Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-01
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house at half-past II o'clock this morning,
to attend the funeral in body.


to attend the funeral in body
SMART DoG.-At DeBernardi & Co.'S
they have a very bright young shepherd
dog, possessed of remarkable intelligence
Very little attention has been paid to train
ing him, but he performs a number OF
tricks such as bringing articles with the
names of which he is familiar, such as q
broom, etc, though they may be the length
of the store from him, and his attention is
only directed by the word; or he will re-
turn several blocks for an article left be-
hind. At one of the storerooms there is a
platform on each side for goods, and at the
back part of the store there is another plat
form or shelf between the two. The other
day the owner of the dog, after playing
with him for a while with potato, which
the animal would retrieve, became tired,
and threw the potato upon one of the side
platforms, saying, Now get ii, expecting
that the performance would conclude then
and there Considerably to his surprise,
the dog, after running around little, and
apparently figuring out the situation, re-
paired to a ladder leaning against one of
the platforms climbed it to the platform,
jumped from there to the middle platform,
then to the further one. found the potato
and returned with it to his master, his eyes
sparkling and tail wagging rapidly, his ex-
preston seeming to say, Let's play some
more; give me something harder
MATTERS AT SIwAsH.-A correspondent
sends us the following items from Siwash,
in this county; At the last meeting of
the Literary Association of this place, held
at Carroll School-house the following off
GERS were elected for three months Presi
dent, Harry A. Clifton Vice-President,
Neal Thomson Secretary, Rachel Keema;
Treasurer, Charles Walters; 0rganist, Nellie
Langford Stage Manager, Harry A. Cliff
ton. The Association will give an enter
tainment on Saturday, May 31st. At the
last meeting of Irene Lodge, No. 1913, /. o.
G. r., at Carroll School-houSe, the following
officers were elected for the next three
months W. C. T., Harry A. Clifton; w.
v T., Mrs A. Baker w S, 5. Bradford
w r., JOS Baker; w. f. S, Alfred Baker;
W. NJ, Charles Walters; w. |. G.. Fannie
Bradford w o. c., Allen Wilder. The
lodge attendance is good, considering the
weather.
METROPOLITAN THEATER.-At the Metro
politan .Theater this evening the Original
| Boston Double Uncle Toms Cabin Com
pany" will commence brief engagement.
1t is announced that there will be com
pany of twenty-five performers two
| TOpsyS, two representatives of Marks, the
| lawyer, two Irish trick dOnkeys, six blood
hounds and ten colored plantation singers
Naturally, one would be led TO believe that
! the doubling of the parts of TOpSy and
Marks indicated that the play would be
more or less burleSqued, but the press of
Eastern cities pronOunceS the performances
excellent, averring that while more atten-
ton is devoted to the amusing and to plan
tation specialtieS, the other portion of the
drama is not interfered with, but is rem
dered in a manner far superior to that Of
most companies undertaking it.
CAPITAL TURF CLUB-The Capital Turf
Club met at the Golden Eagle Hotel last
evening to complete arrangements for their
spring meeting which commences on Tues
day next, May 9th, and continues the bal
ance of the week. The races will be twelve
in number, divided as follows Six run
ming, four trotting and two pacing \
starting Judge was elected. Il. Walters and
! Geo. w. Hancock were appointed COM
mittee on privileges. An assessment of
| $50 was levied upon each member. which
must be paid to the Secretary on or before
Monday next at s P. NJ. The Secretary was
| instructed 10 notify all parties in arrears to
! other associations that they must pay the
same or their horses would not be allowed
/ to start
WHERE He WASN'T WANrED.-A citizen
| of Gait, who evidently knew very little
about the construction of artificial stone
created huge disgust yesterday morning
| in the minds of the contractors for the con-
struction of the pavement in front of the
county buildings, by walking over some of
! the work recently completed and which
was of about the consistency of porridge.
He left behind him trail that would
| probably in the course of years. if left alone
/ have rivaled the prehistoric footprints at
| Carson but the workmen, being more
/ practical than scientific, Indignantly ordered
him to make tracks" from the vicinity,
and proceeded TO repair damages.
A SWAMP LAND CAsE-The Supreme
Court has reversed the decision of the lower
Court in the case of Thomas H. Williams
VS.. The Board of Supervisors of Sacramento
county The Board of Supervisors set off
a new district from Reclamation District 3,
in Sacramento county. Williams protested,
carried the matter 10 the Superior Court
and was there defeated. He then appealed
to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court
holds that the order of the Board of Su-
pervisOrs creating district for the reclaim
alton of swamp land is an act of legislation
in the exercise of the taxing or police power
of the State. which is not renewable upon
certiorari"
Too SWEET FOR ANYTHGNG.-Y esterday
forenoon gentleman hitched his horse on
Fifth street, between and X, while he
went to attend to a business engagement
On his return he found his buggy pre-
empted by a swarm of bees. As the insects
had evidently come to stay. he found it
necessary TO mhitch his horse and remove
him to safe distance. Then a citizen,
well protected by sacks, wire cloth and
pair of gloves, removed the occupants of
the buggy, despite the shouts of bystanders
to g let EN- be- and placed them in box
- for future reference.
To-DAY's PIcNIcs.-This morning at s
O'Clock the Foresters and their friends will
/ leave on their picnic to Natoma Grove, and
the Workmen on their excursion TO
! Coyle's Grove. near Woodland. As there
might otherwise be mistakes innumerable,
! the Workmens train will stand ON track
1 No. THAT nearest / strcet-and its bag
/ gage car will be located near the Sacra-
mento and Yolo bridge. The Foresters'
! train will be upon the second track, and its
/ baggage car at the western end of the
J depot
! BARwIcEs REPoRr-The weather at
o'clock last night was clear from Tatoosh
/ Island on the north to San Francisco on
the south, it being cloudy at Los Angeles
and San Diego. In the past twenty-four
/ hours there has been .03 of an inch of rain
! precipitated at Los Angeles, and 90 of an
/ inch Mt San Diego. The barometer was
/ standing generally considerably above 30
t inches, but Inclined 10 fall. The wind,
| though, was generally from some westerly
| quarter Los Angeles and San Diego re-
! ported a foul-weather sunset AT s P. NJ. last
night
TURNER MAY FEsTIvAL,-The Turner's
will hold their thirty-first annual May fes-
4 tival at Richmond Grove on Sunday. May
ith and will endeavor to make it one of the
4 finest affairs of the kind held this season.
Among the amuSementS of the day will be
| gymnastic exercises by the Turner pupils,
for prizes, and singing by the Turner Har-
monte, besides which there will be games