LOCAL EVENTS
Year 1877 to December 30th.
Sacramento City and County
Daily Record-Union – Supplement
Sacramento, Tuesday Morning, January 1, 1878
Page 9
JANUARY
1. Louis E. BURNS, railroad brakeman,
died suddenly....Desperate cutting affray at Seventeen-mile House, between V.
WACHTEL, F. MARRELL, R. REINKLER, S. PAULI and H. STICKLER - all hurt....Boy
named Julius BECKMAN burned in the face with powder....John LABANDORO, deck
hand on steamer Pioneer, fell overboard and was drowned....William SHATTUCK
thrown from buggy and hurt.
2 - Mrs. James MURPHY
accidentally drowned in the river....New Board of Education organized by
election of J.I. FELTER, President; Matthew COOKE elected Director to succeed
A.T. NELSON, deceased; Board consists of M. COOKE, J.F. DREMAN, H.H. LINNELL,
T.B. McFARLAND, John STEVENS, J.I. FELTER, J.F.
RICHARDSON and J.N. YOUNG.
3 - New High School Building,
at M and Ninth streets, occupied for the first time by pupils....Andrew McDONALD, alias “Tommy the Tinker” badly cut by William
O’BRIEN.
4 - Fire in residence of E.A.
JOHNSTON, on M street, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth; little
damage....Pistol Club organized....Trial of mining debris case of ATKINSON vs.
Amador and Sacramento Canal Company commenced in District Court.
5 - Son of John DONOVAN run
over by a truck at Third and L streets; no bones broken.
9 - Eureka Lodge No. 4,
I.O.O.F., celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary....Joseph SPENCER thrown from
buggy and injured....S. TRYON injured by a piece of machinery falling on him.
10 - Fire at residence of
____ BURGESS, H. and Fourteenth streets; little damage.
11 - Body of an unknown man
found in the tule near SWINGLE’s....Slight
shower of rain, the first since last October.
14 - Chinese building on
north side of I street fell in slough; several
Chinamen missing....North wind prevailing....James HANLON, a well known citizen
died....Numerous burglaries reported....Charles B. BAIRD tried at Woodland for
murder.
16 - Miss Isabel CONWAY
accidentally shot by a boy named Frank SWEENEY....Slight fire at residence of
Mrs. STODDARD, at D and Fifteenth streets....Chinaman named Ah HOY stabbed by
countryman; died two days after.
18 - Jury in BAIRD murder
case at Woodland disagree....Joel SMITH, an old resident, deceased.
20 - A.C. VALLIANT, well
known citizen, deceased.
22 - William HICKS and W.F.
WILSON stopped on the highway near Elk Grove by James Oregon SMITH, whom they
arrest....Old water works machinery sold.
24 -Tom DAVIS, a tinker,
badly burned in face while mending a powder flask.
25 - Jury in ATKINSON mining
debris case returned verdict of $4,000 for plaintiff...Annual meeting of State
Agricultural Society; Marion BIGGS elected President and William P. COLEMAN,
L.U. SHIPPEE, W.D. PERKINS, C.E. SINGLETARY and Mike BRYTE elected Directors.
27 - Nathaniel BOICE died at
San Francisco.
28 - Severe rainstorm
commenced....Gordon ALEXANDER kicked by a cow and ribs fractured.
30 - Attempted burglary of
W.J O’BRIEN’s shoe store....Tennessee Jubilee Singers
open at Theater
FEBRUARY
2 - Boy named Lou WALRATH
severely shot by another named Michael HALPIN....Room of Charles MILLER robbed
of $900.
3 - Frank LARNEY accidentally
shot himself in the leg....T.J. PATRICK fell from balcony at Sixth and J
streets and badly hurt....Little daughter of S. KING broke her left arm.
6 - Chinaman named Ah SHUN
hung himself in City Prison.
7 - Slight fire at Third and
I streets....Son of S. DICKEY broke his arm at Freeport.
10 - Girl named Mary BARRY
fell down stairs in Pacific Hotel and broke her collar bone.
12 - Body of an unknown man
found near Washington, shot in the head....Albert GRUBBS had three fingers cut
off at railroad shops.
