Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-02
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

The Stars were beaten by the Pioneers
Sunday. Score. 8 to g.
After an examination Saturday before
Police Judge Lawler, DR.. J. A. ]. McDon-
aid, accused of the murder of David p.
Mish on the night of January 10Th. was
committed tor trial without bail.
The arrivals by the overland trains for
the week ending Sunday were 5I3. this
being exclusive of eXcursionists and the
Immigrants who arrived on the A p, going
to Southern California via the California
Southern.
Il. 2. Madison has been appointed Re
ceiving Clerk i'll the Appraisers store. at a
salary OF Sl,2OO per annum. The appoint
ment was made in accordance with civil
service rules, Mr.. Madison standing high
est on the list.
The strike of the boiler makers of the
Union Iron Works, which commenced on
Wednesday last, still continues. The strike
was originated through the bosses allow
ing the helpers or handy men, who receive
from 81 10 to 81 % day, to do the work of
skilled boiler-makers, who receive about
So % day.
Gus Brown, who has laid claim to being
the champion light weight wrestler of the
coast. met Charles I'll. Ridley, of Chicago
Sunday afternoon at Con MONEYS Place,
in match at wrestling, "catch-as-catch-
can" Brown, who acted altogether on the
defensive, was thrown in two successive
bouts by Ridley.
William III. Greenwood, an old resident
and well-known and respected member of
the mercantile community, died Sunday
He was member of the pioneer commits
sion firm of Dixon, De Wolf & Co.. and.
after Withdrawing from it, engaged in the
milling business, becoming the owner of
the India Rice Mills.
Van Tassell went up in his balloon Sun
day, and it came down in the bay, half
mile from the Harrison street wharf. The
balloon drifted slowly toward shore, drag
ging the car like seine through the water.
Spreckels tugboat Relief came to succor
the hapless professor, but he refused to
leave his buoyant basket until it reached
the wharf, where he landed safely and
saved the balloon.
A. Judson, the Secretary of the Alaska
Mining Company, whose property is in
Shasta county, received on Friday last a
five-pound chunk of ore, valued at over
$1,000. The rock is literally scanned and
plastered with gold. This piece of ore was
found in the vein while running drift, at
depth of about $50 feet from the main
shaft. The nugget was insured for 81 200
when it was shipped from the mine.
Albert Stefan has applied to the Probate
Court for letters of administration on the
estate of the late Dennis E. Mccarthy,
owner of the Virginia, New, Chronicle, who
died on the 10th of December, in Alameda
county. The deceased left an estate in this
city worth s., 800, consisting of house and
lot on Grove street, near Buchanan, and an
unimprOyed lot on Seventh avenue The
heirs of deceased are his widow and five
children, all of whom reside in Virginia
City.
In the Supreme Court, Monday morning,
L. S. Pillsbury, on behalf of j. NJ. Hogan
filed an elaborate accusation of unprofes-
sional conduct, under the Code. against
George W. TYLER, asking an order to show
cause why Tyler should not be disbarred.
Under the statute the individual so charged
has at least five days in which to respond
to the charge after the service of summons,
but, in this instance, Tyler was given until
Monday, the 18th inst, to answer. He is
charged with swindling client out of
about 81, 600.
The Knights of Labor of this city are
preparing petition to the House of Rep
resentatives and the Senate of the United
States on the Chinese question. 1t requests
Congress, by appropriate legislation or a
change in the present treaty with China, to
forever prevent further immigration of
Chinese to the United States. The petition
is signed by Governor Stoneman and other
State officials, two ex-Governers, the Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court, Superior
Judges and municipal and Federal officers
generally. a quarter of million sigma
lures are expected on the coast.