Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-05
BRIEF NOTES.


There was no picnic held yesterday by thu
Methodist Sunday-schools on account of tht
rain.
The literary entertainment and ball, to BIZ
given at the San Juan school-house, has beer
postponed until next Saturday.
The Farmers and Changers picnic, ar.
nounced to take place to-day at Beach't
grove, near Freeport. has been postponed to
May 10Th.
| Miss Frances Willard, President of the
National Women's Christian Temperance
| Union, will give free lecture at the Sixth
street NJ. E. Church next Wednesday even.
ing.
At the Knights of Pythias picnic held at
Natoma, Grove, the prize offered for baseball
was won by the Eurekss. of this city. which
played match with picked nine. The
score was to 2.
| Mr.. Kohier, of the waxwork exhibition at
Turner Hall, has invited the children of the
] Orphan asylums to visit his entertainment,
and they wonld have visited the place to-day
but for the bad weather.
Mrs. Elyira Wallace, mother of Major w.
/. Wallace. held the ticket No. 540 which
drew the $50 gate prize ef tea set at the
Feresters' picnic Mrs. K. WinklemRn held
No. 727, which won the second prize.
The steamer Reform arrived from San
Francisco yesterday with barge of lumber for
Friend & Terry Lumber Company and pick
cts and siding for N. L Drew & Co. The
steamer Dover departed up river with barge
light.
On Thursday evening, as Mrs. Mahoney
was viewing the procession Of Masons going
to st. PauPs Church for the purpose of con-
secratipg their banner, she said" Ga if
my husband would only stop drinkin' and
join them good templars !"
The name of W. NJ. Lyon, in the report of
the conservation of the grand standard of
Sacramento Commandery, should have read
E. Lyon, who, as Eminent Commander, took
part in the conservation services, and was
also Master of Ceremonies at the banquet
subsequently held.
CHINESE SUBsTTUTED.-It has beer genet
ally regarded by miners that while Chinese
were largely employed in gravel mining.
there was no danger Of their becoming COM
petitors for labor in quartz mining. as higher
degree of skill was required, and for which
about So per day is paid, ss against 81 70 to
81 % ia gravel claims. Recently, however.
there hss been tendency among mine-own-
for white laborers in quartz mines, upon the
ground OF economy. and within few days
the entire force at the Clipper and Josephine
mines, near Georgetown, in Ell Dorado
county, it IL stated have been changed to
Chinese, so that no white man is TO be seen
about the mines except the Superintendent of
each.
KoHLER's ENTERTAINMENT.-Tu Hall
,,,o. GLAD asE NV ar,diopoo
drawn thither by Kohler's wax works and
musical entertainment. The musical pro-
gramme WAS warmly and tiatteringly ap.
plauded. A matinee performance will be
given this afternoon, and a performance to.
night and tomorrow night. On each occa.
sion the phonograph will be operated, and
the electric youth will shock the spectators.
To REPRESENT THE AGRICULTURAL S0oI-
ETY.-At the last meeting of the State Board
of Agriculture it was ordered that 1. N.
Hoag, who recently left for the East, should
be designated as the representative of the
State Agricultural Society at all Eastern
agricultural meetings, fairs and exhibitions.
The Secretary of the Board was ordered TO
forward notice of the same to Mr.. Hoag un-
der the seal of the Board.
Police CouRT.-Business was transacted
in the Police Court yesterday as follows
Jake Smith. battery, jury trial demanded,
case continued to May Ssh; All Kee misde-
meanor, deposit forfeited Msry Touhey,
grand larceny, continued to May 18th JAS.
Carpenter, battery, found guilty, fined S15
Mrs. Dyer, keeping disorderlY house, con-
tioued 10 May 18th.
HOSPITAL RFPORT-Dr. A. r. Nixon. of
the Railroad Hospital, makes the following
report Cor the month ending April, 1888
Number of persons in the hospital April
LIST, 30; admitted during the month, 40; dis
charged. Al: died, 2; remaining in the
hospital May 1st, AZ; private house and
office patients treated, 142. Total, 292.
INTERNAL REvENUE.-A. L. Frost, United
States Internal Revenue Collector for this
district, makes the. following report of rev.
enue collected fer the month of April:
On distilled spirits, Sc 497 50; on tobacco,
snuff, cigars. ETC., 1862 81; on fermented
liquors, S4 1874 10; total, 81, 694 So.