Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-06-15
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LOCAL. INTELLIGENCE.
SPECIAL ELECTION TODAY.

SFEClAL bLbCI1ON TU-DAx.
To day the electors of the city are to
vote upon certain propositions submitted by
the Board of City Trustees in relation to
improvement of the city levees and drain
age. These are embodied in certain orders
made by the Board at its meeting held on
the 1st instant. and are as follows
To raise with earth the levee from Y to r
street, and from Seventh street to Brighton,
TO uniform grade of at least four feet at the
lowest point above high-water mark of 1881.
Estimated cost of work to be done this fall,
$4,000
To face the outer or river side slope with
cobble and rubble stone. by placing thereon
$4,000 carloads, or $4,000 cubic yards esti-
mated cost, 100000; 5000 carloads or
q, 900 cubic yards of which amount to be
placed thereon this coming fall /; estimated
cost, S25, ,000, making 2 total amount required
this year of SS5, COO, requiring a tax of 80
cents on the 500 of taxable property, taking
the last assessment roll as basis of valuation,
and ask the electors to vote aye upon the pro-
posed plan, that the Board of Trustees may
raise the required amount Of special tax to be
collected forthwith.
To adopt the plan of pumping the sewage
and drain water from the city into the river,
anu tAoh y bteA vi Cclllo Ou Tile eNlDU OI lax
able property of Sacramento city. Esti-
mated cost, S29, ,0O0.
To adopt the plan of enlarging the levee
from street to Freeport, and submit the
same to vote Of the electors for adoption.
Estimated cost, S27, 800; required tax, %
cents on tine $780,
These several propositions are to be all
printed upon each ballot, but separately
stated, with blank space left opposite to
each Tor the voter to write Eyes" or mo-"
as he shall favor or oppose each plan. The
several propositions will appear upon the
tickets as follows:
Are you in favor Of earth improvements as
per plan
Are you in favor of stone improvements as
per plan?
Are you in favor of pumping sewage and
drain water into the river?
Are you in favor OF assisting Levee Dis
trict No. as per plan?
Are you in favor of direct taxation?
Are you in favor Of the issuance of bondr?
Are you in favor of the issuance of certifi.
Gates of indebtedness?
In counting the ballots, of course each
proposition will stand by itself, and such as
have neither eyes" nor mo" p" written
against them will not be counted, but thrown
out as blank.
The polling places for this special election,
one for each ward, together with the
Inspectors and Judges, have bsen designated
as follows:
First Ward-Polls at southeast corner of
Third and j streets. Inspector, ID. Mason.
Judges b. Steinman and Geo. w. Chesley.
Second Ward-Pols ct Leslie's saloon On
Fourth, between K and l. streets. Inspector,
Charles n. Hartwell Judges, N. l.. Drew
and W. Mclaughlin.
Third Ward-PolIs at northeast corner of
Twelfth and streets. Inspector, u. Gillis
Judges, J. d. Lord and DR.. T. Jacobs.
Fourth Ward-Polls at northeast corner of
Ninth and III streets. Inspector, II. A Bur
nett. judges, o. 2. Goodhue and W. a.
Fountain.
The polls viii be opened at A. N. and close
at sunset.
MERCHANDISE REPORT. = The following
freight passed Ogden for Sacramento on the
12th For II. s. Croclcer, Il bdls paper; w.
