Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-10
BRIEF NOTES.

from San Francisco on special time.
On the street yesterday the Republicans
were smiling checrfully, and frequently in
quiring, Have you heard from Maine?'
Eleven carloads of beef cattle from W. Il.
Todhuntcr's ranch, in Nevada. passed
through the city yesterday. going to the
Bay.
L. r. Dole has been appointed hack in
! Spect0r by the City Trustees. to enforce the
ordinance fixing license for runners for
hacks.
The steamer Governor Dana arrived
from the Upper Sacramento yesterday with
a barge load of grain, and returned with a
barge light
The boxing exhibition which was to have
taken place at Arm0ry Hall this evening.
will not come off, owing 10 the death of
brother of Mr.. Norton, who was managing
the matter.
1t may not be out of place to remind
citizens that there are many tough charac-
tiers in town, and it will be well to have
doors and windows well fastened when
families leave home
On the excursion tram from Marysville
To this city yesterday morning vote was
taken as to the preferences of the passen-
gers for President. Blaine received II
votes to Cleveland's So
A praise service and prayer meeting.
under the auspices of the ". c. T. L., will
be held for ten days, commencing at II A.
NJ. to-day, in the United Brethren Church.
| Fourteenth and X streets.
Frank Troia, who recently lost several
stacks of grain by fire on his ranch near
| Gait, the result of incendiarism. reports
that last Sunday night some one poisoned
| three of his horses. Evidently he has
bitter enemies in that locality.
On Monday the foreman at T. D. SERVERS
| stable placed a sack, containing over 500
III coin, in what he considered q safe place
| temporarily, bat when he went to get it
later it had disappeared some one having
| probably observed him when he put it
| away.
Through the agency Of J. H. Carroll, al
! ternate Commissioner for the Worlds Fair
at New Orleans, documents embracing the
rules and regulations of that exhibition,
and also pictures Of the grounds, have been
| left with the officers of the State Agricult-
ural Society for distribution.
Two men accompanied third, who was
drunk, into saloon Yesterday morning,
where the booty individual treated, and
handed over a $50 piece The barkeeper
returned him his change, but about that
time he became drOwsy. and his cOmpan-
ions divided the money. They We're sub
scquently arrested for petit larceny.
Chamccy Hubbard 4 wcll-known resi-
dent of Holo county, died at his ranch at
| the Monument on the Sd inst, in his 9th
year. Deceased was a native of Ohio, and ]
i'll 1852 came across theplains to California
He resided in Placervile for three years,
and then removed To Yolo county and en-
gagged i'll farming, which he followed there
after.
The damage done at the ferry landing at
BeniCia last Saturday, in consequence of q
locomotive and tender falling into the
water from the apron has been re-
paired, and trains crossed on the steamer
Solano and passed over the " Benicia route
| last evening. The accident showed how
readily the travelling public adapts itself to
the latest cOnvenienceS, but how little the
| said conyeniences are appreciated until
something happens to OCCASION their with
| drawal.
Residents Of the lower portion of the city
| are frequently aroused by pistol shots about
| midnight-at nearly the same hour every
night Most frequently they appear 10 be
fired in the neigLbofhood of street, be-
| tween Third ana Fifth but once or twice a
week the shooter-if it Is all done by the
same person. as prcsumcd-yarieS the pro-
gramme by firing 4 couple of shots on o,
= and q streets. The residents of that part
| Of town would be pleased to have him 90
out some day and have real good shoot,
until he had enough, and then rest for a
month or two
The steamers Apache and Modoc have
! each pet sheep on board. They have
made their homes on the boats since they
! were little lambs and have been TAUGHT
| many tricks. That belonging to the