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

The Sacramento river is down to II feet
. inches.
One carload of immigrants arrived this
morning.
| The Board of Supervisors will commence
their February session to-day.
Rain commenced falling in this city
shortly after o'clock last evening.
j. f. Kennedy, printer well known on
the coast, died in this city ON Saturday of
consumption.
The Nellie Boyd theatrical company
came down from Marysville yesterday,
going to Modesto
The Exempt Firemen will install their
officers this evening, and subsequently in
dulge in & banquet.
There was yesterday depth of three
feet of snow at the Summit, and one and
a half feet at Truckee.
Rev. DR. Taubenheimer was yesterday
elected to the position of Rabbi of the
Jewish Synagogue in this city.
There was no session of the Police Court
Saturday. Judge Henry being out of town.
Judge Henley will preside for him this
week
There was large attendance of the Ma
sonic fraternity, including Sacramento Com
mandery, at the funeral yesterday of the
late W. f. Lefayor.
Major Howe, of Sonoma addressed an
outdoor meeting at Fourth and X streets
yesterday afternoon upon Natural Econ
omy VS.. Our National Economy
The eighth annual party of Sacramento
Parlor, No. 3, n. S. G. W., will take place
on Tuesday evening, February 18th, instead
of the 10Th, as heretofore announced.
Deputy Sheriff Hall of Stanislaus county,
passed through the city Saturday, convey
| ing to the State Prison at Folsom Charles
Cox, who is to serve a term of two years
for burglary.
Thursday of last week, while laborer
was engaged in blowing on Steele's ranch,
near Clay Station, he unearthed the re-
mains of a human being. They had evil
IDENTIFY been buried great many years.
Dr. A Montague, OF Gait, had a serious
runaway few days ago. resulting in the
complete demolition of his buggy, and the
serious injury of one of his horses The
doctor luckily escaped with only few
| bruises.
Under direction of Chief Jackson, the
| police on Saturday evening notified parties
who have been conducting chicken dis
| puteS that sport of that kind will be dis
couraged by arrests under the law for the
| prevention Of cruelty to animals.
The ladies of the Methodist Church at
Gait will give an observation-disclosures
and literary-Friday evening February
18th, st. Valentines eve concluding with
a supper for the benefit of the church. They
will be assisted by talent from Oakland
The most successful hunt of the season
| by Gait sportsmen was by Art. Brewster
and IL. f. Crabtree, on last Tuesday. These
gentlemen succeeded in bagging seven and
half dozen quail, in some six hours fowl
ing, on the ranch of l. J. Crabtree, on Dry
/ creek. They are both crack shots
One day last week while out hunting,
job Tyler, OF Clay Station, escaped narrow
| ly from getting shot. The gun accidentally
went off with his hand carelessly closed on
Che muzzle. The charge passed between
the first and second fingers of the left
hand decorating the index pretty badly.
The medal race on roller skates at the
| old Pavilion Saturday night was witnessed
| by large number 1t was the second of
series OF five races. The contestants were
Edward Morris, winner Of the first race,
and c. w, Fox. Contrary to general ex-
pectation the race proved a walk-over for
Fox.
Wednesday last David Johnson, one of
the proprietors of the Gait Planning and
Barley Mill, had the third and fourth
| fingers of his right hand cut off in one of
the planning machines. Surgeons dressed
the injured hand, and it will be some weeks
before the patient can resume his avoca-
ton.
James Garland brought up from the Bay
| Saturday the running horses Bcac0nsGeld,
Forest King and Blue Mountain Belle, and
Il colt recently purchased by James Long
at Palo Alto, all to be worked on the track
at the Park, which is generally conceded 10
be the best winter track in the State to say
nothing of its claim to be the safest and
fastest track all the year round.
| Barwick says that the storm that gave us
| an appreciable rainfall last night made its
appearance felt along the northern Pacific
slope yesterday morning, for at 4 o'clock
| there was a light rain at Fort Candy, and
by s o'clock last night it had extended
south TO San Francisco, accompanied by a
! falling barometer and southerly wind. At
that time rain was falling from Olympia to
| Red Bluff, while the weather was clear at
Los Angeles and San Diego.
At their regular meeting held Tuesday
evening last. Cresco Lodge, No. 203, |. 0. G.
| T., elected the following officers, to serve
the ensuing term W. c. T., /. u. Brown
w. V. t. Miss Ellen Fugitt; Secretary, F.
| IL. Latourrette tre-elected) Financial Sec
rotary, A. VI. Aubertus; Treasurer. W. II.
Meacham (re-eected); Marshal, Charles
Elliott; l. c., Joseph Fugitt; o. G., james
Ferguson. The new officers will be in
stalled Tuesday evening next, February
Sd. A degree meeting will be held this
evening at : o clock.
The residents of Chinatown are feeling
great uneasiness in consequence of the
China steamer San Pablo not having been
| heard from, as many of their friends were
on board Of her There were also among
the passengers the family of Chinaman
who had been living at La Porte for about
thirty years, and accumulated a consider
able fortune. His three daughters and
son were given a good English education,
and the young ladies spoke English flu
emily. When they passed through Sacra-
mento, going TO the Bay, some weeks ago,
their general appearance and bearing was
so different from that of the ordinary Chi
nawomen that they attracted much atten-
| ton