Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-18
BRIEF NOTES.

This is Ash Wednesday, the beginning
of Lent.
One carload of immigrants arrived this
morning.
Monday. the 23d day of February, being
legal holiday, the public schools of this
city will remain closed on that day
The opening performance in the new
Woodland Opera house Monday night is re-
ported to have been grand success.
Sacramento Grange, No. II, p. of H.,
will give reception to their friends at
Changers Hall ON Monday evening next.
The Republicans of 81 ward will meet
this evening at Phil. Siebenthaler's, Tween
tieth and H streets, at 7:30, for consulta-
ton.
Oranges last week were a drug in the
market, and sold tor so cents box. This
week they are scarce, and command from
81 so to 81 10 box.
The Sacramento Electric Light Company
completed arrangements yesterday by
which they were able to furnish their
patrons with light last night.
There will be a special meeting of the
Fire Commissioners tonight to act upon
various matters, and it is expected that the
proceedings will be interesting.
At Folsom, Sunday night, Louis Mativia
caught fellow who was endeavoring to
burglariZe his room by entering through
window, and conveyed him to the lookup.
In Department One of the Superior Court
yesterday All Tie, previously convicted of
burglary in stealing chickens, was SEN
fenced to three years in the State Prison at
Folsom.
The Governor. Controller and Secretary
of State were busily engaged all day yester
day counting the money in the vaults of
the State Treasury. They will complete
the count to-day.
Two fine Scotch staehcunds, Ell route
from Los Angeles to Fort Churchill, New,
consigned to Vail Bros, attracted much
attention at Wells, Fargo & Co.'S Office in
this city yesterday
The State House and Tivoli mines had
another baseball contest at the Park yester-
day afternoon, in which the former wiped
out their two previous defeats by victory,
scoring fourteen runs to the Tivoli's two.
An item in yesterdays REcoRD-U UNION
stated that Daniel Gardner was circulating
petition for the pardon of Charles Gard
ner, under sentence for violating sepulture
The name of the prisoner should have been
George D., instead of Charles Gardner.
These arrests were made yesterday
Matt. Sullivan, by officers Rider and Fcrra
and Deputy Sheriff Lee, for disturbing the
peace Augustus Monbilly, by officer
Franks, for being a common drunkard
John Doe, by officer Arlington and citizen
Kelly, for being drunk.
The Monitor Baseball Club has been
organized as follows: President, +. Ken
nedy Captain, Charles Malloy Secretary,
II. Klinsorge; Treasurer, l.. Pope; Prop
ertyman, Thomas Woods. The other men,
bers are L. Mohr, Fenbert G.. Vice and J.
Mcintyre. They are now ready to receive
challenges, and do not bar the State House
nine nor the Tiyoli Invincibes.
The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent
Association has issued a circular withdraw
ing the rewards heretofore offered for the
conviction of murderers OF Cinnamon.
The circular says, however, that $40 will be
paid at the Chinese Consulate office in San
Francisco for testimony that will convict
any one of an assault and battery upon
Celestial in San Francisco, if the fine
equals $40.
Some months since the City Trustees let
contracts for the grading and graveling of |
street, from Seventh to Twelfth The street
assessments We're levied and collected, but
the contractors have not been pushing the
work satisfactorily. At the special session
of the Board of Trustees held yesterday an
order was passed notifying the contractors
that they must Immediately finish their
work, or their contracts will be declared
null and void.
For several nights past some malicious
person has been destroying Towering plants |
and shrubbery in the yards of residences |
in the eastern portion of the city. On
Monday night large japanese camellia |
was pulled up by the roots and taken from |
the yard of 6. W. Carey at Tenth and G |
streets. Not content with this, the van
dals DESTROYED several other choice plants |
in the same yard by pulling off large |
branches and otherwise mutilating them. |
AT Agricultural Park yesterday morning |
several exhibitions of speed were made by |
the gallopers now being put in shape for
the Blood Horse meeting, and somehow !
the horsemen began to act rs though they |
We're full of run also. W. Murray ex- |
pressed himself as being more rapid than |
anybody, and finally W. b. Todhunter, the |
head of the family, who wouldn't be first |
choice out of a crowd bya man looking for |
q sprinter, owing to his rotundity of figure |
could stand the banter no longer. lie !
gently insinuated that he would bet Muir
ray $50 to $40 he could beat him across the |
track The offer was taken, Todhunter |
won handily, and all the boys yelled with |
enthusiasm.