Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-26
GRAND DIVISION S. OF r.

The thirty-hrst annual session OF tns o1eHe
Division OF the Order of Sons Of Temperance
began at 10 A. NJ. yesterday, in the Assembly
Chamber. All the grand officers l@iiose
names were yesterday given) were present
except Grand Chaplain G. Il. Chappen, In
whose stead B. G. Duffy, of San francisco,
was appointed. The Grand Division was
onened in due form, and about fifty delegates
,gsra nressnt and seven were initiated into
the Grand Division Degree. The Grand Di-
vision resolved that tbs hours Of the session
shopld be from 10 A. n to II noon, and from
. p n TO $50 P. NJ. The representation in
the Grand Division was found to be from
fourteen subordinate Divisions located in San
Francisco, 8; Sacramento, Santa Cruz, l !;
Brighton, 1 Stockton, L Redwood City, / I;
Jacksonville. L; Sequel, l; Petaluma. l /;
Etna, l. The Grand Scribe submitted
a financial and statistical statement. 1t
showed the membership up to September
ceding six months TO be $500. This was for
Division expenses and use in the lecture field,
no money being collected except to meet
these expenses. The report was duly referred.
At the afternoon session the Grand Worthy
Patriarch and Grand Scribe submitted their
full reports of the work OF the Order for the
past SIX months, and the reports were read.
They showed that the Order had increased
about $50 in membership, and that the re-
ceipts exceeded those of the previous half
year by about $500. The condition OF the
Divisions was considered. They were found
to be as whole perhaps slightly stronger
some having had large gains and some heavy
losses. The outlook was declared to be good,
and the laborers in the Order were encouraged
to continue in the work. The reports were
referred to the Committee On the Good OF the
Order.
The question Of an organ for the Order was
then considered and discussed at length, and
finally the Saturday Local was fixed upon.
Remarks by delegates were then made as
to the temperance work in various sections OF
the State and the condition of the subordi-
nate Divisions, and the results OF their iabors
in the temperance cause.
The Grand Treasurer submitted his report
and it was referred to the Finance Com
mittee.
The Grand Division then adjourned until
10 A. N. to-day.
THE RoGUEs' GALLERY.-Chief Karcher
has been having new index made of the
parties comprising the rogues gallery, kept at
police headquarters, and in which many
strange aliases appear, among which are the
following: Fatty, Ann Jane Flip Flap, In
digO Pete, Laughing Jack. Nosey. Old Man.
Toe Jam Sam, Toots, Oily Charley, Assem-
blymen Murphy, Pill Garlic, Poker Sam,
Elephant Bill, Antediluvian Jake, Red An
tonic, Alkali Jim, Tin Can, Rambling Bill,
Obediah Dilldock, Limerick, Long Mary,
Candy, Alligator Dick, Lengthy Mike,
Laughing Jack, Sheetiron Jack, Ugly Andy,
Pea Ridge, Pie Bitter. Rondo Jake. Dutchy,
Whalebone Jack. Chicken, Soap, The Wild
Man of Yolo, Skip, Candy, The Sheeny,
Big Foot, SixteeI-string Jack, Brocky 10,
Victor Emanuel, Shorty. Hardscrabble,
Little Jakey, Blueskin, Senator Pendegast
(negro), Cockney Jack, Spuds, Jim Grow,
The Women in Black, Scarface, Chemise 10,
Barry the Burglar, Black Jack. Jersey Mike,
Frenchy, Scotty, The Kid. Texas, Sixtoed
Pete, Gypsy Frank, Butch. Slim Curly, Web
Club Foot, Boot Jack, Gutter Snipe,
Sleeping Jesus, Windy Johnny, Sleepy,
Cockey, Slippery Jim, Poker Sam. Happy
Dick, Hogeye, Champion Soap Eater, Dandy
Ike Sinner, Gypsy Frank, Swapping Andy.
Baby Mine. Stink Foot, Chin Du Wan,
Shagnasty, Idle Billy, BfuIdoon. A strange
fact connected with the list is that while the
names are given in the order in which they
appear IN the records, and which were en-
tered as the cases occurred, the first letters of
the twenty-five first names, as will be OBJ.
served, read down as al acrostic. reads, Fail
not to appear at roll CALL" Most of the par
ties are serving terms in State Prison for
burglsries, forgeries and other crimes.
GRAND LARoENY.-0n Sunday last Chi
naman named All Now, who has been in the
employ of 7. @. Snyder, who carries on a
dairy farm about three miles from Washington,
Yolo county, disappeared, and with him Mr..
Snyder's valuable gold watch and chain. The
matter was reported to Chief Karcher, who
detailed officers Arlington and George
Karcher to find the culprit, which they did
yesterday in Chinatown, and arrested bin
and took him to the police station. He was
as innocent and bland about tie matter when
questioned as possible, but the officers subse-
quently found the watch and chain in Chi
nese pawn shop, where All Now had placed
it fer an advance of 81. The prisoner has
been arrested several times before for various
crimes.
PREPARING FOR HIGH WATER-The rail-
road company are preparing TO prevent re-
currence of injury to the railroad bridge
across the Sacramento at this point from high
water by extending the pier upon which the
draw rests. An addition in V shape is being
constructed as a fender above and below, tc
be bolted and capped to the pier, and thus
prevent its being raised and hoated away, as
was done last winter. Forty-eight piles,
fifteen inches square and seventy feet long,
will be used in the improvement. A pile
driver is now in operation upon the work.
HIGHWAY RoBBERY.-A German named
Charles Dahl was stopped by two highway
men and relieved of his money night before
last while walking on NJ street, between
Ninth and Tenth. He says he was walking
along, in a somewhat happy frame of mind
from conviyial indulgence, when two men ap.
preached him with drawn pistols and ordered
him to throw up his hands. They then went
through his pockets and took S35, being al
of his worldly effects.
AUCTION SALE.-Sherburn & Smith will
sell on the 2Sth, at 1920 A. NJ, for Madame
Charlotte Robert, at residence on Fifth street,
between K and L, a fine parlor set, in reps,
lambrequins, lace curtains, center tables, fine
mirrors, steel engrayings, Brussels carpets
throughout. the house, walnut top bedroom
set, mattresses, pillows and bedding, dining
room and kitchen furniture, etc.
LADIES FEsTIvAL.-The ladies of the
Catholic Church at Folsom will give fes-
tival this evening, in aid of the Catholic
Church at that place. Music will be fur.
nished by Church. FIsch & Co. A special
train will leave here for Folsom at O'Clock
this evening.
DoN'T FoRGET-That home manufacture
is the best when you lay in your winter sup.
ply Of blankets. At the Capital Wooden
Mills Depot, J street, between Eighth and
Ninth, CAP now be seen the largest, best as
sorted and best lot of blankets ever put upon
this market. The manufacturers are per.
fectiy content to trust to examination, con
fideut of the result and the superiority Of the
goods. The prices are suited to all needs
and as low as the lowest for goods worth
having.
LADIES will please bear in mind that WI
shall have an immense sale of embroideriel
on Thursday. Eight hundred pieces to b
closed out at prices that will move them al
in one day. az the great Receivers sale at tn
Red House.
WINTER OPENING.-Ladies, on Wednes
day, October Goth, and following days
Mrs. Tice & Clements will display at thei
millinery rooms, No. 521 street, choic