Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-17
BRIEF NOTES.

Two carloads of immigrants arrived this
morning.
The City Trustees will levy the city tax
for 1885 to-day.
The District Lodge of Good Templars
will meet in Sacramento to-day.
The sprinkling carts were doing service
on the principal streets yesterday.
James McCleery announces himself as
candidate for Third Trustee of the city.
The Sacramento river is again receding,
and yesterday registered II feet 8 inches.
The wholesale price of beef has declined
in the past few days from 10 cents to cents
per pound.
w. W. Grissim's delivery horse enjoyed q
little runaway yesterday, but did not do
much damage. =
Hugh Wilson has been appointed No
tary Public in and for Tulare county, to
reside at Hanford.
W. S. Leake, late Deputy Clerk of the
Supreme Court has accepted q clerkship in
the office of the Secretary of State.
The Sheridan dramatic combination left
yesterday for Woodland, where it was TO
open the new opera-house last night.
All Tie pleaded guilty in Department One
of the Superior Court yesterday on a charge
of burglary, and will receive sentence to-
morrow.
The railroad company have changed the
form of their advertised timetable in such
manner as to not only give the hour of
departure from, but also of the arrival of
trains in Sacramento.
Daniel Gardner is circulating for sigma
lures in the city paper requesting the
Governor to pardon Charles Gardner, who
is serving a term in the State Prison ut
Folsom for violating sepulture
A subscription paper, for the relief of
Sammy McClintock, who had his leg
broken few days ago, was in circulation
on the streets yesterday. The members of
the Legislature subscribed quite literally.
Last evening the machinery of the Sacra-
mento Electric Light Company came to
stop, in consequence Of the cylinder head
of the engine blowing out, and it will
probably take a day or two to make re-
pairs.
AT Madison, Yolo county, Mr.. Hayes is
putting up water works at the edge of the
town for public use, on account of the pres
ent water being more or less unfit for use,
being impregnated with sipage from the
Chinese wash-houses on Main street.
The Governor, Secretary of State and
Controller were busily engaged yesterday
afternoon in counting the money in the
vaults of the State treasury. They will not
complete their labors until late to-day, as
there is nearly 100000 of specie in the
vaults.
Mrs. Hester Brown, mother of George ID.
Carless, of Brighton, in this county, died
on the 9th instant at Brockway, st. Clair
county, Mich. aged II years. Mr. Carless
has been in poor health recently, and the
news of his mothers death nearly pros
trated him.
Joseph Steffens received a dispatch last
night from General l.. Tozer, stating that
Mrs. w. F. Whittier, who was so severely
injured at San Francisco last Saturday in
consequence of her carriage team running
away, died at 8 o'clock last evening The
funeral will take place in that city to-
morrow.
At Third and streets yesterday after
noon Chinese boy, about I years of age,
was seized with cramps or some other all
ment, and threw himself down upon the
pavement, crying loudly. None of the
white people could tell what was the mat
ter, but a Chinaman came along presently
and carried the youth home.
Judges Mcfarland and Van Fleet, of the
Superior Court, sat in bank yesterday to
hear the report OF the committee recently
appointed to draft resolutions of respect to
| the memory of the late George w Spauld-
ing. The committee made report. which
was adopted and ordered spread on the
minutes. 1t is published in full in the
Court proceedings this morning.
AS Judge Henley was walking through
Fourth street, between | and J, yesterday
he was accosted by several Chinese in front
of their Lodge-room. He was invited in
side, treated to sweetmeats, beverages and
cigars. He was asked to go into the sane
| tum sanctorum for a few minutes, and
they would make heap big Odd Fellow
of him. The Judge declined, saying he
was afraid they would make him high
binder" The spokesman replied: :" Ale
same, you blong my club, you catchee
some trouble, you heap catchee plotection
you sabbee."