Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-10
BRIEF NOTES.

Inc sacramento has receded to q feet
inches.
Sixty Cinnamon were sent out to the
Norris Grant yesterday, to be employed in
wood-cutting
Secretary Of State Thomas L. Thompson
collected and paid into the State Treasury,
, as ices Tor his office for the month of No
vember, 1881 90
The only arrests made yesterday were
those OF James Wade, for being a healthy
beggar, and Henry johnson. for being
drunk, both by officer Sullivan.
The Coffee property, on L street, between
Fourth and Fifth, which Albert M. Jobn-
son sold at Receivers sale yesterday. was
purchased by the Exempt Firemen's Asso-
citation for 81, $40.
Justice Ross, of the Supreme Court. has
reconsldered his determination to resign
January lst and will remain in Office until
| the next general election when a successor
Will be chosen by the people.
Warrants were drawn yesterday bv the
Controller as follows; State Printing Of
nee, S1,S6S; San Francisco Harbor I'm
provement Fund, 49, 1856 Sc; State Uni
yerslty, S3.161 %; State Library, 81 $50 10.
Deputy Sheriff Dunn, of San Francisco,
brought up from San Francisco last even
ing, en- route for the State Prison at Fol
som, Jake Simms, who is to serve two and
malt years for petit larceny, second Of
! fense
b, The wind has done good service during
the past few days in drying up the mud,
and yesterday several owners of roadsters
were out for a pleasure drive Some of the
roads leading from the city are in very fair
condition
The postponed election for Second Lieu
tenant of Company E, First Artillery Reg
lment, will be held Thursday evening. De
/ cember 18th. Lieutenant D. J. Long. of the
regimental staff, has been appointed pre-
siding officer
Miss Austin, of this city, niece of Jeffer-
son WilcoXsOn, won the gold medal at the
San Francisco Art Exhibition for the best
general work all around. Miss Austin's
| paintings are said by connoisseurs to be rare
works of art.
| The Knights of Labor will hold a mass
meeting at Armory Hall at 7:30 tomorrow
evening, to consider the action of the Con-
! ventlon called by the Knights of Labor in
San Francisco. All persons opposed to
Chinese labor are invited to attend
Companies A and B, of the First Artil-
| lery Regiment, had battalion drill at Ar
! mory Hall last evening. The ranks were
| quite full, and the drill exercises. which
were conducted by Major Mckee, pleasing,
| interesting and well executed. A large
| number of ladies were present and occu-
pied seats in the gallery.
| Quite a large number of people were
present at the skating rink last evening to
witness the mile race between Crozier and
Confer. The race was an exciting one, and
| was awarded to Crozier on foul. It was
claimed by the judges that Confer caught
| hold OF Crozler who was slightly in ad-
vance OF him on the 18th, 18th and 18th
| rounds. The decision of the Judges did
not give general satisfaction.
Yesterday morning man who had been
confined in the station house for safe
keeping was released. He had his coat on
his arm when he came out of the cell, and
laid 1t down for a few minutes before he
| left the office, near coat belonging to
officer Arlington. When he started to 90
he took the officers coat by mistake. Later
| in the forenoon officer Farren discovered
his brother officers coat taking q man
| around, and believing that its owner had
| so lmbued 1t with police duty that it was
| doing little work on its own hook. assist
ed 1t to take the man to the lookup, where
everything was made straight
A few evenings since benevolent parties
sent load of wood to the home of a poor,
destitute widow, together with food and
raiment for herself and children. 1t was
after dark when the wood was thrown off
| upon the sidewalk. When morning came
the poor woman discovered that during the
night the wood had been stolen. The DO
lice should ferret out the thief, if possible,
| and he should be punished in accordance
with the enormity of his crime. A person
who would steal that which has been be-
! slowed by charity upon a widow and her
I helpless orphans, does not deserve to be
| allowed to live in a civilized community.
| Benjamin 7. Clark, of the Houston and
Texas Central Railroad, accompanied by a
party of ladies, came up to the CITY from
San Francisco on Tuesday, and yesterday
left for the East by special train, in order
to be able TO enjoy the fine scenery on the
hill. Yesterday forenoon the party visited
Chinatown, under the guidance of railroad
! officer Lee, and were evidently interested
| IN what they saw at the headquarters of
the " little brown man." A cursory glance
| was sufficient in most instances, and they
| had no desire to penetrate to the dens,
where the Celestial can be seen in all his
| tilthineSs. The ladies purchased many
curiosities, but the principal thing they
took away was disgust with the Chinese
meat markets.
The Woodland people have been reioic.
ing lately in the efficiency of their Fire
Department-that is, the probable eff
| cheney. A span of fine horses was pur-
| chased recently to haul the engine, and an
ex-Sacramento fireman instructed them to
| obey the gong, until they were perfect in
the drill of leaving their stalls, going to
their places at the pole and standing ready
for the harness, which was dropped upon
them as promptly as it would be done here.
| Owing TO the muddiness of the roads the
drill ceased at that point, the engine not
being taken out, and the horses thought
the next thing in order was to be unhar-
messed and go back to their stalls There
was an alarm of fire a day or two ago, and
the horses were hitched in short order, but
when it came to driving them out of the
house their horse sense told them that
there was a mistake being made. and they
banked. Finally, after a great deal of
whipping, they started, but by that time
were wild, and instead of stopping at the
plug they ran, despite the drivers en-
deavors, half around the town before they
could be stopped.
CLUNIE OPERA HoUsE.-Miss Carfano's
melodramatic success III Life for Life is
unquestioned. Though the engagement
thus far has proceeded under rather dis
couraging circumstances, it has not lessened
the energy or faithfulness of the artist in
her difficult role. The piece is handsomely
mounted, and the scenery of the best class
OF work Mr.. Wilkins turns out. Life for
Life will be repeated tonight Grace
Hawthorne, an accomplished and very
successful emotional actress is announced
to appear at an early day. 1t is understood
that the regular stock company at the
Opera House will presently be disbanded
The organization is a good one, and has
held together longer than the patronage
has warranted. We have not believed at
any time that capable stock company
could be maintained here, at least for any
considerable length of time, owing to the
limited number of patrons of the drama in
this community. They are not equal to
the maintenance of an open theater every
night of the year round, nor indeed to
theatrical nerfnrmances in every weelr