The record-union., 1898-10-16
ODD FACTS FROM THE FILES
OF FoRTY-NINE.
News Items That Shed Light on
+ the Pioneer Times of
California.


1ects, but by historians and the puoIlc
at large.
The Sacramentan who passes a place
hundred times a year, or perhaps OF
tener, has an interest in knowing that
at one time it was this, or that. 1t IS
the purpose Of this article to shed some
light on the history of men and places
IN this Vicinity, as shown by reference
to the files Of the Placer Times" pup
aished in 1S49. in Sacramento. The
events recorded are very interesting to-
day, though only a small proportion
or those who compose the population OF
the city We're here then.
That interesting little pioneer paper,
issued weekly at a price that the dalles
hardly get to-day, was full OF matters
that We're of local Importance at the
date Of printing. To-day a glance at
the files shows the interest that still
attaches to events that are now his
oric only, though each little item tells
something that throws an inner mean
ing or sheds new light on questions OF
the growth of cities.
The following is a summary of some
of these points of interest, CLEANED
from the Placer Times of the dates
named:
1t is stated that on May 10Th Rev. Mr..
Roberts, missionary of the NJ. E. So
ciety of California and Oregon,
preached in the beautiful grove near
the corner of Third and K streets 1t
seems that the evangelist advised the
building of churches in the community,
and made the statement that the his
tory Of the world showed that property
valuations always increased near
churches, which were at nearly all
times builded in places fit for select
residences
But for some such reference as this
1t would not be known to most people
that there ever was a grove at the To-
cation named, a place near the Record
Union" office and other places of i'm
portant business offices.
The same issue says that, news
reached Sacramento that most all the
Peruvian and Chilean miners had been
driven from the location of North Forks
and adjacent mines. The miners did
not like them, and gave them notice to
get away without delay"
An item states that the miners at
work average about $40 a day in the
placers, and that new discoveries are
frequent
1t is stated in the same issue that
Henry E Robinson had been appointed
Postmaster, with the office on Front
street.
On August 11th there Is news of a
convention TO "see about the building
of a railroad to the Pacific Ocean, 1t
is said in the issue Of that date that:
News reaches US that there is to be a
convention at Memphis on July 4,
1850, to discuss the subject Of a rail-
road to the Pacific Coast. The Gov
ernor Of North Carolina has named 120
prominent citizens as delegates. Ark
ansas and the Southern States are
greatly interested in this matter"
Items of this character are interest
ing at this day, showing how short a
time it has really been since this coun-
try was a wilderness, and how great
the changes that have come since the
completion of the railroads.
A fact that even the weather reports
of the State do not contain is recorded
in the issue of the Placer Times"
of August II, 1S49 The statement is
there made that the thermometer in
Sacramento reached 112 degrees in the
shade" If that report was correct the
claim that August 10th of this year
all wrong The matter Is noted on the
editorial page of the old paper, and it
is said that the heat was SO intense
that printers could not properly cor
rect "pi' in the office.
The same issue of the paper speaks
of the large vote at the election last
Wednesday, considering that Sacra-
mento is but three months old" The
oil hot
time: Judge of Superior Court, Peter
H. Burnett; City Council, William
Stout, P. B. Cornwall, DR.. Chapman,
John P. Rogers, H. E. Robinson, E. F.
Gillispie, Bergman Jennings, A. NJ.
yvinn. w. T. Mcclellan; First Magis-
trate, James S. Thomas; Second Mag
istrate, James c. Zabriske; Sheriff, D.
B. Hammer; Recorder, H. A. School
craft; Surveyor c. w. Coote.
There are many persons now living
in Sacramento who have seen the fore
going names, and some people in the
State can recall the election. The
Anemorandum here given Will revive old
memories.
The issue of August 11th tells of
some exciting times at Stockton, where
the people as a whole grew weary of
certain Characters who were called
hounds" They were something like
tramp criminals nowadays. So the
Stockton people became SO angry over
the larcenies andh minor crimes OF these
people that two hounds" the paper
says, were hanged on the 1st for
theft"
The matter Is dismissed as informally
as if 1t had been an everyday occur
renee. The men We're hanged to a post
near the heart Of the town.
In this issue there is a dispatch,
which, 1t is said, will interest Califor-
MIA readers, to the effect that Edwin
torrest was divorced from his wife,
Caroline Morton Sinclair
The paper urges the establishment OF
city hospital. and tells that strangers
without money are dying in the
streets, and that some people have
oeen SO cruel as to refuse a drink OF
water to the dying"
The public is warned against a great
amount or counterfeit gold and silver,
said to be in circulation
An Item that now seeus odd reads:
They are soon TO have a. theater in
San Francisco
1t is announced in the same issue that
the Government has decided to coin
double eagles in gold They will be
known as twenty dollar pieces. and
there VIII be law against counter
feiting them, as there is now aeainsi
@ounterfeiting other pieces of money
The issue of September LIST contains
accounts Of frightful ravages of cholera
oxyor. Irpitad