Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-05
BRIEF NOTES.

their sessions to-day.
PF. Dolan, License Collector, will enter
upon his duties at once.
The Sacramento river at 10 o'clock last
night registered % feet inches.
A thief entered Oliver Souves house, ga
Sixteenth street, Saturday, and stole coat
containing SIT.
The local talent of the town of Elk Grove
gave dramatic entertainment on Friday
evening of last week.
The Nellie Boyd theatrical company
which performed here last week, left yes
terday for Narysville.
The roads between Gait and Hicksville
were so badly washed out by the recent
rains that they are said to be impossible.
Above the Clouds, an excellent drama,
was presented in good style Wednesday
evening last by the local talent in Whita-
ker's Hall, Gait.
Sealed proposals will be received by John
Stevens, manager, until the 18th inst, for
the purchase of the Pioneer Box Factory,
together with the lumber, etc.
A number of grocers of the city announce
that, beginning this evening, they will
close their places of business at P. NJ Sat
urday nights and holidays excepted.
Judge Armstrong on Saturday, in the
case of Horace Stevens, overruled the de-
murrer interpoSed by the defendant. The
latter was then arraigned, and entered a
plea of not guilty.
! n. E. White announced in yesterdays
issue of the Sunday Capital that he had dis
posed of that journal to W. G. Miller and
William Ellery who will conduct it in the
interest of the Democratic party
The little steamer Americas has returned
from the lower Sacramento, where she went
to look up her runaway barge. She is re-
ported to have found the barge full of sedi-
| ment, and the freight of hop-poles gone.
These arrests were made Saturday and
yesterday, all for being drunk: Mary Doe,
| by officers Woods and Rider; Jim Quigley
| and Geo. f. Bateman, by special officer De
| Puy Raphael Vasquez, by officer Franks.
The steamer Varuna is lying at the Pho
| neer Mill wharf having bursted one of the
! pipes connected with her machinery while
coming down the river, and having to be
| towed to the city by the San Joaquin, No. 3.
This morning the various county officers
excepting the Assessor and Superintend-
ent of Schools-will make a grand change
| at Seventh and | streets, the old ones re-
| firing and the new ones taking their places.
A tramp attempted to rob the Methodist
| Church parsonage at Elk Grove Friday
evening, but failed He escaped from the
| town, making his way toward Sacramento.
| He is described as of medium hight, with
| long gray whiSkers and mustache.
| H. Z. Barton, who resides on Deer creek,
| recently lost three more valuable horses by
| the same mysterious disease that carried
| off a number last fall. He has lost alto
| gether about twenty-five head, many of
| them being very valuable animals.
There was very large attendance upon
| the funeral of the late Bernard Kozminsky
| yesterday afternoon, including the Exempt
Firemen,s Association, Ethan Lodge, No.
81, l. o. B. B., and Eureka Lodge, No. 4,
|. 0. 0. F., besides many other friends.
| The east wall of an unoccupied one-story
brick building on the south side of X street
| between Front and Second, fell in about
noon Saturday, the mortar between the
| bricks having become useless through
dampness. The property is owned by f.
| w. Frat
| The regular annual election of the Off
GERS of Natoma Lodge, No. 81, F. and A
| NJ. took place at Folsom December 25th
| The following officers were elected: w. NJ,
| S. Stamper; S. W, William Woodward; ].
w, NJ. Doll; Treasurer, ]. Hyman; Secre
tary, J. H. Sturges.
| Clay Station, in this county, is getting as
much Of reputation for turkeys as Lodi
has for melons, or Florin for berries. Thos
Steele, of Clay Station, shipped eleven tons
| of those toothsome fowls to San Francisco
for the holiday trade. Turkey raising does
not require an investment of much capital
and it is said to be a very profitable bust
| ness.
Nearly all the jack rabbits on the low
| lands of the Costumes were killed dur
ling the past week, says the Gait Gdzette
The hop-growers and viticulturists took
advantage of the high water, which forced
the rabbits to take refuge on the high
knobs or islands along the river banks.
Rabbits are very destructive to both grape
! and hop vines.
AT the election of officers of Excelsior
Council, No "a, held at Folsom Monday
evening, December 22d, the following were
elected: W Q. Davis, C.. c.; J. b. Harris,
Y. c. c.: J. H. Sturges, Secretary; c. L.
Ecklon, Treasurer; Mrs. Emma Doll, Pre-
late J. X. McComber, Marshal; Mrs. Nc
Comber, Warden; A. Van Denmark, Guard =;
l.. Joerger, Sentry.
Professor J. |. Mcconnell has resigned
the position of Principal OF the city schools
of Woodland, and Professor c. +. Dinglc,
who has had charge Ofthe first grade for the
| past four years, was elected by the School
Trustees to fill the vacancy. T.. Coin was
the first grade. Professor Mcconnell has
accepted the position of associate editor OF
the Woodland Democrat.
Arrived yesterday, steamer San joaquin,
No. >, from San Francisco, with merchan-
disc; steamer d. e. Knight, from San
Francisco for Marysyille, with merchan-
disc; steamer San Joaquin, No. 3, from the
upper Sacramento, with grain. Sailed,
steamers Neponset, No. ., and San Joa-
quin No. 3, for the upper Sacramento, with
merchandise steamer San joaquin, No. ,,
for San Francisco, with grain.
The Executive Committee of the Board
of Directors of the Northern California I'M
migration Association will hold an import
ant meeting on Thursday next, at which
representatives of the Board of Trade, the
Sacramento County immigration Associa-
ton and local organizations will be invited
to be present The object is to consult on
ways and means for the publication of a
pamphlet giving the resources of Northern
California.
J. II. Reed ct one time engaged in bust
ness in this city, and subsequently arrested
at San Francisco for felony, was discharged
from custody there few days ago. He is
wanted here to answer to charge of big
amy, but he appears to have got out of the
way after being released by Sheriff Con-
molly at San Francisco. His second wife,
Miss Alice Won Boden, is about to com
mence suit in the Superior Court to have
her marriage with him set aside.
A fire at Woodland last Thursday night
destroyed a barn III the rear of the Farmers
Home, and also several tons of hay, a
phaeton. spring wagon and three sets OF
harness, making a total loss of about $500.
The Woodland papers demand that a team
of horses be provided to draw the fire en-
i CINE ON the occasion of alarms, as fire at
any considerable distance could not be
reached by the engine, drawn only by the
tiremen and citizens, through the muddy
streets.
Sacramento Lodge, No ., l. O. F., in
stalled the following officers Saturday even
ing II. Cronkite, n. c.; J. r. Scribner, V.
g.; H. F. Dillnan. Rec. Sec; James Nc
Cherry, Per. Sec; w. S. Hunt, Treas; Geo.
Brauns, Ward; w. Van Guilder, Con-; b.
H. Chapman, O. G.; II. Seltenheim, /. g.;
d. a. Leitch r. s. to n g.; n. P. Person,
L. S. to y. G.; ". f. Sim, r. S. to V. g.;
Franklin Brown, l.. S. to V. c.; Dan
Brown, Il. S. S; n w. Robbins, L. S. s.;
J II. Rave Clapiain