Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-02
BRIEF NOTES.


County License Collector Dolan collected
s., 1856 30 last month.
1t is reported that there Is but about four
feet of snow at the Summit
Sundays rain caused rise in the SacIa-
mento river yesterday of about three inches,
bringing it up to 10 feet inches.
Frederic E. Engstrom, native of Swe-
den, was admitted to citizenship yesterday,
on the testimony OF T. j. Flynn and H.
Bay.
| During the month of February the Sher-
! ifs fees amounted to $50 20; the County
Recorders to 1903 rs; the County Clerks
| to 1885 10.
| The snagboat Seller left for the upper
Sacramento yesterday, and will commence
operations near the head of navigation,
| above Butte City.
The hearing of the charge of libel pre-
| ferred by Justice William Henley against
| the proprietors of the Bee is set for p. NJ.
to-day in Justice Posts Court.
The only arrests made yesterday were
| those of Charles Ray, by officer Sullivan,
for disturbing the peace, and John Doe. by
officer Farrell, for being drunk
The Democratic City Central Committee
will meet at o'clock this evening to select
delegates to their City Convention. The
meeting will be held at the office of the
Chairman, c. r. Parsons.
Chief Jackson has received letter from
H. A. Nutting, of West Liberty, Muscatine
county, Iowa, asking for information con.
corning Ezekiel Westinghouse, who came
to Sacramento so or So years ago.
The steamers Flora and Daisy arrived
Sunday night from the upper Sacramento,
and the ID. f. knight from Feather river,
all with grain steamer Sonoma, from San
Francisco. with barge load of lumber and
posts for the Friend & Terry Lumber Com
pany.
County Assessor Gritiitts has appointed
the following deputies to assist in the work
of making the assessment for 1856, which
he entered upon yesterday: City-Samuel
Blair, n. j. Toll and John Shellars. Coun
try-Seymour Carr, j. H. Atkins, J. K.
NcComber. Charles A. Hull. p r. Beckley
and A. Keithly.
The two remaining Cinnamon of the
three recently arrested at Folsom by Depu-
ty Sheriff McComber and /. J. Simmons.
on suspicion of their having been connected
with the Kay murder, were yesterday re-
leased from custody in the County Jail,
nothing having been ascertained that would
justify their further detention.
Messrs. Thiele and Jensen, of Washing
ton, went up TO the overflow on Sunday for
a race with their sailboats, but when thew
arrived there the wind was not satisfactory.
the weather was very cold, rain COM
| menced to fall, Jensen got aground near
the island, and the lace fell through, leay-
ing the merits of the boats undecided.
The percentage and company strength
OF the First Artillery Regiment for the
| month of January, according to the Adu-
tant-Generals report, was as follows: Com
pany A, $50; Company 3. 54-67;
Company 9, 1862; Company E, 66-7I;
Company F, $50; Company G, 55-64
Percentage and total of regiment, $780,
man who has been working on the
Southern Pacific Railroad arrived here
Sunday, en- route for Reno, and stopping
over, got upon spree. Yesterday he re-
ported at the station-house that some man.
whom he did not know, asked him to let
him look at his watch. He did so, and the
stranger coolly made off with it. The watch
was of silver, but had $50 gold chain at
tached.
Sergeant Barwick reports that the rain
fall yesterday morning was .2i of an inch,
making 1858 inches for this season to date,
as against 1858 inches for the whole of last
season. Yesterday noon it was showing at
Keller, where about five inches of snow
had fallen in that comparatively very dry
county of Inyo. Rainfall last twenty-four
| hours tor the California Signal Service Sta
| tons, was for Red Bluff, nothing; Sacra-
mento, 80 of an inch San Francisco, .0l
| of an inch San Luis Obispo, 81 of an
| inch Los Angeles, "a of an inch: San
Diego, 1.04 inches, and Keller So of an
inch
Captain Foster, who came down from the
| upper Sacramento on the Flora Sunday
| night, reports that the water is quite low
| in the upper portion of that stream, the
Flora's barge, drawing but 30 inches,
touching bottom occasionally below ia
cinto. Above Knights Landing there is not
much current in the river, but there the
| volume of water rushing into the river
| through the cut made in the levee to drain
| the country near that town. causes very
| strong current, noticeable as far down as
Fremont. The Sacramento will not fall
very rapidly down here until the over
| flowed country has been to considerable
extent drained
| The Board of Supervisors were engaged
during nearly all of yesterdays session in
hearing complaints about road obstruc-
tons, and statements showing that in sew
eral instances there is much uncertainty as
to the exact lines the road should follow
Two gates on the old Auburn road were
complained about more than anything else,
and the Road Overseer was directed to have
them removed, which may bring on a law
suit with J. b. Haggin, as both are on the
Grant, one, constructed not long ago, being
just north of Arcade creek, where The road
strikes off from the upper Marysville road,
and the other being mile or two further
east, where the road crosses the railroad
| track. The latter gate has been there sew
eral years.