A. & c. S. Houghton, 4 cases states; Hall,
Luhrs & Co.. 16 bbls whisky; j. r. Watson,
4 cases copper ipgots. 1 box machinery, 50
bbls oil; G. w. Fox, l box enamele1 cloth !;
Blessing & Guthrie, Dbl coffee; Billingsley
& Co., 110 dozen brooms w. J. O'Brien,
cases shoes james 1. Felter, ) bbls and 10
hf.bbis whisky; l.. l.. Lewis & Co., l pkg
newspaper; /; Huntington, Hopkins & Co., 100
bdls and 81 pcs iron pipe. 5 bbls hinges, II
bxs wire cloth, 100 bdls shovels. > bbls Ian
tern globes; 20 cases AK handles. cases hard
ware, pkgs and bxs axes, bxs hatchets,
l bbl castings, 3 cases planes Continental
Oil Company, go cases oil S. Lipman &
Co., lease dry goods Baker & Hamilton, l
box castings; Weinstock Il Lubin, 4 cases
shoes, case shirts, bcx hosiery Lindley
& Co., boxes and cases cigars Gus Law
enson, S bxs shoes f. Foster, l roll leather !;
Il. Stone & Co, 2 rolls leather; r. Reynolds,
2 cases cigars, 2 bxs show cards; Fl. G. Kirk
( Co., . kegs drugs, 2 bxs medicine, p ks
show cards; G. II. Gilman, 9 bdls paper !;
N. S. Arnold & Co., 3 hxs hardware l.
Elkus & Co., 8 bales cotton goods.
DECLARED A VAGRANr.-Ci aries Yates, a
colored sprig of the l. AMI Second street va
riety, who was shors time since arrested
and tried upoa he charge of vagrancy and
discharged, was again before the Police
Court c terday upon charge Of stealing al
earring from o female associate OF his ilk
and for vagrancy. Upon the first charge the
testimony was well lrixed-probably through
. relenting upon the part OF his adorable,
and desire no. to see him punished, even ii
he did steal the pendant ornamentation OF one
of her side-gsaTs-2nd so he escaped as not
guilty of the theft, upon sort Of Scotch
verdict Of mot proven" Upon the charge
of vazrancy, however, a clear case was estab-
lished, and ''Charlie was ruthlessly sepa
rated from his kind for q term of eighty
days in the County Jail and cha;n-gang.
There has been desperate effort upon the
part OF the useless class to resist the Court
declaring them vagrants, which makes this
case the more important. Next
FREIeHrs BY RArL.-The following car
loads of freight were received in this city
yesterday: Of lime, os wood, Of beer, 3
Of wagons 2 of scrap iron, 4 Of lumber, 2 OF
barley, Of fruit, 2 Of clay, of ice, Of
canned goods, Of wheels, / OF bolts, ] Of iron
aad of coal. Carloads vera shipped east-
ward as follows: 6 # salmon, iS 81 wool, Of
potatoes, Of onions. 2 of merchandise, of
coffse, l of sugar, Of soar l Of cope. and
2 Of wine,
CoMMEBofAL The Dover has arrived fr m
Jacinto bringing grain and merchandise.
The sand bar at the lower end of the marine
ways on the opposite side>of the river will be
washed away again by use of the steamer
Flora to-day This is done by fastening the
steamer Immediately above it and rGnniag
her wheel, which creates strong current and
carries the deposit down stream.
CADET APPoISTMENT.-Mart Beasley Of
this city, who is member of Company G
fSsrsRelds), First Artillery Regiment, n.
u. c., has received from Congressman Page
the appointment of q cadetship at the West
Point Military Academy. Mr. Beasley will
start East in a few days. He is aged Is yeas,
an 4 Is one Of the well-known young men OF
SacrameHto.
ADMITTED IS CITIZENS SIN the Superior
Court yesterday. John Pope Harrison and
Richard Tubbs, natives Of England, upon
filing declarations of intention to become
citizens, and upon testimony OF c. Z. Bar
tholomew and s. NJ. Fay in relation TO the
former, and J. i. Hieken and VIM. 4uhre
for the latter, were granted letters OF natural.
izltion.
FIRE PRosPEcr.-Night before last, be-
tween and o'clock, the ornamental hang
ing paper around the chandler and upon the
ceiling Of the bakery on j. Just above Tenth,
took fire from . gas Jet and created quite a
flash and some quick work to prevent FIRE,
but which was soon exsingui.hed without
damage Resulting.
THAT DEFENDS The Norwalk 20. J CltroE-
icle, with presidential air, says: :" 4 friend
laid an egg on our table last Saturday that
measured 6a inches by S inches in size. That
may be an extraordinary sized egg, and it