Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-19
BRIEF NOTES.

Three carloads of Immigrants arrived
this morning.
| Austin Gilman was yesterday. in Depart
ment Two OF the Superior Court, granted a
divorce from Carrie j. Gilman.
/ Officer Farrell arrested yesterday an old
offender named Bill Stone for entering the
Changers Store and stealing some hard
ware.
| Sacramento Parlor, No 3, n. S. G. W.,
will celebrate their seventh anniversary by
banquet at the Golden Eagle Hotel Sat
urday evening.
| A Chinaman stole an overcoat, belonging
TO DR.. Miller of Davisyille, yesterday, and
when last heard from was coming to Sacra-
mento by rail walking.
Giovanni Arata, native of Italy, was
! yesterday, in Department Two of the Su-
perior Court, admitted to citizenship on the
| testimony of G. MaZzini and g. Boitano
Rain fell on the mountain yesterday.
commencing at Emigrant Gap, and it also
| fell at San Francisco and as far up this way
as Dixon. In this city there was shower
about P. NJ.
| The first strawberries of the season were
shipped East yesterday by the Pacific Fruit
| Company, of this city They were tooth
/ some berries, or at least should be, as they
cost 81 90 pound.
n. d. Rideout states that the report to
the effect that he has been appointed adj
ministrator of the Glenn estate to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the death of S. e.
| Wilson, is without foundation.
/ Sumner POST No. 8, will hold an open
meeting at Changers Hall this evening,
open to all Union veterans and their fami-
lies. The programme will include So
ciai chat, social dance social eat
About u o'clock Tuesday night some
one fired three pistol shots at Third and N
streets, and subsequently two or three more
in the vicinity of Second and n, creating
quite an excitement among people residing
in the neighborhood.
! Last evening officers Rider, Arlington
and Sullivan arrested for vagrancy twenty
men who have been lounging about the
leyee and the cheap beer saloons near by
| for long time, amusing themselves as
opportunity offered by getting drunk and
fighting.
The railroad company is doing good
work for Winters. On last Friday the
company began upon the construction of
the new depot, which will be pushed to
speedy completion in order that the in
creased accommodations may be ready for
the summer shipments.
The steamer Modoc did not get up from
San Francisco yesterday morning until
after 8 o'clock, having been delayed by a
large freight. She got away on her return
trip about fP. NJ, taking among her freight
a large shipment of flour, forwarded by
George Schroth to Port Costa.
The Executive Committee of the State
Sunday-school Association, consisting of D.
E. Bushnell, d. D., of San Jose; Rev. 7. S.
| Dunn, of Sacramento; Selden Sturges, of
San Francisco; Rev. r. S. Symington, of
Danville, have decided to hold the next
annual Conference of this association in
Woodland.
Jack Ackers, who was recently arrested
| for burglarizing the railroad Office and a
store at Antelope, was taken to that place
and examined in Justice Days Court last
Tuesday, the result being that he was held
to answerin $1,000 bail, and was brought
to the county jail by detective Hickey and
constable Donahue.
The steamer D. e. Knight arrived yes
terday from Marysville, with grain and
merchandise steamer San joaquin, No. 2,
from San Francisco with merchandise.
Sailed-Steamers San Joaquin, No. 9, and
D. E. Knight, for San Francisco, with grain,
etc; steamer Clara Belle, for. the lower
Sacramento, with merchandise.
A gentleman down from Penryn yester-
day says the prospect for an abundant
peach crop was never better. Plums are
very promising, and so are apricots, except
the one variety known as the Moore
Parke." The buds on this variety do not
seem to mature but dry up and fall off.
| Other fruits are quite promising, and straw
berries will be quite abundant in three
weeks.
a number of Sacramento Cinnamon re-
turned yesterday from Marysville, where
on the previous day they had participated
in a grand celebration of some big day,
which they observe annually. They say
that there was a great gathering of Celes-
tials from the upper portion of the State,
and notable demonstration, including a
procession, firing of bombs and crack
ers, etc.
! A telegram was received yesterday by J..
Lambert. of this city, announcing the death
of Judge +. A. Ellis at Whatcom W. T.
Deceased was well and prominently known
on this coast, having held judicial positions
for many years in Nevada, and was for
many years a resident of this city. He
was a son of the late Judge William Ellis
of this city, and brother of Mrs l.. Bel,
Mrs j. Lambert, Mrs. L. Greer and Mrs.
NJ. e. Mumford.
| The amateur races at the Skating Rink
last night were provocative of much fun.
| The first contest for one-half mile was be-
tween /. Hortsall and Fred Kidder. The
former won by nearly lap. The second
race was between two beginners, Charles
Thompson and Frank Keefer. 1t took
them nearly half an hour to make the half
mile but their ambitious efforts and awk-
ward falls kept the large audience in con-
tinued roars of laughter
Trustee Nielsen. City Surveyor Bassett
and Superintendent Wright, of the Central
| Pacific Railroad, went out to Brighton yes
terday to inspect the work done in raising
the levee andfrack on the line of the Sac
ramento and Placerville Railroad from the
main levee to Perkins. The work was
commenced last fall, it being portion of
the improvements to the leyee system
voted for by the people, and was resumed
| as soon as the stormy weather was over.
| 1t is now in such a stage of advancement
that it will be completed in a week or two,
and after that it will probably be many a
year before citizens are heard to express
| fears of damage from water backing in at
| Brighton"
| A number of citizens of the Democratic
persuasion feel injured because the Police
Commissioners decided not to hold an
election. at least at present, for members of
the force, and are endeayoring to prevail
upon the City Central Committee of their
party to persuade Mayor Brown and Judge
Henry, Democratic members of the Board,
to change their minds on the subject. 1t is
scarcely probable that the Commissioners
will take such action for political reasons
the law declares against it, in the first
place, and, if it did not, it would not be
good policy, either as relating TO the public
interest or the future aspirations of the
Commissioners. The present force OF
eleven men comprises six Democrats and
five Republicans though this is Repub-
lican city by very large majority.
BARwIcK's BULbErGN.-At o'clock last
night the barometer was high-that is, con-
siderably above 80 inches-but inclined to
fall, accompanied by generally falling tenn
perture, with northerly wind, and light
rain being precipitated at Sacramento, the