Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-10
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE,

LUOAL lNTkLLlGENCE.
The BoxING MArcH-A boxing mattel
with soft gloves, to a finish, two minutes
boxing, one minute rest, drew crowd O
between SIX and seven hundred people II
the Metropolitan Theater last night. Thu
contest was Tor a purse of 500, and wa.
between man named O'Sullivan and d
youth known as The Buffalo" The lat
Ter was q half-head taller. The men
weighed about l45 pounds each Both are
muscuiarly well developed but The
Buffalo was in the better condition. ana
had evidently been better cared for. The
ponce examined the gloves and permitted
the boxing to 90 on. Twenty seven rounds
were had in about one and a half bours
he Buffalo from the start was seen TO be
by far the better boxer O'Sulliyan evi.
IDENTITY knows but little about il. His
quality IS his phenomenal ability to stand
punishment. he stood up TO more hard
hitting, head punching, nose MASKING and
stolnach pummelling than most people
would suppose it possible for any one Ia
endure. He was clearly whipped nj the
hfteenth round, but staggered to the center
up TO the twenty-seyenth, when. in its
MIDST, officer Sullivan appeared and for
Dade further proceedings as il was clear
that 10 81 on would be brutal. The referee
gave the " fight TO " The Buffalo" II was
apparently genuine contest, and certainly
was. II hard work and severe punishment
meant anything. O'Sullivan was declared
the SaMest man ever in Sacramento"
but IL was an exhibition bTutalizing in its
tendencies, appealing to the grosser pas-
sions and not saved from lust condemno-
uon by being harmless test of skill in the
art OF selt-deiense, such as is useful for
men 10 possess to defend themselves from
VICIOUS assault. While neither man was
really hurt much. still it was an exhibition
that had no redeeming features in il. and
such as should not be permitted again.
CoMMUTATioN OF SENrEYcE.-Yesterday
Governor Stoneman issued pardon to
Peter Bangs, confined at San Quentin, who
was convicted Of burglary in the first de-
gree in the Municipal Criminal Court of
san Francisco in October 1878. and SEN
fenced to fifteen years imprisonment. The
Board Of State Prison Directors recon-
mended that the sentence be commuted to
eleven years and five months. upop the
representation made by Hon. N. C. Blake.
the committing Judge, that Bangs had been
sufficiently punished and should be set at
liberty his sentence having been made ex-
ceSSive to deter other criminals at the time
AT the lime OF the commission of the crime
Bangs was but Is years of age. In passing
sentence Judge Blake made use of the fol-
lowing language: " You having been con-
vlcted OF petit larceny, and being now con-
vlcted of burglary of the first degree there
Is no discretion III this case at all. The full
term for burglary of the first degree is the
least can give yOu. The statute fixes it..
/ do not think there is anything else can
do about 1t. The judgment of the Court is
that you be punished by imprisonment in
the State Prison of this State for the term
of fifteen years If you conduct yourself
well, and am living when YOU have been
there six years, | Will try and help YOU
The prisoner has an aged mother in feeble
health, has grown TO manhood and been an
exemplary convict.
THE LOWELL CAsE.-The Court room of
Department two, of the Superior Court was
again crowded yesterday with those anx-
ious to hear the argument in the Lowell
case. Mrs. Joseph Powers, widow of the
man for the killing OF whom the defendant
was on trial, was present with her infant
child. Soon after the opening OF Court.
Grove /. johnson entered upon the closing
argument for the prosecution, and conclud-
ed about $50 p NJ. Judge Mcfarland then
delivered his charge to the jury. which
retired at 4:05 Pm. A large crowd re-
manned for some time, until the iurv had
opportunity to take two or three ballots.
and then dispersed, believing that the Jury
would not agree. At 1l:45 P. NJ. the Judge
ordered the Jurors brought in, when they
announced their inability TO agree The
Court, after a few remarks as to the impor-
lance of the case and the desirability of a
verdict being rendered, sent them out
again, and, unless they agree, they will be
out all night. There was no information
gained as to how the jury stood Just before
they were called in, but it was reported
early in the evening that they at one lime
stood six for conviction and six for acquit-
tai, but this is not known to have positively
been the case.
SERGEANT BARwIcK's REPORT. = The
moisture in the atmosphere at O'Clock
last night was less than it has been before
since the LIST day of last January. the low
est then being SO per cent. of complete
saturaton, while last night it was 81 per
cent. This shows that the north wind is
getting in its work licking up the excess of
moisture, thereby decreasing the cause of
so much foggy weather, that has been more
frequent for the last few weeks than usual.
The reason of so much fog in this vicinity
is because the dew point and the temper
allure of the air remains in such close
proximity 10 each other that it requires
but very slight reduction in temper
allure TO reach the dew or fog point.
Yesterday was the warmest day this year.
The Signal Service thermometer, 81 feet
above the ground, registered 64o, the high
est this year. The lowest yesterday was
460. The lowest this year was 27.5o, or
4.5o degrees below the freezing point. The
highest Gao, or $40 above the freezing point
The weather last night was clear at all Sig
nOrthwesterly winds prevailing.
CAPITAL TURF CLuB.-A meeting of the
Capital Turf Club will be held at the
Golden Eagle Hotel this evening to hear
the report of the Csnvassing Committee
and transact other business relative to the
spring meeting.
GENTS fine silk hemstitched handker.
chiefs-red, 90 cents; white, AS cents each
in Fancy Goods Department, annual clear
ance sale, Red House
THE LATEST MURDER.-0ne thousand
yards canton flannel, cents per yard. at s
O'Clock this morning. Farmers and Me,
chanies' Store opposite the Plaza.
CHILDREN's fancy knit zephyr jackets re
duced to 50 cents each, in our annual clear
ance sale. Red House.
LADIES muslin chemise, trimmed with
lace or ruffled, % cents, in ourannual clear
ance sale Red House.
d. d. d. will cure biliousness, indiges-
ton and dyspepsia at once, at j. Hahn & Co