Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-10-20
BRIEF NOTES.

The Sacramento river had risen to feet
4 inches last evening.
The Republican county canvassers will
hold a meeting at the Union House this
evening.
The steamer Dover arrived from the
upper Sacramento yesterday with grain,
broom corn and hops.
The highest and lowest Signal Service
temperature yesterday was go and 43o,
with northerly winds and clear weather
The case of James Adams, charged with
grand larceny, is set for examination in
Justice Henley's Court at II a NJ to-day.
James Weir, truckman for Gregory,
Barnes 4 Co., was kicked by one of his
horses yesterday and had his leg broken.
The only arrest recorded on the station
house slate last night was that of Tom
Daniels, by officer Mccormack, for bat
terry.
Sheriff Martin, of Tehama county, passed
through the city yesterday, conveying to
Stockton an insane man named John Nc
Garrett.
Porter Ashes stable of thorouehbreds is
expected TO return from the East this
morning, and Arab and other trotters may
accompany them.
The Central Committee of the Citizens
Independent party will meet at P NJ. to-
day at Changers Hall, for the transaction
of important business.
George WOODBURY., who was confined to
his bed several months in consequence of
an injury to his leg received while hunt
ing, is again able to be about.
Vim. ?. Bromley, who in the early DAYS
was a captain in the employ of the Cali
fornia Steam Navigation Company, in the
Sacramento and San Francisco trade, died
on his ranch near San Jose last week, aged
81 years.
The new Great Register of Sacramento
county, as compiled by William &. Hamil-
ton, County Clerk, has been issued from
the press of A. j. Johnston e. Co. 1t is
printed in an excellent manner, and con-
tains II 600 names.
Charles n. Post announces himself this
morning as the regular Republican nom-
inee for Justice of the Peace; and E. NJ
Leitch's card states that he is the candidate
for Sheriff of the Citizens Independent and
Prohibition Conventions.
Yesterday morning c. Halpin, section
foreman on the Northern Railway. was Sc
riously injured at Corning, about eight
miles south of Tehama, by the accidental
discharge of a gun, the contents of which
played sad havoc with his face.
During the season just closing 2S special
fruit trains, of 10 or IS cars each, were for
warGed East from Sacramento, and SO
many carloads were forwarded by express
and freight trains that it is estimated that
1000 cars of fruit went eastward from here.
An uptown lodging house has hit upon
an original and attractive sign, Home
Sweet Home, worked in worsted on per-
forated cardboard, is handsomely framed.
to the bottom of which is attached the
usual sign, Furnished and unfinished
rooms to let"
Yesterday mornings train from Wood
land and Knights Landing was about an
hour behind time in its arrival, having
been detained to accommodate the people
who were returning home from the Seventh
Day Adventists camp-meeting, near Wood
land, which broke up yesterday
james McCue, who was murderously as
saulted by some unknown person on Third
street, between l and ], Monday evening,
was last evening out on the street for
awhile, but one eye was closed and the
other nearly so, his tongue shockingly
lacerated, and a severe cut on the back of
his head was bandaged.
Officer Mccormack Yesterday morning
found a man who gave the name of w. H.
Arnold endeavoring to sell at a second
hand clothing store portion of the clothing
stolen from DR.. Atkinson's room Monday
evening, and, as further evidence against
him, he was wearing pair of the doctors
pants, stolen at the same time.
A Sacramentan who has been spending
some time in the Meadow Lake Mining
District, returned 10 the city last Monday.
He reports that, owing to the stormy
weather having commenced, all have come
out from the mines except two men, who
will remain during the winter. He does
not think very highly of the prospects Of
the district, Notwithstanding the rose-col-
ored reports concerning it circulated some
weeks ago.