Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-29
SAN FRANCISCO AND VICINITY.

It is said that the Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad Company is m..aing deep cuts
into the overland passenger rates.
Pedar Sather, the weil-known capitalist,
sole owner of the hank of Sather & Co., is
lying at the poip. of death at his residence
in Oakland, lie has been sick but short
time.
In Oakland on Sunday Otto Anderson,
The thief who stole $50 from st. Anthony's
Church, East Oakland, was held to answer
= charge of burglary with bail fixed at
81 500.
The Supervisors have passed over the
Mayors vetoes the A. w. Rose, Jr., railroad
franchise on Twenty fourth street by a
vote of to 3. Also, the Omnibus Rail
road bill.
The Railroad Commission has unani-
mously decided that the allegation of over
charges made against the Southern Pacific
Company by one James Pattison, of Los
Angeles, was unfounded.
J. P. Simpson, teamster, was helping
to hoist heavy beam at the Bancroft
| building on Market street on Monday
when the piece of timber fell and struck
him on the head. 1t was found that he
had sustained an injury of the spine and q
| serious scalp wound.
At an early hour on Sunday morning
residents in the vicinity of Suffer and
Buchanan streets were startled by loud
explosion. Investigation showed that a
dynamite bomb had been placed upon the
| Sutter-slreet line and exploded. There was
| but little damage done to the track, how
ever.
Louis Keppler has sued the South Pacific
| Coast Railroad for $4,000 damages, alleg-
| ing that on May 23d last while on the cars
with his wife and child, the train backed
upon a newly-made switch to which tele-
graph pole was so close that his child of
eighteen months, who was looking out of
the window, was struck and killed.
The United States man-of-war Hartford,
| flagship of the Pacific squadron, arrived
from San Diego Sunday night, and is now
at anchor in the stream. The Hartford is
perhaps the best-known vessel in the navy.
Itw in her rigging that Admiral Farragut
lashed himself during the famous attack on
the forts at the entrance to Mobile bay.
The steamer Belgic, which arrived from
Hongkong last Sunday, brought some thirty
Chinese females, twelve of whom had no
return certificates. They claimed to have
resided here before the passage of the Re-
striction Act. Of the eighteen with certifi-
Gates eleven were refused landing by Sur
veyor Tinnin, on the ground that they did
not answer the descriptions in the certifi-
Gates.
James Reid has brought suit in the Su-
perior Court to recover $l0,50 from the
Eureka Lake and Yuba Canal Company.
The plaintiff claims that in January, 1881,
he was the owner of fifty shares of the
company's stock, and that from June, 1884,
to June, 1856, the company has declared
dividends and realized profits amounting
to the sum sued for, of which he has re-
ceived no part.
| In the Clay Street Bank there was an ac-
count which represented $12 AZ deposited
between March 18th and September 9, 1861.
| The depositor and his book disappeared, it
was believed, at about this time, since
nothing was heard from them for twenty
! five years But yesterday the holder of the
| book appeared and had his interest entered
up, and withdrew his money, receiving the
handsome sum Of $40 OF.
Little Artie Frazer, the 4-year-old boy
who was missed from his home on April
| 10Th of this year, was found yesterday
buried in the sand near his home. The
body was found by lab1rerS who were
! excavating. 1t is supposed that Artie was
| playing in the sand and that the bank fell
in on him and buried him. A great stir
was made at the time of his disappearance.
1t was supposed at the time that the boy
had been stolen, and large reward was
offered by his parents for the recovery of
the boy.
An infant son of Louis Karo died yester-
day at 661 Broadway, Oakland. The father
was nearly crazed with grief and ate moth
ing during the day. Toward evening he
drank two glasses of hot brandy and the
effect of the liquor crazed him. He be-
came so frantic that his wife was COM
PEELED to ask that he be taken into custody
He was arrested after a struggle and was
kept all night in the city prison. From
him was taken a phial of poison which he
said he intended to take. He declared that
his child died from eating poisoned pie,
| purchased at bakery. But DR.. Muller,
who treated the child, signed a certificate,
hence the father must be mistaken in his
charge.