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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-22

of Nevada met at Genoa on the 10th of De-
cember, 1859, at the residence OF j. b.
Blake. o. Fl. Pierson, of Carson was
elected Speaker, H. S. Thompson Clerk,
and ]. A. McDougal Sergeant alarms.
Governor Roop delivered his first message
and the town was wild with enthusiasm.
1.-THE German NJ. E. Church, at the
corner of Ninth and K streets, which had
been three years in building, was dedicated
with imposing ceremonies. 1t was COM
menced in 1856 by Rev. G. H. Bollipger,
who was succeeded by Rev. @. Dierking.
The dedication sermon was preached by
Rev. A f Hertel, of San Francisco.
...... Nathan Coombs, of Napa father of
Hon. Frank Coombs, Assemblyman from
that county,, published challenge to the
State TO run his horse Ashland two miles
against any horse for $1,000 side, or four
miles for like sum, one-ihird forfeit.
1.-THE officers elected by Pacific En-
campment, No. 2. 1. O. o. F., on December
10th, were: C. P, w. C. Felch; Il. p, NJ.
Greenbaum: S. W, D. Barney Woolf;
Scribe, D. w. Welty; Treasurer, Prescott
Robinson; J. W, R. c. Montgomery.
1.-THE cold was intense that winter in
Washoe valley, New, and Indian children
died by scores from freezing and starvation.
The Indians refused food from the whites,
fearing it was poisoned.
lone of the curiosities in San Fran
cisco was an Australian Laughing jackass,
a species of fowl about as large as big
hawk. Laughing jackasses have become
too common of late years, however, to ex-
cite curiosity.
Thomas O. Selby, one of Sacra-
mento's earliest settlers, and proprietor of
the then well-known Selby ranch, just be-
low R street, died in this city on December
81, 1859. He had formerly been Texan
Ranger.
:. ...O'Connell, Ryan & Co. were in bust
ness on Jstreet, between Third and Fourth,
and John ]. Murphy, at Fourth and J
streets, was offering holiday books in great
variety.
1.-THE material for ready made bridge
for the Sacramento Valley Railroad arrived
by the steamer Northern Light. 1t YVES in
tended to span Arcade creek.
Charles Crocker, the lately deceased
railroad builder and manager, was then in
business at 246 street, and large adver-
tiser in the UNION.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-22
THE STORM,

The Summit Experiencing the Heaviest
Snowstorm of the Season.
Word was received at the railroad Office
last night that the heaviest snowstorm of
the season was raging at the Summit The
barometer bad fallen there TO % IS inches,
a remarkably low point for even that alti-
tude.
Rain was falling along the Shasta Dlyi-
sion. and trains were somewhat late. The
one due here this morning from Oregon is a
little behind.
Here in Sacramento the stars were shin
ing brightly, not clord being visible.
At midnight the river had not risen any,
Notwithstanding the rise reported in the
upper Sacramento yesterday morning.
The American rose and fell seven feet ct
Folsom on Friday, and yesterday showed
a slight upward tendency.
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BRIEF NOTES.

The river gauge at the foot of K street
yesterday measured % feet 4 inches.
Maria Wilsey was Yesterday granted a
divorce from Charles Wilsey in Judge Van
Fleets Court, on the ground of desertion.
Yesterday Charles Robin reported to the
police that three pairs of pants had been
stolen from his store.
President Lawson, of the Pioneer Soc:-
ETY., yesterday received $40 from the Turn
Verein of this city Tor the Suffer Fort
fund.
Mrs. Gill, mother of the San Francisco
boy at the police station, telegraphed last
evening that she would send for the lad ON
Monday next.
Yesterday Frank Murphy caused the ar
rest of John Carron on charge of rob-
berry. Murphy alleges that Carron picked
bis pocket of 81 in the City Hotel Saloon.
The Capital City Wheelmen's Club has
elected the following officers for the en-
suing term President, Presley B. John
son Captain, Stuart Epson Secretary and
Treasurer, John Breuner, Jr First Lieu
tenant, w. A. Hubert; Second Lieutenant,
H. r. Bernard, Jr, Bugler, Chris. Schmidt
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-22
THE SACRAMENTO.
Colonel Mendell Talks More Freely of
His Investigation.

