Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-25
BRIEF NOTES.

t The Board of Education will hold
meeting this evening.
Three carloads of immigrants arrive
from t,-a East this morning
The Sacramento river is down to 9 feet
inches above loE-Ta:er mark.
Nearly 800 prisoners are now employed
in and about the quar,~les at the Stat
Prison at Folsom.
Samuel Gamble, who has been training
several promising young horses at the
| Park, removed his stable to San Francisco
Saturday.
Yesterday morning the Capital Canning
| Clubs new boat was launched successfully
and soon started up the river in fine style
with full load
]. r. More, late turnkey at the Folsom
| Prison, has been compelled to resign on
account of i'll health. He has been sue
eeeded by K. ]. Murphy.
Chico Pete, an arrival from the upper
| country, got on a spree Saturday, and sub
sequently reported to the police that some
one had stolen his watch. Il
A passenger who left Portland, Or, on
the 18th instant, arrived in Sacramento on
the morning of the Dist, which may be con-
sidered pretty fast travelling overland.
The guards at the State Prison at Folsom
are highly pleased with their new sleeping
quarters, in their new guard and
are getting things arranged very comfort
ably.
The remains of Mrs Alice NJ. Stern for
merly Miss Alice White, of this city,, who
died in San Francisco on the 22d, of pneu
monia, were brought to Sacramento yes
terday for inteyment
The pay car came down yesterday from
the front of the California and Oregon
Railroad, where it had been paying off men
employed in construction, and went below
by the Western Pacific train.
Mr.. McMullen, agent of the Brush cleo
trio system, is about to put in plant at
Woodland, relying at present upon private
subscriptions with the expectation Of being
able to get a contract for lighting the town
later.
=. The :" old horse" sale of unclaimed bag
gage from the Western Hotel, by Sherbun
Il Smith, Saturday, drew a large crowd,
who expected much amusement; but, as
the buyers rarely opened their purchases
on the spot, fun was scarce.
The 10C-yard footrace, for 500 side, be-
tween Frank Eldred and Charley Dodge.
which took place at Agricultural Park Sat
urday evening was won by the former by
about two yards. There were about 800
spectators, and large number of bets were
made as to the result
\ man named James Kavanaugh, said
to have wife and children, was notified
by the police to leave town, the officers
being convinced that he was of the " lover"
persuasion, living with a public woman
here. He declined to leave, and has been
arrested for vagrancy
Roadmaster Todhunter and Supervisor
Snider are making it unpleasant for the
Chinese hop-pickers, and other transient
residents of 1olo county of the Celestial
persuasion. by stopping them at the west
ern end of the Sacramento and Golo bridge
and compelling them to pay road tax.
Arrived Saturday and yesterday, steamer
San joaquin No. ,, from San Francisco,
with merchandise steamer Earuna, from
the upper Sacramento, with grain steamer
c. NJ Small, from San Francisco for Marys-
Vile, with merchandise. Sailed, steamer
Naruna, for the upper Sacramento, light.
Deputy Sheriff Joe Om was the recipient
Saturday of a handsome gold matchbox,
presented to him on the surprise party
order at Peter Flahertys saloon by a mum
Der of his friends. Peter made the presens
tation address, in response to which Joe
g did the fair thing" by his friends and
e the house"
The Supervisors Of Yolo county have
been notified to appear before the State
Board of Equalization next Wednesday
and show cause why the assessment of that
county should not be raised. Last year the
assessment was less than $14000,000, and
this year it is over $16,O00,0 900, notwith-
standing that the money and personal
property in the county are less than last
year, and there has also been loss in con-
sequence of the overlooking of land last
winter through the breaking of leyees.