his own ex-
! L.. l..
! help from the Supervisors. Friday he sent
another letter closing: "As a last resort
will pitch a tent in Portsmouth Square TO,
| day, and will at once make preparations to
remove the Morgue to that secluded spot
| where none but the innets will challenge
my right to stay"
| Sarah Kennedy is on trial in this CITY
! charged with the murder of her husband
She has testified that her husbands conduc
almost broke her heart and drove her tC
desperation that on the day of the killins
she attempted to kill herself. but was pre-
vented by Lena Noeckler, and that she ther
asked her husband 10 kill her; that in {
struggle for the weapon it was discharged
and the bullet took effect in her husband
back. In answer to the question, Did yor
mean to shoot your huSband ~ the defend
ant who was in tears, exclaimed, Oh, my
God no. s.r.
Says the Alta Friday morning: Georg
Grant, cashier of the Nevada Bank whil
proceeding homeward from 4 dinner part
given last Wednesday night on Rincol
Hill, was waylaid by band of garroters
who relieved him of weil-filled purse an'
a gold watch and chain. The appearance
OF the bank officer, when discovered lyin!
PROSTATE on BRYANT street, near Second, b.
a wary pedestrian, was most deplorable
His eyes were blackened, his head was Gu
J in various places, and his face was swollel
almost beyond recognition. The gag whicl
filled his mouth was speedily removed, ant
the unconscious form of the cashier wa
conveyed to downtown hotel, where hi
injuries received prompt attention. Upol
regaining consciousness, Mr.. Grant state'
that at midnight he was attacked from be
hind by three men, one of whom dealt hin
, powerful blow ON the head, while the re
manning two threw sand in his eyes an
stihed his cries with the gag, which prove
to be q most scientific invention.
:! The Prescott haa is in litigation.