Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-09
BRIEF NOTES.

A flower social will be given at the Pres
byterian Church, Sixth and L streets, thi
evening.
Lachman' 5 winery, at Twcnty-first and l
streets, burned early yesterday morning
was well insured.
The prizes to be awarded at the British
picnic are now on exhibition at the IN
store, so and 5191 J street.
Proposals are wanted by the Board o
Supervisors for constructing Il bridge il
Road District No s. Bids will be opened
on the 23d inst, at 10 o'clock \. NJ.
The attendance at the Tivoi last nigh
was the largest of the week Ben Cotton
and his family are the strongest card We
presented at thatplace of amusement.
A meeting of all interested in having
series of open-air concerts during the com
ing season will be held at the Office of J. \
Porter next Monday evening, at O'clock.
B. Sami, formerly partner of D. De
Bernardo in this city, died at San Francisco
yesterday morning, after lingering i'll
ness, aged 10 years. He was member o
FL Dorodo Lodge, No. s, l. o. 0. f.
Officer Frazee made all the arrests re.
corded on the Station-houSe slate last night
viz: Tom Connors, for vagrancy Henry
Morrison, common drunkard; d. w Shee,
han, disturbing the peace, and VIM. Smith
drunk.
William Harnett was unhitching. at Fif
tenth and \ streets, yesterday afternoon, a
horse which he had hired, when the ami
mai started off, and ran with the buggy
down To the lower portion of the city, and
thence to Merllley's ranch, where he was
stopped. Damage light.
A valuable horse belonging to Ben
Crocker backed into the slough near the
railroad shops Wednesday evening and was
drowned. He had been working to dirt
cart, and, after the load was dumped from
the cart. he refused to start up, but began
backing. The line by which his driver
was holding him breaking. he went over
board.
Arrived since last report, steamer c. NJ.
Small, from Marysville, en- route for San
Francisco; steamer San Joaquin, No. 3,
from San Francisco with merchandise /:
steamer Neponset, from the upper Sacra-
mento. with produce steamer Daisy, from
the upper Sacramento, Ell route for San
Francisco. Sailed-Steamer San joaquin,
No. ), for San Francisco. with barge-load
of wood.
Somebody, who has an unusually large
supply of rats in stock. has Il bad habit of
dcpositing those of the rodents that meet
with a sudden taking off i'll the alley be
tween Third and Fourth. J and X streets,
where, under the influence OF the sun : rays,
they become decidedly offensive one or
two rats, once i'll awhile, are not 50 bad,
but half dozen merit the attention of the
Health Officer.
A Chinaman who was arrested Yesterday
for refusing to pay poll tax, ere
ated the most unearthly racket in the city
prison, roaring and yelling in such man
ner that the occupants of the Police Court
room ran down to see what the difficulty
was 1t took five or six officers to hold him
until he could be searched and even then
it was sort of Gr;pco-Roman twisting
match for quite while.
The New ORLEANS CENTENNIAL EXrosI-
roN-A circular has been issued by the
Central Pacific Railroad Company to its
agents, reading as follows: Returning
thanks 10 our employees for their efforts
last year, we request all to exert themselves
in calling the attention of producers to this
golden opportunity for advertising the
State: There is no better way of building
up California, and it is a work in which all
should be proud to assist. The success of
the undertaking can only he assured by the
exercise Of much patient labor. You are
so situated that you can render valuable
nd. In Your intercourse with the patrons
IF the road you have many opportunities of
Ealing their attention to these exhibitions.
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their fruit of other prodrcrs and also of
Inc soil on which these thing, are raised.
Get full information about Weld. mode of
cultivation. extent of orchards. VINEYARDS,
or grain fields. Make careful notes of this.
either ON the blanks sent YOU for the prlr-
pose. or INCORPORATE the information in let
-ers. 1t is the intention of this company in
making this. and all other exhibitions. to
treat all sections of the State impartiallv.
We wish each county. however distant from
The lines of our roads TO be fully repre-
,ented. Neither do we wish Recommendations
.ention upon any one industry but, By show
ng samples of all productions to demon
.trate to the world the great capacities and
limos! polil'iIlSS resources oI o"lfloIi!ia'
have demonstrated that number Of prof
table industries can be added to those
when nave already made this state IA
hos. ,., c,,.'rd ,dIS;b;I;tiol
We wish full information regarding any
and all samples, i'll order that the labels
shall truthtullY state those facts which
will be interesting to the beholder OF the
For this purpose we ask that
each sample be carefully packed and ac-
rompanled by label showing the name
and variety OF the article, the yield, the
age OF the tree on which grown. II a fruit,
and the length OF time the ground has
been cultivated and whether wlnter-Sown
OF S1mmer-fallow, II the sample Is gram
the name and poStoihce address OF the pro
Queer, the exact LOCALITY where grown
specifying the county and number OF mites
and direction from nearest town. OF prom
lnence), also any other information when
may be OF interest IN cases where me
IS not the producer we wish the
All this information will appear on the
labels which will be attached to each sam
ple' as wei as III any Catalogues Willcii may
DE prepared
THE AMATEuRs.-The amateur singers in
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