Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-06
BRIEF NOTES.

STiiIlcu Il patent IOf an electric arc lamp.
Talbot H. Wallis, State Librarian, is con-
fined to his room by severe attack OF
sciatic rheumatism.
The grain-carrying business having fallen
Otto some extent, the steamer Governor
Dana has been taken out of it and laid up.
There was horse race at Lincoln last
Sunday between NJ. C. McCrimmins' Plow-
boy and c. D. Boyden's Bingo, the latter
winning.
Fare to New Orleans and return has been
reduced to 500, tickets good for ninety
days. This arrangement holds but for a
few days.
The Assembly Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds left yesterday after
noon for Los Angeles to inspect the Normal
school there
The steamer Dover cleared for the upper
Sacramento yesterday with merchandise
and lumber, and the San Joaquin No .. for
San Francisco, with grain.
The fire bells tolled yesterday, out of re-
spect for the memory OF Robert Powell, a
member of the Exempt Firemen's Associa-
ton, who died yesterday morning.
The remains of F. B. Holmes, travelling
agent for Sullivan q RayeIles, OF this city,
who died ON Wednesday of typhoid fever,
will be forwarded TO New y orl for inter
ment
a new juvenile paper, the Stylus, has
made lis appearance in this city, published
monthly at 916 street, f. NJ Woodson.
editor. 1t is decidedly creditable 10 It's pub
fishers.
Deputy Sheriff Wilson, of San Francisco
brought up last evening. Ell route to the
State Prison at Folsom, Chuen Luen who
IS 10 serve two years for petty larceny, sec
ond Ot1ense.
The dynamos lamps, etc, to be used by
the California Electric Light Company in
lighting the streets of the city by the mast
system, passed Ogden on the ID, and will
probably arrive here to-day.
A new ice firm has been canyassing the
streets for the past two days, taking con-
tracts to furnish ice for the next twelve
months at one cent per pound. They
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The Commissioners in Lunacy examined
as to their sanity yesterday j. B. Armstrong
and Duncan NJ. McLeod-the latter being
the person who imagined that he was
Jupiter. They discharged the former, and
committed Mcleod to the asylum.
y IiiCGiliS VI lllC Assembly lOlllllttee
on Municipal Corporations will be held at
the Capitol this evening, room Is, opposite
the Secretary of States Office, to consider
the bill known as the Sacramento charter.
All interested are invited to be present.
James r. Mains, brother of Mrs. J. r.
Hall, c. W. Mains, Mrs. F. c. Elworthv
and Mrs n Bloom, of Sacramento died in
San Francisco On Wednesday. The re-
mains Will be buried in this city, the
funeral taking place this afternoon at 2
O'Clock from Kingsley Chapel.
On the complaint of Esau Gardner, of
Florin, a warrant from Justice Henleys
Court, charging burglary, was Yesterday
served by Constable Swift upon All Too,
who is now serving out a term in the
County Jail for petit larceny. Mr.. Gardner
accuses him Of burglariZing his premises
last December. and stealing some tools
c. Schaefer writes the RECORD UNION an
account of the drowning of three out of
four mules of team in Mud lake, X
street, near Eighteenth" and says the
driver, being a good swimmer, LANDED
safely at Brown landing Evidently there
is considerable accumulation of water out
that way, which Mr.. Schaefer desires the
Health Officer to look after.
\ very much intoxicated man shutted
up to officer Farrell with a tread-on-the-
tail-uv-me-coat air about o'clock yester-
day morning, while the officer was holding
down big box on X street, and informed
him. I'm dynamiter, you p Go right
along as fast as you can" the officer re-
spOnded. see you're loaded to the muz-
zle, too full altogether, and liable to go off
and burst any minute
When the work Of remodeling the Pho
neer Mill was commenced it was intended
merely to give the building q good over
hauling; but on examination il was found
that the structure, being twenty years old
was too rotten to be worth repairs, and ii
is accordingly being torn down, to be re-
placed by one larger and more convenient.
The old machinery has been sold to parties
in San Francisco; and the steamer San Joa-
quin, No. ., took a large lot of it to that
city yesterday.
anniversary Banquet.
The Hibernia Benevolent Society cele-
brated its fifteenth anniversary last evening
by a banquet at Peterson's restaurant. In
the hail Of the society the newly-elected
officers, with James Mcclure as President.
We're installed. Retiring President, Judge
J. ". Armstrong, was then presented by
Stephen Dwyer, on behalf of the member
ship, with a handsome gold watch, chain
and seal, as 4 testimonial of esteem, and
fitting speech and response were made On
arrival at the restaurant between fifty and
sixty sat down to an elegant repast, in
which the caterer testified to his taste and
ability as such. Mr. Mcclure presided.
and when the hour arrived announced the
regular toasts.
The State of California; responded to
by J. W. Armstrong; The State Officers
responded to by DIR. Tyrrell ." The Organ
iZation and Success of the Society" w. J.
O'Bricn; The Military Captain Neary;
Old Ireland, p. Ieayy; Our Navigable
Streams" Captain Dwyer; The Exempt
Fire Department" J. c. Devine: "Our
City Officials Morris II. Sheehan;
The Ladies" d. J. Long; The
Press" a representative of the REC
ORD MON; The Ancient Order of
Hibernians" by Major Harvey of San
Francisco. Volunteer toasts followed, and
the health was proposed of President Ma
guire, John Ryan, Mr.. Hanrahln, Mr.. Ca
dogan, and appropriate responses were
of the Society ?. F. Dolan, re-
speech "The Memory of the Dead "
was drank in silence. Songs were given
by NJ. II. and j. A. Sheehan, Thomas
Armstrong Thomas O Brien, NJ J. Flynn
and J. T. McNiff. Some of the speeches
touched upon historic and public topics
and were full Of practical interest, and
reference will hereafter be made to some
facts drawn out. The reunion was one
doing credit to the organization and was
marked by great cordiality and an earnest
iraternal spirit
FAREWELL CoNCERT.-Heinrich Stein
bach, of Frankfort-on -the-Main the accom-
plished musician and composer, Will give
farewell concert at Jacobs Hall, J street,
between Tenth and Eleventh, this evening,
when he viii be assisted by the Turner
Harmonic, under the direction of Professor
Fleissner Misses Lottie Bauer, Bertha
Reeber, EVELYN kidder, Clara Bertram,
Lizzie Fischer Mrs. Grace and Mr.. Stevens
\ prominent feature of the fine programme
Will be Mr.. Steinbach's grand either solo,
" The Franco-German War" which has
been spoken Of so highly by all who heard
1t on the occasion OF the entertainment
given recently by the Turner Harmonic.
GRASS VALLEY AsTRoNoMER.-Th Grass
Valley TydHqs' astronomical editor evil
IDENTITY is moon struck. This is what he
has to say on the matter of full moons in
February: The moon fulls on the 2Sth of
February at II o'clock, evening, or Just an
hour before the month closes. Some of the
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