Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-08
Board of Supervisors.


The Board of Supervisors were in reglI-
lar session yesterday, all the members pres
ent.
County Assessor Griffitts appeared before
the Board, and at his request the appoint
ment of James B. StovalI as Deputy AS
SCISSOR was confirmed.
P. Nash presented demand for $3.50 for
painting the Courthouse front Mr. Smith
moved to reduce the bill $50 Lost. Ayes
Gottleib and Smith. Noes-McLaughlin
Bailey and Christy. Steinman and Blair
declined to vote. The demand was then
allowed in full, Steinman, Gottleib and
Smith voting in the negative and all the
others in the affirmative.
a communication was received from r.
B. Forsyth, Road Overseer, stating that the
Gait and New Hope road is now open to
the Mokelumne river. Also, that the Su-
pervisors of San Joaquin county are ready
and willing to do their share towards
building bridge over the river and they
desire to know what Sacramento county is
willing to do. The road fund of Sacra-
mento county is nearly all used up, which
will necessitate the postponing of any
action in the matter until after the taxes
are collected III October.
The remainder of the session was con-
sumed in the consideration of demands
against the county, those allowed being
from No. 1852 to 2,94G, inclusive.
CLOSE OF THE SALMON SEAsoN-The
period during which salmon could be le-
gally taken expired on the 31st of July. 1t
has been the poorest season ever known for
salmon on the Sacramento river. The can
merry in this city, the one at CORTLAND,
and, in fact, oil along the Sacramento have
done but little in the salmon canning bust
ness this season. Various causes are as
signed for the scarcity of salmon The San
Francisco Bulletin says: The large num-
Der of sea-hons at the Golden Gate are
charged with exacting fearful toll from
those entering the harbor, the destruction
averaging many thousands every day. The
practice of throwing the heads and entrails
of fish into the river is held by fishermen
to be very distasteful to salmon, and they
avoid the localities where it is practiced.
The pollution of the streams by SawduSt
has undoubtedly contributed to turn the
fish away from the Sacramento as it has
invariably done elsewhere. The voracious
appetites of the catfish imported from the
Fast is set down for a good share OF the
mischief also. Added to all this, the an
nual supply of young fish furnished from
the hatchery at the McCloud river is shut
off by the discontinuance of that source of
contribution. All these causes combined,
and perhaps others still unsupported, have
reduced the Sacramento run of salmon to a
point that no longer renders the business
of taking them remUnerative. 1t is stated
that number of Greek fishermen have
notified the Fish Commissioners that they
will continue to fish during the close sea-
son, saying they would starve if they did
not, and they might as well be shot as
| starye."
ACCORDING TO BARwICK, the highest
temperature was $50, Which is the greatest
maximum reached this season. Although
| this season has not produced as many hot
days, nor was the temperature as high as
| last year by 50 or GO, still the hot weather
| or the present season appears to havea more
depressing effect upon sweltering humanity
in Sacramento, for every one seems to be
grumbling about the oppressiveness of the
present heated term. As soon as a fog APP
pears mt Los Angeles, San Francisco and
Cape Mendocino there will. probably. be a
cessation of heated hostilitics for Il
few days at least. The temperature,
wind and weather at u NJ yesterday was
For Olympia, 700, north and clear
Portland, 10. north and clear: Fort
X, -,
northwest and clear: Cape MendocinO. $50.
north and clear: Red Bluff, 800, south
and clear; Sacramento, $50, northwest
and clear; San Francisco, so, west and
clear; Los Angeles, 93', west and clear san
Diego, 500, southwest and clear; Salt Lake,
so, northwest and cloudy; Cheyenne, 73o,
east and clear, Denver, ITO, north and
fair North Platte, GO. south and cloudy !;
Omaha, 100, north and cloudy; Yankton,
TO southeast and cloudy. AT the p u
report last night it was foggy at Cape Men
docino and San Francisco and clear at Los
Angeles, and according top past heated spells
this summer the present one is about TO an
end for the present, guess.
0PES-AIR CoNcEEr To-yIGHr. = The
Hussar Band will give an open-srr concert
in Capitol Park this evening, commencing
at o'clock The following programme
will be rendered: Quickstep march, Gap
iscolus," Petite; overture, Masiodons"
E. Brooks; waltz, Leila" Ettling; duet,
Spargo Sisters: quickstep, Rover"
Hawks; original, Caprice LANCE; trio,
z. Spargo, p Spargo, C. Walruth schot-
tische, Blossom" Tolo; gallop, Beau
ty," Robinson
NEW ATroRsEYs.-Deputy District At
torney J. K. Brown was on Wednesday adj
mitted to practice in the Supreme Court
Yesterday, in the Superior Court of this
county, g. G. Davis wns admitted to prac-
tice in that Court, on the Endorsement Of
d. L. Alexander and Win. J. Davis.