Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-22

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE,

\ NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH.-Fre-
quently of late has the RECORD UNION
called attention TO the fact that careless.
thoughtless and non-law-abiding indiyidu-
ais were in the habit of discharging fire.
arms IN the southern and eastern suburbs
OF the city, and instances Of several narrow
escapes from death have been related. hon
ing by that means the individuals who so
recklessly toy with human life. by the non
observance OF the ordinance which makes
1t misdemeanor to discharge firearms
within the corporate limits, would desist.
That they do not listen to the voice of the
press, set at defiance the law, and DEFY the
officials whose duty it is to enforce il is
evident from the number of complaints
that are made daily. A report that some
individual has fallen a victim TO a stray
bullet while walking the public streets. or
while attending to domestic duties at their
home, in that portion of the city, will be a
sad announcement indeed, but not at all
improbable nor unexpected, if all renorts
concerning the reckless use of firearms in
those localities are to be believed. One day
THIS week, Mrs. Grunden, who resides on T
street, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth.
rocked her baby to sleep, and then placed
II upon the bed. As she was leaving the
room, the baby awoke, and she again took
II TO her arms. As she stood erect by the
bedside, her child folded to her breast a
bullet came crashing through the window.
and plowed deep furrow through the nil
low upon which a second before Law her
darling child. She regards the childs wax
ing up and calling to her as presentiment
OF impending danger; at all events, if she
mad not taken her baby from the pillow at
the moment she did, the next instant ii
would have been a bleeding corpse. the
victim of some reckless pot-hunter, perhaps
blocks away.
POLICE CoURT.-In the Police Court YES
terday Angelo Britano, Louis Faschi and
Louis Farari were convicted of disturbing
the peace, they having had a triangular
disagreement and will receive Judgment
this morning. james johnson, for a like
offense, was fined $40 or ten DAYS ..The
cases of Dan 0'Hare and Willie Farren.
two OF the four boys arrested for stealing
from the Beehive store, were continued
until tomorrow. The latter seemed quite
repentant, and told the officers, IF get
out Of this FL never swipe again. The
other two boys were released from custody.
as 1t was found that they had nothing to do
with the theft......The cases of the twelve
men arrested by the police for vagrancv.
during raid made on the vicinity of Front
and X streets Wednesday, were taken up.
Michael Miller. John Harrison and Dan
Coleman were adiudged guilty, and SEN
fenced to ten DAYS each in the county jail
Charles Mullen, Henry Palmer, John Muir
ray, Michael Carney, James Taylor. John
Clark, Henry Metcalf and Geo Jones made
good showing and were discharged.
READY TO PROCEED. - Some months
since man named John Corley was ar
rested for burying human foetus in a pile
of manure back of the Central Stables. and
in the Police Court he was convicted of vi
olating the ordinance relative to interments
within the city limits, and fined $25. The
infant was one TO which a woman named
Kitty Dalton had given birth, and she &C
cused him OF having beaten and ill-used
her two or three days after the child was
born. She expressed willingness to pros
ecute him for battery, but was unable to
appear IN Court, owing to sickness, and the
case was dropped, with the understanding
that ii would be taken up at some future
time, if she so desired. She has now re-
covered her health, and appeared at the
City Attorneys office day or two ago and.
reported herself ready TO appear as prose-
cutting witness when the case might be
brought up.
corporation have been filed in the office of
the Secretary of State as follows: The Gill
roy Gold Mining Company, to operate in
the counties of Butte and PIumas. Princi-
pal place of business, Gilroy, Santa Clara
county. Directors-Samuel Rea j. F. Sar-
gent E. A. Dawson, A. Herold and George
Seaman. Capital stock, $4,000 900, divided
into 10000 shares of the par value of 500
Zach lSo of tho HiIIratb Cold M;p;,,r,
Company, to operate in Fine Gold Mining
District. Fresno county, with principal
place of business at GilrOy, with the same
Directorate and capital stock as that of the
above Gilroy Gold Mining Company
KNIGHTS OF LABOR PErITIoN.-The fol-
lowing petition, prepared by the Knights
of Labor, is being circulated in this city and
receiving many signatures of all classes of
people, and it will be circulated in every
town in the State, until an immense roll Of
signatures, embracing a large portion of
the voting population of California, has
been obtained, when it will be forwarded
to Congress The undersigned, citizens of
the State of California, request your hon
orable bodies to take action as NAV be
necessary, either by appropriate legislation
or by change in the present treaty with
China, to forever prohibit the further i'm
migration Of Chinese to this State"
IMPROVING THE DRAINAGE Yesterday
the Street Commissioner had men engaged
in opening cutters, and otherwise aiding
the drainage of the streets that were par
tally covered with water in the eastern
portion of the city. The heavy rainfall of
Wednesday caused water to stand in many
places, but did not inconvenience the pub
,afa int 4, ~,fIr
lots in the southwestern portion of the city
are covered with water, owing to the fact
that the drainage pipes from Il to street
are not OF sufficient size. The pump at Y
street is at work day and night, throwing
an immense volume of water, aud RAPIDLY
reducing the overflow.
MOUNTED SWORD CoNrEsr.-It is an
nounced this morning that the mounted
sword contest between Duncan C. Ross and
Sergeant C. Walsh, for purse of $500 and
the championship of the world, which had
to be postponed last Sunday on account of
the weather, will take place at Agricultural
Park next Sunday afternoon. The fight
will be to finish, and viii doubtless be
very interesting.
Do Yeu want Behr or Mathushek.
Decker, Wheelock, Steek, Fisher, Geo.
Woods, Emmerson piano, go to Cooper's
new music store, corner Seventh and J
streets, where can be found latest sheet mu
sic, books, strings, all kinds small musical
instruments.
WE are closing out our ladies goSsamers
at IS cents each, decided reduction also,
misses at 50 cents, a good purchase if you
have to carry them over. Red House.
IL our Saturdays sale tomorrow there
will be large variety of ladies' cloaks and
wraps offered at astonishing prices. Red
House.
GREAT bargains in blankets 10 close at
Red House. \ seven-pound blanket marked
doxfn TO 81 Red House.