15 -
Christopher HOLT, an old citizen, stricken with paralysis.
17 - Slight shock of
earthquake....R.H. BYERS accidentally shot himself in the foot at Agricultural
Park.
20 - David WILSEY deceased
from paralysis.
22 -
Washington’s birthday
appropriately observed by the Red Men.
24 - Several blocks of sewer
on Eighth street blown up by gas.
25 - Sacramento Lodge No. 6,
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, instituted.
26 - Charles A. RIPPON had
his arm hurt at railroad shops....Irregularities discovered in the accounts of
City Collector CROWELL.
28 - Stabbing affray between
two Greeks; and one, George GULLION, badly hurt....Turn Verein
masquerade ball given....Anthony CHRISTENSEN fractured his arm by a fall.
MARCH
1 - East Park property sold
by City Railroad Company....Slight showers of rain....City Collector W.T.
CROWELL removed for official delinquency, and W.H. HALSEY appointed to fill out
the term.
2 - Mrs. I.S. MOORE attempted
suicide by taking chloroform...Salute fired in honor of President
HAYES....Josiah POOL’s barn at Isleton burned, loss
$2,000.
3 - Shooting affray near
Folsom; William CARPENTER wounded by Luther GOULD, when GOULD’s
father, John, was killed.
5 - Wm. GLOVER struck on the
head with a bar of iron by Frank HARRINGTON and seriously hurt....*** J.
PUDDIFORD attempted suicide.
6 - M.S. HORAN appointed
Brigadier General, vice CROWELL,
resigned....Strawberries appear in market.
7 - Chinaman knocked from
trestlework at Eighteenth and R streets and killed....Inaugural entertainment,
under auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic, given at the Pavilion;
oration by Henry EDGERTON.
9 - Cantata of “Esther”
presented at the theater successfully....Trotting match at Agricultural Park
between Occident and Bodine; won by the latter in
three straight heats; time - 2:24, 2:23 ½, 2:25 1/4....Adam SHOUP, a
centenarian, died at Brighton.
10 - Republican city
primaries held and nominated John RIDER for Second Trustee, E.H. McKEE for Auditor, G.A. PUTNAM for Collector, F.A. SHEPHERD for Assessor.
13 - City election held; W.F.
KNOX re-elected Second Trustee, McKEE Auditor, PUTNAM
Collector and SHEPHERD Assessor.
14 - Thomas A. HENDRICKS
arrived from the East .... Robbery
and attempted murder of Harry BEARDSLEY.
15 - Son of W.P. DILLMAN
fractured his leg.
16 - St. Paul’s Protestant
Episcopal Church organized....Capital Council of Sovereigns of Industry
organized....B. PILCOVICH and T.A. KLEBS poisoned by drinking doctored wine.
19 - Captain Isaac HARDING
deceased....Pong Ah TUCK arrested for the murder of his wife.
20 - Little daughter of Mrs.
Julia ARMSTRONG fatally poisoned by eating sorrel on the Cosumnes.
22 - Dr. G.A. WHITE
re-elected Hospital Physician by the Board of Supervisors in the face of
universal public protest.
23 - Little son of Patrick
NASH fatally injured by being run over by a wagon.
24 - Confession of J.D. LEE,
executed yesterday at Mountain Meadows, published in Record-Union....Shooting
affray at Galt between HAAS and TROIA; no one hurt.
25 - Little daughter of John
HENNESSEY died from the effects of an accidental scalding.
27 - Confessions of the Chico
Chinese assassins published in Record-Union.
28 - Manuel Antonio D’AVILA
drowned in Sacramento river.
27 - Rain and hail shower.
30 - Little daughter of J.
LEONARD badly scalded.
APRIL
4 - Boss TWEED’s
confession published in full in the Record-Union.
9 - John H. CARR committed
suicide by shooting.
11 - E.I. MUIR lost a finger
while coupling cars....Columbia Lodge, K. of P., organized.
15 - Herr Armand GEOGG,
distinguished German political economist, lectured at Turner Hall....L.B.
LAMPMAN found drowned at Freeport....Michael QUIGG lost two fingers in a hay
cutting machine.
16 - Jockey Club spring races
began.
