Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-09
BRIEF NOTES.


Henry III. Smith has been appointed dep.
uty reporter of decisions of the Supreme
Court.
The Bosrd of officers Of the First Artillery
Regiment will nest this evening at head
quarters.
A social reunion, with musical and literary
exercises, will be given at Kingsley Chapel
this evening.
A social, musical and literary entertain
ment will be given at thu Y. III. G. A. rooms,
on Fourth street. this evening.
John W. Shnford, of Trinity Center. Trim
ity county, was yesterday az pointed a Notary
Public by Govarnor Stcneman.
The sheep that were ditched near Bocs, en-
Tuesday night. arrived in the city yesterday.
There were II carloads of them.
Z. NJ. Lsitch, who is candidate for Sec
ond Trustee, publishes card this morning
setting forth his views on local questions.
The Governor yesterday appointed John
s. Enos as Commissioner of the Bureau OF
Labor Statistics of the State of California.
Night before last Deputy Sheriff Garrett
fired a couple Of shots at an escaping chicken
thief near the corner of Nineteenth and NJ
streets.
Tomorrow morning, at 1890 o'clock, Sher-
burn & Smith will hold their regular weekly
auction at their rooms on K street. A large
lot of household goods are to be sold.
E. Fl. Mckee, who has been City Auditor
since 1877. in card this morning announces
himself as a candidate for reelection, subject
to the decision Of to-morrow's primary.
The State Controller has drawn warrant
on the State Treasurer for the sum Of
So, 3l3 IL, for the support Of the Deaf, Dumb
and Blind Asylum for the month of Decem-
Der, 1882.
John Welsh, who has been confined in the
Folsom State Prison for burglary, has become
insane, and yesterday was taken to the Napa
Insane Asylum by Constable John McCom-
Der of Folsom.
Henry L. Buckley. late District Attorney,
and S. Scion Holl, have formed law part
nership, under the firm name of Holl &
Buckley. Their Office is at the northeast
corner Of Sixth and [ streets.
W. w. Wade, who got into q difficulty
with II. Renfro, and was arrested or q COM
plant sworn to by the latter, charging him
with battery, was tried in the Police Court
yesterday, and the matter was taken under
advisement by the Court.
The County Hospital grocery bill, pre-.
sented to the Board of Supervisors yesterday,
contained, among other items, 62 dozen eggs.
Some Of the members of the Board were all
broke up" and there was some talk of ap.
pointing a committee to investigate"
Yesterday the case of Sc June, on trial for
receiving stolen property occupied the atten-
ton of Department One Of the Superior
Court the entire day. The testimony was
concluded and portion of the argument
heard. To-day will be the fourth day of the
trial.
There appears to be q boom in the borax
business Within few days there has bsen
filed with the Secretary of State articles Of
incorporation of four mpsDies-Greenland
Borax Company, Low Butte Borsx COMPANY,
AmargosR Borax Company and Inyo Boraz
Company.
A wild rumor in regard to fra in San
Francisco was circulated on the streets last
evening. at late heur the fire had spread
over half of San Francisco, and was still
spreading. Crowds besieged this Office fer
the particulars, but as there was no fire the
particulars we're not given.
One of the HARDER lamps, heretofore de.
scribed in these columns, of this city, has been
placed in position for lighting the counting
room of the RECORD UNION Office, where it
may bs seen by any who desire. Its candle
power is fully equal to that of gas, and its
quality OF light far steadier and softer.
A few nights ago Maggie Stanley and
Mile Elicit had a slight difficulty because
the latter refused to give the former a drink
when it was called fer. One was arrested for
battery, and the other for disturbing the
peace, on complaints made against each
other Yesterday morning Judge Henry dis
charged Mile, and fined Maggie So. which
she paid.
Last evening man who was very much
under the irfi1encs of liquor was taken out
of a saloon on Fourth end streets by three
men, and relieved Of $40. A realization of
the loss Of his money sufficiently sobered him
to cause him to report the matter TO the po-
lice. A colored man was arrested SIS one Of
the participants, but at midnight the other
two had not been caught. The man who was
robbed is stranger in the city, and says he
was going to Truckee.