Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-29
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.
Ianlan left for the East Wednesday

Hanlan left for the East Wednesday
! Charles Mitchell says he viii stay here
| long enough to meet all COmerS.
! At Brooks Island, Wednesday, blast
/ displaced 25,000 IONS OF rock to be used in
! the sea-wall.
! Ex-Governor Hubbard, Of Texas, the
newly appointed United States Minister 10
| Japan, has arrived.
! 1t is stated that the body of james Lick
is TO be exhumed and placed in the pier of
! the large telescope which Will be erected
| on Mount Hamilton.
The special committee of the Supervisors
appointed to select citizens to make ar
rangemcnts for the celebration Of the
Fourth Of July has choses committee
of 200.
The Immigration Association has re-
ccived letter from Chicago which states
that an association numbering 500 persons
has been formed in that city to emigratc to
California, and asking for information
about Government land.
Acting on the instructions received from
the Director of the Mint at v ashin ton,
Superintendent Burton has forwarded to
Washington the names of the forty em-
plOyeS whose services are To dispensed
with. Thirteen of them are women.
Mayor Bartlett has approved the resolU--
ton granting to William Irwin, Il. Porter
! Ashe and others, the right to lay pipes
! from the ocean To the corner of Eighth and
! Howard streets, in which to conduct water
I for saltwater baths. The franchise spGCi-
| fies that the water shall be taken from the
! ocean half mile northeast Of the Cliff
| House.
The Church Union, which vas organized
! in 1870 for The purpose of promoting rehg-
/ ion and benevOlenCe but which disCOnlin-
! ued its work in 1878, was rc-organized
| Wednesday evening at Grace Church. 1t
! was found that 1856 IL yet remained to the
| credit of the association in the San Fran
! cisco Savings Bank, and awaited the order
| of the Secretary.
The number of standard dollars in the
branch Mint has rapidly grown of late. At
| present there are about $50 900 in silver
! coin in the vaults, and in addition to this,
there is a large amount III the Sub-Treasury.
! The branch Mint in this city coins the bulk
! of the gold in the United States about
| 50 000, coo month being transformed from
! bullion into money.
4 few months ago Judge Hastings was
| married by Judge Finn to Miss Lillian
| Knust, young lady of 20 summers 1t
! has already been published that a Mrs.
| Keller, of the city, lays claim to the honor
| of being his wife. On the llth instant he
| commenced suit in the Superior Court Of
! Lake county, asking that Mrs. Keller's
| alleged certificate of marriage be declared
a forgery.
In the case OF James C. and Robert Blair
! VS.. the Examiner Publishing Company, an
| injunction has been issued restraining the
! defendant, its agents and employees, during
! the pending Of this action, from running
and operating the engine and printing press
| in the basement of 80 Montgomery street
, in such q manner as to jar or shake tho
I shop Of plaintiffs in the first floor of the
building.
! y meeting Of the attaches of the LeGis!a-
ture was held Monday, to consider what
| steps should be taken to compel State Con-
troller Dunn to audit their respective claims
| for services, which had been allowed by
the Senate and Assembly. Ii was decided
| TO employ legal services to at once institute
proceedings i'll the Courts against the Con
trnller, and endeavor in that way to recover
the several amounts claimed TO be due
a telegram has been received by Captain
Frazer, superintendent of the erection OF
the Lick observatory at Mount Hamilton,
stating that the crown glass disc for the 30
inch objective has at last been successfully
cast by NJ Fell, in Paris. 1t is now being
polished to test its quality, and, if satisfact-.
ory, will be sent to Alvan Clark & Sons, oil
| Boston, for final polishing before being
forwarded here. The flint-glass companion
of the crown piece has already been COM
pleted. The observatory cannot be tinlshed
until the arrival of the telescope.