Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-10

! WOFu, at least ne was certain his DdblN6 SONS
very frequently uttered those emphatic
words. Above, the hall was handsomely
/ dressed with tric-a-brac designs, notices and
| words of welcome, mirrors. laces, birds, tri-
| color festoons, evergreen wreaths and tinted
shades to the gas jets. The programme,
which kept the youths busy till near day
| light, embraced twenty.four dances, and to
each programme-card for the Daughters
was suspended neat little fan-a novel idea,
and considering the crowded and heated
condition of the hall, useful one The col
lation was laid by Henry Fisher, and was
plain, sufficient and good. The management
Of the party was under direction of these
committees
Arrangements-Cl Clarence E. Parker, Geo.
@. Kohler. George E. Kuchler, Jr., Charles
| +. Addington, Herbert w. Taylor, Henry A.
Hebron. Charles Sellinger.
| Reception-Harry B. Sharp, James A. Sc
pulveda, Nealy J. Stanley, Frank &. Swift,
Herbert c. Cantwell E. Merrill Smith, j ohm
A. Myers, VIM. S. Dunleyy.
| Floor Observation-Disclosures Frederick B.
Houston.
Floor Committee H. Clay Chapman, Ed.
T. Cohn, Louis G.. Dickman, G.. E. Kuchler,
Jr., Frank D. Ryan, M. A. Hamburger, j.
w. Nixon, John Barrett.
The SUPERFLUoUs WATER.-There was no
particular change in the water question
within the city, except that in the southern
part the water continued to rise, and last
evening was from three to four inches higher
than twenty-four hours previous. On the
outside of Y street the water has fallen about
| FIVE inches more up to last evening. It is
! thought that by tomorrow the water inside
will be as high or higher than on the outside,
/ - Ia oI,,Ii f,I,
| opened but it Is not expected that the water
will be sufficiently lower south of the levee
| for some time to come to make the natural
| flow outward sufficient to meet the demands
| for relief. The pumps had not been started
up yesterday afternoon, but it was expected
would be during the night. Parties from
| Stockton representing the Norton propeller
pumps are in the city, and have made ar
| rangements TO have one of that kind attached
at Sixth and I streets to test its effective
ness for the work. It is claimed for it that
| y inch stream VIII be carried over the levee.
aud that it will discharge at least 2500
gallons per minute for each pump. One ar
rived by train last night and will be set end
operated in addition to the Chinese pump to.
day. The SanbOrn artesian wells were ex-
auined yesterday by Mr.. Rose, at the re-
quest of the Board of Supervisors, when it
| was found that only small part of the fill
| ing put in the tubes to stop their flow few
! DAYS since has been forced out of them, and
| that tie present flow from them on this ac-
count is estimated to be not more than ten
or fifteen thousand gallons per day. This,
however, will be effectively stopped this
morning. The water has now ceased to flow
through the breaks at Mesicks ranch, and
Yesterday stood at slack water in them. A
| few more inches fall in the river will cause it
! to flow outward.
SENTENCED To FoLsoM.-About two weeks
since the store of T. II. Cook, at the corner
of Eighth and streets, was entered and
robbed of quantity of groceries, cigars and
small amount of money. Gustayus Am
men was arrested upon suspicion. and the
cigars were found in his room. The groceries
were afterward found under an old house on
| J street, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth
streets. While he was awaiting examination
| it was ascertained that he had previously
committed four burglaries at San Jose, taking
/ in the aggregate nearly $500 worth of gro
csTies, dry goods, cutlery, tobacco, etc. Chief
| karcher went down to San Jose In relation
t. the matter, and found nearly all the prop
| erty When Ammen left San Jose be boxed
up the spoils and then said to a confederate
| that he was going to Sacramento to make
further raise, and then ship big things to
| Arizona He had only made one robbery
| here, so far as known, when he was arrested.
| When he found that his transactions had been
! fully brought to light he confessed the whole
matter to Chief Karcher, and yesterday
waived an examination. In the afternoon he
appeared before Judge Clark in the Superior
Court upon information for burglary of the
Cook store, and pleaded guilty. He also
! waived time, and was at once sentenced to
a term Of five years in Folsom State Prison,
and viii be taken there to-day. About three
years ago he and another person robbed several
dwellings,, stores and church at Nicolaus
stole boat to bring his booty away with,
aud upon his arrival here was arrested by
officer jackson, and was sent from Suffer
county to San Quentin for term of three
years.
From WALNUT GRovE-A correspondents
at Walnut Grove writes in relation to the,
present state of high water at that place. and
the effects produced by certain levees as fol-
lows The water is falling here both in the
river and inside the levees. From obsarva.
ton we have concluded that all levees run
ming in an easterly and westerly direction act
directly as dams to keep the water from pur-
suing It's course to the sea. For instance, the
water ran over the north levee of Grand
Island, and fell one or two feet into the dis.
| trict thence across the island over the south
levee into the river, with a fall of two feet /;
thence across Old river into Andrus Island,
falling two feet more thence across Andrus
Island, falling over the south Andrus levee
into Georgiana slough thence across Tyler
Island into the San Joaquin river. The
llevee at the head of Tyler Island also damned
the water up two feet or more. The water
which came down through Yolo county
struck the Montezuma Hill (which also runs
east and west) and ran south about six miles
up Old river to Isleton, and crossed Brannan
Island into the San Joaquin river. No
levees could have damned the waters up from
its passage in a southerly direction. There
is general belief among the people here that
all efforts to reclaim these lands against
future floods by Individual enterprise Will
fail, as continual pisfortunes have made the
settlers poor, with heavy outstanding IN
debtedness already weighing them dewD, and
the rivers rapidly filing up its channels with
sediment
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE. = The Sixth
street NJ. E. Church was well filled last even
ing to hear the third free lecture of the
course. It was delivered by DR.. j. ID.
Wythe, and the subject embraced consider
alton of the lower forms of life, vegetable
anu amman, anu nS ocaNsnBeFs VI va
ture.n He illustrated his lecture with draw
ings upon the blackboard, which received a
little more light than on the occasion of the
first lecture. The improvement should, how
ever, have extended to the entire auditorium.
and have contributed to that atmosphere OF
cheerfulness so necessary to the lecture room,
and without which even so fine a one as that
used last evening is not inviting or calculated
to aid in popularizing a couse of lectures,
More power to the gas-jets, Messrs. man
ayers. and off with the obstructible shades,
DR.. Wythe drew the attention of ais au'
dience, and interested it deeply. His expo
sition was of character calculated to stimu-
late microscopic research and earnest reading
Of approved scientific works.
A NOVELTY Ladies lace fchus OF lates
designs. in large variety. Ask to see them
C,n.is Nsr,srtrnsnt Mschanics