18 - Jas. FITZGERALD found
dead at the Fifteen-mile House.
20 - Raphael SAVALLO broke
his right leg in turning a somersault....Boy named Eugene C. WARD drowned near
Folsom.
21 - Slight fire on I street, between Fourth and Fifth....Mrs. Jabez WALKER died at Elk Grove....Little son of John F.
ALLEN kicked in the face by a horse.
22 - B.F. JOHNSON, an old
resident, deceased.
23 - County Teachers’
Institute met....August PIERI drew a knife on T. SHAILER, Overseer of Road
District No. 16, who wanted to collect road tax on him.
26 - Wm. LARREN hung himself
in Franklin township....Mrs. PARMLEE thrown from a
wagon and hurt ....Charley GALLIHER badly hurt on the head by a blow from a
stick.
30 - Case of HOAGLAND against
Sacramento City decided in Supreme Court in favor of defendant....M.J. KING
thrown from wagon and badly hurt.
MAY
1 - Tramp named John RYAN attempted
to stab a brakeman, Harry EDWARDS, who tried to eject him from the cars at
Brighton....Mrs. HALLEY thrown from a buggy and hurt.
2 - Body of an unknown man
found floating in the river....Slight fire at residence of Nat. WEBB, on
Seventh street, between H and I.
4 - Union Guard of San
Francisco visited City Guard, and indulged in target shooting at
Guthrie’s....Quite a large fire on I street, between Second and Third.
6 - Son of Domingo SOTO broke
his arm by a fall....Rev. Jabez WALKER died at Elk Grove....Barn
of ___ CURTIS, near Whisky hill, burned.
9 - William GROOMES, drowned from Yolo bridge....Damaging fire in
Folsom.
14 - Maggie KELLY
accidentally burned to death near Routier’s
station....Robbers entered residence of ____ STEGEMAN near Folsom, bound
inmates and robbed them.
18 - Mrs. J.L. HUNTOON
painfully injured by a runaway team.
19 - Comprehensive map of the
seat of war in the East published in the Record-Union....Numerous kitchen
burglaries reported.
20 - John A. HUTCHINGS, an
estimable citizen, deceased....Mrs. Edward REGAN and daughter thrown from a
buggy and injured near Rockway’s, on Freeport road.
21 - Montgomery Queen’s
circus showed...Man supposed to be named Dan MURPHY or John BROOME committed
suicide....Several showers of rain fell....D. DRISCOLL severely hurt by being
thrown from a wagon....Willie WATTERS broke a leg while wrestling at
Washington.
22 - Second trial of C.B.
BAIRD, for murder, commenced at Woodland....Senator BOOTH lectured before the
Literary Institute on the “Origin of the Federal Constitution.”
23 - C.M. BURGESS run over by
the cars at Antelope station, and afterward died from his injuries....Slight
fire in the residence of Jas. MITCHELL, caused by the bursting of a
lamp....Thomas SCOTT and Jesse BROCKWAY injured by a runaway team.
24 - H.A. CAULFIELD shot by
P.S. DALY....Jas. HOLMES accidentally shot himself near the city.
25 - High School graduating
exercises held at the theater....J.W. LITTLEFIELD, Water Works, engineer, died
suddenly....C.B. BAIRD, convicted of manslaughter at Woodland.
26 - Theodore TILTON lectured
at the theater on “The Problem of Life.”
27 - Dr. Gustavus
HEMPLE committed suicide at Folsom....Slight fire at Chinese laundry at Fifth
and O streets....Chinaman named Ah SAM slightly stabbed in the back by an
unknown party....John MURPHY cut Albert FAREWELL in the arm.
28 - Philip WEILAND
accidentally broke his leg....Rainy storm all day....Commencement exercised of
Sacramento institute held at Assembly Chamber.
29 - John CAREY had his hand
torn off at railroad shops.
30 - Decoration Day observed
with appropriate ceremonies....Eugene WEST broke his leg by his horse falling
into a cellar.
JUNE
2 - Enjoyable reunion or
printer’s picnic at East Park
3 - Trouble at PATTERSON’s station between C. KNUDSEN and A.D. and Jas. PATTERSON.
