Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-10
BRIEF NOTES.

tt e Grand Jury will be impaneled in De.
! partment One of the Superior Court this
N )rning.
About o'clock yesterday morning some
thief broke large pane of plate-glass in the
front door of the | X L Store, and stole
| about two dozen umbrellas, with which he
made good his escape.
A party of gypsies have camped on the
side of the road at the junction of Fourth
and U streets, and are troublesome to the
neighbors because of their getting drunk
and using bad language
The Patrick Sullivan contested will case
is drawing to a close in Department One of
the Superior Court. There was some talk
of a compromise yesterday afternoon. but
nothing appears to have come of it.
These arrests were made yesterday John
Corley, by officer Coffey and Chief Jackson.
for being drunk - 0'Riley. by officer
Sullivan, for being drunk; Sing Toy and
Wan Toy, by officer Franks, for exhibiting
The Sacramento river has risen to eleven
feet four inches. and q large QUANTITY of
drift wood was coming down stream vester-
day. There will probably be a much great
er rise when the high water of the upper
Sacramento reaches here.
The water in the river has risen to such
an extent that good stream is running
into China slough through the drainage
pipe. 1t is the intention to let the pipe re-
main open during the winter, so that the
water can run into the slough when the
river is high and out when it is low.
Owing to the derailing of the Southern
overland train at San Pablo yesterday fore
noon, through the breaking of a rail. the
track was INSTRUCTED to such an extent that
"a hn L.
behind time in their arrival, the first get
ting in about 9:l5, and the other at 9:45.
In the case of Charles Sutro VS.. Control
ler Dunn, IN which writ of mandate is
asked to compel defendant to draw his war
rant in favor of the plaintiff for the nav
ment of certain Indian war bonds. JudSe
Mcfarland yesterday overruled the demur-
rer Interposed, and set the case for HEARING
on the 9th. q
The hulk of the old steamer Neponset
which has been lying near the mouth of
me American river was being removed on
saturday to location where it could be
safe when the river rose but it got
aground, and the horse that was used in an
effort to get it aioat pulled so hard that
some OF the seams of the craft opened, and
Ii filled with water. The probabilities now
are that If it is not soon broken up for fire.
wood the river will do the breaking.
The following is list of the honorary
members of the public school at CLAY. in
this county Miss Hattie V. Martin, teach
err, for the month ending October Both
Eta Steele, Genevieye Bolton, Myrtle Boil
ton, Nellie Steele, Charlie Wilson Jesse
Wilson, George Pixley, Curtis Bolton.
Edith Pixley and Daisy Pixley. Those
deserving special mention for department
are: Eta Steele Nellie Steele, Mamie
Trenton, Genevieye Bolton and Charlie
Wilson.
a special train, consisting of mail and
express car and a coach, with two or three
cabooses, left yesterday for Redding, where
1t Will be used as a swing train between
that place and Delta during the winter
with the regular express, which
Will only run up as far as Redding. This
change has been made to- prevent the main
train from being delayed as it was last Sun
day, by slides between Redding and Delta.
to the reports of those who were
on the up-train Saturday night the storm
was terrific near Middle creek and above.
the rain coming down furiously, and the
loose stones and gravel being at times
beaten down upon the track from the hill
side. Itwas determined to push for tunnel
No. 4 which is 800 feet long, and located
near where the slide occurred, in order that
the train might be sheltered, and the engi-
neer made it, though he had to push
through loose earth. that had fallen near
the tunnel. The slide was fifteen feet wide
and about ten feet deep.