Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-18
BRIEF NOTES,

The Board of Supervisors will meet this
morning.
A room at the international Hotel was
entered Saturday night by thief, who
stole $50.
The rainfall in Sacramento for the present
storm had reached &C inches up to o'clock
last evening.
The Elite Opera Company returned yester-
day from trip through the northern portion
of the State.
The funeral of the late Thomas Curley, of
Colfax. which took place last Saturday, was
one of the largest known in Placer county.
l street. from Second to Fifth street. is full
of deep mud holes. Trucks in unloading cars
Saturday were drawn by four horses instead
of two.
Water is running through the Todhunter
break, short distance above the town of
Washington, upon the lowlands of Yolo
county.
Room No. II in the Russ House was robbed
Friday night last. The thieves got away
with small amount Of money and consider
able clothing.
There was but one case before the Police
Court Saturdsy-that of Al ME Kerwin con-
victed on the previous day of disturbing the
peace. She was tined s..
1PC 1Ilcl ICSlucuLs VI CdCEdulculO anu
vicinity will meet at st. Roses school.room
next Sunday, at P. NJ, to arrange for the
| celebration of st. Patrick's Day.
Rev. E. r. Ollie, of San Francisco, will
deliver free lecture this evening at o'cSck
| in the Y. NJ. q. a. Rooms, 1909 Fourth
street. Subject, "Ghosts-Ancisnt and
Modern"
The remains Of the late Nathaniel Mitchell,
| journalist of Grass Valley, who died at that
place on the 145h inst, were taken to Au-
burn last Saturday for interment. There was
large funeral.
The Sacramento river at II o'clock last
night was II feet 8 inches above low.water
mark, having risen about feet in "a hours.
Ii Was an object Of interest TO great many
people yesterday.
In Department O1e of the Superior Court
Saturday, in the case of Charles Broobbank,
accused Of an assault to murder A Z. Craw,
a verdict of guilty of assault with q deadly
weapon was rendered.
The strong wind Sunday night blew down
q large poplar tree at the corner of the alley
on Tenth, NJ end n streets, and large eucs-
liptus tree on the south side of o street, be-
tween Ninth and Tenth.
The only arrests recorded on the Station
house slate last night were those of Mary
Farley and Maud Wood, by officer Dillman,
for enticiag, and Henry HarriF, by ttieer
Ffazee, for petty larceny.
The Forester Gun Club will NEST st 7:S0
this evening to consider matters relative to
their shoot next Friday (Washington's Birth
| day }, and to take action on another subject
requiring prompt attention.
| c. A. Sawtelle, who purchased the build
ing on j street, between Seventh and Eighth,
lately occupied by Waterhouss & Lester, is
having it refitted, new front put in, and it
is understood it will be used as book and
stationery house.
Walter Shear, aged q years, son of Charles
II. Shear, died Saturday morning, of con-
sumption. Deceased WAS a pleasant, quiet,
unassuming and yet energetic young man,
with many friends and no enemies The fu-
| neral takes place st 2 P. NJ. to-day.
The ladies of the NJ. E Church at Gait
gave an eGtertaiument and supper in Whit
aker & Rays Hall Thursday evening last for
| the benefit of their pastor. Notwithstanding
| he inc!emency Of tbs weather, the attend.
| ance was quite good, and the proceeds
amounted to about 800.
Superintendent Wright vent up last night
to assis. in the snow fight on the hill, which,
| as will be seen By reference to the telegraph
columns, is very serious matter to the rail
road men just now. The freight trains sre
| laid UP, and every exertion is being inside to
| get the passenger trains through.
The thoroughbred stallion Patsey Duffey,
| recently brought down from Oregon, and for
some time quartered at Agricultural Park,
has been purchased by Matt Allen for 81, 000
and is to be delivered to him at the OAklsnd
track to-day. Mr.. Allen intends to take him
| East after the Blood Horse races in April.
Saturday evening a man who was passing
fE.a1 = e. or1 hi
hat-a new one-spatched from his head by
another man. VINO Immediately ran down
| Fourth street. The owner of the hat sup
posed at first it was joke by some friend,
and before he found cut his mistake pursuit.
was useless.
! Mayor Brown, City Attorney Anderson,
| and probably the City Auditor and DR.. H.
s. Nichols, will leave for San Francisco this
afternoon to be present tomorrow morning at
the hearing In the United States Circuit Court
of the case of Meyer vs. Brown, 10 which suit IS
brought to compel the city to levy a tax of l
per cent. for bond purposes udge Nc
Kune. one Of the city 3 counsel, went Down
| yesterday.
| While ducks and geese are few and scatter-
! ing in other localities, they appear TO be
| plentiful on the Yolo side of the river Two
men went over 10 Green's Lake Saturday and
killed fifty ducks, including o number of
canvasbscss; and yesterday morning man
went out to SwiHgle's on the early train, shot
about sixty white geese and returned at noon
with as many as he could carry, having to
leave a large portion of his kill over there.
Mrs. John Jury, widow with three little
children, applied at the station. house Satur-
day evening for shelter They came to Ssc.
ra1ento, where they formerly resided, few
days ago, but she was unable to get anything
to do, had no money, and was compelled to
seek shelter from the storm as best she
might. The matter was brought ta the at
tention of Supervisor Mclaughlin, who quar-
tered the family az the international Hotel
temporarily, aud will take steps for their fur