Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-22
BRIEF NOTES.

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Rice's Surprise Party left yesterday for
Stockton to play an engagement.
AS there were no cases on the calendar,
the Police Court did not meet yesterday.
The colored people of the city and vicin-
ity viii have a picnic at Natoma Grove to-
day.
The Supreme Court having concluded its
sessions here, most of the Judges and Court
officials have left for San Francisco.
1t is reported that the fast trotting mare
Manon has been purchased by J. A. Gold
smith from Governor Stanfords stable for
So, 900.
Another of the new Pullman cars, the
" Yuma" just out of the paint shop, was
sent down TO Oakland yesterday TO enter
into service.
At Brighton last Sunday, the Washington
Baseball Club Of that place and a nine
from Florin played a game, the former
winning by score of to 6.
Mark DAILY, the colt that ran in the Wood !
burn Stakes at Louisville, Ky, on Tues
day, taking third place, is owned by J. B.
Haggin, of the Rancho del Paso.
The closing exercises of Capital District |
school, located near the County Hospital |
Mrs. Laura Wells teacher. took place yes |
terday, and were satisfactory to all.
The boys" report that an instance oc-
CURED in this city day or two ago, during |
a poker game at a cigar store, where four |
tens beat four aces, or al all events took the |
pot.
Yesterday the Board of Supervisors were
out ON road duty. The report that the |
piece of road inspected was that between |
this city and Beach's Grove is not strictly |
correct
Judge Armstrong Of Department One of +!
the Superior Court of Sacramento county, |
and Judge Alexander, of Monterey, VIII |
exchange Courts for a short time COM
mencing tomorrow.
The San Francisco sprinters left for home
| by yesterday mornings train. 1t is said
that kittleman is entered for the Sheffield
(Eng.) handicap, and is rated by the book
makers at 80 to l against him.
William Govan was thrown from his
buggy Tuesday evening, in consequence Of
an accident to one of the wheels, but
escaped injury. The horse ran away, re-
ceived considerable injury, and smashed
the buggy.
Residents of the vicinity are complaining
loudly that the water thrown upon the
! burning hay in NJ s. Kings store on J
street between Second and Third, collected
in the adjacent cellars and is creating a dis
agreeable odor,
Capitol Park lately has been neglected
very much The grass is not watered and
cared for as it should be. and the trees and
Towering shrubs are being destroyed by
children. In the rear of the Capitol the
grass in many places is dying out from
want proper care
The hackers of Ryan for the foot race
which was to have taken place in this city
against the stakeholder to recover the 81 800
which they had put up, and which he, I'M i
der the terms of the articles of agreement ,
signed by the parties to the race, paid over
to the hacker of Thompson
Hale Bros & Co. are building an addi- j
ton on the west side of their brick store ar i
Ninth and X streets In size it will be 20X
50, which viii make their entire store S0x
so The walls are being made very heavy,
so that two additional stories can be built :
on top Of their store The brick work is 5
being done by ?. 4, Miller, !
One of the clerks at the freight depot a i
day or two ago tested the strength of the J
cogs of a moving machine by inserting the
fore finger of his right hand between them !
He found the cogS to be Of good material
but his finger was not tempered just right
for such experiments and is now minus the
A dispatch received here yesterday an
nounced the death at San Francisco yester-
day morning of Daniel St. Clair Stevens, a
pioneer Californian and for many years a ,
resilient of SacTamen ., where he held the !
po,1don of Deputy Recorder from April
1851 to April 1872, and subsequently, was !
engaged in business as a Searchcr of rec !
ords He removed to San Francisco sew J
eral years ago, and latterly has been en-
ployed in the Land Department Of the = =
Central Pacific Railroad Company.
FISH IN THE SAcRAMEYTo.-Neyerin the
recollection Of the Oldest inhabitant has the
run of salmon been as light in the Sacra- ,
mento river at this season of the year as at j
present. \ reporter met couple of fisher
men at Front and y streets. yesterday, who i
were trying to sell their boat and fishing ;
outfit They said they had caught but five
salmon in three days, and had concluded :
to abandon fishing for living and try the
harvest field On inquiry at the fish mar l
ket near by, it was ascertained that the
fishermen all along the Sacramento, from I
this city to Benicia were in the same hard !
luck. and fully one-half of them had laid
aside their nets, tied their boats up To the
banks, and hired out as farm hands Even .
the Chinese, whom it is said can live on a T
mere nothing, have in large numbers
abandoned the salmon fishing and gone
into other and more lucrative employment.
The canneries along the river that this time
last year were running full-handed night
and day, now find that they cannot get
fish enough to keep small force at :
work two days in the week. The /
Capital Cannery in this city pur-
chase all they can get, which, during the |
past week, has not exceeded one hundred
fish day, and some days much less. What Y
is the reason OF the small run this year is a d
question often asked. but one that the old 5
est fisherman cannot answer. The small d
run is not alone in the Sacramento river 7
but in the streams all along the coast The !
Capital Cannery. by telegram has received I
the following from the Columbia river fish
cries: 81 Last Thursday $50 boats on the
Columbia caught on an average two fish TO
q boat On Friday they caught six to the G
boat They did not fish Saturday nor Sun
day, and on Monday they averaged twenty
two to the boat Some Of the fishermen
are of the opinion that later in the season
the run will be better
The shad, planted by the Fish Commits .
sioners some years ago, seems to have !
caught on " in good shape and the river
is now well stocked with small ones At J
the Sacramento Market, yesterday. were to q
be seen numerous specimens of this splen-
did fish Of which three were selected
weighing in all twentv-four pounds, or I
eight pounds each. 1t is the opinion of
those engaged in the fish business that the {
shad viii thrive in the Sacramento river. Z
and at no distant day will be rs plentiful 7
and valuable as the salmon. :
THE FOURTH OF JULY.-So far no steps
have been taken towards getting up a
Fourth of July celebration in this city.
Several citizens are anxious to geJ up
% Mardi GraS celebration and to that end q
have held three meetings at the Court
house, but so far have met with little or no
encouragement, and the matter, from pres 5
ent indications, will be dropped. Their
meeting last evening was attended by but q
nine citizens They adjourned TO Monday
evening, June ID, when, if they do not
meet with more encouragement the under
taking viii be abandoned. In the matter
Of making preliminary arrangements for
proper celebration Of the natal day Sacra-
mento is behind nearly all the other intc-
rior towns and cities, who have already
perfected their arrangements for its proper
observance.