Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-08
BRIEF NOTES.

correspondent inquiries when The
street-sprinkling contract expires. Novem.
Der 1st
Deputy Sheriff Wilson, of San Francisco
brought up yesterday en- route to the State
Prison at Folsom, John Guy, who is to
serve one year for mayhem.
One of the planks in the third bridge ON
the road west Of Washington has been
broken IN TWO, leaving an opening in the
bridge that is very dangerous to horses.
Much to the regret of the general public.
the Tain-storm which the clerk of the
| weather promised to favor this vicinity
with Tuesday night subsidized after q slight
sprinkle
Last Monday evening Miss Eva Simpson
Iel INTO cellar stairway al the residence of
+. 4. Baker, Woodland, and was so severe
~ bruised that she viii be confined 10 the
house for few days
A social will be held at the A. NJ. e.
church this evening, to which all the pio-
neers OF the city and the public generally
are invited. There will be interesting ex-
| ereises and fine supper.
In Department Two of the. Superior
Court yesterday Elizabeth Sauze was grant
ed divorce from Oliver Sauze, and the
custody of their two minor children, to-
gethef with costs and attorneys fees.
The immediate delivery system is grow
ing IN favor in Sacramento, and the num-
per OF letters handled increases daily. On
5I,uesday over seventy passed through the
fostoHice. But few were drop letters.
Messrs. Ferguson, Johnson and Quinn. of
TINS city, went to Chico Monday to organ
lze lodge of Odd Fellows among the
coloTed people of that place. The installa-
ton, followed by a ball, took place last
evening.
The steamers, Dover and Flora arrived
yesterday from the upper Sacramento with
grain, and the san joaquin, No 1, from
San Francisco, with merchandise The
steamers Flora and Ceres left for the upper
Sacramento, light.
Some time ago the Trustees of Woodland
ordered three ornamental and practical
drinking fountains, for street purposes.
Ihey have arrived. and II has been decided
TO locate one at the intersection of First
I and Main streets, another near the corner
OF Third and Main, and the third near the
corner of Main and Elm
The papers of Butte county are continu-
ally harping about their large sweet pota-
| toes, saying they have some that weigh six
pounds. That's nothing. A farmer on
Brannan island, in this county, few days
since, sent two Irish potatoes to San Fran
cisco, one weighing twelve the other eight
pounds, and sweet potatoes raised there
have to be handled with derricks.
Werth Ober and other Sacramento horse
men, who had been attending the fair at
Greenyille, got back home Tuesday night.
with their horses. After a close calculation
OF receipts and disbursements, they find
themselves just about even; but, though
the "Trip was long one, it was interesting.
/ They Toasted i
generally in the upper country, and alto
gether had fine time.
The snagboat Seller was engaged vester-
day in improving the channel below the
Sacramento and Yolo bridge by scraping,
and seemed to be succeeding satisfactorily.
Her teuder, the barge Aid, was engaged
meanwhile in work upon the wingdam
above the bridge, having for her base of
operations the little island that has formed
there, and upon which there is already
vigorous growth of young trees.
4 Sacramento Chinaman, who is an en-
ploye in store here, represented himself to
Mr.. and Mrs. Tape, of San Francisco-Chi-
nese people who have become ChristianiZed
and AmeriCanized, dress and live like
white folks and have been married half 4
score of years-to be a prosperous mer-
chant of this city. In course of time he
won Mrs. Tapes affections from her liege
lord, and she coolly informed the latter
that she proposed 10 leave him and accom-
pany the Sacramentan home. AS persua-
sion was of no avail 10 change her mind
Mr.. Tape managed to be on hand at the
ferry landing a day or two ago, when the
couple were about to take passage, and
knocked the Sacramento Celestial down in
an emphatic manner. He then offered his
arm to his wife, who took it without a
w@rd, and went home