Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-27
BRIEF NOTES,

| hO SIeiSSIppDGlo luhC uisdDlJCdIt
from White Rock, but they are still foun
in the mountains above in large quantitie
For the six months ending June 30, 1SS-
the State has allowed money to assist i
the support of SIS whole orphans, . 125 ha
orphans and 325 abandoned children.
Mrs Sol Runyon, of this county, has
fine display of fruit, jellies, etc, at the Me
chanics' Fair, in San Francisco. She ha
been an exhibitor there every year for 81
years past.
The open-air concert given at CapitC
Park last evening by the First Artiller
band was largely attended. The musl
rendered was quite good and frequentl,
applauded.
| The work of connecting China slougl
with the river is progressing rapidly. Las
evening the pipe had been laid through
the tunnel under Front street and within
few feet of the open cut.
The resignation of Second Lieutenan
| James II. Woods, of Company B, First Ar
tillery Regiment, Fourth Brigade, n G. c.
| has been accepted by the Adjutant-G General
| TO take effect Immediately.
Yesterday afternoon Daniel Sullivan
who was arrested on a dispatch from Rec
Bluff, was taken to San Francisco for tria
on charge of having induced q young cir
| to enter house of prostitution.
A drunken man fell through showcas,
window on the corner of Eighth and X
streets yesterday. The large plate-glass wa.
| badly shattered and the inebriate badly
lacerated about the head, arms and face.
All voters DESTROYS of organizing or join.
ing uniformed Blaine and Logan PlumeC
Knight Company, to work for Republican
success during the coming campaign. arc
invited to meet at the Superior COurt-roon
at s o'clock this evening.
Two members of the State Board oil
Equalization were yesterday engaged III
examining the mortgage records in the Re
corderS office for the purposes of equaliZa-
ton. There seems to be an impression
that the Board intends to raise the tax rolls
OF most of the counties this year
Hart F. Smith, Justice of the Peace, held
an inquest on the body of the Chinaman
who was cavcd on and killed at the ranch
of c. l.. Crum last Saturday. The jury
brought in a verdict of accidental death,
and ascertained that deceaseds name was
All You, and that he was % years of age
Yesterday afternoon the residents of that
heightened locality, l. street, between Third
and Fourth, were treated 10 knock out
entertainment The principals were a
couple of sable-hued Amazons and they
thumped, pulled hair, bit, scratched, and
fought with bottles. They were finally
separated before either was seriously dam
aged. The exhibition was worthy of the
locality, and vice versa.
Much interest is being manifested by
horsemen in the race which is to take place
September 9th, at Agricultural Park, be-
tween the horse Little Alp and Adams bic
mare. While many believe the mare can
beat anything on four legs running this
distance-600 yards-Others fancy that the
owners of Alp, knowing the mares speed
would not make the match unless they
were sure their horse could run faster.
The Gait Ga.ete says: Jim Monahan
our popular restaurateur. had a narrow
escape with his life a few mornings acc
while on 4 chicken hunt it seems a vel
lOw-legged broiler got away from him and
was chased by dog into the rear apart
ments OF surgeons office. The doctor
anxious for a chicken breakfast, brought
his iive-shooter into requisitiOn, fired and
missed his bird and canine. but made q
ricOchet shot, and the rebounding ball hit
MOnahan, but not with enough force to dc
great bodily harm"
\ few evenings since night Waterman
discovered the doors of drug store on J
street open about o'clock in the morning
The proprietor had gone home and forgot
ten to lock up. The watchman thought
there was good chance to make an extra
dollar or so, and AT the same time make a
reputation for himself so far as being Wig
liant was concerned so he went to the
druggists residence, woke him up and
notified him of his carelessness. The
druggist thanked him, rcmarking that his
goods were marked so id high he did I OF
think any one would take them, and went
to bed again.
Boston Commandery knights Templars,
who came to the Triennial Conclave in San
Francisco in 1888, have published a work
in which is recorded their doings on the
way to California, what they saw and ex-
perienced while here, and an account OF
their return trip, together with the Tecep-
tons rendered them on their arrival home
The work is neatly bound, while typo
graphically it is a gem. a copy of it has
been presented to VIM. +. Knox, Past
Grand Commander of California, who was
Commander of the Division in the process
sion of August 20, 1888, to which the Bos-
ton Commandery was allotted.
The Placer Times says: Last Sunday the
much-talked-of foot race between Ryan OF
Sacramento and Olsen of this place came
Off at Alta. We are credibly informed that
a job was agreed upon to fleece the Dutch
Flat people out Of their coin, but the PEG.
Pile of this place are not to be caught on
chaf, and so, very wisely, kept their shek,
els in their pockets and were not taken in
Ryan completely ran away from Olsen
beating him just as far as he pleased. Oh
sen might travel fast if on the back of q
good horse or on a train of cars, but his legs
cannot carry him fast enough to warm him
if the weather was any way cold. Last Sun.
day was rather a chilly day for him, as he
put up 1898 on the race so we are told
and Mr.. Ryan carried it off like little
man.