Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-09-03
BRIEF NOTES.

The City Board of Education will meet
TINS evening to consider the matter of
awarding contracts.
Governor Stoneman yesterday issued his
proclamation declaring Admission Day,
the 9th inst, legal holiday.
| The only arrest made Yesterday was that
OF Ed. James, by officer Frazee, for INSIDE
meanor in failing to provide for his family,
the complaint being sworn out by Miles
| Stevens.
Joseph Hahn, of this city, has returned
from his vineyard near st. Helena. The
grape crop in Napa valley, he says, is just
about one-third of an average crop, and
good wine grapes only bring $50 pei ton.
The Police Commissioners, as if they had
not been worried enough by Sacramento
asplrants, are now receiving applications
from parties living in other portions of the
state, who want TO come here to act as local
officers during the State Fair.
| The moonlight festival given by the
| Ancient Order of Foresters at Richmond
S5rove last evening was largely attended
Inc grounds were handsomely lighted
with electricity. Music for dancing was
furnished By the Hussar Band.
Officers Franks and Martin raided barn
early yesterday morning, and captured six
tramps who were sleeping in it. Later in
the day the parties arrested were arraigned
IN the Police Court, and discharged on their
agreeing to leave the city Immediately.
The remains of the late Judged c. Burch
came up from San Francisco last evening
and were taken to the undertaking rooms
OF j. Frank Clark. They will be inferred
in the City Cemetery to-day, under the
auspices of Union Lodge, f. and A NJ.
Tho f.nilntt-ft,c -,
the State treasury during the month of
August on Controllers warrants: General
fund, $40, 749 IS school fund, $303. 2S6 -;
San Francisco harbor-improyement fund.
S3o,2 81 Library fund, $6i3 So 70
semitic Valley fund, 1851 %; adult blind
fund, S2,5lG 81. Total. $575,97S 81.
The highest temperature yesterday by
the Signal Service records, was: For Juan
de Fuca, 60; Olympia, 73o; Spokane
Fails, $50; Dayton, So; Fort Candy, $50;
Portland, $40; Roseburg $40; Cape Mendo-
emo, 90; Red Bluff, 97o; Sacramento, $50;
san Francisco, SO; Keller, 90; San Luis
Obispo, 760; Los Angeles, So San Diego, 760.
The Johnston Brandy and Wine Manu-
iacturing Company, of this city, has filed
IN the office of the Secretary of State their
claim to trademark consisting of the
words =" Vineyard Proprietorsn S. Bear &
Co, of San Francisco, dealers in teas have
filed claims to trademarks for words The
Elixir of Life" and Flower of the Val
ley, as applied to brands of teas.
The police were informed Yesterday
morning that an Italian had been waylaid
the night before in the alley between Third
and Fourth, l. and NJ streets, and his skull
fractured by blow. Chief Jackson and
other officers Investigated the case, and
found that the man had been in some sort
OF n uIttipultV and rnppiya6 n 81,
which he did not want to complain about
Articles of incorporation have been filed
IN the Secretary of States office of the
Meeks q Daily Water Company, for the
purpose of acquiring and disposing of
water and water rights in San Bernardino
county. Principal place of business, Col
ton. Directors-P. J. Stockm1n, NJ. C. |
Luian. G. a. Hunter, NJ. A Murphy and
William III. Mentzer. Capital stock, $7S,-
900, divided into $50 shares of the par
value of 500 each.
The steamer Apache. from San Fran
cisco, did not attempt to come up to the city
yesterday morning, but unloaded her
freight upon a barge below the street
sandtar, and remained there until the
barge brought her the down freight. The
steamer Neponset, No. 2, coming down
stream with a kig freight yesterday morn
ing, had to unload a portion of it above
the bridge, as she was drawing too much |
water to get through the draw.
T. B. Lovdal, who resides near Sacra-
mento has brought suit in San Francisco
against Sophie Wieland, of that city, adj |
mlnistratrixSof the estate of John Wieland |
deceased, to recover $4,000, alleged to be |
due or to become due, on a contract ex-
ecuted in 1882, by which plaintiff was to |
deliver, and Wieland to purchase, LOO !
bales Of choice hops yearly, for six years,
at twenty-five cents per pound. Defendant |
has latterly refused to take the hops. doubt |
less owing to the low price prevailing.
The train from Lathrop yesterday morn |
ing, due here at o'clock, did not get in |
until 1870, having been delayed waiting |
for the Los Angeles connection. The pas |
senger train from San Francisco, via Stock |
ton, was twenty minutes late in its arrival |
in the afternoon, having been detained |
principally in taking on a car loaded with |
fruit at McConnelrs. The immigrant train |
from the East was two hours behind time |
IN its arrival here, having been delayed |
east of Truckee
Arrived yesterday, steamer Solano, from |
San Francisco, with barge load of lumber |
for the Friend Il Terry Lumber Company |
and w. +. Frazer; steamer San Joaquin, |
No. 3, from Port Costa, light steamer !
Neponset, No 2 from the upper Sacra-
mento, with grain, broom corn, flour, etc; |
steamer San Joaquin, No. 2, from San |
Francisco, with merchandise. Cleared, |
steamer Neponset, for the lower Sacra-
mento, with merchandise; steamer San |
joaquin, No. 8, for the upper Sacramento,
light
Dave Lawson has in his garden a man.
moth squash, which lie thinks weighs over |
200 pounds. 1t is still growing rapidly, |
and, as he intends to exhibit it at the State |
Fair, he is worried as to the manner of its |
removal from the garden He doesn't |
want to tear down the new fence inclosing !
his premises, and it is most too expensive |
to erect derrick or hire house-raiser to |
remove il to the street side of the fence |
Still, as he is determined to exhibit. plans |
and proposals for handling may be adver-
tised for