Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-04-23
He Changed HIS Mind.

| SAN FRANCISCO, April 22i.-Al Jones, a
middleaged man, had twenty grains of
morphine pumped out of his stomach at
! the Receiving Hospital early yesterday
morning. Jones, according TO mis- own
story, made up his mind that he wanted
| to die, and took the poison. The shores of
| the hereafter doomed up after he swallowed
the morphine, and he ran from Pacific and
| Stockton streets 10 the hospital for relief.
He is none the worse for his experience.
Poker-Players arrested.
SAN Francisco, April 22d.-Fourteen
poker players were captured in q back
| room in the saloon on the southwest cor
ner of Fourth and Mission streets yesterday
| morning. The men all gave fictitious
names and nine of them deposited bail in
the sum of $50 each.
The santa Clara Mines.
Los ANGELES, April 22d.-Wm. o. Bell
aire of Pasadena has returned from the
Santa Clara mines in Lower California. He
says there are at a low estimate 200 men
at work in the Santa Clara district. There
is no claim vacant in the Alamo or Mexi-
can gulch. All practical miners have been
| well rewarded for hard work. l saw So, 500
in dust sold in San Diego on Saturday. and
| myself sold seventeen ounces and Senior
Morales sold thirty seven ounces. There
was a specimen taken from the Prenuss
| mine last Tuesday, on the outside of which
there is free gold to be seen to the value of
81, 200. How much there is inside of it no
one knows. as it has not been broken 1t
| weighs 1, 100 pounds. 1t will be exhibited
in Los Angeles and San Francisco and then
sent to the Paris exhibition.
More Railroad Building.
SAN DIEGO, April 22d.-The contract for
the first four and half miles of the San
Diego and Eastern Terminal Railroad was
awarded to-day to E. G. Burlingame, of Los
Angeles. The contract provides that the
work must be commenced within ten days.
The projectors of the road have also formed
company for the purpose of building
from San Diego to Yuma and from San
S., 000,000.
A Serious A ccident.
ORLAND, April 22d.-Eli Triplett, living
near Orland, was filing a Babbett cast
ing when the mold broke, and molten
metal flew into his face, nearly burning his
eyes out, and intlicting severe wound
Over tablespoonful of the metal was
taken out from around his eyes. His sight
however, seems not to be lost, he having
closed his eyelids.
Dave Campbell Interviewed.
PORTLAND orr, April 22d.-A press dis
patch this morning from San Francisco
called Dave Campbell, Oregon's champion,
tenth-rate fighter, and insinuated that he
was afraid to meet Joe Choynski.
Campbell to-day was interviewed and
said 'In response to W. r. Vices tele-
gram to fight Choynski for 81 200 to the
winner and $500 to the loser, answered
no, but not because L am afraid Choynski
would get away with me, notwithstanding.
l have been out OF practice two and half
years, and Choynski is constantly in train
ing. | would not undertake to fight him
without two months training. Taking in
consideration the time l would lose and all
that sort of thing, cannot afford 10 go to
San Francisco for less than $1,000 Why,
made 81 200 in my fight with Dempsey.
You might say that l believe the boys at
the bay don't want me very badly, or they
would make it an object for me to 60
down.
A New Corporation.
PORTLAND, april 22d.-To-day the Port
land Smelling and Refining Works filed
articles of incorporation in the Office of the
County Clerk. The Directors are H. B.
Oatman, c. F. Bunker and ]. C. Moreland
Capital stock of the incorporation, 81 ,O00,-
900, divided into 10000 shares