Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-04
PACIFIC SLOPE.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoRD-usOs.l
CALIFORNIA.
A Forged Telegraphic Dispatch,


SAN FRANcrsco, June 3d.-Thomas r.
Sweet, about % years OF age, son OF f. d. L;
Sweet. a prominent and wealthy citizen OF
Chicago. presented forged telegram, bear
ing the signature of his father, to proml-
nent telegraph official in this city OF the
Central Pacific telegraph lines, and OBJ
tained S75 on it. The forged telegram was
written on the regular No. l blank, and
press copied, presenting in every respect
the appearance of bona fide dispatch. AS
the railroad telegraph official knew both
father and son in Chicago, he promptly
cashed the sons draft on his father for SIS,
but this morning received dispatch say
ing the telegram was forgery, a warrant
viii be issued for Sweets arrest, who, IT Is
believed, is stJll in California.
Wine and Raisin Shipments.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 3d-The San Fran
cisco Merchant tomorrow will publish sta
tistics of the wine and raisin shipments to
Eastern points for the first quarter of the
present year According to these there was
shipped in January 139, 800 pounds OF raj
sins; February, 703, go pounds; March,
| 1877 ,i49 pounds-making total for the
quarter year of over 100000 pounds. The
wine exports for the first quarter of this
wear are shown to be 1858. $40 gallons, as
against ,0S4, 449 gallons for the same pc
| Rod last year This shows an increase of
nearly 100 per cent for the first quarter OF
this year as compared with the same pc
riod last year.
Failure TO Agree.
! SAN FRANcIsco, June 3d.-0n the open
| ing of the United States District Court this
morning Judge Hoffman charged the jury
| in the case of the seven coal-passers of the
steamship Mariposa, charged with dis
obeving orders of the Captain to work out
of watch hours at 1915 A. NJ. the jury
retired for deliberation, and having failed
to agree on a verdict at 10 p. NJ, were dis
charged by the Court.
Hardware Storc Burglarized.
HoLLIsTER, June 3d-Burglars last night
removed pane of glass from the skylight
in the roof of Lathrop q Hawkins hard
ware store and lowered themselves by sew
eral strands of bail rope tied together
| Gathering together a large stock of pistols,
razors, knives, shotguns and other articles,
| they made their egresS from the back door
and escaped. The town has been full OF
| tramps and suspicious characters of late
There is no clue TO the parties committing
the burglary, but Lathrop & Hawkins have
| offered a reward of S10e for their arrest
! and conviction.
1 Found BEAD In a EiSlus
CnIco, June 3d.-The body of man wa:
| found on the ranch OF O. J.. Clark, neai
town, to day, in field of barley. A reaper
| driver coming upon it, recognized 1t as Pat
rick Horrigan, q blacksmith. He hes {
wife and eight children. He was last seer
Yesterday, and it is presumed that he drank
TOO much whisky. He leaves his family
| provided for. He was 10 years old.
VIII Not Incorporate.
REDDrNG, June 3d.-at the special elec
ton held here the question of incorpor
| ating the city was defeated by majority o
eighteen, only a light vote having beer
cast The proposition to pay DR.. j. ii
Miller, Health Officer, $500 for cleaning III
the city, was also lost by large majority
Killed by FAN.
ST.. HELENA. June 3d.-Giaccomi Bullet
was instantly killed here this morning by
| falling from a second-story window of the
| hotel. He was 10 years of age, and leave'
a family in Switzerland.
Dropped Dead.
MoDEsTo, June Sd.-Aaron Cornet, {
| Swede 56 years of age, cropped dead at the
ranch of Colonel Caleb Dorsey, near Oak
dale, Yesterday. Coroner Lewis he'd al
inquest upon the body to-day. The verdict
of the igry was death from unknown
causes Mr. Cornet has been in failing
health for some time He was pitching
| hay when he fell forward upon his face
and expired without move.
Destruction, by Fire.
FREsNe, June 3d.-The office of DR.. C
P. Van Watson. at Kings River Postoflice
this county, was destroyed by fire las
night. Loss, 81 200; Nc insurance. TIL
| origin of the fire is unknown.
Yesterday afternoon the barn OF Jas. n
Walker was destroyed by fire. The barn
contained hay, farm implements, etc. Loss
$1,000; no insurance The fire is supposer
to have been caused by an incendiary.
TRACY (San joaquin county,, June 3D.
A fire III grain fields near Ellis to-day de
stroyed about S., 900 worth of grain, grow
ing ard in stacks. About four squar
miles of grazing land was burned. TIL
fire is apparently under control now. Tn
grain was partly insured.
Suicide Prevented.
PHOENIX, June .Sd.-A man known a
Curly Smith attempted suicide in front O
the Capital Hotel this evening by cutting
his throat with a pen-knife, but was pre-
vented by bystandefs and locked up in tn
cGaboese.
Damaging storm.
| MERGED, June 5d.-Ihe storm Wnlcl
struck this place last evening was yer
severe from four to six miles east, whel
the wind was like tornado. The raiI
came down in sheets, precipitating at leas
an inch Of water in fifteen. or twenty min
utes. The storm was three miles in width
through solid body OF wheat farms. Tn
grain is badly lodged, and much hay dam
aged.
ARIZONA.