The record-union., 1891-08-15
Devils-President Lincoln Off to the

Devils-President Lincoln Off to the
Front"
1.-The vicinity of Third and P
streets was aroused about O'Clock one
morning by the firing Of pistol and
other evidences of a big row. 1t seems
that Henry A. Caulfield had got into
trouble with gang at Coffey's saloon
there. When the neighbors arrived they
found Caulfeld lying in the street, COW
cred with blood, and his face battered out
of all shape He declared that the pistol
shot was fired at him, but the other men
asserted that Caulfield had done the
shooting.
During the melee some one handed
Caulfield an old sword, and that he made
good use of it was evidenced by the fact
that several of his adversaries were cut
and slashed.
THE day on which the news of the
Bull Run battle was published G. A. Hill
was reading the account, at the corner of
Third and streets, to Attorney General
Williams, DIR. Cunningham, Fl. NJ. La
Rue and others. Political feeling was
running very high, and Frank Rhoads,
who happened along, accused Hill Of
garbling the news and endeavoring to
bring ridicule upon the Union troops.
Some words followed, and then Hill
right-handers on the jaw.
........Thirty years ago, while the loyal
portion of the nation was just recovering
from the first shock of defeat at the battle
OF Bull Run, some patriotic person
climbed to the summit Of Mount Shasta
and placed thereon the stars and stripes;
and there the old flag waved in the winds
that beat about the esnow-covered peak, as
If to tell the weary traveller from the
north that California was true to the
Union.
......... Ethan Allen and running mate,
Socks" beat Flora Temple over the
Long Island Course, July Is, 1861. in
2:224-2:22-2:223. The papers were filled
with glowing accounts of the race, and
the time made threw the turf circles into
state of excitement. Nowadays this
time is beaten at every little district fair
in California.
.........On the 3lst of July, 1861, Presi-
dent Lincoln sent to theSenate the names
of a number of army officers whom he
had nominated for Brigadier- r-Generals.
Among them were the names of Ulysses
S. Grant, Joseph Hooker, E. D. Baker
and +. w. Lander.
..........Mrs. Longfeilow, wife Of the cele-
brated poet, met with a horrible death at
Cambridge, Mass. A lighted match fell
on her dress, setting it on fire, and in
stantly she was enyeloped in flames. Be
fore her husband could subdue them she
was fatally burned.
........Sam. Van Praag, who owned the
st. George Hotel carriages, had shoot
ing scrape with Patrick Holland at the
steamboat landing one morning. Neither
was hit by the flying bullets, but col
ored deck-hand stopped one of them
with his heel
.........E. Black Ryan was County AS
SCISSOR then, and the entire assessment
roll, of both county and city, footed up
only Sl2,O35, ,652. 1t has about trebled
since then, which is certainly very en-
couraging.
THE Yreka Journal was sold In
July, 1861, to Robert j. Nixon, who has
continued to publish it ever since, and il
is, and has always been, one of the best
papers in the northern part Of the State.
There was only $4,000 in the
State Treasury. II the amount should
drop to this figure nowadays the people
would think the Stale was ruined. They
used to rake her boys'' in those days.
......... River excursion parties to the
1lOOhCl 1dilCu klON NJ uu8GT'S > YAK nan
were frequent In those days. The steamer
Henrietta was generally employed on
such occasions.
1.-The entire business portion of La
Porte, Sierra County, was destroyed by
fire on the 10Th OF July, 1861, only two
buildings escaping out Of fifty or sixty.
.........Miss Buckmaster then conducted
a young lady's school on NJ street, near
Eighth, where many Of the present mat
ronS Of Sacramento were educated.
.........T The wedding, Of A. Coolot, the
well-known merchant and capitalist, and
Margaret Sommer, took place in this city
on the 18th of July, 1861.