Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-15
BRlEF NOTES.

The Sacramento river is down to 10 feet
inches.
Locomotive No. 123 was ont yesterday
experimenting with petroleum as fuel.
Sixteen carloads of sheep passed through
, TO San Francisco from Nevada yesterday.
Noble Fisher publishes in the business
columns this morning Gard in answer
TO card
The Leavitt Speciality Company arrived
yesterday from the East, en- route to San
Francisco.
FRANCESCA Loriana has been granted by
Judge Mcfarland decree of divorce from
Manuel Loriana.
The steamer D. f. Knight went up to
Marysville from San Francisco yesterday,
with lumber and merchandise.
Officer Franks took Harry Bowman to
the State Prison at Folsom yesterday, to
serve his term of three years for grand lar
ceny.
In Department One of the Superior Court
yesterday E. w. Springstead, a native of
Canada, was admitted to citizenship, on the
testimony of D. Sherwood and Geo Crane
The rainfall for the month of November
at Georgetown, Ell Dorado county, as
measured by C. NJ. Fitzgerald, was 2O.77
inches. For December to date. 81: total
for the season, %. 20.
At the Ninth street Baptist Church last
evening a large audience listened to an in
teresting and instructive lecture by Rev. H.
G. Dewitt, ID. D., pastor of the First Ban
fist Church of Salt Lake City, on the sub
ject, The Downfall of Mormonism.n
Sacramento is becoming Justly known
for her superior educational advantages.
both in our public and private institutions.
Andrew Carlson, of Moscow, Idaho, arrived
in the city yesterday for the purpose of
pursuing studies in the Sacramento Bust
ness College.
The case of John Lowell, charged with
murder in killing Joseph Powers at Brigh-
ton, is set for trial in Department One of
the Superior Court to-day, but the defense
Will endeavor to secure a continuance,
claiming that an importance witness is alb
sent from the county.
Joseph Fry, residing in the neighborhood
OF Fourth and o streets, left word at the
police office about 10 O'Clock last night that
his three boys, aged II, and 6 wears, re-
spectively, had failed to return to their sup
per, and it is feared that something had
happened TO them-possibly they had gone
to the river and been drowned.
Since the recent demonstrations against
the Chinese it is common occurrence for
citizens who are acquainted with Cinnamon
to josh them on the subject of going"
Yesterday Celestial, who entered aplace
OF business, was accosted well, John,
they say the Chinese must gom With
sigh and a shiver the Chinaman calculated
in good English ITS a cold day r'
The following are the officers elect of
Warren Post. No. "a, G. A R., for 1886: P.
g.. c. N. McLemare; S. V. c., c. w. Wal
lace; v. c.. r. Pedlar; Q. NJ, 1. n.
Moore; Surgeon, C. E. Pinkham; Chap
lain. E. Ames; o. D., c.. E. Perkins O. G.,
II. Moore; Delegates to Department En-
campment, NJ. ]. Smith and F. r. Girard
Alternates ]. A. Mead and R. Pedlar.
Sergeant Barwick reports that, according
to the Signal Service reports at o'clock
last night, the barometer was falling from
Tatoosh Island to San Diego, variable
winds and cloudy weather prevailing, with
light rain falling at Tatoosh Island, Olym-
pic and Fort Candy. Five hundredths of
an inch of rain had fallen at San Francisco
last evening. A foul-weather sunset is re-
ported from Tatoosh Island to San Fran
cisco.