Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-28
PACIFIC SLOPE.
CAPTURE OF A FAMOUS OUTLAW
IN NEW MEXICO.
Little Boy Decentralization Hanged
for Murder-Money in
San Francisco.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE nEcoRD-uslos. !.
CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco Money Market.


SAN FRANCISCO, January 27th.-Bank-
ers report good demand for money at s
per cent. for the bulk of commercial loans.
though the range is 7@10 The Hibernia
Bank is still loaning at on city mortgages,
but the other savings banks are generally
eXacting 7. \ large amount on wheat has
been taken up and otherwise invested. Ex-
change on New York is - cents for sight
and % cents Photographic transfers Bank
bills on London are quoted at 49lM 49sd
and commercial bills sod Refined silver
is quite dull at 164@1S per cent. discount
as compared to gold. Mexican dollars are
S4!@S5 cents apiece. Imported gold for
the week consists of $4,000 in English
sovereigns from Australia.
Firemen's Tournament-A White Child
Among the Chinese.
SAN JOSE, January 27th.-A meeting of
citizens was held at the California Theater
tonight to arrange for the Fircmen's Tour
nament, to be held in this city for one
week, commencing on the 18th of next
May. The meeting was called by Mayor
Settle. Committees were appointed to
solicit contributions to be used as prizes to
be given to the successful competitors.
A white female child, about sixteen
months old, was found tonight in a Chi
Al
and very handsome baby, and dressed in
complete Chinese costume, with the upDer
portion of the head shaved in regular Chi
nese style. 1t is in the possession of Chi
nawoman, who says that she got it last
Thursday from her sister in San Francisco.
and that her sister is the mother of the
child by white father Upon further in
quiry the woman admitted that it is white
child, and was purchased by her sister
when it was six days old. In consequence
of fear expressed by certain leading Chi
namen that the child was stolen. the
woman sent 10 San Francisco for a white
man, who arrived here to-day, and an
nOuncing himself as a special officer in
Chinatown named Kennedy. he said that
he had often seen the child in the posses
sion of the ChinaWOman III San Francisco.
and he supposed that she bad purchased
it from poor white family, and he init
mated that such practices are common in
that city Sheriff Branham was notified,
and he Immediately took the woman and
child to the County Jail, 10 await an inyes-
LEGATION. The little one seems TO under
stand portion of the Chinese language
Dead Body Found.
PLACERvILLE, January 27th.-The body
of George Nail was found to-day about one
mile below the ford where he was swept
down. as reported about five weeks ago. All
the clothing had been torn from the body
in its passage over the rocks, nothing re-
manning but one boot. The body was dis
covered by Frank MacAfee, J. Brown and
J. Nail, a brother of deceased, who left
Grizzly Flat yesterday to search for the re-
mains The Coroner will hold an inquest
tomorrow.
More Rain.
PETALUMA, January 27th.-The rain
which has threatened throughout the day
began to fall at $50 p NJ, and still con-
tinues. The wind is southeast, and all the
indications are favorable for a rainy night
STOCKTON, January 27th.-A slight rain
fell tonight with the sky partially over
cast and the wind from the rainy quarter
Heavy fogs have prevailed lately.
San JOSE, January 27th.-Rain has been
falling lightly here since P. NJ. and will
apparently continue during the night