Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-24
BRIEP NOTES.

20 Atractor Touhey is laying a stone
sewer in the alley between | and }, Third
s.nd Fourth streets, to take the place OF the
I, old box sewer.
Charles P. Herndon has been appointed
substitute letter carrier, vice Butler pro-
NOTED. His appointment arrived yester-
day from Washington.
The Good Templars of this county will
meet in the city next Saturday to organize
county lodge, under the laws adopted at
the last session of the Grand Lodge.
The Japanese persimmon trees in the
yards of J. II. Carroll and G. w. Carey are
loaded down with fruit. The leaves have
all fallen and the trees present beautiful
appearance.
Some thief managed to break the fasten
ings of the door leading into the basement
of the Central House Sunday night and
stole key of beer with faucet in work
ing order in the keg.
The Fish Commissioners steamer Gov
ernor Stoneman has come up from San
Francisco, having Commissioner Dibble as
a passenger. and viii be laid up on the
Yolo side of the river for few months.
Sheriff Huntley, of Placer county, took
to the State Prison at San Quentin yester-
day Chinaman named Yee Ching Hung,
who is to serve two years for an assault to
murder; and Jose Rolla Villas, under sem
tence of five years for grand larceny-horse
stealing.
Dressed poultry in great quantity is being
forwarded from the upper country to San
Francisco for Thanksgiving and yesterday
about three tons from the neighborhood of
Chico went to San Jose by express. In
| this city the markets are all bountifully
supplied.
These arrests were made yesterday A
d. and C. L. Chrstianson, by officer Kent,
| for misdemeanor-obstru the side
walk John Dawson, by Constable Eibes.
for grand larceny; Charles Mccarthy, by
Deputy Sheriff Brissel and citizen Sutton,
for being drunk.
The Democratic City Central Committee
| met last evening" and selected members of
the party whose names viii be submitted
to the City Trustees this morning as suita-
| BILE persons to be appointed as Judges and
Inspectors of Election at the school cleo
ton TO be held December Sth.
s.. Brown, counsel for Louis Hansche
endeavored yesterday to get him out of Jail
on habeas corpus, on a hearing before
Judge Van Fleet the petition setting forth
about the same points as that upon which
Judge Mcfarland passed last week. Judge
Van Fleet remanded the prisoner
Orders have been issued from brigade
headquarters calling for an election for
Second Lieutenant of Company Z, First
Artillery Regiment, to succeed Lieutenant
Z; l.. Fonteneau, term expired. December
Sd is the day set, and Major w. C. Van
Fleet is to be the presiding officer.
John Dawson, for whose arrest on
charge of grand larceny-alleged to have
oeen committed IN relieving Swede named
August Johnson of a certificate of deposit
for 5000 l..
a warrant, was brought to the city yester-
day from Knights Landing, by Constable
of that place.
An uptown photographer has hung up
in front of his business place a frame con
tanning several photographs, among them
an individual sporting policeman's star
In the lower left-hand corner on q card in
| bold hand which attracts the attention of
passers-by, is written: The above will
please call and settle at once"
Resolutions were adopted by the Board
of Education of Yolo county last Saturday
making it obligatory upon all teachers in
the county, teaching grades not already
provided with hygiene and physiology in
| the regular course, to devote from five to
| ten minutes daily to such oral instruction
upon the subject of hygienic physiology as
may be comprehended by the pupils of the
| respective grades.
Alexander Williams, of Swiss Station
swore out a warrant in Justice Henley's
! Court yesterday for the arrest of Miss Jen-
ME Leonard, teacher of the school at that
| place, for battery upon his son, one of the
pupils, several weeks ago. The teacher
was endeavoring to make the boy obey.
when by some accident his leg was broken.
The school Trustees subsequently investi-
gated the matter and exonerated her.
The Grand Jury recently investigated the
case OF Vim Zen, the Chinaman who
stabbed fellow Celestial with butcher
knife at slaughter house Just below the
city few weeks ago. 1t seems 10 have
leaked out that the Jury found only bill
OF Indictment for assault with a deadly
weapon against Uen, and consequently the
friends of the other man had the defendant
taken before Justice Post yesterday for
preliminary examination. and he was held
to answer for assault to murder. He gave
bail in the sum of 81 500.
Sergeant Barwick reports that the Signal
Service reports at o'clock last night show
falling barometer, rising temperature.
southeasterly winds and cloudy weather
from Portland to San Francisco, and light
rain falling at the former place, while clear
weather prevails at Keller, Los Angeles
and San Diego. A foul weather sunset is
reported from Spokane Falls to San Fran
cisco. A sprinkle of rain fell at the latter
place yesterday evening The velocity of
the wind at o'clock last night was Sc
miles per hour at Red Bluff, Is at Sacra-
mento and l6 at San Francisco.
| 1t is reported that clergyman who was
| driving in his buggy from Sheridan to
Rosevllle Sunday afternoon, being under
engagement to preach at the latter place in
the evening, had very unpleasant expe-
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miles from Roseville, the stream having
risen to such hight that he had a narrow
escape from drowning. By dint of hard
work he got the horse cut, but had to leave
the buggy in the creek He walked to
| Roseville in an exceedingly moist condi-
| ton, and caught a severe cold. 1t was
| some consolation that he would soon have
some one to nurse him if he was i'll, as he
was to come to Sacramento next day to be
| married.
The Sheriff and his deputies collected I'D
| to the evening of Saturday last State and
| county taxes to the amount of S1S. 4O6 30
which Is SlO,957 81 in excess of the amount
collected last year up to the same date.
which shows that people have money on
| hand despite the cry of dull times" The
Sheriff himself has been visiting country
precincts to collect, but at the first three
places he did not get cent. His visits to
| the country are not much of a convenience
to the taxpayers, as most farmers keep
their money in the city, or get money here
with which to pay their taxes, and can
easily call at the Sheriff7s Office OF course
at the larger places-Galt, Folsom, etc.-it
is different.
In speaking of the late rain the Gait Ga
Sette says: Last year November was dry
month in Gait. Although l 81 inches of
rain fell in October, none of any conse-
quence tell until December. This year the
rains came in November, and up to the
present time 81 inches have fallen, in
Guiding 1.95 inches tor the storm this week.
Corresponding period last year, 1.31. The
present season S rainfall indicates the heav-
lest November rainfall for many years, and
the records show that bountiful crops al
ways follow copious November showers.
The storm just ended has wet the ground
sufficiently to keep the plows busy for