Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-30
BRIEF NOTES.

yesterday from Cottonwood.
Tim Murphy, the prisoner who escapes
from Phil Riehl, of Freeport, on Wednes
day, has not yet been recaptured.
The only arrests made yesterday wer
those of Sin Yee, by officer Frazee, for ex
hibiting; and All Sing, by officer Ash, 10
petit larceny.
The fog on the bay caused the local pas
senger train from San Francisco TO be abou
half an hour late in its arrival here yester
day morning.
George w. Mcconnell, of Mcconnell:
Station, captured, last Sunday night, a wild
cat weighing SO pounds, and measurinc
four feet from tip to tip.
Residents of that portion of the city cas-
! of Fourteenth street are circulating for sig
natures petition asking the City Trustee:
| to provide system Of sewerage for thai
locality.
1t is said that the Union Pacific Railroad
! Company contemplates reduction of sew
eral hours in the running time of its pas.
| senger trains between Omaha and Ogden al
an early day.
The steamer Dover arrived from the up.
per Sacramento with grain yesterday, and
returned with merchandise; the steamer
/ San joaquin No. 1 cleared for San Fran
cisco with grain.
The many friends in this city of Mrs
Lucius II. Foote. wife of the ex-Mlnister to
| Corea, both old Sacramentans, will grieve
! to hear of her death at San Francisco last
| Wednesday of heart disease.
In Department One of the Superior
Court, yesterday, Judge Murphy admitted
to citizenship George A. Buchanan, native
of Germany, on the testimony of Edward
Carragher and Elias Stemman.
At Georgetown, in this county, yesterday,
john Henry Rusch, painter fell from a
scaffold distance of twenty-five feet, and
sustained the fracture of several ribs. He
was taken to the county hospital, and last
evening was as comfortable as could be
expected.
There are lively scenes at Agricultural
Park every morning, while the running
horses quartered there are being speeded,
in preparation for the Blood Horse meet
ing, and the exercising Is frequently as
good as race. The horses will be shipped
to San Francisco next Wednesday.
Deputy Sheriff Shellars goes up to Fol
som this morning, in accordance with an
order of Court, to get Tim Buckley, who is
confined in the Folsom Prison for murder.
but is necessary witness in the case of 5.
Smith VS.. ;. K. Trefry, set for trial in Judge
Mctariand's Court tomorrow at 10 A. NJ.
Mike Milland, who was arrested on sus-
plcion of insanity Wednesday evening
having attempted to commit suicide by
trying to jump into the river from the Sac
ramento and Yolo bridge, was committed
to the Stockton Insane Asylum yesterday,
and taken over to that institution by Dep
uty Sheriff Brissell last evening.
United States Circuit Judge SAWYER has
rendered 4 decision at San Francisco in IA
yor OF plaintiff in the case of Kate Nc
Laughlin, executriX of Charles Mclaughlin.
vs.. l.. B. Davis. This was an action in
electmept for possession of forty acres of
land in Sacramento county, and for $500
for unlawful detention and 5000 for rents.
The Woodland papers state that the libel
suit OF GarOutte VS.. Saunders, which has
been on the calendar of Department Two
OF the Sacramento county Superior Court,
was dismissed on the agreement that the
Woodland Democrat, in which the libelous
article appeared, should make an explain
alton and apology, and this has been done.
The American Baseball Club has organ
lied for the season with the following
officers and members: Captain. Edwin
Mouton; Treasurer, Harry Williamson:
Janitor, Frank Smith. The other mem
bers are J. P. Cox, George Reuter-, Mont.
Pike, Merit Pike, John Hunters and VIM
Menke. Manager, L. Mayhem, of May
hew's Station.
Three men brought a raft of logs-to be
made into cordwood-down the river yes
terday, from some point near Fremont.
arriving here during the forenoon. Two of
them tOwed the raft by means of q boat.
while the third remained upon and steered
1t. Just below the bridge the raft ran
aground, and had to be lightered by remov-
ing portion of its load.
John Fitzgerald, who stole a cowboy hat
from the Red House Wednesday evening,
and got forty days in the County Jail,
stated, when his description was being
taken at the statiOn-house, that he was a
" professor of the manly art - that he
came to California from Troy, New York.
as pugilist, and had " knocked out" sew
eTal pretty good ones while here,
The Signal Service records at : o'clock
last night reported the weather as ranging
from clear to cloudy and light rain from
Tatoosh Island to Red Bluff 1t was rain
ing at the latter point. The barometer is
rising in Washington Territory and falling
IN Oregon and California, with southerly
winds, except southerly portions of Cali
fornia, where it is from the northwest.
George Zins, who came to California in
1871 took part in the Bear Flag war under
Fremont; then settled at Sutterville and
commenced the manufacture of brick
built himself q brick house on Front street
OF this city in the fall of 1919; subsequent
~ established brewery near Suffers Fort,
but was burned out and financially wrecked;
then moved to ranch near Nicolaus and
recuperated his fortunes, but was, as years
passed by, seriously damaged by deposits
OF SlIrEpnS his ranch HinH no
instant at Oakland, to which place he had
removed about two weeks before.
The Chinese Free Masons,' whose
lodge room is on the northeast corner of
Fifth and | streets, raised very neat flag
stall in front of their building yesterday
afternoon alongside of the old staff They
made the new one themselves, on the side
OF the street near their headquarters, paint
ed ii handsomely, and placed gilt ball at
its top. The raising was at times very
amusing, every Celestial appearing dis
posed to be boss, and airing his inform
alton on the subject at the top of his voice;
but after while some white men assisted,
and the pole was placed in position without
trouble.
Very few citizens have paid any atten-
ton to the fact that the County Treasurer
has been ready and willing, for several
HloHtHSi 10 repay 10 luOSe VINO palu per
sonal property tax of 1881, the rebate due
them. Consequently the greater portion of
the money will 90 into the treasury on the
hrst OF the new year, unless more interest
is shown by those entitled to " draw
down previous to December 31st. The
amounts are small, as a general thing, but
worth calling for, nevertheless. The per-
sonal tax of 1885 will present n different
state of affairs, as the tax rate has been in
creased, instead of diminished, since col
lection was made.
MOUNTAIN TRoUT.-In order to meet the
wants of our trade we have made the ar
rangement with the fishermen to send us
daily supply Of fresh mountain trout, with
all other kinds of fresh and salt water fish