Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-21
RRIEF NOTES.

Sutherland 4 Cotfey have commenced work
upon the new hose house at Nineteenth and
l. streets.
Twelve chickens, brown Leghorns, were
stolen from Mrs. Farmers premises on
Whisky Hill Tuesday night.
The steamer San Joaquin. No. 2, came up
from the Bay yesterday with barge load OF
merchandise and another of coal.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
will give their fourth annual ball at Rocklin
on the evening of the 4.h Of March.
The Eureka Base Ball Club goes to Msrys-
vile this afternoon. to play match game
with the Intrepids of that place tomorrow.
Street Commissioner Nielsen says, of the
Is cents levied for street purposes. u cents Of
it will be used for lighting the Streets with
gas.
The Assembly aud Senate chambers at the
State Capitol are being thoroughly renovated
and the desks placed in position for the extra
session.
a former Sacramentsn, writing from Ore
gou, says that times are becoming fearfully
dull there, the boom of last summer having
died out.
A prisoner named Melville, under sentence
to the chain.gang at Woodland for assaulting
Chinaman, took French leave of the officers
on Tuesday.
George Mueller, of Tenth and Q streets,
yesterday lost valuable horse. The animal
dropped dead while being driven to an ex-
press wagon.
Miss Lsavitt will deliver free lecture in
the Ninth-street Baptist Church this evening,
under the auspices Of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association.
The Capital Turf Club will meet this even.
ing in the reading-rooms of the Golden Eagle
Hotel, to consider matters relative to its pro-
posed reorganization.
William Amman, who was hurt several
weeks ego, being run over by a wagon, died
yesterday from the effects of his il juries.
He was in his 605h year.
The ticket office of the Metropolitan The.
ster will be open at 10 A NJ to-day for the
sale OF tickets for the Leavitt variety compa-
ny 3 performance tC-MOrrow night.
The residents of Washington School Dis.
trict Yolo county, have voted in favor of the
expenditure Of SO, 800 for school purposes in
that district Bonds will be Issued.
Henry Starr is acting as prosecutor in the
Police Court during the absence of City At
torneY Anderson, who is engaged in the Sac
ramento bond cases in the United States Cir.
cult Court, San Francisco
4 composition in the RECORD. I MON office,
who was engaged Tuesday evening in cutting
q piece OF tobacco with the lead. cutting ma
chine, was so unfortunate as to chop off the
end of the torefnger of his left hand.
In Jefferson School District, Yolo county,
for the month ending February 10Th, on the
roll of honor are the following George Fee
ran, 100; May Ivey and Alice Fersn, IS :;
Maggie Sheehan, SO; Frances Ivey, 80.
The passenger trains were all on time yes.
terdsy. A washout occurred last evening
between Wadsworth and Truckee, which may
delay the overland train in its arrival here
to-day, but 1t probably will not he much late,
if any.
Two patrons of the Western Hotel-men
from the country-were nearly asphyxiated
Tuesday night in their room, having bllwn
out the gas. One of them was pretty well
on his way to the happy land when the facts
were discovered.
James Quigiey. who was released from the
County Jail two or three days ago, at the ex-
piration of a term of imprisonment for va
grancy, was yesterday taken in by off GER
Kent for tbs larceny of pickax, property of
Z. f. Woodward
Frank Fegundug, of Clipper Gap, and
Frank Meazle, Of Colfsx, are the men who
were killed by the snowshed accident at
Tamarack on Tuesday. The injured are NJ.
Prany and j. Joaquin, Of Roseville Antoine
and Silva j, Felix and L. Craft, of Clipper
Gap.
Mrs. J. S. Watson, of this city, who re
ceived four premiums at the last State Fair
for preserved fruits, was astonished as well as
pleased yesterday on receiving note from
Secretary Smith announcing that she had
also been awarded silver medal for her ex.
hibit.
Another electric light company has ap.
peared in the field, and T. G. Waterhouso.
for the company, announces that full appa-
ratus is On the way from the East, and re-
quests citizens not to make contracts until
the system is exhibited, which will be in
few days
Residents of portions of Yolo and Colusa
counties are praying now for little dry
weather, in order that they may have chance
to pillow, as it Is getting very late for that
necessary performance to be gone through
win. In Sacramento county grain planting
ID about over.
Mrs. Emily Pitt Stevens was announced to
lecture on temperance at the Sixth-street
Methodist Church last evening. There evil
IDENTIFY was some mistake about the announce
ment, for at the appointed hour the church
W hS uOt llBnLSu, anu LlOSP VINO assembled
had their walk for nothing.
The Governor has appointed and commits
stoned tie following officers of the National
Guard: Henry w. Adams, First Lieutenant
Company G., First ARTILLERY Regiment. Sec.
ond Brigade Prescott Loring, Second Lieu
tenant Company +, same regiment and brig
ade, and Leo f. Hampton, Second Lieuten-
ant Company G, same.
rTbiavao soo~oJ
Deputy Sheriff Tim Lees chicken coop. 2
street, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth
Tuesday night, and stole a dozen chickens.
Other officers, over whom Tim has been crow
ing as to bis high living because OF the fire
eggs his poultry furnished, smile now and say
about Goldfish balls and bacon being
pretty good feed.
The following University land patents hsve
been issued from the Governors office No.
800. O. w. Clark, $50 acres 364, George w.
Thompson. 120 acres; 36G. NJ. G. Clark,
1905 acres 367. Jesse d. Carr. 100 80
acres: sos, G. Staacke, so acres 369 Jesse
d. Carr, $1,000 acres Henry Miller and
Charles Lux, assignees of Jacob Martin Luz
Their, 5,09O.l7 acres.
Jefferson Wileoxson, of this city, 80 says
the Placer Herald Is talking of establis hing
a loan and commercial bank in Auburn. with
al butuurlLsu capital OF S0UU.UUU SlECe
March 1st last to February II, 1884, less than
one year, there have been mortgages recorded
in Placer to the amount of S491, 600. OF this
amount S3l5, 250 was secured by farming
land, so, $50 by town property, and S120, 600
by mining property.
Judge Mcfarland and the Board of Phys;.
clans yesterday at the County Jail examined
Ernest Eldridge as to his sanity, and directed
th at he be DISCHARGED from custody He ia
as much demented now as he was few weeks
ago when sent to The Asylum at Napa but,
as the authorities there released him, it was
deemed inadvisabls to send him back again.
On all other subjects but religion he appears
to be sane enough, and he seems to be harm
less.
The Sacramento river has receded to Is
feet ) inches. Notwithstanding the fall,
there was more drift running yesterday than
at any previous time this season, and much
OF il was collected BY industrious bOatmen