Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-09-05
BRIEF NOTES.

! The little steamer Orc has been hauled
/ out on the Yolo side of the river for re.
pairs.
]. P. Melchior will give concert and
dance at Richmond Grove tomorrow after
noon and evening.
Some thief stole William Beckman's lap
robe from his buggy at Richmond Grove
Thursday evening.
All general fund warrants up to and in
Guiding warrant No. 1877, are payable at
the State Treasury.
Yee Bean, Chinese interpreter in the
Police Court, intends to leave on visit to
China about the middle of the month
Last Wednesday afternoon. about 5
clock, the farm residence of Mrs. Louise
Campbell, ten miles west of Woodland
was destroyed by fire, together with all its
contents. Insured for $1,000.
Two men. named Richardson and RYAN.
were convicted in Justice Scully's Court,
Washington, of vagrancy yesterday morn
ing, and sentenced to the county jail. Con-
stable Todhunter took them over to Wood
land.
L. X. De Noon, the well known mining
Superintendent of Nevada county. came
down yesterday with his wife, escorting to
San Francisco the remains of their son,
who died few days ago of typhoid fever,
after short illness.
The regular weekly meeting of the Irish
National League will be held at S O'Clock
tomorrow evening in Eintracht Hall, K
street, between Fifth and Sixth. ELOQUENT
speakers will deliver addresses, and there
will be songs and recitations by friends of
the League. Admission free
Last evening a number of gentlemen
stood opposite the Clunie building. inter-
ested in the large number of bats that
emerged from behind sign which is fast
ened to its front. The number that
emerged within few moments is almost
incredible. 1t was up among the thousands.
c. S. Mason, General Secretary of the
Young Mems Christian Association at
Stockton, will occupy the pulpit of the NJ
+. Church South, in this city, tomorrow
forenoon, and will address the meeting of
the Young Mems Christian Association at
their rooms, corner Ninth and J streets, at
$3.50 P. NJ.
Robert Allen and A. y. Wood, lessee and
eX-lessee of Agricultural Park, are both
seriously i'll in San Francisco, and by
combination of circumstances occupy adj
joining rooms in the same house. Mr.
Wood is reported TO be improving in con-
dition. Mr.. Allen was doing well early in
the week, but a day or two ago he was
seized with Inflammation of the bowels.
The Lathrop train was about two and a
half hours late in its arrival Yesterday
morning, having been detained the greater
portion of the time waiting for the Los
Angeles connection, and losing some time
afterwards because of the heaviness OF the
train, which, in addition to the usual load,
had two carloads Of excursionists to the
East from Los Angeles and two of fruit.
In the yard of Judge benson, at Twelfth
and streets, is large cherry tree, which
bore an abundant crop of fruit early in the
season, and recently lost its foliage and be-
came almost as " brown and bare" as one
would expect to find tree in the late
autumn. But now the tree is again put
ting forth new shoots and green leaves,
and has quite large number of blossoms
on it.
City Physician Parkinson delivered a
lecture, interesting as well as practical, be-
fore the police force at the station-house
last evening, on the subject, Hemorrbage.
and How TO Stop Bleeding the idea being
to instruct the officers as to simple and
etlectual measures to take in case of emer-
gency. The members of the department
were all present, and listened with close
attention.
The two trampS who on Thursday stoned
the Immigrant train near Roseville, hitting
one of the brakemen, Nelson Page, on the
head, infiicting a serious wound. were yes
terday taken before Justice of the Peace
at Rocklin for trial. They both pleaded
guilty. The Justice sentenced the one who
threw the rock that did the injury to ninety
days in the county Jail, and his companion
to sixty days.
Thrap Sailor aTH furp otb ap 10,
came up with him from San Francisco
went in swimming on the Yolo side of the
river yesterday afternoon, and added to
the amusement by making raid on Mr.
Simonds melon patch near by That gen.
tleman went in pursuit and captured one,
but the others not only got away, but stole
their companion new suit of clothes. He
is now in the Washington jug" and his
only garments are an undershirt and pair
of overalls.
If there was nothing else to indicate the
approach of the State Fair, the number of
little shows that have congregated
would do so. They are getting into quar-
tiers on the business streets rapidly, and
people passing along the streets have the
merits of the different attractions y dinned
into their ears. There is quite large
number of strangers in the city-people
who are arranging exhibits and others who
have come early to secure comfortable
quarters for fair time.
1t has been frequently remarked lately
that if gambling was not permitted in the
city during fair time the gamblers would
see to it that pool-selling was stopped at
the race-track. On the other side it has
been declared that the law could not be
construed to prohibit pool-selling. Re-
Gently decision was given by the Supreme
Court of Maryland, in which State the law
is said to very closely resemble that of
California, holding that poCl-selling was
not prohibited by the statute.
Yesterday afternoon, as Messrs. Lambert
and Jones were coming through the Norris
grant, large wild cat crossed the road imme-
dlately ahead of their team. 1t did not seem
to be frightened in the least, and growled
as it disappeared in the thicket, as much
as to say, Il am monarch of all l survey,
and what are you drummers doing over
here anyhow When they arrived at the
bridge they told the boys there what they
had seen and the latter started out imme
diately with guns and hounds determined
to make capture if possible
The highest temperature yesterday from
the Signal Service records, was: For
Olympia, $50; Spokane Falls, 740; Dayton,
SO; Fort Candy, $50; Portland, 750; Rose
burg, 10; Cape Mendocino, no report );
Red Bluff, $50; Sacramento, 500; San Fran
cisco, $50; Keller, 800; San Luis Obispo,
7O0; Los Angeles, 500; San Diego 740. The
temperature at noon yesterday east to
Omaha, was For Salt Lake, 790; Cheyenne,
AZ, or 30 cooler than the day before );
Denver, go, or 13o colder than the preced-
ing "a hours; North Platte, $50; Omaha,
GOO, and light rain falling.
The steamer Flora came down from the
upper Sacramento with barge load of
grain yesterday morning, but stopped at
the first bend above the city, where she left
her barge, as it drew too much water to
pass through the draw, and the steamer
came down after barge to be used as a
lighter. Meanwhile the steamer San Joa-
quin, No. 3. came down with barge load