Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-14

visors, died yesterday morning, after an
illness of Z few days. Deceased was well
known in Sacramento. having lived all his
life in Washington and this city. He
owned several pieces of valuable property
in Sac amento including the Mansion
House, his father, Captain Hodgdon, hav-
ing been wealthy.
Coroner O'Donnell, of San Francisco.
was in the city Saturday evening. and at
tempted street scene of the sand-lot order
upon the Chinese question, bur, to his
discontinue, he found that the laboring
and business men Of Sacramento had al
ready organized themselves into an asso-
cation upon the subject, to be conducted
under lawful methods, and that therefore
brainless agitator had no calling here.
The following is report of the Alabama
School for November Miss C. L. Hannibal,
teacher): Whole number enrolled, 90. Az
erage daily attendance, 124. Following
have obtained high honor in scholarship !:
Albert, Alice and Lettie Phillips, George Le-
roy, Lyle Fowler, Myrtle Honley. The fol-
lowing have attained honor in scholarship ::
Maud Ref, Fred Leroy, Lily Thomas,
Rebie and Bessie Thompson, Henry
Thomas.
There was report yesterday that man
had been drowned in the Sacramento river
above the Pioneer Mill. The only thing
that could be learned calculated to give rise
to such report was that young man emf
ployed on ranch two or three miles UP
the river, got too much stimulant on board
Saturday evening, and when he left for
home in his boat INDUCED IN great deal
of yelling as he pulled up stream. 1t is be-
lieved that he reached his destination all
right.
The town of Gait was RECALLED on Thurs
day evening last by hard-glove contest
between couple of tramps Many rounds
were fought, for purse of So, which was
raised among the sports by subscription
Both OF the SlOggerS were so badly used I'D.
bruised up. BACKED and blued, cut and
manned III the struggle that So worth of
medicine would not be sufficient TO treat
the injuries received by the sloggers. All
this happened in a village that boasts of
the number of its churches and the high
state of its morals.
Officer Sullivan arrested Dan Fav last
night, for burglary committed at Lodi
recently, when he and Frank Stevens stole
TWO shotguns from store. Stevens con-
fessed, after being arrested, duplicating
Fay The latter has been arrested many
tunes Tor larceny, but has as a general
thing escaped with light punishment,
though the charges against him were more
than once of character that would have
sent him to State Prison if the iuries had
found him guilty. He will be taken to
Lodi to-day, and it is believed that he will
have difficulty in escaping conviction.
Yesterday forenoon a horse which a
Chinaman was leading over into Washing
ton became very playful near the eastern
end OF the Sacramento and Yolo bridge, and
INDUCED in some lofty jumping and kick
ing. The Chinaman incautiouslv got a
little too close to him, and was kicked at
one of the animals feet hitting his hatand
sending it flying. The Chinaman was badly
heightened, but chung to the long rope by
which he was leading the horse, and, as he
shortened his hold upon it, so as to grasp
the bride, the horse reared and struck al
him, but missed. The Celestial finally got
the equine under control.
Last Friday afternoon Harry w. Carroll
went to the depot to see some friends off
on the San Francisco train. Directly after
leaving the car in which they were seated
he missed his watch, and concluded that a
friend had taken it by way of Joke Early
IN the evening he received dispatch from
Davisville, signed Brakeman, " saving that
the watch would come back TO the CITY
next day. Mr. Carroll believed this was
part OF the joke, but was surprised on Sat
urday when he learned that there had not
been any joke in the matter from first to
last. When he left the car the little silk
fob guard of the watch, having Masonic
emblem on the end, got caught on the
brake lever of one of the cars, and, in the
crush of people getting on and off the car.
he did not notice that the watch had been
pulled from his pants pocket. The brake
man found it hanging to the lever, and dis
covered to whom ii belonged from the fact
OF the owners name being engraved
upon it.