Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-04
BRIEF NOTES.

AT the depot yesterday morning w. B.
Skea had his pocket picked, losing about
$3.50
The receipts of the Sheriffs office from
fees for the month Of July amounted to
ISL p.
Another fruit train will be sent East to-
day by members of the Fruit-growers' AS
ISOLATION.
The steamer Flora arrived from the upper
Sacramento Monday night with a barge
load of grain.
There were no cases on the Police Court
calendar yesterday morning, and conse-
| quently no session.
But one arrest was made by the police
yesterday-Fred Nicholas, by local officer
Tucker, for being drunk.
Citizens who have experimental with
them, declare that eucalyptus leaves placed
IN closets, etc, will keep moths away.
The total collections by Revlnue Col
| lector Barnett for the twelve months end
July 81 1886, amounted to 1892 49,
During the month of July County Clerk
Hamilton received fees to the amount of
1929 %, and County Recorder Millers fees
were $282 70.
! In Mayor Browns communication which
appeared in yesterday mornings RECORD
UNION. 100000 appeared where it should
have been $3.50, 900.
Nearly all the members of the Legis-
lature went 10 San Francisco by the 6
O'Clock train yesterday morning, to witness
the Grand Army parade.
The highest and lowest Signal Service
temperature yesterday in Sacramento was
96o and SO, with northerly and southerly
winds and clear weather.
The local train from San Francisco was
an hour and twenty minutes behind time
in its arrival here yesterday noon, having
been laid out by down trains.
An officer of San Luis Obispo county
brought up last evening, en- route to the
State Prison at Folsom, Robert Daniels,
who is to serve six years for burglary
The Yolo county fee bill for Jury service
during the recent term of the Superior
Court amounts to $3.50 90. of which
amount the Harlan jury drew 81, 1856 %.
The State Board of Equalization is in
session this week, making arrangements
for the notifying of corporations, counties
etc, to show cause why their assessments
| should not be raised.
Yesterday morning Isidore II. Simon.
travelling salesman, had a violent attack
of hemorrhage of the lungs while at the
depot, and was taken home, where at last
accounts he was lying seriously i'll.
J. Frank Clark telegraphs from Caspar,
Mendocino county, that the remains of
his daughter, Mrs. Ada L. Colburn, who
died at that place last Saturday, will be
brought to Sacramento for interment.
William Carragher, who fell through
J-street building, from the skylight in the
roof to the basement fl DOR, a few days ago,
| is able to be about again, the only incon-
venience suffered being from the cut on
his wrist.
The horses Killarney, Sur Del, Pedro
and others, that have been worked recently
at Woodland, are TO be brought to this city
| to-day by James Linden, who will train
them at the Park for the various racing
meetings soon to commence.
The last of the Grand Army delegates
came through from the East by a train
which arrived here at S:45 A. NJ yesterday
The regular overland" which reached
the city about IL A. NJ, had on board only
few stragglers, who had stopped off from
other trains at various places en- route.
r. johnson, recently convicted at Wood
land of embezzling horse belonging to
Joel Woods, of Capay valley, in May, 1884,
has been sentenced by Judge Garoutte to
attorney will take an appeal to the Supreme
Court.
The following settlements were yester-
day made with the State Controller: Sur
veyor-G General, 1858; Register OF the State
Land Office, 1922 so; Directors of the
Home for the Adult Blind. $3.50 40. The
various amounts were paid into the State
treasury
In Department Two of the Superior Court
yesterday John l.. Pearson, native of
Nova Scotia, was admitted to citizenship on
the testimony of Robert Rowland and Gus.
Lavenson and julius Penkonin, a native
of Germany, on the testimony OF H. Witt
pen and Gottlieb Frey.
The Salvation Army, in its march about
town last evening, was followed by a crowd
of boys beating coal oil cans as drums, and
having great amount of amusement. No
one seemed to know whether the youthful
contingent was introduced by the Army
people to attract attention, or was a side
show arranged by wicked outsiders.
The Democratic County Central Com
mittee will meet at the Capital Hotel Sat
urday, at l P. NJ, to make arrangements for
the coming State and County Conventions
Three vacancies are to be iilled-0'Laughin,
deceased; Beverage, removed to Vallejo,
and Stephens, removed by civil service re-
form.
C. D. Brown, the railroad yardman whose
hand was crushed few days ago while he
was engaged in coupling cars, is getting
over his injury as rapidly as could have
been hoped for. He did not lose any of his
fingers in consequence OF the accident, and
the decorations of the flesh are healing
nicely.
Miss Anna Boyle and company were to
have given performance of Convict 1I3''
at Woodland Monday night, but the Nail
says that owing to the excessive heat, and
the further fact that most of the theater-
going portion of our population are at San
Francisco in attendance on the g. A. Il.
Encampment, there was no performance
The Freeport Good Templars have elected
the following officers G.. j. Schriner, W. c.
T.; Miss Nellie Batles, w. V. T.: j. H.
Beach, w. s.; Miss L. NJ. Beach, w. +. s.;
Frank Kirtlan, w. T.; Freddy Kirtlan, w.
NJ; Miss Dora Myers, w. |. G.; Nathan d.
Hack, ". 0. G.. The officers elected will
be installed on next Saturday night by the
S. d.
A very beautiful meteor was seen about
730 last evening crossing the eastern sky
from south TO north. 1t seemed to be the
size of water bucket, and of peculiar
appearance, resembling molten metal as it
runs from the cupola of a furnace. a long
trail OF light followed it, and as it disap-
peared over the Grant there seemed to be
drops OF fire falling from it.
Officers Wager and Ferral arrested at the
depot on Monday two suspicious characters,
strangers in town, apparently belonging to
the class that watch and prey, as it was
thought they might have designs upon the
pockets of people in the crowd assembled
to greet the Grand Army excursionists.
Yesterday morning they were released
from custody, and took their departure
from the city.
The Supervisors of Yolo county have
purchased the J. F. Garrett, or Douglas,
property. near Woodland, for use as
County Hospital and Poor Fam, paying
for it $4,000. 1t is thought that an outlay
of 81 100 more will fit it for the accommo-
dation Of forty-six patients. The average
number in the hospital is about twenty.
There were sixteen patients in the institu-
ton Au gust LIST.
The report of the Howard Benevolent
Association for the month of July 1886,
shows that II men, A women and 106
children were assisted by the granting of
CSC miscellaneous dispensations and 128
articles of clothing, 16 wood orders, 0 rents
paid, and II pairs of shoes purchased. The
applications for assistance have decreased
| considerably in the past month, owing to