Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-26
BRIEF NOTES.
There is a depth of eight feet

TIE submit.
Only one arrest was made Yesterday
! Raphael Vasquez. by officer Rider. for be-
: ing drunk
/ The river is cutting a hole in the levee
near the Water Works. few sacks of
earth deposited there would probably act
as !" a stitch in time"
| The Blood Horse races at San Francisco
have been continued until "good day and
track" which means Saturday, if there are
i no storms meanwhile.
The Chinese devil-driving at Fifth and
streets will terminate tonight or early to-
morrow morning. with the burning of the
bamboo and tinsel figures.
Trustee Nielsen had large force of men
yesterday engaged in cleaning ont cutters
and drains in the eastern portion of the
city, so as to drain off the low lots.
The gold and silver medals awarded at
! the last State Fair are now ready for distri-
button, and can be had by calling at the
Office Of the Secretary at the new Pa
vilion.
In Department One of the Superior Court
yesterday c.. E. Wickstrom, a native of
Sweden, was admitted to citizenship on the
testimony OF A. G. johnson and Claus An
derson.
The case of Miss Jennie Leonard. teacher
of the school at Swiss Station, who is
charged with battery upon one of her
pupils, is set for trial by jury in Justice
Henley's Court at 10 \. NJ. Saturday
The steamer San Joaquin, No. 4, arrived
yesterday from San Francisco with mer-
chandise. The steamer d. Z. knight came
down from Marysville, en- route for San
Francisco with produce and merchandise.
Justice Post was not prepared to render
his decision yesterday in the case of Halli-
nan VS.. McConn-the pool-buying matter
which he had under Amusement, but an
, nounced that he would do so Saturday
next.
The races which Robert Allen, lessee of
Agricultural Park, announced for to-day
and Tomorrow did not fill, and are conse-
quently off There will be trotting races
there on Saturday if the weather holds
good.
Parties who came up from Rio Vista
yesterday reported that it had been impos-
slble, up 10 the time they left, to find the
little steamer Margie, sunk by the Modoc
at that place early Tuesday morning. she
having evidently rolled into deep water
The Clunie Opera House Company will
go over to Woodland to-day and play rip
Van Wrinkle" there this evening their
r. NSNHSS ilNlO DCil!S unnecessary III COIlSG-
quence of the Opera House being occupied
by the Emma Nevada concert combination.
great body of water was running in
upon the low land back of Washington
yesterday, through the break in the levee
above the town, but the wagon road lead
ing to the interior was not so badly covered
with water but that lightly loaded vehicles
could traverse it.
An Eastern exchange notices the death
on the 10th instant, of Collins Andrews, at
Petersham, near Boston, Mass at the ad-
yanced age of 81 years. Mr.. Andrews was
father of J. n. Andrews, of Elk Grove, in
this county, and of the late Bishop An
drews, of Virginia.
There has been filed in the Office of the
Secretary of State the certificate of incorpo-
ration of the Sarah Lodge, No 2, A. 10.
5. X, B., of San Francisco, for the mutual
aid, education and elevation of its MEM
bers. Directors-W. r. G. Samuels, J.
Samuels, C. COIN, Il. COIN and NJ. Silver
stein.
Parties from the upper country report
ducks and geese present in immense num-
| bers on the line of the Northern Railroad
and on the California and Oregon. Between
Biggs and Butte creek thousands of teal
ducks rise from the fields us the trains pass,
and the farmers in the northern country
will soon have to begin "herding" the
fowls vigorously to save their young grain.
S. II. Gerrish's rain gauge makes the
total rainfall in Sacramento for this month
9.403 inches, and for the season 9.474
inches. Sergeant Barwicll's figures are
11.130 inches for the month, and for the
season II $50 inches. Mr.. Gerrish's gauge is
located near the ground, while Sergeant
Barwicks is on the top of three-story
| building, but that would scarcely account
for the difference in the totals of rainfall.
a match game of base ball will be PLAYED
at Recreation Park this morning, between
mines from the stores of Holbrook, Merrill
u Stetson and Huntington, Hopkins & Co.
Charley SERVER, resplendent in his new
uniform, will pitch for the first named
nine and an equally talented tosser will
manipulate the sphere for their opponents
Accident insurance agents will be on hand
to encourage the men when they go to the
bat.
De Bernardo & Co had at their market
yesterday a supply of fine oranges from the
trees of Mr.. Shea ON the old John Friend
place, in the block between Second and
Third, Q and r streets. The fruit on nearly
all the orange trees of the city is ripe
enough to be picked fer shipment, and
during the recent high wind much of it
on o street, about a bushel was shaken
from only three trees and they still have
good supply on their branches.
There came through from the East yes
terday morning a neat little locomotives
pocket edition, compared with those of the
Central Pacific-which is to be used on the
new Colusa County Narrow gauge Rail
road. 1t is named the "Colusa," and was
manufactured at Porter & Co.'S works,
Pittsburg. The tank being located over
the boiler and the space for fuel being very
small, the engine has sort of bobtailed
appearance. 1t is arranged as a double
ender, with cow-cateher and headlight at
each end, which will avoid the necessity for
turntables on the road.
FANCY braid for trimming dresses, eight
yards for 81, at Hale Bros.
COMPARE the value of our 81 Shetland
shawl. Hale Bros.
To-Day our stores will remain closed all
day. Hale Bros.
THREE-BurroN kid gloves, so cents a pair,
at Hale Bros.
BEST qualities of satin gros-grain ribbons
at Hale Bros.
New styles ruching just placed on sale.
Hale Bros.
SEE the assortment of lace fichus at Hale
Bros.
MARRIED.
Sacramento, November 2l-By G. Haines, Jus
tice of the Peace William Wilkins to Emily
Florence, both of Sacramento.
sacramento, November 25-By Rev. A. c. Her
rick, August Fabian TO Sdonie Seeger both of