Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-17
BRIEF NOTES.

There were no arrests made by the police
yesterday.
The Prison Directors will meet at San
| Quentin to-day, to hear applications for
recommendation to Executive clemency.
! The ladies of Westminster Church closed
their very successful fair last evening with
an auction sale of the goods remaining on
hand.
Yesterdays passenger trains from below
brought up large number of pretty little
maids from school, en- route to their homes
to spend the holidays.
AT. Raymond, Justice of the Peace for
Costumes township, filed his official bond
Yesterday in the sum of 81 500, with II. w.
Johnson and Myron Smith as sureties.
Deputy Sheriff Wilsey, of Alameda
county. came up last evening, en- route to
10 serve ten years for grand larceny. This
is his third term OF imprisonment.
The case of ]. S. Cameron VS.. John H.
Carroll, which has occupied the attention
of Department Two of The Superior Court
since last Monday, is about concluded, so
far as the introduction of evidence is con-
cerned.
Controller Dunn proposes to change the
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capitol from where it is at present to the
southern end of the building which is con-
sdered more healthy, as the sun reaches it
more thoroughly.
The case of the People vs. Dr. O Leary,
who has been charged by resident of
Woodland with violating the law by prac-
ticing medicine without a license, is being
tried at that place by jury, and has already
occupied three days.
The steamer Knight No. came down
from Marysville yesterday, en- route for San
Francisco, with grain and merchandise.
The steamer Dover cleared for the upper
Sacramento with merchandise, and the San
Joaquin No. 4 for San Francisco, with
grain.
The highest and lowest Signal Service
temperature yesterday was $50 and 45o,
with light northerly winds and showers of
rain during the day. but inappreciable in
measurement. At o'clock last night the
temperature was 20 higher than at noon, it
being $50 at the latter hour and so at the
former.
A large number of spectators assembled
at Armory Hall last evening to witness the
drill in guard mounting by the companies
of the First Artillery Regiment, which was
very creditably gone through with. The
Artillery Band was present, and did its
share toward making the proceedings in
teresting.
Two horses were missing yesterday
morning from NJ S. Nevis stable, and word
was sent to the police that they had been
stolen. Subsequently, however, they re-
turned home Four or five horses have re-
Gently been stolen in this city and county,
and when it was reported that two had been
taken at once it began to look as though the
thieves were going into the business by
wholesale.
The Union Building and Loan Associa-
ton has elected the following officers for
the ensuing year President, B. U. Stein
man Vice-President, F. A. Shepherd
Secretary, E. X. Alsip Treasurer, G. H.
Hubbard Real Estate Committee. II.
Hubbard, s. w. Butler and S. Lavenson.
G. H. Hubbard, S. w. Butler and c. X.
McClatchy were elected Directors to serve
for the ensuing three years.
The farmers of Sacramento county find
that the late rain, though not of great
quantity, moistened the ground sufficiently
to enable them to pillow satisfactorily as
the fall was so gentle that all the rain
soaked into the earth. 1t has also been
Just what was needed for the summer-fal-
lowed land. The fog of the last few days
was also beneficial. The belief is expressed
that, generally speaking, the soil does not
need very heavy rainfall this season, as
there was so much last winter.