Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-03
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
oLoNEL JOE HoGE AND THE BRICK
INRIDGE DEMOCRATS.
The Old River Steamboat Days-Sesrch-
ing for Murderer wells-warn-
ing to Naughty Men

Central Committee. The majority of the
committee, who were in sympathy with
the Breckenridge movement, held meet
ing on the 31st of July, and sent letter
to Hoge stating that the committee was in
session and desired his presence. Mr..
Hoge replied that the action of certain
members of the committee in repudiating
the action of the regular Democratic Ma
tional Convention at Baltimore, and its
candidates, Douglas and Johnson, had
placed them outside the regular Democratic
party of the State and Union. He con.
cluded: II cannot, therefore, any longer
recognize you as members OF the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee. l shall
continue TO act with the regular Demo-
cratic State Central Committee, and the or
ganization of the party in this State, as l
have done all my life here and elsewhere"
The seceders then set TO work and passed
resolutions declaring the position of Chair
man vacant, and Endorsed Breckenridge
and Lane for President and Vice President.
Hoge remained as Chairman of the Doug
las wing of the party but did not-like
nearly all the other followers of Douglas
become Republican. He is still Demo-
crat-one of the old Andrew Jackson type.
1.-THE steamer Chrysopolis made her
first appearance in front of this city on the
I'd of August, 1860 She was q magnificent
specimen of inland water craft-a real
floating palace-and many an old Califor-
nian of the present day can recall delight
full hours spent in travelling up and down
the Sacramento on the famous steamer
Those were the days when no railroads
connected San Francisco with the interior,
and all travel was by boat or stage. 1t was
the romantic period in the history of the
Golden State, when the coast was covered
gold was plentiful; when mining was the
chief industry of the State, and the noun
tain counties were the leaders in every
thing, including politics and legislation.
The steamboat period of California was
one rich in historical incidents, and to-day
is the theme of many an interesting story
told whenever two or three old pioneers
are gathered together. The old steamboat
days have gone-like the days of gold
and given way to the era of railroads and
agriculture and manufactures.
.........O On the morning that the murderer
Wells escaped from this city, after his
bloody work in killing three men, party
of six citizens secured boat and started
he had made his escape in that direction
AT Sutterville they heard of a man answer
ing his description having passed there in
boat before daylight They next heard
of him at Ding's ranch, where he inquired
if the trail was open through the slough
He was heard from again at Green's ranch
near CORTLAND, which he passed on a run,
having taken to the road. This is the last
that was heard of him, and it was supposed
that he entered the tules near there. The
next story was that Wells had been seen
by Charles Duret, who lived on the Ameri-
can river, nine miles east of this city, where
he got drink of water from Duret's wife
Duret's description of the man was said to
have been perfect. The latter was heading
for the hills.
.........One day party of grizzly bears,
numbering four or five, paid visit to the
ranch of Eliza Perry, near Inskip, on the
west branch of the Feather river. Mrs.
Perry seized rifle and, selecting the big
gest bear of the lot, commenced to pour
lead into him by the slow muZzle-gun pro-
cess. Her first shot cut his spine, but he
charged upon her. She kept out of his
way until she could get another load into
her gun, and gave him another bad dose
Then she kept on shooting until the beast
had received eight bullets and gave up the
fight. The other bears took the hint and
left the ranch.
1.-THE present Prince of Wales was
then youth on the threshold of manhood
1t was said of him that, as child, he was
so dull of intellect that his royal mother
became alarmed, and had him examined
by board of doctors. They prescribed
different course of training from that pur-
sued by the boys father, land the result
is" said prominent journal of that time
that child of naturally feeble power, by
good management, has been reared into a
youth of barely respectable intelligence"
And OF such material are Kings madel
........One OF the local papers contained
the following advertisement one day:
Notice is hereby given that all gentlemen
land those who are not not to insult me
by word, look or action, on the streets or
elsewhere. If they do will kill them, as l
always go armed" This terrible warn
ing was signed Mrs. A. G. Tilton."
........An instance of remarkable nerve
was reported from Milpitas. A young
ranch-hand in some way got one of his
feet into a thrashing machine, and the
cylinders teeth fairly chewed up his leg to
the knee He was pulled away from the
monster, when he took out his pocket
knife and cut away the torn limb.
.......Owen Meredith had just published
his poem Lucille" and one of the news
paper critics-who admitted having read
but few of its pages-proceeded to ''sit
down upon" the production. He hkened
it to the The Protege," the first book of
poems ever published in Sacramento, and
wrote of Meredith as q man who had
written some other works."
.........It was thirty years ago that John
Reith, then of Franklin township, and
Annie s. Boswell, of this city, were mar
ried, also James H. Gates and Kate S.
Payne, both of this city.
.......The late o. P. Stidger of North
San Juan, came near being killed in Au-
gust, 1860, by the overturnlng of the stage
running between that place and Marys-
vile, on which he was riding. He had
his skull fractured and one hip broken,
but he managed to live thirty years after
that.
.........H Ham G. Harrison and Morris NJ.
Estee were then partners in a law firm in
this city.
.........The Sacramento Hussars gave
ball at Nolan's Gardens, Fourth and 0
streets, on August ID. when the following
named old-timers officiated on the commit
tees Captain Joe Marzen, Lieutenant
Charles Heinrich, Lieutenant F. Elmer, J.
Gregory, II. Meyers NJ Arena, Captain A.
Windau, G. Wolleb, Chris Weisel, A. Neu-
bauer, C. F. Wagenblast, II. Thielbsr, A.
Hebron, G. Gruhler, E. Kraus. F. Haug,
G. SCHNEIDER and George Mann.
The members of the Democratic
County Central Committee were John t.
Knox, Larkin Lamb, Owen Casey, J. NJ.
Babcock, Ira Mabbitt. Edward Christy, S.
B. Segur and Nat Boice.
........ Calvin B. Mcdonald was editing
Breckenridge paper in Sierra county, but
during the war was red-hot Republican.
John C. Heenan was met on his
return from England with challenge from
John Morrisey to meet the latter again in
the ring for from 800 to 500 side.
The "Benicia Boy" accepted the challenge
promptly.
Dan Rice's Great Show" was de-
lighting the people of Sacramento, as it
continued to do annually up to within
few years ago.
JOHN RoBINs0N's CIRCUS