Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-11-01
BRIRF NOTES.

Last evening was Halloween and this
is All Saints Day"
The pay-car will return this morning
from its trip to Ogden.
The Board of Supervisors will commence
their November session to day.
County License Collector Dolan's collec-
tons in October amounted to 81 800.
An excursion train of nine cars left
Ogden last night for Central California.
The races at Agricultural Park Saturday
afternoon, and also those at Dixon and San
Francisco, were postponed on account OF
rain.
But one arrest was made during the last
two days-Barney Darby, by officers Sulli-
van, Cotfey and Mccormack, for vagrancy
he being healthy beggar.
1t was rumored in the city yesterday that
the illness from which ]. H. Harlan, OF
Woodland, has been suffering for two or
three weeks, haG terminated fatally.
CASTOR D'Artois, who committed suicide
at San Francisco Friday night, was at one
time engaged in business in Sacramento,
prior to his going on tilibustering expe-
dition.
The express train from the East was an
hour and quarter behind time in its ar
rival Saturday morning, and about three
hours yesterday morning, caused by deten-
tons east of Truckee.
The Towards will have collection boxes
at the various polling places at the election
tomorrow. Remember that winter is at
hand, and donate trifle for the assistance
of those who sadly need it.
On Saturday and yesterday morning snow
fell at Cisco to depth of eighteen inches,
and it extended down the side of the hill
IN such manner that the fall at Blue
Canyon amounted to twelve inches.
The Democrats ran a special excursion
train to Folsom Saturday, TO have a grand
whoop-up at their meeting in that town.
Two cars composed the train, and the ex-
cursionists were so few that they were
overcome with lonesomeness, and the
"whoop' was not grand success.
Saturday evening, while Edward Nc
Donald was endeavoring to extract a cap
from loaded shell at his home, Seventh
and d streets, the shell exploded, and his
left hand was frightfully lacerated This is
the second accident of this kind that has
happened in the city within week.
DR.. c. G. O'Donnell addressed meeting
of several hundred persons at Fourth and
X streets, Saturday night, and, notwith-
standing the inclemency of the weather, he
held his hearers remarkably well, and
worked them into such enthusiasm that on
a call for bands up on any proposition
the display of hands was almost unani-
nous.
Henry Alvord, an old Sacramentan, for
many years in service as mail agent on the
trains, died at Cotton yesterday after brief
illness, presumably of a throat trouble.
He was a native of Syracuse, n Y, 81
years of age. His brother-in-law, w. IL.
Luther, received the dispatch announcing
his death, and will leave for Cotton this
morning.
Morris and Carroll, the battery of the
Pittsburg Baseball Club, accompanied by
Tom Brown, left-fielder of that club, an.
Lou Hardie, formerly of the Haverlys who
has been catching for the Chicagos, passed
through the city yesterday, en- route for
San Francisco. 1t is rumored that the
Detroits have offered the Pittsburgs big
money to release Morris and Carroll to
them for next season.
The Swift and Waterman Legion will,
this evening, parade as an escort to A. Alb
bolt, Republican nominee for Railroad
Commissioner, and very popular resident
of Sacramento, who is to deliver an ad-
dress at the Wigwam. The John F. Swift
Republican Fire Brigade and the McKenna
Guard are invited to join with the Legion
on the occasion. The organizations are to
assemble at Armory Hall at $50 o'clock.
The rainfall in Sacramento Saturday
amounted to % of an inch making IS of
an inch for the month and for the season,
as against 10 of an inch last season to an
| equal date. The highest and lowest Signal
~art-iaa ~,
day was 500 and 45o, and see and 400, re-
| spectively, with northerly winds and rain
| on Saturday; variable winds and foggy
weather yesterday morning; cloudy at
noon, the afternoon and evening being
clear and fine.
Saturday afternoon a thief stole large
roll of blankets from wagon on Second
street, between j and K and that evening
| a gentleman from the rural districts who
| had taken so many drinks that he deemed
an overcoat superfluous, left his in some
place that he has forgotten, and when he
woke up yesterday he found that it was q
cold day" About these times the gentle
tramp is searching for covers" and those
who leave blankets or garments uncared
| for are apt to lose them.
Saturday afternoon COW was being
driven across the bridge from Yolo county
| to the city, and travelled along well enough
until she reached the draw. When she
| put her foot upon the structure it moved a
little. That was enough for Mrs. Bovine.
| No amount of entreaty nor force, from man
nor set of men, would persuade her to go
| upon it, and she finally escaped back into
Washington. Yesterday a covered truck
was procured, she was driven into it and
thus made her entry into Sacramento.
The case of Martin Hayden VS.. the Sac
ramento and Placerville Railroad Com
pany, which had been on trial in the Supe-
| rior Court for several days, was submitted
to the jury Saturday afternoon. After
being out about five hours, the jury re-
turned verdict for the defendants. 1t will
be recollected that damages in the sum of
$25, 900 were sued for because of plaintiffs
horse and wagon having been struck by a
train at Twenty sixth and r streets in July,
1885, plaintiff being thrown from the We
hicle by the force of the collision and hurt
badly. 1t was claimed by plaintiff that the
accident was caused by the negligence and
carelessness of the railroad company the
defense held that it was the result of Hay
denis own carelessness, and the jury APP
pears to have come to that conclusion also.