Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-14
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

BUSINESS PICKING UP.-The recent copious
rains throughout Sacramento county has
infused new life in all kinds of business.
The farmers are all now engaged in plow-
ing, and never before at this season were
the prospects better for a prosperous year.
The trade of this city has almost been
trebled during the past week. money is
plenty, and instead of hearing the COM
plants of hard times which met one on
every hand few weeks since, we see the
smiling face of the busy merchant, who is
raking in the shekels for his goods and
rubbing his hands gleefully in anticipation
of return of the good old times" when
everybody made money. A trip through
the business portion of the city yesterday
disclosed the fact that the citizens
of adjoining counties were also in
high anticipation of abundant and
profitable harveSts, for large orders. and
many of them, were being shipped by rail
to points in Amador, Ell Dorado, Placer,
Nevada, Yolo, Colusa, Butte. and in fact to
almost every point in northern and central
California. All day long a line of trucks
were backed up to the depot, busily en-
gagged in the shipment of freight The
lumber yards, also, are doing a very heavy
business. The recent action of the fruit
growers convention, in securing a reduction
on fruit shipments East, has had the effect
of stiitening the price on land adapted to
fruit culture, and the different nurserymen
have already engaged a large portion OF
their trees to those who contemplate put
ting out new orchards. Taking it all to-
gether, Sacramento is enjoying very pros
porous season, and no person engaged in
business here has cause to grumble.
Police CoURT.-The session of the Police
Court yesterday was continued late into the
afternoon, with the following results: The
disturbance case of H. Wittpen and F.
Clomanzend was put over until Tuesday
next II. 9. StOney, convicted of petit lar
ceny, was ordered TO appear on the 18th for
sentence, and James Young (the man who
assaulted Mrs. Burke some days ago., was
told to be on hand on the 10Th for the same
purpose. The cases of William Wilcox
and Irene Whittier, for battery, were con-
tnued till to day. S. A Shields. who
pleaded guilty to having appropriated an
other carpenters tools to his own use, was
fined 500. Julius Kallaka, a vagrant, was
sent to the county Jail for forty days. Dan
kearnSchmer, the young German who I'M
dertook to knock out the whole capoodle'
of Chinese on the preceding night said
that he was first assaulted by couple of
Cinnamon and robbed, and it was on that
account that be went on the warpath. He
declared that he was handwriting citi-
zen, by occupation a butcher, and that he
had no intention of breaking the law He
certainly appeared to be a decent fellow,
but the Court discredited his statement.
and ordered him to pay fine of $50, or go
to Jail for thirty days.
COMPUTATION OF SENrENcE-Yest erday
Governor Stoneman committed the SEN
tence of James Gordon, who was convicted
M San Francisco in July, 1880, of robbery.
and sentenced to eight years imprison-
ment to five years and four months. The
Commutation was granted at the request of
the Board of State Prison Directors, on the
ground of dihgent and valuable service to
the State in instructing other prisoners in
stone-cutting, ability to earn his own liv-
ing, and every evidence of reform; and
whereas, this Communication is practically
only n restoration of credits merited by the
prisoners good conduct.
ARBEsrED.-These arrests were recorded
at the statiOn-house last night Jim Nc
Kenna. by officer Sullivan. for battery ;
Wing kee, by officer Franks, for CARRYING
n concealed weapon: Joseph Pedemast and
Henry Wolf, by Deputy Sheriff O'Afeara
and officer Coffee, for disturbing the peace;
Lottie Welch and Lille Wilson, by officer
Sullivan, for petty larceny Joseph Ma
cahe, by officers Ash and Rider, for being
drunk
RAID ON FISHERMEN. - On Thursday
night four men went out to Washington
lake. where some Cinnamon are engaged in
taking fish. and robbed several submerged
fish cages of their contents, securing Alto
gether about 500 pounds of fish The raid
ers We're armed with guns, and when the
Chinese demonstrated against the robbery
they were silenced by threats of violence.
The men are known, and warrants were
out yesterday for their arrest.