Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-01

been allowed a clerk, and that the North
Beach section was opposed to such extrava-
gance, especially at they derived no benent
from the Street Department There was
but one road" from the city out to Noftn
Beach and that, they said, was not Kept In
repair.
1.-THE stage from Sacramento for
Marysville arrived at Nicolaus, Suffer
county, at o'clock on the afternoon OF
Thanksgiving Day, and while the driver
was off the box the horses ran away, and
dashing down to the river ran aboard the
ferry boat and thence out into the water,
stage and all. Fortunately there were no
passengers in the coach at the time. Inc
horses were drowned and the vehicle lost.
1.-THE "wheel-of.fortune" game was
before the Courts even thirty years ago Tor
the determination of its character, and the
Courts have ever since been guessing at 1t.
A San Francisco tribunal then decided that
as the demurrer to the complaint was that
the latter did not allege that anything was
to be lost at the game, the objection was
good, and dismissed the complaint.
John G. Almond, his wife and three
children, were returning homewsrd to the
country on Thanksgiving Day, and were
crossing r street, at Tenth, when their team
became frightened at passing tram, ran
away, overturned the vehicle and threw the
occupants out. All of them were more or
less injured, and Mrs. Almond had wrist
dislocated.
IA Young woman named Catharlne
Isabel Curt had just published IN London
translation from an old French manuscript
in the British Museum, which was almost
word for word "Bunyan's Pilgrims Pro-
gress" 1t was the work of clergyman,
n A. - 10 live in fifteenth
century. Its title (translated) Was I'll
grimage of the Soul
49,. Thanksgiving night in the year OF
1859 was a wild one in Sacramento a
gale. accompanied by rain, came on dur
ing the night and did great damage
throughout the city. Windmills and sheds
were blown down, buildings unroofed, and
the river steamers had hard time of it on
their way up from the Bay.
......On the morning of November 18th
an elderly woman named Mary Cooper Tor
McWhorter) was found dead on the floor OF
her kitchen in the alley between NJ, N,
Eighth and Ninth streets, by neighbor
named Sarah Mclaughlin. Advanced age
and restitution were the supposed causes
of her death.
The citizens of towns had g simple
way of their own in those DAYS for throw
ing off undesirable village names. On
Thanksgiving Day the people of Russville,
Sacramento county, met and resolved that
thenceforth their town should be named
Ashland. and so 1t has been until this day.
Thirty years ago is often referred to
as the lively period, but sodull was itin Sac
ramento that the newspapers had only q
half-column of local news on the day after
..... Paul K. Hubs, Jr., was Collector of
Customs on San Juan island, in the North
Pacific, the ownership of which was being
disputed by our Government aud England. |
.....California was already boasting of its
mammoth productions. The birth of a
child weighing twenty-one pounds was an
nounced in Mariposa county.
...... Ell Dorado county held special cleo |
ton in November for Assemblyman. The
candidates were Conness, Rock and Bates.
The former was elected.
ION Thanksgiving Day there was
three feet of snow at Forest Hill, Placer
county, and "the beautiful was still fall
ing.
1.-THE leading seminsries for young
ladies at that time were the Folsom lnsti-
tute and Miss Atkins Seminary at Benicia.
1.-THE Yaqui Indians had made fierce
attack on the suburbs of Guaymas, kill
ing thirteen of the inhabitants.