Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-25
BRIEF NOTES.

will pay off to-day.
The Xopos Club gave their closing party
for the season last evening.
Two carloads of immigrants arrived
from the East this morning.
The Sacramento river rose an inch yes
terday, and now registers % feet 5 inches.
Svetinich the Italian Restaurant, No. 40S
street.
The last of the 100 carloads of sheep for
Delano from the Norris Grant were shipped
yesterday
Sixteen carloads of beef cattle passed
through the city yesterday, en- route from
Reno for the stock-yards at Oakland
1t is said that one of the Sacramento
electric light companies will in few days
commence the introduction of the light into
Woodland
Thomas Norton yesterday, at the auction
sale by D. J. Simmons d Co., purchased the
west half of lot 5, o and p, Eighth and
Ninth streets, for $1,000.
The Ladies Aid Society of the NJ. E.
Church South will give a social this even
ing at the residence of Mrs. Maddux, Sec
ond street, between P and Q.
Judge Armstrong, in Department One of
the Superior Court, this morning at 10
O'Clock will reaTange the calendar, which
the recent murder trials very seriously
interfered with.
W f. Jackson, the well-known Sacra-
mento artist, shipped from his studio yes
day to customer in Oregon three elegant
paintings-two of California scenery and
one figure piece.
O. c. Hicl1ok leaves for the East to-
morrow or Sunday with his string of trot-
tiers and four runners from the Rancho del
Paso-Premium, Duke of Monday, Winnie
mucca and Sweetbriar.
In Department One of the Superior
Court yesterday the case of Charles Weaver,
charged with grand larceny in robbing
man of $50 or $50, was dismissed, the pros
ecuting witness, a nonresident, having dis
appeared.
J. S. Oman, who stabbed Miss Ella Ben
mentioned in Yesterdays RECORD UNION.
was yesterday at Auburn held TO answer on
a charge of assault to murder, bail being
fixed at $1,000.
The police are making it unpleasant for
the healthy beggars who have been impor-
tuning people at street corners every morn
ing for two bits TO get a little breakfast
with" Officer Franks arrested three of
them yesterday.
A portion of the praying band recently
operating in San Jose passed through the
city Yesterday, en- route for towns further
north During their stay between trains
they held a meeting at Fourth and X
streets, attracting a crowd Of about 100
Sacramentans who attended the ball at
c. Io11
day night, speak of it as being in every
way success The road between Sacra-
mento and that place was so bad, however,
that most of the Sacramentans returned on
the steamboat.
A little scrimmage took place in the Office
of the Golden Eagle Hotel last night be-
tween an officer of the Assembly and
well-known San Francisco politician.
Friends interfered. and the little mpleas-
anmess was stopped before any serious
damage was done.
We were shown Yesterday splendid lot
of Strawberries, very large and of fine
flavor. grown on the ranch of H Z. Cor
nelius, on the upper Stockton road, four
and one-half miles from the city. Mr..
Cornelius says that the late heavy rains did
great damage to the strawberry crop.
The Ievee protecting the Lisbon District,
which owners of property have been Striv-
ing hard to save since the recent high
water, broke near the upper end early this
week, owing 10 excavations made by bea-
vers, and large amount of land, on which
fine crops were growing, is now overlooked.
The steamer Neponset arrived yesterday
from the upper Sacramento with produce,
and the steamer San joaquin No. 3, from
San Francisco with merchandise etc
Sailed-Steamer Dover, for the upper Sac
Joaquin No. >, for San Francisco. with
merchandise.
Great complaint is made concerning the
condition of the Marysville road for about
600 yards north of the American river
bridge. The farmers are very anxious to
get to town. and many have tried to come
in, but, no matter how light their loads, the
teams almost invariably get stuck, and have
very serious trouble.
AT the Metropolitan Theater last evening
Il rat got in the dress-circle during the per-
formance, and, being of an investigating
turn of mind, created CONSERVATION among
the ladies by running about from one row
of seats to another, and making himself
very familiar with people who didn't de-
sire his acquaintance.
The Eastern excursion party, in a hotel
car of the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railroad came up from San Francisco
night before last, having arrived on the
coast by the Southern route, and remained
in Sacramento yesterday, inspecting the
various objects of interest Last evening
they resumed their trip East by the over
land express train.