Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-24
BRIEF NOTES.

street from Seventh to Eighth, is being
graded and graveled.
The Adamless Eden company left
yesterday morning for San Francisco
One of Wells, Fargo & Co.'S delivery
horses ran away and caused a snash-up on
l street yesterday morning.
Hardy Miller, of Woodland, attempted
suicide last Saturday by taking dose Of
laudanunl, but was pumped out in time.
The only arrests made yesterday were
those of Gertie Grant and Hattie Kelly, by
officers Sullivan and Farrell, for exhibiting
The Intrepid Reserves, of Marysville, are
coming to Sacramento next Sunday to play
a game with the Eureka, Jr., Base Ball
Club of this city.
The residents of Chinatown, alarmed at
the recent fire there, are taking M a sub
scription to raise fund for the purpose of
having fire-devil driving
The funeral of the late B. f. Huntlv will
take place from Odd Fellows Hall at 8
P. NJ. to-day, under the auspices of Indus
trial Lodge, of which he was member
Complaint is being made that flower gar
.dens in the lower portion of the city are
being robbed of plants and shrubs by par
ties unknown, who pull things up by the
roots.
The Crystal Social Club gave their first
annual masquerade party at Jacobs Hall
Sunday evening, and the large number of
ladies and gentlemen present had good
time.
Thomas Quinn & Sons report that their
loss by the fire Saturday night was light,
and caused by water and the rough handl-
ing of finished work by those who. were
| disposed to save it.
About twenty minutes to yesterday
morning a few drops of rain fell in this
city. During the day the indications were
| favorable for good storm, but last evening
| the clouds cleared away.
The steamer Dover arrived yesterday
with a barge-load of hop-poles for the Hag-
gin ranch, from the upper Sacramento. The
steamer Clara Belle cleared for the upper
Sacramento. with merchandise.
The case Of Jim Gould, on habeas corpus
in relation to his taking his child from its
mother, in this city, and removing it to
Yolo county, was called in the Superior
Court at Woodland last Saturday, but went
over until yesterday
The alarm of fire at S:35 last evening"
from box IL, was occasioned by the dis
covery that the roof of Fred Rosters resi-
dence, on L street, between Eighth and
Ninth, had become ignited from defective
flue. The trouble was quickly ended.
W. E. Hale, Sheriff of Alameda county,
brought up last evening, en- route to the
State Prison at Folsom, All Iu, who is to
serve three years for grand larceny and
Gun Dock and All Him under sentence of
two years and six months for burglary.
Last Saturday the case of the People VS..
Treadwell was again before the Superior
Court of Yolo county, but continuance
was granted until April 4th in order to
have the transcript of evidence prepared.
AT that time Mr. Treadwells attorneys will
move for new trial.
In Department One of the Superior Court
yesterday James Mclaughlin pleaded
I guilty on 8 charge of having voted illegally
at the last city election, and was sentenced
to two years in the State Prison at Folsom.
Jack Ackers, who burglarized a store at
Antelope recently, also pleaded guilty, and
will be sentenced tomorrow.
Charles OFT of the firm of Weizel & Ott,
carriage manufacturers, ] street. between
Twelfth and Thirteenth, was doing some
work Yesterday, when a punch he was
using broke under blow of the hammer,
and piece of the steel flew into his eye
and remained imbedded in the ball, inflict-
ing an injury that it is feared will result in
the loss of the eye
Indian Jake, who was recently in the
comfy Jail for horse-stealing, but was re-
leased on habeas corpus, was yesterday be-
ing anxiously sought for by man who
said he came up with him from Elk Grove
on the cars Sunday night, and, as he had
fallen asleep, Jake appropriated his valise
when the train arrived here and went off
| with it. As there were some valuable let
tiers in the yalise, its owner was very anX-
ious for its recovery.
Sergeant Barwick reports that the Signal
Service weather reports at s O'Clock last
night showed falling barometer from
Tatoosh Island to San Francisco, and
slowly rising from Sacramento to San
Diego The weather was clear from San
Francisco to Tatoosh Island and cloudy
from Sacramento to San Diego, with the
wind from the north and northwest in
Oregon and Washington Territory, and
south wind ut Sacramento and Red Bluff
and northwest at San Francisco.
INDICTMENTS DIsMIssED.-About a year
ago last November the Grand
Jury found several in dictments
against George K Rider which were
the outgrowth of the Chinese gam
bling cases, which at that time attracted
|
county officers When they were called in
| Department One of the Superior Court,
| Yesterday, District Attorney Buckley asked
| for their dismissal He said the cases were
set on the 18th .of February, and subpenas
were issued for several Cinnamon import
ant witnesses in the case. The Sheriff had
made his returns, saying they could not be
| found i'll the county, and the most inn
portant witness of all, he stated, was now
III China. OF the six white witnesses, who
appeared before the Grand Jury, three
were dead, namely: Charles L. Newton,
II. G.. Kendall and E. NJ Skaggs. Their
evidence was the strongest in the case, that
of the other three c. C. Brown, William
B. Hamilton and Samuel Harvey, was not
of that character to secure conviction.
The principal witnesses being dead, and
others out of the country, q prlma facie case
could not be made, and none of the cases
presented to jury in such q way as to Sc
cure conviction Ex-District Attorney
Carey, who was present, agreed with Mr..
Buckley, and upon that statement of facts
the Court ordered the five indictments dis
missed.
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CHANGE OF TrME.-Commencing at 3 \.
NJ. tomorrow new railroad time card gees
into effect, making these changes, which
the travelling public will be interested in
, Arrivals-The California and Oregon pas
senger train will arrive at 1915 a. NJ. in
stead of l1l5; the Colfax passenger at 1920
instead of 11;20; the " noon train from
the Bay at lbs 4. NJ, instead of 1905 P. NJ.
.l,a eaan,,l class train from, Gan EraTciSco