Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-17
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

porary certificates, and the former instructed
to apply for recommendation for au educa-
tional diploma. Mrs. Emily E. Ives and E.
Carithers were granted recommendations for
life diplomas. The certif cate of Miss E.
Robinson was renewed. Miss Mary l..
Brown was granted a county certificate upon
her city certificate, and Miss Mary E. Nc
Manus was granted a county certificate.
Miss Alma E. Martin was granted a
frst-grade certificate upon her diploma
from the Normal School. Upon motion
Of George Smith, which was unanimously
adopted, it was decided that the County
Board Of Education will grant diplomas Of
graduation to all pupils of grammar grades
Of the county schools after they have passed
a satisfactory examination in the following
studies, the maximum credits being these /:
Grammar 100, arithmetic 100, spelling 100,
reading 80, geography 80, history 80, book.
keeping 80. penmanship So physiology 80,
music %, drawing %, composition 30. Total,
700. The minimum number of credits to be
525, or 70 per cent. In this connection it was
ordered that the questions for examinations
be prepared by the County Board of Educa-
tion, and the examinations held by the
County superintendent, or such members of
the Board as he may designate to assist him.
All examination apers are to be presented to
and acted upon by the County Board. Teach
ers are required to forward the names of all
pupils making application for diplomas TO the
County Superintendent. The Board then adj
iourned.
NECESSARY PREcAUTIoN.-An ex-city Off
cisl, who has had much experience in levee
matters, regards it as very necessary that
in addition to the work of widening the north
levee on the inside, which has recently been
done about the railroad bridge, protection
of brush reye tmsnt should be Immediately
constructed along the riverside of the levee
in the vicinity Of Smiths gardens, and about
opposite to the Waldron place, where by rea-
son OF quicksand underneath, and the
tendency of the river to impinge upon
the bank and cut towards the levee,
makes it the one weak point in the
north levee. This revetment, he says,
should extend also a sufficient distance
out from the bottom of the levee, so that in
case the river should cut away the bank to
the levee, the apron thus extended at the
bottom would drop down and protect the en-
bankment by covering the quicksand strata
which would be exposed. 1t has been also
suggested in this connection that in addition
to the revetment few spurs of brush work
and small trees thrown out, as was done on
the other side OF the river at Washington last
year, would be serviceable in retarding the
current, and thus cause the sediment to be
thrown down and the outer slope of the levee
extended. It is said that such additional
work would make but little cost.
LITERARY SoCIETY.-A society for mental
improvement has been organized, composed
of students of the Christian Brothers College,
TO be known as the Sacramento Literary and
Debating Society. The meetings will be held
in the college hall. The ruling question of
the hour" Resolved, That hydraulic mining
should be abolished"-was discussed last
evening for It's opening, upon which question
Preston Lykins Richard Smith, Edward
Dwyer, Stephen Rooney, Yemon Gum,
Richard Quinn, George Clark and John
Quinn held the affirmative, and Mealy Stan
ley VIM. j. Hoehn, John Doyle, Thomas
J. Lennon, Geo. McKenna, Edward Nc
Cabe, John Judge and Ben Conroy the mega
tive. The society has elected the following
as its officers Rev. Brother Agner, Presi-
dent /; Professor Kellum, Vice-Presidert;
Stephen Rooney, Secretary, and William J.
Hoehn. Treasurer.
THE STATES WEALTH.-The State Con-
troller has made an official summary of the
county assessment retarns of the State for
the present year, which shows the total value
of real estate in California to be S34S, S4S SO
value of improvements upon the came,
Sl15, ,213,041. Total value of real estate and
improvements, $464, ,06l. .S51. Value of per-
sonal property, S159 775, ,544 value of rail
roads, S34. SS3, 664. Total value of real and
personal property, S65S, ,691. .059. The rate of
State taxation for the thirty-third fiscal year,
1881, heretofore fixed, is: For the general
fund, 81 7-10 cents on each S100; for the
Al 4c nd for tha intarast
and sinking fund, 5 40 cents. Total for
State purposes 651 cents on each 500, and
producing s.. 314, 426 43 taxes.
POLICE CoURT.-Cases were disposed of in
the Police Court yesterday as follows: Ed.
Short, for violating hack ordinance; case dif.
missed at request of prosecuting witness.
Dan Cummings, tried, found guilty and fined
SO for battery. James Vaughn, assault to
do great bodily injury; charge reduced to
battery, to which defendant pleaded guilty
and was fined $50 and in default of payment
was sent to the County Jail for fifty days.
Thomas jackson, found not guilty of battery
and was discharged. John Broderick, dis
turbing the peace case dismissed at request
of prosecuting witness. John Moore, DIS
turbing the peace, pleaded guilty and was
sent to the chain-gaDg for twenty-five days.
The WEATHER AND RvER.-Sergeant Bar
wick reports that the rainfall yesterday was
80 of an inch making total of 1.6O inches
for the present storm, and 2. 40 inches to date.
The rainfall for season 1877 60 November
10Th were 170 inches; in 1873, 50; 1879,
203; 1880, none 1881, 245. The average
for past five seasons is l. 81 inches. Excess
of present season over average for past tlve
seasons, 0.94 of an inch. The river rose dur
ing the "a hours ending last evening l feet
and inches, making last night s feet D
inches. After raining a portion of the after
noon the sky was clear again last evening,
and continued so at midnight.
INcoRPoRArIoN.-The Spring Valley Com
mercial Company have fled articles of incor-
poration in the office of the Secretary of
State, by which the purposes of the company
are stated to be to transact q general mer-
chandise business, buy and sell real estate,
mining claims, water rights and privileges,
manufacture snd sell lumber, engage in farm
isg. and maintain hotel and boarding houses
Its principal place Of business is at Cherokee,
Butte county. Capital stock, S100e0 di-
vided into shares Of 81, GOO each, and sub
scribsd for equally by Thomas Finerty.
Henry Clusley, E. NJ. Furbush, Edward
Lewis and John q. Langton. Directors.
COMPLIMENTARY BENEFIT.-A compliment.
ary benefit will be rendered TO Herbert L.
Manners tomorrow evening at the Metro
pohtan Theater, in which G. T. Naghel, F.
Adams. Ed. f. Naghel and j. Buck viii ap
pear as end men; also the Infant, the Cali
fornia Nugget in his limitations and special
ties Henry Lamont, the great contortion
ist; Hill and Harris. Irish comedians. anc
others will appear. The whole performance
to conclude with laughable afterpiece.
COMMISSIONED D.-The following commits
sions were issued yesterday by the Governor
to recently appointed officers upon the stat
of Colonel T. W. Sheehan, commanding the
First Artillery Regiment, Fourth Brigade,
n. G. c.. G. 7. Bush. as First Lieutenant
and Paymaster David Tobias, Filst Lieut.
enant and Commissary; Fred. Eisenminger,
First Lieutenant and Quartermaster, and
Fred. Neary, as Captain and Adjutant
SACRAMENTO CAsEs.-In the Supreme
Court yesterday the cases entitled-in re
Bixler VS.. the Board of Supervisors of Sacra
mento county 10 re Bixler VS.. E. R. Paryir
ct al; Chandler vs.. the Peoples Savings
Bank ct al; Brown VS.. Burbank ct ux-
were argued and submitted. The case of the
People va. Williams, convicted of cattle-steal
ing. will be heard to-day.