4 - Colonel R.G. INGERSOLL
lectured at the theater on “The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child.”....John LANSING thrown from a buggy and hurt.
5 - A Chinaman accidentally
shot by James DAVIS....Initial Fourth of July meeting held and committees
appointed....Closing exercises of St. Joseph’s Academy held....C.B. BAIRD
convicted of manslaughter at Woodland, and sentenced to ten years in the State
Prison....Charley RHOADS, pioneer minstrel, died.
7 - Tom Thumb and party
exhibited at the theater....Residence and outbuildings of W. FARMER, near
Folsom, burned.
8 - House owned by J. OLSEN,
and occupied by E.D. WEBB, at Sixteenth and I streets, burned.
9 - Jesse A. STEWART,
ex-County Auditor and Recorder, and prominent dry goods merchant of this city,
died at Oakland....KALE drowned in the river at Courtland...Robert MILLER
thrown from a buggy and badly hurt.
10 - Calvary Baptist Church
formally dedicated....Extensive grass fire on Norris grant.
11 - Gottlieb LACHENMAIER
attempted suicide by shooting....Son of Joseph WAXEL badly cut by a scythe near
Freeport....Thermometer 108....Ex-Sheriff William S. WHITE deceased.
12 - R.D. SCRIVER painfully
hurt by falling through a window at the railroad shops....Attempt made to chloroform
the inmates and burglarize residence of Rev. I.L. HOPKINS.
12 - Body of an unknown
Chinaman found drowned near Freeport....One hundred and ten thousand young shad
arrived from the East to be “planted.”
14 - Chinaman drowned in the
slough....Centennial of the adoption of the United States flag generally
observed by a liberal display of bunting.
16 - Chinese shooting affray
on I street; no serious damage....Mrs. McCLEARY and a
young woman accidentally poisoned and recovered....Frank PEROSA thrown from a
wagon by runaway team near Freeport and his leg fractured.
17 - Glass ball shooting
match between Sacramento and Auburn teams, won by the latter....Body of an
infant found in the river....Harry CLOUGH fractured his arm by a fall....Thos.
F. LEWIS drowned in the river.
19 - Boy named Fred F.
WHEELER drowned in river....Slight fire on the wharf.
20 - Buffalo Bill (H.F. CODY)
and Captain Jack (J.W. CRAWFORD) opened their performance at the
theater....George BOWMAN broke his left arm; daughter of Isaac SISENVINE broke
her arm; also, daughter of ____ MURDOCK.
22 - Holly water works
machinery broke down.
23 - Son of F.X. EBNER broke
his arm by a fall.
24 - Holly machinery again
broke down....Signal station established at Sacramento.
26 - Slight fire at Sacramento
Mill warehouse.
27 - Bertie RIDER
accidentally shot in the leg while keeping target....Slight shower of rain
fell.
28 - Slight fire in the rear
of the City Hall building....John ISAAC, well known resident, deceased at Grass
Valley....David VICE accidentally shot himself in the foot.
29 - School Census Marshal reports 6,351 children in the city....Charles WILSON
attempted to drown himself in the slough.
30 - Considerable rise in the
American and Sacramento rivers....John McCORD, and
old resident, deceased.
JULY
1 - Slight fire at Olive
Branch Hotel, Washington....Boy, named Philip CURTIS, had his hand severely
injured by a can of powder exploding.
3 - Engineer H.H. McWILLIAMS, of the Holly Works, discharged by the Trustees
for reporting the dilapidated condition of the machinery.
4 - National anniversary
appropriately observed by a procession, salutes, oration by Newton Booth,
burlesque parade, military display, fireworks, etc. No accident of importance.
5 - Body of an unknown man
found entangled among roots near river bank near Richland.
8 - Body of Patrick FAGAN
found near Folsom.
9 - Two slight shocks of
earthquake felt at 11 P.M.
11 - Fong Ah TUCK convicted
of murder in second degree in Sixth District Court....Major R.A. BIRD, formerly
news editor of the Record, died.
12 - Slight fire in alley
between J and K, Sixth and Seventh streets.
13 - Chas. S. JOHNSON
accidentally drowned.
