Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-11-17
THIRTY YEARS ago.
ADUEL FOUGHT IN SHASTA COUNTY IN
EARLY DAYS.
YoIo Whisky Effects the Capture of a
Would-be Murderer-sacramento
Had Baseball Then.


Trinity county, both residents of Weaver
vile. Miller's seconds were John Cass and
John Owens, and Gallagher's were John P.
Jones and one Mcneil. DR.. Bates was sur
geon for Miller, and DIR. Gordon for Gala
CHER. The weapons were navy revolvers,
and but one load was placed in each; dis
lance, fifteen PAGES. Only one shot was
exchanged. Miller was shot through both
legs, Just below the knees, the wounds not
being serious. Miller's ball struck the
ground five feet in front of him. The
principals shook hands and expressed them
selves as perfectly satisfied. There was no
question as to Gallsgher's satisfaction with
the result, as he was uninjured, and Miller
probably thought he was lucky in not be-
ing killed The difficulty was originally
between Miller and one Watson. Gallagher
bore challenge from Watson to Miller,
who refused to acknowledge the challenger
as q gentleman. Miller stated, however,
that he acknowledged Gallagher as gentle
man, and the latter-in compliance with
the code = gave a peremptory challenge,
which was accepted by Miller. The duel
was to have been fought on the evening
preceding the day on which II occurred,
near the Tower House, but the officers got
wind of it and interfered. When it did
come off the Sheriff was just within hear
ing of the shots.
ION the 10Th of November 1850 there
was a great freshet in the American river,
which came booming down without much
warning aud causing considerable damage.
The ferry-house, site and all, at the mouth
of the river and belonging to @. H. Swift,
were swept out into the stream and the
building borne away by the rushing water
and demolished. Fortunately the ferry
men got out in time to save their lives.
On the south side of the river, near the old
distillery, for distance of several hundred
feet the bank was carried out to the width
of about 100 feet, and the distillery also
went down into the seething waters. A
barge belonging to f. Turkey was swept off
the ways and against the bridge, where it
sank. The END of the prison brig broke
from its moorings at the foot of l street and
the old hulk swung out across the stream.
1t was feared she would sink, and the pris-
oners were all removed during the night.
The partially submerged steamer General
Redington, after dragging the lighters for
some distance, broke loose and departed in
the night for parts unknown. ALI during
the night there was great commotion along
the river front, nearly every steamer, barge
or sailing vessel being more or less dam
aged.
....A confidence operator worked q very
neat swindle on G. 1. N Mcneil, Secretary
of the Sacramento Board of Education.
He met Mcneil on a steamer between here
and San Francisco, and represented him.
self as one of several cousins of Mcneil,
and won his confidence. He had Just been
to the mines and had a bag of gold-dust
which he wished expressed to New York.
Mcneil introduced him at the banking
house of T. S. Fiske g. Co., where the sack
was deposited and an advance of $500 Sc
cured by the thrifty miner. He was to call
for the dust at the New York branch of the
firm, pay the amount of the advance and
receive the stuff. At the American Ex-
change Bank the bag was opened and found
to contain-shotl 1t is unnecessary to
say that the owner never called for it.
......Joe Proctor and wife afterwards
lessees of the Metropolitan Theater in this
city, were then playing in London. One
of Proctor's strong cards was Mick of the
Woods" ... Miss Emily Mestayer was a
member of the Howard Atheneum COM
pany.....The Ravels were playing at the
Philadelphia Academy Barry Sullivan
was at the Walnut-street Theater, Phila-
delphia, and Matilda Heron was to follow
him ...... Mrs Charles Howard was delight
ing the Cincinnatans. Maggie Mitchell
was playing Cricket on the Hearth" in
Richmond, and Murdoch was at Nashville
Anderson was playing at McVicker's
in Chicago. Henry Wallack had just
made his forty-third voyage across the At
lantic, and was then travelling for John
~ hn lima
Opera Troupe, then playing in Boston, was
$4,000 per month.
lone night in November German
named Haeyser went to the roadside inn
kept by James Asbury, about two miles
west of Washington, on the Yolo side of
the river, and attempted to murder him
for the purpose OF plundering the place.
He shot Asbury in the neck, when the lat
ter grappled with him and took the pistol
from him and threw it out into the road.
He was assisted in his struggle for life by
his dog which broke its fastenings behind
the bar and attacked the would-b be muir
derer. Asbury went and aroused neigh
Dor, and when they returned to the place
they found Haesyer lying drunk IN the
tavern, having helped himself SO literally
to the whisky that he was unable to get
away from the place. He was brought to
this city and locked up.
Sacramento had a pretty stiff Sun
day law in those days-or, rather, one was
passed by the Board of Supervisors on the
18th OF November in the year the chron-
icles of which are herein reviewed. The
ordinance declared it "a nuisance TO give
any theatrical performance, exhibition or
serenade, opera, concert, circus, ball OF
dance, musical parade, or to carry on bust
ness or mechanical labor in such place OF
in such manner as to interrupt or disturb
any congregation while engaged in any re-
ligious exercise" The Treasurer was pro-
hibited from issuing any license for any
exhibition or public amusement on Sun
day.
"A man named Livingston, who SAID
he came from Napa, got on spree here or
November 10th and was induced to wed 6
courtesan named Elizabeth Riley. He hac
lots of money with him, and with his bride
was driven all over the town in TIE car
rage of Mike Brannigan. the notorious
Livingston spent his money freely, anC
paid all his wifes debts. The next day BIZ
had to pawn his valise to buy ticket t
San Francisco by the Antelope, and lef
without his bride, who was too drunk Il
accompany him.
49,. An Eastern paper had the following
notice of Mexican Buchanan, the rantinE
tT8geOldD OF early udlS, WIN uScu " uO III
transforming business throughout Califor
mia, assisted by his daughter Virginia
"McKean Buchanan, the traeedisn, wh'
PLAYS poker and Hamlet equally well-or
rather, very much alike-was at last &C
counts at Newport, England, where,
local paper said, his reception was yer,
cordial, but unfortunately his patrons wer
few
The Typographical Union OF Sal
Francisco elected officers as follows: A. D
Jones, President; VIM. @. Taylor, Vice
President; Michael Mccarthy, Second Vice
President; George Il. Pettis, Recordin
Secretary; Henry Havelock, Financial Sec
retary; P. ]. Thomas, Treasurer; VIM
Thaw, Doorkeeper; Directors-C. 7. vii
son, Alex Crabb, J. D. Williams, W. d
Miller and A. D. Graham.
Baseball is by no means a ne'
thing in Sacramento. Thirty years ag
fhis month a club was organized ITO b
conducted under the rules of the New ! or
climbs" and the officers were: President
q. T. Leonard Vice-President, w. ID. Lee
Secretary, John E. Isaac; Treasurer, &. b
Mott. = :. :.
THE Prince of Wales had just at
tanned his eighteenth birthday, or major
ity, and the papers were discussing tn
possibilities of his ascending the throne |;
England at an early day. But he IS stu
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