Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-10
BRIEF NOTES.

Two carloads of immigrants arrived from
the East this morning.
There was no session of the Police Court
yesterday--no one to be tried.
The steamer Clara Belle cleared for the
Upper Sacramento yesterday with merchan-
disc.
At Woodland, last Saturday, Charles
lilly, convicted of assault, was fined $3.50,
which he paid at once.
E A. Bower announces himself as a
candidate for Fire Commissioner (long
term) at to-day's election.
The Riverside road..has been put in order,
the rough places made smooth and the dust
laid by the sprinkling carts
Billy Young, who shot at VIM. Curran
last Sunday, has managed to keep out OF
sight of the police since the occurrence.
The prizes for the best lady and gentle
man skater AT the Lincoln rink, at q recent
contest, were awarded to Miss NJ Richard
son and Lee Malone.
Tim Langley and Frank Borswicl were
arrested yesterday by officer Woods fol
misdemeanOr in driving on the street faster
than the speed allowed by law.
Sheriff Lord, of Nevada county, passed
through yesterday, conveying to the State
Prison at San Quentin Ira Mcneil, who is
to serve six years for grand larceny, horse
stealing.
The Towards will have contribution
boxes at the various polling places to-day,
and the voters are earnestly requested to
make as liberal contributions as they feel
able to do.
A few Republicans met at Sebenthaler
Hall, Twentieth and II streets, last even
ing, for the purpose of holding ratifica
ton meeting. \. n. Denton presided, and
remarks were made by several of the 81
Ward Republican Club.
Among the documents filed in the County
Auditors office is one which should be
secured by the compilers of the textbook,
series, as furnishing hints in the way OF
spelling. Among the novelties is the con-
struotion of the word schedule" which is
written skegile,'
The California Base Ball Club organized
last evening, with the following officers
c. Curtin, Captain; H. Parramore, Treas
urer; J. Ray, Secretary; C. Wetzel, Prop
ertyman. The other members are y.
Kaufman, 3. Shields, l. Joseph, n. Seib-
ling and Bart. Herman.
Contributors to the California Museum
Association Loan Exhibition who have
articles of interest, whether they have re-
ported them to canvasSers or not, are re-
queSted to send them in to-day. If the
owners cannot conveniently send them,
| they will be called for on notice being
| given.
| George F. Fisher, of this city, the rail
| road conductor whose feet were crushed by
an accident at MarysviIe one day last
week, is doing well. and has improved 50
much that he has been able to leave the
| Railroad Hospital, where he was being
treated, ard return to his residence at Sew
enth and J streets.
Fruit-growers in this vicinity are COM
planning of fruit pests. The Placer Argm
! says: The early peaches are suffering from
some new and mysterious pest What it is
| nobody can tell as yet, but it is not worm
The Early Alexander variety will be a com.
plete failure, and of " Hale's Early" not
more than half a crop can be counted on
| Woods and Campbell, co-defendants with
the Costelos in the robbery of William A
Shelton, yesterday in Department One Of
the Superior Court withdrew their former
plea of not guilty, pleaded guilty and will
| be sentenced next Thursday The Costel-
! los, it will be recollected were tried last
Friday, when Mrs. Costello was convicted
and her husband acquitted.
John Smith, convicted recently in De.
| partment One of the Superior Court on q
charge of perjury, was Yesterday sentenced
to nine years in the State Prison at Folsom
He had previously been sentenced to eight
| years for robbery, but the commitment was
withheld, and the sentence passed yesterday
includes both, and in reality gives him but
one year for the perjury, which was com,
mitted while testilying in the robbery case.
R. A. Fisk filed communication with
the City Trustees yesterday. making
| charges relative to the management of the
| tire-alarm telegraph system. and asking
| that the Office Of Chief Engineer of the Fire
| Department be declared vacant The BoarC
set the matter for hearing next Friday, a
10 4. NJ This is the same matter that was
recently investigated by the Fire Commits
sioners, but Mr.. Fisk did not appear at thai
meeting.
The brilliant meteor seen in the heaven:
Thursday night was monster aerolitt
which is reported to have struck the eartl
in the foothills about six miles east o
Chico. 1t is described as prismatic j,
form, over thirty feet in length and abou
two feet through. After ii struck it cut
gutter two feet in depth through the har
lava rock for a distance of 200 feet befor
it rested. The metal somewhat resemble
copper in color, but is so hard that finel
tempered cold-chisel will not mark O
scratch it.
THE Tryorr Tho ottau Japca ar III