Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-16
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
CAPITOL NOTES.

CAPITOL NOTES.
The Assembly Committees on Agriculture
and Water Rights and Drainage, which left
here on Friday to visit the upper Bear, Feather
and American rivers, in relation to the debris
problem, returned yesterday on the over
land train from Colfax. The first location
visited by them was the region of country
about Marysville, where it is mentioned they
found the water of the river, although low in
volume, far above the streets of that place,
and only kept in its course by the high levees
forming a channel, concerning which a MEM
Der of the committee remarks that at any
season Of ordinary high water the foods
would be likely TO break through and leave
the artificial channel to desolate the country
below. From Marysville the committee
went to Smartsyille, where they witnessed
the working Of the hydraulic mines by night,
by use of the electric light They also
in the vicinity of Grass Valley and Nevada
City. They were accompanied by State
Engineer Hall, who pointed out places which
have been selected by the engineers for build
ing dams 90 retain the coarser debris. The
miners were anxious to show the Importance
of their industry to the State, and to have
something done to remove the conflict of in
terest between the mining and agricultural
districts. The magnitude of the subject and
necessity for immediate action were strongly
impressed upon the committee, as also the
feasibility of the plan proposed by the engi-
neers for treatment of the case.
Assembly Bill No. 440, to provide for i'm
provement of streets within cities of less than
loo, 600 inhabitants, as amended, has received
the unanimous approval of the Assembly
Committee upon County Governments and
Municipal Corporations, and is regarded by
all interested upon the subject as model bill
for the purposes intended.
MIR. JosSelyn will to-day introduce in the
Assembly bill providing for branding in
the forehead with blue India ink all Chinese
convicted of crime.
The matter of the Governors approval or
veto of the revenue bill was q leading topic
in conversation yesterday in legislative
gatherings, but everybody seemed more dis
posed to listen to the opinions of Others upon
the subject than express their own.
The ladies had posted yesterday in the
Sergeant-at-ArIns' room, near the Assembly
postoffice door, a bulletin announcing that
the Wisconsin Legislature had granted I'M
restricted suffrage TO women, which was in
tended as a tonic in favor of the bill now
pending in our Legislature to grant to women
equal rights with men in relation To all school
matters. aud which has been made the special
order for Friday evening next.
MORE AcOIDENTs.-The evil effects of the
irritating qualities of the north wind seems
TO have been more widely manifested even
than was at first known. Sunday afternoon
while Henry Schumeyer, proprietor of the
I,,,4t, or sir,, n Sac,rd arJ n etraats 1,,os an
gagged in taking the hide from COW which
he killed, the framework, to which the
animal was suspended, fell, aud 4 meat-hOOk
penetrated the foot Of MIR. Schumeyer's little
son, inficting an ugly and perhaps serious
wound. The proprietor and another man
who works in the shop Immediately jumped
upon wagon, intending to drive rapidly for
q physician to dress the boys wound, but the
horse got excited and made such speed over
the crossings that both men were thrown out
of the wagon and considerably bruised. About
the same time q vaquero while trying
to lasso q stubborn steer at the slaughter
yard met with an accident that resulted in
the dislocation of the riders shoulder.
Whether the animal was run over by the horse,
or the horse run over by the horned beast, is
not known, hut at any rate the vaquero fell
to the ground and got the worst Of the
conflict.
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH. - Yesterday
morning about o'clock, while the family of
p. J. Sarsfeld, residing at Twenty-third and
Fl streets, were eating breakfast, his wife
discovered flames in an upstairs room occu-
pied by his sister-in-law, and little niece
whose name is Kate Monahan, aged years
When Mr. Sarsfield reached the room he
found the roof, floor and three trunks of
clothing all IN blaze. He tried to get to the
child who was in bed sleeping, but the flames
drove him back. While engaged in an in
effectual effort to subdue the fire, his brother
In Flaw climbed up outside of the room and
broke in window The little girl, however,
becoming frightened, tried to escape by the
stairway, but was so badly burned In the
attempt that she died at o'clock last even
ing. Had she remained in bed she would
have escaped injury, as the flames were ex-
tinguished in few moments. The clothing
and furniture of the room were damaged to
the amount of $3.50, there being no insurance
on the same. The building, which was in
sured, was damaged to the amount OF $50.
MERCHANDISE REPORT. - The following
freight for Sacramento passed Ogden March
1Ish and 18th: One car load of furniture !;
Blake, Robbins L Co., 80 bundles newspaper /;
Huntington, Hopkins & Co.. pieces axles,
tires Booth L Co., 10 boxes fish; Holman,
Stanton G. Co, boxes hardware, 8 boxes
locks Capital Furniture Company, boxes
chairs W. \. & c. S. Houghton, l box
balls; Rothfeld Bros. l box printed goods /;
Weinstocll & Lubin, IL eases shoes, 2 boxes
dry goods @. III. Gilman. 3 bales dry goods
Baker 4 Hamilton, box hardware w. d.
Comstock, boxes chairs Locke & Laven-
son, bundles mating Elmer Bros, 10 bar
rels whisky; Fl. c. Kirk 81 Co., l box drugs
I. W. Schwamh, boxes and / key mould
ing w. a. Chittenden, 3 boxes shoes j.
w. Leftwitch, 2 boxes photograph goods
Whittier, Fuller & Co., bale sponge; Me-
bus & Co., box cigars Wiedmann & Hro-
mada, barrels and 2 boxes candy A. j.
Vermilya, box coffin trimmings Miller L
Richards, 23S bundles newspaper.
REruRNED.-The legislative committees
which visited the regions of hydraulic mining
last week returned by way of Colfax yester-
day. The party went first to Marysville,
where an examination of the condition of
the Yuba and Feather rivers at that point
was had. Thence they went to Smartsville,
taking observations of the various points OF
interest ON the way. They reached Smarts-
VILE lust In time to witness the blasting OF
the face of a bank nearly 100 feet high. The
vast Quantity of earth, rocks and even trees
thrown down by the blast was decided
revelation to those members of the committee
who were unfamiliar with mining operations.
The mining region of Nevada City was also
visited The gentlemen of the COMMITTEES are
quite unanimous in the opinion that there Is
a great problem involved in the debris ques'
ton. and agree that something should be
done, and that something should be done
soon.
BOARD OF SuPERvIsoRs.-Th The Board OF
Supervisors met yesterday. A communica-
ton was received from John N. Larkin rela-
tive to the County Physician; also, COM
munication from DIR. J. +. Lame, asking the
Board to Investigate Hospital matters, and it
was ordered that the investigation be held at
10 A. Il. on Tuesday, March 10TH Under a
suspension of the rules F. A. Hornblower
was allowed S110 50 for boarding and lodg.
ing the jury in the Lambeth case The re-
port of II. W. O1ell, Road Overseer of Dis
trict No. Al, was received and placed on file
also. the annual report of Stanton Myers,
proprietor of the Freeport ferry. District
A4tornav Ruckiav submitted an opinion tn