Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-24
BRIEF NOTES.

from the East this morning.
There are three or four feet of snow at
the summit, but it is melting rapidly.
The regular monthly drill of the Sacra-
| mento Hussars takes place tonight at the
old Pavilion.
Arrived yesterday, barge load Of lumber
from San Francisco for Richards & Knox
and the Sacramento Lumber Company.
The thirty-first annual May festival and
picnic of the Sacramento Turn Verein will
be held at Richmond Grove on Sunday.
May Sd.
The Jackson property, on / street, be-
tween Eighth and Ninth, was sold at auc-
ton yesterday, by Sherburn q Smith, to
John Driscoll, for S1,730.
Wives and daughters of Pioneers are re-
quested to meet at Pioneer Hall at 1:30 p.
NJ. to-day, to make arrangements for taking
part in the floral festival.
The water will be shut of to-day from :
a. VI. to P. NJ, from the district south of
street and north of ?, between Sixteenth
and Twentysixth streets.
The st. Helena Star says that B. Ehlers,
OF Sacramento, has purchased from Rev. 4
Todhunter, for s., 900, the latter's beautiful
Mount View home, IN Napa county.
The property on the southeast corner of
Sixth and X streets, occupied by G.. Politz
as clothing store, has been sold by Eliza
beth Rightmire to John Breuner, for S1l 900.
Captain Hawk, of the Orange ranch,
near Rocklin, was in town yesterday. He
reports that no damage was done by frost
in his vineyard, and even tomato vines
were not injured.
The second annual Union Sabbath-school
picnic-a union of ten Sabbath-schools-
will be held at Cothrins Grove on Tuesday,
May 9TH. Tickets for the round trip are
$l-children half price.
The contractors for constructing the
trestlework on the Twelfth-street road are
pushing the work rapidly, and five or six
hundred feet has been built Supervisor
McMullen is acting as overseer.
Sheriff Hopkins and Deputy Sheriff
Wilson brought up from San Francisco last
evening, en- route to the State Prison al
Folsom, Henry NJ. Dayes, who is to serve
fifteen years for burglary in the first degree.
The Adamless Eden Company passed
through the city yesterday, en- route from
Woodland to Stockton During the time
they had to remain here the Ewes inspected
Chinatown, and purchased many small art-
cles as souvenirs of their California visit.
y SlIOiiS Will lGpitl tllC HOlluNtSU pre-
vailed in this vicinity yesterday, which
caused the dust to fly in the city very dis
agreeably and made the farmers declare
that they were suffering more injury from
it than they had from the scarcity of rain.
A boat race has been arranged between
Con. Kelaher, switchman in the railroad
yard in this city, and Dennis. of Truckee,
to take place on the Sacramento river.
Dennis wanted to row on Lake Tahoe, but
Kelaher doesn't like that sheet of water for
the purpose, having had experience there.
Senator Reuter- says that the report to
the effect that the recent frosts did great in
jury to the grapes ON his ranch was an
error, as they were hurt but little He
thinks Sacramento county suffered but
triflingly from the frest, because of the lack
of moisture in the air, we having had little
rain.
The neutrality-suspicious. were drawn YES
terday by the State Controller: Napa Asy-
lum, for March, ST. ,S95 Stockton Asy-
lum, 1886; San Quentin Prison, 50, $50 :.
Deaf. Dumb and Blind Asylum at Berke-
ley, S2,967 Veterans Home, s., 1913 claims
of Sheritfs to the amount of 5000 for
Yosemite valley roads, $4,000.
The Eureka Dairy milk wagon team ran
away ON Third street, between \ and O,
yesterday morning, and ran several blocks,
being finally caught on X street, between
Third and Fourth. The driver was thrown
out during the runaway, but escaped with
out much injury, as did the team and
wagon. The milk cans suffered somewhat
At the Park yesterday game of base
ball was PLAYED between mines from the
Metropolitan Theater and Sacramento Tiv-
oil. Several Of the players appeared in
fancy costume, and there was more fun
than good playing. 4 valuable prize "
was given every player reaching the third
base, keg of beer being located there The
Metropolitans finally won by a score of 80
to 20, and an inning to spare
The Supervisors concluded that the
County Clerks office would be too shabby
fl appearance after the Court-rOOms were
fixed up and recarpeted, and Yesterday his
headquarters were receiving Il general
cleaning-up. whitewashing and calcimin-
ing, and will have new carpet 1t seemed
almost a shame to touch the veneer
able dust and dirt accumulations, but mod
ern cleanliness carried the day.
DR.. A. f. Bruno, member of the Sacra-
mento Board of Health, has published
seventeen page pamphlet upon local santa.
tion dealing principally with the drainage
and sewage question. The various methods
lcI QlSpt)Sliis5 VI SChdSc are tDIISlttTtll, dIlt
III conclusion the Shone Eiector System
which was some time since quite fully de-
scribed by the City Engineer in a COM
munication published in the RECORD
UNION, is Endorsed and recommended.
A clothing-store proprietor of this city
declares that one of the great number Of
crickets attracted by the electric lights
Wednesday night alighted upon "A pair of
pants in his establishment and ate big
hole in them. Evidently the cricket, if he
did the nibbling, must have been actuated
by spirit of malicious mischief, for there
isn't cricket in the world large enough to
hold one-fifth of the cloth said to have
been bitten out But, if the clothing men
do not want their garments destroyed, why
they do not set lunch =?
The FLORAL FEsTIvAL.-The commit
tees who have in charge the Floral Festi-
val are actively engaged III perfecting their
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