14 - Winery at Eleventh and B
streets burned, loss about $10,000....Captain Robert J. DOLAN died.
20 - Fong Ah TUCK, convicted
of manslaughter, sentenced to 13 years in State Prison....Boy named John
ZWICKER fell from a wagon and broke his collar bone.
21 - Republican primary held
and delegates to the County Convention elected.
22 - Boy named BENNETT
accidentally drowned in the river.
24 - John H. PATTEN shot and
killed on Staten Island by Richard BELCHER.
26 - Republican County
Convention met. William NORRIS fell from the roof of the Odd Fellows’ Temple and
seriously hurt....Boy named Charles THOMPSON shot himself accidentally in the
leg with a pistol.
27 - Republican County
Convention made the following nominations: Senator, Felix TRACY; Assemblymen,
Grove L. JOHNSON, R. KERCHEVAL and J. ROUTIER; Sheriff M.M. DREW; Clerk T.H.
BERKEY; District Attorney, G.A. BLANCHARD; Auditor and Recorder, W.E. GERBER;
Treasurer, M. BARBER; Administrator, Troy DYE; Coroner, A.J. VERMILYA; School
Superintendent, F.L. LANDES, Surveyor, J. PRENTICE; Supervisors, J.J. BAUER and
J.W. WILSON; Police Judge, T. CONGER.
28 - Woman named Margaret
CUMMINGS jumped from a balcony on K street, near
Sixth, and sustained fatal injuries.
29 -Henry BURNHAM elected
Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, and Cornelius SULLIVAN, Assistant.
30 - Democratic County
Convention met at Turner Hall.
31 - Democratic County
Convention nominated the following ticket: Senator, N. Greene CURTIS;
Assemblymen, R.D. STEPHENS, A.D. PATTERSON, J.A. ELDER; Sheriff, Oliver
PLUMMER; Clerk, H.C. HARRISON; Auditor and Recorder, George JOHNSTON; District
Attorney, M.F. JOHNSON; Administrator, G.F. BRONNER; Coroner, G.G. TYRRELL;
Surveyor, A.G. WINN; Treasurer D.E. CALLAHAN; School Superintendent, G.R.
KELLEY; Police Judge, M.S. HORAN; Supervisors, Robert ALLEN, J.E. MOONEY.
AUGUST
1 - Addie
MARSH attempted to suicide by shooting.
2 - John POCKMAN shot and
killed while making an assault on his wife with a knife....Ninth Annual
Conference of the African M.E. Church convened.
3 - Slight fire at residence
of P. NASH, on N street, between Third and Fourth.
4 - Richard P. McMANUS, aged 9 years, drowned in the slough....Bennie
FLINT, aged 9, fell from a tree and fatally injured....Albert SIEBENTHALER,
aged 11, died from paralysis of the heart....Grand Republican ratification meeting
held.
8 - Charles A. LEHMAN, a well
known citizen, deceased.
9 - Rev. J.H.C. BONTE
lectured at the theater on “The Relation of Capital to Labor.”....Mrs. W.H.
EARL thrown from a buggy and badly hurt.
10 - Captain G.W. CASE
accidentally shot in the head while examining a pistol....Democratic
ratification meeting held.
12 - Chinaman drowned in the
slough....H.A. CAULFIELD assaulted and several beaten.
16 - Light shower of rain
fell.
17 - A.P. SMITH, a pioneer
citizen, died.
19 - Vincent DINKLE, insane,
attempted suicide at the City Prison....John DICKERSON had a leg broken by
being run over with a wagon.
20 - Corner stone of First
Baptist Church, on Ninth street, between L and M, laid with appropriate
ceremonies....Little daughter of H.E. TIBBALS broke her arm by a fall....Eugene
LARUE badly shot in the arm while hunting.
23 - American District
Telegraph Company commenced operating....Slight fire at the residence of Mrs.
CROWLEY at M and Fifth streets.
25 - Little son of William
JOHNSON drowned at Richland....Republican mass meeting addressed by Newton
BOOTH, M.M. ESTEE and A.P. CATLIN.
26 - Lisle PITTS drowned in
the river.
27 - Boy named Robert NEELY
hurt by being thrown from a horse on J street....Frank
RENWICK had his eye badly hurt at the railroad shops.
