Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-10-07
spoke at length, reviewing the question

spoke at length, reviewing the questio
most thoroughly. The Board, after hea
ing the arguments, refused unanimously
pass the amendment.
Some months ago N. v Hatch, who keer
a dairy at Twenty-second and 0 streets, We
notified to remove his cows from the city
This he promised TO do before the first {
| October. So far he has failed to keep hi
promise, and will be proceeded against 6
once.
The following communication, which
self-explanatory, was read and ordered o.
file.
SACRAMENTO, October 6, 1884.
To the Board of Trttstees-GENTLEMEN: II tn
| matter of the levy of an additional tax In orde
| to comply with the provisions ofthe Act OF 1855
| known as 1.-THE Consolidation Act" as con
| strued by the Supreme Court of the State in tn
case of Daniel Meyer VS.. John Q. Brown ct al,
| have 10 say that / am convinced that the Su
| preme Court does not, as at present advised
deem this Board in contempt for not making
the levy, there being some misunderstanding a
| to the true meaning and effect of tn,
| writ of mandate issued June 9, 1884
assured the Court that there is not any inten
| to evade the orders of the Court but that com
| pliance will at once be had whenever the clea
| purpose and effect of the writ is known The
Court has now the consideration of the matte
| under advisement, and will in few days de
clare the exact form of a writ to be enforced
therefore advise the amendment of the ordi
| nance, heretofore introduced, to levy the ia,
mentioned, and that there may be no mistake
or error, the said ordinance to be laid over fo
one week, during which time it is likely thai
your path may be made clear by the issuance o
definite writ of mandate, or some other-ordel
OF the Court. Your obedient servant,
w. A. ANDERSON City Attorney.
Mark Foster, Chief Engineer, reported
that during the past week the machinery al
the Water Works had been in operation
136 hours, and that 1S,44l 500 gallons OF
water were pumped.
A. Brewer, HarbormaSter, reported col
lections for the month of September $142
Philip Rumble, Poundmaster, reported
that during the same time he had impound-
ed five head of cattle and seventy-two dogs
All the cattle were redeemed, twenty five
of the dogs redeemed, the balance killed.
He collected 50.
A. s. Woods, Clerk of the Water Works,
made the following report for the quarter
ending October 9th: Water rates collected
and paid into the city, $15,727 so; tap sales,
SIT; total, $15,904 80.
George a. Putnam City Collector, for the
same time reported licenses collected SILL
SS5 !; fees on the same, $751;; dog licenses,
S565; total, $12,601.
For September the Chief of Police re-
POltSi cJV dllColo iii, 1'iSo iiiNssi%'
furnished to prisoners. There were so
dodgers and Is prisoners en- route.
Treasurer Porter made a monthly state
ment, showing that in September he dis
bursed $34 932 26, and had 1907, 275 40 left.
The bids of Turton e Knox and Henry
Ryan, that were handed in on the I'd, for
the improvement of the Brighton levee,
were rejected
"A petition asking to have Q street, from
Nineteenth to Twentieth, opened, was re-
ferred to the Street Commissioner.
After auditing a large number of bills,
and ordering them paid, the Board ad
journed.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.-William Robinson,
a farmer who resides near Antelope, in
this county, came to Sacramento yesterday
morning with load of grapes for the
Eagle winery, at Eighteenth and P streets.
Shortly after crossing the levee on Twelfth
street, number of boys, discovering the
contents of the wagon, began to follow,
begging for fruit. Being a kind-hearted
individual he stopped several times and
allowed the lads to help themselves: He
soon discovered, however that his kindness
was not appreciated, for the number of
boys increased each block he travelled. They
became more importunatea and disrespectful,
and finally began clambering into the wagon
and helping themselves. He at last found
that he would have to defend his load with
his whip or be robbed of the contents ofhis
wagon. For dozen blocks he fought the
young hoodlums, in vain endeavors to keep
them from pilfering. At Eighteenth and
o streets, young man, apparently about
20 years of age, jumped on the wagon and
began throwing the grapes off to the score
of boys that were following Mr.. Robin
son, while striking at the fellow with his
whip, dropped one of his lines, his horses
became frightened, turned short, cramped
the wagon and threw him from his seat to
the ground. The horses luckily did not
run away; if they had, the wheels of the
wagon would have passed over his pros
trate form. Parties who witnessed the ac-
cident, ran to the assistance of Mr. Robin
son, while the hoodlums scattered in every
direction. He was placed in buggy and
conveyed to the Windsor Hotel Surgeons
that the hip bone of his left leg was broken
at the socket. The doctors say that he will
have to lay on his back for at least three
months, and perhaps for a much longer
time.
EDUCATIONAL NoTEs.-The night school
opened in the second story of the High
School building last night with about
twenty-five scholars, under Prof Hyde
The school will probably fill up rapidly
during the month. On the lower floor of
the High School building, at o'clock,
Prof. Lepowitz last evening opened the free
school in mechanical drawing Nearly
fifty scholars registered After a descrip-
ton of the instruments necessary to pro-
cure. the lessons began. the first beginning
with the point, the line, horizontals, per-
pendicular, vertical and parallel lines, and
passing on to angles of all FORMS the
square, ETC. in order to familiarize the pu-
pills with technical definitions which they
will be called on constantly to employ. The
illustrations were all made on the black
board and proved deeply interesting. There
can be no doubt but that the school will
prove Of great importance to such as attend.
There is scarcely any vocation in life in
which the instruction given will not be OF
immediate value Tonight the pupils be-
gin with their drawing boards and paper,
and will be taught how to prepare their
working materials and tools.
THE You've DEMocRACY.-The Young
Mems Cleveland and Hendricks Club met
last evening at the Democratic headquar-
tiers, quite large number being present.
There appearing to be an apathy on the
part of the officers of the Club, the meet
ing decided to declare all the offices vacant,
and proceeded to the election of those
whom they thought would take greater
interest in the campaign. The election
resulted as follows President, Joseph w.
Hughes; Vice President, G. W. Carey
Secretary, t. F. Gleason; Treasurer, Thos.
Fox Finance Committee, NJ. J. Burke, l..
w Maslin, G. w. Nichols, J. ii. Hughes
and G. w. Carey; Committee on Uniform,
p j. Shields, NJ. II. Sheehan and S. p.
Maslin. Voluntary subscriptions were
called for, and four individuals present
subscribed $50 The Club will turn ont
with the Fire Brigade Saturday night to
receive General Walsh. Both clubs will
appear in uniform.
STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY MATTERS
A meeting of the State Board Of Agricult-
ure was held at the Pavilion Saturday
evening, to audit any claims that might be
outstanding, and to transact such Other
business as came up. After the claims
were disposed of, it was decided to award
special gold medals to Huntington, Hop
kins & Co., the Capital Packing Co., and tc
]. F. Hill, for his hay press. The Board,
when the fair commenced, found itself in
debt, for improvements at the Pavilion
and Park, about $500 of which the re-
ceipts of the fair cleared off 1000, leaving
an Indebtedness at present of $4,000. W