Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-28

WHOSE Duty Is II The publication o
Il short communication in this paper yes
terday, calling attention to the fact that
there are a number of dead and putrefying
CarcaSses Of horses. sheep. etc. in the river
short distance above the city caused con
siderable comment among citizens, anG
many have asked the questions - What
has been done about it? Whose duty is il
TO attend TO the removal of such things
and has the duty been discharged? One
thing IS certain-it should be the
business Of somebody to see that
the source of the citys water
supply is kept at least comparatively free
from the dead bodies of sheep. pigs, horses
etc. And this duty cannot be properly
discharged until provision be made foI
Patrolling the rivers for distance of sew
eral miles above the city. Only Yesterday
a stranger coming to the city brought the
comforting intelligence that Just below the
railroad bridge across the American river
is a horse stuck so fast in the mud THAT he
cannot get out, and there he remains
diving by inches as it We're, with the
water thar the people are to drink surging
about him. soon to be pumped up and
forced into the service pipes. Perhaps by
this time the poor. abandoned brute Is
dead and in an advanced stage OF decOmpO-
siton 1t would seem that some action
should be taken-cither to keep the river
as clean as possible or TO procure q supply
of pure water from some other source as
soon as possible.
LIKE MOTHER LIKE CHmD.-Y esterday
afternoon a reporter while passing along
one of the more thicBIy-settIed blocks in
the residence portion of the city, came
upon a couple Of fond mothers on the side
walk engaged in close and earnest converse
ton They had evidently been discussing
the respective merits of their young hope
fuls, for Just as the newspaper man passed
one of them made this remark Mine
amt got no sense neither, an she's 5 years
old. And yet there are teachers who in
VTiably blame pupils for not being able
to keep mp with the brighter scholars III
school, and parents who attribute their
children $ failures to the iucapacity of theiI
teachers. never rejecting that the reason
that the cherubs amt got no sense
might be traced 10 source near home.
HIS SNlrrED.-Y Yesterday morning Joe
Daniels an inmate of the County Jail, who
had been allowed the privileges of j
trusty, took advantage thereof and de
tampcd for parts unknown He was in for
leo days, and had but two more to serve
but believing that he would then be turned
over 10 the San Francisco authorities on
another charge, he concluded to make the
best of his opportunity to escape Like his
equine namesake OF turf fame. he has
proven himself to be staycr. for at last
accounts he had not been heard of and Is
probably scores OF miles away by this time
POLICE CoURr.-The following cases wer,
disposed of yesterday in the Police Court
Thomas Kenealy, charged with vagrancy
was found guilty and ordered to appear to
day for sentence. Tang Hop, petty larceny
discharged J. Tromenschlager, charged
with disturbing the peace, was discharged
The case Of d. D. Swift, charged with bat
terv. was continued till June sth. Charlie
Yates, battery; fined the costs Of Court
Frank Priest, drawing and exhibiting
deadly weapon fined Sl5. Carrie Lee an,
Maggie Wilson, vagrancy; ordered to ap
pear May 18th tor judgment,
The CAMP LoCATED.-The division en-
campment of the National Guard Will b.
held at Santa Cruz from August 10Th to III
23d, inclusive The matter was decided a
u meeting held in San Francisco yesterda,
by the Board of Location and Organization
TOMORROW all customers pufchaSln;
goods in any department of the house to tn
amount of 81 80, will be presented with ;
cloth-bound Pictorial, Defining and Pro
nouncing Dictionary, containing more thar
10000 words and 800 pages. Red House
THURSDAY, May 18th, the five Councils 0
Chosen Friends will picnic at Beach.
Grove. A pleasant trip by the steame
Gov. Dana. Round trip, 10 cents. Admis
sion to grounds free
Tomorrow boys sailor suits, jacket ant
pants cages, to 10y, % cents Red House