Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-21
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

LEADEO 0UiLI1,- L eSIeFuay III Ine gu
perior Court Charles Wilson and Thomas
Rooney pleaded guilty to charge of robbery,
and were each sentenced to one years resi-
dence at the States bastile At the time of
the occurrence an account thereof was given
in the RECORD UNION. The parties met a
man named Samuel Hoyle at a saloon on
Fourth and j. streets, and robbed him of
about $50 and silver watch from this place
ne went down l. street, and they followed
him about a block and a half, and when near
huntington, Hopkins & Co.'S warehouse
they knocked him down and examined his
pockets further but got nothing. Suisse
quently the robbers were arrested on Second
street, between 1 and j, by officers Smith,
Ferral and Rider.
The IRRIGATION INTERNATIONALLY in
vestigation of the subject of irrigation is
being prosecuted under direction of the
State Engineer. A party under charge of
Assistant Engineer j. d. Schuyler, with as
sistants, and a camping outfit transported
upon pack mules, is now accommodating and
surveying the head waters of the Kern river,
to ascertain the practicability of building
reservoirs for storage of water in that region,
TO increase and preserve the supply for irri-
CATION purposes in the San Joaquin valley.
Similar surveys and examinations will be
made in San Bernardino and Los Angeles
counties during the season. The work is
being carried forward under the Act and ap-
preparation of last winter to continue the in
vestigation.
MERCHANDISE REpoRT.- The following
freight for Sacramento passed Ogden on the
18th: For C. G. Wingate, l box household
goods; D. W. Earl, 20 steel shoes, Is steel
dies Billingsley & Co., bundles sail Irvine,
2 dozen bowls S. Cupples & Co., II pack
ages paper 2 boxes clothespins Holbrook,
Merrill & Stetson, boxes sheet iron stove
pans Weinstocl1 & Lubin, 6 boxes boots
G. S. Morey, boxes canned meats Hunt
ington, Hopkins & Co., boxes hardware, 1
box firearms, bundle COW bells, boxes
wrenches. 200 bundles iron pipe; W. B. Mil
Ter, boxes clocks j. Parsons l case shoes
IL. Fisher, box confectionery.
BOARD OF EQuALHATIoN.-Yest erday the
Board of Equalization met, pursuant to ad-
iournment, all the members present except
Wilson. F. McFessel made an application
to have the assessment on the west half of
lot 2. between n and and Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets. reduced from 500 on
the real estate and g, 800 on the improve
ments to $500 upon the whole. Lie. Chan
dler, on behalf of Boyd & Davis, applied to
have the assessment reduced from IS, 800 to
So. 800 upon the west 725 feet of the south %
feet of lot T. in the block between J and K
and Front and Second streets, and the i'm
provements thereon.
SWAMP LAND MATTERs-The Board of
Supervisors, acting as Board of Swamp
Land Commissioners, were engaged most of
the day yesterday hearing the application of
E. r. Parvin to have that portion of Swamp
Land District No. 8 which lies in the upper
part of Grand Island, in this county, erected
into new swamp land district great
MANY witnesses are present, and great in
terest seems to be felt in the result. A ma
iority of the acres are owned by non-resi-
dents. and the residents are very much dis
satisfied with their manner of doing things in
the district, and hence want to be taken out
of the district.
BOARD or SUPERvIsoRs.-The Board met
Yesterday, all the members present except
Wilson. The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved. These claims were
allowed: II. w. Odell. S34; S. w. Butler,
SO; A. NJ Smith, $50 70. The Board then
took 70 the application of L. r. Parvin to
nave a new SWAIN AohN NASN'eSo OAS
of a mart of Swamp Land District No. 3. At
) o'clock the Board continued the further
hearing of the case TO o'clock this morning,
and adjourned to that hour.
Police CoURT.-In the Police Court yes
terday all cases were continued, as follows
Eddie johnson, disturbing the peace, Martin
Ryan. keeping disorderly house, and I. F.
Mcmahon, carrying concealed weapons, con-
tinued until to-day; j. Murphy, disturbing
the peace, continued until tomorrow; L.
Kelly and NJ Harry, violating health ordi-
nance, continued until oath, as it appeared
that defendants were abating the nuisance
complained of.
FREIGHT MovEMENTs.-The following car
loads of freight were received in this city yes
terday: One of beer, l of coal oil, of
wood 5 of sand. of wheat, l of hides, Of,
lumber, of ice, l of cattle, OF tomato
catsup, ] OF canned fruits, l of coal. Through
freights' in carloads were forwarded East, as
follows: Nine of coke, 8 of potatoes, l OF
onions, of wool, l OF salmon. OF sugar,
of beans, ] Of tomato catsup and OF canned
fruit.
SCHOOL CENsUs.-The additional returns
Of the school census have been received at the
Office of the State Superintendent of
Schools. Tuolumne county reports 1,S45
school children !; last year she had 1,759.
Stanislaus. 1,S47. against 1,fl4 last year.
Tulare, 3, 447, against 3, 332 last year. Shasta,
2,276 against2, l52 last year.
MAKE Your GRIEVANCES KSowY.-Per-
sons feeling injured by the valuation placed
upon their property by the County Assessor,
-, ,,,., ,,o,,r ont their grief To the Board of
EQUALIZATION until August % inclusive. If
there are those who have complaints to make
they must speak by that time, or forever after
hold their peace.
GRAND ARMY or REPUBLIC UYIoS.-At
a meeting of Sumner Post of the Grand Army
Of the Republic, held night before last, 1t was
decided To hold grand reunion in this city
of at least three DAYS during the week ct the
State Fair. and x,end an invitation to all
ex-soldiers and sailors upon the coast to be
present
SETTLED WITH THE STATE. Scott
Treasurer Of Sierra county, yesterday made
settlement with the State. paying s, l54 09
into the treasury Also the Bank Commits
sioner paid to the State SIS. 400, collected fy
assessment upon banks for the present year 5
expenses OF the Commission.
Police ARREsTs.-Arres. were made by
the Police yesterday of " No. A." drunk, by
Chief Ksrcher; L. c. Chandler. misde-
meanor, by officer Woods Pat Quinn, dis
turbing the peace, by officer jackson
Raphael Vasquez, disturbing the peace, by
officers Ferral and Rider G. C. Kyle, a
drunk, by officers Ferral and Rider.