Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-20
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

| River yesterday thirteen feet six inches.
| There was slight fall of snow in this city
| last Satur DAY morning about o'clock.
Alfred Spirks, clerk of the Police Court
| is lying very i'll with typhoid pneumonia.
The weather was extremely cold in this city
| yesterday. It was freezing all dayin places
protected from the sun.
Frank L. White. of this city, slipped on
| the sidewalk at Thirteenth and streets 3
| few days ago and received very severe in
jury to his ankle.
A preliminary meeting was held Friday
evening of persons interested in the organize
ton of society of the Order Of Chosen
Friends in this city.
To morrow is the last day in which such
Christians as believe in the Observance of the
Leaten season can engage in festivities until
the solemn season has passed.
George D. Conner, resident of this county,
who lives on the Cosumnes river, has been
lying dangerously i'll for several days past.
lie was reported improving yesterday.
The Gait people are demanding the election
of Supervisor from that end of the county,
and the Gazette names, by way of suggestion,
| these citizens to choose from James b. Fur
nisb, j. III. Sawyer, G. w. Harvey. John
Mcfarland, J. K McKinstry, A. Whitaker
and J. Brewster.
Sun Neen, or Chinese New Years, bios.
somed out Saturday night in Chinatown with
more than usual noise the explosion of fire.
works and the snap of frecrackers. In China
this holiday lasts two months; here it de,
ponds on the consent of the local authorities
for its continuance.
Parties down from Marysville say that.
on Friday, there being three inches of
snow there, the whole population moved
out and had glorious time STORYTELLING, and
the practical jokers had things their own way.
Silk hats were left at home lodging was the
rule; impromptu sleighs were on the streets
snow forts were built and Snow men set
up, etc,
The tolliLg of the fire bells on Saturday
afternoon was in respect to the memory of
Antoine Mauretich, who died at o'clock
NJ He was member of the Exempt Fire.
mems Association, the Ancient Ocder of
United Workmen, the Rsd Men, knights of
Pythias, and the Austrian Benevolent
Society. He was proprietor of the old
" Tony's restaurant"
COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEAsoN.-The follow
ing letter, written in good business hand,
was received by a lady and her daughters of
this city from Chinese resident of San Fran
cisco: "San Francisco, February IA. 1882
To Mrs. - and her daughters On the &C.
cason of the recurrence of the Chinese New
Year, which brings to US the tidines of hap
piness and prosperity, which we wish TO en-
joy with our friends, 1 beg both of you
madam and daughters to accept from myself
and wife tbs small gift which accompanies
this note, IS token of our esteem for you,
aud a hearty wish that you together may en-
joy for long time health and prosperity;
and that, if your business and other circum
stances permit, you may honor Us with a
visit, which we heartily desire. Very respect
fully, your obedient servant. Louis Fonsing."
SLIGHT FIRE.-Yesterday, at 1880 o'clock.
an alarm of FIRE was sounded from the box on
Fifth street, between and J. The fire was
occasionsd by the burning with hot ashes of
the floor in the rear of Zienaer Bros. dry
goods store on J street, near Fifth. The fire
was extinguished without the aid of the de.
partment.
EN- RoUTE.-Sheriff Mat Kye and deputy
C. Butler passed through the city yesterday
en- route from Eureka, New, to Stockton,
with two insane persons, Theodore Miller
and John Brapg.