Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-07

BRIEF NOTES.

St PaulS church 62cnlc taxes place
Natoma Grove to-day:
The German Lutheran Sunday-schoo
will picnic at Richmond Grove to-day.
At the town election in Woodland las
Monday the Democrats elected their entire
ticket
The Third Ward Democratic Club will
meet at its headquarters, Fourteenth an6
| streets, this evening at s o'clock.
The meeting of the Fantasies at the
Courthouse last evening was so slimly at.
tended that an adjournment until next
Wednesday was ordered.
Thirteen cars loaded with excursionists
went to Folsom yesterday TO the picnic oi
the Knights of Pythias and, returning
reported having enjoyed themselves finely
One of the street cars broke brake at
Tenth and X streets while en- route for the
Park with load of passengers yesterday
afternoon, and had TO be side-tracked for re-
pairs.
Seventeen Chinese females occupied seats
in the gallery of the Assembly Chamber
yesterday afternoon, and seemed to be
deeply interested in the deliberations of
that body.
Carlisle Pedlar, son of Postmaster Pedlar,
of Woodland, was injured Monday after
noon by the accidental discharge of a rifle
in the hands of playmate, but the injury
is not dangerous.
The arrests made yesterday were those
of Lum Kee and All Now, by deputy con-
stable Harvey, for opium smoking, and
Henry Edwards, by local Cafferty and de-
tectiye Brissell, for petit larceny.
The annual session of the General Bap-
list Convention of California will be held
at Woodland, commencing this evening
Every Baptist Church in California and
Nevada contributing to the home mission
work of the Convention is entitled to send
three delegates, and the larger churches
four and five, but no church can send more
than five. 1t is expected that about forty
churches will be represented. There will
be three sessions of the Convention to-mor-
row The Convention will conclude on
Friday The subject of establishing a col
lege and the location of the same will be
brought up for discussion during the ses-
sion.
LIBRARY MEETING.-Thc Board of Trus-
tees of the Free Library met last evening.
Present-W. c. Fitch, President; Add.
c. Hinkson. President; A. S Hopkins,
Francis Lenoir, and 5. H. Gerrish, Secre-
tary The report of the Librarian for \ pSril
was read, as follows: Number of books
issued during the month, 3,G47, classified
thus: Fiction, 2,S73 history, 113; bio
graphy, "a; travel and adventure, 227
literature, POI; religion, &c;
poetry and drama, 81; science and art, Sc.
Average number issued per day, l22 Per-
centage of fiction, IS. Number of patrons,
!, 400 Amount of the fines collected,
S14 30. Number of catalogues sold, three,
to 10 cents. The Board voted
to pay $3.50 ON the debt on the Library
building, reducing it to $1,000. The City
Trustees having reduced the tax levy for
Library purposes crippled the Library
fund, and the usual annual reduction is
less The interest still goes
on land has to be paid from the Library
fund.- which will be S240 this year, which
would buy many books The following
bills were allowed Pacific Mutual Life
Insurance Company, $40 Capital Gas
Company, ST. 20; B. Ruhl, S7S So C. G.
Hancock, $50 40; J. ,Dewing & Co., $29;
C.. S. Houghton, IS 10; c. G. Hancock,
$50 A; Day Il Joy, $50; w [. Wallace,
S13 DO A. L. Bancroft IL Co., s. 80 II. o.
White, s. 25 Jacob Hoehn, 81 IS. The
Board voted to reduce the insurance on the
building to $1,000, deeming it too heavy at
present, the insurance on books and furni-
lure to remain as at present. After order
ing a large lot of books the Board adj
ourned.
THE Doctor OF ALcANTARA,-At the
Theater this evening the
comic opera, q The Doctor of Alcntara
will be produced under the direction of
Miss Emma Rowe, D. f. Mckinley acting
IS stage manager, and the following cast
Dr. Paracelsus, Albert j. Plant; Senior Bal
.hazar Martin Beasley; Carlos (his som,
Miss Gertie Jones; Don PropoursO, Algu-
lzil), Al. Pritchard Perez w. A. Lebas-
see; Donna Lucrezia (wife to the DOCTOR,
Miss Julia Lauchlin Isabella cher daugh
err, Della Berry; Inez Cher maid), Miss
Lulu Morrill, Those who have witnessed
he rehearsals speak enthusiastically of the
manner in which several of the performers
lcquit themselves, and prophesy that the
will be a success.
DIDN'T Know HIN.-Last evening two
men entered the Mississippi Kitchen and
.njoyed an expensive dinner, at the con-
fusion of which one went out, while the
,ther stepped up to the counter and re-
marked to Mr.. Senate, the proprietor,
Charge this to me. y 9 | do not know you,
'ir, was the reply; who are you? "Oh,
Eli, the customer responded, and ran out
he door, closely pursued by Senate, crying
Stop thiefT On X street, between Sec
md and Third, the fugitive was captured
md local officer Cafferty and detective Bris-
sell took him to the lookup, where he gave
he name of Henry Edwards.
MILITARY PROMOTIONS. = Company A,
lily Guard, of the First Artillery Regi-
nent Fourth Brigade, ~ g. c., made the
promotions last evening: Sixth
Sergeant Kuhl to Second Sergeant; First
corporal Weinstock to Sixth Sergeant
Third Corporal Miller to First Corporal
Fourth Corporal Dunkhorst to Second Cor
poral Eighth Corporal Malone to Third
corporal private Mullany to Fourth Cor
Doral private Bacllworth to Fifth CorpO-
al; private Fisk to Sixth Corporal; pri-
'ate Glue to Eighth Corporal,
CoRoNER's CAsE.-Coroner Clark received
dispatch last evening from George Nc
1auley, dated at Gait, stating that man
lad been killed by the kick of horse, and
him to visit Hicksvile and hold
IN inquest No details were given The
Coroner returned answer for Justice of
he Peace to hold the inquest.