Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-31
BRIEF NOTES,

No inquest has yet been held on the body
/ of the Chinaman found dead on Sunday
south of the city.
The funeral of the late n H. Nieholl
| will take place at half-past o'clock this
afternoon from st. Rose Church.
Chow Low, crazy Mongolian, was YES
terday committed to the Stockton Asylum.
whence he was taken by Deputy Karcher.
On Saturday night Lieutenant Baldwin,
! OF the Sacramento Hussars, was serenaded
at his J-street residence by the Hussar band
The Examiner mentions y. Greene Curtis.
of this city, as one of those talked of as
the candidate for Governor on the Demo-
cratic ticket
Hokey-pokey is the euphonious title
given to an improved style of stud-horse
poker. 1t was invented for the purpose of
eyading the law.
The next baseball game of the State
League to be played in this city will come
off next Sunday, when the Atlas will have
the GREENWOOD IL Morans for adversaries.
These arrests were recorded at the sta
tion-house last night: William Fritz, by
officers Agner and Wager, drunk Fred.
Gibson and Frank O'Neill, by officer Coffey,
battery.
Judge Armstrong is hopeful of being one
of the Democratic candidates for Supreme
Justice, and General John T. Carey is
thought to hold a very safe position in the
fight for Attorney General.
Deputy Sheriff Clear, of San Francisco,
came up last night with prisoner for Fol-
som-Farm All Gin, sentenced to two
years for petty larceny, the second offense.
He will be taken up this morning.
The delegates to the late Convention at
Los Angeles are struggling back. The So
journ in the City of the Angels doesn't
seem to have had noticeably purifying
effect upon any of them, however.
George E. HARDER, printer, who was
week or so ago assaulted by his wife, and
badly beaten on the head with a water
pitcher, is said to be in a dangerous condi-
ton, owing to erysipelas having set in.
On Saturday evening large number of
the employees of the State bookbindery
chartered conveyance and went to Oak
Hall, on the Riverside road, where they
spent pleasant evening in dancing, sing
ing etc.
On next Friday the Cinnamon begin their
annual assault upon the devil They have
been at it for several thousand years, and
still there is about as much devil to the
square inch of Chinaman as there is
chicken in an eggshell.
The members of Pomona Grange held
sort of reunion at Grange Hall on Saturday
afternoon, after initiating some candidates
for the fifth degree. These ceremonies
ended, grand feast took place. The dis
play Of Sacramento county fruits, etc, was
magnificent.
The Bay papers are beginning to think
that the Sacramento boys know how to
play baseball. The Atlas are coming in
for great deal Of attention and not a little
"tatfy" these days. There is just a chance
for them to go in and win the champion
ship away from the Haverlys.
A number of the Sacramento delegates
are reported to have left the homeward
bound train at point on the Mohave
Desert, armed with powerful field-glasses.
It Is supposed they went in search of an
alleged fertile spot in which several Sacra-
mentans have invested money.
Yesterday forenoon, according to Signal
Service reports, 81 of an inch of rain was
precipitated at Los Angeles, .0S of an inch
at Keller, and sprinkle at Red Bluff dur
ing the early morning. The highest and
lowest temperature yesterday was 79o and
$50, with fresh to brisk southerly winds
and clear weather.
They say that Charley Reed was charged
SO day for his headquarters at Los An
geles hotel, and after Swift had treated the
delegates to champagne the landlord is
said to have handed him little bill for
$1,000! Only $40 day was charged in
some instances for room and board. All
the returning pilgrims are emphatic in the
declaration that the Los Angeles climate
does not begin to compare with that of
Sacramento.