Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-21
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

following business was trauSaCCe1 e:
Upon motion the petition of J. H. Wal
lace and others, for the establishment Of 4
public highway in Road District No. 6, wa
set for hearing February 24th, at 1OA.M.
Upon motion Of Mr.. Wilson the Office o
Overseer Of Road District No. 45 was de
clared vacant, aud John Shaffar was dull
elected to fiji the vacancy, with bond fixed a
$500.
Mr.. Bselley offered the following resolu
ton:
Res9leed, That the Beard of Supervisors procee,
to sell At auction, after legal notice, all the right
title and iuteret Of the county 10 the ferry-boa
known as the Miller Ferry, on the Mokelumne, to
gether with the fixtures tackle, ropes, etc. belong
ing 20 said ferry with the approaches and the righ
Of way, ana every interest o. the county in and t
the same, that was acquired by the county Of Sscra
mentG In "a certain deed Of conveyance Of Mrs Liz
zie Miller, made on the 7th day of JANUARY 1850
recorded IN Book 81 Of deeds, page 600.
Upon motion Of Mr. Bailey the resolution
was unanimously adopted. The Cleik wa
directed to give legal notice Of the sale t,
take place, aud Of the property described ii
the resolution.
A complaint having been fled by w. W
Wade, resilient of Rcal District No. %
with Mr.. Fly, Overseer of lad district
requesting the removal of certain obstruction!
rum tAD DAeAuou grant Inc fGdu ny Alr2
Belcher, and the Oversser having referred
the complaiu5 to the Board os Supervisors
the matter was upon motion referred to the
District Attorney to ascertain whether the
road III question was legally established
highway.
Another similar complaint, filed by f.
kuntz with the Overseer of said district, fjr
the removal OF obstrgctiors to the same high.
way, placed there by II. Bryan, George
7 r., A.
and also referred 10 the District Attorney.
The matter Of the Investigation of the
charges preferred by Mrs. Walker against
DIR. Lame having been referred by the Hos
pital Committee to the full Board, the sub
ject was considered.
Dr. G. Dart presented o bill for $50 80 for
vaccine matter furnished for the city schools
Upon motion that the bill be paid and 1oll
call, it was rejected by the following vote ::
Ayes-Wilson, Butler and Beckley. Noes
brennan, Christy, Bailey and Blair.
A claim Of &. B. Gilbert, for S26 80, was
presented and ordered paid
The Board adjourned till 10 A. NJ to-day.
A CONFIDENCE OPERATOR CONES TO
GRITF.-On Wednesday morning, a well.ap-
pearine young man of about 80 years of age
walked into the wholesale establishment of
G. w. Chesley on Front street, and intro
duced himself az friend of Mr. Chesley's
nephew, James G. Chesley, who is in the
Secretary Of States Office at Carson, Nevada.
and also claimed familiar acquaintance with
Mr.. Grace, boob-keeper for MIR. Chesley, who
Is now over the mountains. He also repre-
scented, in modest may, that he had a pros
porous grocery business in Virginia City. aud
that he had selected MIR. Chesiey's establish
meEt f-on which to purchase bill of goods.
The proprietor, being busy at the time.
turned the caller over to one of his clerks,
who chatted and took walk with hin. He
dropped in sgain toward noon, and repeated
his visit toward night. The last time he ex-
amined i stock Of c;gsrs. and said he would
return reXt moraiug and select what goods
he wanted He again referred to his business
and prosperity, and mentioned the effect Of
correct habits and industry as lead
ing TO success. As he was about to
go out Of the store he took from his pocket
book check drawn upon ID. 0. Mills & Co. >
bank for $40, ami remarked that he would
leave this until he came round TO purchase lis
goods, as he proposed to pay cash for them,
and suggested that lie had no change and
would like $50 so, a the bank was closed
until yesterday morfing. Mr.. Chesley
handed hin two tEsnty-daliar gold pieces,
an the man went away, Soon after he had
gone o. or the clerks remarked that tire Ia M,
he believed, answered the description of a
confidence operator, who had recently been
swindliug San Francisco merchants. and OF
whom ii description was sent ny Chief of
Police Crowley to tho wholesale merchants of
this city. Mir. Chesley. actiag upon the stg.
