Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-22
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

members present. The ordinance to permit
John T. Caldwell and his assigns to clear,
etc., the American river between Folsom and
Brighton, came up and was not passed. D.
J. Simmons appeared before the Board to in.
ouire if the Board would let the upper floor
Of the Pavilion, to be used as place of
amusement, the same to be delivered up each
year to the Agricultural Society two weeks
before each annual State Fair. The matter
was referred to. the Committee on Public
Buildings, consisting of Supervisors Cbristy,
Wilson and brennan, to which committee
Supervisors Butler and Blair are added. SUI
pervisor Blair was appointed as Chairman OF
the Finance Committee. J. III. Sturgis was
elected Justice of the Peace, vice Benson,
who has left the State. The application OF
Mary Brown for assistance was referred to
Supervisor Butler, with power to act. The
application Of Margaret Harrington for DAM
ages occasioned by the drainage canal ditch
running across her land, was denied. Claims
of S. w. Butler for So p. Sangerole, So A.
Henley, S216 81. and w. Fearn, SAL 25, were
allowed. The Board then adjourned to meet
to-day at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
DEBRIS TRIAL ITEMs.-It is now supposed
that the debris trial will be adjourned from
Friday of this week to Tuesday, January Sd.
The amount of cash already discussed by
Sacramento county in the Gold Run case ex-
ceeds 81, 800. Unaudited claims in the same
relation exceeding 81, 500 already exist. Many
of the items of expense already incurred are
continuous. The expense paid and liabilities
incurred to this date aggregate about So. 800,
exclusive of attorneys fees. On this latter
account one warrant in the sum of IS COO has
already been issued, and another OF So, 600
will be due at the end of this month, SO that
by January LIST the total will have reached
&c. 500. with at least $4,000 further liabili-
ties still in sight on account of this one case.
In the report of the vote allowing $500 to re-
porters Supervisor Blair was enormously re-
ported as voting in the negative. Mr.. Blair
was not present, but says that had he voted
he would have voted to pay the claim. He
says he voted against embarking the county
upon this sea of litigation, but that since the
county is in the fight, he will vote to pay all
Just and reasonable demands accruing on
account of the suits brought.
MERCHANDISE REPoRT.-The following
freight passed Ogden for Sacramento on the
18th: For Standard Oil Company, 2 cars
oil; Hall, Luhrs & Co., case canned goods /;
Baker & Hamilton, l crate wheels; S. Jelly,
box and package clocks; Capital Furni-
ture Company, boxes chairs; W. D. Com
stock, 3 boxes chairs A. Heyman, / piano
ID. o. Mills & Co., box books; A. Flohr,
case firearms, L case cartridges Miss Lizzie
Hammer, l organ Huntington, Hopkins Il
Co., IL bundles snaths, box butter molds, II
well buckets, 10 barrels chain, % boxes and
157 kegs nails. 2 boxes brushes, bundles
forks; Hallet Lay. l package furniture, 20
packages desk castings, box hardware, Is
packages wood. 1-.crate school desks; LIND
ley& Co, 90 boxes fish /; Scott 4 Muir, case
gas-6xtures; J. G.. Davis, 6 cases folding
chairs A. A. Van Veorhies & Co., II boxes
liquid backing G. p. r. r. Co., barrels
varnish; Continental Oil Co.. car coal oil.
On a TRIAL TRIP.-The new local engine,
No. $50, one of seyen engines ordered built
at the Central Pacific Railroad shops in this
city for the Oakland ferry route, went on a
trial trip Tuesday and worked to perfection,
and reflects great credit on the mechanical
skill of General Master Mechanic A. J. Ste
veus, who designed them. They are tank
engines that is, engine and tender combined
on one frame. Generally an ugly machine is
the result of this combination, but these en-
gines are symmetrical, neat and very pleas
ing to the eyes of the mechanics, who all
made.
F1RE.-At half-past o'clock last evening
an alarm of fire was turned in from box 35
The cause thereof was that lamp exploded
in one of the bedrooms of the house of T. T.
Phillips, No. ZIG Seventh street. between
G and III, and set mattress on fire. John
D. Moynahan happened to be passing by
when the explosion occurred, and went in, and
the burning mattress was by his aid thrown
into the street before the fire department
arrived. No damage was done except to the
mattress. which was q total wreck. Mr..
Phillips himself was at home, but could not
have rendered much assistance in the matter
because of being unwell.
INCORPORATED " Yesterday there was filed
in the ofics of the Secretary Of State tbs
articles of incorporation of the Volcano
Water Company purpose. to divert water
from Wildcat creek and its tributaries. and
to furnish the towns of Contra Costa and
Alameda counties with pure water; place Of
business, San Francisco. There are to be
FIVE Directors. Those for the first year shall
be as follows: Ralph G. Harrison, Enos
Taylor. Joseph NJ. Shotwell, John +. Lohse,
Felix Brisic. The corporation shall exist fol
fifty years number of shares, LOGO; cap
ital stock, 100000.
RETURNED TO JAIL.-Heury Ramsey, Jr.,
who broke jail some weeks ago and escaped
was arrested on Monday by officers Arlington
and Brissell, who accidentally met him OF
Kearny street ia San Francisco. He was
brought here and locked up in his old quar-
tiers in the County Jail. Yesterday it was
discovered that he was unwell, and an eXami
- tn 4rN
smallpox, and he was sent to the pest-house
The County Jail and its Inmates are now il
quarantine, so there exists no danger of the
spread of the disease outside of its precincts
at least.
MErEoRoLoeIcAL.-A to the meas.
urements made by s Il. Gerrish. the fog Of
the last two days has deposited OH of an
inch Of WITHDRAWING a total for the month
(of rain aud fog) 2.542 inches, and for tho
season to date 5.006 inches. In 1886, for the
season to date. {, 53S ; in 1879 3 S55 in 1873,
1886: in 1877, sol; in 1876, 1880; in
1875, S.675.
FUNERAL.-The remains of Mrs. George
Robinson, daughter of the late Lewis Ram
age. former District Judge, took place yes
terdsy at half-past II o'clock P. NJ, from the
depot on the arrival of the train from San
Francisco. 4 large number of friends were
in attendance. She died last Monday at San
Francisco, Of consumption.
DECEASED. Samuel Downing, for twenty
years resident of Cherokee, Butte county,
and connected with the mining interest, died
in this city, after a brief illness, Monday
morning. His remains will be sent to 0ro-
vile this afternoon for interLaent, under the
auspices of the Masonic fraternity. A young
err brother is buried there.
acknowledgements George G. Perkins
Yesterday issued proclamation, offering q
reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction
of the murderers of William Bergel, who was
foully murdered on the 10th day of December,
1881, at Sonors, Tuolumne county.
GAIT DRAMATIC CLUB.-The Gait ORA.
matte Club will on Friday evening next give
representation of the play entitled, :" Bet.
ter than Gold" drama in four acts. The
performance viii take place in Whitaker L
Rays Hall, of that place.
IlIPRovE9ENT.-Dr. l. E. Oatman has
raised his house at the corner of Eleventh
and G. streets, and is remodeling it so as to
make it conform with the prevailing style of
Eastlake architecture 1t will be great
improvement. The lot is also being filed to
the established grade.
FoR THE better accommodation of every
body, we will keep our stores open until
u M. this evening. Hale Bros & Co., corner