Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-07
CAPITOL NOTES.
Appointments Made by the Governor-He
Repudiates John Mullen.

Appointments Made by the Governor-He
Repudiates John Mullen.
Articles of incorporation of the Palms
dale Railroad Company have been filed in
| the Secretary of States office. The COM
pany is to build and operate railroad fol
the transportation of passengers and freight
on cars propelled by electric motors or loco.
motives. The road to extend from Palms
station, on the Southern Pacific road, south
for six and a quarter miles in San Diego
county. San Francisco is to be the head
quarters for all the business transactions,
and the Directors are as follows: H. c.
Campbell and o. c. Miller Sausalito; A.
r. Briggs and Lowell White, San Francisco,
and F. NJ. Butler of Oakland. The capital
stock is $50 600.
The following letters of recommendation
have been issued by the Governor Holland
Smith, of San Francisco, on Governor Hill
of New York and Governor Ames of Massa-
chusetts. for the office of Commissioner of
Deeds; also, to Jay f. Hunter, of Los An
geles on Governor Ross of Texas for the
same position.
A passport was also issued to David Lu-
bin, of Sacramento, who sails in few days
for Europe.
The State Printer has commenced to re.
ceive the first numbers of the $4,000 edition
of elementary arithmetics.
Commissions were issued TO the follow
ing persons by the Adjutant- General
yesterday: Charles C. Fisher, First
Lieutenant Second Brigade, Second Artil-
lery J. b. Amerman, Captain and Adiu-
tant Second Brigade, Second Artillery
Horace V. Scott, First Lieutenant Second
Brigade, Second Artillery William D. Nc
Carthy, Major and Surgeon Second Brigade,
Second Artillery; Willis Lynch, Captain
and Chaplain Thirdi Brigade, Sixth Infant
ry; f. E. Austin, Lieutenant and Paymas-
ter Third Brigade, Sixth Infantry: Frank
Somers, Second Lieutenant Cadet Com
pany, Second Brigade, First Infantry T. J 2.
Lemon, Second Lieutenant Second Brigade,
Second Artillery Frank r. o Brien, Major
and Military Inspector, California Mill
tary Academy; Edwin f. Selleck, Captain
Sixth Infantry, Third Brigade; Alonzo c.
Williams, First Lieutenant Third Brigade.
Sixth Infantry; Edwin n. Flemming, Sec
ond Lieutenant Sixth Infantry, Third Brig
ade Robert w. Reynolds, First Lieutenant
San Francisco Hussars; Jas. NJ. Donahue,
Colonel commanding Fifth Infantry; J. D.
II. Chamberlain, Major and Signal Officer
Sixth Brigade; F. A. Cutler, Captain and
Aid de-Camp Sixth Brigade Philip Stew
art, First Lieutenant Sixth Infantry, Third
Brigade; Colin Chisholm, Second Lieuten-
ant Sixth Infantry, Third Brigade Edward
Sheehan, First Lieutenant First Artillery,
Fourth Brigade w. A. Mott, Second Lieu
tenant First Artillery, Fourth Brigade; G.
c. Coleman, Lieutenant-Colonel Fifth In
fantry, Second Brigade; Samuel J. Taylor.
Lieutenant-Colonel First Infantry, Second
Brigade.
The Governor few days ago telegraphed
to John Mullen relative to his claim of a
percentage on cash sales of public lands
IN which he gave Mullen to distinctly un-
derstand that as Governor he did not
recognize Mullen's claim. Yesterday the
Governor sent the following telegram which
completely ignores Mullen in all his claims:
SACRAMENTO. February 6. 1883.
John Mullen, Washington, d. c.: Ny telegram
TO you OF Friday last covers the matter of the
refunded tax commission, and everything else
in connection with which you claim to repre-
sent the State. r. w. WATERMAN, Governor.
J. D. d. Mccoy, man seventy years of
age, is serving life sentence in the State
Prison for murder in Ventura county. A
petition asking for his pardon, the sigma
lures OF which occupy twenty pages of
legal cap, was filed with the Governor
yesterday. II was case of a winter and
spring marriage. She assaulted him with
hatchet and almost disemboweled him,
and he shot her in the leg and she died
from the effects of the wound.
J. NJ. Gorhan has been appointed mem
Der of the Board of Supervisors of Sierra
county for the Fourth District, vice A. G..
Busch, resigned.
Notaries were appointed yesterday as
follows: R. w. King, Stockton f. E.
Lacy, Los Angeles, vice G. j. Denis, term
expired.
J. NJ. Mannon of Ukiah, has been ap-
pointed and commissioned a Director of
Agricultural District, No. u, vice A. r.
Davidson, term expired