Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-11
ADVERTISEMENT MENTION.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

POLICE CoURT-In the Police Court Sat
urdsy the case of All Yum, for battery, was
dismissed on motion Of the prosecuting wit.
ness and payment Of costs. All ing pleaded
guilty on charge of misdemeanor in violat-
ing the health ordinance, but judgment was
deferred until to-day. Charles Connolly
pleaded guilty of the petty larceny of tools
from Osborn's woodward, and was sentenced
to fifty days in the County Jail. j. Day,
drunk, pleaded guilty and was fined $40 or
ten days. The cases of Yenk kee and six
other Cinnamon for misdemeanor in violating
the health ordinance were continued until
to-day, it appearing that the defendants had
abated the nuisance complained of, and the
Court desiring 70 see whether they had made
good job of it. The case of james Whsler,
for an assault with deadly weapon, was
continued until this morning. Amelia a.
Churchill was examined on a charge of grand
larceny in assisting in relieving man of his
money at the Free and Easy saloon. The
evidence did not amount to much, it appear
ing that he had been drunk around the saloon
for several days and squandered his money,
or at least 8 large portion of it. Jadge Henry
discharged the defendant but took opportuR-
ity to express his sentiments concerning such
saloons and his belief that they should be
broken up. James Msloney and Joseph
Lowrie, for sleeping in a railroad car, were
fined $40, with the usual alternative,
COMPLIMENTARY. - Tbs San Francisco
Breeder and Sportsman commends highly the
reelection of Che old officers of the State Ag.
ricultursl Society, on the ground of their fl.
deity and efficiency, and says: cit is
grand Institution, this California State Agri.
cultural Society. Thsre is nothing like it 10
any of the other great States of the Union,
and to find parallel we have to seek other
fairs than those which are named after the
States they are held in. The Worlds EXPOSE
ton may draw fuller exhibits of mechanical
skill, arts and manufactures They may at
tract huge crowds, and bring together hosts
of people from all sections Of the country.
They are well worthy of support from many
points of view, but as educators for all classes,
though more especially for those who make &
business of agricultural, horticultural, the
breeding of domestic animals, and all pur-
suits in whole or part dependent on the farm
or, there never was fair that equals ours. ="
VETERAN ODD Fellows first banquet
of the Veteran Odd Fellows was held at the
dining parlors of the State House Saturday
evening. In order to be eligible to join the
Veterans q man must be an Odd Fellow for
twenty years. About seveuty.i sat down
to the banquet, all Veterans except one, a
newspaper reporter, and he admitted to the fact
that he had belonged to the three-link Order
for fourteen years. Ezra Pearson presided,
and speeches were made by the following
Judge Shattuck, James McCleery, John
Plat, G. L. johnson. George B. Dean,
Samuel Deal, II. B. Nelson. E. J. Clark, S.
B. Smith, John We'll, John H. Miller Daniel
Brown, George Duden, Z. Walton, T. G.
Jones and A. Menke. a glee club composed
of Messrs. Mohr, Fritz, Krebs and Flohr
sang several times during the evening.
RIvETT WINS Yesterday at the Twelfth
street range Lieutenant F. P. Lowell. of
Company B, and Lieutenant H. w. Rivett,
of Company G, shot match for $50 a side,
with the following result Creedmoor target
Lowell-45, Il. A, ~, Il. Il, AZ. 43, AZ, 10
APO; Rivett-44. IS, A. IL, A, 43, 45, A, A,
40-iSS. Agreed target Rivett-53, 80, 80,
80, %, 81, 50. %, 81, 46-517; Lowel!-53,
AZ, %, 40, Il, II, 80, 30, 40, 52-497. Riv-
ett's score of 435 is the best ever made in the
regiment the best heretofore made being 432.
& CoRoNER's INQUEST. Coroner Clark held
an inquest Saturday night upon the body of
Richard Coglsn, who was found dead in his
room at the Sacramento Hotel on Friday.
Two slight wounds were discovered in his
breast, evidently made with a pair of scis-
sors, which were found lying near him, but
physicians who examined them discovered
that they were not sufficient to have caused
death. The jury found that be came to his
death from dissipation and old age.
CITY FINANCES following statement
Of city finances is furnished by the City
Auditor: Receipts for the week ending Feb
ruary 9, 1881: William Laufkotter, Gem
etery dues, SS5 70 K. d SERVER, water
rates, 81, 4l2 70 n. a. Kidder, Harbomsster,
$40; +. IL. Mckee. rent. S25; w. A. Henry,
Police Court fines, $50 50; George a. Put
nam, city licenses, S677 20. Total, 81, 900 76.
Total disbursements, 50 736. Amount in
City Treasury, Sl9l, $50 s.
COMMERCIAL The following steamers have
arrived at Sacramento since last report San
Joaquin No. >, from San Francisco,
with general merchandise and barge of
freight for the upper Sacramento river !;
San joaquin No. 8, from the upper
Sacrament, with barge Of grain. De-
parted: Saa Joaquin No. ?. for San Fran
cisco, with barge of grain, and San Joa-
quin No. 3, for the upper river, with general
merchandise.
CASE or RoBBERY.-Ofhcer Dillmau ar
rested yesterday a young c9lored man, named
Espey Early, on charge Of grand larceny,
consisting in snatching a silver watch away
from another man on L street day or two
ago. The officer has recovered the watch and
chain, and believes he has plenty of evidence
to insure conviction, including that of
man who saw the prisoner knock his victim
down and take the property.
PRoP0sTTEoN TO PURCHASE The parties
who have interested themselves in the matter
OF the erection or purchase Of property. suit
able for a new thester or concert hall, are
considering the advisabiity OF purchasing and
enlargirg Turner Hall. Possibly it would be
better 70 do this than to erect new struc-
ture, for If there are too many balls none Of
them will make money enough to psy inter
est ga he money invested.
WILL SELL HIS TRoTTERs.-Mr. Valensin,
Of ArnO Stock Farm, has determined to sell
oS his trotting stock next month st auction,
and will probably sell the we'll known stallion
Crown Point before that time. Mr.. Valen-
siu said when his Aorse Buccaneer was sick,
that if that animal died he would feel like
breaking up his racing stable, and it would
appear that he has determined to do so.
TIE WARDEN INvEsrrs AT1oN.-Stste Prison
Directors Boggs, Gslwicks and Robbins anne
up from the Bay yesterday, and, with Gem
missioner Van Fleet, left ia the afternoon for
Folsom. via Roseville, accompanied by Hon.
David Mcclure. who will act as counsel for
Warden MeComb in the investigation which
commences st the Folsom prison at 10 A. II,
to-day.
A CHANGE has been made in the agency for
the lighs-ranning domestic in this city.
Mr.. A. J. Pommer, well-known as reliable.
sqUare-deAling business man, will control the
gale Of this most popular machine, acd its
patrons can now rely upon having polite and
considetate attention