Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-24
BRIEF NOTES.

There was no session of the Police Court
! yesterday.
Three carloads of immigrants arrived
/ this morning.
| Sacramento Commandery, Knights Temp
lar, will have their annual ball and banquet
| to night.
| Ed. Morris has accepted Burt Kidder's
| challenge to mile skating race 1t the rink
tomorrow night.
The sale of property by Sheriff Wilson
| for delinquent taxes will take place at the
Courthouse at 10 a. NJ. to-day.
Gospel meetings are being conducted in
| the Christian Church. Eighth street, be-
tween \ and o, by w. A. Mclean, the Mis-
| souri, Evangelist
There will be meeting of the Republi-
| cans of the Tenth Ward at East End Hall
| at o'clock this evening, to consider mat
tiers pertaining to the ensuing city election.
Daniel Brown is having a paint shop, in
size 3Sx50 feet, built in the rear of his car
| rage shop at Eleventh and X streets. 1t is
frame, one story and basement and will
cost about 81 800
The steamer ID. E. Knight arrived yester-
day from Marysville en- route for San Fran
cisco, with grain and merchandise; and
the Clara Belle cleared for the upper Sacra-
mento with merchandise.
The Enterprise Baseball Club. of San
Francisco, returned home yesterday from
Marysyille, where on Sunday they played
game with the Intrepids, of that place
and were beaten by score of to Z
A man was yesterday reported to the po-
lice as being engagedin selling at residences
throughout the city, articles of cutlery
which he represented to be made of white
metal when in reality they were very
poor imitation.
SIMON ltaten was yesterday taken to the
State Prison at Folsom by Deputy Sheriff
Chambers. He told the latter after arriv-
ing. there, that he did not like the place,
and would rather be hanged, if he could
get his $500 back first, than remain
On Saturday last the Exempt Firemen
had placed in front of their hall a fine flag
staff, and yesterday new fifteen-foot flag
was thrown to the breeze in honor of wash
ington's birthday. The pole is capped with
iireman's cap, which is made of copper
and FURNISHED
An individual is going about the city
soliciting contributions. and representing
that he is deaf and dumb, and carrying a
slate for those who desire to converse
with him to write upon. He is reported by
q merchant to be fraud, as he is neither
deaf nor dumb.
J. B. Haggin has received dispatch from
his agent in Lexington, Kentucky TO the
effect that his very fashionably-b mare,
Lady Middleton, purchased by him in Ohio
at the sale of the stock of the late John
Reeber, fOaled a fine chestnut colt by King
Ban, on the 22d.
The cold breeze of Yesterday evidently
suggested TO tramps the desirabilitv of Sc
curing warmer wraps for the night as one
stole robe from buggy which was stand
ing IN front Of the Central House yesterday
forenoon, and another appropriated pair
of blankets from the yard of Il residence on
o street in the afternoon
The public offices and several other
places of business in Sacramento were
closed yesterday in honor of Washington's
Birthday, and flags were displayed freely
The display of bunting would doubtless
have been much larger but for the fact that
the halliards on many flag -staffs had been
rendered useless by the winter storms.
Yesterday afternoon, as theater band
was passing up X street, near Sixth, little
boy, whose attention was wholly engrossed
by the procession, started to move back
ward out of the way, and ran directly in
front of DR.. Hughsons buggy, between the
horse and the wheels. He was knocked
down, buJ was not hurt as the Doctor sue
ceeded in stopping his horse, tractable
animal, III season to prevent the youngSter
from being run over.