Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-07-10
BRIEF NOTES.

The Sacramento river is down to IS feet
inches.
There was but one arrest made by the
police yesterday.
Three car loads of immigrants arrived
from the East this morning.
Ground was broken for the new convent
at Woodland Tuesday morning.
The people of the town of Winters are
talking of having that place incorporated.
So far the Board of Supervisors, sitting
as a Board of Equalization, have had little
to do
A Post of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie was to have been organized al Wood
land last night.
The Verein- Eintracht will hold picnic
and summer night festival at Richmond
Grove August 3D.
?. Kelly yesterday turned over 10 DR.. G.
4. White a large lot of books for the benefit
OF the patients at the County Hospital.
The delegates to the Republican Conven-
ton from the Fourth Ward will meet at
the State House Hotel at o'clock this even
ing
The Town Trustees of Woodland have
sent a communication to the Supervisors of
that county, asking for action to be taken
relative to horses affected with CHAMBERS
The steamer c. NJ. Small passed down
stream yesterday. en- route for San Fran
cisco, from Marysville The steamer San
Joaquin, No. ,, arrived from san Francisco
with merchandise.
a horse attached to a buggy had a run
away down X street from Tenth yesterday
afternoon. Near the corner of Fourth the
buggy collided with another vehicle and
upset, the horse coming TO a stop. No dam
age.
Yesterday was as hot rs any. if not the
hottest Of the season, and the air last even
ing was unusually warm, but cooled off
about 10 O'Clock under the influence of
southerly breeze. The thermometer got
up TO 81 during the afternoon.
In Department One Of the Superior Court
yesterday, in the suit for damages because
of alleged defamation of character, brought
by John Gaffney against ". Roach, who
had stated that plaintiff stole his turkeys,
Judge Armstrong gave judgment in favor
of plaintiff for $225.
The alarm of fire about 1 A. N. yesterday
was occasioned by the burning of guam
tty of weeds i'll two or three vacant lots in
| the vicinity of Twelfth and 0 streets. There
was danger that n residence would be
| lgnlted by the blaze, but n hose stream put
an end TO the trouble
| Deputy Sheriff Cross, of Placer county,
telegTaphed the Sacramento police yester-
day that he arrested that morning at Colfax
TWO men on the train from this city, who
had in their possession five pairs of dentists
torcepS and five eyeglasses supposed to
have been stolen here
Chief Jackson has received a letter from
| W. w. Gibbs, an attorney of Yale. British
| Columbia, asking for the address of a Mrs
| Dunbar who once resided in Yale. but is
now, 1t IS believed living in Sacramento
There is an important matter of business
in which she is interested
The City Fathers of Woodland have
taken under advisement the proposition
made to them by MesSrs McSfuilen and
Tichnor, relative to the lighting of the
town by electricity. 1t is proposed to in
quire into the merits of the other systems
before taking definite action.
H. Barnhisid, of Oleta, was in the city yes
terday, and says the grain is turning ont
very richly in Amador county also, that
the benefits from the late rains were far
greater in that section than the damage.
Fruit is looking well, except peaches.
which were an entire failure.
| Judge Armstrong yesterday, on motlon
of City Attorney Anderson, modified the
sentence of Henry Harris, convicted in the
Police Court some weeks since of disturb
ing the peace, so that the penalty was re-
duced to thirty days Imprisonment; and,
as that number of days had been served,
the prisoner was ordered set at liberty.
Tents and rifles were prepared for ship
ment from this city to Stockton yesterday,
for the use of the militia companies ordered
out to quiet the disturbance threatened by
the Moquelumne settlers but subsequent
ly dispatch was received from Adjutant-