Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-01
BRIEF NOTES.

The paving OF Fourth street from J to X
is almost completed.
The public schools OF Gait will reopen on
Monday September 18th.
Three carloads of immigrants arrived
from the East this morning.
The Sacramento river is down to feet G
inches above low-water mark.
4 ten-gallon key of beer with long
brass faucet was stolen from the wagon OF
a farmer on X street Friday night
The seasons entertainments at Rich
mOnd Grove closed yesterday, with Miss
Lillian Smith, the champion rife shot, as
the attraction.
A pear tree in the yard at 702 o street is
heavily laden with large, luscious fruit,
and the tree is at the same time covered
with blossoms.
| The weather in this city yesterday seemed
| unusually warm owing to the fact that the
wind was from the north, but the Their
mOmeter did not get above $50.
Daniel Sullivan, an opium fiend who was
arrested here last week for inducing Mollie
Hendry, young girl, to enter on life of
shame, has been convicted in San Fran
cisco.
The new time card of the railroad COM
panY, to which reference has been made
herdfofore goes into effect to-day. Details
can be found by reference to the advertising
columns.
Chief Jackson was called to COlusa Satur-
day to testify at the examination of A. J.
Dyer, who was arrested here on charge of
forging the name of Charles D. I.angmire
to mortgage.
A thief entered the residence of Mrs.
Smith, on Fourth and S streets, on Thurs
day night, while the family were at the
circus, and stole two gold watches and sew
eral other articles of jewelry.
The Republicans had a grand rally at
Rocklin Saturday evening, in which the
Blaine and Logan Club of Newcastle par
ticipated. The meeting was enthusiastic
ana very satisfactory to the Republicans.
a. Brandt, who was one of the Jurors at
the trial of a case III the Police Court
Saturday, lost valuable diamond from a
ring on his finger, either i'll the Courtroom
or the jury room, and has been unable to
find it.
A number of gentlemen who had been
IN attendance upon the fair at Marysville
returned home yesterday. They reported
the weather warm and the races not over
interesting, as in many of them one horse
the fair, as whole, was success.
The chain-gang is doing excellent work
on the public streets. The gang is quite
large, and, in order to make it more eff
Gent has been divided. They are digging
out the cutters and rounding up the
streets. Their work takes in all the Streets
from Sixth to Twentieth and from q to K. |
Postmaster Backus has arranged so that
two clerks will board the overland mail
train every day here and do the asserting
during the four hours run to San Francisco, |
thereby enabling the carriers to grab the |
mail on its arrival there and distribute il at |
once. From one hour to two will be saved |
by this process.
George Lord has sold his ranch, situated |
eighteen miles south of Grass Valley, to |
Mr.. Samuelson, late of FlOrin, Sacramento |
county. Part of the stock was sold with |
the ranch. Mr.. Samuelson intends to 90 |
into ranching and stock raising extensively, |
and Will soon make big improvements in |
that part of the country.
The following is found in the new postal |
law, and is interesting to everyone: When |
a letter has only one stamp and two are re-
quired it will not be forwarded, but detained |
at the mailing office and the Postmaster |
will send postal card to the one addressed |
for stamps sufficient to prepay the tardy !
letter. If the writer's name be known to |
them he is first notified, and autobiography |
responds the missive is sent to the dead let !
ter office.