Colonel Mendell Talks More Freely of
His Investigation.
A reporter of the San Francisco Bulletin
yesterday had an interview with Colonel
Mendell regarding the results of his in
vestigation of the condition of the river in
the vicinity of the Payne break in the
Yolo levee, during which he said: Il now
feel convinced, and l think others who
were at first alarmed feel as do, that the
reports regarding the river were much ex-
aggerated. l consider there is no imme-
diate danger of the river changing its
course, and think the Governor is now
of that opinion also. We found the break
in the leyee to be about six hundred Ieet
long, or wide, whichever way NAV you
consider it. By my direction Msjor Heuer
went off in a skiff and was pulled by two
men through the break, sounding IS he
went. a gentleman designated by the
Governor, Mr.. Humbert, was permitted te
accompany Major Heuer. The latter
found an average depth of twelve feet on
the break. In the river, right off the
break, soundings showed depth oftwenty-
four feet.
"The water has, of course, washed the
levee there away entirely and possibly some
of the solid bank of The river, but how
much we could not judge. The bank al
the break was cut about four feet below
high-water mark. The sand bar below the
break had considerably lessened since Mr..
Gruusky sounded there last week. Where
we found fully twelve feet of water he then
found only three or four feet. The river
yesterday was rising slowly.
"0ur examination was, from the nature
of things, somewhat superficial. 4 more
thorough examination should be made,
taking week or more for the purpose.
Ny report has been telegraphed to Wash,
ington, but as to whether we will be in
siructed to do any work Oh the river, can.
not say. TIE hill at Washington which
was put through so promptly was, as / IN
derstand, simply a removal of the restric
ton on the appropriation. This restriction
was to the effect that the funds of the a2
preparation should not be available una
: official report Nas made that hydraali
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SHIELDS is FREE.
The Young Man Slips Through the Fin
gers of the Laws Iron Hand.

The Young Man Slips Through the Fin
gers of the Laws Iron Hand.
Benjamin F. Shields, the young man
who YVES arrested recently for running a
young girl named Kate Mauiz, ana also
had charge of assaulting Frank Cosby
with deadly weapon hanging over him, is
now entirely free from the supposedly pitt
less grasp of the law.
When the seduction case was called in
the Police Court yesterday forenoon
Shields attorney, E. G. Hart, formally no
titled Judge Buckley that Shields had mar
ried the girl. and thus, under an Act passed
by the last Legislature, no prosecution on
the charge could follow.
The Court could not do otherwise than
order the charge dismissed.
The young man was, however, tried on
the assault charge. Frank Cosby testified
that about week ago he met Shields and
Miss Msutz on the corner of Fourteenth
and streets. He spoke to the young lady,
being acquainted with her. Immediately
she lett Shields and went into my house"
continued Cosby, land then l turned to
if he wouldn't go into the house,
too. He told me it was
none of my business what he did. l got
mad then and told him l would make it
my business. When l approached him he
drew pistol and struck me over the head
with it. Then he pointed it at me and
threatened to blow my brains out, and l
left at once in search of an officer"
Attorney Hart subjected Cosby to Wig
orous cross examination. and succeeded in
bringing out the fact that the witness did
not feel over friendly toward Shields.
Judge Buckley interrupted the examina-
ton to announce that the character of
Cosby's testimony was not tie kind that
would convict Shields, and when it was
stated that no stronger evidence could be
offered his Honor dismissed the cese.
Shields smiled triumphantly and left the
Courtroom free man.
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MOUNT IN City Ireasufy-............ "a
APPoRTIONED AS FOLLOWS:
State Land Patents.

The Governor yesterday issued patents to
State school lands as follows: James Bull
lard, Ell Dorado county, 40 acres; e. H. Saw
yer, Siskiyou county, $50 acres Henry Sea-
man. Solano county, 2007 acres; John D..
Ledford, Mendocino county, IA 10 acres; W.
NJ Palmer, FL Dorado county, 200 acres.
Patents to State University lands have
also been issued as follows: Alexander
Coyner. Monterey county, 40 acres; john
=. Todd, Mendocino county, 40 acres; Oscar
r. Harmon, Santa Cruz. county, 40 acres;
John Gleason, Tehama county, so acrss
William Pinkerton. Jr and C. w. Jack
son, Monterey county, 80 acres; H. c..
Mathers, San Luis OSispo county, so acres;
Isaac n. Chapman, Sonoma county, 40
acres; r. a. Loonis, San Luis Obispo
county. 40 acres; William Pinkertoa, Jr..
and c. w. Jackson, Monterey COUNTY, 40
acres; ]. II. Bofchard, Monterey county,
70 20 acres
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WANTED SYMPATHY.
Fisher Was Repentant, but the Court
Was Not Mercifully Disposed.

