Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-15
san FRANCISCO ITEMS.

The silk school has received supply of
eggs from Corinth Miss, and will be glad
to distribute them to applicants.
D~nny Rearden, one Of the escapes from
the House Of Correction, was recaptured
late Wednesday night in an opium den.
Nose Wasserman, found guilty of having
sold champagne in bottles upon which
were counterfeit labels, was sentenced 10
pay fine of 500.
The G. a. R. rosters of the Department
Of California will be closed by June 1st,
and all rolls must be sent in by that date.
or they viii not be registered
Willie Boyd, 'longshoreman. was
burned to death at at early hour Friday
morning. The fire resulted from the ex-
plosion OF a lamp in his bedroom, the blaze
communicating with the bed-clothes. and
burning the unfortunate man to death be-
fore he could be rescued.
The man who dropped dead in an apo
piectic fit, Thursday afternoon, in a saloon
on Dupont street, while in the act of drink
ing glass of beer, has been identified as
Calvin Thomas, native of Maine, aged ~
years, and an engineer by vocation. His
widow is in an asylum for insane
The Mexican Veterans have passed a
resolution that w. Blanding should be
given $500 from the society as its accredited
agent toward defraying his expenses to
Washington, to look after the passage of a
bill in Congress, placing the veterans of the
Mexican war on this coast on the pension
roll.
J. Jensen and Lena Jensen, his wife.
have commenced an action against the
Examiner Publishing Company to recover
$4,000 damages for an alleged libel pub
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ticle stated that one Herbst eloped with
said Lena Jensen and deserted his own
wife.
The Southern Pacific Railroad has ex-
tended the Pullman sleeping car service to
El Paso. Passengers from San Francisco
and intermediate points will be allowed
the occupancy of the sleepers arriving at
FL Paso until A. II. These sleepers will
be opened at s p. NJ. for the use OF passen-
gers west bound. Passengers going through
via the Atlantic system will change sleep
ers as heretofore at Deming at p. N.
The State Central Committee of the Labor
Greenback party met Thursday night to
adopt plans for the holding of a State Con.
vention to nominate ticket to fill the
various State and municipal offices. 7,
Bekstone, the Chairman, called the COM
mittee to order, and J. o. Green acted as
Secretary. On motion of B. Doughertv. it
was agreed to call Convention on SUNDAY.
July 4th, at place to be selected hereafter.
There is not so much falling off in the
sale of Chinese made cigars since they were
boycotted as is generally supposed. Statis-
tical information is given to the effect that
during the month of March, last wear.
$500. COO Chinese cigars were sold in this
city, while within a fraction of that num-
Der were sold in March this year. 1t is n
well-known fact that boxes bearing white
mems labels are extensively refilled with
Chinese cigars by retail dealers
The wrestling match between Sam Mat
thews and Andre Christol, Thursday night,
lasted until nearly 8 o'clock Friday morn
ing, and was then adjourned undecided
The men wrestled from 8 o clock until 1880
without a fall, and then Christoi won fall
by Matthews touching both shoulders as
he rolled over TO change his position 1t
was not very even match. Matthews has
youth and strength, Christol is old but
crafty. When the younger man had his
opponent down he did not seem to know
how to turn him, and when Matthews was
down Christol did not have the strength to
keep his grip. A good deal of ill-feeling
apparently existed between them. Mat
thews bored and butted Christol, and the
latter made strenuous efforts to dislocate
Matthews neck