Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-30
BRIEF NOTES.
The City Board of Education will me
this evening.

Inc City Board OF Educal' on Will meet
this evening.
County License Collector Dolan collected
! so,'4Z 50 last month in the CITY, He goes
on tour of the county to-day
1t was raining on " the hill'' Yesterday
! even at the summit, where there was
depth OF about seven feet of snow.
On Saturday in Department Two of the
superior Court, Judge Mcfarland granted
w. a. Scott divorce from E. G. Scott.
The Sacramento river at II o'clock last
night marked 20 feet IL inches. and was
rising at the rate of about half an inch Der
hour Pc
The steamers Clara Belle and Alvarado
nave been tied up on the Yolo side of the
river, about opposite n street, to be out of
| the way.
). j. Nagele slipped on the sidewalk on
n street, between Fifth and Sixth, Satur-
DAY evening, and sprained one of his ankles
severely.
The steamer Onward came up from San
FRANCISCO yesterday, in place of the
Apache, which is to be overhauled at Oak
land Point.
Inc City Treasurer, in accordance with
the mandate of the Supreme Court, paid to
samuel Davis on Saturday Sl0,092, interest
on city bonds.
Many Sacramento hunters were out after
ducks and geese Saturday and YESTERDAY.
but most of the hunts were failures. there
beng too much water.
The locomotive "Colusa," which arrived
rom the East few days ago. for the CO.
lusa Narrow-gauge Railroad, was Yesterday
taken up to that city on the Dover's barge.
On Saturday it was stated on the street
hot I D. i
disappeared last Sunday with Joseph Bron-
ner, had returned home Unfortunately
the report was incorrect
| a Sunday-school concert was held last
evening at the First Baptist Church. The
audience was large and the programme of
readings, Rotations and vocal music was
good one, and well rendered
All OF the upper works of the old steamer
Naponset-sunk above the old mouth of
the American-which had not been re-
moved by the owner of the craft, broke
away and tloated down stream Yesterday
morning.
The Twelfth-street road, from the CITY
limits to the American-river bridge is in
almost an impossible condition. The
chuck holes, which are full of soft mud
are SAID to be in some instances three feet
in depth.
Sheriff Wilson will to-day pay into the
state treasury, on account OF taxes col
lected. Sl4, $50 SIS, making a total for the
month OF S32,677 50. This is S14, 400 40 in
excess OF the amount paid in to same date
last year.
The alarm of fire at 5:25 last evening
from box 16. was occasioned by the burn
ing of some clothing in residence on
Sixth street, between p and O. children
having set the articles on fire while PLAYING
with matches.
In the Police Court Saturday Jim Emory
Mike McQuade and Dick Cote were con-
Vlcted OF being common drunkads. The
case OF z. Pontoteo, charged with drawing
deadly weapon, was dismissed on pay
ment of costs.
Saturday afternoon Manuel Cavana. a
patient at the County Hospital, 60 years of
age and native of Mexico, ATTEMPTED to
commit suicide there by cutting his throat
with a razor, and inflicted severe wounds
which may prove fatal.
Several burglaries have been committed
IN this city recently, apparently by sneak
thieves or tramps, as the booty they were
in search of appeared to be articles of food
wearing apparel and bedding. Housekeep-
ers should take the hint.
Fourteen members of the Woodland Gun
Club had match at clay pigeons on
Thanksgiving Day with a like number
from the Amateur Club OF that place. Each
man shot at twenty-five " BIRDS" the score
closing as follows: Woodlands, 22S: Anna
teurs, 212.
Sheriff Mcclellan and Deputy Sheriff
Ward, of Butte county, passed through the
city yesterday with two prisonerS-Barnev
Finnegan, whom the Sheriff was taking to
Stockton Insane Asylum and VIM Miller.
en- route under Wards care tosthe Folsom
prison, to serve three years for grand lar
ceny.
The steamers Dover and Varuna arrived
from the upper Sacramento Saturday. and
the San joaquin, No. 4, and d. f. Knight
yesterday-the latter en- route for Marys-
vile. The No. cleared for San Francisco,
and the Neponset, No. ., Dover and San
joaquin, No. 3, for the upper Sacramento
yesterday afternoon.
Gait Lodge No. So, K of P. has elected
the following named officers for the ensu-
ing term p. c., Frank Woodson; C. c.,
r. NJ. Haight; V. c., George W. Need; NJ.
at A, John Maluvius; Prelate, Simon
Prouty X. of R. and s., w. H. Meachum
NJ. of F., w. f. Brewster; NJ. of E.. John
Brewster Trustee, John White
AS another Judge was presiding for Judge
Garoutte in the Superior Court of Yolo
county, and had case on trial Saturday.
the hearing of the habeas corpus case of
Louis Hansche, which the Supreme Court
had referred TO Judge Garoutte. was con-
tinued until 10 A. NJ. to-day. The prison.
er's presence at the hearing was waived.
and he was brought back to the city.
Daniel Mccain, an old resident of Sacra-
mento, and a well-known member of the
old Volunteer Fire Department, but who
has been living at Tombstone, Arizona. for
several years. and was at one time Chief
Engineer of the Fire Department there,
died in that city last week of consumption.
He was inferred at Tombstone, but his re-
mains will be removed TO Sacramento next
spring.
Judge Erskine NJ Ross, of the Supreme
Court, has made up his mind to resign. and
will send his resignation to the Governor in
day or two, to take effect January /, 1886
The health of his family has not been good
in San Francisco and the emoluments of
the judicial office are not sufficient to COM
pensate him tor the pecuniary sacrifice he
made in giving up lucrative practice He
will probably return to Los Angeles to
practice.
Charles r. Parsons sale at auction Satur--
day afternoon of unimproved property in
the block between Q and r, Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets, resulted as follows Lot
l, bought by Siller Bros. for $3.50; lot 2,W.
c. Graft, $500; west one-half of lot 8. Frank
Lohmeyer, S455; east one-half of lot 3, Mrs
Abbie Horne, $3.50; lot 4, William Gamble
1920; north one-quarter of lots and 6, w.
p. Inness $205. The balance of the prop
erty was withdrawn. owing to rain-storm
setting in. The sales were regarded as sat
isfactory.
A new money-order system of Wells
Fargo e. Co. will go into effect to-day. The
orders will be issued for any amount from
81 upwards, payable to either the bearer or
order in 5000 places in the United States
and Canada. Receipts will be given and
money refunded should the orders be lost
The orders will be RENTED as exchange
upon all the large cities of the United
States The following are a few of the
rates to be charged From 81 to s., cents;
over s. to $40. cents: over $40 to $40, 10
cents; over $50 to $50, u cents over $40
to $50, 20 cents.
Following is the report of Brown school
miss S. l.. Goodspeed, teacher, for the
month ending November 20, 1885: Those
! having 80 per cent. and over in department
are: LATE Scott, Martha Scott. Elite Wilson,
Bertha Craig, Emma and Cora Overmyer,
Ada Scott Sarah Hancock Frank Effia