Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-02
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

Southern Pacific Railroad of California
bonds to the amount of 800 900 will be re-
deemed if sent in to the Commissioners by
the 10th of April.
The Railroad Commission has removed
Andrrls as Secretary of the Board. and an
pointed Stafford II. Parker to the place.
The salary is 81, 400 year.
Wong Wo Lung & Co, Chinese boot and
shoe manufacturers at 2l1 Clay street, have
been attached by their creditors. Their
liabilities are placed at $4,000.
Frank McCoppin, the newly-appointed
Harbor Commissioner, has not vet taken
his seat, but will do so in a day or two. his
bond not having been formally accepted.
During the month of March last County
clerk flynn issued 2l5 marriage licenses,
and received therefore $430 for the benefit
OF the County Treasury and made 43O per-
sons presumably happy.
The steamer Rio de Janeiro, which ar
rived from China Wednesday, brought 10
Chinese, of whom 63 were for San Fran
cisco and held Custom house certificates,
lOl are en- route to Honolulu and 6 for
Panama
Thursday being the LIST of April, the
genial practical joker seized the opportunity
to perpetuate the fool jokes sacred to the
occasion. Hats with bricks in them,
spotted clothing and foolish kilograms bore
evidence to his ingenuity.
The Internal Revenue collections for the
month of March We're as follows: Lists
81, $50 "a; beer, $50, 234 40; spirits SS4.
296 80; cigars and cigarettes, $40 464 rs
snuff, Sl40 tobacco, 1854 81; specials
$l,799 90. Total, 1852, 74S SO.
Mitchell states that he will quit the
Sfatr hfr-f l. I.
far east as Kansas City, and that his object
in declining to renew his engagement is a
Willingness TO crafty Jack Dempsey's
much-expressed desire for 4 meeting.
Secretary Webb, of the State Board Of
Horticulture, reports that the fruit cron
this year will be larger and finer than ever
before. The semi-annual meeting of the
State Board will be held on April 18th. in
stead OF the Goth, as was previously ar
ranged.
Judge Toohy Thursday morning ad-
judged James Cannon, who refused to
t 'stlfy before the county Grand jury. guilty
OF contempt, and sentenced him to fine
OF $50 Cannon will have the question
tested before the Supreme Court, and has
prepared the necessary papers on habeas
corpus.
The Superintendent of the House of Cor
rection has reported to the Supervisors that
on the 31St he had at that institution 292.
prisoners. During the month 50 were dis
charged on expiration of sentence, and Al
committed. The expense of maintaining
the institution for the month of March was
s., 427 OF.
Since the inauguration of the boycott of
Chinese laundries they have NOT perceptibly
decreased in number. but since then there
has bapro n ,norf- cd ar,1 -
in the number of laundries operated by
white persons. There are in this CITY over
800 Chinese laundries, scattered nearly to
the San Mateo county line. which pay
quarterly license Of So, in advance.
The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency re-
ports 24l failures in the Pacific coast States
and Territories for the first quarter of 1856
with assets of 1913, 604 and liabilities of
Sl,473,0O1, as compared with 253 for the
previous quarter, with assets of $3.50. 1874
and liabilities of 81, 564 276, and $50 for the
corresponding quarter of 1885. with assets
of 81, 229, SOL and liabilities 81, 45S,752.
The action of the Acknowledgement in
bringing suit to vitiate the contracts made
by the Prison Directors for the manufacture
OF goods at the State Prison, has resulted
in n. ?. Cole notifying the Board that he
would withdraw from his contract. The
AS''SOAi ei1SSIit'i ny nm Is tIdt he can pUr-
chase i'll the East and ship here for less
than he can manufacture at the prison.
private letter written on board the
United States steamer Adams, at Panama,
March 18th, announces that Passed Assist
ant Surgeon A. G. Cabell died on board the
Adams the day before of yellow fever. The
Navy Department had ordered the Adams
to proceed to San Francisco, and she was to
start at once. The Shenandoah had lust
arrived at Panama with nineteen cases of
typhoid fever on board.
Railway mail clerks report that mails are
delayed by reason of the heavy freight traf-
tic over the different roads. On the Union
and Central Pacific there are freight trains
on every siding, and passenger trains have
to run between stations on orders 1t is not
uncommon to find three or four heavy
freight trains on a single division going one
way, and as many going the other, and
similar state of affairs exists probably on
every other division
United States Marshal Franks has ap-
pointed George P. Craig and L. B. Hop
klnS Deputy United States Marshals, in the
places of w. G. Gregory and B. J. Acker-
man. Mr.. Craig is the son of Judge An
drew Craig, formerly of Santa Cruz, and
Mr. Hopkins is an old-timer, well known
in this city and Placerville, he having been
Deputy Sheriff of Placer county several
times. Mr.. Alderman, the retiring deputy,
has been in the Marshal's office for manvs
years, and proved an efficient officer 1t is
understood that other changes will soon
follow.