Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-20
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Board of Supervisors.
The Board met yesterday, all the mem
.bers present except Mr.. Bailey. Minutes
read and approved.
On motion of Mr.. Blair, the matter of
employing attorneys in the debris suits,
which was to have been taken up. was post
poned until Tuesday of the next session at
PPM
Mr.. Smith introduced the following
which was unanimously adopted
Resored, That the Clerk of this Board be and
he is hereby instructed to address communica-
ton to the Board of Supervisors of SoanO
county, inviting that county to Join with and
assist sacramento county in bringing suits
against all the hydraulic mines on the American
and Costumes rivers that have not heretofore
been enjOined.
An election for members of the County
Board of Education was entered into
Mr.. Steinman nominated W J. HYDE:
Nr Mclaughlin placed Miss Hattie Nc
COrmick in nomination and Mr. Smith
nominated Clarksen 2. Freeman Mr.
Hyde received four votes, Miss Mccormick
five and Mr.. Freeman three The first two
were declared elected
J. Smith appeared before the Board and
made complaint that there was tavoritism
shown some of the prisoners in the county
jail, and that some other matters connected
with the management were wrong. He re-
quested the Board to 90 into the Jail and
see the matter he complained Of
Mr.. Steinman moved that the Board
visit the Jail
Lost on a tie vote.
peaTcd before the Board and explained the
matters referred to by the complainant
The demand of Frank Swift for con-
stables fees in the sum of S23 80 was al
lowed
Adjourned until 10A. NJ to-day.
DAMS on THE TUoLUMNE AND STAINS
LAUs.-Fish Commissioner Buckingham
returned Yesterday afternoon from an ey-
animation of dams on the Tuolumne and
Stanislaus rivers. He found dam above
Lagrange which had a portion Of an ola
fish ladder connected with it, but not doing
much good. At Knights Ferry, on the
StanislauS, he found dam, but Il fish lad
der Is not imperatively needed At Six
mile Bar, on the Stanislau>, is dam of
. the san Joaquin Ditch Company, forty feet |
in hight which of course barbados the |
stream completely These rivers if open |
excellent spawning grounds and the pco- |
pie ct the section are very DESTROYS that |
the Fish Commissioners shall give the |
fish a chance Some of the more eXCit- |
able declared that if the law could not
reach the dams giant powder would, but
MI Buckingham assured them that the
law was sufficiently able In TuOlumne
and StaniSlaUs the recent rain was highly
beneficial 10 the grain crop, but ruinous 10
the hay.
Held FOR unconstitutional J.
H TOmlnSon. well-known III Sacramento,
had a hearing before Police Judge Scanlon
of Stockton Tuesday on charge of en-
Dezzlcment. preferred against him by Mich
ael Ward of the firm of Ward Il Co.
LIQUOR dealers. San Francisco. Nh Ward
testified that the defendant was employed
a 4 travelling agent for the firm, and that
while acting in that capacity he had coll
lected from 2. Monahan of that city the
sum of 500, which the latter owed the
firm. This money Tomlinson had appro-
priated for his own use and refused 10 turn
It over TO James Morrissey. an agent of the
firm, who was authorized 10 receive it,
The prisoner was held To answer in the SUI
perior Court 10 the charge of eInbezzlement,
and bail was fixed AT 81 900.
THE GARDNER CAsE.-In Department
N44t 'l ll4t ia per lui OtIL lllt ease tl
George ID. Gardner, accused OF violating
sepu.iure in robbing the grave Of 4 young
man named Lyons, came up Tor trial yes
terday District Attorney Carey Charles
7. Jones and i. d. Ryan appeared for the
prosecution, and Young. Young x Dunn
for the defense. II took several hours To
secure a jury, but finally one was oh
tanned. and, after the taking OF a small
portion OF the testimony for the defense
az ,r,lprpl until This
morning. The jury is composed Of John
l.. House, Joseph Ough, Jacob Rowe, Dan
icl Flynn. w. K. Gallup Ralph Mckune |
+. T. Davenport Wat. Rodgers, W L. |
knights. John Wicl. Conrad IScr and H. !
TTeichler.
Police CoURr.-In the Police Court yes !
terday James Ryan for having been drunk !
was fined Sl0....Ah kee accused of mis- |
demeanor, was discharged. the prosecuting |
witness failing 10 ppear.....Agnes r. |
Davis was tried by jury on u charge of !
cruelty To her step-children, the particulars |
of which have heretofore been published |
in the RECORD MON The evidence !
showed that the children had been abused, |
both regards their food and general |
treatment, and the jury returned verdict |
of guilty. Sentence Will be pronounced to- |
morrow morning. Previous 10 the trial of i
this case, Il. Davis, husband of the defend |
tl.U. WAS NlNtl 4lItNAtil lbI tFltl treatment |
of the children, and will he tried to-day
LABOR Losr.-A railroad emplovc a few |
mornings since found the whecFbarrow he |
was using rather loose in the Joints. and |
concluding that the warm weather had |
caused the material to shrink, took it to a |
hvdTant near the depot, and turned the |
hose upon it. After he had been busilv |
engaged for about fifteen minutes in wet |
al the hnr
hoping to make it swell tight. and had been
bothered 4 great deal by the questions of
his feilow-employcs, he began To pay atten
ton 10 their chatting" and discovered
that he had been wasting his time in an
endeayor to swell framework of iron.
THE HIGHEsr-A correspondent, refer
ring 10 the present stage of the Sacramento
river-20 feet inches-inquires how those
figures compare with those of previous
seasons on the Goth of June. So far Is we
are aware, the Sacramento has never, AT
this season of the year, been 50 high by
several inches In 1862 the little steamer
Henrietta was employed by Jerome {.
Davis in Transporting cattle across the
water in the tules during the month OF
June but the river was not rs high As at
present. There is plenty of water in the
tuIes 70 float a steamer now If It was neces- |
sary to use one there.
Our latest arrival of New Crop Teas are |
fully 10 per cent. better value than you can |
possibly buy in any other store in Sacra- |
mento. Try them. Consumers Tea Com |
pany, us street.
LADIES, do not miss the grand chance for |
extra bargains. We have been very fortu- |
! nate in securing many desired bargain, !
and our stores are full of goods Red |
House
To-Day, 5000 yards of plain and figured |
lawns, in great variety of designs. of the |
best brands, 81 cents per yard Red House : !