Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-29

King won the first; the second, third and
fourth were divided between Dearborn,
Mackey, Zuver and Derr; Parrot won the
fifth, Sims the sixth, Stevens the seventh,
and Watson the eighth.
"CAsrILIAy WArER,-This is the high
flown title given to reputed mineral water
that has been sold in this city and other
places for some years past at the arlstocrat-
ic price OF one dollar per bottle Several
persons here have been drinking il as a
remedy for different ailments, such as
rheumatism, paralysis. etc, and some have
labored under the delusion thatit was bene-
fitting them. The San Francisco Post has
made the discovery that this cure all stuff
is nothing less than Owens Lake water-a
liquid so charged with alkali that fish can
not exist in it, and which is sure death to
waterfowl that happen to light upon the
lake. The water IL taken from the lake in
barrels and shipped 10 San Francisco,
where it is bottled and sent out to the diff
ferent agencies to be sold at such fabu-
louS prices as to return profit of some
thing like $500 per barrel 1t is also
charged by the Post that the so-CalIed
Water OF Life is the same article Not
long ago 4 salOon-keeper OF this city was
offered the agency for the sale of "Castilian
Water for the sum of $3.50, but he did not
accept. 1t is still sold here, however, and
the assertion is made that one goblet of it
is sufficient to destroy the coating of the
stomach of anybody other than a Texas
cowboy. Nothing short of a copper lining
is proof against it.
THOSE HoPpERs.-R. D. Stephens re-
turned from the Bay night before last, and
yesterday morning he fastened to his
ranch beyond Brighton, expecting to find
everything green devoured by the grass
hoppers, not emitting the newly-arrived
and verdant Milesian employed to keep an
eye on the advancing enemy. But, Ste
phens says, they haven't yet come in sutfi
Gent number to do any harm-not in his
neighbOrhOod. On the other hand, Charles
NJ. Chapman. of White Rock tthe cham
pion grasshopper scction), who was in the
city yesterday, says they have had a surfeit
of grasshOppers about his place. They
have piled into his Outhouses, cellar, upon
the porches and elsewhere by the tons, and
died there. Every day it becomes neces-
sary to haul away wagon-loads of the dead
and decaying hoppers. Indeed, his visit
10 the city was for fresh lot of copperas
with which to disintect his house and
premises. the stencil being almost unbear
able. Nj Chapman thinks, however, that
The worst is over, and that the plague-in
his section at leaSt-will soon abate. He
says lar people about Brighton haven vet
iia q good taste Of the article.
BASEBALL MATcHEs.-1o-morrOw, at the
Recreation Grounds, Sixteenth and f
streets, a game of baseball will be played
between picked nine from the California
League of san Francisco and the Unions
oil Sacramento George Cummings, the
famous pitcher Of the Intrepid Club of
Will pitch for the Unions in
game. The Oakland Club of
Oakland VIII play the kHiekerbockers of
this city On sunday, and Immediately fol-
lowing tha. game will be another between
the Unions and picked nine who are to
play tomorrow. At Agricultural Park, on
Sunday next, there will be a game played
by the Havcrlvs of San Francisco and the
Atlas of this city, at the conclusion Of
which a l00 yard foot race will take place
between Frank Eldred and James Dewan
for wa1er OF 500
\ RAtiRoAn MAH Yesterday
there died at the Railroad Hospital, in this
city, Seth Green, who from the time of the
If the building of eroad
until his death, was a Division ConsruC-
ton Superintendent, having charge of the
OF bridges, culvertS and depOtS
on the Central and Southern Pacific Rail
roads, his latest division being that from
Los Angeles to Tucson. Deceased was well
known To and very popular with almost
all the old employees of the road. His death
resulted from inflammation of the brain,
the effect of a fever contracted by him last
summer while experimenting the building
of the bridge across the Colorado river at
Yuma His funeral takes place from the
rooms of j. Frank Clark to-
morrow morning at halfpast 10 o'clock.
REAL ESTATE SoLD.-The following par
cells Of real estate were sold at auction yes
terday by Sherburn & Smith, auctioneers:
North quarter of lot 5, to Peter knaul, for
500 south half of north half of lot 3, to
George Murray, for $165; east half OF south
half of lot :, 10 George Murray, for 500.
All the above in the block bounded by
and J. Twenty-first and Tweuty-second
\ lsO, north quarter lot ), C and II. Eleventh
and Twelfth James Farris for $l1 no
PREPARING FOR THE FoURTH.-Captain
Weinstock $ company is arranging a pro-
gramme of attractions for the coming
lth of July, which are to be quite different
from the usual exercises of that day. They
will include bicycle racing a balloon
ascension by Professor Martin, and other
novel features all to take place at Agricult-
ural Park.
McKrYNEY's. This delightful summer
resort at Lake Tahoe is now ready for the
public. The fishing and hunting cannot
he excelled, and the air and scenery are
and grand.
JAMES OLIVER and Vim. H. Quinn. two
wellknown BARRIERS OF this city, are now
located at the Golden Eagle stand, the for
mer as proprietor They ask for share of