Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-19
BRIEF NOTES.

L WO CARLOADS OF Immigrants arrived TINS
| morning
The river is falling more rapidly now,
and is down 10 20 feet inches.
! There was an open air labor meeting held
at Fourth and X streets yesterday afternoon.
The Harvey House at Gait has changed
hands, the genial proprietor, Chas. Harvey,
having disposed of the property to Robert
Patton.
There will be battalion drill and dress
! parade of the companies of the First Artil-
| lery Regiment at Armory Hall this evening
at s o'clock.
Witnesses in the case of a. D. January
were, on Saturday, subpenaed to appear in
the Superior Court at 10 A. NJ, Tuesday,
| February Sd.
The Changers of Gait gave harvest feast
in Brewster's Hall on Saturday last, which
was well attended, many being present
from this city.
Sheriff Mccoy, of Yuba county has
| taken TO Folsom NJ. c. Clark, recently SEN
fenced at Marysville to serve three years for
train wrecking.
The Barnum side-show at the Eureka
masquerade on Thursday evening last took
| in IS 50, which was, on Saturday, turned
over to the Towards.
The apparatus and machinery used some
years since for the manufacture of artificial
ice III this city will be shipped to San Fran
cisco by steamer to-day, a new use having
been found for it.
The Sacramentans who went up TO Chico
last Friday with number of game chick
ems, TO fight main with birds belonging to
that town for $3.50 side returned yester-
day. The Sacramento birds won five out of
seven fights.
AT Third and l. streets, about noon Satur-
day, white man had fight with a colored
citizen, which lasted about fifteen minutes
and attracted quite crowd. The white
man had the best of it throughout, knock
ing his opponent down frequently
The Sacramento Electric Light Company
has been having considerable trouble in
placing in position the posts to which are
to be attached the guy lines of the electric
light masts. The ground is so full of water
that il is difficult to dig holes to the neces-
sary depth.
The railroad freight transactions of Gait
for the past month were Receipts, cars
lumber, , cars lone coal, cars sand, 2S6, 900
pounds merchandise. Exports-4S cars
Il SAG, 800 pounds) wheat, 3 cars lumber,
cars wood, 3S9 hogs, III, $40 pounds mer-
chandise. Ticket sales for the month
1868 20.
1t is rumored, says the Gait Ga=ette, that
the railroad company will build a first
class hotel north Of the depot this summer,
something in the fashion Of the hotel at
Lathrop. Such a building will prove quite
an ornament and relieve the present mo-
Lotcnous appearance of the old freight
house and ticket office, which constitutes
the only buildings at present at the depot
In Justice Posts Court, Saturday, Judge
Thomas Anderson, of Franklin was tried
for drawing and exhibiting a deadly
weapon and using threatening language, the
complaint being Aaron King The parties
had Il dispute on the highway on the 4th
instant, and King was advancing toward
Anderson threateningly, when the latter
drew his pistol and threatened to shoot if
King approach ed nearer. Justice Post dis
charged the defendant.
On Thursday last two Galtites, Charles
Quiggle and James Topping, camesnear
being drowned while attempting to ford
Dry creek at point near the old Prouty
ranch. They ventured into the deep water
with their buggy team, and horses buggy
and all were swept down some distance BY
the current. They luckily escaped with
only the loss Of their halters, lap-robe and
horse-blankets. Quiggle says he thinks
" Dry creek is a miSnomer.
For the benefit of Immigrants, the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad has adopted a regula-
ton which is likely to prove of general adj
vantage. Every holder Of a third-class
ticket is allowed to lay over at any station
Oh the line over which his ticket carries
him for a period of ten days. This ar
rangement will be of particular benefit to
the northern portion OF the State, for it per-
mits the immigrant to stop over at Sacra-
mentO, whence he can readily reach any
locality.
Gait Council, No. II, Order Of Chosen
Friends, has elected the following officers
TO serve for the ensuing term: c. c.. Mrs
J.. Brewster; '. c.. |. NJ. Smith Secretary,
d. ~. Struggled; Treasurer, G. w Brew
ster (re-elected); Warden, Mrs Nettie
Clough; Sentry, John Brewster; Organist,
Mrs. Thersa Crandall; Medical Examiner,
DR.. T. Goodspeed; Trustees, 5 Kreeger, |.
NJ. Smith, \. |. Rider \ called meeting
viii be held next Wednesday evening, Jan
uary Dist.
On Saturday, at Stockton, Luther Will
Jams, who Il few days ago stole a horse
from that city, rode to Gait, where he left
the animal, and then came on to Sacra-
mento and was arrested pleaded guilty to
charge of grand larceny, and was SEN
fenced to San Quentin for one year. He
says he had to steal. He could find no
work, and could not be tramp, and was
compelled to break the laws to get bread.
He is well connected at the East, and left
good situation to come to this State