28 - Body of George A.
SENCLAIR found in the brush with a bullet hole through the head....J.E.P.
WEEKS, for nearly twenty years news editor of the Union and Record-Union, died
of paralysis.
29 - Attempt made to burn a
building on J street, between Eleventh and
Twelfth....Houses of S. ALEXANDER and S.M. KIEFER burned....Captain Gardner W.
CASE died from the effect of an accidental shot received on the 10th.
30 - Attempt made to burn the
Shades saloon on Second and R streets....Joseph MITCHELL found dead in his
house....Child of F.T. BURKE broke her collar bone by a fall.
31 - John SIMPSON died
suddenly....Wm. KIMBALL shot slightly by B.N. BUGBEY at Folsom....L.C. JORDAN
had his foot badly crushed at Roseville while coupling cars.
SEPTEMBER
2 - Adam NEUBAUER, an old
resident, died.
3 - Destructive incendiary
fire at Walnut Grove.
4 - Barns of HEILBRON Bros.
and John HENNESSEY, in the eastern portion of the city, burned.
5 - General election,
resulting in the election of all the Republican candidates in this county,
except the State Senator and Treasurer....J.F. RICHARDSON and A. MONNIER, Jr.,
thrown form a buggy and hurt....Mr. MOELLER struck in the side with a brick by
Bill BOONE and badly injured.
7 - Slight fire at Protestant
Orphan Asylum....Richard JONES, an estimable citizen, deceased....Trifling fire
at the railroad shops.
9 - Charles BICT drowned in
the river.
11 - Ah SING shot and killed
by another Chinaman.
12 - Body of W.R. ROGERS
found in a water tank, he having committed suicide....Slight fire at the house
of ____ McCLINTOCK, on Fourth street,
between L and M....Steamer Amador snagged and sunk in the river.
13 - Jacob STORTZ kicked by a
colt and had an arm broken....Isaac C. ALLEN died suddenly near Washington.
17 - State Fair opened.
18 - William SCHMEITZER
committed suicide by shooting.
20 - George SLOCUM had his
leg broken by a kick.
23 - John WHITE shot in the
foot by Dan BLUE.
24 - Fire at residence of
Frank LASHELLS, at Seventeenth and H streets.
27 - A three-year old girl, named
Ettie FREEMAN, murderously assaulted at Washington by
a boy named George FAY....Walter M. PHILLIPS committed suicide by shooting.
30 - F.M. FOY broke his leg
by a fall.
OCTOBER
1 - Edward RATTINGER badly
stabbed by a boy....Chinaman seriously stabbed in the thigh by a white man at
Sixth and J streets.
2 - E.F. AIKEN’s
barn, near East Park, burned; loss, $2,400.
3 - Henry MERWIN, an old and
esteemed citizen, deceased....Samuel HARRUP injured by falling from cars.
5 - Fire at residence of John
TALBOT, of P street, between Seventh and Eighth.
7 -Dwelling of J.R. JOHNSTON,
at the old mouth of the American, burned; loss, $3,000.
8 - Chinaman named Ah YOU
badly shot by a countryman of his on I street, between
Eighth and ninth....L.H. GOULD badly injured by a fall from a second story
window while somambulistic....Congressional
Association met.
9 - Son of W.M. LEE fractured
an arm by a fall at Washington....Pat. REAGAN choked to death in attempting to
swallow a piece of beef eight inches long.
11 - Building of Philip
SCHELD, near Sutter’s Fort, burned; loss, $1,500....residence of Jesse HAYTON,
on Third street, between P and Q, burned....David VICE, who accidentally shot
himself, had his foot amputated.
12 - L.H. GOULD, injured by a
fall on the 8th, died.
13 - George SPENCER, aged 9,
badly hurt by a fall....James CLARK drowned in Middle river, in the lower part
of the county.
15 - Unknown man drowned in
the river....John ABRAMOVITCH attempted to shoot B. PILCOVITCH.
17 - Judicial election held:
Thos. CONGER elected Police Judge, and G. HAINES, T.W. GILMER and D.E.
