Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-12-24
BRIEF NOTES.

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evening.
The steamer San Joaquin No. 3 arrived
from the upper Sacramento yesterday. with
a barge load of grain.
Yesterdays trains brought to the city
large number of Sacramentans who had
been away but were DESTROYS of spending
Christmas at home.
These arrests were made yesterday Rob- |
ert Billiard, by officer Rider for defrauding
creditors; James OLeary, by the same Of |
ficer, for petit larceny.
Robert Billiard (colored) was arrested
yesterday by officer Woods on complaint |
sworn to by Carter Jackson, who accuses
him of defrauding creditors.
Deputy Sheriff Wilson came up from San |
Francisco last evening with a prisoner |
named John Carlan, who is to serve three |
years for an attempt to commit robbery.
R. B. Blowers, of Woodland, of whose |
departure for New Orleans mention has |
been made, is reported to have shipped two |
carloads of raisins of his manufacture to |
the Worlds Fair at that place.
Hattie NJ. Walker was yesterday, in De-
granted a divorce from William J. Walker,
and the custody of their child. Also, the |
right to resume her maiden name.
John Mackey, Superintendent of the
Rancho del Paso, Yesterday took from the |
Protestant Orphan Asylum four little boys, |
who will be given comfortable homes on |
the rancho, and taught to make themselves |
useful.
Officer Farrell arrested yesterday Chi
naman named All Fong, an old thief,
whom he found endeavoring to sell guam
tity of butter, which he believed to be that |
stolen from the residence of 3. Cavanaugh |
a few nights since.
In many places in the upper portion of |
the city the drainage is so poor that young
lakes and rivers have formed, causing pc
destrians much trouble and discomfort.
The trouble in some instances is caused by
the sewers being stopped up.
The current of the American river sets
strongly against the north bank, near the
railroad bridge and it has been necessary
for the railroad company to have a consid-
cradle force Of men employed in removing |
the drift that collects and preventing the !
current from cutting the bank away.
The ladies of the city, who had been try-
ing to . wait till the clouds roll by de-
ternined yesterday that their shopping for
Christmas could no longer be postponed,
and the business streets were full of them, |
despite the unpleasant weather, the Cos
samer rubbers in which they were snugly |
wrapped suggesting to spectators that the |
entire female population were going to |
domino party.
The police have arrested two men on |
suspicion of their being confederates of
Henry II. Murphy, who was arrested Mon
day afternoon with large quantity of |
Ijewelry, supposed to have been stolen, in |
his possession. No one has appeared at the |
station-houSe to lay claim to any of the |
property, and the officers are inclined to |
believe that it was stolen elsewhere and |
brought here for sale.
THE CURRENTS CHANGEs.-The current |
of the Sacramento river appears to shift a
dozen times day since the present high |
water, and it is difficult matter for steam
ers and barges to make the run through the |
draw of the Sacramento and Yolo bridge |
successfully. When the steamer Varuna |
came down the river Sunday afternoon, her |
barge, a short distance above the bridge |
was steering WELL but suddenly a peculiar |
shifting of the water forced it bodily over |
toward the Pioneer Mill The steamer |
pilot observing this, steered as close as he |
could to the draw pier of the bridge, in |
order to keep the barge from collision with |
the pier east of the draw, and in doing so |
he got over little too far, causing the |
steamer to strike the draw. As a result, the |
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and the draw knocked out of line. Even |
then, the barge could not make the passage |
| through, but struck the pier east of the |
draw, and lost $50 sacks of grain over |
board. These eccentricites of the current |
are caused, doubtless by the influence Of |
the new dam in the YolO levee, and the |
action of the river upon the sandbars be- |
tween the Pioneer Mill and the mouth Of |
the American. Yesterday the current above |
the bridge was spoken of by many old resi- |
dents as being wilder than they had ever
seen it III the Sacramento. The steamer
San Joaquin No. made the run through
the draw with a barge without trouble, |
d however.
CHRISTMAS TREE.-The Christmas tree
entertainment at the United Brethren
Church, corner Fourteenth and X streets,
last evening was in every way a success
The ram did not prevent those who were
personally concerned in the fruit of the
tree from attending; and, besides, large
number stepped in to enjoy the evening.
The tree was well laden with rich and
beautiful gifts. The exercises consisted Of
Christmas carols, declarations and adj
dresses. A purse of $50 for the pastor
Rev. Francis Fisher, from the church,
Sunday-school and personal friends, be
tokened the esteem in which he is held by
his people.
a SPECIAL CENTER STATIoN.-By order of
General Hazen, Chief Signal Officer, on and
after January /, 1885, Sacramento will be
designated as a special (river) center sta
ton. The special river observer at Folsom,
Marvsville, Cousa and Oroville will report
to the observer in charge of the Signal Serv-
ice station at Sacramento, by mail monthly
and by telegraph as often as the exigencies
| Of o4,
for those stations come from the Sacra-
mento Signal Office as the distributing cen
ter for this district.
New STATE TREAsURER.-Ye sterday was
the last day allowed State Treasurer w. A.
January to file his new bond This he
failed TO do, consequently the Office is va
, cant. 1t is generally understood that the
Governor has appointed and commissioned
to fill the vacancy d. J. Oullahan, of Stock
ton who, it is stated, has good and suffi-
cient bond ready to file, and will enter upon
the duties of the office to-day.
POULTRY AssocLATIoN.-The second an
nual exhibition Of the California Poultry
Association will be held at the Wigwam in
San Francisco, on January 10Th, and con-
tinue one week. Any communications
concerning il should be addressed to l. H.
ENeIctl, ocCIcl'ii y DoA LOO, San rldll-
cisco. 1t is expected that this will be the
finest exhibit of thoroughbred poultry ever
held on the Pacific coast.
CRY CHARTER MEETING.-The committee
appointed at the citizens meeting Monday
evening for the purpose of preparing legis-
lation regarding the present city charter
met last evening in the Office of Win. J.
Davis, at the Courthouse. They were in
session until II o'clock, when they adj
journed to Friday night. The committee
so far have unanimously agreed upon sew
eral important changes.
THE RATTAN CAsE.-The United States
Supreme Court has decided the Rattan muir
der case, which has hung fire before it SO
long, and sustained the judgment of the
! Court before which the defendant was tried.