Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-20
THE DAILY REC0RD-UNI0N.
ApvERTIsEMgNF MENTIoN.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.


The Board of Supervisors met yesterday
at the usual hour, all The members present.
The petition OF G. W. Pearce and others
for new highway in Road District Nc q
on the line Of land owned by Mes-rs. Kelly
and Veimilya, came before the Board, anC
testimony of witnesses was heard in tht
matter.
Mr.. Blair moved that the report of tht
viewers IL the case be approved.
The motion called out spirited discussion
which was engaged in by all the members Q.
the Board
Mr.. ChIisty opposed such expense beinc
put upon the county at the present time, al
would be by the construction of the proposed
road, including a bridge, which woulC
have TO be built upon it, and stated that the
section Of the county in witch this road wa
desired had already received very favorable
appropriations from the road funds. He sait
Sacramento city pays over oue-half of the
taxes OF the county, and would wish to have
the American river bridge purchased and
made free to travel before the expense sug.
gested was contracted by the construction oil
the new road.
Mr.. Wilson opposed opening the new road
at present.
Mr.. Velmiiya. one of the owners Of land
over which the road would pass, also appeared
before the Board and opposed the ordering
of the rev road, and stated that ii the Board
authorized the opening he would appeal the
matter 20 the Courts and defeat the Board
action if possible.
Finally vote was taken upon the motion
to adopt the report of the viewers, and it was
carried as follows:
Ayes-Blair, Butler, Bailey and Buckley.
Noes-Drsman, Wilson and Christy.
Mr.. Blair then moved to declare the road
public highway, which was carried, Wilson
and Christy voting in the negative.
The report of WIN. Sales, Overseer of Road
District No. %, was filed and approved.
A petition was received from G. A. Ruman
and others asking the appointment of T. J.
Brown as Overseer of Road District No. "a
The petition was read and placed on file.
Upon motion of Mr.. Bailey, the Office Of
Road Overseer of said district was declared
vacant, by reason of removal Of C. A. Ruman
ont of the district. T. j. Brown was then
nominated and elected as 0verseer of said
district, and his bond fixed at $780,
A communication was received from G. E.
Bishop in relation to the salary of the County
Superintendent Of Schools as a member of
the Board of Examiners. Placed on file.
The following claims were presented and
dtlUWeu uuutT SUSPENSION OF the rules : fl1up
Wagner, $50; John T. Cardwell, So; s.
Galloway, S25 S. S. Thompson, 50 so.
The Board then adjourned till 10 A. NJ. to-
day.
THE RTvER-The steamer Dover arrived
from the upper Sacramento night bsfore last.
Her Captain stated that the river did not
reach its hight until after he got down as far
as Princeton, where he was compelled TO lay
by on account of the high water. From that
point the Captain slys he could see that there
were breGks in the levees above, as the water
was coming down outside Of the leyee on the
west. He did not learn how many there
were, nor their extsnt. At BOggs' cutoff, be-
low Princeton, GA the east side, break had
occurred, and also several others below that
point upon that side Of the river. A very
large BODY Of water was passing out of the
river above Butte slough Still below, on the
east side, there are two breaks which occurred
on the first rise this season and have not been
closed. They are now considerably enlarged.
On the west side, from Colusa to Knights
LANDING, the levee is still good, including the
new emblnkmeBts. About Stina bend, below
Fremont, there are several new breaks on TIE
west side, but they are not large The water
in the upper Sacramento has now very much
recedsd, but it was still rising here yesterday,
and last night marked twenty-five feet and
five inches.
ELECTION or OFFIcERs.-The Band o.
Hope have elected The following officers ::
President, hrs NJ. E. Gouldin; Vice resi-
dent, Miss ~ Nixon; Superintendent, Mas
ter w. Larkin; Assistant Superintendent,
Master !. Larkin; Secretary Master w
Katzenst.in Assistant Secretary. Master J
Farris Finance Secretary, Mics NJ Logan :;
Treasurer, Sister L.W. Allen; Chaplain, Mas
ter h. Howe; Usher, Georgia Katzsnstein +;
Inside Guard Efia Huntoon.. The AmphiOn
Boat Club last evening elected the following
officers e. 3. Duffee, President J. W.
