Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-17
BRIEF NOTES.

Three carloads of immigrants arrived
this morning.
The Druids have decided to hold their
annual picnic at East Park, May 9th.
Several light showers of rain fell in this
city last night, commencing about half
past s.
The Hayerly Baseball Club of San Fran
c,sco will play the Atlas of Sacramento at
Agricultural Park Sunday afternoon.
Deputy Sheriff Chambers yesterday took
Joe Marshall to the State Prison at Folsom,
to serve his thirty years for burglary.
The Pacific Thomson-Houston Electric
Light and Power Company, at its meeting
Wednesday night, reelected the old officers.
Yesterdays freight train for the East had
six emigrant cars attached, four of them
being used TO convey San Jose excursion
party.
Strawberries are ripening rapidly, and
large quantities are shipped east daily The
largest shipments are to points in Colorado
and Montana
DR.. Latham sent yesterday to l. n. Hoag,
at Chicago, 10000 copies Of the pamphlet
Immigration Association.
The Changers feast, which was held by
Enterprise Grange at Walsh's Station YES
terdaay, was largely attended. A large num-
Der from this city were in attendance.
A document in the shape of a protest
against the locating of Justice Henley's
Court in the old City Hall building, on the
ground that such location would be incon-
Yenlent, is receiving the signatures of at
torneys.
General Wiley left Washington for home
on Tuesday last. 1t is understood in Sacra-
mento that he will resign the office of Sur
yeyor-General on his return, to accept a
Mexican consulate, which appointment he
has been promised by Cleveland.
Parties who went in search of the high
Wayman who stopped the Plymouth and
Sacramento stage near Forest Home Tues
day, failed to find the robber, but found his
mask and blouse, which he had thrown
away near the scene of the robbery.
a dispatch received here yesterday stated
that Hood on the previous day had
destroyed q railroad culvert in Caiente
canyon, Kern county. The farmers of this
section will be petitioning the clerk of the
weather not to be so free with his showers
III some localities, but to divide the water
more evenly.
slight change of time will go into
effect on the Sacramento and Placerville
Railroad next Monday, by which the morn
ing train will leave Sacramento at 7:30 A. NJ.
instead Of o'clock and arrive here at 1:55
P. NJ. instead of 2:10 The morning train
from Folsom and Single Springs will
reach the city at 1915 \. NJ.
5. ii. Gerrish reports that the thermome-
ter was down to 41o yesterday morning,
q iubt hi -,
i'll some places. This was the coolest morn
ing since the 14th of March, when the fig
ures were the same, and that was the last
frosty morning we had. The latest frost in
the spring of 1884 was on the morning of
April 18th, when the thermometer fell
to 430
Peter Reifenrath. owner of the hotel at
Cottonwood, Shasta county, which was de-
stroyed by fire last Sunday night, as de-
tailed by correspondent of the RECORD
UNION, died at St. Mary's Hospital, San
Francisco, about the same time, of a dis
ease of the stomach. Deceased was a native
OF Germany, 81 years of age, and resided
for a long time in Yolo county, where his
children are now living.
Last Tuesday Joel Wood while working
on his ranch near Capay, Yolo county, was
bitten on the thumb by rattlesnake but
fortunately no serious consequences re-
suited, owing, doubtless, to Mr. Woods
presence of mind and prompt action. He
Immediately drew out all the poison he
could with his mouth, and then applied
tobacco to the wound and started for home,
where he partook freely of whisky, and the
next morning was all right again.
Sergeant Barwick reports that at s o'clock
last night the Signal Service reports show
it TO be raining at San Francisco, and dur
ing the past a hours rain has fallen as fol-
lows: Tatoosh Island, none; Los Angeles,
.06 of an inch Olympia, ID of an inch
Spokan Falls, ,02 Of an inch Fort Candy,
II of an inch; Portland, ID of an inch
Roseburg, so OF an inch; Cape Mendocino,
% of an inch, and San Francisco, OF of an
inch; none at Sacramento, Los Angeles or
San Diego. The wind was west and south.
west along the Pacific coast, with cloudy
weather prevailing. The lowest tempera-
ture Yesterday at Sacramento was 45o. or
100 colder than the day before.