Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-12
BRIEF NOTES.

| The Sacramento river rose to twenty feet
| nine inches, yesterday, under the infiu-
| ence of the recent rains.
The game of baseball between the Atlas
| and Haverlys, announced for yesterday, was
postponed on account of the weather.
Owing to the inability of Mayor Brown
to attend, the Police Commissioners did
not meet Saturday to elect local officers.
The officers of the First Artillery Regi-
ment will meet this evening to consider
the matter of a regimental encampment.
Last Friday night twenty-four chickens
were stolen from the premises of Mrs.
Landrum, at Twenty-fourth and 1 streets
Sheriff F. D. Seward, of Sierra county,
passed through yesterday, taking to Stock
ton an insane man named Gilbert Mason.
Hon. Grove L. Johnson will lecture on
Loyalty" this evening at o'clock, in
Young Mems Hall, Sixth street, between
X and L. Tickets can be obtained at the
hall
Reports from the country are to the effect
that the early grain, which had attained
fine hight, was knocked down in many
places by the heavy rain of the past two or
three days.
The Hussar Band has been mustered in
as members of the Sacramento Hussars,
which company now has so active and 60
passive members, and property and money
to the amount of 81, 700.
The Salvation Army will give banquet
at the barracks, No. S27 ] street, from $50
to 7:30 P. NJ. to-day, in honor of Major and
Mrs. Wells, who are paying Sacramento a
farewell visit. Tickets to the banquet, 25
cents.
lot r;f hot > 80 I
commenced at Nicolaus at noon Friday still
continued Saturday morning, and 60 of an
inch of rain had fallen, making .43 inches
for the month and 23.11 inches for the
season.
Bids for the privileges at the Odd Eel
lows picnic on the 26th will be received up
to Saturday, the 18th, at P. NJ, by W. H.
Sherburn. No spirituous liquors will be
allowed sold on the ground, under pen
atty to be fixed when the contracts are let.
The steamer San Joaquin, No. 4, arrived
yesterday from San Francisco with mer-
chandise and barge load of freight for the
upper Sacramento. Cleared, steamer Va
runa, for the upper Sacramento, with mer-
chandise; steamer San Joaquin, No. 4, for
San Francisco, with grain.
Mrs. Mary Wetzlar, widow of the late
Julius Wetzlar, of Sacramento, lady held
in high regard by large number of friends,
more especially among the older residents,
died at Cloyerdale, on Saturday. The
funeral will take place from DR.. Chetwood's
Church, Oakland, at l P. II. to-day.
A Chinese restaurant in the neighbor-
hood of Third and l streets, failed last even
ing, and considerable excitement was Gre
ated among the Celestials. A large crowd
of them collected, about II o'clock, and, TO
an outsider, it appeared as it riot was i'm
minent but if there was, it blew over.
J. w. Casey, brakeman on a freight train,
fell from a car near the Summit, Friday
night, the smoke of the engine filling the
snow shed to such an extent that he could
not see well, and he suffered an injury to
his side and a sprained ankle. He was
brought to the Railroad Hospital on Satur-
day.
The ladies and gentlemen of this city
who went over TO Woodland, to attend the
reception rendered by Yolo Chapter, O. f.
s., to Mrs. G. S. Freeman, Deputy District
Worthy Grand Matron, Friday evening,
had a very pleasant visit, which included a
social reunion and banquet, in addition to
the Chapter exercises.
The "Johnstons Originals Baseball
Club has organized as follows: William
Slaughter, Manager; Howard Foley, Presi-
dent; r. Harper, Vice-President Charles
| Vogel, Secretary; Dave Kent, Treasurer
| Eugene Small, Captain Victor Lascsno,
| Propertyman. The other members are
John Dougherty, George Abrigo and James
Denney. The club is ready TO receive
| challenges.
A gentleman who owns a ranch near
Loomis was in the city yesterday, and men,
| toned that the fruit prospects of the sec
ton We're excellent, with the exception OF
the apricots, which trees appeared TO be
| dying quite generally, the presumed cause
| being too much water about the roots.
The grain has been growing splendidly
but the last heavy rain caused some of il
TO lodge badly.
Steve Bentley who lives up the river. on
| the Yolo side came to the city Saturday
morning for load of groceries. The water
was deep over the road running west from
| Washington when he came in, bat when
he returned in the afternoon, with about
500 pounds of goods, it was much higher
and upset the wagon, which was carried by
the current down almost to the railroad
| track. He saved himself and horses, but
lost most of his purchases.
Deputy Sheriff Matt Karcher, who went
to San Francisco with bench warrant to
bring back Mrs. Walker and daughters
absconding witnesses in the rape cases OF
| Curtis and Woodside, returned with them
| last evening, and they are now quartered
at the County Jail. Mrs. Walker said she
went away because of threats made against
her life if she remained here and testified
in the cases. She had no money, which
indicates that she was not bought off.
Among the immigrant passengers from
the East, last Saturday, was a well-buili
young man, who seemed to be very careful
of gun he was carrying. Getting upon
friendly terms with policeman at the
depot, he inquired: Now, what is the
best time, and where is the best place in
the State for man to go to kill buffalo p
| The bright particular star thought Buffalo
| creek, near Folsom might be good place
he didn't shoot buffalo much himself
and couldn't say positively-but he be-
ieved the game law protected them until
fall.
Hon. Joseph Craig brought suit last week
against Yolo county for the payment of 6
claim which he presented to the Yolo
Supervisors last august, but which was re-
Jected as not a proper charge against the
county. His complaint sets forth that he
was District Attorney for Yolo county in
lSS4-5, and during that time brought suit
against George Hager ct al. for $4,000, and
John Doe ct al. for $4,000, and in conse-
quence of the proceedings $46,S21 81 was
collected. He claims that 10 per cent. Of
the amount collected is due him as his fees
as District Attorney.
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