Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-02
BREvITIES.

Inc OoafQ OF OtLy 1rusLses Gu not lCld Q
session yesterday.
Street sprinkling commenced throughout
the city yesterday.
The trial of Simon Raten, the SLAYER of
james Lansing, has been set for the Oh of
May.
The body found in the river at Andrus Is
land, on Saturday last, WAS that of an un-
known Chinaman.
The river last evening stood at the 20.foot
Finch mark. A rise of three inches during
the preceding "a hours.
Coroner Vermilya held an inquest Satur-
day on the body of Chinaman near the town
OF Folsom. Verdict, suicide by hanging.
The train from San Francisco yesterday,
due at l2:05 did not arrive until p. N.
Cause Of delay, disajl engine at Port
Costa.
The first cherries of the season appeared in
the Sacramento markets yesterday. They
were grown on the farm of d. T. Lufkins
near Freeport.
The Governor has appointed VIM. Alvord,
Louis McLane and Frank NJ Pixley, as mem
bers Of the Board Ct Park Commissioners of
San Francisco.
Hurtado will be tried in Superior Court to.
day tor the murder, some time since on
Front street, of Jose Antoine Estuardo,
native of Chile.
There will be a public installation of the
Off GERS OF Capital Lodge, No. 81, |. .. G. T.,
this evening, at Firemens Hall, to which the
public is invited.
Tne Board of Supervisors of Sacramento
county met at their new room 10 the Hall of
Records yesterday. No business Of impor-
tsnce was transacted.
County Clerk Berkey issued during the
showery month of April thirty-two marriage
Licenses. During the same time several knots
were united by the Courts.
Sixty-six emigrant passengers, including
sixty.one males, passed Carlin yesterday, en-
route to California. They will arrive in
Sacramento by the overland train this after
noon.
The Metropolitan Theater has been en-
gagged for Wednesday, day and evening, in
which to hold the anti-debris meeting of the
Sacramento valley. The meeting will be
called 70 order at l P. NJ.
Tbs Governor has appointed the following
as Notaries Public: Bradner w. Lee for Los
Angeles csunty, to reside at Los Angeles
james H. Harding, to reside st Compton
Josanh g. Noyes for Napa county, to reside
at Naps.
The prizes for the K. of P. picnic are being
ual1 naVb Deeu
made with Warden McComb, of the Folsom
State Prison. whereby picnickers Can visit
the prison on May 4th, between the hours of
2 and 4 P. NJ.
The Forester Gun Club, at its meeting last
evening, decided to hold its monthly shoots
on Thursdays, at P. NJ, instead of on Sun.
days, as heretofore. Its next contest at
pigeons for the gold medals will be held on
the 11th instant.
Judge Clark, in the Superior Court yester-
day, issued an order for I. w. Gilmer to de-
liver the books and records of the Justices |
Court to Justice J. G. Tubbs. This is in ac-
cordanoe with previous decision that Judge |
Gimer was not Justice, because Sacramento |
is entitled to but two.
About 9 o'clock last evening ranch team |
stated on a runaway somewhere on K street, |
ran into Second, and through that street TO |
the bridge, where they were halted, without |
breaking so much as buckle. Considerable |
excitement was created, but no one was hurt, |
and no other vehicle was damaged.
The Presbyterian and Congregation Sun
day.schools have a picnic at Natoma Grove, |
near Folsom, to-day. Various games have |
been provided. There will be May.day pro-
cession and crowning May Queen. The
train leaves the Sacramento depot at $50 A. |
NJ, and passengers will be received only at |
that point.
The Farmers and Grangers' picnic held at
Beachs Grove yesterday was largely at
tended by the citizens of Sacramento. AL |
most every vehicls in the city was pressed |
into service to convey the large crowd to the |
grove. 1t is said to have been one of the |
largest attended and most orderly picnics !
ever held at the grove.
Last evening, while Henry Biederman was
uncapphg some supposed to be empty brass |
shells for shotguns at C. Flohr's gun shop, |
there was loud explosion, one of the shells |
having had full charge of powder in it-a |
fact which had escaped his notice. Fortu. |
Dately for him the shell did not burst, and |
he escaped with two or three severely lscer-
ated and burned fingers.
A special train left at P. NJ. yesterday for
Folsom. On board were H. 2. Livermore,
President of the Natoma Water aud Mining
Company Herman Schussler. Superinten-
dent of the Spring Valley Water Works {;
John Reddington, Superintendent J. B. |
Wright and several others. They went for
the purpose of inspecting the water power |
belonging to the Natoms company, and will
return to-day.
The Methodist Sunday-schools OF this city |
will hold their annual picnic To- morrow, May |
81, at Nstoma Grove. Every arrangement |
has been made TO secure the comfort and |
pleasure of all who attend. Baskets will be |
called for at KINGSLEY Chapel at 7:45 Tenth |
and J streets at $50: Tenth and n at 8: NJ. |
z. Church South at $40; Sixth. street NJ. Z. |
Church st S:l5. Tfain leaves depot at $50, |
and passengers will be taken on at no other |
point.
A lady visiting the police station few |
days since was shown the rogue's gallery of |
pictures. Afterwards she was shown through |
the handsome Offices of the Chief of Police. |
Here she saw suspended from the walls |
who have rendered distinguished services in
that capacity in the past. Her first exclama-
tion on beholdiug the intellectual array of
countenancss was, My goodness, what a
fine looking lot of thieves !"