Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-12
BRIEF NOTES.

lone coal is sold in Gait at 81 per ton, an(
is becoming the favorite fuel.
-Four carloads of immigrants arrived yes
terday, and one this morning.
A special meeting of the CITY Board o
Education viii be held this evening.
The Leavitt Specially Company left las
evening for Virginia City, on its way East
Forty-fve car.loads of beef cattle wen
through from Oroville u San Francisco yes
terday
The Carson and Colorado Railroad Com.
pany has paid its taxes into the State
Treasury.
The Bank Commissioners have examined
the California State Bank, of this city, and
| found its affairs in good condition.
I Last evenings train brought a large mum
Der of the Legislators, members of the
:" third house." and others back to the city
In Department One of the Superior Court
| this morning Judge Van Fleet will pro
nounce the death sentence upon Simon
Raten.
| The Sacramento river was down to q
feet inches early yesterday morning, but
at 11:30 last night had risen to y feet {
inches.
No business of importance was transacted
Saturday at the meeting of the officers OF
| the immigration Association with the
Board of Trade.
Sheriff Hathaway, of Helena, Montana
passed through the city Saturday, taking to
Helena G. H. Dietz who was recently ar
rested at San Pedro for forgery.
Captain F. W. Hunt, of Truckee, adj
dressed gathering at Fourth and X streets
yesterday afternoon on the " Wrongs OF
Workingmen, and How TO Right Them
Company E, First Artillery Regiment
and invited guests will hold grand re-
union this evening, upon which occasion
the company'S newly titted-up armory will
be christened.
P. J. Hennessey, who fell from the second
story Of the Clarendon Hotel last Monday
evening, died last Friday night from the
effect of his injuries. His funeral took
place yesterday.
Rev. DR.. Taubenhaus, of Erie. Pa, has
taken charge of the Jewish Synagogue in
this city. He discoursed Saturday evening
| in German and yesterday afternoon in Eng
lish to large assemblages.
The steamer Narma arrived from the
upper Sacramento Saturday with grain and
cleared on return trip yesterday. The
steamer D. Z. Knight passed up yesterday
from San Francisco TO Marysville.
James II. Corbin has a fine bunch of
mushrooms gathered near the city. There
are fourteen Of them united cOmpactly,
and all of good SiZe-at least one and half
inches in diameter for the smallest.
The Town Trustees of Woodland have
accepted a proposition of 3. S. Burns, of
| the Woodland Electric Light Company, to
| erect a mast, with four electric lights of
1000 candle power each upon it, for the
Illuminating of the city.
| John Gilman, of Folsom, was found lying
| on the doorstep of his house last Tuesday
morning in dying condition. He had
been there all night, having been stricken
with paralysis just as he was about to go
into the house the evening previous. He
died on Tuesday.
The Folsom Telegraph says; "The Post
master General at Washington wants it
understood by the public in general, and
the Telegraph Publishing Company in par
ticular, that the name of this place is
Folsom City, and not Folsom. Hereafter
please don't forget the appendage.'
The weather sharp at Gait says: Up to
noon on Saturday, January 10th, rs Of an
inch of rain had fallen for the storm
For the season it is as follows October, 81
inches; December, 6.0G inches January
to date, .73 of an inch. Total, SO inches.
Corresponding date last year, AT inches.
The Gait Gazette says: Undoubtedly the
number of acres devoted to wheat-raising
this season will be less than half in this
vicinity, compared to the acreage of last
year. Farmers were slow to SOW during
the drought, and when the rains came on
too much water fell to work the red soil in
| this part of the county.
At the annual meeting of the Sacramento
Board Of Relief F. and A. NJ, the following
officers were elected to serve for the ensu-
Lodge. No. IS; Nice-President, Peter
Durno, Tehama Lodge, No. 3; Treasurer, T.
Fox, Concord Lodge, No. III; Secretary, F.
i. Lambert, Sacramento Lodge, No. 30.
Mrs. D. o. Cook, whose husband dsap-
| peared so mysteriously from this city few
| months age, has received several letters
| from him from Chicago, to which place he
went when he left Sacramento. He is in
good health, and intimates that he intends
| to remain there. He has also written to
his sister, Mrs George Beeler, and others.
II. Schulmeyer's meat market, at Second
and o streets, was entered by thief Satur-
| day night and relieved of the money
| drawer, which. however, only contained
fifteen cents. Henry D. Rode's grocery, at
| Fourteenth and 2 streets, was entered the
same night, the thief or thieves taking CT
gars, canned oysters, sardines, d pair of
boots, So 30 in money, etc.
Chief jackson received a dispatch Satur-
| day night from Chief Crowley, of San Fran
| cisco, announcing that he had taken in
charge two boys who We're supposed to have
run away from their homes in this city
| Charles Cook and Leland Winters. The
| parents of the youngsters were notified by
| Chief Jackson as soon as possible of the
| fact that the boys were being detained, and
probably have gone or sent after them.
The following officers of Sacramento
Lodge, No. l. Knights of America, have
been installed by the Grand officers for the
ensuing term: Past President, K. II.
Greer; President, George L. Mckay; Vice
President, c. Reynolds; Recording secre-
tary, w. 7. CrowelI; Financial Secretary,
VIM Avery; Treasurer, Simon Ash In
side Sentinel, Frank Swift; Outside Senti-
mel, w. l.. W. Smith; Trustee, Andrew
Foley; Right Guide, A. Z. Gardner; Left
Guide, Geo. +. Johnson Warden, w. 3.
Ross; Conductor, Ed Real.
John Pratt, boy Il years of age, was
| found by NJ. Keiser yesterday afternoon
| living in 4 road on the Norris grant, sick and
| unable to move about He was brought to
| the city, and given quarters at the station
| house. He stated that he had bees in the
! San Joaquin County Hospital recently, be-
cause of his having heart disease, but he
wanted to get to his home in Denver. and
| concluded to try and walk there but was
| taken i'll on the grant and had to give up,
Dr. Parkinson. the City Physician was
called to attend him. but his examination
did not show that the youth had any seri-
Gus disease of the heart.
About 3 P. NJ. yesterday il was discovered
by the yard men that there was youth
| locked .up in one of the cars of a freight
train that had arrived a short time pre-
yiously from the south. When the car was
unlocked a boy of about Is years of age
stepped out He stated that he went into
| the car ut Fresno the night before to sleep
and while he was sleeping the car was
locked up and attached to the train. AS il
contained only a number of oil tanks and
other stuff going to the railroad shops IL
this city.and did not offer very good oppor-
tunities for sleeping, his story was not con-
| sidered plausible; but as he had not done
| any damage he was let GO
CHARACTERISTIC Work AMONG THE CHI
NEsE.-Rey. d. d. Jones, Welchman, but
who has spent many years in China as a
missionary and evangelist, and returned to
California recently, is holding a series OF
eyangelistic meetings among the Chinese
of Sacramento and attracts large audiences.