Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-18
BREvITIEs.

Bishop II. u. Ravens, who was recently
made the Resident Bishop of California, will
preach in the Sixth-street M. f.. Church in
this city on Sunday, February 18th, and viii
also lecture before the assembly of that
church on the evening of the 18th instant.
In addition TO the general surplus of water
in the city at present the sewer between
Front and Second, K and L streets, burst
night before last, and caused quite flooding
of cellars and Easements in the neighbor-
hood. Repairs were made yesterday.
There are messages at the Western Union
telegraph Office for Mrs. Georgia Walton,
Philip d. Eichman, A. L. Platt, w. o.
Holmes, W. II. Lawrence.
The river marked q feet 10 inches last
night, which was fall of two inches during
the past twenty-four hours.
The water in the lower part of the city
was falling slowly yesterday, and the pumps
working as usual.
A concert and ball will be given this even
ing by the British Social Society at Jacobs
Hail.
Thirty immigrant passengers, including %
males, will arrive from the East this after
noon.
Judge benson has returned from Santa
Barbara and held Court yesterday.
There were two dodgers only at the city
jail last night.
HARMLESS RUNAwAY.-The hack team of
John Toomey, while standing in front of the
Capitol yesterday morning waiting for a load
of part ipants in the Governors ball, took
fright, and the driver not having hold of
them they ran away. The grounds in the
vicinity were lined with hacks and other
vehicles at the time, but the runaways gided
between them, winding about with as much
exactness and safety as if guided by driver.
Emerging from them they continued st a
furious rate of speed over to j, and down to
Second where they turned to the depot aud
were there stopped, without having produced
the slightest Injury, except covering the hack
with mud to such thickness as to entirely
conceal its color.
Police CoURT.-In the Police Court yester-
day. P. Sweeney, previously found guilty of
disturbing the peace, was fined $40 and costs.
W. H. Wilson was tried and found guilty of
a like offense and fined So So John Burns
was examined upon a charge of burglary and
held to answer before the Superior Court,
with bail fixed at $500. The charge of violat-
ing the health ordinance against Jacob StortZ
was dismissed, at the request of the prosecut-
ing witness. Chas. Pesquin pleaded guilty
to the charge of dschGrgiDg firearms within
the city limits, and was fined 81 and costs
Fred Hughes was srraiened upon charge Of
disturbing the peace, pleaded guilty, and was
fined So and costs.
GRAND LARoENY.-Some time since Mrs.
Ludig, who resides on Fifth street, between
M and N, was robbed of $780, which she had
laid away in her house. The matter was re-
ported to Chief Karcher, but otherwise not
made known. Upon carefully working up
the case circumstances indicated that the act
was committed by some one residing in the
house, or by some one having access to it.
Recently j. K. Childs, who was living at the
house where the robbery took place, has been
suspected as the guilty party. and he was
yesterday arrested by officer jackson upon
a charge of grand larceny, aud will be ex-
amined before Judge Henry to-day.
UNSAFE CoNDTTIoN.-Th old water works
building is apparently in very unsafe con-
dition, and should be carefully examined i'm
mediately to ascertain what action, if any, is
necessary to prevent serious disaster. The
water standing about the foundation has so
softened the ground that together with the
immense weight of water in the reserve re-
servoir on top of the building, the south wall
towards the west end is giving away, ard
plaster and pieces of brick are constantly
falling in the portion of the building now oc
cupied as police headquarters and by the
prisoners.
METROPOLITAN THEATER.-The Hooley-
Morton-Homer Troupe at the theater has
struck the chord OF public favor, and gives
entertainments fully warranting the patron
age being now besto Fed upon it. To see the
big Four" the Rakins and the
Triple Clog Dancers is worth the price of
admission alone. The orchestra of tie
troupe is good, and the septet composed of
superior vocalists Tonight is the last buf
one of the troupe in Sacramento. Yesterday
the brass band of the company complimented
the REcoRD-UNIoN by a serenade.
Held TO ANswER.-John Burns, the boy
who was arrested for breaking into building
on Front street. between 0 and ?, and steal
ing wine, was Yesterday examined before
Judge Henry. He admitted that he broke
into the house as charged. and got some wine
in a pail and carried it away to drink but
justified the act by saying that the man
would not let him have any, and so he went
in and took it. He was bound over to the
Superior Court for burglary, with bail fixed
at $780,
ESCAPED CoNvICT-H. F. Summers, who
was sentenced from Colusa county last Au-
gust to term of four years for burglary, es-
capped from Folsom Prison on Wednesday
last. Prior to his conviction he was arrested
in this city and turned over to the authorities
of Colusa. He came TO this coast from Viz
giaia, is 43 years Of age, and an engineer by
occupation.
NATURAL REsULT-Horace a, Kelly, an
old Pacific coast printer, well known in this
city among the craft, was found dead in
barn in Bakersfield a few days ego. De
ceased was in the habit OF getting on heavy
and protracted sprees and one of these prob
ably caused his death. as he had been drunk
several days prior TO the occurrence.
BROUGHT BAoK.-C. O. Rowe, charged
with misrepresentation of funds belonging to
the proprietor of the Bruce House in this
city, where he was employed, has been ar
rested at San Jose, in answer to a telegram
from Chief Karcher, and brought back by
officer Coffee. The case will be investigated
in the Police Court.