ALEXANDER Justices of the Peace....Charles ROBERTS run over at Sixth and L
streets and injured.
18 - Collision at Three-mile
slough between steamer C.M. Small and schooner Angel Dolly, and Mrs. Captain PIERCE,
of the schooner, sprang into the river from fright and was drowned....J.B.
SANDERS’ barn at Fifteenth and N streets burned, loss, $400....P.A. BYRNE
appointed Police Court Clerk, vice McFETRISH,
resigned.
20 - Body of an unknown man
found in the river at Sutterville.
21 - Light rain shower.
22 - Mrs. COOK, of Sutterville, thrown from a buggy and fractured her collar
bone....Mark McKENNA, a painter, injured by a fall in
the State Capitol.
23 - Incendiary fire at
Walnut Grove; loss, $3,000.
24 - Little daughter of Mrs.
J.F. CROWLEY had her collar-bone broken by a fall.
25 - Liliputian comic opera company appeared at the theater.
27 - Slight fire near the
depot.
29 - William J. FORD
committed suicide.
NOVEMBER
1 - Clara Louise KELLOGG and
Annie Louise CARY sang in a musical concert at the Congregational
Church....Madame Helena MODJESKA, the Polish actress, appeared at the theater.
4 - Steamer Cora snagged and
sunk in the river near Clarksburg....Building on E street, between Seventh and
eighth, owned by Mrs. Culbert, burned, loss,
$1,400....W.H. DEMPSY stabbed an Italian named M. PARDINI at Second and K
streets.
5 - Memorial meeting held and
resolutions passed in respect to the late Senator Oliver P. MORTON....John
GALVIN kicked by a horse and had his leg broken....Boy named Joseph FISHER
broke an arm by a fall....J. MAGRAY’s residence in
Yolo, near the city, burned; loss, $1,000.....Trial of Wm. CARPENTER commenced
in District Court for the murder of John GOULD at Folsom in March last....J.
JOSEPH, a miner, accidentally killed at Folsom.
6 - Wolf SIMON died suddenly
from apoplexy.
11 - Charles BRANDT broke his
leg by a fall.
12 - J.L. FOREST shot twice
at his wife without effect and then attempted suicide by cutting his throat.
16 - Mrs. D.P. BOWERS appeared
at the theater....E.A. ROCKWELL, a veteran journalist, died....P. WELCH died
suddenly in a fit.
17 - Jury verdict of not
guilty in case of William CARPENTER, tried for the murder of John
GOULD....Trial of Richard BELCHER commenced in District Court for the murder of
J.H. PATTEN.
18 - Store of BAKER &
HAMILTON burglarized....Tenth anniversary of the German Lutheran Sunday School
celebrated....Daughter of W.T. CROWELL and daughter of S. HALL had their arms
broken by falls....John ANDERSON, an old citizen, deceased.
19 - J.K. EMMET appeared at
the Metropolitan Theater....Jacob GRUHLER, an old citizen, died....Jewelry
store of L. SIDDONS burglarized.
20 - Richard BELCHER
convicted of murder in the first degree, with life imprisonment, in the Sixth
District Court....Meeting of citizens held to discuss local legislation....V.B.
ARNOLD murderously assaulted by striking Chinamen near Isleton.
21 - Description of the new
Masonic Hall, with an engraving, published in the Record-Union....Sacramento
Board of Trade organized....Boy named Thomas DONAHUE broke an arm by a
fall....Republican Central Committee met and nominated Guy W. COLE for the City
School Superintendent, and John F. DREMAN, S. SMITH, T.B. McFARLAND
and J.F. RICHARDSON for Directors.
23 - James Carey GOODS,
criminal lawyer, deceased.
25 - A. MENKE’s
hop house at Routier’s burned, loss, $10,000.
26 - Slight fire at residence
of J. LOWELL on M street, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth....Democratic City
Committee nominated for City School Superintendent, Add. C. HINKSON; Directors,
J.E. PARKER, Matt F. JOHNSON and E. GREER.
28 - Captain Jack, the scout,
appeared at the theater....Little daughter of M.C. TILDEN accidentally and
fatally poisoned with strychnine.
29 - Dry goods store of
ROTHFELD Bros. burned; los, about $50,000.
