Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-19

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BOARD OF TRADE-The Sacramento Board
of Trade held meeting last evening, Albert
! Ga.latin presiding The Board considered
the proposed new insolvent law, and instruct
! ed its Directors TO meet at the State Library
at $50 A. N. to-day, to urge upon
| Senators the views of the Board in sup
port of the bill. The Board also appointed
Messrs. Wheeler. McCreary and Lindley to
examine what is known as the johnson lnsur-
apce bill and report an opinion concerning
the same to the Board. The members inform
allv considered matters relative to drainage,
but no action was taken, except suggestion
of the President for members to attend the
Water Rights and Agricultural Committees
meeting next Monday evening, and listen to
the debate to take place on the Brown drain
age bill.
METROPOLITAN THEATER. = This evening
manager Kennedy's Juvenile Pinafore Com
pany from the Standard Theater, San Fran
cisco. will begin a short season. The young
sters have been here before, and their merits
are well understood. The announcement
promises not only g Pinafore" each evening
but also the operetta "Trial by jury" from
the pens of the same authors as the first
named piece. In addition, the leading per-
formers, it is announced, will introduce sew
eral specialties, so that there shall be no long
waits With such programme the clever
little folks should be able to draw good
house, and ought after so many months OF
experience and practice, to be able to give
the operettas in hand with still more of spirit
and animation.
CHICKEN THIEF ARRESTED. - Yesterday
morning about o'clock officer Frazee and
local officer Eldred met man named Frank
Mccormick near Fourteenth and o streets
and arrested him for stealing chickens. He
was taken to place not far away, where a
| box containing six chickens had just been
| found, and the track rs Whereabouts seemed to
have been made by his feet. The officers
have reason to believe that he is the one who
has been Systematically robbing the hem
roosts in the eastern portion of the city. The
! fowls are at the station-house awaiting an
owner.
WARRANTS IssUEp.-W arraDts were issued
Yesterday by the State Controller as follows :
To Thomas Desmond, Sheriff of San Fran
cisco. for 1926 40; to VIM. Davis, Sheriff of
| San Bernardino county, for S23S: to A. l..
| Bancroft & CO., for Supreme Court Reports,
$500; E. W. Christy, for wood for Capitol
! building. $3.50: Philip Caduc, for COAL same
purpose. S1S9 9S; John SHELTON, to wood for
same. $3.50; Blake, Robbins & Co., for paper,
| So 400 90; Tatum C Bowen, printing press
| and freight, 81, 1856; T. Foster, binding books,
| 81, 221 70.
MILITARY ORDERs.-General Orders, No.
l, First Brigade, n. G. c., issued on the 18th
instant, establishes the headquarters of the
Brigade at San Bernardino, and announces
the following staff appointments: ID. w.
Rice. Major and Assistant Adjutant- General;
! II. G. Kendall. Major and Quartermaster /;
Walter Lyon Major and Commissary l.. E.
| Mosher, Major and Paymaster; IL. 5: Greg
orv. Major and Judge Advocate; w. r.
Fox, Major and Surgeon.
CONDEMNED ORDINANcE.-The Board of
Survey appointed recently to examine the
pieces used by the Sacramento Light Artil-
| lery. has condemned what are known as the
| NAPOLEON brass pieces, used by the company.
| The Governor has approved the report Of
! condemnation, and the two guns will be sold
| for Junk. and new ones furnished the COM
| many. These two guns have been the cause
! of several accidents to members OF the COM
pany.
THE FITZGERALD CAsE-The new trial of
R. f. Fitzgerald for an attempt to extort
money from the Pacific Mutual Life Insur-
anee Company will be commenced in the
| Police Court to-day. A venire of sixty jurors
| has been summoned, but as pamphlets and
circulars in the interest of both parties to the
| snit have been circulated about town, 1t Is
quite likely that there will be some difficulty
/ in finding twelve competent jurors.
POLICE CouRr.-In the Police Court yes
terday William Cronin was found guilty of
battery, and will be sentenced to-day james
Gray, charged with being drunk, failed to
appear the examination Of GEORGE W. Bur-
/ nett, for burglary, was continued to this
morning: the examination of Il. II. Mack
all, for grand larceny, was continued to the
/ oath inst.
A RUSAwAY.-Yesterday morning Jack
Stortz fell from sprinkling cart while driv-
ing up X street, and sustained slight injuries
The horses. finding themselves at liberty, and
| doubtless desiring to sprinkle the streets and
ousIl the dust-storm, ran with the wagon
/ through Third street and some distance up I
| before they were stopped.
NOTHING indicates the tasteful housekeeper
more certainly than neat, welllaid dining
table. and nothing makes the table look SO
/ inviting as a yell-selected set of table linen
and table napkins. OF these we nave Just