Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-15
BRIEF NOTES.

BRIEF NOTES.
At the Gait school election John Sawyer
| was reelected by good majority.
One carload of Immigrants arrived yes
| terday, and two are coming to-day.
| Several fishing parties went out to Ban
non slough yesterday, and did pretty well
The law calendar of Department One OF
the Superior Court will not be heard to-
day.
The We, Us & Co. theatrical troupe
passed through to San Francisco yesterday
from the East.
A large number of people enjoyed the
concert and dance given by J. p Melchoir
at Richmond Grove yesterday afternoon
and evening.
While unloading lumber from car last
Thursday, S. Palm, of the Gait lumber
yard, had his head badly bruised by heavy
timbers falling upon him.
The yacht LEsperance, which came up
from San Francisco with all excursion
party about the middle of last week, started
Saturday on her return trip.
At the quarterly conference of the NJ. +.
Church, South, held in Gait June 18th, the
pastor reported thirteen additions during
the quarter-three by letter and ten by pro-
feSsion.
Sheriff Mcclellan, of Butte county.
passed through yesterday conveying to the
State Prison Peter Hughes and John Breth-
over, who are to serve four years each for
burglary.
James McClain failed to appear in Jus
tice Posts Court Saturday for trial on the
charge of threats against life pending
against him, and an alias warrant was is
sued for his arrest.
Saturday afternoon young lady, while
leaving the State Capitol, was seized on one
of the walks with an epileptic attack, and
it was some time before she revived sutfi-
GENTLY to be taken home in a carriage
Governor Stoneman on Saturday APP
pointed the following Notaries Public :
Joseph Craig Woodland, Yolo county; w.
T. Phipps, Yuba City, Suffer county; Ven
able Morris, Winters, Yolo county; Robert
Strong, Los Angeles.
The schooner Emily F. Bichard, which
arrived here on Saturday, is the first sail
vessel that has arrived in this city since the
10Th of July, 1882, the river having become
so shallow as to preclude the running of
any vessel or barge except of light draft.
The jury in the case of w. R. Martin,
charged with burglary in entering the room
of woman named May Ward and stealing
cloak, which was on trial in Department
One of the Superior Court Friday and Sat
urday, brought in verdict of not guilty.
Lafferty's four-horse team was brought
into requisition Saturday morning to give
the grand officers, |. o. 0. F., and other
visiting members of the Order who came
to the city to attend the exercises of Cap
itol Lodge Friday evening, ride about
town.
H. E. Barton, of Deer Creek, has returned
from his upper stock range in the Sierras.
He says the feed at Lake valley this year is
good, and that dairymen will not be both
cred with grasshoppers. He says three
inches of snow fell in the valley on Thurs
day last.
Gait whisky makes grasshoppers drunk.
At Front-street saloon several hoppers
are treated to whisky and it lays them
out every time. In one instance the hop
per ate a cigar stump, and then took
toddy. 1t died of delirium remens in a
short time.
Saturday afternoon Chinaman, supposed
to be named Chung All Hop, a vegetable
dealer, committed suicide in shed in the
neighborhood of Third and / streets by cut
ting his throat with a knife, which was sub
sequently found in his hand. He had been
sick for some time.
=. r. Hodson and C. H. Gilman made a
match at the Park Saturday for a race be-
tween their horses, Kate Bender and Foss,
mile heats, three in five, for 800 side, to
take place at the Park next Saturday. Mr..
Richmond was made the stakeholder Foss
has been put in the hands of W. f. Smith.
The case of H. A Kramer, charged with
murder, in killing Chinaman, whom he
stabbed on | street, near Third, some
months ago, was called in Department One
of the Superior Court Saturday, and jury
was obtained before Court adjourned for
the day. 1t will be taken up again this
morning.
AT the monthly pigeon-shoot of the Pa
ciic Sportsmen's Club, held at the Park
yesterday morning, George Reuter- and
Rudolph Pedler, at thirty-one yards, tied on
eleven birds out Of twelve. Mr. Pedler
won in the shoot-off at doubles, and the
gold medal is now his property, he having
won it three times.
California delegates to the Grand Army
National Encampment, to be held at Port
land, Me-, left last evening for the East in
two special cars, handsomely decorated
with flags banners, etc. A banner on one
side of car bore the words, Grand Army
Delegation, San Francisco to Portland,
Me-" and on the other side, Maine to
California referring to the proposed hold
ing of the next National Encampment in
San Francisco.
A. E. Wagstaf, editor of the Modesto
tri-weekly Herald was in the city Saturday
and went TO Vaca valley in the afternoon.
He states that no injury is being done in
that vicinity by the grasshoppers, but the
damages have been serious in the foothills
east of that place, at Knights Ferry and
La Grange The wheat is turning out bet
ter than expected in that part of the San
Joaquin valley, the summer-fallowed land
especially yielding well, and excellent
quality.
Following are the general statistics of
the Gait school for the term just closed
Term began September Is, 1884, and closed
June 5, 1885 number of scholars enrolled
during the year, 147; largest number en-
rolled during any one month, 116; average
number belonging, $50; average number
attending, 9Si. The weather during the
winter months was generally favorable to
good attendance. The prevalence of
measles during the latter part of the term,
however. could not fail to have somewhat
unfayorable effect on the attendance.
Last Thursday Willie Van Valkenburg
aud little son of VIM. Pearson were hunt
ing rabbits on the Sargent ranch, northwest
of Gait, and both boys were on horseback.
Ii seems they were also interested in herd
ing horses out of a grain field, and along in
the afternoon, while chasing a rabbit, it be-
came necessary to head Off the band OF
horses from the adjoining wheat field, and
do a little herding. Van Valkenburg
whipped up his bronco, and while riding
rapidly over rough field his horse got
tripped up, fell forward and broke his neck
Van Valkenburg received severe bruises,
and had his collar bone broken in two
places.
ASSISTANCE FOR THE NEEDY. In re-
ponse to the brief notice made on last
Friday morning Of the very needy condi-
ton IN which the wife and small children
of Anton Hoffman had been left upon the
death of Mr.. Hoffman the day previous,
quite an amount in relief of present neces-
stiles was extended by donations from
kind hearted and sympathizing people,
most of whom were strangers to the fam
lily. Supervisor Steinman gave an order
for aid from the county, to assist towards
defraying the funeral expenses; many WIS.,
tied the family and extended financial as
sistance, and the following contributions
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