Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-30
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
HOW JAMES MLAUGHLIN WAS DONE
UP By LOCAL THUGS.
Policeman EaIdy's Battle with a Tough
Prisoner-Fan of the Feather
River Bridge.

On the Sth of November a man named
James Mclaughlin. who had been farming
On Putah creek, Yolo county, came to Sac
ramento and put up at the 81. Charles
Hotel. He said he intended returning the
following morning. In the evening he
went to the Sacramento Theater, where
melodeon was running, and that was the
last seen of him alive. He had $50 with
him which he had received from Z. 5.
Carey for labor, and the supposition was
that he had met with foul play. Three
weeks later his body was found or the
river bank, on the Yolo side, about twelve
miles below the city. The skull was
crushed in, and it was plain that he had
been murdered and thrown into the river.
. Police officer Hardy had a lively
time of it one night in arresting man
who was creating q disturbance in house
on Second street. The man, one Remiey
refused TO go with the officer, and drawing
his pistol attempted to shoot him. Another
man who had Just entered grabbed Rem
ley's arm ard saved the officer life. HARDY
then got help and proceeded to take DIS
prisoner to the police station. At Second
and j streets Remley tripped the ctiicer and
threw him, and at the same time whipped
out his pocket knife and slashed Hardy
about the head before he could rise. Chief
Watson, who was close by, ran to the Off
cars relief, and Remley was jailed.
Tie Feather river bridge at Marys-
vile collapsed on the 9th OF November,
while couple of loaded wagons were pass
ing on the central section OF the structure.
The teams, wagons and drivers were thrown
into the river, falling some forty feet, but
the men and horses escaped. One OF the
drivers was known as Dutch Fred. Another
man. driving a team hauling load OF
bricks for Mr.. Graft, was on the oriGge ana
as the latter broke in two the front feet OF
his horses were on the section going dawn.
He yanked on the reins, the horses set their
hind feet and throwing themselves back
ward managed to escape going down. The
incident was witnessed by number OF
people and created quite local sensation.
There are probably some OF the
present members of the Sacramento HCs-
sars, who can recall how they spent
Thanksgiving Dsy thirty years ago. The
company assembled on the Plaza in the
morning Captain Steudeman commanding,
and rode out to the Steiumiller ranch, some
two miles from the city, and north OF the
American river, where they were joined by
a large party of their lady and gentlemen
friends. The day was spent in drilling,
target-shcoting dancing, singing, etc. The
older members CT the company can doubt
less look back upon many such pleasant
DAYS of the long ago, when they met with
friends who have long since been laid to
81 THE State came very near being de-
prived, one night, of the honor of having
Aleck Badlam remain as one of her citi-
Zers. He was running to fire, in COM
pany with Chief Engineer Brickman and
when at Seventh and streets some Tn
known person hurleda cotblestoDe al him.
The deadly missile passed few inches in
front of Mr.. Badlam, and had the effect of
causing him and the Chief to heave to. A
search in the locality failed to reveal the
identity of the rock.thrower.
........On the night of November 2sth
somebody stepped up to the millinery store
of Mrs. Dunn on ] street, near Fourth, and
fred q pistol shot through the window
shutter. The bullet lodged in corner of
the room where Mrs. Dunn had been in the
habit of sleeping, but fortunately she was
at that tine upstairs. 1t was clear case OF
attempt TO murder, but there was no clue
to the would-be assassin.
.........A sad accident occurred on the
26th of November. Francis, the little
three-year-old son Of Mr.. McKenna, living
at Eleventh and / streets, attempted to
climb upon loaded wagon that was pass
ing, but fell uader the wheels and was run
over. The wheels passed over the child's
breast and neck, killing it instantly. Mr..
McKenna was absent in Victoria at the
time, and the child's mother was nearly
distracted from grief.
."Orhello' was being performed at
the Metropolitan Theater in this city. Tie
title role WIS enacted by II A. Perry,
Junius Brutus Booth appeared as Iago,
Walter Leman as RebantiO, William Barry
as Roderigo, Mrs. Woodward as Amelia,
and Miss Land as Desdemona. The other
members of the company were Messrs.
Clifton, Waldron, White, Rummels, Bond,
Jennie Vaudeville and others.
..A An Arkansan arrived in Sacra-
mento one day, having come across the
plains by the Texas route and exhibited
fariat one hundred feet long, made Of
human hair. He gave an Indian $50 for It,
and was assured that it was made from
hair sheared from the heads of the women
and men who were slaughtered by Nor
mons and Indians at the terrible Mountain
Meadows massacre.
,........T The secession spirit was becoming
rife at the South. IN Inc ooutn CaIOHud
Legislature a resolution had already been
offered providing for the calling out of an
army of 10000 men by the Governor.
Minute Men were drilling nightly in
Charlestown, and the war spirit was every
where uppermost.
ON the 10Th of November Patrick
Lanigan, saloon keeper at Michigan Bar,
was holding a cooked pistol in his hand
and in some way il was discharged, the
contents taking effect in the body of Frank
Rhose, who died on the following day.
.........On the Goth of November, 1850,
Charles II. Xrebs was married in this city
to Charlotte Muller OF Hanover, Germany.
They still reside here where Mr.. Krebs has
all this time been prominent business
man.
wears AGO. was hut l20, 53s It is now close
upon $50 .oo0-just about double what it
then was