Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-20
BRIEF NOTES.


Sunday, and two this morning.
Little Tommy Sawyer, of Gait fell from
wagon on Wednesday last and broke an
arm.
The Wages of Sin" theatrical company
arrived from the East yesterday, going to
the Bay.
The sale of Phil. Siebenthaler's fine colt
Philip s., to Eastern parties does not ap-
pear to have been consuInmated as yet.
A man named Kerr, steamboatman
was stood up" by two men at Thirteenth
and II streets Saturday night, and robbed
of S11.
The ladies of the Congregational Church
at Gait will give strawberry and ice cream
festival soon, for the benefit of the Sunday
school.
Street Commissioner Nielsen has large
force of men engaged in repairing the
streets, and has already done much good
service.
change of time goes into effect on the
Sacramento and PIacerville Railroad to-
day, by which the morning train leaves the
city at 7:30.
There has been quite frost in this Vi
clnlty during the past two or three morn
lngs, but it is not reported to have done
much damage
A few delegates to the Grand Lodge of
the knights of Pythias returned from Los
Angeles yesterday, and most of the re-
mainder will get back to-day.
Commander-in-C Chief KountZ, G.. A. r..
and party will arrive in this city next
Wednesday at P. NJ. instead of 11:25 A. NJ,
as has been heretofore announced, and will
remain until $50 P. NJ. Thursday.
Thirteen men were discharged from the
State Printing Office Saturday, and there
are now but six or seven left. The State
Agricultural Socety's report has just been
completed, ahd there is now but little work
on hand.
Geo. B. Katzenstein, the newly-elected
Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias,
will pay an official visit to Sacramento
Lodge, No. II, this evening. Columbia and
Confidence Lodges will pay Sacramento a
fraternal visit on the occasion.
While skating in the Gait rink few
evenings sinck Mrs. A Whitaker fell and
broke both bones of her right arm Just
above the wrist This accident had q
dampening effect on the skating craze and
the rink has in consequence closed.
Miss Lizzie Russell. who lives near Clay
station, met with a severe accident last
Thursday evening in returning home from
spelling school The young lady was rid
ing in a cart and the animal she was driv-
ing became mmanageable, reared up,
tossed her backward from the seat and the
fall resulted in broken arm.
The signal service reports at O'Clock last
night rainfall of but one hundredth of an
inch along the Pacific slope during the last
"A hours. The barometer was generally
rising, indicating clear and cooler weather.
Yesterday morning the temperature, ac-
cording to the signal service thermometer
was $50 this is the lowest for April.
About $50 Saturday evening Chinaman
had a-disagreement with the proprietor or
one of the employees of the Golden Rule
Store, Third and streets. and was put out
He blew a police whistle with great vigor,
and large crowd soon collected. After a
while the Celestial went back into the store,
where the business transaction that had
caused the trouble was Strengthened out.
Robert Dolan was fined $40 in the Police
Court Saturday for battery, and late Satur-
day night he got in trouble again, assaulting
a musician in dive on l. street. Officer
Franks arrested him, but he was very
abusive to the officer, and at Second and K
streets refused to go further. Franks blew
his whistle, which was responded to by
Health Officer Ferral, and they then es-
cOrted Dolan to the Station-house without
trouble.
The case of VI. F. Cooper arrested for
misdemeanOr in falling to provide for his
child, came up for hearing in the Police
Court Saturday, resulted in his discharge.
the Judge holding that, as the alleged of
Tense was committed in Ogden, where the
mother and child are still residing, he did
not have jurisdiction of the case. As Mr.
Cooper expresses a willingness to provide
for the little one, the matter will probably
be settled outside OF the Courts.
About II o'clock last night there was
great outcry on | street, between Second
and Third, as though general murder was
in progress. Shortly afterwards a China
man appeared at the station-house, and in
formed officer Cot1ey that four of his fell
low-countrymen had set upon him in a
house where there was a game of dice
going on, thumped him on the nose
heavily, and robbed him of $780, There
was no officer at the police headquarters
who could go with him just then, and he
retired nursing his nose. Subsequently
officers Kent and Rider Investigated the
matter, but could not gain much informa-
ton. One Chinaman said that the com
plainant got into a quarrel about two dol
lars; wagered on dice game while another
Celestial said the amount was only five
cents. Certainly if the fellow can do such
good yelling for five cents, he would drive
everybody out of town if he should lose a
few dollars