Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-14
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

A NAUTICAL DISASTER. street rail-
way grade at Tenth and o streets has
impounded the water along the east side
of Tenth and the north side of Q. The
boys have named the sheets of water
Lake Pepin and Lake Champlain, respect
lively. utterly ignoring the geographical incon-
sistency of union of the two bodies of water.
They have floated upon these long drawn out
lakes heavy planks and dubbed them steamers
and ships, each being manned by Captain
true. One of the boats is known as the
General Grant" another as the ''Jim
Blaine" another as the Sammy Tilden, y
while Pinch by 14-inch by 16-foot clipper is
STYLED the Pinafore." The Captains are
gallant fellows, and improvise poop-decks out
of candle boxes, upon which they invite the
best-looking girls in the neighborhood SUM-
day there was a regatta. The Pinafore had a
full crew, and in the cabin little spindle
shanked miss in red-striped stockings, who
cuddled up on the quarterback. The General
Grant carried as guest stout lass with a
baby in her lap, and the Blaine had on deck
two little shavers in Knickerbockers and
roundabouts, whose long legs would dangle
in the water. On the trip down Lake Pepin
the Pinafore fouled with the Grant, the
alters prov was driven into the mud at full
speed, her momentum was communicated to
the fat girl, who slid forward waist-deep
into the s.ush, and baptized the baby
the passenger on the Pinafore fell over the
taffrail and went head down into the seething
waters, while her striped-stockings waved
aloft in distress. At this juncture the Blaine
came up Champlain, and through the neglect
of the helmsman, who was gazing at the
wrecks over in Pepin, collded with the street.
opI 4bea VriJa, follat.y;por ~, he
wake came up all standing, and the two cap
sizing fired their crews and passengers upon
the low, fat shore in the thinnest of mud and
the stickiest. Then there were cries of distress,
and rescues, and imprecations, and several
enraged parents, and soon after a humani-
tartan captured the planks out of mercy to
the youth of the ward, and made kindling-
wood of them-the lumber-and now naviga-
ton on the lakes is closed. The truth is the
water there has been of sufficient depth to
float considerable bulk, and it is a wonder
some more serious accidents have not
occurred.
PRISONERS PLEAD GUILTY.-Ye Yesterday
morning in the Superior Court, Judge Clark
presiding, thirteen prisoners, who have been
charges. were arraigned and permitted to
plead guilty or not guilty. The indictments
were prepared by District Attorney Buckley
under the new information law, which
authorizes District Attorney, within thirty
DAYS after defendant is held to answer, to
file an information with the Superior Court,
before which, within sixty days after being
held to answer the defendant must be brought
to trial or be discharged at the pleasure of
the Judge. Both the Judges and the Dis
trict Attorney express qualification at the
workings of the law, and think both time
and money will be saved in the prosecution
of criminals. The following are the names
of those arraigned Thomas Maloney, alias
John Sullivan, William Bruce, John Smith,
William Roberts, All Pow, James Daley
and Henry Davis pleaded guilty of burglary.
William Grimes pleaded guilty of petit
larceny. Peter Stanley pleaded guilty of
petit larceny, and was sentenced to thirty
days imprisonment, and John Fitzgerald
pleaded guilty of grand larceny. Bill Sheets,
alias pea Ridge" pleaded not guilty of
burglary, and Louis Adrian pleaded not
guilty to charge of grand larceny. Those
who pleaded guilty will receive sentence this
morning.
a RUSTIC STONE FLOWER HoUsE-On a
lawn at the residence of Richard Purrier, at
the corner of Fourteenth and II streets, has
been erected a neat and pretty arrangement,
half house and half cave. 1t is composed of
stone in irregular pieces of volcanic forma-
ton, exceedingly rugged, but very light in
weight. The diameter of the inside of the
structure is about II feet, and the hight of
the pile about 10 feet The stones are SO
piled together as to make both walls and the
roof, the weight of all the material being
nearly six tons. On the north side are two
openings, which are used as entrances and to
admit light. The interior is now used for
housing flowers and plants. The rough in
side walls have been dressed with smaller
fragments, which are so regular themselves
as to highten the effect Outside and on top
of the structure the larger crevices have been
filed with soil, in which numerous flowers
were planted, and that now mingle their
beauty with the dark colors of the stone and
the bright green of the turf that springs from
other hooks. The design and arrangement
are unique, original, pleasing and well worthy
of imitation in other lawns. The stone was
brought from near San Jose, at cost of
about SIS per ton.
ANOTHER PUZZLE CRAzE.-Will the puzzle
boom never cease? From present indications
one may reply in the words of the popular
Capt. Corcoran, hardly ever" Perhaps
It's we'll These puzzles enable men to turn
out of the beaten path for an hour or so and
forget their grandmothers. TIE latest puzzle
is to place six articles of two kinds in a row
and by moving each straight forward given
distance one at time, make the two kinds
change places and allow in the work but one
piece to be jumped at time. Unlike the
Boss puzzle there is no trick in this, but it
can be legitimately worked out, thing not
possible with the Is, 10, IA in three positions.
To work the new puzzle draw seven lines
parallel with one another and number them
from the top down. On each of the lines l.,
., 3, place three counters, half dimes, or $50
pieces, if your taste and ability conspire. ION
each of the lines 8. 6. z, place three different
articles. Now move in straight inesfdirectly
forward the articles from 5, 6, Z to l, 2, 3, or
vice versa, jumping when desirable, but only
jumping one piece at time. The German
puzzle, as it is called, is just now the rage in
public places, and innumerable throats are
being wetted at the expense of people who
VOW that it can't be done.
POLICE CoURr.-In the Police Court yes
terday the charge against Wing Wah was
dismissed for want of prosecution !; D. Lowell
fined 81 so and costs for disturbing the
peace: P. w. Crowley found guilty of battery
and ordered to appear for sentence to-day ;
All Pow and John Doe, disturbing the peace,
dismissed; Harry Ketchum and George An
derson, gaming, continued to the 10th VIM
Sprout, burglary, continued to to day; All
Chon and All Sing, defaulting witnesses, and
All Blu, battery, continued to this morning ;
John Burns, disturbing the peace, continued
to the 10Th Mrs. George Hamilton, attempt
to commit murder, continued to April 2lst.
ARTYTcIAL IcE.-The Coles Bros, of the
Sacramento Ice Company, have furnished
this Office with samples of ice made in their
factory with the Pictet machine. It is more
solid than ice frozen by natural means,
equally pure, and is nodded into blocks con-
venient for the general purchaser, thereby
preventing the waste that is usually caused
by the process of cutting and saving natural
ice.
FREIGHT MovEMENTs.-There were for
warded to the East yesterday car load of
salmon and 2 of wool. There were received
here car load of hay. of iron. of wheels,
| Of raisins, of lumber, Of -four, of coal,
/ of iron and of corn.
ONE CASE black grenadine, fancy plaid, at
Is cents per yard; French brocades, at Is cents
ner ward; English brocades, at % cents per
ward India lawns, at III cents per yard, at
the Red House.
IT,, a.. baut assortment of dress goods. 90