Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-14
BRIEF NOTES.

morning.
At present there is a depth of about tire,
feet OF snow at the Summit.
The steamer Dover arrived from The
upper Sacramento yesterday with grain
and returned light.
Sacramento and vicinity had more rair
yesterday, much to the disgust of the farm
ing community especially.
II and o streets, from Tenth to Twen.
tieth, along the line of the street railway
are in very muddy condition.
D. W. Kanode, a well-known resident o.
Dunnigan, Yolo county, died Monday at:
ternoon of pneumonia, after a brief illness
County Treasurer Kuchler is now pre-.
pared to pay taxpayers the rebate due them
or personal property taxes paid to the As
SCISSOR in 1884.
Princess Winnemucca (Mrs. S. w. Hop
kinS) had q dress, valued at $40, stolen
from her room at No. 419 L street yester
day afternoon.
Yesterday the Sacramento Electric Light
Company received from San Francisco fouI
masts. They are of Oregon pine, will each
be put up in two pieces, and will be $50 feet
in hight.
The only arrests made yesterday were
those of All Sing, by officer Farrell, fol
petit larceny; and Tom Gaynor, by special
officer DePuy, for being common
drunkard
John Pratt, the boy who was found or
has been lodged at the city prison since
then, was yesterday sufficiently recovered
TO take care of himself.
rTl,a,,1,, hoo Io,,-l. H.
odist Church property in Woodland, and is
of two-story brick buildings, for stores
offices and public hall.
The retiring President of the Turn
Verein Society, Fred. Hebron, was a few
evenings since presented with an elegant
gold-headed cane, appropriately engraved
by members of the Society.
The Chinese theater is running very sue.
cessfully the trouble threatening it at one
time, in consequence of the unpopularity
of the manager, being smoothed over by
the appointment of new man in his place
As an indication that wheat is moving tC
tide water rapidly, it may be mentioned
that there were 13S carloads Of it, from
along the California and Oregon, the North
ern and the California Pacific Railroads
received at Port Costa on Monday last.
Small taxpayers-that is, those who have
but small amount of property-will dc
well to settle with the Sheriff for theil
State and county taxes within the next few
days, as after that costs will accumulate
very rapidly, soon exceeding the original
tax.
A young man took lodgings in a house
on L street, between Third and Fourth
night before last and yesterday morning il
was discovered that he had disappeared
leaving behind him his coat, pants and
vest, but taking with him his hat and
boots.
Deputy Sheriff Chambers took up to the
Folsom Prison yesterday morning Richard
Elston and Harry Lowe, the former tc
serve two years and the latter ten, fol-
burglary. Deputy Sheriff Macomber took
up last evening w. H. Murphy, who is tc
serve four years for grand larceny.
James II. Murphy, at one time proprie-
tor of the Parker House in this city, but
for many years resident of San Fran
cisco, died in that city two or three DAYS
ago. He was a brother of ?. J. Murphy
legislative correspondent of the San Fran.
cisco Post, and was much esteemed by many
friends and acquaintance.
Jake Martin, the Indian against whom
there is an information for grand larceny
in stealing a horse from Clay Station in
this county, made application yesterday to
Judge Mcfarland for release from custody
on habeaS corpus, based upon some trifine
error or omission by the Clerk of Depart
ment One, but the Judge on hearing the
evidence refused to grant the petition.
At Il regular meeting of Sacramento
Lodge No. II, X. of p, the following
newly-elected officers were installed, Mon
day evening, by District Deputy Grand
Chancellor L. B. Osler, assisted by G. NJ
at A, J. W. Guthrie and other Past Chan
cellors ?. c., +. J. Verdon; c. c., T.
Schumacher; Y. c., J. +. Carroll; PRl, W.
J. Fuller; NJ. of T., J. DomingOs; NJ. of E.,
Wilson; X. of X. and S., J. c. Clifford
Duck-hunters are getting good shooting
near the site of the old Tule House, six
or seven miles west of Washington, and
there are thousands of ducks and geese at
the sink of the Putah, but the shooting is
not very good On this side of the river
the indications are excellent for fine snipe-
shooting after q few days of warm weather.
A large number of birds have made their
appearance already, but are reported to be
very wild.
T. G. Hodgdon, of Washington, has been
chosen President of the Board of Super
yisors of Yolo county According to law
it was determined by lot that 7. c. Hodg-
don, w. II. Ludden and J. S. Tut serve as
Supervisors for the four-year term, and J
T. Lillard and George Sharpnacll to serve
the two-year term. The Supervisors OF
Sacramento county have not yet ascertained
who of their number are to serve the long
term, and who the short.
A Sacramentan who has Just returned
from trip to West Point, Volcano and vi.
cinity, is endeavoring to set the sportsmen
of this city wild with his reports of the
great number of gray squirrels i'll the hills
near those towns. He says they are SC
numerous that a man with gun can shoot
in day more than he can carry; and that
with only dog a great many can be OBJ
tanned \ friend of his shook two out of a
small pine tree in which they had taken
refuge, and the dog captured them.
The officers elect of Oak Leaf Lodge. No
Sc, X. of p, Of Lincoln, were installed
Monday evening by George B. Katzenstein
S. d. g. c., of this city, assisted by Ed. b
Silva, of Newcastle, as follows: ?. c., J. d
Allen; c. c., c. G. Hotchkiss; \. c., G
W Lohse; p, w. G. Mcbride; NJ of E.
p. G. Owens; NJ. of f., Charles Fowler
X of Il. and s, F. L. Elder; NJ. at A.
Charles Kennedy; l. g., b. F. Smith O.
g., George Felis. After the installation q
banquet was enjoyed, followed by a social
entertainment and dance.
Officer Kent is suffering from an injury
to the bridge Of his nose, which he alleges
was occasoned by piece of wood which
he was chopping flying up and striking
him. In reality he received it while acting
as pilot, a night or two since, to a party OF
citizens who were DESTROYS of seeing China
town by candlelight. Being unusually tall
he in passing through n dark passage col
lided with one of the beams of the second
story of a house, and was knocked down
When he recovered consciousness his party
had gone on, believing he was ahead Of
them, and he did not see them again until
their tour Of inspection was completed.
GLOVE CoNTEsT.--Last night there was 4
glove contest at the Elite Theater after the
performance, between McCauley, of San
Francisco, and the Montana Kid The
fight was for 800 a side, and the agreement
was that McCauley was to knock the Kid
out in eight rounds or give up the stake
The eight rounds were fought, the Kid
knocked down twice, but on the whole
proved himself the best man of the two
The referee said it was the tamest fight
he ever witnessed, an opinion all present
agreed in. The little theater was packed
from pit to dome, and if the roll of both
houses of the Legislature had been called
quorum would have been found-indeed
it was remarked by some that there would
have been no absentees. The Legislators