Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-10
PACIFIC SLOPE.
SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REconD-uNloS.I
CALIFORNIA.
viticultural Commissioners.

Board. They are as follows: j. De Bartn
Shorb, Commissioner at large; Chas Krug.
for the Napa district; Charles A. Wetmore,
for the San Francisco district, and r. B.
Blowers, for the district of Sacramento.
They are appointed for four years from
April 10, 1886 The remaining five Com
missioners hold office two years longer.
The Board will hold its next meeting on
Monday, June 14th, in San Francisco.
Boyeotted Steamship.
SAN FRANcIsco, June 9th.-The Oceanic |
Steamship Companys steamer Australia
arrived to-day from Honolulu and docked
at the company's wharf. Shortly after, in
obedience to orders of the Steamshipmen'S |
Protective Association, all the seamen,
fremen and walters left the ship, only the
head men of each department remaining |
on board The men all left the Australia |
quietly. The strike was ordered TO carry |
out the boycott of all vessels owned or char
tered by Spreckels & Co., for their refusal
to employ increased help in the coal-room
of the steamer Mariposa.
Ancient Order of Hibernians.
NEVADA CRY, June 9th.--The meeting of |
the State Convention of the Ancient Order |
of Hibernians proved very interesting, al |
though the session was brief. The report |
of the Secretary shows Members in Cali |
fornia, 1,522 paid for relief of brothers !
since last year, S5,945 81; burial of broth |
ers, 81 2G0 05; charitable purposes, 81 $50;
cash on hand, $11 ,679; funds in hall fur |
niture, 81, ,S21; in regalia, $2,119 number |
of brothers relieved, 17S; number buried, |
81. After the regular business was trans |
acted resolutions were adopted pledging |
support to Gladstone and Parnell, deplor- |
ing the failure of the home rule bill, thank |
ing the Catholic clergy of the United States |
for their approval of the Order, denouncing !
Communistic and Socialistic movements |
! asking Congress TO pass stringent anti-Chi- |
| nese laws and urging Hibernians to use |
their influence in getting legislation. 1t was |
decided to hereafter hold annual meetings. |
Santa Cruz was selected as the meeting |
place next year. The following officers |
| were reelected for the ensuing term j. w. |
Sheehy, San Francisco, State Delegate; r. |
II. Carr, Nevada City, State Secretary Ed |
mund Walsh, San Francisco, State Treas
urer.
A Zoo for Los Angeles.
Los ANGELES, June 9th.-Dr. Arthur
| Sketchley. who returned from Africa tLis
| spring with q cargo Of young and old os-
! triches and started a new ostrich farm on
the Los Feliz rancho, five miles northeast
of this city, proposes TO make an immense
pleasure, resort aviary, geological and
botanical garden there. He will build |
steam dummy line from the plaza in this !
city to the gardens and expects to have ii |
| in operation by November 1st. The route !
will wind through romantic hills and along
the river TO the north of the city, and will |
be six or eight miles long. The trips viii |
take thirty minutes, the fare being twenty |
five cents from any part of the city, as the !
line will connect with the street cars. DR.. |
Sketchley started the ball rolling Friday |
night and by Saturday night had raised |
cost of the enterprise is estimated at from |
$4,000 to $4,000. The proprietor of the |
ostrich farm and G. j. Griffith, owner of |
the Los FeliZ ranch took more than half |
the stock.
A Blaze in Los Angeles.
Los ANGELES, June 9th.-A fire broke
out tonight about IL o'clock in Com
mercial street, between Los Angeles and
Wilmington streets. a lot of old rookeries
near Smiths Hotel, corner of Los Angeles
and Commercial streets, were destroyed.
! The property belonged to Mrs. Hinch. The
| fire for while was very fierce. The street
being narrow, fears at one time was enter
tanned for the Mclaughlin block opposite.
The iron doors became hot enough to
burn anything that touched them. The
burned property was occupied by old clothes
dealers, a barber shop peanut stand, etc.
| The loss, from all accounts, is very nom-
inal. 1t is impossible to learn at this time
| of night whether there was any insurance
on the property or not. 1t is hardly prob
able. The fire department soon subdued
the flames, and prevented other property
catching. The fire wall of Smiths Hotel
effectually checked the flames spreading
towards Los Angeles street.
The Stockton Barbarity.
SrocKroH, June 9th.-Thc preliminary
Al.
of Police and policeman Sperry for tricing
up prisoner who refused to work in the
chaingang, commenced to-day TO be re-
sumed tomorrow. The prisoner was
chained to the grating in the cell window,
with his hands handcuffed behind. When |
found he was bent forward and head droop- |
ing. He was released by the order of ply |
sicians, who testify that his pulse was not |
then noticeable. The defense claim that |
the prisoner simulated the symptoms |
which alarmed the physicians.
Colusa and Lake Railway Company.
CoLusA, June 9th.-The Colusa and Lake |
Railroad Company was organized last |
night and the following officers elected !
The Board of Directors are w. p Harring- |
ton, L. w. Jones, J. II. Roberts, Peter |
Peterson, John Sites, w. D. Dean and E. a. |
Harrington. President. L. w. Jones /; |
Vice President, w. D. Dean Secretary, |
Charles NJ. Ballantine Treasurer, Colusa |
County Bank. Work will be commenced |
at once.
The Southern California Gold Disgings. |
NEEDLES, June 9th.-Two prospectors,
lust in from Metal Landing, forty miles
south of this place on the Colorado river,
report still further rich discoveries. Very
rich nuggets were shown, and sufficient
work has been done to insure this to be the
in.
California. Parties are leaving here by
trail and river for TIE new camp daily
Jail Breaker Captured.
SAINT Cruz June 9th.-Frank Kennedy,
one of the prisoners who recently escaped |
from the San Francisco County Jail, was
captured at FELTON, last night by constable
Drew. Kennedy formerly resided at Eel |
ton, where he was regarded as bad char
acter.
Fruit Shipments.
ELMIRA, June 9TH The Fruit Union
shipped four carloads OF fruit from Vaca-
vile to Chicago to-day-the heaviest ship
ment yet made from this place.
The Anti-Coolie League's victory.
RED BLUFF, June 9tb.-The Anti Coolie
League seized the eliminating point in its
desires by the. selection of its candidates !
for Marshal and Police Judge at the meet |
ing oil the Town trustees last night. u. Is. |
Record was appointed Marshal John w. |
Brown Police Judge, A. Hutchinson and |
Tom Kennedy policemen, w. b. Cahoone |
Treasurer, and George A. Poor Town Clerk.
Teiegraphic Communication Restored.
IAKEPoRT, June 9th.--The northern tele
graph line has been repaired from Colusa
to this place, and we are connected with |
the outside world by telegraph, after being |
cut off for seven months.
Slaughter House Bnrned.
MERGED, June 9th.-A slaughter-house
at Smelling, containing lot Of hides and
other property, belonging to Rhininehoqse
& Mugler, was burned about o'clock this |
afternoon. The building belonged TO |
Daniel Ingoldsbe, and was valued at $50. !
The cause of the fire is not ascertained.
Proposed Labor Bureau.
REDWOOD Cry, June 9TH The Anti |
Chinese Beague of this place has called
meeting for tonight, for the purpose of or
panizirlp a labor bureau.