Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-07-04

The Hussar Band will give o ball in Tur-
ner Hall tonight.
J. T. Browning. who is thrashing wheat in
the neighborhood of Brighton, ssys that the
grain, both wheat and barley, is badly
shrunk.
THE DovEs He SHoT.-Mr. Lugg, of this
city, a painter, went up to Placer county
some time ago on visit. Saturday it be-
came lawful to shoot doves, and Mr.. Lugg
sailed out from Newcastle to do his share of
the slaughter of the innocents now going on.
He hunted for the doves all day-apd it was
a hot day, one of the kind they know
of no at Newcastle but failed to bag
a single bird. Tired, disgusted and saw
age, he approached his friends house,
in the dusk of evening. when on bit Of
brush he espied queer object creeping along
the ground. 1t had snake-like motion, and
was about six feet long. He hardly thought
it snake still, 1t might be, though he cou-
sidered il odd that any serpent in these parts
should be so large of girth and have such
queer stripes along its vertebIe. However,
game he must have, and with but slight
hesitation he fred at the moving object. So
it broke up into joints, rolled about little
and then was still. He drew near and found
that he had killed at one shot an old rabbit
and five young ones, nearly grown, however.
He bundled them by the ears, and took them
to the house, and hung them against the
outer wall, and proceeded to call his friends
out to see his prize. They came, bat just
then the air grew heavy with pungent
odor, and the people, with one glance beneath
the candles flame held sloft by the hunter,
fed to their rooms and closed their windows
tightly, and then Mr.. Lugg became aware
that bis game consisted Of six skunks very
pretty but very strong. Nevertheless the
twas splendid shot,
NoTARIEs PUBLIo.-Governor Perkins has
re.appointed the following as Notaries Public: :
Thomas Fraser for Ell Dorado county, to re-.
side at PlacerviIle John L. Requa for Santa
Barbara county, to reside at Santa Barbara I;
George w. Russell for Del Norte county, to
reside at Happy Camp; c. B. Seeley for
Naps county, to reside at Napa city.
PERCENTAGE OF COMPANY G FOR JUNE
First Class-Lieutenant H. w. Rivett, 50 I;
Sergeant A. J. Plant, 81; Private J. T.
McNiff, 81; Private f. Kunz, 81; Private
o. E. Hughes, S0S. Second Class-Sergeant
P. Flaherty, II; Corporal B. A. Nef, 73aa
Private G. +. Wsltham, rs; Private NJ. j.
Anderson, y.
coRPoRATED.-Articles of incorporation
have been filed with the Secretary Of State of
the State Council of st. Patrick's Alliance of
California. Principal place of business, San
Francisco Directors j. j. Mccarthy,
Walter Malloy, Thomas Donnelly, Cornelius
Deasy and William Conklin. 1t has no CAPT
tai stock.
PRoMoTED.-Thomas A. Berry, for some
time past chief operator of the Western
Union Office of this city. has been assigned to
the management of the Office 10 SIN Fran
| cisco. Horace Jones, of San Francisco. has
been promoted to the chief operatorship OF
| the Office in this city.
DRAGGED TO DEATH.-Mrs. Ezra Williams,
who lived about five miles from Walsh Sta
ton, yesterday went out to catch horse.
| She put rope on the horse, and he ran of
and she was caught in the rope. She was
dragged through the field and killed.
BROKE HIS NEcK.-Justice of the Peace
Buckingham, Of Yolo county, came into the
city last evening and informed the Coroner
that young man had fallen from hay
wagon and broken his neck. His name was
not ascertained.