Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-10-31
BRIEF NOTES.

The State Board of Education will meet
on the Sd of November.
! State Superintendent Welcker is at Placer.
vile attending the Teachers Institute.
Captain Gait, who has been quite i'll for
several days, is able to be on the street again.
The BODY found in the river Sunday wss
that Of the colored boy Alfred Barlow, who
turned the switch o Swiugle's station, WE s
sent to prison, and was drowned the day after
being discharged
The bridge at the mouth of the American
river, leading to the land of Clark & Cox,
has been placed in good condition, under the
supervision of Daniel Foley. Vehicles can
now go over it with safety.
Early yesterday morning woman entered
the butcher shop at Tenth and n streets, put
her arms around the man iu attendance and
asked his protection. After huggiug him for
some time she went out, entered the grocery
store next door and went for the clerk in the
same manner. Il appears since that the
woman, although well connected in this city,
is demented.
The temperature wind and weather at y
NJ. yesterday, as received by Sergeant Bar
wick, was for Portland, 46', west and fair
Fort Canby 81, southeast and clear; Rose.
burg, 53a, west and cloudy Mendociuo, 52',
uorSuWtsL aou 4AiI I1Su DluIli 20 uoFJn
and clear Sacramento, 610, southeast and
clear San Francisco, 64', southeast and
clear Los Angeles, S0', south ard clear
San Diego, ~, west and clear Salt Lake,
5lo, north and fair; Cheyenne, 49', northwest
and clear ; Denver, 6l', northwest and clear
North Platte. 81, north and far; Omaha,
81, north and clear YanktOn, ID. T., So,
northwest and cloudy
DIsGBACEFUL SCENE IN THE EXTREME
The police force in the city make general
denial of the disgrsceful fight that occurred
on J street, from Second to Fourth, on Sun
day morning. That the same did occur is
true, and can be proven by several eye-wit-
nesses, men Of standing in this community
II appears to have been a row, or rather
fight between lot of FOUNDERS Of Washing.
ton and q similar crowd of Sacramento
toughs. TIE fight commenced in the Wash
ington House IL Washington about o'clock
in the evening. They had free and easy
set-to in that hotel, in which they not only
used fists, but pile of cord wood that stood
near by, breaking all the windows IN the no.
tel and laying OUT one man for repairs.
About g A. NJ. they crossed the bridge, seven
of them, and meeting party of equat num-
hers on J street. between Second and Third,
Cney resumed nOStlltle5. 1niS olsSraceIuI
fight was continued until a. NJ, and DO ar
rests were made. 1t is said by those who
were eye-witnesses to the fracss that at least
twenty-five were engaged IN the diseraceful
melee. Strenuous tff)cts have be made not
only to contradict tie facts, but also to sup.
press the MISTER from being made public
through the press.
For SAN QUENTIN-Cap!ain Aull passed
through the city yesterday with James Mar
tin and John Marshall, the two men who
robbed the stage from Sierra Valley TO
Truclee. They were captured in the State
of Nevada, and nearly all of the property re-
covered. Last Saturday before the Superior
Court at Downieville, they pleaded guilty,
waived time. and were sentenced. Martin
was sentenced TO FIVE years ana Marshall to
fifteen years at San Quentin.
DROP LETTERs.-Ihe Postoffice Depart
ment at Washington has instructed post
masters TO treat city letters the same ss let
ters directed to places out of town. They
will be forwarded to the address of anyone
who mey temporarily or permanently leave
town. City letters that remain uncGlled for
will also be advertised in the future. The
reduction of postage making the rates for leg
ters the same, all will be treated alike.