30 - Richard BELCHER,
convicted of murder, sentenced to the State Prison by Judge DENSON....Henry
BOSTWICK fell from the south portico of the Capitol and severely hurt....Lucas
CONRAD broke his leg at Washington.
DECEMBER
1 - Total rainfall for
November, 1.070 per Signal office report....Agricultural Park leased, $4,200 per year.
2 - Coldest weather of the
season, 27 degrees.
3 - Twenty-second session of
the California Legislature commenced its session....City gas contract let to
the Capital Gas Company.
4 - Farmers of the county
meet to consult on legislative matters.
5 - Baptist Church fair
begins at Turner Hall....Senatorial canvass very intense.
6 - Number of burglaries
reported in different parts of the city....Sacramento workingmen’s delegates
report against KEARNEY, WELLOCK & Co. of San Francisco.
7 - Military review at the
Pavilion....Billiard tournament between Lou SHAW of Chicago and an amateur.
8 - Robert ALLEN takes
possession of Agricultural Park.
9 - Large workingmen’s
meeting.
10 - Winter dramatic season
commenced....Body of Joseph QUINN found in a shaft two miles from the
city....E.K. ALSIP thrown from a buggy and arm broken.
11 - Lecture season
opens...James DOLAN begins a walk of one hundred hours without rest....Farmers
again meet to consult on legislative matters....Dramatic News appears.
12 - Trustees consider
propriety of vacating City Hall....Harmon FRANZELL arrested as insane.
13 - New Masonic Hall
dedicated, followed by grand ball.
14 - R.W. BLACK, an escaped
murderer from Missouri, held for examination....Indications of approaching
rain.
15 - James DOLAN completes
his 100 hours’ walk without rest....Elmer S. GRANGER commits suicide at the
railroad shops.
16 - Workingmen denounce
statement regarding them in the San Francisco Chronicle; they adopt a platform
for State organization.
17 - Nellie MARCHANT died
suddenly at Second, K and L streets....CURTIS & CLUNIE present a bill of
$10,000 against the city for legal services....James T. FARLEY nominated by Democratic
caucus for United States Senator....Barn of J.B. BRADFORD, Franklin township,
burned; loss, $1,200.
18 - Farmers meet and discuss
a new method of collecting revenue....Improved Order of Red Men take possession
of new hall in Masonic building....General exodus of politicians; Senatorial
contest being closed....J.W. THOMPSON robbed of $480.
19 - “Our Friends” masquerade
ball given ....Semi-annual school examinations in progress....Jo HERTUDO and
James MALONE have a set prize fight.
20 - Albert HOFFELL,
eleven-year-old boy, by a fall has his arm broken in several places....The new
peal of bells on the Lutheran Church rung for the first time....A sprinkle of
rain.
21 - Public schools close for
holidays....Rainfall 0.224, being 2,561 for the season.
22 - Wm. FLANDERS robbed by
highwaymen....Rain continues: total for the storm 0.453.
23 - The Lutheran peal of
bells dedicated....Rains lighter; total for the season 3.021....Another
Workingmen’s meeting held.
24 - The rainfall has the
effect of greatly increasing the business in holiday goods....Christmas
festivities in the various Sunday Schools.
25 - General suspension of
business for Christmas....Harry BRAINARD dies suddenly....County Supervisors
decline to rent part of the jail to the city.
26 - Chinaman found in his
house hanging by his neck, dead; general belief that he was executed in
pursuance of a judgement of a
Chinese Court....Merchants report the business for the holiday season to
be superior to former years.
27 - R.W. BLACK, the Missouri
murderer, is sent East in charge of an officer from that State....Jacob ARNOLD
has a shoulder dislocated....T.G. SAULSBURY’s barn,
at Saulsbury station, burned, with three hundred tons
of hay....William WALDRON, a farmer, suddenly dies.
28 - Willie BICHARDSON, a boy,
run over by a truck and injured....Many business visitors in the city.
29 - Offices of Western Union
and Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Companies united.
Transcribed by Betty Loose.
Source: Sacramento Daily Union, Tuesday Morning, January
1, 1878, Page 9
© 2007 Betty Loose.
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