Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-09-11
BRIEF NOTES.


A special train of twenty-five carloads OF
beef cattle passed through yesterday from
Nevada to San Francisco
Tallman Westover & Co., of Oakland,
have filed with the Secretary of State their
claim to trademark. for Magic Bleaching
Soap"
The Supervisors spent nearly all of their
session yesterday as a Finance Committee,
examining claims that had been presented
against the county.
A large addition to the live stock at Ag-
ricultural Park was made yesterday, includ-
ing five carloads of fine cattle from Senator
Stanford's Nina ranch.
The Pioneer banquet given Wednesday
night in honor of Admission Day took
place at Fishers Restaurant, and not at
Pioneer Hall, as has been stated.
S. Scion Holl filed with the County Re
corder yesterday his official bond as a
Notary Public, given in the sum of 5000,
with John T. Cardwell and John A. Parker
as sureties.
Sheriff Lord, of Nevada county, took to
Stockton yesterday an insane man named
w. J. Shirley and to the State Prison al
San Quentin John Wadsworlh, who is 10
serve three years for grand larceny.
The freight passing Ogden for Sacramento
on the 9TH inst. consisted of 5 barrels of
whisky for c. w. Chesley, 10 barrels of
whisky for Elmer Bros, and l crate and /
package show cards for Joseph Hahn d
Co.
The remains of the late Senator VIM NJ.
Gwin will arrive from New York this
morning, en- route to San Francisco for in
terment. The funeral will take place from
Grace Church in that city tomorrow at
P. NJ.
Arrived yesterday, steamers Ceres and
Harriet, from the upper Sacramento, with
grain. Cleared, steamers San joaquin No. 4
and Harriet, for San Francisco, with grain ;
steamer Ceres, for the upper Sacramento,
light.
Notice of appeal to the Supreme Court
has been given in the case of Miller VS..
Controller Dunn, relative to claims under
the Drainage Act, and which was recently
decided in Judge Netherlands Court in
favor of plaintiff.
The alarm of fire at 7:45 last evening from
box 43 was occasioned by the discovery that
a fence in the alley between Ninth and
Tenth, j and K streets, was on fire. The
burning portion was pulled down, and the
tiremen had their run for nothing.
The commercial travellers sample room
at the Golden Eagle Hotel was entered by
a thief Wednesday night, and robbed OF
numerous samples of pocketbooks, purses,
card and note cases. The thief gained en-
trance by crawling through transom.
j. Frank Clark, County Coroner, reported
to the Board of Supervisors yesterday that
during the quarter ending September Sth
he held nine inquests. In none of the
cases was property of value found upon
the person whose death was Investigated.
The steamer Dana, which had been up
the river to lay in a supply of wood, got
aground on her return yesterday morning
in the draw of the bridge, where there is a
depth of but three feet of water, and re-
manned fast for about half an hour. No
trains were delayed.
The Street Commissioner had men en-
gagged yesterday in washing out with a
hydrant stream the gutter on the south side
of J street, between Second and Third,
which had become unpleasantly odorous.
Some of the other cutters might be SINH
larry treated and much benefited.
Unusual spirit has been infused into the
tomato trade of Sacramento by the fair,
and if opposition is the life of business, -
that line of business must needs be very
lively, aud all in consequence of the arrival
mere Oh several Dan fTdllClSCO NCuueTS OF
the cornhusk-wrapped conundrum.
Governor SLOVENIAN has appointed Nota-
ries Public as follows Frank II. Farras,
MERGED Inis Sturgeon, Sturgeon, MERGED
county; Charles II. Covalle, San Ber-
nardino John Pitcher, Spanishtown, San
Mateo county; Matt. Clarken, Benicia Il.
S. Kerr, Oakdale, Stanislaus county.
Some person has a queer idea of amuse-
ment. Several times lately the fire plug on
Fourth street, near the hook and ladder
house, has been found in the morning to be
flooding the street and sidewalk in the vi
cinity, the water having been turned on
during the night by some mischief-maker.
According to the Signal Service reports
the highest temperature yesterday along
the Pacific slope was for Olympia, 676;;
Spokane Falls, go; Dayton, $50; Fort
Candy, COZ; Portland. 700; Roseburg, 100;
Cape Mendocino, $50; Red Bluff, $40; Sac
ramento, $50; San Francisco, 66o; Keller,
$40; San Luis Obispo, go; Los Angeles 7So;;
San Diego, 73o.
The session of the State Board of Equal
cation yesterday was occupied with the
hearing of the statements made bv repre-
sentatives of Nevada county relative 10
that county's assessments, they claiming
that the assessment was unusually low this
year because of the injunctions against
hydraulic miners, and the decrease in value
of some of the quartz mines.
A Chico woman, who for about a wear
has been making frequent trips to Sacra-
mento and other places looking for her
husband, who, she asserted, had deserted
her and her little son, was IN town yester-
day on the same business. She recently, il
is said, went as far as Denver, looking for
him. He must be desirable piece of prop
erty to be sought so earnestly.
The newly organized Eureka Baseball
Club, of this city, expresses its willingness
to accept the challenge of the Actives. OF
San Francisco, to play game for the anna
teur championship of the State, and will
attend TO the matter soon. Meanwhile the
Club is endeayoring to make game for
next Sunday with either the Brighton Club
or the independents of Franklin.
Nicholas Neary died in this city yesterday
morning after q lingering illness. lie had
been q pressman in the RECORD UNION