Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-20
BRIEF NOTES.

1
The f-street levee yesterday.
A milkman's horse stepped into bol,
> on Eighth street, between NJ and n or
Wednesday, and broke leg.
Sixty tons of almonds were eafbered
from slxty-five acres on the Oakshade farm
IN oio county, the present season.
Mushroom hunting was induced in h.,
hundreds of people in this vicinity yester.
DAY, and well repaid the time devoted To II
The Street Commissioner had his hands
iull OF work yesterday attending to holes
IN streets and cutters made during the
recent storm '"0
In Department Two of the Sunerior
Court, on motion of w. F. George. If Y
: wise has been admitted to practice as an
attorney in that Court.
me appearance of the water in China
slough has been greatly improved by the
stream running into it from the river and
the ram water that fell into it.
The arrests made yesterday were those of
John Doe, by officer Frazee. for being
drunk and John Doe, No. 2 by Officers
woods, Thorpe and Pierpont. for disturb
ing the peace.
OWlng TO washout on the Southern Pa
enc railroad, between MERGED and Fresno
/" ednesday night, the train coming ND had
70 be held at Tulare, and no passengers
from the south arrived here yesterday.
Chief Engineer Sullivan has, after much
ndru work. succeeded in getting the fire
telegraph wires, which were disarranged
by the gale of Monday night and Tuesday
morning, in proper working order again.
The weather was clear on the mountain
yesterday. There is a depth of four feet TO, Of
snow at the Summit. and Yesterday tho
show-piow made its first trip of the season
running from the Summit to Trrckee and
back. anu
The Union Water Company, a Calayeras
county incorporation, yesterday filed with
the Secretary of State their intention of re-
moving their principal place of business.
rom the town of Murphys, to the CITY of
San Francisco "
The Chinese " Masons" are erecting at
flIth and l streets, in front of their lodge
room, temporary frame structure. to be
used as temple during the devil-driving
| eAeIc !seS Whlch they intend to have, COM
menclng Sunday or Monday next.
The hulk of the old steamer Neponset,
| lying above the old mouth of the Amer,
can river, on the Sacramento shore was
nearly submerged yesterday. but. as there
Is not very strong current where she is
lylllg' her upper works remained fast
Mike Bryte, foreseeing that theroad from
washington to his ranch up the river
| would soon become impossible. recently
secured the little steamer Margie and =
| barge, and Will use them to bring his daily
supply OF milk to the city during the
winter.
Inc sacramento river was visited vester-
Gay by great many people, who were
deslrous OF seeing how it was behaving
lIsei: 1t rose to Is feet % inches early in
me forenoon, and then began to fall, and
/ at II o'clock last night had receded to Is
feet 3 inches.
Clinton L. White, attorney for the nIav.
right and actor, Dion Boucicault who Is |
now IN Australia, yesterday notified Chen
OWEN y Wilkins that they must pay row.
atty Tor the production of " Led Astray." |
last week, or he will commence proceed |
ings against them in Court.
The Sacramento river was running IN |
upon the low land back of Washington |
yesterday, through the break in the bulk |
head above the town of Washington. and |
the wagon road leading west from Wash |
lngton will be hard route to travel in a |
lew days, If the river keeps up
The steamer San Joaquin, No. 4. left for |
san francisco yesterday morning with |
gram. The steamers Dover, San Joaquin. |
No. ), and ID. E. knight due here from |
above on Wednesday, had not put in an |
appearance up to yesterday afternoon. hay |
ing doubtless been delayed in loading by |
the Storm
The Trustees of the NJ. E. Church South. |
OF Woodland, are making arrangements to |
erect church edifce next spring. and To |
that end have purchased Irving Porters |
property, on Lincoln avenue between Sec |
ond and Third streets-a very good l0ca
ton. The denomination are at present |
occupying the church of the Seventh Dav |
Adventists.
Constable Todhunter took over to Wood |
iand from Washington yesterday six
ramps, who had been arrested in the latter
place, tried before Justice Scully for va
grancy, and sentenced TO fifteen DAYS each
IN the county Jail. The 1890 A. NJ. train
stopped at the western end of the Sacra-
mento and 1olo bridge to take the Con-
stable and his party on board
Jack Dempsey, the fightst, appears to be
the target that many of the other pugilists
of the State and coast want to have sby
at. w. j. Patterson, of Woodland. is the
latest OF the ambitious in that direction, and
he has challenged Dempsey to fight him
with hard gloves, four rounds, for from
500 to $500 side, in Woodland or any
other place that can be agreed upon.
At Agricultural Park day or two ago
q
kind of racing not expected to be seen
here-boat-racing-a great body of water
having collected in consequence of a sewer
getting out of order The southeastern
portion OF the Enclosure was so badly
flooded that some of the stalls could not be
occupied, but the horse men dug ditch
and drained the water off into the street.
Sergeant Barwick reports that the rainfall
at Sacramento during the storm just passed
was 8.S5 inches, and for the season S.95
inches, as against 2.61 inches to an equal
date last year. The barometer at O'Clock
last night was falling from Spokane Falls
to San Diego, and all signal service stations
reported foul-Yeather sunset except Red
Bluff and Sacramento; Keller even re-
ported a foul sunset
George S. and Helen Putnev were tried
in Justice Haines' Court Yesterday on a
charge of malicious mischief, in DESTROYING
a barbedwiTe fence, claimed by Ii. S. |
Putney as his property and were acquit-
ted. The parties to the snit reside on the
Costumes, and the case has grown out of a
family quarrel relative to some property.
There is another charge against Helen Put
ney, which will be tried this morning at 10
o'clock.
Jack Dawson is wanted by the police for
having relieved a Swede named August
Johnson, while the latter was on spree
about six weeks ago, of a certificate of
deposit of 5000 in a bank of Mankato,
MINI. The facts seem to have been slow
in coming to light, and it was only yester-
day that warrant for Davison's arrest was
sworn out. At present he is absent from
the city. The certificate Of deposit has
been recovered.
Cor LEFT.-About thirty sailors, who
came to San Francisco recently from Liver
pool, left the Bay on Wednesday en- route
for New York and Liverpool, under their
contract to be returned to their shipping
point when the time for which they had
shipped was up. Six of them, on the ar
rival of the train here, went to hotel to !
get their supper, having been told by some
one on the train that they had plenty of
time and the others were about to do like
wise when they were notified that they
could not get back in season. The six got
left, and had to remain here until last eve
ming, their baggage going on ahead of Them
As the steamer by which they are to leave
for Liverpool sails from New York next
Thursday, they will barely have time to get
there before she starts, as their train if on
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