Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-03
BRIEF NOTES.

a man came near drowning from having
his boat upset near Pioneer Mills yesterday
A plank was thrown to him by John Dixon,
of the mills, to which the man held until
rescued below the bridge by Jack Straw. Ii
was a narrow escape.
The new river steamers are about com.
pleted. They have been named the ModoC
and Apache, and are expected TO commerce
regular trips between this city and San Fra.
| cisco about the 10Th inst.
The Police Court-rooms are to be further
improved by mating in the hall and back
portions of the main room and Office of the
Police Judge, and also supply OF good chairs
within the bar.
Among the passengers to arrive this morn
ing from the East are j. w. Simonton, Gem
eral Superintendent of the Associated Press,
and r. D. Stephens, of Sacramento.
Engine No. so, for the Southern Pacific of
Arizona recently received from the East and
which is being put up at the shops, will soon
be ready for use and sent to Tucson.
The Forester Gun Club holds its match for
club medals at Lisle's bridge at $50 a. NJ. to-
morrow. II birds are plenty there will be
pool shooting.
Tomorrow the annual collection for the
Boys Orphan Asylum at San Rafael viii be
OINCu up NJ. AeOSS o NnlAtSlt at ali tlAC
masses.
The Superior Court has taken a recess until
July 9th. which will be law day. and the jury
will not be called until the day following.
The results of the order of the Chief of
Police against shooting were noticeable yes
terday in the marked quiet of the city.
The maximum temperature yesterday was
So, which occurred about p. " The mini
mum temperature for the day was 5S'.
There were two car loads of immigrants
arrived from the East yesterday, and three
more car loads are due this afternoon.
The river marked 20 feet 5 inches last
evening. Il has fallen 2 inches each twenty
four hours for the past three days.
The Capital City Minstrels will leave here
at 1l:35 tomorrow on their Stockton excGr
sion, and return July 9th.
There are undelivered kilograms at the
Western Union office for Deschamps, Mabel
Woods and McReamer.
Company G., First Artillery, Captain L.
W. Sheehan, viii have full dress-parade
Monday evening next.
A Fourth of July dinner will be given
July 9TH at the Sixth-strest NJ. 4. Church.
Parties complain of the water poison from
lead pipes at the City Cemetery.
Don't fail to watch the Capitol dome July
9TH, at o'clock P. VI. sharp.
ASSIGNMENT OF TEAoHERs.-The commit
tee on assignment of teachers for the city
schools has made this distribution: Sacra-
ramento Grammar School, second grade,
Laura II. Wells; fourth grade, Grace E.
Kidd Capital Grammar School, first grade,
Mrs. NJ d. Merrill fourth grade. Jennie
Anderson second grade. Charlotte Slater;
fifth grade (Tenth and p, Mrs. English
sixth grade Fourth and a, Miss Annie Nc
Cherry seventh, grade ninth and p, Flora
Goldman sixth grade (Sixteenth and NJ,
Miss Tenbrook; seventh grade tThirteenth
and G., Miss Van Guelder; seventh grade
Seventh and CT. Miss Seeley and Miss Phil
lips; seventh grade (rhirteenth and G), Mrs
Post; morning class Seventh and I'll, Miss
Flora Weeks; morning class sixteenth and
NJ, Miss Bonte; morning class Fourth and
q. Miss Duffy; afternoon class Fourth and
u, Miss Miller; afternoon class Thirteenth
and g., Miss Hughes. All other teachers go
to their former positions and schools.
PLANTS IN THE RoTUNDA- Yesterday
afternoon the plants and flowers being pro-
yided for the Capitol rotunda were placed in
position, and they produce very pleasing
Improvement, relieving the bare walls and
giving the place a conservatory appearance.
A small, choice evergreen, from two TO three
feet high, is placed in each of the four inches,
growing in large terra-cotta vases, and these
are surrounded with other snowy and smaller
plants, such as daily blooming lilies, Towering
begonias, fuchsias and vines
INCORPORATION were fled in the
Office of Secretary of State yesterday articles
of incorporation of the Wilson College Joint
Stock Company, for maintaining a school of
high grade at Wilson's College near Viii
mingt0n, Cal. The following are the Di-
J. Wicks, NJ. l.. Wicks, T. VI.
Buster, W. j. Smith and NJ. Wicks. The
capital stock is $4,000.
PoLIoE ARRESTS. Arrests were made in the
city yesterday as follows: Mrs. May Adams,
disturbing the peace, by officers Rider aud
Atwood No. too drunk to give his name),
by officer Lee; Edward Brick, drunk, by
officers Ferrsl and Rider; Jack Hammond,
drunk, by officers Rider and Cafferty Geo.
Duck, assault to do great bodily injury, by
officers Ferral and Rider.
BASE BALL CHALLEEGE.-A letter has
been received from the Captain Of the Acme
Base Ball Club of Los Angeles, as follows:
.sThe Acme Base Ball Club of Los Angeles,
DESTROYS of visiting Sacramento, would like
TO hear from all mines in that section in re-
gard to seeing what arrangements can be
made for games TO be played during the com
ing State Fair. Address George S. Turner"
WoRK AocEprED.-At special meeting OF
the Board of City Trustees held yesterday,
the report of the City Surveyor on the i'm
proyement OF l. street, from Tenth to Fiji
tenth, was received, and Ia accordance with
It's recommendation the said improvement
was accepted from the contractor. This is
one Of the finest streets now in the city.
CoRoNBR's INQUEsr-Coroner Vermilya
returned from Folsom yesterday, at which
place he had been to hold an inquest upon
the Chinaman who was found dead in q
cabin. The jury returned verdict that the
mans name was unknown and that death re-
suited from natural causes
IMPROVING little son of Governor
Perkins that was burned, and for whom SO
much anxiety was caused by fever subse-
quently setting iu, has much improved, and
it is thought will soon be well again.
INCREASE OF CAPITAL SrooK. Ari-
IONA Concentration Company yesterday filed
in the Secretary of States office a certificate
of increase of its capital stock from 300, 600
to $4,000, GOO.
AN APFMcrIoN.-J. 7. Grifists. President
OF the Board of Education, is sick with an
attack OF paralysis OF the face.
.UNEoUALED ON THE PACIFIC CoAsT, ahead
of San Francisco, up to New York, on par
with Paris or London in styles, prices, quality
and quantity in the Hat Department OF Me-