Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-24
BRIEF NOTES.

Two carloads of immigrants arrived last
night.
| There are at the present tine 40 patients
in the County Hospital.
The pay car arrived here yesterday, and
commenced paying off Immediately.
The steamer Dover, running in the upper
Sacramento trade, has been laid up for the
present, freighting being very dull.
Hall, Luhrs & Co. have placed in their
store q safe of the Macneale & Urban patent,
weighing 5000 pounds and costing $500.
W. S. Dean, Sheriff of Plumss county,
passed through the city yesterday on his way
to Nspa with an insane man named Peter
Marchetti.
1t is reported thst Sacramento lady
struck Sullivan yesterday morning-for a
subscription in aid of the charity entertain
ment-and got $40.
There will be meeting of the ladies ap-
pointed to attend the wheel of fortune" at
the Charity Ball, at the rooms of Mrs, j. n.
Young, Fifth and j streets, this afternoon at
81 o'clock.
r. Jones, carpenter in the employ of the
bridge.builders on the California and Oregon
Railroad, was brought to the Railroad Hos.
pitsl on Tuesday from Red Bluff, having
broken his leg by fall.
7. B. Lovdsl left his horse and business
buggy at Tenth and Z streets about O'Clock
Tuesday evening" having business in the vi
cinity. When he returned the turnout was
gone, and has rot been heard from since.
Sacramento county farmers say that they
are not yet suffering for rain, and it will be
in time before the end of the month. The
acreage of grain sown is about equal to that
of last year, but much mere may yet be
put in.
Yesterday, in the Superior Court, the cases
of George Rider, indicted for bribery, were
continued until next Monday, owing to the
absence of his attorney, Charles I. Jones.
who is at Jackson, engaged in the trial of a
murder case.
Coroner Clark held an inquest yesterday
upon the body of Joseph Schiller, who COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself Monday
evening, but no facts additional to those
already published in the RECORD. UNION
were elected.
The horse attached 60 Chris. Ehmann's
delivery wagon, enjoyed runaway in the
upper part of the city yesterday. The
driver was thrown out, but not much hurt,
and the wagon was finally left at Eleventh
and I streets, with tee shafts broken.
Ia the Superior Court yesterday John
O'Neil pleaded guilty to charge Of burglary
in the second degree, in entering Thomas
Leddy's room and stealing his coat, and was
sentenced to six months imprisonment Dep
uty Sheriff Orn will take him to the Folsom
Prison this morning.
Sacramento has recently had visitation
of boy Migrants and beggers. who, at late
hour of night, solicit something to get bed
with |" from passers-by. They are all strau-
gers, no two Of them, if their stories can be
believed, hailing from the same place, ard
their parents are either dead or have misused
them.
Rev. Carroll NJ. Davig, of St. Paurs
Church, this city, has commenced the publ.
cation of the Parish Visitor, o small four
page quarto, to be issued monthly, and de-
voted, as the name implies, to the interests
of this church and parish of the publisher. 1t
presents highly cIe1itabla appearance,
although OF very modest dimensions.
The Bank of California has made spplica.
tion to the Superior Court of this county for
an alternative writ of mandate TO compel
State Treasurer January to pay certain cou-
pons Of railroad bonds, and the matter will
come up for hearing before Judge Armstrong
tomorrow at 10 a. N, ST. the same time hat
the Controller will be called upon to rise
and explain" as mentioned IL the RECORD
UNION few days ago.
There will be joint ball and competitive
drill between the Lodges of uniformed degree
Of Knights of Pythias aud the uniformed
degree of Odd Fellows OF Nevada City Fri.
day evening. Lieutenant Colonel Guthrie, Of
the First Artillery Regiment, will act as one
of the judges. Colonel Sheehan and MsjJr
Mckee will 90 to Nevada City Saturday TO
examine the newly-eected Off GERS Of the NIL
itary company Of that place.
The last of the twenty. FIVE heavy fret hit
locomotives ordered by tina Central Pacific
Railroad Company from Cook, of Paterson,
II. j., have been recsivsd heIe. Also, three
or four passenger engines from the Mcqueen
Work., Schenectady. These are to be used,
it is Understood, on the Monterey trains, and
are calculated to run at high rate of speed,
the drivers being six feet one inch 10 diaIua-
ter, or six feet four inches, including the
tires.
The remains of Jesse NJ. Leonard father
Of Mira. Calvin Munger OF tui5 city, ani V.
NJ. Leonard, of Roseville). who died at Oak.
land on Tuesday, aged So, will be brought to
this city to-day for ;nterment in the City
Cemetery. Deceased and his wife came here
from the East about a year ago, to make
California their home. Mrs. Leonard died
on the 21st of last December. 10 Oakland,
and was inferred here, her husband being at
that time in good health. b was i'll but a
few dsys-in fact, his friends expected him
here this week on visit.
Under the direction of Street Commits
sioner Nielsen, Twenty. first street Is being
put in fit condition for ira -el, the grading
being done from H to r. Between and Q
streets the hill mas been cut through, and an
easy grade made, thu earth removed being
used to Fill in low place at street. It is
probable HAT The street will soon be graded
from r to W.T. has already bten graded
from W to Y-and then sDers will be good
entrance into the CITY from the Freeport
road. The money to pay for grading
street, from Nineteenth to Tnirtieth, is being
collected, and that work viii soon be COM
mencei.