Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-15
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

lVV8A III GlAlUGNUG,
POLICE CoURT-In the Police Court Sat
urday the ease of Moses MatteWich. for dis
turbing the peace was dismissed on motion
OF the City Attorney. John Roach was
fined 81 30 for being drunk, and W. Brown,
for a like offense, 50 W f. Haley and Z.
Hamburg were convicted of smoking
opium, and fined SO each or 10 DAYS.
The ease of Dan Toomey, for vagrancy.
was continued until this morning. D. +.
Cummings, arrested for being drunk, was
too much intoxicated to be tried. and his
case went over until to-day. The case OF
Mrs {. L. kienk, for misdemeanor, was
dismissed on payment Of costs. See Yum
was found guilty Of keeping an opium den,
and fined 500 or 20 days. Scott AlIiO.
previously found guilty of an attempt to
commit petit larceny. was discharged. l..
NJ. Burdick was fined $50 and costs. and J.
Il. McCabc $50 and costs, for petit larceny.
L. Br0nner accused Of vagrancy, was dis
charged. Harry Williams was convicted
of disturbing the peace by assaulting a
Chinaman, and fined $50. with the alterna-
tive Of 60 days in the county Jail.
STATE BOARD OF Equalization The
State Board of Equalization held It's CON
Guiding session Saturday evening, remain
ing in session until two o'clock yesterday
morning. The assessments OF several
counties were raised rs follows Amador,
10 per cent: Alameda. 10: Calaycras 20
Humboldt, 10; Kern, 10: Lake, Is; Los
Angeles, 20 Santa barbara, %; San Ber-
narIino l2i; San Benito 20 San Fran
cisco, 10: San Mateo, 20; Ventura, 10
Contra Costa was reduced 20 per cent This
county was assessed to nearly the true
value of property, whereas the average OF
assessments was only about 20 per cent. OF
values. and the latter was taken As the
basis 10 which the Board sought to make
all conform as nearly as possible. After
the changes had been made in the several
counties rs above given, the State tax Wa,
fixed at furty-Gve and two-tcnthS cents on
the one hundred dollars.
Proved CoRREcr-When Sheriff Wilson
Of Richardson county, Nebraska. left tins
city last Monday morning for home, taking
with him 4. I. Pool, who was arrested 10y
Lee and Wilson at Elk Grove a few days
before, Lee prophesiet 10 RECoRD-U MON
reporter that the prisoner would escape
notwithstanding the Sheriff had friend
with him who would assist in keeping
watch He said that Pool was evidently
cool and crafty. aUi. having his wife with
him. bis cuStodian- would be apt. under her
tQltA ~N.tS ltll. 40 lllbf 44lliA 4lfAN '4lA'
more liberty. until finally he would get hls
opp1.uuitv. A dispatch from Salt Lake
published in another column, shows tina
Lees IrupheSv was correct rs the prisoner
cscaUed and has not been reCaptured. Tho
NOio papers state that Pool operated As al
appropriation Of other peoples chickens
near Woodland before he moved 10 tht
vicinity OF Elk Grove.
SPECIAL ELECTION IN YoLo.--A spccia
election was held in Road District No. |
Nolo county, last Saturday, for the purpos'
Of deciding whether special tax should be
levied to raise the sum of $1,000 for thu
closing of the break in the levee above tht
town Of Washington. and the proposition
was carried by q large majority. II Il
limited, however. that the levy Of the tal
viii be cnjoineI on the ground that thu
proposition submitted TO the people state,
that the money was % be used for rOal
purposes. and said nothing about levecs
The people understood il % mean repair
60 the lcycc and yofci accordingly and
i held that the proposition was Submitte,
properly enough. as ihe repairs 10 the leve
were to large extent for the purpose @
shutting OF the water which has iorseyera
winters ovcrfioWed the road leading Yves
from Washington, aud rendered il i'm
passah.e for months.
VERY QrIEr-Tuc extreme quiet Of lh
tlv Yesterday and las; evening was il
wonderful contrast tu the hUhDub and eN
element of Saturday. IL was occasIone'
lv the order of Chief of Police jackson
that c3Wh.u. E,Wcs noisy amusement
and tIc racket OF the stree, corner iakr
aad other people having designs On TIA
pocket, OF The public would not be per
mittel ora Sunday. There were no game