The record-union., 1891-09-05

lowing officers were elected: Captain,
d. A. De Merritt; Lieutenant, J. NJ.
Ropes; Second Lieutenant, A. w. Burr;
First Sergeant, Henry w. Burnett; Sec
ond Sergeant, James Contell; Third Ser
geant, j. B. Slocum; Fourth Sergeant,
Frank Jones; Fifth Sergeant, w. l..
Campbell; Corporals-Morton, Keyser,
Thompson, Ripley, Perkins, HaVlland,
Pullen, Woodward.
At the same time e. D. Shirland had
just recruited another cavalry company
at Folsom and in this city, and had eighty
men enrolled. The Lyon Guard was also
being formed in this city.
The Sierra Grays, company recruited
IN Sierra County, and commanded by
Captain Parvin, came down on August
18th, and were mustered into the service
at San Francisco.
.........A horrible butchery occurred near
Tehama on the 2Sth of August. 1861 It
seems that j. Thurman had some davs
before shot and wounded Mexican while
the latter was attempting to steal horse,
and the thief's companions threatened
that If he died they would murder the
white man.
The horsethief did die, and that night
the Mexicans swoopeG down on the
Thurman ranch and butchered Alexan-
der Britton and a man named Houston
with clubs and axes. They searched for
Thurman, but he was asleep in a hay
stack and they did not find him.
About fifty Mexicans were arrested,
and the Tehamaites were securing the
country for more
.........A story was being told of Frank
Plxley that went the rounds of the pa
pers. He was stumping the State for the
Republican ticket, headed by Leland
Stanford for Governor. At Strawberry
Valley he met man who had some fine
looking setter pups. Pixley was always
a keen sportsman, and he was quite taken
with the looks Of the pups.
What are their names?" he asked Of
the owner.
''This one is JEFF. Davis and this one is
Beauregard," the latter replied.
Pixley's countenance at once took on a
look of supreme disgust. jeff Davis
sons of -! You had better drown the
ours ~
While John Sharp was dealing
faro one night in the Verandah saloon, on
Second street, between j and K, r. c..
Gilchrist walked in and offered to make a
S25 bet. He did not put down the money,
however, and Sharp said the bet did not
go. Gilchrist said it would, or the game
must stop right there
Words followed, and Sharp arose and
advanced toward Gilchrist, who assaulted
him with cane. Sharp then drew a der
ringer and shot Gilchrist in the left breast,
lntilcting dangerous wound.
.........At the annual election of officers
of the Pioneer Association in 1861 the fol-
lowing were chosen: President, John
IL. Carroll; First Nice-President, r. II.
Mcdonald; Second Vice President. J. ID.
b. Stillman; Recording Secretary, S. B.
Robbins; Corresponding Secretary, n. a.
h. Ball; Treasurer, Edgar Mills; Direct
ors-N. l.. Drew, James Queen, L. Nc
Carly, Isaac Lohman, w. NJ. Harron, w.
T. Knox and c. Z. Abbott
.........On the 25th of August, 1861. Cen
eral Mcclellan assumed command of the
Army Of the Potomac, and then COM
menced that long period of 'masterly in
activity" which so thoroughly wearied
the army and the nation, and resulted in
McClellan's removal.
.........A Chinaman was arrested one day
on a charge Of kidnapping. He was trying
to sell a little girl for $50. \ facetious re-
porter suggested that if the charge of
kidnapping should not be sustained, the
fellow might be successfully prosecuted
for peddIing without license!
1.-THE Union Brass Band, which
was the principal one in Sacramento at
that time, was composed of: G. +. Will
son Qeader), c. York, J. n. Turpin, A. A.
Sanders, l.. LOthhammer, T. W. White
\. Christophel, \. Ponti, J. Galavotti, J.
2. Melchior and ]. j. Bauer.
.........The vote of this city in 1861 was
4, l50. In 1852 it was 5000.