Fisher Was Repentant, but the court
Was Not Mercifully Disposed.
H G. Fisher, the young man who got
lighting drunk" on Friday and terrorized
the neighborhood of Fifth and h streets,
was very meek and humble looking indi-
Yidual when he appeared in the Police
Court yesterday.
His attorney made strong plea for
mercy on the ground that Fishers wife and
child were in destitute circumstances. and
any punishment administered to the father
would fell heavily upon them.
Judge Buckley remarked that this was a
poor excuse for a man who allows himself
to get into such condition that be is more
fiend than human being. A man GER
tainly knows the effect liquor has upon
him, and he takes the entire responsibility
upon himself when he drinks. His Honor
added that were il not for the defendant
family he would deal with him very
severely.
Fisher promised to lead an exemplary
life in the future, but the Court was not
diposed to trust him too far. Fisher was
accordingly fined So on the charge OF
drunkenness and was ordered to appear
Monday for sentence on the charges Of
malicious mischief and disturbing the
peace
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SUPERIOR COURT,
Department. one--Armstrong, Judge

SATURDAY. December 81, 1889.
In re C. NJ. Slayback, nm iusOlyent debtor
Election OF assignee continued one week.
Frances NJ. McKeeyer VS.. John II. Gass-De-
cree granted qpietiug title.
W. W. Washburn VS.. +. S. Jacobs-Cont.nued
for term.
L. Elkus VS.. NJ G. Standardization for new
trial continued two weeks.
In re A. Dennery, an insolvent debtor-Hear-
ing of return and answer to citation stricken
from calendar.
Hannah Dennery VS.. George C. McMnllen-
Hearing ofretuIn and answer to citation stricken
from calendar.
In re A. j. DAMS, an insoNent debtor-COn,
tinued
Martin VS.. Bauquier-Passed.
Nellie T. Halsey VS.. George C. McMnllen-
Continued.
In re A.. Depnery, an Insolvent debtor-Sale
confirmed for So, 500 exclusive of book accounts
and receiver directed: to collect said book ac-
counts
P. H Jordan ct al VS., D. W. Grover ct al
Notion for change OF venue to Santa Cruz
granted
James English VS.. Edwin X. Alsip--O1del
made confirming report Of referee.
Department Tw0-Yan Fleet, Judge.
Adiauruad
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PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
Deeds to. Real Estate Filed With the
County Recorder.

Deeds TO keal Estate fIed WIN fht
County Recorder.
From law and abstract office of Brusie & Tay
| Tor, southeast corner of Seventh and j.
The following transfers of real estate have
been made since the last published re
port:
Nancy Hudson to J. Richardson-The west 81
feet of lot 2, J and X, Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets: love and affection.
Estate of Charles Mclaughlin to Martha NJ
Watson 1911 acres in sections IS and IS, town
ship north range east; 81.
Leonard Warner to G. c. Lewls-Iot 4 in bloch
H. of Highland Park; $40.
H. S. Nevis to Charles Peterson-The east hall
of lot 7, Q, and P, Eighteenth and Nineteenth
streets; SO.
William Walton Fuller to Celia r. Fuller
Lot 4, @ and r. and Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets; love and affection.
John Talbot to Samuel J. Rippon-The south
IS feet of lot 4, H and l, and Sixteenth and
Seventeenth streets; $3.50.
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Disabled steamer.

Some part of the steering apparatus or
helm of the steamer Modoc was injured on
her upward trip from San Francisco on
Friday night and the vessel could come no
farther thsn CourLlaEd. where she viii re-
main until the necessary repairs are made.
Her passengers were brought Up on the
Herald late on yesterday she Mcdoc Till
probably cone Up some iiEse &c day.
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Awful Accident to n Child.

