Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-22
BRIEF NOTES.

There were no arrests made by the police
| yesterday.
Two carloads of immigrants arrived from
the East this morning.
| The Sacramento river has remained at
feet inches for the past two or three days
Twenty-seven carloads of tea and silk
went East by special train yesterday morn.
| ing.
A carload of emigrant passengers from
Los Angeles and vicinity passed through
yesterday, going East.
The Board of Supervisors met yesterday
| but as on the day before, had nothing to
| do, and an adjournment until 10 A. NJ. to-
day was ordered.
| DR. G. G. Tyrrell who has been spoken
of as candidate for the Assembly on the
Democratic ticket, states that he has no such
aspirations, and is not candidate for any
office
Fred Stone has accepted J. C. Ryan's
challenge to run foot race, and they have
made match to run 60 yards for $500 a
side, to come off at Agricultural Park Sun
day, August 31st.
Charles Slaughter, who was shot in the
thigh by Louis Robinson last Monday
morning is able to move around. The case
of Robinson will be called III the Police
Court this morning
Deputy Sheriff Fitzsimmons brought up
from Alameda county, last evening, a man
named William Cole, who is en- route to the
State prison, at Folsom to serve four wears
on two charges of burglary.
A carload of the members of the Grand
Army and their friends went to Woodland
last evening, TO assist at the institution of a
Post of the order at that place They will
return on the regular train this morning
The steamer Flora arrived yesterday
from the upper Sacramento with barge
load of gram. Sailed-SteamerS San JOAQUIN.
No. 3 for San Francisco, with grain
steamer Flora, for the upper Sacramento,
light.
A gentleman who has good authority
states that the trotting mare Nellie K. has
not gone wrong, and that the prospects of
the free-for-all class at the State Fair will
not suffer through her absence, as she will
be on hand.
Precinct Il Republican Club had spir-
tied meeting at East End Hall Wednesday
evening. Judge W. r. Cantwell delivered
the address of the evening The Club has
has now go names upon its roll. 1t has
been decided to hold the meetings of the
Club on Saturday evenings hereafter.
Many of the lover" class who have
been compelled by the police to leave town
have found it necessary to leave their
" girls " behind them, and the partings at
the depot are occasionally verging on the
pathetic. They seem to think it too bad
that families should be broken up SOL
A Deputy Sheriff came over from VIII
lows yesterday afternoon to get Andrew
Dwyer, the individual arrested here by
officers Ash and Franks, Tuesday after
noon, for attempting to raise money on
notes and mortgage, to which he had
forged the name of a prominent citizen of
Colusa county.
Owing to the cool breeze during the
evenings of the past week there have been
few bugs around the electric lights; but
last night, the weather being warm, bugs
of all styles were around in great num-
bers. AT Front and J streets they appeared
to be attracted by poster of the State Ag-
ricultural Society, which decorated large
box about sixty feet from an electric light, |
and flew against the box in vast numbers.
At one time there was a squirming mass
fully a quart of little bugs,
lying on the sidewalk at the bottom of the
box.
\ fire broke out last Monday on the
ranch of George Bicrer, on Cache creek,
Yolo county, which destroyed about 20
acres of barley, estimated at about 400
sacks; % stands of bees and quantity of
corn, potatoes, etc. As soon as the fire was
discovered the neighbors came and did
everything possible to prevent the spread of
the flames, by blowing around the place
About 80 rods of plank fencing was burned
before the fire could be checked Mr. Bierer
does not know how the fire originated, but
it is supposed to have been the result of
on the part of some boys who
were hunting there IN the morning. This
fire is extra serious, as Mr. Bierer is a poor
man with a large family, and consequently
unable TO stand such a loss His whole
years work is thus consumed in half an
hour