Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-11
BRIEF NOTES.

taxes can De palQ without extra costs.
Theodore Millikin, while playing foot
ball at the st. Paul's picnic last Friday, fell
and dislocated his shoulder.
The Postoffice Commissioners will open
proposals for furnishing site for the new
Government building at u NJ. to-day.
The preliminary examination of John
Kelly who killed AL Atkinson in Wash
ington recently, is set for to-day in Wood
land.
The Health Officer is happy. The work
of filling the Mcdonald lot, about which
he has had so much trouble, has been com
menced.
The Health Officer has employed man
to remove the dead fish floating in China
slough the odor of which was getting too
strong to be pleasant.
A young man named John Hurley was
arrested on Saturday Tor playing ball in a
lot belonging TO Peter Bauquier, where Mr..
Bauquier did not want ball played.
The steam yacht Azalea was sold by the
Sheriff Saturday, to satisfy the Superior
Court judgment and was bought in by
Huntington, hopkins & Co. for $3.50.
William McCants, who last Monday was
convicted of disturbing the peace and fined
-VVj VI ~ ttlyS; pau lis line
morning and was released from custody.
The Chief Of Police and officers arrested
a band of DRINKS who were creating great
noise in a K-street saloon, opposite the
Western Hotel, early yesterday morning.
The Grand Lodge, l. 0. 0. F., meets at
San Francisco tomorrow, and large
number of delegates from the country went
down yesterday to be present at its session.
+. NJ. Coons has issued a challenge to
George Reuter- to shoot match at 30 or
100 pigeons, for $3.50 side, at any time
within thirty days. The proposed match
between Parrot and Reuter- is Off.
The pack of salmon on the Sacramento
river thus far in the year amounts to only
1000 cases, against 10000 at the same time
last year. The run of fish has not in
creased Of late, and boatmen and packers
are disappointed.
The footrace between Jimmy Duane and
Frank Eldred did not take place yesterday,
the former having paid forfeit. Eldred
publishes card expressing a willingness
to run Duane 100 yards for $500 side or
more, at any time or place.
Friday morning, as William Johnson, of
Mormon Island, was loading some wood at
his place, he was bitten on one OF his lin
gers by tarantula. He went to Folsom
and procured medical aid Immediately, and
at last accounts was getting along all right.
A Chinaman who was anxious to have
the police give him so to buy a suit OF
clothes with was arrested by Chief jack
son on suspicion of insanity. The Com
missioneIs in Lunacy have examined him,
found him insane, and he will be taken to
Stockton to-day.
]. T. Stafford's phaeton horse broke
away from where he was hitched at the
Park yesterday afternoon, and, anxious to
show the possession of speed, started from
the wire, and made a run of three-quarters
of mile the reverse way of the track, be-
ing stopped before doing any damage of
consequence.
1t was sought to start Il foolish rumor
yesterday to the effect that the choicest
paintings of the Crocker Art Gallery were
to be loaned to the Native Sons of Los An
geles, for the purpose Of aiding an art exit
bition to be held there. No one ever heard
of the walls of public. art gallery being
denuded for such an object, and probably
never will.
The grasshoppers have swooped down on
the farms in this vicinity, says the Folsom
Telegraph, and are playing havoc with the
-
trees. As yet the pests are quite small, but
as they possess full-grown appetites, the
fact Of their small size affords small c0ns0-
lation to the unfortunate rancher who Is
visited by them.
About o'clock yesterday morning one
or more maliciously-inclined young men,
who had been on a carouse, hurled two
cObbiestoneS through the window of the
Capital Bakery, Ninth and NJ streets, the
rocks giving one of the bakers who was at
work close call" The proprietor of the
place j. not aware that he has an enemy,
and can only attribute the action to pure
cussedness.'
The illness of Edward s. Grant, we'll
known musician of this city, who was
seized with paralysis last Sunday, terlni
mated fatally Saturday evening. The fune-
raj will take place from the First Presbyte
rfan Church at 10 o'clock this morning.
The members of the First Artillery and
Hussar Bands will discourse appropriate
music and will leave Mr.. Grants residence
at $40 \. NJ. sharp.
While John Toomey's hack was standing
in front of the Capital Hotel yesterday
morning, a dog that was following the
Boston Bakery wagon, as 1t passed, without
provocation, jumped at one of the hack
horses and bit him through the upper lip
causing the blood to flow freely. The dog
is said to have fondness for assaulting
horses in this manner, and may some day
create disastrous runaway.
One of the telegraph messenger boys
amused himself i'll front of that office
yesterday morning about , o'clock, by
making an Outcry which sounded like the
voice of Il woman who was being abused
,.F of no
searched everywhere for the distressed fe-
male, making q thorough examination Of
the lodging houses in the vicinity, but
without success, and finally it was ascer-
tanned what had started the " wild-goose
chase"
Yesterday, about 2:30 P. NJ, James Sead-
Ter started to convey a friend in his cart to
the depot, but on X street, midway between
Sixth and Seventh streets, the axle Of the
vehicle broke, and its occupants were tum-
bled out unceremOniously, but not much
hurt The horse entered upon spirited
runaway at once, going down X street to
Fifth, through Fifth to J. where he fell, but
getting up quickly, continued on up J to
Sixth. Sixth to L, L to Seventh, Seventh to
X, X to Eighth, and was still moving
through Eighth street at last accounts. His
run created considerable excitement.
Citizens residing in the vicinity of FIT
teenth and \ streets telephOned to the
police station Saturday night that party
of young men were conducting themselves
boisterOusly at the Queen Anne Cottage
opposite the new Pavilion. Officers Sulli-
van and Franks were sent up to see what
was required TO be done, but while they
were present there was no disturbance.
They reported to the Chief who the persons
We're, and, as two of them were Wallie No
Ian and George White (who some months
ago, together with one or two others, were
sentenced by Judge Henry TO sixty days
imprisonment, without the alternative OF
fine, for disturbing the peace, but on appii-
cation TO the Superior Court were given the
privilege Of paying fine, which somehow
they never did after being released), it was
directed that they be arrested on the old
charge and they were accordingly taken
into custody. Their arrest dispersed the
crowd the neighbors of the Cottage had
complained of.
ARREsTs-The following arrests were
made Saturday and yesterday John Hur-
ley, by officer Frazer, for l-playing
James Leonard, by officers Farrell and
Kent, for disturbing the peace; Mrs. Nor
ton, by the same officers, for disturbing the
peace Andrew Burden and j. Mcclure, by
Chief Jackson and officers Ash, Franks
Sullivan and Nehrbass for being drunk
All Gin, By officers Kent and Sullivan, fol
keeping an opium den; Gus Sprout and