Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-19
BRIEF NOTES.

Snow was falling on the mountains yes-
terday from Emigrant Gap TO Truckee.
Twenty-Five carloads of beef cattle passed
through to San Francisco from Nevada by
special train yesterday.
! The steamer Apache got up from San
francisco about o'clock yesterday morn
| lng-the earliest arrival for months.
a correspondent writes the RECORD
| UNION inquiring the hight of the State
Capitol of California. About go feet.
The Southern Pacific Railroad has been
! repaired where the washout occurred few
days ago, and travellers are coming through
without detention.
The lecture which was to have been de-
H f by Mr.. Herrick at Calvary Baptist
church last evening was postponed, owing
to the inclemency Of the weather.
The steamer San Joaquin No. 4 arrived
from San Francisco with two barges about
noon yesterday, having made quick run,
Notwithstanding the increasing current.
! Woodland does not appear 10 have re-
celved her share of the rain that has fallen
THIS seas IN, the amount I'D to YESTERDAY
morning being but 800 inches, against
about inches in Sacramento.
The Blood Horse Association has been
compelled to again postpone its races and
next Saturday is the day now fixed upon.
Good weather is now all that can be hoped
Ior; good track cannot be expected
The rise in the rivers caused great
quantity OF driftwood TO come down stream
! yesterday, but the usual number of drift
catchers failed to put in an appearance. on
account OF the constantly falling rain.
The markets were supplied with wild
ducks and geese in great abundance yester-
day, and it is evident that the birds are ar
nylng in large numbers. Just now anna
, teur hunters are not anxious to 90 out in
| search of them.
The Sacramento river rose quite rapidly
yesterday. AT l P. NJ. ii registered 10 feet 6
inches, and at II o'clock last night, II feet
4 inches. A considerable rise from the
Feather and upper Sacramento may be
! expected to-day.
t. Colburn, residing at 612 street, has
III his garden Bartlett pear tree and also
winter Nellis which have yielded two
crops of fruit this season. The fruit of the
! second crop is as large as that of the first
and IS now ripe and of good flavor.
Sheriff Wilson is having " high old
tune this week, travelling through the
county collecting taxes Thestormy weather
has prevented the taxpayers from meeting
INN IN as large numbers as they otherwise
would, but he has advertised that he would
be at certain places on certain dates. and is
fulfilling the obligation.
The case of Freeman, johnson IL Bates
VS.. Dodge and Kendall is set for trial by
jury III Justice Haines' Court at 10 A. NJ. to-
| morrow. Suit is brought to recover 5000
| alleged to be due from Dodge for profess
! slonal services rendered several months ago,
and which Kendall is claimed to have been
security for
a. A. Cook, architect, recently returned
from Red Bluff, where he completed plans
Tor line business block about to be erected
by Messrs Cone & Kimball The structure
will be 1OOx115 feet, and two stories in
hight, with round tower at one corner
100 feet high. The ground on which the
building is to be erected cost $4,000. All
| OF which goes to show that Red Bluff is a
prosperous and growing place.
The Grand Jury visited the city prison,
Police Courtroom, etc, yesterday morning.
and IN the afternoon were taken in Il car bv
| superintendent Wright on a tour of inspec-
ton Of the north levee as far as Brighton.
They will examine the other levees here
| after. On their trip yesterday the party
found the levee in good condition, and the
water no where near it. The American has
not risen as much during this storm as was
| expected, and is within its banks.
A subscriber" desires to be informed
whether in the winter of 1862 there
were 43 days of almost constant rain sim
liar to that OF the present week. | have
been so Informed by an old resident The
old resident was romancing. There
was week or more of bad weather at a
| time, and great deal of rain fell that win
ter, but the original score of 40 days and
40 nights is the best on record. even
! the glorious climate" of California being
unable to beat it.
Deputy Murray, installing officer, and
thirteen other members of Branch No II,
Young Mems Institute, of this CITY. went
to Woodland few evenings since and in
stalled the following officers of Woodland
Branch Anthony Sweeny, President
H. F. Brinkman, First Vice President
Joseph Morrell Second Vice-President:
James Cook, Treasurer p. w. Burns. Cor
responding Secretary; Henry Wood Re
cordlng Secretary. The Order has only
been organized six months in California,
but 1t already numbers over 1000 mem
bers.
The streets in the eastern part of the city
are in bad condition in many places, in
consequence of a lack of drainage, but in
this respect Sacramento is no worse off
than other cities, notably San Francisco
where the fall of rain has not been near so
| heavy. The same trouble is reported in
the vicinity of Fifth and Q streets that has
been complained of during other rainy
seasons-the water drained through the
sewers from the upper portion of the city
being in such quantity that the pipes are
unable to carry it off, and it has conse-
quently accumulated in very annoying
manner. Some means should be devised
| for remedying the evil.
q young man hired horse and buggy
at Wilson's stable yesterday and proceeded
to go upon spree. He was heard from at
various times during the day, and reported
to be treating the horse cruelty. An effort
was made find him, but unsuccessfully.
About o'clock last evening he drove along
X street, and was going by the stable, when
the foreman ran out and stopped him, and
led the horse which appeared to have been
badly used, into the stable. While con-
versing with the young man, the foreman
got so angry that he proceeded to ~ put
| head on him. Quite a crowd collected,
and the verdict of those who heard the
facts and saw the horse was served him
right"
II T.