gestion, directed the clerk to follow the man
and see where h4 went, while lie, Mr. Ches-
ley, stepped to the bank. He found by going
there that the check was spurious The clerk
followed The operator to a faro bank, at the
corner Of Seventh and X streets, and return
ing. notified the Chief OF Police Officer
jackson repsired to the sceae of the game
and found the self-styied Virginia City mer-
chant engaged playing faro, when he was ar
rested aud taken To the Police Station. Upon
arriving thsre Mr.. Chesley asked him for the
$40, and II was returned TO him unbroken.
The swind.er gave his name as G.. Miller.
He Is now in the City Jail awaiting transfer
TO San Francisco, if he proves to be the man
who has been operating there.
Howard CHARITY BALL.-The efforts of
the ladies to relieve the poor of the city
throu-h the Towards has been crowned with
success. Tie total amount of receipts when
all is collected will be about 81, S47 TO. as
near As can low be ascertained. arising from
the following items: Tickets, 81 056 60 re-
800 50: lsmonade $50 20, neckties, S25; post
Office, 81 so; lie cream, S2S %; cigars, in
Guiding auction and other sales, $50 40 !;
candy stand SOS 40; flower stand, $50 so !;
Fortune telling, ST IS; fsh-pond, S73 50 !;
sales at auction, etc., SSS Is; sundry dona-
tions S97 -. Deductiug therefr0m the ex-
penses for the two nights, 1914 Go, and there
remains the Unexpectedly handsome sum
of 81, SOB IS tie net result. \ more full report
will b.a y,fuIn ,,rIa l., III, H.
been collected. Dishes that were left st the
Pavilion were taken to the Howard depot,
Seventh ana l. streets, where the owners can
get them.
BROKEN AxLE.-While supplies for the
Eureka Club entertainment were being trans
ported from W. f. Peterson's to the Pavilion
yesterday afternoon, the rear axle. croauiag
under the weight of good thiugs, parted in
the middle, producing a sudden fall in al
kinds of eatables and confections The horse
spoiled first-class item by coming to a sud
den stop and quietly awaiting a transfer of
the cargo to another wagon. That horse
should be granted one of the bal masaue
prizes for sugh unusual conduct.
MERCHANDISE REPoRT.-The following
freight for Sacramento passed Ogden on the
18th For Huntington, Hopkins & Co., 4
boxes hardware Hale Bros. & Co., box
woolen goods; Msbius 4 Co, IL packages
tobacco. box cigars K. Dale, box masks :;
Thomas Guinean, 1 box cigsrs G. P. r. r.
Co, 30 barrels Gil Scofield & Fsvis, go cases
petroleum, $40 cases coal oil; Waterhouse L
Lester, carload wagon material; Il. Hook
) boxes chairs
SENTENCED To FoLsoM.-Ju'ius Francis,
who b1rglariz a room in the International
Hotel and also committed grand larceny,
Yesterday Pleaded guilty in the Superior
Court t. both charges, and was sentenced to
terms of two years foe each crime, giving him
fouc years Of confinement at Folsom Prison.
POLICE COuBT-The following business
was transacted in this Court yesterday ::
Robert Chattiek, for disturbing the peace
was dismissed FOR want OF prosecution. In
the case ~ Jerome, for violating 4 city ordI-
nance, his deposit OF SIS for his appearance
was declared forfeited.
CoMMIssToNED.-Th Governor has COM
missioned as Notaries: G.. W. Halton, for
Los Angeles; Harrison Williams, for Guern-
vile, Piumas county j. NJ. Gregory, for
Dixon, Solsno county. Also as p Commits
sioner OF Deeds for Maine, Lewis Baker, OF
Augusta.
BOND FILED.-S. G. Foster has fled his
official bond as Justice of the Peace for
Brighton township for the sun of 81, SEQ.