Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-23
BRIEF NOTES.

The new iron front of Army Hall was
being put in place yesterday.
Soda fountains 10 this city have been very
profitable for the past three days.
The Sacramento river was 20 feet inches
above low-water mark last evening.
Large quantities of wool are daily brought
into this city on wagons from the country.
Yesterday was not as warm az the two
preceding days, the thermometer only reach
ing So.
The cobble pavement on K street, between
Third and Fourth, is being thoroughly over
hauled and repaired.
The British picnic will be held tomorrow
at East Park. Extensive preparations for a
good time are being made.
The force at the State Printing Office is at
work On the report of the Directors of the
State Agricultural Society.
It ia said that Billy Emmerson last week,
in this city, won So, 600 on the races, and cap
tared tiger whose skin was worth $780,
The chain-gang was on the streets yester-
day, and, under the direction of Deputy
Sheriff, they are doing considerable good
work.
At Turner Hall this afternoon Kohler's
company will give matinee concert. After
the concert this evening there will be qua
drille assembly.
State Prison Directors Chapman, Neff and
Boggs held a meeting at the Folsom Prison
Monday evening. The proceedings have not
been made public.
Supervisor Blair, who has been laid up
with neuralgia for some days past, was out
again yesterday and in attendance at the
maeting of the Board of Supervisors.
The groves of shade trees set out few
years ago, under the direction of Superin-
tendent Pratt, near the passenger depot, are
growing rapidly. But very few of the trees
have died.
The Young Haverly Baseball Club has been
organized. with officers as follows: Presi-
dent, B. Mott; Captain, Il, O'Brien Secre-
tary, II. Kleinsorge; Treasurer, S. Pope ;
Propertymap, Z. Foote; Manager, L. Mohr.
A recent decision of the Pcstofice Depart.
ment is as follows 50 A letter, after being
sent can be recalled by the sender upon his
making application to the Postmaster, who
has authority to recall the same by tele.
graph"
The Intercolonial Railway, of Canada,
through A. ii. Dixon, of Toronto has issued
a finely illustrated and descriptive pamphlet
of the country through which the Canada
Pacific Railroad passes, and accompanied
with q sectional map.
A. l.. Frost, Collector of Internal Revenue
for this district, states that not more than
half the taxpayers of this county have paid
their special taxes for this fiscal year, and
that unless paid prior to the close of this
month 30 per cent will be added.
Mrs. Hauver, sister of the late E. L. Bill
lings, has filed petition in the Superior
Court for contest of the will of the de-
ceased, which has been admitted to probate.
The estate is valued at S150,000. S. Q. Den
son is attorney for the contestant.
A small stable in the rear of George Cad
waladers residence, on N street, between
Seventh and Eighth, was burned yesterday
about o'clock. The FIRE department re-
sponded with unusual alacrity and prevented
the flames spreading. The origin of the fire
is unknown.
An alarm of fire from box Is is always
signal for unusual activity on the part of the
the corner of n snd Seventh streets, and
equi.distant from each engine-house. Yes
terday the race was won by Engine No. !,
with some time to spare.
The prompt effect of advertising was seen
yesterday in the case of a silver watch re-
ported as lost, Ia the columns of the RECORD
UNION. Soon after the advertisement ap-
peared P. Mcmillan csse to the office with
watch found in Agricultural Park, where he
is employed, but it did not prove to be the
one.
The new volume Of the American States.
men series. reviewing the public life of
Thomas jefferson; also, the new work en-.
titled But Yet Woman" which were
noticed among the book reviews in tbs
RECORD UNION last Saturday. can be pur.
chased at the bookstore of w. A. & G. S.
Houghton, in this city.
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