Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-10-26
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
GRIEF OF A MAN WHO WAS MIS-
TAKEN FOR ORLINsKI.
An Assassin's Attempts to Kin Judge
Robert Robinssn-Gallantry
of Stage-Driver.

a considerable sum of money was offered
His name was Orlinski, and he had PROB
ably the ugliest face that could be found out
side of Digger IGoian rancheria. lie
newspapers nearly all contained cuts OF
him, and whenever a mother or nurse
girl wished to frighten naughty child into
good behavior she would show it Oflinski's
portrait and declare that he was looking
for bad children. To liken person To Or
linski was, in those days, 10 offer man
a gross insult. The only person-so far as
known-who ever admitted that he re-
sembled the unhandsome outlaw was
Adam Millman Parry, then one of tie pro-
prietors of the Napa Reporter, and now an
attache of San Francisco paper. Parry
was not then so very homely land it is said
that he is now even better looking), but he
was not beauty, by any means, and was
frank enough to admit it. Not so with
certain party who happened in Sacramento
one day, where he was not generally
known. He was really ugly OF feature, and
@ local detective who met him on the
street ran him into jail under the firm be-
lief that be mad captured Orlinski, the
murderer. The mistake was discovered
next morning, and the suspect released.
He inquired the cause of his arrest, and on
being informed, asked to be shown Or
linski's picture. He looked at the photo
graph and then at bis own reflection in
looking glass, and burst into tears. He
said to the jail officers that he knew he was
not handsome, but it broke his heart to
think that any person should regard him
as being as ugly as Orlinski. That even
ing he tried TO drown himself in the river,
but was fished out. and the nsxt day he
left the city, declaring that he would emf
CRATE at once from the State.
....... The old-time stage drivers of Cali.
fornia were, as rule, brave and gallant
lot of men. They formed what might al
most be termed race distinct from the
other toilers, and there are only few of
them left. They were men of iron nerve,
of intelligence, generally of great physical
strength and endurance, and above all,
men of honor-whose lives were ready to
be sacrificed at any time in defense of the
weak and helpless confided to their charge,
The history of California that does not de-
vote at least one chapter TO the lives and
heroism of the pioneer stage drivers of the
State, will be far from complete. In going
over the old files of the UNION numerous
instances are found recorded of brave deeds
done by members of this band of road
pilos, one of which occurred up in Sierra
county. A lady passenger on stage com-
planned to the driver that man inside the
coach had insulted her. That was enough
for the driver to know. He left his box,
put on the brake and demanded that the
accused should apologize to the lady. The
fellow, who was bigger than the driver,
only laughed at the latter aud threatened
to pull his nose. The driver opened the
coach door, got the fellow by the collar,
yanked him out upon the roadside and
gave him thorough walloping. Then he
bully to foot the rest of his journey.
........ About the middle of October
Judges Robert Robinson and E. B. Croker
went from Sacramento to Sonoma county
on business. The former was accompanied
by his wife and one child. When they
were returning (by carriage) and had
reached a spot in the Coast Range hills,
near Suisuu, some would be assassin shot
from ambush at Judge Robinson, the bull
let passing through his shoulder. The
wound wss dressed at the first town
reached (Vacaville), and the Judge coniin-
ued his journey. 1t was supposed that the
attempt on Judge Robinson's life was made
by some sauatters who had been dispos-
SeSSeu Oh thIu DS CllC vi Ills uSClslOnS
.......A Massachusetts paper contained
sensational account of fracas that occurred
at a cattle show in g town in that State.
Two showmen were holding forth, their at
fractions being an alleged gorilla, fat
woman, several monkeys and q living
skeleton, while one of the proprietors swal-
lowed pebbles and cheWed up stones. Two
drunken men-who said the gorilla had in
suited them-turaed loose on the show
with fists, knives and clubs. The show
men were stabbed, the gorilla III was
knocked out with club, and yelled Muir
ther ~ while the fat woman was treated
with indignity The .keleton escaped by
crawling through crack.
1.-THE pony express brought the
news, on the 22d of October, of Republican
yania, and the Wide-Awake Club of this
city decided to celebrate the event by firing
q salyo of artillery on the Plaza. The gun
squad were en- route to the PISA, and
stopped at Eighth and K streets to get some
powder, leaving the cannon standing in
the street. While the men were absent
party of Democrats swooped down upon
the gun and spiked it, and it took the squad
two hours to drill out the spike. The per-
petrators of the trick went to the country
for few days.
... WGchhorst G. Denver, then the
leading jewellers of the city, gave a gift
entertainment during the State Fair. The
first prize was an elegant solid silver tea
set, valued at 81 800, and it was won by q
poor boy named GilloDi, them at school al
the Mission Dolores, San Francisco. When
this fact became known Messrs. Wachhorst
& Denver, learning that the prize was to be
sold for the purpose of raising funds 10
complete the lads education, generously
added $500 tray to the set.
Senator Gwin was addressing a po-
litical meeting up in Plumas county when
an accident occurred, causing the collapse
of the floor. A local paper, in referring 20
the incident. stated that one of the sleep
ersn gave way and fell. A Spanish paper
in San Francisco translated this expression
as follows: While Senator GTin was pro-
nouncing q discourse in public room, enc
OF his sleeping hearers fell from his seat
and made an internal noise"
Tom MONEYS Folsom Express was
the only paper in the State that published
the lists Of steeraee passengers arriving by
steamer from the East. Mooney claimed
that, as General Jackson was born in the
steerage department of a vessel on the
ocean, no one need feel ashamed OF having
to travel in that way.
There was great double team
trot over the Union course on Long Island
on the Sd of October, 1860, between Horace
Jones Putnam and mate and Sam Nc
Laughlin's Jim and mate. Jones team
won IN three straight heats in 2:4O1, 2:4O,
2:332. That was great times in those days.
.........Just thirty years ago this month
the foundation was laid for Hunts saw
n.ill on the Yolo side of the river, short
distancs above the town of Washington.
For many Years the ruins of the old mill
stood out upon the waste OF sllekens: ang
the site is now enaeiirs-"1 " iusty growtAl
of willows.
......In the political news of that day
frequent reference is found in the news
papers to III. II. Hsight, a leading Repub.
lican of San Francisco" Mr.. Hsight
finally became the Democratic candidate
fQrGovernor, aud vas elected over Gorhann.
,s........ Colonel David E. Buel, who after
ward became noted General in the Union
army during the war, was thirty years ago
in charge of an Indian reservation in Hum
boldt county.