Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-09
BRIEF NOTES.


day, but transacted no business Of import
ance.
There should have been a meeting of the
City Board of Health Saturday evening, but
there failed to be quorum present.
from San Francisco was about half an hour
behind time in its arrival here yesterday
noon.
There will be meeting of hop-growers at
Changers Hall at l P NJ. to-day, to estab-
fish the price to be paid for picking during
the coming season.
Mrs NJ. Bryte's residence, Eleventh and
E streets, was entered by a burglar Friday
night and robbed of considerable quantity
of valuable table silverware.
The first freighting sail vessel that has
arrived here for many a month reached the
city on Saturday-the schooner Fourth of
July, from Tyler Landing, with hay.
The officers of election at Freeport on
the occasion of the Republican primary to
be held on the Nth inst. will be as follows !:
Inspector, J. Y. Davis; Judges, D. T. Luf-
kins and P. G. Riehl.
A special train of empty passenger coaches
was sent to San Francisco Saturday evening
at I o'clock, the cars to be used for the
various excursions of yesterday and others
to take place this week.
The highest Signal Service temperature
in Sacramento Saturday and yesterday
was SO and $50, and so and $40, with
gentle to fresh southerly winds and clear
to fair weather prevailing.
NJ NJ. Drew announces himself this
morning as a candidate for the Office of
Sheriff, and II. W. Johnson as candidate
for Supervisor from the Fifth District, both
subject to the decision of the Republican
County Convention.
About 6:15 last evening while a gentle
man named Kelly and his sister, Mrs. VIM.
Hickey, were riding in buggy, their
horses swerved into the sidewalk at
Eleventh and H streets, and they were
both thrown out, but escaped serious in
jury.
A street-car horse broke the names OF
his harness Saturday afternoon at the depot,
and being thus freed from restraint, ran
through Second street, and was caught be-
tween | and J streets, where he had shown
disposition to enter Davis carriage and
wagon establishment.
Robert Drynan, one of the visiting mem
bers of the G. A. R., is visiting his sister,
Mrs. A. Wasseman, in this city, whom he
had not seen for seventeen years, and
whom he had lost trace OF since that date.
Each thought the other dead. Their meet
ing was joyful one. Mr.. Drynan resides
at Phoenix, Arizona.
Thomas B. Hatcher, Postmaster at Gre
nola, Elk county, Kansas, has written the
Chief of Police for information concerning
Charles Burns, who came to California from
Virginia in the early mining days, and
subsequently lived in Sacramento, working
for Wells, Fargo & Co., and also, it is
thought at the water works.
The members of Corinth Post, G. A. r.,
of Marysville. and their friends, who went
down to the Bay on the barge Yuba Dam a
week ago, to attend the Grand Army DEM
onstration, and lived on the barge as in a
hotel during their stay there, came up the
river last evening, Ell route for home, the
steamer Knight No. ? towing their floating
habitation.
The work of decorating the city for the
G. A. Z. reception on Sacramento Day u
was commenced on Saturday, and several
buildings on J street are already resplen-
dent in the national colors. The intersec-
tons of streets have been decorated with
lines OF small flags, under contract which
the Committee on Decorations made, and
though singiy they are not very striking,
the effect, looking up and down the street
is pleasing.
An inebriated individual who was out
buggy-riding last evening, lost control of his
! horse, and in the runaway was thrown out
on Tenth street, and badly bruised, besides
receiving cut in the forehead. The hors,
was caught on J street, between Sixth and
Seventh streets, and taken to the livery
stable where he belonged. The man was
taken to the Station-house by Deputy Sher-
if Fuller, and after his head was dressed
he was charged with having been drunk.
On Saturday officer Rider arrested Frank
Robinson for grand larceny, in stealing $50
belonging to Michael Welsh. The men
were employed on the San Juan grant, and
Welsh kept his money in a pair OF overalls
in the premises he occupied. A few DAYS
ago the money disappeared and Robinson
left the ranch. Welsh concluded that Rob-
inson took the coin, and on Saturday.
when he saw him in town in a saloon. he
informed officer Rider, who made the ar
rest.
The following officers of Young Mems
Institute, branch No. II, have been in
stalled by Past President O'Reilly: Presi-
dent, 3. E. Murray First Yice-President,