Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-18
BRIEF NOTES.

The steamer Varuna arrived yesterday
from the upper Sacramento with grain.
No Eastern mail arrived by yesterday s
train, owing to failure to connect at Ogden.
There will be a meeting of the Fish
Commissioners at the Union Hotel this
noon.
There were no cases on the Police Court
calendar yesterday morning, and conse-
quently no session of Court.
The only arrests made yesterday was
that of All Coon, who was gathered in by
officer Ferral about midnight for being
drunk.
Owing 10 fog on the bay, the noon train
from San Francisco was 35 minutes behind
time in its arrival from San Francisco yes
terday.
The State Normal School term closed yes
terday, and large number of the pupils,
living in the upper portion of the State, re-
turned home.
The sidewalk on the west side of Fifth
street, Just above o, is in very dilapidated
condition, and holes in it make it danger
GUS to people passing after dark.
The highest and lowest Signal Service
temperature yesterday was 650 and 45o,
with light variable winds, high barometer,
and clear weather river, IL feet.
There will be meeting of all pupils of
the different classes Of the School of Design
at the school-rooms, f. B. Croker Art
Gallery, at O'Clock this afternoon.
Judge Van Fleet left yesterday afternoon
for San Francisco, to pass sentence in the
case Of Collins, recently convicted of an
outrage upon Mrs. Bell in Golden Gate
Park.
Controller Dunn fled his official bond
with the Secretary of State yesterday. 1t
is given in the sum of $4,000, with B. F.
Langford NJ. F. Tarpey, James McGinn
and Daniel Sheerin as sureties.
The residence of ex-Deputy Sheriff Spald-
ing, at Woodland, was burglarized on
Thursday, when there were none of the
family at home, and robbed OF gold watch
and chain and bracelets.
Yesterday the South Pacific Coast Rail
road Company paid into the State treasury
State and county taxes to the amount of
$500 "a. The Nevada and California Rail
road Company paid in taxes to the amount
of 1919 so.
At Merritt station, this side of Woodland,
the engine and one car of freight train No.
D. bound north, got off the track yesterday
morning, in consequence of rail turning.
ne WTeCklnS Tar was StIL lTOlil Tie city ~
attend to the trouble.
The gardener of the State Capitol
grounds has just completed the trimming
of the large palm trees throughout the
park. The grounds never presented bet
ter appearance than they do to-day, and
are the admiration of all Eastern visitors.
Slides occurred near north of Dunsmuir,
on the California and Oregon Railroad,
u, Il -.
such an extent that il will be late to-day
before it is clear. The passenger train due
here yesterday afternoon was caught north
of the slides.
The fair of the Calvary Baptist Church
ladies was very successful yesterday, and
last evening the auction sale OF unsold ar
ticles attracted a large crowd OF ladies and
gentlemen, who. judging from the frequent
bursts of laughter, were finding the occa-
sion full of merriment.
Weinstock & Lubin contemplate very ex-
tensive Improvements, costing over $4,000,
to their buildings at Fourth and K streets.
Siller Bros. have the contract, and will
commence work about the middle of Janu-
airy, and finish with the close of February.
Considerable work will probably have to
be done at night.
Sweetheart, winner of the first prize in
old dog stakes at the field trial meeting held
near Hanford, and owned by Judge Post
of Sacramento, will, in all probability, con-
test at near date. P d. Linville, of San
Francisco, says that he will match Mr..
Schribers Lassie against Sweetheart in
private match for as much as 81 900 a side.
Lassie is a pointer, and Sweetheart
Lewellyn setter.
Governor elect Bartlett will to some ex-
tent relieve great number of people from
worriment by intimating at an early day
who the next Superintendent OF State
Printing is to be. There are a couple Of
hundred printers who are DESTROYS Of Sc
curing situations, and about as many ladies
who are anxious to do duty in the bindery,
to say nothing of the score or more OF can
didates for the Superintendency.
IA. Caulfeld and j. II. Sullivan came
near having another unpleasantness late
Thursday afternoon. Henry A. was con-
yersing with R. s. Jones on l street when
Mr.. Sullivan passed. At that time Henry
was making some remarks as to the MUIR
therin' villains" and Sullivan, believing
| that he was referred to, and expecting that
he might be attacked, drew pistol. Henry
became aggressive, but Mr.. Jones interfered
and prevented any trouble,