Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-08-27
BRIEF NOTES.

George Smith, an employee at the railroad
shops, in the cabinet department., got hi:
left hand into a circular saw, cutting eff the
outer two at the middle joint and seriously
! injuring the others of that hand.
John H. Parnell, who has suffered SC
serious illness recently, is slowly recovering,
and was able yesterday to sit up in bed,
which is regarded as evidence of marked i'm
provement.
The First Ward Democratic Club will hold
its regular meeting this evening at Father
Mathew Hall, commencing at o'clock.
Prominent speakers will address the club.
Night before last little two-year.old child
OF Z. S. Harrison, who resides at 0 and
Third streets, had its shoulder dislocated by
falling upon the walk. >
The warrants for bills allowed by the
Board of Education and salaries will be
ready at the City Auditors Office to-day. ,
Steamer Neponset passed up the river yes
terday with cargo of general merchandise
There will arrive to-day from the East "
emigrants, including &C males.
The temperature of the water in the river
at 3 P. NJ. yesterday was 75.
BIG SToNEs.-P. 7. Morris and his men
have now under the hammer three pieces of
granite for the Capitol fence. Each stone is.
to be dressed down for coping to two feet
square by six feet long. At present they are
seven feet long and some two feet six inches
square. The stones each weigh four tons,
and the labor on each will require fully five.
or six days of time for completion. The,
granite is from Pine, and is of very fine
quality apparently. The works where the,
stone is being prepared are on Tenth street,
between o and z.
SCENE ON 1 STREET.-The following CON-
versation was overheard yesterday by a re-
porter: "Good- bye" said the irate servant
girl IS she left the front door, from which her
mistress had elected her, Goodbye you,
will never set eyes on me again. WELL"
said the mistress, coolly, "you need not stop
to leave lock of your hair; we have speed
mems of that precious memento in my combs
which you last used, and in the butter. .
And that servant-eirl was silent. She was
the first of her class who had ever been
8 come up with"
Quick WoRK.-The steamer Ceres, while
on the way up the river a few days since,
broke one of her cylinders, and had to return 4
to Sacramento for repairs. Root, Nelson & \
Co., of the Union Works, took the contract,
put on men night and day to make the re-
pairs, and made a new cylinder, bored the
other out, put in new heads, and gave the
machinery general overhauling so that the
boat started back within three days.
Hop SHIPMENTS. Flint yesterday i.
made the first shipment of hops East for the
season, consigning 60 bales, containing about
Il, 900 pounds, to parties in Cincinnati, who
were purchasers of his previous crops. The
present prices of hops are very satisfactory
to growers, ranging from 80 to So cents per
pound This will stimulate still larger plant
ing another season.
POLICE ARREsTs.-There were arrested in
this city yesterday: Della Gallagher, fer
by officers Ferral and Rider; VIM.
Todhunter and Julius Hauer, fast driving,
and X. w. Brown, misdemeanor, by officer
Frederick; Ed. Murphy. battery, by officer
Smith Jim Reese, disturbing the peace, by
officer Carroll and L. Enrich, misdemeanor,
by officer Ferral.
LONG YAcATIoN.-The public schools of
the city close to-day for the annual long vaca.
ton, which will this year extend until the
first Monday in October Nearly all the
" school marms F" have their trunks packed.
as one of them expressed it, yesterday, and
will take fight for pastures fair and fresh air
to day and tomorrow. They don't propose
to lose minute.
CHANGING QUARTERS. old freight de.
pot was used yesterday for the last day, and
hereafter all freight will be received and dis
charged at the new depot. The work OF 4
tearing down the balance Of the old building
will be commenced to-day, and by Monday
the old Office will be vacated and demolished,
and business transferred to the new.
QUARTZ MuLs.-The Union Iron Works !
Of this city is now building fifty-stamp mill
for the Grand Victory Mining Company of
Ell Dorado county, the company members of
which are all Sacramentans. At the same
works there is being built ten stamp mill
Tor the Excelsior Mining Company of Placer
county.
NOTARY PUBJIc.-Victor Montgomery has
been reappointed by the Governor a Notary
Public for the county of Los Angeles. to re-
side at Anaheim also George B. Shaffer, for
.he same place.