Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-07-22
BRIEF NOTES.

The snagboat Seller has started out FOL
her seasons work on theupper Sacramento
Charles T. Noyes is erecting a handsome
| two-story frame residence at Twelfth and
| + streets
| E. X. Alsip's chicken coop, at I'LL n
street, was raided Sunday night and robbed
of nine fowls.
The pay-car, thoroughly overhauled and
reprinted, will leave the railroad shops fol
Oakland to-day.
| Governor Stoneman has commissioned c.
| H Simonds as Notary Public for Santa
Clara county, to reside at San Jose.
The steamer Governor Dana arrived from
the upper Sacramento yesterday, and the
steamer Dover cleared for the upper river
! The Folsom School Trustees have elected
]. f. Blanchard as Principal, and Miss
| Edith C. Smith as Assistant, of the Granite
| School.
The Folsom Telegraph appears with the
name of Weston p. Truesdell as editor. He
| intends to conduct it as an independent and
| vigorous journal.
At 2 P NJ to-day, at the Sacramento
| School, Fifteenth and ] streets the German
classes of the city schools will hold theii
| closing exercises. All friends of education
| are invited to attend.
James Hagarty, who escaped from the
| chain-gang at Woodland last week, but was
recaptured, has been punished for his effort
to escape by sentence of twenty days adj
! ditional to the time he had still to serve.
| The trial of James Powellson for felony
! in having kept Lily Nichols, minor, in q
house of ill-fame in San Francisco, has been
set for trial in Department Eleven of the
| San Francisco Superior Court on August
Nth.
t r. S. Lockett, an old and well-esteemed
| resident of Sacramento county, died at his
home in Brighton township yesterday, after
| an illness of about two weeks. Deceased
was a native of Kentucky, aged 66 years
and months.
1t is expected that the Native Sons of the
Golden West of Stockton will be present at
hegrand demonstration this city in honor
of Admission Day to the number of about
| 100, and the Stockton Guard will probably
accompany them, bringing band.
Ed. +. Smith, Secretary of the State Ag-
| ricultural Society, has received letter from
l.. ]. Rose, dated at Chicago, July 14th
making second payment, and declaring his
colt Kismet in the two-year-old trOtting
purse at the coming State Fair.
\ meeting of Democrats was held at the
Courthouse last evening, to take the pre-
| liminary steps relative to the formation OF
a campaign club. As there We're but
twenty or twenty-five present it was
decided to adjourn until tomorrow even
ing without transacting any business.
Governor Stoneman has granted par
don to James B. Ayres, convicted in San
| Francisco in 1879 of murder in the second
| degree. The pardon was granted on the
showing that the prisoner was incurably
sick and actually in dying condition.
The Sacramento bond case pending in
| the United States Circuit Court, was argued
yesterday by W. A Anderson and ]. H
McKune for the city, and Rosenbaum and
benson for the bondholders. 1t is under
stood that briefs will be filed before a final
decision.
Ben. Cohen's horse, attached to phae
| ton, got frightened at something while
hitched on Eleventh street, between X and
| l., yesterday afternoon, broke the hitching
strap and had q lively runawaJ for several
| blocks. When caught it was found that nc
damage had been done.
A thief entered Wing Hops laundry, 30E
] l. street, Saturday, and stole a watch, q
| quantity of clothing etc. A Chinaman
|
| the thief, was arrested by officer Coffey. He
had two pawn tickets in his possession, and
one of these called for a clock, which
proved to be portion of the stolen prop.
| erty.
| 7. w. Moore, who was arrested at San
| BernardinO for swindling parties in San
Francisco by passing a forged check, was
| taken to the latter city yesterday, and
| charged with forgery. He says he has Nc
recollection of the offensc, and must have
committed it while drunk. Doubtless he
will say he was asleep when he operated in
| Sacramento.
When the water was shut off from TIE
| city Friday afternoon, in consequence OF
the bursting of delivery pipe at the water
works, some one opened a faucet in the
office of the Adjutant-General in the Capt.
| tol and, as the water did not run, failed tC
| close it. In the evening when the water
was let ON again, this open faucet caused {
| flood in the Generals office, and much
| damage to the frescoed ceiling of the private
office of the Secretary of State on the foo
below.
Officer Franks last evening met a China
man at Sixth and | streets who was carry
ing two sacks suspended from a bamboo
pole. As he passed, he struck one of tn,
| siChS viii HIS cane, 10 10TH al lutd OF ID'
contents, and was rewarded by hearing
chicken squawk. He thereupon escorte,
the Celestial to the station house on sus
picion of his having stolen the fowls, o
which the sacks contained five The owne
can get them by calling at the police Office
The Yolo Democrat says that Sheriff Wat
kins, of that county, has received :
couple of mysterious postals, one Of which
relates to the notorious Tom Lawton, o
Troy Dye notoriety. The communication
are from Fresno, and state that the write
had seen the ubiquitous Tom around Tu
lare City, and finally concludes by sayinI
that he brought him to time last night.
This mysterious language has puzzled tn
whole Sheriff's office, and John Lawson
has worried over it until there is danger o
him having a relapse of sickness. Some
body is probably trying to perpetrate joke
Their attention should be directed to tn
officers of Sacramento, as they are NOR
gullible, and may bite at this insane effort
Yolo never lost Tom Lawton; our man wa
named Harris
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