Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-05

islaus county, Friday night, Dave Bennett
fatally shot George Gear.
A young man named Kinds was shot
and killed on the steamer Eureka while
coming from Los Angeles he is supposed
to have committed suicide.
Neaftsey. the tramp, who shot John
Lesher on the 10Th of July last was exam
ined in Modesto Saturday, and held to
answer He made no defense whatever.
Prewett and Irwin, arrested in San Be-
nito county. charged with being implicated
in the murder of DR.. Powers, have been
admitted to bail in the sum of $1,000 each.
J.H. Cole and J. II. Dodge, San Joaquin
county farmers. have failed. Dodge's LA
biIities are SS7. 900, with available assets of
$4,000. Coles liabilities are $4,000,
assets 5000.
The wool market is still buoyant at Red
Bluff The boom Is the biggest ever known
and big prices still stand. Sales were made
Saturday at II cents to 10 cents, with dis
position TO take all in the county at the
same rates.
A stable and contents in the westerly
limits of Fresno were DESTROYED by fire
about midnight Friday night. One horse
was burned TO death and another badly in
jured The loss is about 81 600; insurance,
500. The fire was incendiary.
The County Fair, which has been in
progress in Santa Cruz for three days past,
closed Saturday. The display and attend
ance We're equal to former years, but the
exhibit of fruit was superb, and by good
judges pronounced to be unexcelled in the
State.
The anti-Chinese excitement at Seattle.
w. T., continues, but the authorities are
T. 4 hot
Three hundred special Deputy Sheriffs
have been sworn in, and the militia COM
panies have been ordered to hold them
selves in readiness for action.
a disastrous fire occurred on wager
creek, Humboldt county Friday, when the
house, barn and other buildings of w. T.
Olmsted, one of our heaviest wool-grow-
ers, were destroyed. The entire fall clip of
wool, 200 tons of hay, grain, wagons, farm
ing utensils and miles of fencing were lost.
As some children were playfully kind
ling fire in the brush a mile north of
Jackson, Amador county, the clothes of
May Carroll, six years old, took fire, and
she was burned so terribly that she died
Saturday. The mother and sister were
badly burned about the hands in trying TO
extinguish the flames.
The Los Angeles Grand Jury in their re-
port, say they find the tobacco and liquor
bills excessive in the County Hospital the
County Jail is old and has imperfect sewer
age; the Coroner should not have depu-
ties county officials should be required TO
make settlement of fees before drawing
salary warrants; Constables' fees of $500
for one month are excessive; Chinatown is
condemned as n nuisance.
At Chico, Saturday evening, the State
SPortsmen' 5 Association elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, Judge A. B. Dibble, of Grass Valley
Vice-President, Judge L. D. Freer, of Orc
vile; Secretary, II. II. Briggs, of San
Francisco; Treasurer, S. E. Knowles, of
San Francisco. The Directors are w.
Thomas, of Butte county Geo. Fletcher,
OF Grass Valley; II. A. Bassford, of So
lano; L. +. Wilson, of San Francisco, and
II. I. Payne, of Los Angeles. 1t was de-
cided to hold the annual convention and
tournament next year at Grass Valley.