Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-21
BRIEF NOTES.

| Ilacerflll6 ID 0hVIQS cOnStrucgeQ b new Sys-
tenn OF water works.
| Yesterday was the hottest day of the
season, the Thermometer reaching $50 in the
shade.
| An Indian by the name of Charley Taylor
has been arrested for burglary and lodged in
the city prison.
The sidewalks in various portions of the
city, especially in the suburbs, are sadly in
need of repairs.
The twenty-fourth annual target shooting
and picnic of the Sacramento Hussars will
take place next Sunday at East Park.
killip & Co.. the booksellers, who wers car
rying on that business at Agricultural Park,
go from here to Salt Lake City, to attend the
racing at that place.
A match game of ball was played yester-
day between the Eureka, Jr., Baseball Club
and the Silver Star Baseball Club, and was
won by the former by score of 10 to 5.
Yesterday the Seventh.street African NJ
Il. Church held grand rally, and succeeded
IN raising sufficient money by subscription to
pay off the church debt, amounting to $780,
The Mountain Democrat says that an acre
of ground near Plscerville annually produces
| thirty-two tons of onions, worth in that mar
ket $500. Who says now that the foothills
are unproductive?
Saturday afternoon the police raided rem
devious of Migrants in the southern portion
of the city, and made three arrests. They
will have an opportunity Of explaining why
they "toil not {" in the Police Court this
morning.
The Palmer dramatic company played
"Olver Twist on Saturday evening. to a
poor house. The piece was to be repeated
last evening, but owing to the illness of Mrs.
Bert Miss Henrietta Osborne) there was no
performance.
A statistician has figured it out that San
Francisco has forty-nine cats to every linear
mile of back fence, Vallejo thirty-six, aud
Sacramento sixty-nine. This accounts, per-
haps, for thsgreat number of bootjGcks found
in our alleys.
The management of the street cars during
race week was admirable, and the public, who
are not slow to appreciate. patronized them
| literally. The cars have all been repainted,
the interiors tastefully decorated, and ell the
cid broken.down horses replaced with good
ones.
! The Continental Baseball Club reorgan.
ICED with the following officers: II. Butler,
Captain J. O'Connell, President; J. Ing,
Secretary; t. Carolsn. Treasurer; r.
| Hughes, Propertymsn. Other members are :
w. Perry, R. McHale, j. Lorenzo and L.
Powers.
About the last of February Joseph Snow,
of Newtowp, Ell Dorado county, sent to his
brother Jacob, in Sonora, Mexico, q few
strawberry plants The other day Joseph
received letter from Jacob, dated May %,
in which he was informed that those vines
were then bearing ripe berries.
The hotel-keepers of this city are doing a
good business at present, owing TO the great
number of visitors from San Francisco
They insist they are not gas-sing when they
assert that for ways that are dark San
Francisco takes the whole bakery" esps.
cially in the dark of the moon.
| The California Temperance and Beneyo-
lent Society held their regular weekly meet
| ing last evening. The following is pro.
gramme of the exercises: Piano solo, Miss
Gertrude Jones; temperance lecture, Rev. A.
j. Hansen song, Miss Lulu Morrow recita-
| ton, Albert Hart; instrumental solo, Joseph
Adams.
Bayard V. Raye had hearing before the
| Supreme Court Saturday. s. Soloa Holl
argued the matter for the prisoner, and Dis
trict Attorney Carey for respondent. Re-
spondent was allowed time to amend return
by filing copy of complaint, and of the
minutes and docket, the case TO be submitted
thereupoD.
To-day She Howard Benevolent Association
will receive q benefit from the Kohler wax
work exhibition Of Turner Hall. The enter
tainment is good and the cause is good, and
the show should be greeted with larger au.
dience this evening than ever before. One
week from to-day the Orphan Asylum will
receive q benefit.
TIE I. o. o. B. picnic was held ct Natoma
Grove, Folsom, yesterday. The excursion
train from this city consisted of four passen-
ger cars and one baggage, and left the depot
st S.45 a. NJ. The weather was somewhat
warm, but all enjoyed themselves as best
they could. Returning the train arrived hsre
just at shutdown.
Since last report steamers have arrived at
this place as follows: San Joaquin No. 5,
from San Francisco, with general merchan-
disc and barge of freight for the upper Sac
ramento; Varuua, from the upper Sacra-
mento, with barge of grain. Departed
San Joaquin No. 3, for San Francisco, With
barge of grain Yaruna, for the upper Sac
ramento, with barge of freight and barge
| light.