Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-11-26
BRIEF NOTES.

John Rider received from Canada one day
last week pair of fnely-bred Berkshire pigs.
Mr.. Webster, the engineer who was killed
in the train robbery Saturday, at one time
resided in this city.
Some person went into the yard of r. b.
Petit few evenings since and broke down
several fine young orange trees.
John Carlin and John Quirk were arrested
last evening for being drunk. and Maggie
Stanley for disturbing the peace.
A large number of Sacrsmentans went out
to Elk Grove Saturday evening to attend q
meeting of the Masonic Lodge of that town.
Ninety one immigrants, including 81 males
passed Carlin yesterday, en- route to Califor.
MIA. They will arrive in this city tomorrow.
The painters are working night and day in
the Central Pacific shops to finish the cars
now being built for the Haight.street Rail.
road, San Francisco.
John Lentini was the principal witness ex.
amined in the Troai murder case Saturday
He says that twice he kept Troai from killing
his wife. The case will be resumed at 10 A.
NJ. to-day.
Philip Gephord sentenced four years to
the State Prison for grand larceny, and Pc
ter Buscacci. three years for burglary, from
Los Angeles, passed through last evening, en-
route for Folsom.
r. J. Merkley is lying dangerously i'll at
his residence, short distance below tae city.
His ailment is erysipelas, and is of such
serious nature that his most intimate friends
are not allowed to call on him.
The Sacramento Hussars are making pre-
parations for their ball, which comes off on
Thanksgiving evening, November 90, at
EIan 1. 4 L.
ton of getting VI entertainments in fine
style.
Gray Frank, Shaker, Prince and Acker-
man will contest in pacing race at Agri-
cultural Park on Thanksgiving Day. 1t is
understood that all the horses named will
start, in which event a good days sport may
be anticipated.
Ia order to raise the necessary funds with
which to carry on the school for three more
months, Miss Kate NJ. Morford, teacher of
American River school, is arranging to give
two public entertainments the first to take
place December 9th.
At the Park Saturday, while the driver of
the PAGER Shaker was exercising that horse,
he met person driving colt the reverse
way. A collision ensued in which both
sulkies were demolished and the men and
animals more or less hurt.
A roller skating entertainment and dance
will be held at the Pavilion this evening for
the benefit of Richard Quinn, the young man
who fell and broke his arm few days since
Miss Pargof, the lady cornet player, will be
present and render several of her cornet solos.
The Sons of Temperance will give grand
concert at Fireman's Hall on the evening of
December 14th, at which Miss Emma Rowe
and her pupils will take part. A fine gold
ring will be given by Mrs. Leland Howe to
the person who sells the most tickets for the
entertainment.
There WAS .05 of an inch of rain Saturday,
making 60 of an inch for the month and 247
inches for the season, as against 6 AZ inches
to corresponding date last year (1S82) 68
inches for 1881, .05 of an inch in 1880. 2 AZ
inches for 1879, 1875 inches for 1878. and LIS
inches for 1877.
A large party of gentlemen, including
number from San Francisco, left the city
yesterday morning for three days encamp-
ment in Walltown timber, in the vicinity of
Deer creek, Ell Dorado county. The occasion
is the Inauguration of annual field trials for
sportsmen's dogs by the Pacific Coast Field
Trial Club.
A gentleman by the name of Samuel
Lowry died in Oakland recently. and left an
estate valued at $4,000 or S15 900. The
Oakland Times says that he has two sisters
residing in Yolo county, and that they are
supposed to be the only living heirs to the
estate, The property consists mostly of real
estate in Oakland.
At the monthly prize soiree at Jacobs
Hall prizes were awarded as follows Gents
first prize, cup and saucer, John Shields
ladies' first prize, handsome pair of large
vases, Miss Carroll; gents second prize, a
clock, W. K. Wise; ladies' second prize
pair of vases containing beautiful bouquet
of artificial flowers, Miss Allie Darlington.
A team driven by Mrs Thomas O'Toole
who lives near Freeport, became frightened
and started on q runaway Saturday morning
near the corner of Seventh and n streets.
They collided at Eighth and NJ streets with
an awning post. Mrs. O'Toole was thrown
out and badly bruised. A section of tie
awning was knocked down and the wagon
badly wrecked.
The California Temperance Benevolent So
ciety held an interesting meeting last even
ing. The programme included an instru-
mental solo by Mics G. Cooper Caudles'
temperance lecture, rendered by John Lucey
and Miss Cooper, in costume; two recita.
tions, by Miss Lizzie Francis, and an able
address by Professor Howe. The society is
very prosperous and its members energetic
il their temperance work. An entertainment
and dance will be given by the society at
their hall on Thursdav eveninp neYt