Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-21
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
BoARp OF SUPERVISORS.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
The Board of Supervisors met at 10 A. N.
yesterday. al the members present The
following business was transacted:
Upon motion the petition of J. Il, Wal
lace and others, for the establishment Of q
public highway in Road District Ne. G, was
set for hearing February 24th, at 10A.M.
Upon motion Of Mr. Wilson the Office Of
Overseer. Of Road District No 40 was de-
clared vacant, aud John Shaffer was duly
elected to fiji the vacancy, with bond fixed at
$780,
Mr.. BeckleY offered the following resolu.
ton:
Res9lCed, That the Board of Supervisors proceed
10 sell 1T auction, after legal notice. all the right
title and Interest Of the county in the ferry-boat
known as the Miller Ferry, on the Mokelumuc, to-
gether with the fixtures tackle, ropes, etc, belong,
ing said ferry with the approaches ana the right
Of way, ana every interest o. the county in and to
the same, that was acquired by the countyof Sacra-
mento in "a certain deed Of conveyance Of Mrs Liz.
zie Miller, made on the 7th day Of January, 15S0,
recorded IN Book 81 Of deeds, page 800.
Upon motion Of Mr. Bailey the resolution
was unanimously adopted. The Clerk was
directed to give legal notice Of the sale to
tske place, and Of the property described in
the resOiu ion.
A complaint having been fled by W. w.
Wade, d resident of Rcal District No. %,
with Mr.. Fly, OTersesr of I'd district,
requesting the removal OF certain distractions
from the Sheldon grant line road by Mrs
Belcher, aud the Overseer having referred
the complaint TO the Board OF Supervisors,
the matter was upon motion referred to the
District Attorney to ascertain whether the
road in question was legally established
highway.
Another similar complaint, filed by f.
Kuntz with the Oyerseer of said district, for
the removal Of distractions to the same high.
way, placed there By III. Bryan, George
Wager, J. Leptit and others, was presented
and also referred 20 the District Attorney.
The matter of the investigation of the
charges preferred by Mrs. Walker against
DIR. Lame having been referred by the Hos
pital Committee to the full Board, the SUBJ
ject was considered.
DIR. G. Dart presented bill for $40 80 for
vaccine matter furnished for the city schools
Upon motion that the bill be paid and Ioll
call, it was rejected by the following vote
Ayes-Wilson, Butler and Beckley. Noes
brennan, Christy, Bailey and Blair.
A claim OF a. B. Gilbert, for S26 90, was
presented and ordered paid.
The Board adjourned till 10 A. N. to-day.
GRITF.-On Wednesday morning, well.sp-
pearing young man Of about 80 years of age
walked into the wholesale establishment of
G. w. Chesley on Front street, and intro
duced himself as r friend of Mr.. Chesley's
nephew, James G. Chesley. who is in the
Secretary of States Office at Carson, Nevada.
and also claimed a familiar acquaintance with
NJ fr-nna h1aLg- b fo1. A1r f1ba.la--
is now over the mountains. He also repre-
scented, in a modest may, that he had pros
porous grocery business in Virginia City, and
that he had selected Mir. Chesiey's establish
ment from which to purchase 4 bill of goods.
The proprietor, being busy at the time,
turned the caller over to one Of his clerks
who chatted and took walk with him He
dropped in Ssaiu toward noon, and repeated
his visit toward night. The last time he ex-
amiued q stock Of c.gars, and said he would
return next morning and select what goods
he wanted. He again referred to his business
and prosperity, and mentioned the effect Of
correct habits and industry as lead
ing to success. As he was about to
go ont q the store he took from his pocket
book a check drawn upon d O. Mills & Co =
bank for 500 and remarked that lie woull
leave this until be came round TO purchase lis
goods as he proposed to pay cash for them.
