Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-23
BRIEF NOTES.


The steamer D. E. Knight came dowr
| from Marysyille yesterday, en- route to San
| Francisco with merchandise.
! Governor SLOVENIAN yesterday commits.
| stoned as Commissioner of Deeds for Cali.
| lorna Alfred Heals, of London, England
Deputy Sheriff O'Meara took to the State
Prison at Folsom yesterday Charles e.
jackson, who IS to serve five years fol
forgery.
Monday evening thief entered a room
| IN Z. ii. Hubbard's stable, Fifteenth and |
streets, occupied by the hostler. and stole a
watch belonging to the latter.
There was light fall of snow at the
summit yesterday. At other places along
the hnes OF railroad the weather was cloudy,
with light showers of rain occasionally.
Officers Ash and Sullivan last night ar
rested two Cinnamon for selling lottery
tickets, and captured enough tickets to win
small fortune if the game was on the
square"
The Carson and Colorado Railroad Com
pany yesterday settled theirtax by paving
into the State treasury 50, l54 10. Of that
amount 81 ,l69 60 belongs to the State.
$4,O13 81 to Inyo, and $, go 81 to Mono.
A butcher at Woodland, while slaughter
ing an animal last Sunday hurt himself
very severely. The AK with which he
struck glanced from the bullock's head,
and struck its wielder in the ankle, crush
ing the bone.
The Citizens Association will hold a
meeting at s o'clock this evening in the
banquet hall of the Changers building.
Tenth and K streets, to consider matters of
Importance and all members are requested
to be present.
John Woodhead whose sister wrote to
Chief Jackson from Montreal concerning
him, as stated in yesterdays RECORD
UNION, read the item and Immediately
sent letter to her. He has been sick at
the hospital for some time.
Occidental Encampment No. ~. 10.
0. F., elected officers last evening as fol-
lows: c. P, George Lemke; H. P. Louis
Naldron; 5. w, Charles 7. Moves; Scribe,
William A. Stephenson Treasurer, Nelson
Wilcox; J. W., II. p. Casey; Trustee, S. A.
Wolfe.
On Saturday Wilson e Mitchell received
from the East two very fine landaulettes.
They are of the latest pattern, and very
stylish. One was manufactured by the
Studebaker Bros, at South Bend, Indiana,
the other at Miller's Manufactory, Quincy,
Illinois.
In the way of entertainments, the little
town of Gait occupies a front rank The
latest is q series of Dime Socials." inaugu-
rated by Mrs. DR.. harvey, for the benefit of
the Sabbath-school library. 1t is a worthy
object, deserving and receiving most liberal
patronage.
Canvassers for signatures to petitions in
favor OF high-license were working. so
briskly yesterday that they caused that
Srlhiact 10 honnn,a &c
topics of conversation in the CITY. The
canvassers were much pleased with the
success they met with.
The State gardener is trimming the trees
on the Capitol grounds in a way that very
much improves the beauty and attractive
appearance of that park. The lower limbs
are beng cut away, which gives the grass
chance to grow, and no longer affords
hiding places for tramps.
\ letter received in the city yesterday.
from Elmira, Solano county, stated in re-
lation to laborers there that the feeling was
strong against employing Chinese, and that
II laundry was opened by either white
or colOred people, the Monaghan clothes
basket would very soon be empty.
Articles of incorporation have been filed
Of the Wales Manufacturing Company, to
buy, sell and manufacture patent medi-
cines. Principal place of business. San
Francisco. Capital stock, $4,000. Direc-
tors-H. w. Hutton, E. E. Wales, w. II.
Wales, George l. Hanson and J. R. Lon
than.
On a dispatch from Marysville, officer
Kent arrested at the depot yesterday after
noon girl about is years Of age, who ran
away from her home in that city on Mon
day and came to Sacramento that night on
the freight train. She was purchasing Il
tichet for San Francisco when the officer
took her in charge.
Harry Payne, the boy who took a horse
from Crums ranch, below Washington,
few days ago was examined in Justice
Scully's Court, Washington, yesterday. on
a charge OF grand larceny, and held to an
swer before the Superior Court in $500 bail
Constable Todhunter took him to the
County Jail at Woodland last evening
In Department One of the Superior
Court yesterday the cases CT Slower, Gun
ningham and others, charged with gaming,
were dismissed On motion of the District
Attorney, owing to the absence of import
ant witnesses for the prosecution, whose
present whereabouts he had been unable to
ascertain. He was not positive that they
had been subpenaed.
The case of Samuel Norris VS.. Haggin &
Tevis, involving the ownership Of the
Rancho del Paso, has been before Judges
Sawyer and Sabin, of the United States
Circuit Court, at San Francisco, for the
past two days, on argument of demurrer to
the complaint. Complainant is repre-
scented by Clinton L. White and j. H. Nc
Kune, and the defendants by Lewis T.
Haggin and S. C. benson.
The Sacramento river, under the inau-
e A
yesterday morning than it has been for
several years, rose to 20 feet 5 inches YES
terday, a rise of 8 feet 3 inches since the
rain commenced Monday morning. About
noon it commenced to fall, and at II o'clock
last night was down to the 20-foot mark.
1t will rise again to-day, when the waters
of the Feather and upper Sacramento reach
here.
The American river yesterday morning
reached the highest stage it has attained
this season, and a vast quantity of driftwood
came floating down in front of the city in
consequence, and in some places, between
the Sacramento and Yolo bridge and X
street, collected in such masses that men
engaged in securing wood walked upon it
without more danger than they would
have experienced ON terra firma. The river
commenced to fall before noon.
The woodland HdH OF yesterday mad the
following: Some time ago we made men
ton of injuries inflicted by vicious dog
upon little Winnie Myrick, the chils of
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Myricll We re-
greet to learn that she has been ailing con-
tinuously since that time, and is at times
delirious, being fairly wild with delirium
and IMAGINING that she is again being bit
ten. She is now quite sick and under the
care of the doctor"
Among the contributions to the Bric-a-
Brac entertainment at Mrs. Crocker's Mon
day night, of which mention was crowded
out, were some relics from Palestine by
Mrs. Lubin; Il lovely basket OF camellias
presented by Mrs. c. II. Ross as a compli-
ment to Mrs. Croker: q fancy card table
and repoussed fire-screen; a metal
lacquered card receiver, with cameo relief
in metal, and tablet from Jerusalem by
Mr.. Weinstock; painting by ]. f. Ge-
nung. Also some other minor exhibits by
club members.
The rainfall last night, according to the
Signal Service report, at o'clock was .05 of
an inch, making 3.06 inches for the month
and 14.50 inches for the season, against
about inches to an equal date last year.
a foul-weather sunset was reported from
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