Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-07-22
Belief NOTES.

B. +. Croker has received another new
and novel yehicle-a regular English drag.
Joe Sullivan and Aft Perran were booked
at the calaboose last night on charges of
yagrancy.
There was no concert at Capitol Park last
evening, but there will be one on Friday
evening next.
An old and wel-known colored man
named Robert Overhaul died at the County
Hospital yesterday.
Steamers and barges have much difficulty
these days in getting to and from the city,
owing to the low stage of water in the river
The police have gathered in Jesse Siaugh-
ter, who had a row with one Patterson on
Monday night in a X street saloon and
drew a pistol
Yesterday afternoons fire alarm was
caused by the burning Of some straw in a
stable yard at Fifteenth and Q streets. No
damage resulted.
The Superior Court of Contra Costa has
sentenced Frank Hennessy, who was ar
rested here for Port Costa robbery, to fif-
teen years in San Quentin
The musicale announced TO take place at
the First Baptist Church tonight has been
postponed, circumstances preventing some
who were to participate from taking part.
George Burgess has been secured as
pitcher by the knickerbocker Baseball
Club, to fill the place of George Young
who has gone to the mountains for few
weeks.
The proceedings of the United Friends of
the Pacific, at their fourth annual session.
held in San Francisco in May last, has been
published in pamphlet form, making nearly
200 pages.
The First Artillery Regiment had a dress
parade and battalion drill at Arnory Hall
last evening. The hall was packed to over
flowing with spectators, who greatly en-
joyed the affair
Last evening the joint Board of Trustees,
|. o. 0. f., met and organized by electing
officers for the ensuing year rs follows: II.
+. Diliman, President 5. b. Smith, Secre-
tary and Treasurer.
w. NJ. hurry returned yesterday from
the East, bringing with him large num-
Der of colts purchased recently in the East
by w. B. Todhunter, the racers Estill,
Billy Ayres ard others.
The Eldred camping party appear to be
having a fine time of it about Allen $
Springs, Lake county. The members claim
to have nearly rid that section of bears,
deer and other bloodthirsty creatures.
The members of St. Margaret's Guild
celebrated its first anniversary on Monday
last, st. Margaret's Day. On the evening
preceding there was children 5 festival at
st. Paul's Church in honor of the event.
Yesterday the Bank Commissioners paid
700 into the State Treasury. the years
proceeds from bank assessments. The
Yosemite Commissioners also paid i'll $500
received from lessees of privileges in Go-
semitic valley.
A smooth-tongued sparrer for good board
has been Eictimizing unsophisticated lady
proprietors OF boarding houses lately. He
represents himself as Il Government sur
veyor, but the quality of his cheek is more
like Government mule.
Judge Van Fleet yesterday ordered dis
missal of the contest in the matter of the
will of John II. Wilson, a colored citizen,
who died couple of years ago, and over
whose estate there has ever since been a
wrangle. The value Of the estate is not in
excess of s., 600.
An ice cream vendcr named Fontaine
last evening caused the arrest of Il trail
creature of the feminine persuasion, known
as Lille Murray, on charge OF having
robbed him. He was also locked up so as
to secure his attendance as q witness. The
woman tells a different story from his.
The young people will have a social at
the Westminster Presbyterian Church this
evening, at which viii be presented an in
teresting and varied programme, both lit
erary and musical. Games will be played,
refreshments served, and all it costs is &
quarter of dollar. Children fifteen cents.
Some wag has been stufling the local re-
porter Of the Vallejo Chronicle with the
the boss fish story of the season. Catfish
are represented to be so plentiful and so
thoroughly domesticated in the Sacramento
river, that they will come to the surface of
the water and eat flour held in the open
hand.
The Athletic Baseball Club reorganized
last evening and elected the following Off
GERS 7. X. Barkworth. Captain W. K.
O'Brien, President; W. j. Cummings, Sec
rotary; \. Hapeman. Treasurer ". J.
Lawrence, PrOpertyman. The other mem
bers are: J. D. Ramsay, !. Joseph, J.
Menke, J. Contell.
Under Sheriff Mitchell, of Placer county,
yesterday passed through to Stockton with
an insane patient There is nothing re-
markable about this fact, but the gaping
crowd of idlers who gathered about the car
and gazed and laughed at the poor unfor-
tunate as if he were a kangaroo or gorilla
might have easily found better employ
ment.
State Treasurer Opllahan has reported to
the Controller the collection of SO, 104 80
interest on county bonds held in trust for
the State University, and the redemption OF
81 600 of bonds of that fund. He has also
collected $l2,997 SO interest on bonds held
in trust for the State school fund, and re-
deemed bonds of that fund to the amount
of IS, 600.
The highest temperature yesterday. ac-
cording to the Signal Service records, was
For Tatoosh Island, go; Olympia,
100; Spokane Falls, 10; Dayton,
SOC; Fort Candy, 63o Portland, 750;;
Roseburg 100; Cape Mendocino, go; Red
Bluff go; Sacramento, 920; San Francis
co, 6Go; Keller. 96o;; SanI.uis Obispo, Il o;
Los Angeles, 80, and San Diego, 75o.
a certain Young man, who lives on
street, between Sixth and Seventh, has for
some time past been sporting an elegant
gold watch-chain. He was very much
taken back few evenings since when his
pest girl, who was in company with several
others, stepped up to him at a dress party
aud said Dear Adolphus, what time is
il ~ at the same time, catching hold of the
chain, drew from his pocket not an elegant
gold time-piece, but an old door-key and a
couple Of ten-penny nails. Tableau.
Last evening the stockholders of the Odd
Fellows Temple Association held their
annual meeting and elected eleven Di-
rectorS for the ensuing year, as follows
From Sacramento Lodge, No. =, II. f. Dill
man, VI. j.. Smith. D. 4 Leitch from
Eureka Lodge No. I, s. Is. Smith; from FL