Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-20
BRIEF NOTES.

Five carloads of Immigrants arrived this
| morning.
| The steamer Dover arrived from the
| Upper Sacramento yesterday.
The Capital Turf Club will meet this
| evening, to open the entries for the spring
| meeting races.
| A forty horse power engine has arrived
! from San Francisco, for use at the State
! printing Office.
| The Union House was burglarized Mon
! day night, and clock, about s. in change
and some cigars stolen.
Matte Palmer was yesterday, in Depart
ment Two of the Superior Court, granted a
divorce from John A. Palmer.
The testimony III the REYNOLDS trial
Monday accredited to Fulton G. Berry was
given by Edward P. Sparhawk
Many farmers were alarmed Yesterday at
the indications of rain. Not long since it
was greatly desired, but now il would do
more harm than good.
The Sacramento river has fallen to such
an extent that sandbar, short distance
| below the mouth of the American, stretches
about two-thirds of the distance across the
| stream.
Sheriff Wilson has received letter from
Francis Marion Stevens, of Nicksburg, Miss.
asking for information as TO the where
abouts of his uncle, Levi Stevens. for many
years a resident of Sacramento.
Mrs. Mary Shaft has had Antoine Cunio
arrested for battery, and the case will be
tried by Justice Post at 100 P NJ. to-day.
| The parties, who reside east of the city, do
not appear to be very pleasant neighbors.
Joseph Beebe printer well-known on
hn lnxr Id l..
| California for twenty-five or more wears,
and for many years resident of Sacra-
mento. died in San Francisco, Monday
night.
The Cooperative Fruit Company. of
| Newcastle received lot of fine peaches on
the 18th from the ranch of j. f. French,
near that place, and shipped them to Den
| yer. This is several weeks earlier than
peaches are generally in the market in the
| foothills
The horse attached to DR.. De Derky's
buggy engaged in runaway about IS
| o'clock last evening, and ran into DR.. Sim
mons fence on the northwest corner of
| Tenth and \ streets. The horse was badly
hurt the buggy wrecked, and the fence
considerably damaged Fortunately no one
was in the buggy.
| The Postoflice Commissioners met yester-
day afternoon TO consider proposals sub
mitted for a site for the new Government
| building, but did not take any action, as it
was understood that there was probability
OF more offers being received There is
some talk of property on the northeast
| corner of Third and J streets being offered
for the purpose.
Articles OF incorporation have been filed
in the office of the Secretary of State of
the San Lorenzo Fruit Company. Princi-
pal place of business, San Francisco. Di-
rectors-C. c. Coleman. w S. Locke, ?.
| Williams, +. z. Ashe, W. NJ. Bramhall
and I. +. Langley. Capital stock, $40
600 Also, the Critics Side Ditch Com
pany. Principal place of business, Han
ford, Tulare county. Directors Pad
dock, p. Mcdonald, W w. Clough, J. W.
Critics E. E. Allen and H. Bartram Cap
ital stock, $4,000.
A special meeting OF the City Trustees
was held yesterday, to consider the matter
of opening certain alleys, with more
| especial reference to that in the block be-
tween r and s, Second and Third streets.
J. n. Young appeared for the parties
| petitioning for the opening of the alley,
and Add c. Hinkson was also present, rep
resentng citizens who desired other alleys
opened. The attorneys claimed that the
| deed from Suffer gave the streets and alleys
! TO the people of the whole city and that the
! Trustees had no authority to allow any of
| them TO remain closed. The Board took
| the matter under advisement until next
! Monday morning.