Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-24
BRIEF NOTES.

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Church had lots of fun picnicking Al
Eask Park Saturday.
Several Sacramentans went to the Bay
Saturday to attend the funeral of the late
John l.. Slckler, which took place yester-
day.
Garlic & Croly will start for Yosemite to-
DAY, to enter upon the preparatory work
Tor the construction of the new State HoteI
in the valley.
The . old settlers" who reside on the Co.
snmnes, and in the vicinity of Gait and
Hlcksvllle, held picnic and " Pioneer Re.
union On Saturday at Hunting's Grove.
DR.. VIM. Ellery Briggs will deliver the
next lecture of the Young Mems Christian
Associations course to young men this
evening at s o'clock, at the Association
hall, Sixth street, near X, on the subject
The Eye and Its Functions"
AT the picnic yesterday afternoon NJ. s
Wiley had an alteration with George d.
Sheppard, because of the former not appre-
eating the latter's attentions to Mrs. vii
ley. 1t resulted in Shephard's drawing a
pistol, Tor which he WAS arrested by officer
CofIey
In the Harlan case, at Woodland, another
Juror was obtained Saturday. making four
accepted so far. His name is Jay Green, a
farmer, who has lived in Yolo county 81
years, and resides near Blacks Station. Al
II NJ. the Court adjourned until l P. NJ to.
morrow.
A correspondent at Single Springs
writes: Laura De Force Gordon spoke
to large audience here Friday at the anti
Chinese picnic, and was received with a
good deal OF enthusiasm. At night ball
was given at Graham's Hall. Both, picnic
and ball, were successful in aid of the
Anti-Chinese League"
The highest temperature Yesterday. fo1
the Signal Service stations in California
was for Red Bluff, 100; Sacramento. 75O;
San Francisco, $50; Keller, SO, and Los
| Angeles, $40. The highest and lowest at
Sacramento for Friday, Saturday and yes
terday We're SO and $50, $40 and $40. and
10 and $50. Weather generally fair with
southerly winds
In 1olO county this year the estimated
acreage in wheat is 100000 acres, and tie
yield 10000 tons: in barley 60 900 acres
and 24,OO0 tons. Add to this the hay crop,
the grape and other fruit shipments. the
wine and raisin product and the live stool,
and wool yield, and Yolo will have. the
Democrat thinks, money enough coming in
TO almost enrich the whole community.
George Bailey, railroad engineer, who
formerly ran out of Sacramento, has lat
terly been running out of Los Angeles.
Friday night, while in charge of engine
No. l35, at Ravenna, he was beneath the
locomotive, oiling the machinery, when it
unexpectedly started up, and he was run
over, one of his feet being cut off. and he
was so hurt otherwise that he is paralvzed
IN the lower portion of his body
The alarm of fire at 1870 Saturday night
from box 80, was turned in because of the
discovery that the box surrounding the
large gas meter in the doorway at the K
street entrance to the Go den Eagle Hotel
was blazing, some one having probably
noticed that the gas was escaping, and ig-
nlted a match to see where the trouble
was. The fire was put out by breaking the
box and applying bucket of water.
Winthrop Norton, chief cook at the city
prison, is always very kind to the women
who may be so unfortunate as to be locked
up in that institution. Yesterday one OF
them Mary Roberts, showed her apprecia-
| ton of it in her humble way by taking him
a beautiful bouquet, which she had evi
IDENTIFY been at considerable trouble to pro-
cure. He was as pleased with it as he
would have been with a present of 800
from some people.
The concert given at Carroll school-hous
near Franklin Friday evening, for the ben
eft OF the organ fund of the NJ. L. Church,
was a successful affair. The following par
ticipated Misses Nellie Bandy, Emma
Walther, Fannie Bradford. Arzela Bayless.
Maggie Utter Anna Bradford Cora Utter,
Alice Parker, Messrs. Min Coons, A Baker,
Herbert Hand. George Anderson and P. p.
Kilbourne. After the exercises there was a
dance at Korn's Hall, and the Ladies Aid
Society gave supper.
AT the meeting of Union Lodge. No. 81.
A. O. L. W., Saturday evening, the work
was exemplified by Grand Master Work
man E. Danforth and Deputy Grand Mas
ter Frank S. Poland. During the evening
basket of choice flowers was presented to
the Master Workman by Mrs Kent on be-
half of the ladies of Lily of the Valley
Lodge. In the evening, previous to the
meeting, the visiting officials were escorted
to various places of interest by committee
consisting of C. w. Baker, r. Philip and
ID. Hickey, and among other places visited
the Museum and School of Design, with
which they were much pleased. They re-
turned TO San Francisco yesterday morning.
Miss Fredda Cox gathered together a
merry party of picnickers at her father
residence on the ridge, at o'clock last
Saturday morning to go picnicking to the
cherry orchard of Cox g. Clark, on the San
Juan Grant, fourteen miles from the CITY.
Lafferty's Queen of the Valley" was on
hand, drawn by his four handsome grays,
to take the party to the ranch. Mrs. Ed
Jobson took charge of the young folks, and
when they got to their destination they
found the cherries just right, and before
they left the crop was considerably gath
cred A splendid lunch was served, to
which the rompers did full Justice. After
day spent most enjoyably the party ar
rived home about o'clock, and all ex-
pressed the hope that they would be on
hand again when the next cherry crop was
ripe.
The CHURcHEs.-The attendance at the
various churches yesterday, where services
had been announced was unusually large,
as the weather was delightful and cool. Al