Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-12


smoke and fame. The men of the depart
meHt feel thst they cannot be justly censured
for any Of their acts at Sunday nights fire.
QUICKLY CAUGHT. Yesterday afternoon
about 1 o'clock man who gives the name of
J. F. Downs entered the saloon at the north
east corner of Front and K streets. He was
badly intoxicated, and the proprietor, VIM.
Warren, told him to lie down in a back room
of the saloon (where. the proprietor usually
sleeps), until he wss over it, He laid down,
as advised, and while there Mr. Warren went
away, leaving woman in charge of the bar.
About o'clock Downs came cut, took
couple Of drinks Of soda water with the
woman, paying for it himself, and then left.
About half an hour afterwards Warren re-
turned, ard went to the room where Downs
had been sleeping to put some money
away in purse which he kept under
the pillow, when he found that the
purse had been taken away, and beer faucet
put 10 It's place. so that the loss of the money
would not be discovered by feeling on top Of
the pillow. Warren at once mistrusted that
Downs had stolen the purse, which contained
1885, and reported the matter to the police
headquarters Chief Karcher and local
officer Coffee started out to find Downs, and
soon learned that he had been to the depot to
find an outgoing train, but as none were soon
to leave, he had gone back up town. They
soon after discovered him in a Second street
restaurant, and arrested him, when
al the money was found upon his
person still in the purse or sack,
and he had only % cents besides. He
claimed to the Chief afterwards that he found
the money upon the bed; soon after he said
he found il in his pocket; that he had been
intoxicated and didn't know how it got into
his pocket. He (Downs) said he went to the
Pioneer Mills and TO the depot, and remarked
to persons that he mad got some money but
did not know how he came by it. This is OF
course bind and excuse for the situation.
Downs is a stranger here, and claims he came
from San Francisco, and that he is agen5 for
some kind of an establishment in that city.
PUT HIS FooT IN IT.-He keeps a restau-
rant not far from Third street. When trade
is slack late at night he sets to work to clean
up the ranch. Last night he was polishing
down some upper holdings with a wet rag.
He stood on @ chair to enable him to reach
high enough, for being somewhat stout, his
stature needs such aids for that kind of work
On the hoor beneath him was bucket of red
hot water, which he was using in the cleans
iag process. A newspaper man suddenly
popped in-they will come that way-and the
restaurant man started hastily to descend to
know the occasion of such capitalist seek
ing his place. He forgot all about the buckst
and pumped his slippered foot plump into the
depths of the hot water. Then there was wild
work, aud racquet rehearsal, and up
the middle and down the center dancing,
while the air WAS blue with ad.
jectiyes not found in the revised edition,
and anathemas enough were launched against
the knight of the pencil to sink him consid-
erably farther than he expects to go at the
worst. Kindly sympathy was extended, and
offers Of flour, sweet oil and the scribe's best
cotton handkerchiefs were made, but the man
Of coffee aud doughnuts declared, while
agony contorted his features, "Oh, it isn't
the pain-oh! OH no, nor the loss of the hide
ah-h-h-hut you see water hasn't touched
that foot in a year, and now, oh, alb, all" and
the news man left perfectly content to re-
main ignorant as to what the expected
results were.
AUCTION SALE NEAR H1cKsv1LLE-Bell
& Co. viii sell on Saturday. October 18th, at
the we'll known ranch Of Thomas Loughran,
near HiclsYiile, an extensive lot of stock and
farming implements, consisting of work
horses. brood mare, colts, saddle horse,
drsught stallion, mich COWS, yearlings, calves,
bull, hogs. wagons, sulkY, pl0ws, cultivstor,
mower, sulky hay rakss, harrow, one-haif in
terest il u foot header derrick and rets,
header wagon, harness, set blaeksmitk's tools,
balsd hay, grain cleaner, chickens, ducks,
turkeys, black walnut and mahogany furni
ture, parlor and bedroom sets, household,
dining room aud kitchen furniture, cooking
stove, churrs, butter-worker and milk pans.
4. ,La1 mob
will be served and sale will commence at 10
A. NJ.
GRAND LARoENY.-F. r. Davidson. one of
the proprietors of ''The Office" saloon, on
Fourth street. was yesterday arrested by Of
icer Ash, upon complaint of J. j. Kin
man. his partner, for alleged abstraction OF
$500 from the partnership safe, contrary to
the statute made and provided" The arrest
was the finale of a combat between the pro-
nritors, in which two-story words with
French,prop. finish and beer glasses were
pitched about aud handled in manner more
pointed than polite.
SALE OF REsIDENoE.-BeH Il Co. will sell
by auction at IL o'clock this morning, on the
premises, SIC P street, between Eighth and
Ninth, in this city, fine two-story residence
Ol eiSug IOosos, Two nails, double parlors,
closets, pantries and bathroom; gas and
water, and a fine hard finished house from top
to bottom new house and very complete
also, good barn, out houses, etc.
Ia,nGRANTs.- hundred and twenty
immigrant passengers will arrive from
the East this afternoon by the Central
Pacific Railroad, including one hundred and
thirty.four males.
FUNERAL To.DAY.-The funeral of the two
little children of Mr.. and Mrs. Ruhssaller,
who were burned to death. viii be held from
Turner Hall at o'clock this afternoon.
COMMITTEE NEETING.-The Republican
City Central Committee will hold 8 meeting
at the Courthouse this evening at half past
z o'clock.
POSITIVELY THE LAST REMINDER. &C
counts due Rothfeld Bros. should be paid
forthwith to avoid suit, as we certainly leave
for New York on Saturday, October 10Th,
and must collect our outstandings before de-
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