Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-17
BRIEF NOTES.

% feet IL inches but at II o'clock last
night had receded an inch.
The police department have ordered new
| uniforms, to be furnished through the
house of 5. S. Nathan & Co.
At the Summit there is depth of twelve
feet of snow on q level; at Cisco, nine and
one-half feet at Emigrant Gap, four and
one-half feet.
| Twenty feet of bulkhead on the south
side of K street, between Tenth and Elev-
enth, have given way in consequence of the
wash of the heavy rains.
The Y-street pump has, since il was
worked to its capacity, succ J, = keep
! ing drainage water from accommodating in
the lower portion of the city.
As the Republican primary is to be held
| tomorrow, the question as to who to run
for delegates to the County Convention is
occupying the minds of local politicians
Syme & Roberts, who had been keeping
| cattle within the city limits, became dissat-
lstled with the recent action of the Board
OF Health relative to their premises, and
| concluded to move over into 1olo county.
Fred. Herman, resident of Capay, Yolo
county, has been examined at Woodland
for acute mania, and found to be so insane
that he will have to be sent to the asylum
| He was similarly afflicted about five years
ago.
| Captain J. NJ. Brooks, well known in this
city, at one time captain of a river steamer,
died at Vacaville, Solano county, last Tues
day. His remains were brought to this city
yesterday and laid away in the City Gene
| terry.
| II. Manson, a drunk, walked into the
! station-housc last evening and surrendered
| himself ia
| the slate from not having an entry
upon it, no arrests having been made dur
| ing the day.
The Supervisors of Yolo county have
elected w. p. Todhunter as RoadmaSter for
| the First District John A. Devilbiss for the
| Second, John w. Black for the Third. John
| H. Gibson for the Fourth, and J. A. Dear
| ing for the Fifth
The evidence for the defense in the Char
| ley Sing case will occupy the greater por-
ton of to-day. The defendant was ON the
stand yesterday afternoon, and his cross
examination had not been finished when
the Court adjourned.
Scores of Sacramentans showed their
| public spirit yesterday by voluntarily UNI
! dertaking the task of boSsing the work of
repairing the front of the Courthouse, and
seemed to be satisfied that the contractor
/ WIS uOiIS the IilF InllS.
City jurors not impaneled in the case
now on trial in Department Two of the Su-
! periOr Court, were yesterday informed that
they need not again respond to roll-cal I'M
! I'll the 22d instant. Jurors from the county
need not appear until the 24th.
Owing TO some interference by other
wires, the fire-alarm telegraph has caused
the Fifth-street bell to tap frequently of
| late in an arpputri l,,apnar i vary no,
gravating to reporters, in whom it raises
anticipations that are not realized.
City Attorney w. A Anderson. detective
| Burke X. W. Dunlevy. Bing Brier, short
hand reporter and others, 90 over To Verdi
/ this evening to be present ut the trial of L.
| +. White and Willie Sprout on a charge of
arson, alleged to have been committed in
burning the railroad bridge at that place
! some months ago.
! Early yesterday morning the wind shift
! ed to the northwest and the day was very
pleasant. Dark clouds overspread the city
| about ) P. NJ, however and few drops of
rain fell, but a short time afterward the sky
| became clear again, and the stars were Wis
| ible last evening but the barometer did
not indicate settled weather.
Special officer Dick May found floating
| down the river Yesterday Il specimen of the
( goahcaditiyeness of the Bermuda grass, in
the form of an ordinarily solid cork.
through which the grass had succeeded in
making its way, from one side 10 the other
following the pores of the cork without
/ splitting it, but making it to appear as if it
had sprouted.
The attendance at the Tivoli last night
was large. The play presented, that of
The Female Detective, is the best that
| has been presented at that favorite resort
/ Miss Linton and Mr.. Urban. in their
musical gems sung in the German Ian
/ guage, have made decided hit. especially
among the German citizens. The same
! programme tonight.
The Toto Democrats letter from Knights
Landing says of the attempt to stop the
break in the levec just above that place
The second attempt to stop the waters
flow at this place has proved a failure. The
work was nearly completed, when a rise in
the river caused a break in the south side of
the dam. The water in the river, being
/ three feet higher than that in the slough,
soon forced large opening in the dam,
/ and allowed an immense current to pass
! through. This was thrown next the bank,
and, in consequence, the old Indian mound
| is gradually wearing away
Judge J. H. McKune, who has been re-
! tanned by parties who desire to defeat the
/ tax levy for levec improvement voted upon
and adopted by the people at the recent
municipal election states that his clients
/ will probably refuse To pay the tax and
compel the city to bring suit against them
I for its collection In all probability the
/ number, if any, 50 refusing will be small.
| Not many years ago some Sacramentans re-
fused to pay certain city tax, but finally
the Courts persuaded them that payment
must he made and the costs of litigation
made it somewhat heavier to bear than it
was originally.
Internal Revenue Commissioner Evans
says that claims for the rebate of taxes on
tobacco are examined by the First Con
troler in the order in which he received
them from the Auditor and drafts in pay
mcnt of them are at once drawn and mailed
to the Collector for delivery to the claim
ants For this reason, the claimants in one
district may receive their drafts earlier than
those in another. and some claimants may
receive their drafts sooner than others in
the same district. Collectors are therefore
enabled to explain 10 parties why some
claims have been paid while theirs still re-
main unpaid. It is expected that all will
be paid as rapidly rs the Controller can cx-
anime them.
The observer Of the Signal Service Mr..
McWary. at COlusa. tclegraphed to Sergeant
Barwick yesterday that the river at that
point was 80 feet and rising, the wind
from the north and the weather hay. This
was at noon. Last night another telegram
from the same gentleman reported the river
at 26.2 feet and rising, the wind east and
weather clear At 8 P " last night the
barometer was rising at all the Signal Ser
vice stations along the Pacific slope, except
Red Bluff. Sacramento and San Francisco,
at which places il was falling The wind
was from the west and northwest. except at
Olympia and Sacramento, it being from the
south ut the former and east at the latter
place. The weather was reported threaten
ing AT Los Angeles and San Diego.
Cor EVEN WITH HM.-A slight scnsa-
ton occurred in the lower portion of the
city Tuesday evening young lady chas-
Using a rccrcant lover with whip in very
good style, so it is said. The couple were
engaged 10 be married next Sunday. and
the lady had made all necessary prcpara-
tions in the matter of wardrobe. etc; but