Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-10-27
BRIEF NOTES,


The pay car came up last night, but went
on to Ogden.
Two carloads of immigrants arrived yes
terday and three this morning.
The Democratic county canvassers will
hold meeting this evening at FreepoTt.
The Sacramento river has receded 10
eight feet two inches above low-water
mark.
Twenty-eight carloads of cattle went
through to the Bay from Wadsworth yes
terday.
The Blaine and Logan Fire Brigade is
ordered to meet at the Wigwam in full uni
form this evening at $50, for parade.
The candidates ball given by D. O. Hite,
at Swiss Station, Friday night, is spoken of
by those who attended as having been an
entire success.
A meeting in the interest of the Peoples
Party, addressed by Noble Fisher and
others, was held at Fourth and X streets
yesterday afternoon.
James Touhey has accepted the contract
for doing the earth work for the Yolo levee
above Washington, and he, as well as the
contractors for doing the piling, will COM
mence work in earnest right away.
III Two Oh inc superior
Court Saturday morning, Mary A Rams
Ramsden Oh the grounds of cruelty. The
plaintiff was also awarded certain real es-
tate and personal property.
About 10 A. NJ. yesterday young man.
somewhat the worse for liquor, stumbled
down a stairway leading from the sidewalk
on street, between Eighth and Ninth
At the bottom he struck against a glass
door, demolishing it completely and sus-
tained several severe cuts.
Thomas Riley, who, while temporarily
insane, jumped into the river from the
bridge last Friday, was detained at the
station-house until Yesterday afternoon,
when he was released, apparently all right
mentally, and feeling thankful that the
officers had looked after him.
Parties who drove in from the country
yesterday say that the bridge over the cul
vert on Twenty-second street, just this side
of the Y-street levee, has a board broken
in the middle making it quite dangerous.
The Street Commissioner by repairing the
same Immediately, may save the city suit
for damages
About o'clock Sunday morning one of
Wilson & Mitchell's hacks ran into the cut
on II street. between Eleventh and Twelfth,
where a new gas main is being put down.
One of the horses was injured, the pole of
the hack broken and the harness badly
used up. The driver claims that no light
was hung out as danger signal.
Edwin F. Smith has received a COM
munication from the United States Com
missioner of Agriculture stating that Pro-
feSsor Wiley will, in accordance with a
request of the State Board of Agriculture,
come to California in few days to exam
inc into the sorghum and sugar-beet indus
tries of this State. When he arrives the
Board will invite all interested to meet
him.
The residents of Chinatown commence
their annual dcyil-driving ceremonies on |
street between Third and Fourth, to-day,
and will continue five days They say that
the total expense will be about s., 900, some
of which has been raised in other towns in
this section of the State. The paper
devils cost $50, the Emusic" $50 and
the priests $50, the balance being ex-
pended in various ways.
About IL o'clock last night drunken
individual on X street, between Third and
Fourth, was ordered by a citizen to move
on. 1t is said he drew knife and threat
ened to carve somebody. A police whistle
vas DiCNilj tllC lullh SltI tttl ~ run, Dul
was overhaued and arrested on Third
street by special officer Martin, who es-
corted him to the station-house. He gave
the name Of Thomas Fox and halls from
Texas.
Saturday evening a man entered the jew
elry store of C. J. Noack and offered a pair
of sleeve buttons for sale. They were not
purchased, and Mr.. Noack, suspecting that
the man might be q thief and possibly one
connected with the theft of J. r. Hodson's
jewelry, informed Mr.. Hodson of the cir
cumstance. That gentleman followed the
man and another who had been waiting
upon the sidewalk for him, down to the
alley between and K, Sixth and Seventh
streets, where they entered Il house. When
they emerged one of the parties carried a
small vaiise. Mr.. Hodson and other citi-
zens arrested the men and took them to the
lookup, where they were searched. They
did not have any iewclry upon them ex-
cepting the sleeve buttons, and the valise
was full of small articles Of no great
value. Investigation by the police devel-
oped the fact that they stole the valise from
the house they had been seen to enter.
The names of the parties are William
Burns and George Harris.