Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-21
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

Judge Isaac Baggs, well-known lawyer,
is dead.
There were three commitments 3in-
sanity Thursday
W w Cope declines to accept the ap-
pointment of Supreme Court Connlis-
sioner. recently rendered bin.
Work on the proposed pavilion for the
Inventors Institute will be begun next
month and viii be completed June 1st.
Mrs. II. C. Johnson has sold Toby Rosen-
thars elaine to New Yorker for $500.
Ten years ago she purchased the picture
for s. 900 in Munich.
The possibility of war between Great
Britain and Russia has already had the
effect of increasing the freight rates on
cargoes to and from this port on British
vessels.
! The Central Pacific Railroad Company
have in contemplation the building of an
other track from Port Costa 10 Oakland
pier The double track depends upon the
grain crop this season.
The steamer City of New York sailed for
China on Thursday with treasure amount
ing to 81, ,l39, ,1S5 45, including $676955 30
in Mexican dollars, Sis, 900 % in silver
bars and 50, 564 in gold coin.
! The Supreme Court has ordered a stay of
proceedings in the Sharon divorce case, and
&, that no steps be taken to collect alimony
or counsel fees until the argument shall
have been heard by the Supreme Court on
March 30di.
; Mrs T. Hosmer, well-llnown in this city,
died at Philadelphia Thursday. Mrs. Hos
formerly Ticket Agent of the Central Pa
ciGc Railroad at San Francisco. Mr. Hos
ner is brother of Mrs. II. II. Goodman.
= The wife beater, Steve Ferrin, who a
few davs ago, after Il drunken slumber
awoke and beat Hannah Ferrin, his wife,
nearly kicking off one OF her ears was sen
fenced by Judge Lawler of the Police
Court. to three months in the House OF
Correction.
The little white babies, recovered from
Chinatown. have developed some peculiar
eccentricities at st. Joseph's Orphan Asy.
lum. They are accustomed to the diet oi
the Chinese. craving rice and other Mon
eolian dishes, and spurning food relished
bv good white babies.
Information has been received by X. S
Flovd, one of the Lick Trustees from Al
vim Clark & Sons, of Cambridgeport, to the
effect that Fiel had sent them statement
showing that two glass blocks, which loot
nicely have been made, and the disc vii
be ready in short time. There have been
about twenty unsuccessful attempts to OBJ
tain perfect crown-glass disc.
Alta meeting of the Board of Health OF
Thursday night DR.. Shorb took a great dea
of pains to prove that Coroner O'Donnel
is a mastodonic liar. 0'Donnell had fur
nished the speaker plan for public
morgue, which was alleged TO have beer
sketched by O'Donnell from morgue il
Baltimore. But n Geographic inauir,
elected the information that Baltimore ha
no norgue.
Professor f. W. Morse, of the State Uni
versity, will ON Monday next, go to So
noma county to experiment IN the vine
yards of that locality with DR., Bauers pre-
paration for the destruction of insect pests
DR.. Bauer and Charles a. Wetmore ar
also going to Sonolna next week for simi
lar purpose. and it is expected that the ex
, pertinent will be of much interest and prac
| teal value to viticulturists.
Judge Sullivan has issued an order il
the Sharon case directing that the defend
: ant, William Sharon, show cause on Tues
| day next before the Court why he shoul
not be punished for contempt and be i'm
: prisoned in the County Jail until he shoul
have complied with the order of the Cour
/; directing him to pay the sum of 81, 800 al
| mony to the plaintiff on the 9th of Marcel
r and the further sum of $55, 900 counsel fee
on or before the same date.