Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-02
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

Superintendent of Streets Rugglcs has
reported 276 miles of streets swept during
April at a cost of s., 6S1 81
G. g. Briggs, Of Marysyillc. sent in Fri
day morning the first box OF peaches this
! season. The fruit brought 81 so per
pound.
! The duties collected at the Custom house
during the month of April amounted to
S459 iii -. against $5f4 ,362 % for the same
month in 1851.
Lieutenant-C Colonel George NJ Gaylord
of the First Infantry, n. G. c., died yester-
day at his residence, No. 81 Howard
street, Of consumption.
The License Collector collected last
month 1856, against &i3752 u for the
same month last year-an increase to the
city's revenue of $2,093 SO.
The second artesian we'll in the park has
been bored to q depth of sixty-five feet.
and pipe is now being laid from the two
! wells 10 the summit Of Strawberry hill
The sam of s., 724 was collected as fines
and forfeitures III the two Police Courts
during the past two months 81, 30 of the
aDoUnt coming from 143 Chinese gamblers
The exports Of wheat from this city in
April amounted 70 ,060, 943 Centals, valued
al 81 ,467 $50, OF which LOSS, ASS centals,
valued At 81 ,4G5, 3G5 were shipped to Great
Britain.
Two hundred and thirty marriage Ii.
censes were issued by the County Clerk
during the month of april for which the
sum OF s4G0 was paid for the benefit of the
; county treasury.
The first shipment of apricots i, g SEASON
was received Friday. They care Of five
Pringle variety, grown in tIa orchard ', Of
G. ". Hinckley at Winters, and sold for
/ so cents per pour.t
The coin@ Ike of the Mint for April was as
! follows. Double eagles, 81, 100000; half
ca, ,cs, 1857 500 standard dollars, 100000
, Total for April $l.677,5eO. Total since
January I, 1885, 1855, sos
DR. s. f. Chaplin, of the State Board OF
! Horticulture, says that the fruit yield this
| year will not be either as large or as good
/ as usual, He says, judging by some stalks
! he has examined from Humboldt county,
I that wheat rust prevails there to consider
| able extent.
Another continuance has been granted
! by Judge Murphy until the 27th proximo,
/ in the case of VIM. Z. Morrison, the reyer-
/ end gentleman who is charged with forgery
/ in connection with his position as Secre-
{
/ Friends. The plea brought to bear this
time is the absence of Rev. DR.. Green, OF
| Berkeley, Z witness.
| The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency reports
| scvcnty-tiye failures in the Pacifc coast
! States and Territories for the month of
! April just closed, with assets $17S555, and
/ liabilities 1851, 267, as compared with eighty
/ five for the previous month, with assets
| $404 ,647, and liabilities S707 76l and fifty
| eight for the corresponding month Of 1884
! with assets 1924 ,99l and liabilities $536, 644'
| The overland treasure shipments from
! this city, through Wells, Fargo & Co, dur
| ing the month of april, amounted 10 $94-
! 528 The treasure shipments from this
/ city by sea i'll the same time amounted to
| 81 ,955971 of which 81, 500, 36S went to
| Hongkong, 1901 504 to Calcutta, and $780,
| Coo 10 Bombay The total shipments of
| treasure to all paris in April were s., esq.,
497.
Some time ago q German opened a sa-
! loon on Sacramento street, and on writing
to his mother, residing in Germany, he in
closed his business card in a letter, that
| there should be 10 mistake in his address
| Within q reasonable time he received a re-
| ply to his communication, and the super
| scription upon the envelope ~. - ooorIv
= wei be MADE with & pen, fac
| simi!e Of his card, giving name, number,
street, city; also, Pine Wines and Liquors.
| Beer Sc per Glass. Free Lunch from II A.
NJ. until 2 P NJ" etc.
! Last Wednesday night two mon in dis
! guisc broke into the house OF Mrs. Lama.
| han, widow on Bernal flights. They
! demanded money, and on being refused
seized Mrs. Lannahan by the throat and
struck her on the head She still remained
firm, aud only yielded up her money when
they threatened TO Kill one Of the children
| who was screaming. They took from her
purse ali she had-two $40 pieces-except
nickel, which they threw back to her
with an oath After this they left the
house, which they fired from the outside
and it was burned 70 the ground The rob
bers escaped
The Grand Commandery of the Knights
Templar has elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: Right Eminent Sir
| Philip Walter Keyser, Grand Commander
Marysyiile; Vice Eminent Sir Reuben H
Lloyd, Deputy Grand Commander. San
Francisco Sir Tristan Burgess Grand
G6neralisimo. San Jose; Eminent Sir HeZ-
ekiah Lord Hosmer, Grand Prelate, San
Francisco; Eminent Sir Samuel Hopkins
Wagner, Grand Senior Warden, San Jose
Eminent Sir Edward SpauldiHg Lippitt,
Petaluma, Grand Junior Warden Eminent
Sir John Francis Merrill Grand Treasurer,
San Francisco; Eminent Sir Thomas Hub
bard Caswcl, Grand Recorder San Fran
cisco