Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-10-11
BRIEF NOTES.

There will be a social at the First Bap-
fist Church next Friday evening.
C. Wells himself this morn
ing as the Democratic nominee for County
Assessor.
In Department Two of the Superior Court
Saturday, Louisa Rhoads was granted a d.
vorce from Charles Rhoads.
The Republicans will open their cam
paign in the country this evening, holding
a meeting at Walnut Grove.
Great numbers of wild geese passed over
the city Saturday afternoon, and it is re-
ported that there were thousands of them
ON the Overflow" yesterday.
Saturday morning a shotgun which a
German was examining in a saloon on X
street, neal Sixth, was accidentally dis
charged, and the man had a narrow escape
from injury.
All Sing, charged with burglary in rob-
| bling the Kidder residence recently, was ar
raigned in Department One of the Superior
Court Saturday, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to three and one-half years in
the State Prison at Folsom.
There was moist weather all around
| Sacramento on Saturday, and in this i'm
mediate vicinity there were threatening
| clouds at times. Snow fell to a depth OF
about three inches at the Summit and
and other places.
Rev. B. A. Arnett, of Ohio, who has been
holding the A. NJ. E. Conference for Bishop
John NJ. Brown, will deliver a free lecture
in the A. NJ. E. Church, Seventh street, this
evening at 7:30. A reception will be ten
dered him at the close of the lecture by
members of the church.
The remittur has been filed in the Su-
perior Court in the case of NJ. d. Reed,
convicted some months since of obtaining
money by false pretenses, but in which the
| Supreme Court reversed the judgment of
the Court below because of an error in the
indictment. The case is apt to go before
the next Grand Jury.
P. NJ. Sullivan, an attorney of Woodland,
who some time since was arrested here on
| suspicion of insanity, but was discharged
! by the Commissioners of Lunacy, was ar
| rested at Woodland q few days ago for the
same cause, and the physicians pronounced
him insane, but Judge Garoutte took the
matter under advisement.
1t is reported that Thomas Harris, an
elderly man, who last October procured a
divorce from his wife under peculiar cir
cumstances, published at the time, and
married Katie Graham, an 1S-year-old girl,
two or three days afterwards, has deserted
his young wife and returned to his first
one. The girl should have known better
than to marry him.
The highest and lowest Signal Service
thermometer Saturday and yesterday was
$50 and 45o and $50 and 44o, with westerly
winds and clear weather, except during
Saturday afternoon, when it was cloudy to
threatening. Light rain was precipitated
at Suisun, also at Los Angeles, and snow
in the mountains, with a decided fail in the
temperature Saturday along the Pacific
slope.
Yesterday afternoon Ed. Mandy and
Jim Ryan, employees at the railroad works,
had a skiff race to decide their superiority
as oarsmen, the course being from the
bridge to a stakeboat near the foot of l.
street and return. Ryan, who pulled as
though he had been in boat races before,
won easily in nine minutes Mamby's
rowing was interfered with ~ a fierce de-
termination on the part of his left arm to
do most of the work.
The cases of John Norton and A, w.
DeMarsh, accused by &C. Clifford of grand
larceny, were heard in Justice Posts Court
Saturday, and the defendants discharged,
the Court holding hat the evidence did not
show an intent to commit larceny. Clifford
had "%swopped" horses with Norton, and
the latter, finding that the animal he had
exchanged for was not what he had ex-
pected, proceeded to Clifford's premises
next day, left the horse he obtained from
Clifford and brought his own home.
Arrived Saturday and yesterday-Steamer
San Joaquin No. 4, from San Francisco,
with merchandise and barge-load of gen.
eral freight, and barge-load of lumber for
the Sacramento Lumber Company and
Richards &. Knox steamers Flola and Va
runa, from the upper Sacramento, with
grain; steamer Knight No. 2, from the
upper Sacramento, with grain to the Pho
neer Mill. Cleared-steamers Varuna and
Flora, for the upper Sacramento, light
steamer San Joaquin No. 4, for San Fran
cisco, with grain steamer Knight No. =,
for Marysyille, with merchandise.
The case of Henry A. Caulfield, charged
with an assault to murder, was taken up III
the Police Court Saturday morning, and
continued until 10 A. NJ. tomorrow. Judge
Beatty, who had been acting as Cauliields
| attorDe ", abandoned the case because of his
| clients not treating the Court with respect.
Caulfield subsequently intimated to Judge
| Henry that he would like to have the case
heard by some other magistrate, and the
| Judge stated that if possible he would so
arrange it. Henry A. got full" last Fri
day night, and, happening to meet Henry
Grice, mistook him for some one else. aDd
| expressed a willingness to carve him. Grlce
! did not scare much, but explained the
mistake.