Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-20
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

Senator Sherman predicts brilliant sue
cess for the Republican party in 1888.
| The fifth annual session of the Independ-
ent Order of Chosen Friends opened Tues
day morning at B mai Birth Hall in this
city. There is large attendance of dele
gates.
! F. w. Stechhan, of the Standard Thea
| ter was fined So in Judge LAWYERS Court
Monday, for having INSTRUCTED the aisles of
the theater with chairs during perform
| ance last week.
Next Friday evening the international
glove contest between Charles Mitchell,
champion of England, and Mike Cleary,
middle-weight champion of America will
take place at the Pavilion.
Forty-five affidavits were filed Tuesday
with the County Clerk in answer to the
Kowalsky affidavits attacking Sarah AL
theas character. The great bulk of those
filed tend to show that Sarahs reputation
for virtue is good.
The immigrant rate from New York to
this city is now cut down to $40, the regu-
lar rate being $50. The reduction is due
to the low rate which the Pennsylvania
lines give from New York to Chicago, and
which the other roads had 10 meet.
a party of immigrants, consisting of
men, women and children, arrived in this
city Tuesday morning from Minnesota,
and will take up Government land in this
State. They were driven out Of Minnesota
by the severe winters. They are all Sean
| dinavians.
At the meeting of the First Cremation
Society of San Francisco ON Monday night,
it was decided that committee be APP
| pointed to solicit subscriptions toward
$500 was subscribed. One of the members
stated that a body could be cremated at a
profit of S25.
F. NJ. RICHTER, Of Campbell Station, Santa
! Clara county. informs the State Board of
Horticulture that his apricot trees are be-
ing greatly injured by the djabrotica duo-
decum puactata, which deyours both the
fruit and leaves. Dr. Chapins iron COM
pound is recommended for spraying the
trees affected.
The trial of Adolph B, Spreckels for the
shooting of NJ. H De Young has begun.
! The prosecution is represented by District
| Attorney Wilson, Assistant Attorney Trout.
Alexander Campbell, Sr., and r. II LLOYD,
and the defense by Hall McAllister, r. c.
Harrison and Mr.. Taylor, formerly of
Haight & Taylor.
Stephen F. Henry has filed petition in
| the United States Court setting forth his
| claim to certain lands contained in the
Rancho de Napa. A similar claim was
! filed few days ago by Luceno Parsons
! The entire ranch is valued at $1,000, 600
Judge Hoffman has appointed Southland
| Hoffman to take evidence in the matter
| j. L. Solomon, a pawnbroller, has brought
suit i'll the Justices Court against Lewis
| Abrahams, Abraham Goodman and the
Merchandise Brokers Protective Associa-
| ton to recover $50 collected of plaintiff to
defeat bill before the last Legislature af-
| fecting IawnbTokers, but not used, so the
complaint charges, for the purpose, and,
also, for $50 expended in endeayoring 10
recover the first amount.
The ministers of this city are becoming
exercised over the practice Of certain so
| cieties of giving dramatic performances
| for the purpose of raising money for be-
nevolent uses. AT a meeting of Methodist
ministers, Monday, Rev. A. Bentley, of
| Alameda, offered a resolution, which was
unanimously adopted that such societies
should have no Endorsement or patronage
from the church, as they were simply pre-
paratory schools for the theater.
On the Goth inst the United States man
| of-war Mohcan will 20 into commission.
She is the last wooden war ship built by the
| Government, and was put on the stocks at
| Mare Island in 1872, and launched and
fitted mp January ,, 1884. The Mohican
! takes the place Of the Lackawanna in the
| Pacific squadron. She carries six Dahgren
guns, one pivot rifle, one Parrot gun and
! one large howitzer Her crew will number
145 men, % marines and 20 apprentices.
Secretary Willis, Of the City Railroad. n
regard 10 the recent experiments made by
! bn iirop a l., f,1
pose of running its cars says: " We are
now at a standstill, absolutely doing moth
| ing. We found that the plans upon which
| our engineers were working were altogether
! too theoretical and not at all practicable, so
we have Laid the whole matter of electric
| propulsion over for the time being" The
company is awaiting the result Of expert
ments in progress at New York.
Albert Sutro, while lately examining
number Of books pertaining to Oriental
| literature, discovered an ancient Hebrew
manuscript that may prove to be of high
| interest a learned Hebrew theologian of
this city places its origin at a remote age.
Copies of the same will be submitted to
competent authorities here and in Europe
10 establish its authenticity and age. The
manuscript may prove to be Of high theo-
ogical importance. The oldest authentic
Hebrew manuscript existing to-day is said
not be over one thousand years old.
\ four-eared Nova Scotian is in this city
but not on exhibition His name is John
Henry Grimes, and his age 81 years. He
says many physicians and scientific men
have been puzzled at his extraordinary
hearing facilities, bar could account no
more than for other deformities that came
under their observation He states that he
has been subjected to many experiments
and they have demonstrated thai he could
hear equally we'll with each Of his ears.
and that with all four open he was of the
opinion, as were others who knew him.
that he possessed the most acute sense of
hearing probably OF any one living. Mr.
Grimes said the matter had long since
ceased 10 worry him, though it attracted
undue attention.