Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-03
California Patents.

WASHINGTON, June 2d.-The following
patents have been issued to-day to Califor,
MIA inventors j. P Dudley. San Jose
horseshoe; William 7. Easterly, Watson.
vile, wagon jack Ernest Friedrich, San
| Francisco, machine for working copperous
| silver ores; Nelson c. Hawks, San Fran.
cisco. printers case-stand and galley tray
Charles j. Hendry, San Francisco, life raft
John Kernaghan, San Francisco railway
brake; Albert Meyer, San Francisco, hop
! press; John Payne, San Francisco, bicycle
saddle Clayton 2. Smith, Oakland, wool.
securing machine; Charles Sutton, San
| Francisco, stamp for cement pavements
Austin Walratl, Nevada City, paving, roof
ing and building compound.
Proposed Anti-PSlygamy Amendment to
the Constitution.
WASHINGTON, June Ex-senator Cullom
has introduced in the Senate a Joint reso.
luton proposing the following amendment
TO the Constitution
Article XVI-Section 1.-The only institution
or contract of marriage within the United
States or any place subject to their jurisdiction
shall be that of the union in marriage of one
man with one woman: aud bigamy and polyg-
amy is forever prohibited. any law custom.
form or ceremony, civil or religious, TO the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
section = NO cldIG -SudiI pass ally law. or
allow any custom, form or ceremony of mar
rage, except in obedience to and conformably
to the institution of marriage as hereinafter
established; but otherwise the regulation within
each state of marriage and divorce. civil and
criminal jurisdiction over these subjects, shall
belong to the several States as heretofore.
Section 3 Congress shall have the power TO
enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
The San Francisco Postmastership.
WASHINGTON, June Acknowledgements
Californians here do not believe, owing to
the Presidents marriage to day, that the
nomination of a Postmaster at San Fran
cisco will be sent in before next week.
Since the withdrawal of Greenhouse from
the contest. Senator Hearst has not taken a
very great interest in the fight. The Sen
ator said to your correspondent that either
White, Hastings, Moulder or Ross would
suit him, and, indeed. if any one of the
other numerous candidates is selected he
would be satisfied.
The Fisheries Trouble.
WASHINGTON, June Representative
Boutelle received a telegram to-day from
Eastport, to the effect that the Dominion
Collectors of Customs threaten to seize
American boats if they buy herring from
the fish weirs on the provincial shores, to
be used for canning in the United States.
n idiSc DuslueSS Vi tuiS klllu Las bceu
carried on at Eastport and vicinity. nearly
all the fish being bought from the provin-
al weirs. The American boatmen are
afraid to continue the traffic, and large
number of people on both sides of the line
are affected. Mr.. Boutelle and Senator Hale
this afternoon called ON Secretary Bayard.
who promised to take immediate steps to
ascertain the facts of this reported denial
of the ordinary privileges of commerce:
but he remarked that as diplomatic nego-
tons on this subject must be conducted
through the British home Government.
they are necessarily slow.
Liquor Taxation.
WASHINGTON, June 2d.-The Stanford
amendment to the fractional gallon bill,
after some discussion in the Finance Com
mittee yesterday, was referred to sub
committee composed of Senator Jones of