Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-07-09
BRIEF NOTES.

| lIOil INC last illlS
The Slade combination of boxers and
other scientists returned yesterday from
their trip to Grass Valley.
The only arrest made yesterday was that
of NJ. Graft, by officer Farrell, for misde-
meanor, in violating the health ordinance,
1t was Ell Dorado Lodge, No. s, /. 0. o.
F., that had an installation and banquet
Monday evening, instead of Eureka Lodge,
No. 4.
James Smiley, resident of FL Dorado
county for the last thirty-four years, died
near Latrobe July 9Th, at the advanced age
of IS years.
The train from Lathrop, due here at 1880
A. NJ. yesterday, did not get in until noon,
having been held at that place to connect
with a train from the south.
The XOpos Club and invited guests, to a
total number of about one hundred, had a
fine time on their moonlight excursion to
Natoma Grove on Monday night.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Odd Fellows Hall Association will
be held at the office of the Association, st.
George building, at 7:30 this evening.
Deputy Sheriff Fitzsimmons, of Ala
media county, brought up last evening, en-
route to Folsom, Walter J. T. Stevens, who
is to serve a term of three years and six
months for burglary.
One hundred and sixtv-seven women.
boys and girls are engaged at the Capital
Cannery putting up fruit On Saturday
last they put up $4,000 two and one-half
pound cans of apricots.
Complaint is made by residents of the
vicinity that party of boys assemble at
Fourth and T streets in the afternoon and
10, ,NfE l,,,
in the most reckless manner.
The work of claying the track at Agri-
cultural Park will be completed to-day,
next week, the track will be in condition
for Il continuous mile of fast work.
S. P Milligan, transfer agent lost his grip
sack and overcoat from the caboose of the
weSt-bound immigrant train at Roseville
yesterday morning, some light-tingered in
dlvidual having appropriated the property.
The pay car is making its way up from
San Francisco but it is reported that before
coming to Sacramento il will 90 north over
the northern road, returning by the Cali
fornia and Oregon, reaching Sacramento
tomorrow evening.
! Ii was rumored last evening that John
We'll had withdrawn from the fight for the
nomination as Sheriff preterring to be
candidate for the Assembly. The rumOr
was altogether unfounded, as he is still in
the field for the aforementioned office.
The people of Woodland are discussing a
proposition made to the Town Trustees by
Tichenor & McMullen, to light the streets
| by electricity, using two masts, each $50
feet in height, and each having four Brush
lamps, of 5000 candle-power to the lamp
District Deputy f. B. Osler last evening
installed officers of Confidence Lodge, No.
IS, K of B., as follows: c. c., +. II. kiefer;
V. c., w. T. Bird Prclate, William IL.
Hamilton X of r. and s., II. W. Rivett;
NJ. of F., n. Hamm; NJ. of F., Ed. II.
| / EFT; NJ. at A., J. p McManuS; |. G.,
Sam Katzenstein; O. G., j. W. Brissell;
7. G.. James \. Davis.
J. c. Dyer, Deputy Sheriff of Tehama
county. came down from Red Bluff yester-
day en- route to the State Prison at Folsom.
He will return from that institution to Red
Bluff to-day, with Thomas Casey and
James Dunn, two men who had been SELL
fenced to a term OF ten Years each for bur-
glary. but who have been granted new
trial by the Supreme Court.
The Democracy of this city did not APP
pear to be greatly interested yesterday in
the news from the Democratic National
Convention at Chicago. As it is evident
that they cannot have either Tildcn or
! Thurman for q Presidential candidate, they
don't care fig who the nominee may be-
| fit is Cleveland. the working men will
have none of him; and if it is Butler. the
| South will reject him, SO that the prospect
is not particularly cheerful from whatever
! side it is looked at
! In Department One of the Superior Court
there is on trial the case of John Gaifney
V. NJ Roach, in which plaintiff brings suit
J for several thousand dollars to his char
acter because of defendant having stated
before numerous people that plaintiff had
stolen some of his turkeys. Gatfney also
brings suit against p Mahan for having
repeated the statements made by Roach,
and the cases are being tried together. Nc
Kune d George are attorneys for plaintiff,
and Jones & Martin for the defendants.
| THE ARMY WoRM-J. II. Lewis, who
came down from his ranch near Newcastle
yesterday, says that army worms in large
numbers are destroying everything in that
section in the shape of green vegetation.
| When they reach a farm, in their line of
march, they spare nothing that is green,
save now and then an honest granger.
| The garden vegetables are eaten up entire
| lv-even the onion 10 them is palatable-
while the orchards. especially young trees,
are stripped of all their foliage. He met a
| farmer Yesterday who had left his ranch in
disgust, saying that when he returned the
only thing he expected to find would be
| his harbed-wire fence. He said, fought
them for few days but became convinced
that | was waging a fluitless war. | re-
membercd what my mother used to say to
me when boy way back in Wisconsin,
e Hezekiah, its no use to fight against God
Almighty 50 | have capitulatcd.' The
worms are now within Il quarter OF mile
| of Newcastle and apparently travelling due
north Another gentleman says that on
| Williamsons ranch they ate the peaches,
| leaving the pits sticking on the tree. They
appear to have started III the vicinity OF
| Folsom. In color they are dark green,
with white rings, and are about an inch III
| length. They seem to do most OF their
travelling and feeding at night. The same
worm seems to be playing havoc in Butte
county. a. the following from the Record
of the 9Th will show: From all sides
comes the news of the invasion of the
army worm. They are wheeling their
forces into d. NJ Reavis' alfalfa beds on
the river. The roads are fairly alive with
them. all travelling due north. They stop
| long enough to lay waste everything green,
and then move on, never seeming to lose
their course, never changing from the line
of march indicated III tDc Orders Ol tlleII
invisible leader. Every one seems to be
in hurry, as if the kings business re-
duircd haste What will be the end of
this invasion no one can tell.
A SLIGHT MIsTAKE.-A well-known
member of the Pioneer association, who
also takes an interest in the NJ. +. Church
South. had fine chicken pie and other
good things prepared by his cook as CON
tribution toward the dinner which the la
dies of that church proposed to give on the
Fourth. and directed his Chinese servant
to convey them to the basement of the
church. The Chinaman, not being well
acquainted with churches, mistook Pioneer
Hall for the church, and left his freight III
the basement of that building, feeling that
everything was all right, as he saw prepare
tons being made there for Il collation.
that which was to refresh the Pioneers
after their return from the procession.
The a. old boys" on learning the mistake,
continued it by way of joke upon their
comrade. and at the collation. saw that he
was well supplied with delicacies from his
own kitchen Many Il remark was made
concerning the pie, and everybody except
him had much amusement, somewhat
myStifying him. Finally they enlightened
him. Sometimes he swears.
OPEN AIR CoNCERT.-The open air con-
cert given at the Plaza last evening by the
HuSsar band was largely attended, and as