Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-03
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

The duties collected at the Custom house
Saturday were $33, 906 OF; total since Oc-
tober LIST, $6S6,732 10.
The receipts of coal at this port for 0cto-
Der exceeded 100000 tons, the largest guam
| tity for any month in just one year.
Mrs. Thurlow McNullin has been APP
pointed TO a position in the Mint-the only
original appointment thus far made.
The Postofiice Department has author
| lied Postmaster Backus to put on eight
additional carriers; which will bring the
carrier force up to 101.
During October Sergeant Lanford and
posse did good work in Chinatown. Dur
| ing that time $50 arrests were made
and s. ,095 collected from the offenders in
fines.
License Collector NJ. C. Conroy reports
| that during the month of October he col
! lected $50, 663 10, which is an increase over
the corresponding month last year of 81
227 so.
The steamer City Of Rio, that sailed for
China on Saturday, carried sos Chinese
passengers with certificates, So without
| certificates and "a in transit, making alto
| gether 905.
A conference of Liberal Christians was
! begun at the First Unitarian Church Mon
| day morning. to continue three days of this
week, with morning, afternoon and even
| ing sessions.
| A whale thirty feet IN length was shot
outside the Heads Saturday by Captain
Whiteiaw, and was lowed to Meiggs'
wharf, where all day Monday it attracted
much attention.
| The suit Of Richard S. Dey against Sem
! ator James G. Fair, for services alleged to
y,,for,,I,,,+
| times. was dismissed on stipulation Mon
day morning in Judge Finn's Court.
The noble army of ofliceseekers about the
Custom hOuge viii have a chance to cult
| waite the virtue Of patience. Collector Hager
| apnounces that he will retain the present
force, making no changes for some time.
The case of eastman VS.. the Amador and
! Sacramento Caual Company was called in
! the Circuit Court Monday morning and in
the absence Of Judge Sawyer Judge Hoif-
man continued the matter until November
10th.
The British sloop-of-war Pelican arrived
| in port Monday morning, twelve days from
Acapulco. She is on her way to Nanc0u-
ver's Island. The Pelican is a composite
sioop of eight guns, !, 100 tons register and
! $50 men.
On the last voyage of the British ship
Panierdon, Captain Davis, from Sydney,
when about 100 miles at sea, land bird
known as crossbll flew aboard. The
Captain brought the bird TO this city with
him, and still has it.
The case of Henry Toomy, in the suit
against VIM. Dunphy the Nevada cattle
king, for S750,0OO, was dismissed Monday
| morning. Plaintiffs attorney objected to
| four of the iurymen, but as the Court de-
| clined to dismiss them. he declined 10 pros
ecute the case.
The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency re-
ports 81 failures III the Pacific coast States
| and Territories for the month of October
| just closed, with assets of 524S,069 and liza
bilities Of $5)6505, as compared with So for
! the previous month, with assets of 1852, :
795 and liabilities of $521, 919 and so for
| the corresponding month of 1854, with
assets of 1915. 226 and liabilities of 1851 ,341
The internal revenue collections at the
| Sar1 Francisco pffiro in Octnhar v1-ora.