Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-27
BRIEF NOTES.

| 4Ie -hdl Vi anu CQle1 OF FOi1ce state thai
| gambling will not be allowed in the city
! during the State Fair
The Gunie Opera house stock company
has arrived, and rehearsals viii be conduct
ed daily until the opening
| William Hillebrandt was Yesterday ap.
pointed special officer for the saloons OF
Louis Strauss and John Norton.
Twenty carloads of beef cattle, belong.
ing to w. b. Todhunter. arrived yesterday
from Nevada, en- route for the Bay
The Controller yesterday drew a warrant
IN favor of the Directors of the Stockton In.
sane Asylum for the sum of $15, 464 65.
Sheriff Inflow of Yuba county. took to the
State Prison at Folsom yesterday James
Claughley, who is to serve eighteen months
for burglary in the second degree.
Ladies of this city are raising funds for
the purpose of sending back to New Or
leans Mrs. Eliza Sims, who was recently
robbed at one of the hotels by a sharper.
The Alta Baseball Club, owing to disa-
greement with the lessee of Agricultural
Park, has decided to play its games at
Recreation Park hereafter
Sacramentans who have been visiting
San Francisco this week report the weather
there TO be decidedly unpleasant. the sun
having scarcely been seen for several
days, owing to fog.
About o'clock last evening coal oil
lamp in one of the street cars exploded at
the depot, scattering the passengers in great
confusion. No one was hurt, and the blaze
was soon extinguished.
Gaspar McCants, aged years, son of NJ.
McCants, residing on / street, between
Second and Third, disappeared last Friday
afternoon, and has not since been heard OF.
1t is feared that he has been drowned.
The following Notaries Public have re-
Gently been appointed P. 7. Riley. for
Grass Valley, Nevada county; J. NJ John
son, Fresno Flats, Fresno county; Nathan
lei Bullock, Eureka, Humboldt county.
The Salvation Army has been interfered
with considerably of late while making its
parades, and last evening officer Kent ar
rested Abe Alexander for disturbing the
peace, IN consequence of annoyance he
created.
The steamer San joaquin, No ., arrived
from San Francisco yesterday with mer-
chandise. Steamer Dover, from the upper
sacramento, with grain; steamers Harriet
and Ceres, from the upper Sacramento,
en- route to San Francisco, with grain.
The Fish Commissioners steamer Gov
ernor Stoneman is complete in all respects
and as soon as Commissioner Dibble returns
from the Hat Creek hatchery she will
make a trial trip, and be put in service as
soon rs may be after the close season for
salmon commences.
An item was published in the RECORD
UNION a few days since concerning pair
OF game chickens owned in this city, which
had been seen to kill two rats An ex-
change says A rooster belonging to a
farmer in Washoe Valley, New, kills rats
and chicken-hawks. He is known to have
killed q rats"
Frank May, who had been working for
S. E. Kent, i'll the lower portion of this
county left August 18th for Reno, to engage
in mining in that vicinity His baggage
has arrived at its destination, but he has
not been heard from. As he had $500 or
SiOO in his possession when he started, it is
| feared that he has met with foul play.
The Chico Enterprise reports that one OF
| the faro games established in that CITY by
Sacramentans, to be run during the week
OF the fair now being held there, lost 81 900
the first night it was opened. Last wear
the same parties cleared $4,000 in Chico
during the fair week, and if the winners on
this occasion follow it up long enough it is
probable that the game will again be a
big winner before this fair is over.
Joseph Mcguire, who was found in the
river about A. NJ. Tuesday morning. near
the western end of the Sacramento and
1olo bridge, and who was taken to the
station house, was yesterday considerably
improved in condition His ewes, which
were closed from bruises Supposed to have
been received at the time he fell into the
stream, are now partly open. He has little
to say relative to himself and what hap
pened to him, but states that he lately re-
SIDED in Stockton.
An Oakland livery stable proprietor.
James A. Brown, was in the city yesterday
IN search of Frank Rogers, a piano tuner.
who, II is alleged, recently procured q
horse and buggy, valued at $3.50, from
Brown, agreeing to pay for the property in
monthly installments. He made two paw
mentS, as per agreement, and two have
been neglected. A few days since he dis
posed of portion of the property in ex-
change for something that suited him bet
ter, and has since left town.
The Santa Cruz Surf says that last Sun
day morning Miss Alice Boston and Lieu
tenant Geo. H. Strong, of the First In
fanhy, swan in company out to the fur
Their buoy. Miss Davis, of Sacramento,
accompanied by another bold infantry
soldier, swan after them. On the return
all went well until the Dolphin raft was
almost reached, when Miss Davis COM
panion became exhausted from his long
swim and might have persisted if it had
not been for the watchfulness of Prof.
Daily, who was observing the party and
started to the rescue at the first indication
of danger. The Professor reached the
soldier just in the nick of time, and pulled
him upon the raft when he tainted from
exhaustion. Prof. Daily swan ashore,
bearing the insensible man in his arms.
After considerable rubbing and the appli-
cation of hot water the soldier was able to
walk about"