Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-16
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

There were three commitments for in
sanity Friday.
! The State Board of Viticulture will soon
give DR.. Bauer's remedy for phy!loXera a
/ thorough test.
The Regents of the University are still on
/ the lookout for q successor to President
/ Reid, but as yet have been unable 10 find
the man they want.
1t is rumored that the South Pacific Coast
Railroad Company intend TO build q direct
railroad line between Oakland and Ala
media, with q five-cent fare.
George w. Tyler has issued an open let
! ter to w. w Cope, President of the Bar
/ Association, in which he assails the life of
| General Barnes and the characters of Frank
NJ Pixley and NJ. D. Boruck
Word has been received by the Secretary
| of the immigration Association that col
| ony of about thirty families will start from
Pennsylvania for California next month,
| and expect to locate in the northern part of
the State.
A. R. Mccall, the postal clerk, who was
injured by the Tehachapi railroad accident
! some three years ago, died Friday at the
Russ House. The railroad paid him sew
eral thousand dollars as compensation for
| his injuries.
The fine of 500 imposed upon Tyler for
contempt of Court by Judge Wilson during
the Nelson embezzlement trial has been
RENTED, as usual in cases where Tyler was
the offender, Judge Toohy's firmness being
an exception to the general rule.
! Morris Greenwall, a theatrical manager.
died Friday night at the Occidental Hotel
from consumption. The deceased was a
native of New Orleans IS years of age He
had but lately returned from Australia,
where he was arranging for the tours OF
Mrs. Langtry and Dion Boucicault.
Argument in the case of VIM NJ Neil
son, tried before jury in Judge Wilson's
Court upon a charge of having embezzled
$500 of Sarah A. Sharon'S money, was con-
Guided Friday morning. The jury received
the case and after an absence of fifteen
minutes returned verdict of not guilty.
Last month the school teachers of this
city received but half pay, and it is said the
Board of Education has concluded to make
the same reductions for the months of
March, April and May, and issue no war
rants for June. 1t is also stated that the
Directors intend to make sweeping reduc-
ton of ten per cent. for the whole of next
year.
The number of prisoners i'll the County
Jail foOts up 800, Just 81 more than that in
stitution has ever held before TO give
accommodations to all, the Sheriff has
made corral on the roof of the building.
and forty heathens are staked out in ii, and
are guarded by few TRUSTEES At night
the Cinnamon are brought below and given
sleeping accommodations in the best man
ner possible along the corridors.
Owing to the Bay District track being
narrowed for the coming running contests,
the trotting race Saturday was transferred
to Oakland. Following is the summary:
Oakland Trotting Park. Saturday March II
1879. Purse, SEQ; heats OF mile best three
in five.
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The Committee of Arrangements for ST
Patrch's Day celebration has issued 4 cir
cular 10 the observation-disclosures of San Fran.
cisco, Stating that there will be Il literary
entertainment on the Irish national holi
dayI which will be Of a more intellectual
character than those of former times. The
programme will consist OF a concert o
Irish music and addresses ON distinctivelS
Irish subjects by some of our best-knowr
speakers.
NJ. Z. Mayer, L dealer in opera tickets
has filed in the Justices Court papers in ;
suit against Colonel Mapleson to recover
S299 Plaintiff alleges that lie bought
large number of tickets, relying upon the
promises and programme made by the de
PENDANT that Mile. Nevada would sing il
certain operas. In consequence of her fail
ure to appear, as promised, he has me
with loss in not being able TO dispose o
his tickets. He therefore brings suit