anu tl- crLttl AltlL lie nau no CGangE ana
would like $50 or so, a. the bank was closed
until yesterday morning. Mr. Chesley
handed him two twsnty-dollar gold pieces,
an the man went away. Soon after he mad
gone ore OF the clerks rem arked that tbe man,
he believed, answered tue description of a
c0nfidercs operator, who had recently been
swiading San Francisco merchants. and of
whom il description was sent by Chief of
Police Crowley to the wholesale merchants of
this city Mir. Chesley, acting upon the sug-
gestion, directed the clerk to follow the man
and see where h weut, while lie. Mr. Ches-
ley, stepped to the bank. He found by going
there that the check was spurious The clerk
followed the operator to a faro bank, at the
corner Of Seventh and K streets, and return
ing, notified the Chief of Police Officer
Jackson repsired TO the sceae of the game
and found the sef-styled Virginia City mer-
chant engaged playing faro, when he was ar
restad ald taken To the Police Station. Upon
arriving there Mr. Chesley asked him for the
$40, and il was returned TO him unbroken.
The swirdier gave his name as G.. Miller
He is now il the City Jail awaiting transfer
to San Francisco, If he proves to be the man
who has been operating there.
Howard CHARITY BA1L.-The efforts of
the ladies TO relieve the poor of the city
throu. b the Towards has been crowned with
success. Tie total amount of receipts when
all is collected will be about S1,S47 10, as
near as can Low be ascertained, arising from
the following items: Tickets, 81, 056 GO; re-
csipts from the table. S16l 40; nat room,
800 50: lemonade $50 20, nsckties S25; post
Office, 81 so; ice cream, S2S ID cigars, in
cluding auction and other sales, $50 40 :
candy stand, sos 40; flower stand, $50 so /;
Fortune telling, ST. s.; hsh-pond, S73 80 !;
sales at auction. etc., $50 rs; sundry dona-
tons S97 %. Deducting therefr0m the ex-
penses for the two nights, 1914 65, and there
remains the unexpectedly handsome sum
OF 81, 503 IS tie net result. y more full report
will be made when the whole amount has
been collected. Dishes that were left at the
Pavilion were taken to the Howard depot,
Seventh and l. streets, where the owners can
get them.
BROKEN AXLE.-While supplies for the
Eureka Club entertainment were being trans.
ported from W. F. Peterson's to the Pavilion
yesterday afternoon, the rear axle, grooming
under the weight Of good things, parted in
the middle, producing sudden fall in all
kinds of eatables and corfections. The horse
spoiled a hrst-class item by coming TO a sud.
den stop and quietly awaiting a transfer of
the cargo to another wagon. That horse
should be granted one of the bal masoue
prizes for such unusual conduct.
MERCHANDISE REPoRT.-Thc following
freight for Sacramento passed Ogden on the
18th: For Huntington, Hopkins & Co., 4
boxes hardware Hale Bros & Co., box
woolen goods; Msbius & Co, II packages
tobacco. box cigars +. Dale, box masks :;
Thomas Guineap, box cigsrs: C.. z. r. K.
Co, 80 barrels oil Scofeld & T-vis, go cases
petroleum, $40 cases coal oil; Waterhouse 4
Lester, carload wagon material f. Hook,
) boxes chairs
SENTENCED TO FoLson.-Ju'ius Francis,
who burglariz d room in the international
Hotel sud also Committed grand larceny,
Yesterday pleaded guilty in the Superior
Court &C. both charges, and was sentenced to
terms of two years for each crime, giving him
four years Of confinement at Folsom Prison.
PoLIcE COURT. The following business
was transacted in this Court yesterday !:
Robert Chattiek, for disturbing the peace,
was dismissed for want of prosecution. In
the case Of Jerome. for violating city ordi-
nance, his deposit of SIS for his appearances
was declared forfeited.
CoMxIssIoNED.-The Governor has COM
missioned as Notaries: G.. ". IIalton, for
Los Angeles; Harrison Williams, for Guern-
vile, Piumas county; J. NJ. Gregory, for
Dixon, Solsno county. Also as p Commits
Eioner of Deeds for Maine, Lewis Baker, OF