Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-05
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

The Supervisors have formally passed an
ordinance to license "slogging' at 800 a
night.
The value of the exports of merchandise
| and produce by sea from San Francisco in
! May was S3045, 234, against S2,414, 15S dur
| the same month in 1884.
The exports of treasure from San Fran
cisco from January LIST to May 81, 1885, in
elusive, We're valued at $7,546,645 50.
against s., 5S4 ,6S1 81 for the same period in
| 1884.
A case of watermelons, the first of the
season, was received Thursday. The con-
| signment came from Vacavile from the
ranch of Dutton A. earns. But the product
was poor, being small in size and quite
| green.
City Attorney Love advised the School
| Board that they could not legally make
| any change in the textbooks in use in the
| Schools owing to the adoption of the Perry
/ constitutional amendment. providing for
State school books.
Another letter has been received by the
| immigration Association from the Yer
mont colony of veterans which is being
! formed, stating that matters are progressing
most favOrably. There seems every proba-
bility that the colony will come out earl V
! in the fall.
The following figures will show the work
| of the letter carriers for the month of May
of the San Francisco PostOtfice: Registered
letters delivered, Ills; mail letters, S1O,-
179; mail postals, liz, 24S; local letters, 327,-
SIS; local postals, POS. 376; papers and crcu-
lars, 545, $50 letters returned to Office I ,327
Collected-Letters. l ,150,9SS; postals, Pill
937; papers, 1880. Local postage, So
Q29 o.
D. T. Murphy, of the firm of Murphy,
Grant d Co, who died in New York We'd
nesday. was 55 years old and leaves widow.
three sons and four daughters. One of the
daughters married Sir Charles Wolselev,
in England, few years ago. where the
family have since made their home. The
remains Of Mr.. Murphy will be brought to
this city for interment. He began life as
dry goods clerk and died worth 100000.
To the Catholic Church he gave about 81
100000. Five years ago Pope Plus TX. dec
GRATED Mr. Murphy with the order OF St.
Gregory. A year afterward he made him a
Marquis. This title is hereditary, and en-
titles the holder to precedence over all the
lesser clerical dignitaries at the religious
professions during holy week.
Duncan C. Ross won a purse of 5000, a
wrestling match and some gate money by
the toss of a coin at the Wigwam Wednes-
day night. He threw Whistler, collar and
elbow and side hold, and Whistler far more
easily threw him, Graco-Roman and
catch-as catch-can. Then they tossed for
choice of deciding fall. and Ross, winning
the toss, selected collar and elbow, and, of
course, put Whistler on the floor as soon
as he got ready The match was a fair ex-
hibition, but nothing more Ross never
attempted to throw Whistler in the latter's
two styles, and when it came to side holds
Whistler did not know how to begin to
throw Ross. There was general expecta-
ton that Whistler would disable Ross and
win the match that way, but as Whistler
wrestled like a gentleman, and not like a
savage, great deal Of disappointment was
expressed by part of the crowd, who en-
ivened the proceedings by yelling out,
Twist an arm off him, Whistler" Break
the big buffers lee" Choke the life out
of him." and similar kindly suggestions in
the interest of brutality.