Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-08
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
scaooL-BooK TROUBLES.

sCEooL-BooK TROUBLES
There seems to be good deal of feeling
manifested among parents in this opening
week of the schools about the changes made
in school.books by the Board of Education
recently. The expression, SO far as can be
gathered, is mainly against what is supposed
to be an advance in prices. Yesterday q
representative of the REcoRD-UNIoN in.
CURED into the matter, and found from the
proceedings of the Board of Education that
in rearranging the course of study 1t made
several changes in text-bo and reduc-
lions, which resulted in dropping out Of
use eleven books heretofore used In
the schools. The Board made a
contract with the publishers of the books
adopted, that the latter should furnish the
books at prices agreed upon between the
Board and the publishers. These prices the
publishers agents say are lower than
the prices heretofore paid by parents, and ex-
hibit the schedules, which make this show
ing: Histories. present retail price, 81 ;
old price, 50. Grammar, present retail price,
81 IS: old price, 81 90. Readers, present
retail price, 81 so; old price, S4-there being
one Reader less, but with that out the a sents
say the gain is % cents. Arithmetics, pres
ent retail price, 81 s.; old price, 81 10. Two
less books are used now than heretofore, and
this makes the difference. Biographies pres
cut retail price, 81 25; old price, 81. Har-
pel's Geography has replaced Montieth's and
is claimed by its friends to be of higher
character, and sufficiently SO to justify the
price. The introduction prices. and which are
now being charged by the booksellers in the
80 IN 70 arv
so cents; Arithmetics, 81 25; Biographies,
81 80 Books of like grade of the old series
are under the contract exchanged at price
ranging from 10 to 20 per cent. less than the
introduction price. Concerning this matter
of exchange, many parents claim that the
publishers refuse to exchange books of like
grade, and the publishers reply that the
parents seek to push off on them books OF
past generations, and that the whole matter
is one Of written contract. The Board OF
Education is to meet tonight at o'clock,
and will inquire into the matter, and If the
contract is not being complied with, will cor
rect it, At present the matter is not thor
oughly understood, but the action of the
Board tonight will probably clear the muddy
waters of the school-book trouble.
POLICE CoURT.-The following business
was transacted yesterday in the Police Court !:
No. z. drunk, fined IS 80 and paid. Della
Arcega charged with deserving her children,
was discharged with the advice of the Court
that she and her husband return to their home
and try to get along better together in the
future. The case of George Duck, for shoot
ing little Willie Bateman, continued until the
10Th Charles Manning, drunk, forfeited de-
post of S. Jack Corcoran, battery, case
dismissed Ernest Workman, vagrancy,
tried and found guilty, to be sentenced to.
day. X. ArOnson, exposure of person, tried
and case taken under Amusement until to-
day. Margaret Howe, disturbing the peace,
case tried and dismissed. j. II. Duffy, mis-
demeanor, continued until to-day. +.
Frietas, found guilty of battery, and fined
81 80. Mollie Brown, for enticing, found
guilty and fined SD 90.
RIVERSIDE RoAD CoMPASY-At the regu-
lar meeting of the Riverside Road Company,
held Tuesday evening, these Directors were
elected: J. r. Watson, Albert Gallatin, B.
r. Crocker, T. J. Clunie, Daniel Flint. j.
r. Watson was chosen President, Albert
Gallatin, Secretary and Treasurer, and B. X.
Croker Superintendent. The company de-
clared q dividend of 20 per cent, payable i'm
mediately, from the money received from the
sale Of the Riverside ranch. and further
dividend of per cent out Of the earnings Of
the road, payable September 1st. A COM
mittee was appointed to call on the Street
Commissioner with a view to the improve
ment Of Eleventh street from K to Y street,
and especially from w to Y street.
"BY THEIR FRU1Ts We SHALL KNOW
THEM. "A lady on NJ street who had been
fol,an 10 b,, a fr,it bucLstar ,rto cold bar
a finely topped-out box of currants, and
which below the top was well padded with
refuse pickings and leaves, relieved her mind
to the next-door neighbor over the fence by
giving her views of "those miserable, soul
less frauds that go hawking fruit about the
streets" You ought not to buy Of the dis
honest ones" was the reply. .Well, what
| would like to know is, how you are going
to know them" why, by their fruits, of
course" Then she understood how she got
beat.
MERCHANDISE REroRT.- The following
freight for Sacramento passed Ogden on the
9Th: For Huntington, Hopkins & Co., 4
boxes hardware. box butts, . cases maehin-
cry nuts, so bundles steel, box brass tube
fittings j. f. Cooper. l piano A. Flohr 3
cases firearms w. d. Comstock, box fin
ished walnut Baker h Hamilton, 8 bundles
rubber betting l.. K. Hammer, boxed
organ Studebaker Bros, l car wagons and
fixtures Adams, Mcneil & Co, 81 barrels
oatmeal.
FREIGHT MovDENTs.-Ca loads of freight
were received yesterday as follows: One Of
lime, 8 of wood, of castor oil, of lard, OF
-four, 9 OF wheat, Of nails, s of rubble. l Of
tomato catsup, of coal and Of corn. There
were forwarded East car loads as follows
One Of coffee, of sugar, l of potatoes, OF
cabbage, of salmon, Of wool, OF tomato
catsup.
ELECTION or OFFICERS. o. H., Div.
sion No. /, has elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: President, 2. j.
Brown: Vice. President. w. j. Cavanaugh
Recording Secretary, Robert o. Mullsne
Financial Secretary, James White ire
electedl; Treasurer, w. J. O'Brien Ire.
elected Sergeant alarms, Jeremiah Car
roll.
A TEsr-At.7 P. If. to-day the Hook and
Ladder Company is to test its rapidity Of
action in setting up ladders and mounting tc
the roof OF the Pavilion. 1t is TO leave It;
house on Fifth street at signal, and see how
quickly after that it can put one of its mer
on the Pavilion.
AUcTIoS.-D. J. Simmons will tomorrow
sell by auction at 52l J street. at 1920 A. NJ,
lot of furniture including chamber and
parlor furniture, blankets, pillows, crockery
and glassware, carpets, etc.
INSANE En- ROUTE - Yesterday J. D.
Bailey, Deputy Constable from Placerville,
came down with an insane woman named
Catherine Grothsr, en- route for Napa Asy.
lum, to which place she will be taken to-day,
ExBRoIpERIEs ENBRoIDEBrEs EN-
BRoIDERIEs I'm lengths varying from
to Il yards, at prices so low as to be
almost gift instead of a sale. at Mechanics
Store.
To THE LADIES OF SACRAMENTO ASI
VICINITY You will find a very handsome
and desirable stock If shoes at the cheap
corner Rochester Store, which are sold very
cheap.
EpeINGs AND INSERTIONS. = Narrow.
medium and wide, at the sale to-day. Me-
chanics' Store.