Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-10-22
BRIEF NOTES.

morning.
Farmers throughout the valley havecom-
menced blowing.
Nine carloads of beef cattle went through
to San Francisco from Nevada yesterday
The Pullman palace car San Pedro went
down to Oakland yesterday from the rail-
road shops
Governor Stoneman has appointed James
O'Neal a Notary Public for Yolo county, to
reside at Davisville.
There will be a meeting of the Al Pre-
cinct Blaine and Logan Club at East End
Hall at 7:30 this evening.
The Republican county canvassers will
hold meeting this evening at Brighton,
and the Democrats at Elk Grove
The candidates on the Greenback-Butler
ticket addressed small assemblage on
Seventh street last evening, between }
and K.
Republicans of the 8! precinct will meet
at Phil Siebenthalers, Twentieth and ID
streets this evening, to organize Blame
and Logan club.
Nearly carload of carpenters, who had
been working upon the snowsheds, came
down from the hill early yesterday morn
ing, having finished their job.
A gentleman down from GAINESVILLE yes
terday says the recent rain has started the
grass and that green feed will be abundant
in that section in a few weeks.
The State Board of Fish Commissioners
will meet at the Union Hotel at y o'clock
on Saturday next The annual report of
the Secretary will be submitted.
The Treasurer of Contra Costa county
has settled with the State, paying into the
treasury $3.50 20-$3,017 so on account of
poll taxes collected, the balance on property
tax.
Robert j. Montgomery, who was stabbed
by George Howarth about a week ago. has
SO far recovered that it is believed he will
be able to appear in the Police Court as a
witness tomorrow.
The lecture on phrenology in the Y. NJ.
C. A. rooms last evening, by J. j. Brown, |
was largely attended. AT the close of the
lecture a collection was taken for the bene-
fit of the association.
Jacob Gebert, proprietor of the Union
Brewery at Twentieth and 0 streets, is put |
ting third story on his large brick build
ing When completed it will be the finest
looking building in that portion of the city |
Charles Eldred and VIM. Seaman, bonds |
men of Horace Stevens in one of the first |
charges of felony preferred against him, |
Yesterday surrendered him to the author |
tiles, and failingto get other sureties he was |
locked up.
An engine and seven cars go up to Chico |
| to-day to be used as an excursion train be- |
tween that city and Marysville tonight; |
and an engine and three cars go up to Grid |
ley and Biggs, to convey eXcursionists this |
evening to Chico.
Henry A. Caulfield hitched his horse at |
Devine's grocery store, on the corner of
Ninth and Streets Monday evening, and |
stepped inside for moment. When he |
came out he found that some thief had APP |
propriated his turnout.
A valuable horse belonging to H. Vein |
rich ran away on street yesterday morn |
| ing, in consequence of wheel coming off |
from the vehicle he was attached to- He |
cut his legs badly during the run, and is
believed to have ruined himself one of the |
tendons being severed.
Edwin NJ. Fry, who came to California in |
1860, and for several years was connected |
with T. NJ Lindley in business in this city, |
subsequently removed to San Francisco |
died there Monday night, after an illness of |
several weeks, at the residence of his |
brother, Colonel ]. d. Fry.
At the semi-annual meeting of the Guild |
of st. Thekla, st. Pauls Church, the fol- !
| lowing officers were elected: President, |
Miss Celia Rivett; Vice-President Miss |
Lucy Hinkson; Secretary, Miss Byrdie |
Beggs.. Treasurer, Miss Mary Woods; Hon |
orary Medical Officer, DR.. j. ii. Parkin- !
son.
The Central Pacific Railroad Company |
has issued circular giving notice that on
Saturday, November LIST, at noon, Pacific |
standard time 120th meridian) will be
adopted for the running of trains west of |
Ogden and Ell Paso. Sacramentans will |
merely have to set their watches ahead ten
minutes.
An "OId Subscriber" inquiries of the
| REcoRD-UNIoN what the estimated popua-
ton of Sacramento is. Different people
estimate differently, but it is generally be-
lieved Sacramento has population in ex-
cess of 10000. The last census taken four
years ago, and not considered to be at
all reliable, placed the figure at less than
% 600.
\ railroad man of this city, day or two |
ago, hired a young Chinaman, not much |
acquainted with Mclean ways, to do light |
work about the house. Yesterday morn |
ing the female head of the family instructed |
the help" as to Swimming the cream from |
the milk for breakfast The Celestial hay |
ing removed the cream carefully, threw it |
in the slop bucket, placing the milk upon |
| the table.
Sacramento bids fair to become a great |
newspaper center. Several diminuhve pa |
pers, prospectively to be issued monthly, |
have recently been published by Juvenile |
amateurs These periodicals range III !
dimensions from Axe to SKI inches, and, |
true to the usual spirit of older members |
of the fraternity, are already engaged in |
! discussion of the question as to which was |
the most ancient pioneer in the business.
Health Officer Ferral and veterinary Cutler |
yesterday examined horse at the Chinese |
vegetable gardens at Third and V streets |
and the doctor declared the animal afflicted /
with CHAMBERS. He had been sick long
time, scarcely able to move, and had lain |
down 50 much that his skin was worn
through in places. The Health Officer di-
rected the Cinnamon to kill and bury the
animal Immediately, on pain OF arrest this |
morning if the order was not obeyed.
Daniel Holland, q stone-cutter who re-
moved from Sacramento to San Francisco
about nine months ago, is under arrest in
that city for stabbing = man named Frank
Jackson Monday night They had Il fight
on Kearney street between Washington
and Jackson, about IL o'clock, because of
Jackson's having made insulting remarks
to Mrs Holland. who was accompanying
her husband. Holland denies all knowl-
edge of the stabbing. 1t is believed the
wound will prove mortal
Yesterday, while trusty" al the city
prison was saving wood in the jail yard,
man walked in through the back gate and
begged something to eat. The trusty went
into the kitchen to get food for him, and
when he returned the man had disappeared
and also the wood saw. The trusty resolved
himself into detective, and, obtaining
clue that the thief had been seen going
toward the bridge, rushed over into Wash
ington in search of him. Failing to find
him there he returned, searched | street,
and found the saw at a place where the
thief had sold it for two bits.
THE TIvoL-A crowded house greeted
the Cotton company last night in " My
Boys" The play i light, but of good sem
timent and a forcible moral 1t presents
Ben Cotton for the first time in the old
style negro character for which be was re-
n0wned years ago Mrs. Belmour has 4
good part and interprets it well. The
audience last night was thoroughly repre-
sentative of good character. The success
of this minor theater testifes to the de-
mand of the people for entertainments at
low prices.