Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-07

BREvITIES.

B66Vll1ES.
City Trustee Davis requests that it be an
nounced that he will be at the Trustees office
in the Water Works building, during the
present high water, at Q a. NJ, Il NJ, and at
and P. NJ.
Sheriff Tompkius of Nevada county passed
through on Saturday en- route to Stockton
with an insane man named Timothy Martin.
Seventy three immigrants will arrive from
the East by this afternoon train, of which 30
are males.
The Board Of Supervisors meet in regular
semi-monthly session at 10 o'clock this morn
ing.
Sperry Dye has been appointed Postmaster
for Walnut Grove, in this county.
The State Board of Agriculture meets at 2
P NJ to-day at the Pavilion.
POLICE CoURT.-Cases were disposed Of in
the Police Court on Saturday as follows
VIM. Haberkorn and L. Kavanaugh, DRINKS,
we've discharged also James Clunie, who
was arrested for disturbing the peace. Louis
Gutheil was tried upon charge of disturbing
the peace, found guilty, and viii receive SEN
tence to-day. All FOng was examined upon
the charge of burglary. for entering the store
of Hall, Luhrs Il Co. and attempting to steal
a 25-pound box of tobacco. He was held to
answer with bail fixed at 81, coo. The exam
ination in the case Of All Cue, upon charge
of receiving stolen goods, was partially
heard and continued to the Sth instant. Also
examination of bod McClintock, for grand
larceny was partially heard and continued to
the 10Th instant. The grand larceny cases of
W. IL. Wilson and Mike Dakin, alias Curly
were continued till to-day. The case of
George NJ. FAIR, perjury, was continued to
March 9TH, and case of All Chew, for en-
bezzlement, till tomorrow. The Court then
adjourned.
A BRILLIANT IDEA.-A mile below Suffer-
vile the Sacramento river is pouring in on
the low lands through three breaks, and be-
tween there and Sutterville are no cross
levees. Despite these facts dairyman be-
low Y street gravely proposed to one of the
Trustees the other day to have the Y-street
pumping apparatus moved to Sutterville.
urging that by so doing the property below
street could be saved as well. The gravity
and seriousness with which this suggestion to
pump out the Sacramento river was made
constituted it the most brilliant of ideas.
LIBRARY REPoRT.-The following is the
report of the City Library for the past week;
Number of booksissued during the week, 1,0l0.
Of which there were of fiction and juvenile.
S81 history. 81 biography. l6; travels, 2S
miscellaneous literature, %; poetry and
drama, 81 theology, 3 science and art, II.
Percentage of fiction and juvenile over other
books, 81 average number issued per day,
IA; number of rea ers in the room, 20.
CITY REcEIPrs.-The following payments
were made to the City Treasurer for the week
ending Saturday, February 9TH: W. G,
Farnsworth, cemetery dues, S164 % r. d.
SERVER, water rates. S1.199 25; n. A. Kid
der harbor dues, S122 50; E. Fl. Mckee,
cash advanced to school fund. 81, 900 w. a,
Henry. Police Court fines, So /; George A. Put
nam, city licenses, 1888 So; dog licenses, $50.
Total, Sc. 763 IS.
Police ARREsTs.-The following arrests
have been made in the city since last report:
All Cew, or Choey. for embezzlement, by
officers Carroll and Rider; John Doe, drunk,
by officer Frazee; Fontrana Antonio, dis
turbing the peace, by officers Smith and
Rider; E. Fairchild, misdemeanor, by local
officer Coffee Kitty Graham, battery, by
officer Rider.
PROBABLY DROwNED.-A man named
Moore, living six or seven miles up the river,
is said to have been drowned ON Saturday.
He went in a boat to try and save his house.
since which time he has not been seen, al
though his boat has been found
Horses DRowNED.-A man while back
ing span of horses down to deep cut at
Twelfth and r streets yesterday, which was
filed with water, went too fer, and the span
were drawn back by the wagon into the
water and drowned.
FELL INTo THE RIVERA young man
named Fowler fell from the railroad trestle
bridge on Saturday into the river, and came
near being drowned. He was rescued by
some men who were near by.
PRESERVATION. ohm Palm. retiring Secre-
tary of the Journeymen Tailors' Protective
Union of Sacramento, was on Saturday even
ing presented by his fellow-craftsmen with a
handsome gold watch.
The WEATHER.-The weather here was
partly cloudy yesterday, and cooler. At
midnight it was quite cloudy and wind south.
1t was the same on the mountains, with bar
ometer falling.