Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-07-16

The first annual picnic of the California
Temperance and Benevolent Society, held at
East Park yesterday, was SUCCESS. There
were number Of prizes awarded. Literary
exercises were held in the hall last evening.
r. W. Mcgowan. Justice of the Peace in
Washington, vas kept quite busy last week.
The case of the People VS., Trip was taken
from his Court on q motion Of change of
venue, and viii be heard in Dayisville this
morning.
A boy about 10 years OF age came near
drowning in the river opposite Washington
! Saturday George Young, who was working
On building near the bank, showed plank
into the river. The boy caught on" and
WAS saved
A certain well.known citizen and priest
Of this city were cut on ride few evenings
since. They either had one bottle too many
| with them, or else stopped 800 often at way
side linus. for both got drunk and fell cut of
their buggy.
The new barge for the snagboat Seller was
( brought up the river Saturday by San Joa-
| quin No. 2. The barge was loaded with coal
| and the steamer with general merchandise.
| The latter returned 10 San Francisco with
barge Of grain.
! The swimming baths in Washington are
| said to be a grand SUCCESS. The WASHINGTON
| boys allow no Sacramen5sns except females
| to enter the baths and il is reported that ii
keeps two express wagons busy TO transfer
| their trunks"
Oae night last week the stable Of Hugh
| Masters0B, on Dry creek, east of Gait, was
/ entered and two horses stolen, t0gsthsr with
| five sets of harness and a saddle and bride.
| Sheriff Cunningham, Of San Joaquin, is in
! pursuit OF the robbers,
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! daughter of Gertie De Force Cluff, attempted
suicide at Lodi by taking lsudanum, last
week, because her mother forbade her assO-
ciating with . young man from Sacramento,
| with whom she was smitten.
/ Tho United States Circuit Cours has
granted the application OF the California
! Artificial Stone Paving Company for an in.
! junction upon George Neller, r. NJ. Meller
and Lewsllyn Williams, Of this city, restrain
ing them from making any artificial stone
! pavement.
Where arc the police? A fvs.cent beer
/ dive on Third street, between the alley and
! X, was the scene of hidecus NOTES.-The par
Elephants csll it singing-until long after mid
night last night, preventing sober people from
! sleeping, and causing the sick TO tess il their
beds with agony.
A large sand bar formed some time sincs in
the river at the foot OF the :" ways on the
! Washington side. The steamer Governor
Dana was moved there last week, and by the
use Of her wheel made channel several fees
deep, and the bar is no longer al obstacle to
the repairing of vessels.
The II. Y. Social Club last evening elected
officers for the ensuing term, as follows: @.
Rotholtz, President; a. Myer, Vice-Presi-
dent; a. Wilson, Secretary; a. Lewis,
Treasurer. Mr.. Rotholtz, the newly-elected
President, gave the members 2 reception.
Many toasts were given and responded 10.
During the month of June there was re-
csived by railroad ct Calf: Lumber Il cars !;
grain bags, cars. or $4,000 sacks; general
merchandise, 345, 100 pounds For the same
| time the shipments were Wood, Il cars :;
wheat. l35 tons; general merchandise, a.
| go pounds. The ticket sales for june
amounted to S9l4 20.
The Siote Probi5Hionist is the tile of a
/ new Sacramento weekly, the first number Of
which appeared on Saturday. It's motto IS,
! " No practices that leads directly TO crime, IS
| does the liquor traffic, should be sanctioned
! by law lGs5atss that 1t "Tau5t have 25,-
/ eco subscribers" Parker L Gregg are the
! PROJECTORS.
The case Of Mrs. Bertha Walfher W. TIE
/ Mutual Life Insurance Company of New
| York, for 81, 600, the amount of policy on
the life q her late husband, Adolph Walther,
was submitted to Judge Mcfarland on Satur-
day and taken under adYisement. The Gem
| pany refuse payment OF the policy on the
ground that the deceased committed suicide.
James Edge, beast in human form, was
arrested By officers Eldred and FeErAl on
Saturday. The crime for which he was ar.
rested cannot be spoken Of il these columns.
Parents who live in the neighborhood of
Twentieth and II streets, and who send little
girls to school, will breathe easier when they
are informed that he Is locked up in the city
prison.
The Postmaster complains of lot Of
| dudes, FOUNDERS and raughs who hang around
the Postoffice building, at Fourth and K
streets. They are nos only disagreeable to
gentlemen who have business at the Post
office, but they are perfect terror to women
AID children. The attention OF the police TO
this matter would certainly be appreciated
By the public.
Malicious parties have broken and de-
stroyed the street lamps at Seventeenth and
H and Twentieth snd H street,. At both of
these corners thsre is q Postoffice box. The
lazy is plain on this matter; it is crime
punishable with imprisonment. The author
tiles seem to know who the parties are, and
they no doubt viii be prosecuted to the full
extent Of the law.
Three Superior Judges have died in this
State within six months and one resigned
Governor Stonemar, since he became chief
magistrate in January, has had to appoint
four judges, as msny as Governor Perkins
appointed in three years. Tha Judges re-
Gently deceased are EIodurtly of San Luis
| Obispo, Clark Of Sacramento and Steale Of
Siskiyou. The one who resigned was Den.
son Of Sacramento.
The FL Dorado Republican, speaking Of
PGgs, The New York RaYine murderer, who
has been sentenced to be hanged on August
Josh, says Why nos designate the race
track as the plscs for hanging him, and
charge 30 cents admission? At least g 600
could bo realized by the operation for the
! benefit Of the ccuHty, which would nearly re-
imburse it for costs forced upon il in conse-
quence Of his crime"
a tramp stepped into 3 store On J street
Saturday night 70 buy pair of boots. The
prics Of the boots was So. He gave o $40
counterfeit bill, which the proprietor could
not change. The proprietor went next door,
changed the bill, and on his return gave the
tramp SIS in good money. Afterwards he
had to redeem the bad bill. All the msthe'
metioisns on the block sre trying TO figure uI
how much the shopkeeper is cut.
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