Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-11-08
BRIEF NOTES.

DtlLf NO1LJs
The Pavilion Skating Rink had a sue.
cessful opening Saturday evening.
The excursionists to Sissons will return
this morning. between 6 and o'clock.
The Board of Supervisors will meet this
morning to canvass the election returns.
The Supreme Court will commence its
November term in this city at P. NJ to-
day.
a car of grapes, probably the last of the
season, was shipped to the East Saturday
evening.
John Sem, who was shot by E. L. Cox,
last Wednesday morning, continues to i'm
prove in condition at the County Hospital,
and is probably out of danger.
The local train to Reno has been with
drawn, and for the present will run only
to Colfax, leaving the city at Has A. NJ.
and arriving from Colfax at 1925 A. NJ
Tule fires south of Washington were
burning so extensively Saturday that their
cinders blew over the city in clouds, and
the smoke was SO great as to make il
appear like cloudy weather at times.
D. c. McCurdy. brakeman had two
fingers crushed while couplings cars at Te-
hama Saturday morning; and Charles A.
Giffen, brakeman on train No. 5, had one
finger of his right hand broken and LAGER
ated while doing some coupling at Colfax
that afternoon.
" Parson Davies, hacker of Jack Burke,
the pugilist, passed through TO San Fran
cisco from Chicago yesterday morning, to
arrange for meeting between Burke and
Dempsey. He says John L. Sullivan and
his combination will arrive Tuesday morn
ing, on their way to the Bay.
Isaac Lea, of Florin, has had fine ripe
oranges on his trees for two weeks past.
w. ]. Wilson, ST., of Newcastle, has also
had ripe oranges on his trees for a similar
length of time, and the citrus fruit through
out this section of the State generally is
well advanced toward marketable condi-
ton.
Last evening ''uncle" John Gardner,
janitor of the City Hail, and a we'll known
pioneer, now over 81 years of age, fell
while leaving a street car at Second and
streets, in such manner as TO dislocate
his right shoulder. He was taken to the
receiving hospital, where his hurt was
attended to by the City Physician, and he
was then made as comfortable as possible
The Woodland Nail makes very serious
charges relative to the manner in which
the recent election was conducted in the
town of Washington, Yolo county, and
says; Don't call it Washington any more,
out of respect to the memory of the Father
of his Country. Call it something else
Thieves Paradise Reprobates' Resort
or something of that kind"
The Board of Health held meeting Sat
urday evening, at which was received the
Health Officers report, heretofore pub
lished. The Plumbing Inspector claimed
that the city plumbers would not heed or
obey his instructions. The Board of Health
will ask the Trustees to pass an ordinance
compelling the plumbers of the city to
comply with their regulations.
A report was circulated Saturday after
noon that an accident had taken place at
Colonel Van Schmidt's dredger, by which
several men were badly hurt. Inquiry
developed the fact that no such accident
had occurred. All of the new machinery
has been placed on board excepting one
piece, and it is expected that everything
will be in readiness for the dredger to COM
mence work some time next week.
The highest and lowest Signal Service
temperature Saturday and yesterday was
$50 and 500 and Go and 43o, with light to
gentle southerly wind, and clear and fine
weather prevailing. At o'clock last night
the reports showed falling barometer from
Tatoosh Island to Los Angeles, with gener-
ally southerly winds, and light rain falling
at Tatoosh, with foul sunset reported from
the latter place to Roseburg, Oregon.
Last Friday evening young lady pur-
chased tomale from a dealer named AL
fred Poney, at Eighteenth and G streets,
giving him what in the darkness she be-
lieved to be two nickels Subsequently she
ascertained that she had made a mistake,
and that he received from her two FIVE
dollar pieces. Officer Farrell went with her
Saturday morning and found Poney, who
agreed to leave the right change at the sta
tion-house. AS he failed to do so, the Of
fcers of the night watch were instructed to
arrest him, and he was taken into custody
by officer Mccormack. Yesterday the
money was paid over, and he was released.
A little boy, I or years of age, named
Charles Coyle, who lives with his grand
parents, near NJ. McElaney's blacksmith
shop, on L street, between Fourth and
Fifth, appropriated to himself, Saturday
afternoon, $40 80, which he found in Mr..
McElaney's residence, in a drawer where
his wife had left it. The little fellow then
had fine time with other small boys,
buying candy, etc. Local officer O'Meara
was detailed to find out who took the
money, and conveyed Charles to the sta
ton house, where, under threat of being
put in the cell where the rats are, he told
where the balance of the money was, and
it was recovered from where he had buried
it in the chicken yard of his grandparents
residence. OF course, owing to his tender
age, no further proceedings were taken.