Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-14
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

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4 CITRUS FAIF-Dr H. Latham, Secre-
tary Of the Northern California Immigra-
ton Association. has received a letter from
|. \. Hoag, who is representing CALIFORNIA;
Immigration interests at Chicago, in which
the latter acknowledges the receipt Of
number Of the descriptive pamphlets re-
Gently issued by the Association, and ex-
presses the belief that he will be able to do
much good with them. In closing his let
ter he suggests that it would be good idea
to hold a citrus fair at Sacramento next
December, and says: q" Such a fair will
bring ont boldly to the world the semi
tropic character OF that end of the State,
and, at the same time, emphasize the earl
Ter ripening of such fruits and the greater
profit 70 be derived from their culture in
the northern than in the southern counties
The oranges of Central and Northern Cali
fornia. with care and culture may be put
on the Eastern markets as early if not earl
Ter than the Florida oranges-can be
here for the hOlidays-while the oranges
from the southern counties are not ripe
TIL the Florida oranges are mostly out of
the market. Do you see the advantage in
this fact?
POLICE CoURT-In the Police Court yes
terday Robert Brock was convicted of bat
terry, and ordered TO appear for sentence to-
morrow IF. F. Doland was found guilty
of carrying a concealed weapon and dis
turbing tie peace, and will be sentenced on
the l6th.....The case of Robert Mccall, for
battery, was dismissed without prejudice,
the prosecuting witness appearing in Court
so intoxicated that Judge Henry told him TO
leave, and If he felt like prosecuting when
he got sober he could do so 80. Sullivan.
arrested for having been drunk, forfeited
his Deposit. Jack Mcdonald, who was
noisily drunk on Sunday, was fined SO, or
Is days in the County Jail, for disturbing
the peace. Kitty Watson, charged with
exhibiting, forfeited her deposit. The
case of Iertie Grant, for petit larceny, went
over until tomorrow. Tom Brown, who
kicked in the plate glass Of II. Wach-
horst's show window on Saturday, was
sent to the County Jail for $50 days for ma
licious mischief and for disturbing the
peace at the same time he got 200 days
more.
DEATH OF P X. SrocKroy.-Friends Of
?. X Stockton, well-known photographic
reporter, for many years resident of Sac
ramento will regret to learn Of his death
at ST. Helena a few days ago, the funeral
taking place yesterday. AT one time Mr.
Stockton together with Win. J. Davis, pub
lishcd the Sacramento Valley 1gfic,af,Fist in
this city, and on several occasions he re-
ported the sessions of the Legislature and
other bodies for the RECoRD-U MON. He
and T. =. Willis were the official reporters
of the Constitutional Convention. and
wrote u the proceedings as they appear in
the volCmes of Debates of that Conven-
ton subsequently published. OF late years
he has resided mainly upon his ranch near
ST. Helena. He came to Sacramento last
winter u report legislative proceedings but
his health was So poor that he was com
PEELED TO return home. He was a gentle
man of kindly disposition, intelligent, en-
terprisirg and industrious, and i'll all
respects good citizen.
STING THE STATE.-The last Legislature
having passed an Act authorizing J. NJ.
Hoaglandand others to bring suit against the
State to recover damages sustained in con-
sequence of the destruction of their prop
erty in Yolo county by the action Of the
river in 1857, owing 10 the Levee Commits
soners OF this city in 1862, uHder authority
given by the State, cutting a canal which
changed the outlet ofthc American river into
the Sacramento from its natural mouth to q
point half mile further up the Sacramento,
the various parties interested yesterday
commenced action i'll the Superior Court OF
Sacramento county. Rebecca c. Hoagiand
sues for $4,000 damages; ]. NJ. Hoagland,
$4,000 w B. Todhunter $4,000; George
Cooper. $4,000 James Henderson. admin
istrator of the estate of Mary G.. Van Ars-
dale. deceased. $4,000; Henry Leinberger,
$1,000: James Reid, $4,000. Total, Sl43,-
coo John Heard is attorney for plaintiffs,
and Freeman, Johnson 4 Bates, counsel.
RETURNED HoME.-The Union Baseball
Club returned home from their trip to
Marysyille yesterday morning Fearing
that their friends might have brass band,
cannon, etc, to give them grand reception,
they modestly slipped from the train before
it came 10 a stop at the depot, and when
their friends, loaded down with sympathy,
instead Of bands, wreaths of laurel, and
sich. looked for them, they had apparently
vanished into thin air. Some OF them were
subsequently discovered on the street, how
ever. and from them it was learned that
the MarysYillians gave them a most COM
plete beating when they met on the dia-
mo2d, hut treated them so nicely otherwise
that they separated with feelings of the
highest reTard. The Unions believe the
lntrepids have the strongest nine of any
club IN the State, which shows, as one of
the boys remarked, that " there's nothing
like giving fellow a good walloping, to
make MIN respect you.
Trout FOR BIG MEADows.-Joseph Sheb-
ley, Of the Shelley hatchery, Nevada
county, brought down to the city yesterday,
en- route for the Big Meadows country.
Plumas county, 5000 young trout of the
rainbow and Truckee river species, by di-
rection Of the Fish Commissioners. They
are 10 be planted in the little lake known
as the Big Spring where they can be
watched and the Indians as we'll as whites
kent from interfering with them for a
willie. To reach there they have a stage
ride of about seventy mileS-from Chico
to undergo; but the fish are two or three
inches in length very strong and healthy,
and without doubt they Will make the trip
without much loss, and in a few years the
Big Meadow streams will be full OF them
EXECUTIVE PAGpoNs-Governor Stone
man Yesterday issued pardons to All
Chung and All Now, two conviets i'll the
State Prison They were convicted at the
November term OF the District Court o.
San JOAQUIN county, in 1876, of murder
and each sentenced 10 life imprisonment
The rardon was granted upon the recon-
mendation of the State Board OF Prison
Directors, and upon the showing that theii
convictions were secured on perjured testi-
mony. The conditions of the pardons arc
that both the men, Immediately upon theil
release, leave the United States. never &c
return.
DIED AT MIpwAY.-Mrs. Mary Haera
died at Midway on the 10th. Deceased
was 80 years Of age. and leaves, resident in
this city, sister, Mrs. Rudolf Weber, and
four brothers, Fred, Peter, Adam and
George Newman.
SUMMER lawns, cents per yard at Red
House.