Says the Gait Gazette of yesterday; Edith
the little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. F.
Crabtree, was severely burned Thursday
evening. 1t seems the child placed her
mouth over the spout of kettle of boiling
water, closed her lips and sucked in the
air. OF course the spout acted as svphon,
and the water shot into her mouth. She
swallowed some of it, and her mouth,
throat aud stomach were badly burned.
The attending physician thinks she will
have hard siege to pull through
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Coal Day for Lynn.

C. Lynn, the individual who was caugh:
stealing coal from freight car, which was
standing on Front street, Friday night,
was convicted in the Police Court yester-
day. He will est his Christmas and New
Year dinners at the expense of the city, as
Judge. Buckley sentenced him to seventy
days imprisonment.
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Good Winter Track,

The Breeder and Sportsman calls attention
to the fact that Sacramento is particularly
favored with its track, for, while there
have been many horses in the neighbor-
hood of the Bay that could not be worked
owing to the rain, the trainers of the Capt.
tai City have been able 10 exercise their
horses almost continuously.
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Yesterdays FIRE Alarm.

A chimney-6re at the residence of State
Printer Young, at half-past o'clock yes,
terday afternoon, caused an alarm to be
sounded. The high wind caused The vari-
Gus wires to come in contact and the alarm
did not come in very stTaigh much TO the
confusion Of the fremen. No damage was
cau:es by ths fire.
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Haeing Sal Rollers.

At the skating rink last evening Andrew
George and Bdwasd Hawley had a two
mile race on rollers for purse af $50
Hawley WOO in the fast time of nise min
utes and eighteen seconds, beating his op
ponent about thirty feet. A lasgs Grove
witnessed the race
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Brought Here for Burial.

The remains of o. ". Wilson, former
Sacramentan, who was drowned in the
food ct San Diego, wss brought here last
evening for burial, where decsased's rels.
.ives reside.
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Lost and Found.

All noon yesterday horse and buggy be-
longing to E. r. Edwards, who lives On the
line of the Freeport road, was taken from
in front Of the Free Library. Last night
officer Rider found the same fest in front of
the City Brewery, at Twelfth and H stree g.
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City Finances.

Following is statement of the receipts
and disbursements of the City Treasury,
as shown by the City Auditors report for
the week ending December 2lst:
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EASEMENTS,

The Boston Howard Atheneum Variety
Company had very large audience at the
Opera House last night. The company is
a strong one, in variety. There are eleven
numbers in the programme. The dancing
and rapid changes of the child Ida Heath
are remarkable; the Arab tumblers and
balancers are novelties and very superior
Wilton and Mora are fine horizontal bar
performers; Wood and Shepard, in min
strel musical act, are lrreslstably comic :;
George Thatcher, the wel!-known minstrel
comedian, fills very humorous number,
and Dutch DAILY" for his odd treatment
of the English language, and his expert
ness upon the concer;ina, received such
applause as is seldom given a dialect per-
former. LIE Blanche is a jolly and clever
worker of legerdemain, and adds novelty
to his tricks by explaining each one. Bru-
min is French ''erotesque," who is alb
normally thin and long limbed, almost
repulsively SO, but causes great laughter BY
his posing as a ballet dancer. The Irwin
Sisters give clever protean sketch, Conr0y
and Fox are the Irish comedy specialists of
the company, and Lottie Collins, the gaiety
dancer, is 3 supple and graceful performer,
but should not attempt 10 sing. Taken as
whole it is variety show of unusual at
tractiven(ss. There will be a final per-
Torrance this evening
Manager Hall had all the gas-burners
ableze in the Opera House last night from
six o'clock TO reduce the chiliness of the
atmosphere and measurably succeeded, but
at the cost of heavy gas bill. A decided
improvement also was the closing across
the entrance hall of the second set of fold
ing doors, thus abating the draughts very
much. But the house cannot be as COM
Portable as the public is entitled to have it,
with its heavy walls which chill those who
sit near them, until heater is placed in
the basement-and freely used. The Met
ropolitan Theater, because of its Enclosure
on two sides by other structures is less in
need of a furnace, but heating the house
would improve its patronage. What is alb
solutely necessary at the Metropolitan is
that the glass folding doors should be
closed, the central folds covered and made
to swing either way to cut off the draughts
that are now so strong with the ticket
takers door is open, as to force the lobby
doors siar and deliver the wind blow" TO
all sitters in the side sections-a fact that is
loudly and justly complained of by the
public. There are many people who re-
frain from sitting out performance in the
house becsuse of the neglect to employ the
simple and costless agency suggested.
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A special telegram from Washington last
night TO the RECORD UNION stated that the
President had approved the JOINT resolution
providing for repairing the damages caused
by floods to the Sacramento and Feather
rivers
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Teachers Certificates.

