Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-23
BRIEF NOTES.

| The Sacramento was down to 20 feet
| inches yesterday.
Nine carloads of tea went East by special
train yesterday morning
-Four carloads of immigrants arrived
| from the East this morning.
1t is said that one or two carloads of fruit
are daily shipped eastward from Winters.
Locomotive No. 172, which was injured
by collision few weeks ago, has been re-
| paired at the railroad shops, and is again il,
service.
I The Young Republican Club, and all
young men who desire to join it, will meet
| this evening at o'clock at the Court house
! to elect officers, etc.
A gentleman who came down from the
northern portion of the State Saturday re-
ported that last Tuesday an English tourist,
who was camping near the fishery on the
McCloud, was drowned while attempting to
ride his horse across ford in that vicinity.
Sheriff Hopping, ofShasta county, passed
| through the city Saturday, en- route for San
Quentin with three stage robbers, named
Temple, Glover and Williams, who are to
serve six wears each. The Sheriff also had
an insane prisoner for the Asylum at Stock
ton.
D. Dierssen is having an elegant frame
building erected ON the southwest corner OF
Ninth and l. streets, at cost of Sc, 500. In
size it is so by so feet, and two stories in
hight. The first floor will be used as a
grocery, and the second story as family
residence.
Hereafter the railroad company will keep
an extra sleeping car here, so that, no mat
ter how many berths may be taken by pas
sengers from San Francisco and vicinity on
the overland train, there will always be ac-
commodations for all who desire to go from
Sacramento.
The Central Pacific Railroad Company
has equipped its freight cars with the West
inghouse brakes, and it is apparent that
other roads are doing likewise. At least,
one of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
cars which arrived here yesterday was fitted
with such protection.
The Thomson-Houston Company had
more of their electric lights burning at the
intersections of streets Saturday evening,
and also had locomotive headlight.
lighted by electricity, in service on the sta
tion-house balcony, illuminating Front
street nearly its entire length.
A safe made to order by Macneale e Ur-
ban for the California State Bank was
placed in position within that institution
premises Saturday. 1t is very handsome
in finish, as well as large and strong. Its
hight is six feet, walls four inches thick, OF
extra hard STEEL and the weight about TO-
600 pounds.
The Turner eXcursionists of Los Angeles
were detained Saturday morning at Caliente
for about six hours AS the train was
leaving that place the forward truck of the
sleeper Seminole" caught on the point of
a split rail and went up the siding, the rear
truck going off and throwing the two Sleep
ers next following of, and tipping them
partly over on their sides. No one was hurt.
A well-known citizen, who usually
rides on the front platform of the street
cars, because of his habit of smoking, was
sitting on the railing of the platform of
car Friday evening, when, at the corner of
Second and X streets, the team made
sudden start while rounding the curve,
and ne was thrown to the ground He
partially broke his fall by catching hold of
the railing as he fell, but still got a bad
shaking upi when he struck the cobbles,
and was very sore next day The car
driver was prompt in applying the brake
when he saw the passenger falling, or the
accident might have had a more serious
ending.