Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-11
IMPROVING THE LgyEEs.

them. IN accordance Win bnS piano 49,
by the Board Of Trustees and the City En-
e;nesr. has resulted in adding very much to
the assurance OF those who have made an ex-
animation Of the amount done. The entire
| lsves defenses Of the city upon the front and
north have received careful attention, and a
/ large amount Of earth hes been added to the
! places where NEST required.
! Commencing at the foot OF 7 street, Or at
the junction OF the Y street and the Sacra-
| mento riYer levee, the embankment
along the river front has been raised
from Y street north, to uniform
hight Of four feet above the highest water
mark, as far as the gas works. At the south
end OF this section this necessitated raiss OF
three feet, and gradually grew less for dis
tance of 500 feet where the old levee was Of
the required hight. The levee was also
widered so as to give it uniform width Of
fourteen feet, upon the top. This was done
By adding to the land side Of the embark
mant From the gas works to @ street tie
levee is only about two feet above high-water
mark, and nothing has been added TO this
season. 1t is ia contamination to raise it this
to the four foot level abo-e high.water line
early next spring, as soon as the funos csn be
provided for that purpose.
From Q to o street is the place which was
regarded as unsafe three years ago, and was
strengthened at that time. and the water
rose to within one foes Of the top Of the leyee
again last winter. This section has been
raised to the four-foot lire above high-wateF
mark and much strengthened. From . street
TO Ahe Yolo, or railroad bridge, notwithstand-
ing the astside OF Frontstreetisfrom two and
half to four feet above highest water, the
the railroad company has raised, filled n and
raised its tracks from one to two feet, and
has also filed in to the west of the railroad,
under the old wharf, an average width OF be-
tween forty and fifty feet.
From the Yolo bridge to Seventh street, on
the north levee no work was considered nee
essary, as the grounds occupied by the rail-
road shops are high and wide. From Sew
enth TO Sixteenth street the railroad company
has widsned its levee so that at no place is it
less than twenty feet in width upon the top,
and in some places it is in excess of fifty feet.
This has been done most of the way by filling
"a on the river side SO as to straighten the
track and by filling upon the other side for
short distance. The hight of the leyes mas
also been increased, bringing it to the four
foot line above high-water mark at Seventh
street, and taking a gradual rising grade until
reaching Sixteenth street, where 1t is i've feet
above high-water mark. From that point it
continues to rise gradually until reaching the
American river railroad bridge, where it is
seven feet above the highest point reached by
the water last winter. Gravel has been used
by the company all the way between Seventh
street and the bridge in raising It's track.
From the American river bridge to the
crossing of Burns slough, where She levee
comes upon higher land, underisid with
hardpan, the levse has been widensd nine
feet on top and an average Of twelve feet at
the base, making the inside slope two to one.
II, fvns 10 c1o-,a g
one and ene-half TO one. This makes the
leYee now twenty feet wide upon the top and
an average of about 110 feet wide at the base.
The portion of the lsvee which has been thus
strengthened is about mile and q quarter in
length. The hight was not increased, except
in certain places where there were depres.
sions in the top line. The full hight of the
levee over this portion is from eighteen to
/ tWenty-four feet, and it is in no place less
than seven feet above high-water mark. From
the end Of this work on to Brighton nothing
has been done, but the embaEkment is 10
good condition, and even higher than the
portion this side, and has an average width
upon the top of from twelve to fourteen feet.
4 LEGAL DIsGovERY.-It transpired yes
terday that counsel for the defense in the
case Of z. NJ. Butler vs.. s. ". Butler have
procured an affidavit signed by four of the
jurors, 80 whom was referred by the Court
the question of adultery aad cruelty Of defend
ant. in which affidavit it is stated that said
four did not agree to the findings submitted
by the Court. 1t was known at the time
of the jury's report, or soon after, that three
voted against the findings, but il is now
claimed that anothsr juryman, one who could
not read or write, asked another member of
the Jury to write mo- for him, and he voted
the ballot which was provided for him and
supposed it was negative ballot, but since
three others claim to have voted no, he
asserted his standing in that direction also,
however his ballot may have read. The juror
who acted as scribe for him on this occasion,
it is stated, says that he followed instructions
implicitly and wrote bold mo" on the
ballot for his fellow juryman. As the action
of the jury IS only advisory in the ease, as to
the facts upon the points submitted TO them,
aud not binding upon the Court ct best
thsir finding being upon branch of an equi-
ty case-it is thought no great Importance
will attach to the newly discovered point.
FOUND GU1LrY-TUgNED STATES EvI-
DENcE.-A San Francisco pspsr OF yesterday
says, in relation 60 the cases OF Meyers and
All Mon, recently arrested in this city for the
selling of unstamped matches ''Ah Mon was
convicted yesterday afternoon in the United
States District Court on the charge of manu-
fac5uriag and having IN his possession 720
packages Of Illicit matches. Mon and his CO.
defendant, Bernard II. Meyers, were arrested
few days ago in Sacramento. Meyers
turned States evidence, and upon Mons con.
viction was released. During the trial Mr..
Van Shsick, the defendants attorney, called
District Attorney Van Duzer as a Witness
and offered to prove by him that Meyers is a
man not to be believed under oath. The
District Attorney naturally refused TO make
himself witness as against his own side aud
Mr.. Van Shaicks wrathful remarks we're
checked by Judge Hoffman, who held such
evidence to be incompetent. As the defend
ant said he could pay fine of $50, which was
more agreeable to the Court than to have him
sent to jail, Mon was allowed until today to
produce the money"
BopY Found. Arthur Summer
field, a lad about Is years of age, and two
younger brothers were in the vicinity yester-
day of the north end of China slough, they
came across the remains of a man lying in
I some tules about half q square north of the
| G-street foot-bridge over the slough. Arthur
Immediately notified the Coroner, who pro-
ceeded to the place and found the body Of
some unknown man, Who had evidently been
! dead three or four months. Nothing was
| left but the skeleton and clothing. The man
was dressed In a suit Of black OF very dark
/ diamoni-laid diagonal eloth--pants, coat and
vest of the same materialA&nd he was ap-
parenfly about feet inches in hight. He
wore No. or boots. His hair was black,
and but little other description can be given.
The remains will be kept until tomorrow
afternoon, or perhaps until Monday, before
holding an inquest, with view to identi6ca-
tion, if possible. There were no papers in
the clothing by which his name could be
ascertained.
PISTOL PRACTICE Company B. First Ar
tilery, held pistol practice yesterday after
noon, and notwithstanding the strong wind
prevailing, the following is the score of the
best seven shots at usual pistol distances, out
of q possible %: Csptain Houghton IS.
Bugler Frank Eldred A. Private D. Mala-
sssta IA, Sergeant J. B. King IS, G. Folger
Is, Sergeant J. w. Staneart IL and Corporal
C. J. Zoller II. Captain Houghtoc won the
| first prize, and Malssesta and Eldred having
made tie, the second was won by Malasesta
upon retrial. The third prizs fell to Eldred.
These prizes have been in the company fol
several years. and are usually shot for with
| the guns of the company but this year, ow'
| ing to the fact that no ammunition was to be
had, the prizes were decided by pistols.