Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-25
Torrey, proprietress. In addition thereto
were several lodging-houses and 1estau-

Torrey, proprietress. In addition thereto
were several lodging houses and restau-
rants.
......A breach between the Archbishop OF
Paris and the Court was reported. The
Archbishop was requested to officiate at the
TIE De.tn for the victory at Magenta, and
replied: II cannot join in thanksgiving
for the murder of Is 600 human beings, nor
raise hymn of joy founded on the pain
and misery of others; but | will sing De
Proftadis and Requiem for the souls OF the
departed with the greatest pleasure"
The Sacramento Pioneers were max
ing arrangements for celebrating Admission
Day, and the following committee was ap-
pointed to make the necessary arrange
ments: Messrs. Hardenburg, Carroll, Gil
lespie, Knox, McClatchy, Phelan, Smith,
Hereford, Bidleman and Martin.
.....G. Blake and w. r. Waters were
conducting their assay Office at 81 street,
and the Lady Adams Company was coz
Quoting its bank on K street, in the Lady
Adams building, between Front and
Second.
FLAMES Cass, of Lagoon valley, near
Michigan Bar, was shot and seriously
wounded by two highwaymen near Shingle
Springs, while en- route from Placeryllie
with wagon-load of freight. He refused
to stop, when ordered by them to do so,
and was accordingly shot through the arm
and side.
1.-THE local papers were calling atten-
ton to the then dangerous condition OF the
Water-works building. The west wall had
sunk several inches. and number of
bricks had fallen out. The walls were
also cracking badly. The old building has
been patched up repeatedly since then, but
it is doubtful if il will stand much more
patching.
100. On the 18th of August, on motion of
Philip l.. Edwards, Morris M. Estee was
admitted by the Supreme Court to practice
law.
......A dispatch from Carson contained
the intelligence that two wagon loads of
quartz from Comstock & Co.'s claim on
Mount Davidson had just passed there en-
route to Sacramento to be assayed. Such
was the modest beginning of the great
mining era on what afterward became
known to the world as "the Comstock
Lode"
......J. B. Clark arrived at the ranch of
his brother, H. P. Clark, in Suffer county,
on the 18th OF August, after tedious jour-
ney of nearly six months across the great
plains. He brought about 600 head of
stock. He had made the trip in 49, and
this time came to stay.
ION the 10Th of August, p P. Golden
was drowned while hunting at the sink of
Putah creek. He had shot duck, and in
attempting to recover it became entangled
in the weeds growing in the lake and lost
his life.
ION the 10th of August Leonard Kel-
logg commenced work on his brick store
building on street, between Eighth and
Ninth, where his hard ware business is still
conducted by his brother.
,.....At Rich Flat, Ell Dorado county, an
atfray occurred on August Sth between
William Quinn and Henry Elliott over
some trifiing matter. During the struggle
Elliott drew knife and stabbed Quinn,
who died the next day.
There was considerable travel in
those days over the Willow Point turn
pike, from the Sacramento river below
Freeport out to the high ground below
Dixon. The road lay along Babel slough,
but is now travelled but little.