There was a special meeting of the
County Board of Education yesterday to
prepare the questions for the examination
of applicants for certificates, which COM
mences at . O'Clock tomorrow morning in
the Perry Seminary building
Bedding has organized ailitary COM
paDy.
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COME EARLY.

Come early!
Mornings and evenings are
decidedly the best time for
trading.
You can do your seeing to
better advantage, and haze
more time for selecting.
We shall haze an extra
force for the great trade Of
the NEXT TWO DA VS..
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MARRIED..

Sacramento, December 2l-By Rev. A. C. Bal
Eugene A. Junior TO Ninais L Gardner.
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mining of character injurious to the river
: was done away with. Such a report, so far
as know, has never been made"

MR UUMBERTS VIEWS.
PA. Humbert, who is member of the
State River snl Harbor Board, yesterday
submitted 10 Governor Waterman, at the
latter's request, u written opinion concern
ing the condition of the Sacramento river.
Mr.. Humbert's views agree generally with
those Of all intelligent persons that have
examined the stream and expressed them
selves in regard to its condition. He
thinks the Government should dredge out
the debris deposits and construct levees on
a well-devised plan. The present levees,
be thinks, have not been properly con-
structed, and there is nobody in the State,
perhaps, who has ever thought otherwise.
Mr.. Humbert claims that other causes
than hydraulic mining have been respon.
sible to some extent for the filling of seven
feet noticeable in the river. The 6estruc-
ton of forests along the banks and the dis
turbance of the soil by agriculture are
among them.
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BORN.
Caspar. Meudocino county. December 9-Nkse
of II. H. Haskell, a daughter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-04-23

GAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, APRIL III, hSS9.
= SEALED proposals, in tripicate, will be
received here until II O'Clock, noon, on the
i0th dav of MAY, 1889, and then opened, for
transportation of Military Supplies on follow
inc described routes, in Department of Texas,
dnring the fiscal year commencing JULY l.,
1859: Wagon Transportation, No. 1-Between
Marta and Fort Davis, Texas; No. 2-Between
Pena and Fort Ringgod, Texas; NO. 5~be'
tween Spofford Junction and Fort Clark,
Texas. River Transportation, No 4-Between
Forts Brown and RinggOld. Texas. Local
Transportation. No. BAT San Antonio, Texas
No. g. at Brownsville, Texas. All lntOrina-
office. The United States reserves the right
10 reject any or all proposals; Envelopes
containing proposals should be marked:
Proposals for Transportation on Route No
GEO. II. WEEKS, Deputy Quartermaster
General, U. S. A, Chief Quartermaster.
April LIT May SGT
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-04-23
High License and Criminals.

New York Tribune.
A Philadelphia detective says that
one remarkable effect of the high Ii
cense law has been to free the city al
most wholly from professional bur-
glars, thieves and other criminals.
"These people," ne says, always as
sociate together, and when their re-
sorts and haunts were broken up they
cleared out. There is no place for
them to 60, no place of rendezvous,
and accordingly they have gone to
other places where saloons and all
night dives such as they frequent are
permitted to flourish" New York
CITY, with its 10000 or $1,000 saloons,
probably gets Philadelphia's former
quota of crooks.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-04-23
An Expert on Coast Defenses.

New York Tribune.
Commander VIM. 7. sampson, SUI
perintendent of the Naval academy,
read a paper on Coast Defenses" at
a meeting of the Naval institute at
Annapolis on Thursday evening. In
the course of his remarks he said he
was convinced that if the port of New
York was blockaded for few months,
the loss that would result to the ma
ton would be as great as would be
produced in the city by a lombard
ment. To provide against such a
blockade. Commander Sampson sug.
gested the building of three first-class
vessels, to cost SO, 1000 900; three rams
to cost S3,OOO,OO0, and twenty torpedo
boats to cost 81, 600, 900.