Doaue. Vice President; W. Gormlev, Secre-
tary; F. Whitman, Treasurer f Fourness,
Captain J. T. Doane, Lieutenant; w. Duf-
fee. Steward; Directors-G. Holt, A. DGffee,
j. Lindsay First Crew.. Doane, Stoke !;
J. Soule After Waist; Z. Carberry, Forward
Waist L. Fourness, Bow The Sacramento
Spirituslists' Union have elected the following
officers o. P. Dodge, President; DR.. G.. r
z. Hewes, Vice President: W. g. Felch,
Secretary; D. 5. Jackson, Treasurer. Trus-
tees-E. T. Woodward, Rufus Butterfeld
and c. s. Butler.
MERCHANDISE REpoRr.-The following
freight for Sacramento passed Ogden on the
18th: Hall, Luhrs l. Co., 20 cases maclzerel (;
Hobby & Smith, hogshead earthenware
Holman, Stantop & Co., cases AK handles
Sacramento County Hospital, II barrels hard
ware, iron bend holder; O. 2. Silver, 2 cases
pictures Lindley & Co., 30 pals tobacco, 20
barrels hams Huntington, Hopkins 4 Co,
barrels wire, l tub copper, 1861 kegs nails,
har and h,,r, Al A 10, 10
Neill & Co, . half barrels gin Mebius &
Co., 10 tierces hams; Scotield Il Tevis, go
cases c1al oil i. L. Lewis & Co. car load
OF stoves Central Pacific Railroad Company
80 barrels oil r. Stone & Co. 2 bales sad
dlery.
OFFICERS INsTALLED.-At a meeting of
Germania Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. 81,
1. o. 0. F., held Tuesday evening last, the
following officers were installed by G.. Neu-
man, D. D. n. G.. Charlotte Krebs. Noble
Grand Cathrine Futterer, Vice Grand ;
Freda Lang, Recording Secretary Dorothea
Bolze, Financial Secretary Ida Hiilebrand,
Treasurer Marcus Graf, Warden Cath
arine Frisch, Conductor VIM Hillebrand.
l. G. Fredericke Ebert, L. S. N G. H.
Schweitzsr, L. S. n. G.; PHILIPPINE Harm
sou, r. S. V. G.; = Meyer, L. S. V. G. At
the conclusion of the ceremonies banquet
was given by the new installed officers and
highly enjoyed.
Police ARREsT.-M. Sctoll was arrested
yesterday for embt zzlement by officers Smith
and Lee, in answer to a telegram from San
Jose William Mooney. on q charge of petty
larceny committed at Benicia. by Constable
Farren of that city. who returned with bis
prisoner Yesterday afternoon.
COLLECTION OF TAxEs.-Sheriff Hebron,
as Tex Collector. is charged by the county
tax-rolI Of IS79-S0 with S125, 500 SO, which
sum he has collected and paid into the
County Treasury, with the exception Of
S47. 900, which is mostly in litigation.
PAssISG CoUNrEhFfr MONEY : Charles
Erring and John Donnelly were arrested
last evening by officers Smith, Lee and
Fredericks for passing counterfeit 50 gold
piece.
COMPLIMENTARY BENEFIT.-A compliment
airy benefit was last night rendered to Chas.
Bslse at the Metropolitan Iheater by the
Capital City Quartet and Others
BOND FLED.-A. B. Gilbert has fled his
official bond as Constable for Brighton town.
ship in the sum of s., 500, with I. c. Perkins
and r. s Lockett as sureties.
Divorces GRANTEp.-S. W. Shields was
yesterday in the Superior Court, granted a
divorce from Charles +. Shields on the
ground of extreme cruelty.
AN IMPORTANT MEETING of st. PauPs
fyhnrnh Child will be held this afternoon A