Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-06-03
BRIEF REFERENCE.

1t having been ascertained that Willie
Sprout, who was taken to Woodland for
stealing the gold watch identified as Fritz's
of that place, claimed to have given the
chain, which was a valuable one, to Granville
Roper, Chief Karcher telegraphed to San
Francisco yesterday and had Roper arrested.
A dispatch received subsequently stated that
the prisoner had not now got the chain, but
| Chief Karcher gave Instructions for him to
be held, and notified the Sheriff OF Wood
land to go down and get his man.
Dan Woods tried to knock a lot of granite
crosswalk slabs into the middle of next week
by driving his hack against them, at Eleventh
and L streets, Wednesday night. Result !:
Woods was fired outward and upward and
landed on the top of his hack, which had its
goose-neck broken, and it is wonder, Dan
didn't have his neck broken, too. There
should have been a light at the crossing.
j. A. Schroer of the firm of Schroer
Brothers of this city. died at San Francisco
on Tuesday He had gone there to be treated
for illness in private hospital. He was a
native of Missouri, and aged So years. The
body has been brought here, and the funeral
will take place to-day.
The new cadet company, 'sThe Governors
Guard" has elected the following officers ::
Captain, William Z. McEwan; First Lieu
tenant, Walter Greer Second Lieutenant,
Samuel Kay. The cadets have entered the
school of instruction under the tutorship of
Adjutant Guthrie.
Denis Ksarney went East yesterday after
noon on the overland to attend the National
Greenback Convention. r. d. Stephens
also left on the same train to attend the Ma
tional Democratic Convention at Cincinnati,
which commences on the 22d inst.
Co,o,o, Nor,,;I,,o mill o,s.et;pr, 81 ba
post norton on the body of Annie Suffer,
was blood poisoned He swelled up fit to
burst and suffered great agony, but yesterday
was better and able to leave his bed, and is
now declared to be out of danger.
1t is said the recent heavy north winds
have shriveled much of the grain in this
vicinity, and that the glowing anticipations
of 8 big harvest must be brought down peg
or two-but not enough to be of a serious
character.
just now large numbers of the women of
the city are up to the elbows in suds and
house cleaning, and there are more men
boarding down town in consequence than one
can shake two sticks at.
L. NJ. Lindley yesterday purchased at the
auction sale of d. j. Simmons the property
on the southeast corner of T and Twelfth
streets for Sl,025.
The Fourth of July fantasies meet at the
Courthouse tonight, and they agree to fur
nish excuses for all who neglect business to
attend.
L. J. Scott and A. J. Muir have opened a
new plumbing and gas-ftting establishment
on street, north side, above Third.
Next Monday will be calendar day again,
when all civil and criminal suits will be called
and set for trial.
The Father Mathew Society holds its
sixth anniversary picnic at Richmond Grove
next Sunday.
John Russell Young, wife and daughter,
passed Omaha yesterday, to'arrive June 9th.
1t was refreshingly cool and bracing yes.
terday, with strong southerly breeze.
The river last evening stood at % feet 6
inches-the same as the night before.
Horses are plentiful at Agricultural Park
in training for the fall races.
Another shad was caught in'the river near
Sutterville yesterday.