Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-12-25
BRIEF NOTES.
Two carloads of Immigrants arrived this

! overhaul lIilli Will 1ict .t4 ~ I
until the middle of the forenoon: having
been detained East
odd Sol made his appearance two or
| three times yesterday, but very tImldly,
| and Withdrew his face as soon as ne was
| looked at.
The Postoffice will be open to-day from
| y u. to P. NJ. No deliveries will be made
| by carriers except from the office at the
above hour.
The steamer Sonoma arrived from San
| Francisco yesterday with barge load OF
| lumber, and the steamer San Joaquin, No.
| 2, with merchandise.
The Orphan Asylum Christmas-tree feS-
tival will take place Tuesday the Both, at
JPN. Citizens are invited to assist IN
making it a success.
| Mrs E. B. Croker sent Yesterday to Rich
| ard Dale her usual Christmas contribution
of 800 for the benefit of the Howard Be
nevolent Association.
| The recent bad weather and consequent
accumulation of water in the cutters has
resulted in several. sidewalk bulkheads Civ
| ing way, causing - caves.
Samuel Harvey, Constable elect, filed his
| official bond with the County Recorder
Yesterday, in the sum of $1,000, with \.
Dennery and L. G. Ebert as sureties.
The rain-storm last night had the effect
of almost suppressing the boy with the
! Christmas horn. He was pluCky and de-
termined, however, if not numerous.
VIM. Lewis, the printer who maliciously
pied the forms of the Woodland Nal a few
evenings since, has been sentenced to
twenty days in the County Jail for SO doing
4 report was in circulation in this city
yesterday that William Higgins the we'll
known politician, had been shot and killed
in San Francisco. 1t appears to have been
canard
Teams passing through Second street,
between | street and the depot, should keep
on the west side of the street, else they will
fall into holes where the drainage pipe
tunnel crosses.
Sheriff McClaverty, of Alameda county,
arrived in the city last evening, en- route
for the State Prison at Folsom, with pris-
oner named Charles Mingo, who is to serve
three years for perjury.
The contested election case of Thomas
Hodgdon, lately elected a Supervisor Of
Yolo county, has been transferred for trial
to this city, and will come up in the Supe-
rior Court tomorrow morning.
The Christmas cantata of ''St. Nicholas
and tableaux will be given at the Four
teenth-street Presbyterian Sunday-school,
between o and z streets, this evening.
The marl1etmen of the city made fair
showing last night of meats, poultry, game,
etc. but it was not equal to former years,
the warm, damp weather interfering MOhr
Il york made the principal exhibit of all.
Occidental Encampment, No. Il, l. 0. O.
/ oil. t,n ,fl
evening: W. II. Sherburn, p Benjamin
Leonard, II. p; q. Lemke, S. W.; J. K.
Ray, Scribe; Nelson Wilcox, Treasurer; l..
Wadron, J. W.
The rainfall last night, between $50 and
1890, was one Of the heaviest ever known
in Sacramento. The water at times fell in
sheets, and the cutters in many places ac-
cumulated such a quantity that ii over
flowed into easements.
The cases of several parties under arrest
on various charges will be called in De
partment One Of the Superior Court this
morning 1t is understood that the mem
bers of the late Grand Jury have been sum-
mond to appear, that they may be ques-
toned as TO bias in some of the cases.
The railroad company yesterday paid
into the county treasury $3.50, the amount
due according TO the assessment made by
the County Assessor. This is separate from
the assessment Of the State Board of Equal
ization The company has always been
willing to and has paid It's county assess
ment.
The steamer Varuna went up river yes
teriay with a barge Owing to change in
the current, she passed through the draw
on the west side. Her barge got foul of the
pier west OF the draw, and the steamer,
after passing through and making fast to
the shore, pulled the barge after her by
mean. of her steam capstan.
The Central Pacific Railroad Company
announces Il reduction Of one third in the
regular fare to parties attending the State
Teachers Convention. which convenes in
San Francisco on the 10Th goth and 31st Of
the present month. The full fare is paid
ON the down trip, and a rebate is made on
presentation Of proof OF attendance at the
Convention on the return.
Superintendent \. n Towne, of the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad Company, has issued
an order OF which the preamble reciteS that
it is necessary for the safety OF the travelling
public that train men shall at all times.
whether on duty or not, have their heads
clear, because they are liable to be called ON
for duty at any moment. The final clause
of the order is that " hereafter train men
who are in the habit of visiting places
where intoxicating liquors are sold, will
not be retained in the service OF the COM
pany."
THE TRAINs.-The overland train, owing
to a slide near Enigrant Gap did not reach
the city until S:35 4. NJ. yesterday All
other trains were on time. or nearly So
The California and Oregon road is still I'M
der water a short distance above Marys-
vile, but the railroad company makes it
easy for the travelling public by conveying
passengers from points between MarSsville
and Tehama TO and from Sacramento by
way of Tchama. Trains on the Northern
road have not commenced running to Delta
yet and may not 20 further than Redding
until the storm is over
AT THE CmURcHEs = Notwithstanding
the heavy rain of last evening the Christ
mas exercises at the different churches
were well attended The Presbyterian
Church. Kingsley Chapel and First Baptist
Church had each an extensive programme
OF exercises and a Christmas-tree. In each
church the exercises consisted of declama-
tons, songs and dialogues, and were quite
good The trees were loaded down with
gifts for the little folks, and their happi-
ness made the donors of the gifts and all
who were present happy.
BALL o-NIGHT.-Saclamento Turn-Ver-
Elm will give its thirty-first annual Christ
mas ball at Armory Hall tonight, The
Turner's always have jolly time, and never
fail to make their guests feel at home. To-
night, the Christmas tree, always with
them the promoter of merriment and good
feeling, will be unusually well-loaded with
presents, and will therefore be even more
interesting than usual The HnSsar Band
viii furnish music for the occasion.
BURGLARY-Tuesdayn night the Farmers
and Mechanics Store was entered by burg
lars and robbed of about $3.50 worth of
goods consisting of silk handkerchiefs.