Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-06
City Board of Trustees.


City Board of Trustees.
The Board of City Trustees met in regu-
lar session at 10 \. NJ. yesterday, Mayor
Brown presiding.
Joseph n Herndon, Superintendent of
the City Cemeteries, made the following
report for the month of April Number of
deaths, 40 stillborn, 9; brought here for
interment, = total number inferred, II.
The interments were made as follows
City Cemetery, %; New Helvetia II; st.
Joseph, 4 New Masonic / sent to San
Francisco > Jewish Cemetery, l. Col
lected for sale of lots, S420; for permits,
$50 total, S475.
Chief of Police O. c. Jackson reported
for the month of April: Arrests, 265; en-
routes, 10; meals furnished, 1,157 lOdg
ers, IS.
A. Brewer Harbormaster, reported the
arrival of 46 steamers during the month.
and collected for harbor dues Sl41.
VIM. Hillebrand, Antoine King, John
Wall. w. X. Brown NJ. German, Joseph
! Burns and Latham & Olsen, street sprink-
| ling contractors, filed their bonds, which
were approved.
Philip Rumble PoundmaSter reported
that during the month he had impounded
6 horses, 10 cows and % dogs. The horses
and cows and 10 of the dogs were re-
deemed He received as fees during the
month S2S 30.
An order was passed TO grade Twelfth
street between n and 0.
Property owners on J and X streets,
from Third to Fifth, protested against the
manner of assessing property for the i'm
provcment of Fourth street.
L. f. Bassett, City Surveyor. filed his Of
( fetal bond, in the sum of $1,000, with
George o. Bates and George Murray as
suretieS.
/ The contract for putting up the new boiler
was let to earle Il Croly for S499.
After allowing a large number Of bills,
and ordering the same paid, the Board adj
| journed.
eral says the following changes occurred
during the month of April 1884, among
the commissioned officers Of the National
Guard of California: Commissioned
Second Brigade, Second Artillery Begi-
ment: NJ. n Laufenburg, First Lieutenant
and Inspector of Rifle Practice on staff,
with rank from March l, 1884; vice Slime,
transferred to Company B. Third Infantry
Regiment: Patrick Boland, Lieutenant
Colonel, with rank from March 10, 1884 !;
original. Fourth Brigade, First Artillery
Regiment: Peter Flaherty, Second Lieu
| tenant Company G, with rank from Janu-
airy II, 1884; vice Shcelan, promoted. Re
signed-Maior /. 5 Butler, Assistant Ad-
jutant-General First Brigade, per S. o. No.
p, April I, 1884; Captain John C. Murphy,
Company \, Second Artillery Regiment,
Second Brigade, per 5. Q. No. 26, April IS,
1884. Retired-Lieutenant T. NJ. Green
way, Company Il, Second Artillery Regi-
ment Second Brigade, with rank of Second
Lieutenant, per S O. No 49, March 81,
1884.
THE TURF CLUB's SPRING MEETING
Everything augurs well for the success OF
the Capital Turf Clubs spring meeting, the
purses having filled well, with well-matched
horses the new track being an object OF
interest, and the weather promising to be
favorable To place the amusement within
the reach of all, the price of admission has
been fixed AT 80 cents for gentlemen, ladies
free. There will not be any charge for adj
mission to the grand stand. The races will
commence at ! 2. NJ. To-days programme
comprises three fine running races, in each
tl NIllNIls IildhfilS ultt siilbN ANU lli
that declare out there will still, out of the
numerous entries, be n good field of start
crs. At the Golden Eagle last night pools
We're sold on the three-quarters of mile
and repeat race and the dash of one and
one-quarter miles. Bryant w. being favOrite
in the former and Harry Rose in the latter.
\ meeting of the Turf Club was held last
evening to arrange minor details, and
everything was attended 10 that needed at
tention.
BARwICK's REroRT-At the s o. clock OBJ
servation last night the barometer was ris-
ing from Olympia to Roscburg with west
erly winds prevailing From Mendocino
to Los Angeles the barometer was falling,
with westerly winds prevailing. The rain
fall was, for the twenty-four hours past, at
Olympia 80 OF an inch; Portland. 0S of an
inch Fort Candy. nothing; Roseburg, 04
of an inch MendOcino, nothing; Red
Bluff, .0l of an inch; nothing being precip-
itated at Sacramento, San Francisco or Los
Angeles. The storm appears to have passed
beyond the limits Of the glorious climate OF
California
farmers AND GRASGERs' PICNIc.-The
annual picnic of the farmers and grangerS
viii he held at Beach's Grove, below Free
port, on Wednesday, May DIST. The grove
and the roads leading 10 II are III good con-
dition and parties who attend will have
every opportunity for enjoying a pleasant
day. The proceeds OF the picnic will be
given to the Orphan Asylum. Jones
Beebe q Grants Band viii furnish the
music
TIE TfvoLI.-There vas an excellent at
tendance at the Tivoli Last night TO witness
the first presentation of True Devotion.
tits light drama of three acts. and was
especially written for Ben Cotton and his
daughter Idalene 4 quarter of Il century
ago Ben Cotton played in this city, at thai
time he being one Of the leading burnt
cork artists on the stage True Devotion
is very wei presented. The same pro-
gramme for the balance Of the week
GERMAN LUTHERAN PicNIc--The annual
picnic of the German Lutheran sunday.
I school will be held tomorrow at Richmond
Grove, and win be doubtless pleasant, So
cial affair