Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-19
UNPOPULAR OFFICIALS.
Inc Committee of One Hundred After
The Oakland Cnunciimnn

oAkLaNp, March lsth.-Suit has been COM
menced IN the Superior Court OF Alameda
tfSe.Iy ,f'e r oy the committee of One Hundred for
She removal oil The present members of the Oak
lan& Cily Council on the grounds of malfeas-
ahoe. Inc suit is an outgrowth of the water
ls .S.Ss agnt, ana me object is 10 get rid of the
Evans Kirk ana Earl
The other members of the Council. it is as.
serted, are Wiinng 10 be ousted, If by their con-
sent the Solid Six can be removed II success
lui, special election will be called and the five
Couneilmen who have stood by the peonIe in
for re. election.
The suit is brought for the violation of tie
second section of Chapter 50 of the Statutes an
bto.eu o-, NSrch = 1881, which provides that the
board OF supervisors, City Council or other leg
lsative body shall, thirty days prior 10 the 18th
OF January OF each year. require corporations
SURVIVING sup water to the city or town to furnish
tne board or Council with detailed statement
verlhed by the oath of the President and SecTe,
tary OF the corporation, showing the name of
eaGh emd ma'er.rate payer, his place of residence
aho the amount paid during the preceding
year, together with the total revenue derived
from ali sources and an itemized account of the
eape9nqltures. .sis9 This the Council failed to do
until the 9th of January. or eight days prior TO
quired. '9 -
Another provision requires that copy shall
be made and filed in the office of the County
recorder, which the Council has neglected to
90, Inc penalty in case of conviction is re-
moyal from office.
Disposing of Live Stock.
SANTA FE, March lSth.-Several thousand
sheep were loaded Yesterday for the Denver
market. For the first time in years mutton is
becoming scarce in the local markets, Colorado
ana kanSas buyers contracting for all that is
maIketable Over 30 600 cattle have been sold
in New Mexico and southeastern Arizona in the
past twenty days The prices run from s6 10
so for yearings, 50 to SIS for two-year olds and
10 10 20 for thIee-yearolds, the price depend-
ing on the location of the cattle in relation to a
shlpplng point. These sales are made to feeders
IN Kansas. Nebraska and Missouri. Montana
ana al NV wyoming are heavy buyers in New Mexico
against all the fever districts in Texas went into
elect last Saturday.
Grass Valley Incidents.
GRASS VALLEY, March 18th Frank Johns
quartz mill was robbed last night. the thieves
M hrst Coping the watchdog. Chisels were used
solu .',, obtained as not known. A few nights ago
tmo pSe men we're routed out from under the Crown
fGtst mt MIL, MIL making their eseape;'
The Peeplng Tom" who watches women dis.
rope a. night sttll remains at large. although
pursuing neiafi0tis vocation sJJr two weeks.
and once shot at. That he will be killed in the
near future is confidently expected. Citizens
are watching for him with shotguns.
Killed While Intoxicated.
MODESTO, March ISth.-H. A. Thompson was
found under freight train at Turlock at
o'clock last night dead and horribly mutilated.
having been dragged four hundred feet by a
beam OF freight car. The deceased was
last seen alive intoxicated at 6 O'Clock on the
same evening. He had been employed as
farm laboreT in Merced county from October
last until March 18th, and was native of New
YORK, aged 70 years. The Coroner's jury found
tnat death was due tc his own caTelessness and
exonerated the railroad employees of all blame.
1t Looks Like Big job.
SAN FRANCISCO, March I8th-An investigs-
ton into the San Quentin quarry job shows
that If the contract had been given ont on the
quiet the State would have sold the rock to the
contractor tor three cents a ton and would have
bought it back from him to MI In the seawal at
d ngure thas would have given the contractor
seventy two cents profit per ton. Contractors
claim that the State should make the convicts
bidder. Nv '''N '--'A ''-- y 20 'n' nisnes'
A Yosemite Bridge Gone.
MERGED, March 1Sth.-A letter from Galen
Clark, the Guardian, to the Mariposa Netps
dated the 18th, says the lower iron bridge across
the river near Bridal Veil Falls broke down and
lies total wreck at the bottom of she river.
The cause was decayed timber resting on the
abutment and possibly defective ironwork.
oughly repaired then.
Liquor Was the Cause of 1t
SIssoNS March 1Sth.-At O'Clock this morn.
ing James Mcdowell, q hotelkeeper was shot
by John Sherman. Two shots were fired at
him. one passing through his hat and the other
Striking him in the left shoulder, passing
through the flesh missirg 6 the bone. Liauor
was at the bottom OF the trouble.
Redding Notes.
REDD1NG, March 1Sth.-The Portland express
due here at $50 P. NJ, will not arrive here to-
night, owing to slide above.
In the case of the City VS. Z. Frisbie, for jump
ing part of Center street. the defendant asked
leave to amend his defense, and the case goes
over until May. This is virtually an admission
OF defeat.
Probably Fatal Accident.
SEATTLE, March lSth-While Edward Murray
cargenter, was at work on the ground floor OF
he Tlrfsh IN IfrA
OF Pine, hatchet tell from the staging thirty
feet above, striking him on the head and cur
ting terrible cash. He will probably die He
is thirty years of age and has wife ard four
children.