Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-26
BRIEF NOTES.

The rainfall at Woodland up to Sunday
evening is 1853 inches for the season.
Thirty-fve carloads of beef cattle were
forwarded from Nevada TO San Francisco
yesterday.
The State Capitol flag was displayed at
halt-mast yesterday. out of respect for tbe
memory of the late Senator Farley.
The N. P Grand Master, Franklin H.
Day, pad an official visit last evening TO
Sacramento Council, Ne. l, +. and S. Mas
tiers, Of this city.
The Bert Dramatic Company. which had
Deen occupying the boards at the Clunie
Opera House, went over to Woodland YES
'erday to play short engagement.
Deputy Sheriff Wilson brought nm from
San Francisco last evening. en- route to fbe
State Prison at Folsom, William Harris
VINO Is to serve eight years for burglary.
John McIsaacs, charged with an assault
TO murder young man named Palm was
yesterday, in Department One of the Su-
plead. '''-1o" !"
The Sacramento School of Design. in tbe
T.. Is. Crocker Art Gallery, under the an
spices OF the Museum Association. began
us fourth week yesterday, with GS scholars
an increase of AZ in three weeks.
a joint committee meeting of the Citizens,
Ahi-Chlnese Association will be held at
the COURTHOUSE at $50 this evening. when
committee reports will be presented and
other important business transacted.
George Groves, proprietor of the Paragon
hotei, Reddlng, was III the city Yesterday
securing white help. He states that the
1eauInS Cinnamon were given IL hours to
leave the town, and they all left-about so
OF them.
All the trains were running well on time
Yesterday, except that from San Francisco
wa stockton, which was over an hour be-
hlnd time in It's arrival in the afternoon.
causing the California and Oregon train to
be held tor it.
The entertainment given at the United
Brethren's Church, FOURTEENTH and y
streets by Professor G. Frank Perkins last
evening, attracted 4 good attendance, and
WIS varied, interesting and amusing. The |
asSemolage did not disperse until 10 o'clock |
Inc water is higher in China SLOUGH |
lhah II has been for several years, but. no |
no matter how much there NAV be of il
there seems to have been sufficient nasti |
ness IN the small quantity remaining at the
ehd OF the dry season to faint aud discolor |
the whole OF the fresh supply, and il is |
now sort OF yellowish-green.
The barometer, according to the Sional |
service report at Z o'clock last night. was |
rising along the Pacific slope, with westerly |
WIND and clear weather generally. prevail !
ing IN California, while the weather north /
OF tins State ranged from fair to threaten |
ing and light rain. No foul weather sunset |
report last night from any California Signai |
Service station, while all north of this |
state reported foul.
1t is noticeable fact that the American
river Is changing its course near the rail- |
road bridge, and gradually making its wav
nortnward that is, it is bending away |
rom the city side, and cutting in upon the |
Rancho del Paso, which, at that locality. is |
not very valuable, the hard-pan being too |
near the surface. This change on the |
rivers part will not be objected to by resi- |
dents OF the city, as it fayors the levees.
The steamer Thomas Dwyer cleared for |
the upper Sacramento yesterday. light. The !
u. f. Knight, after lying over here Sunday
ana Sunday night, to give the American
time to get over its boisterousness started !
yesterday for Marysville with merchand;se
leaving her barge here. The San Joaouin |
No ) left for the upper Sacramento with |
merchandise and towing light barge but
IN passing through the bridge both she and
her barge carromed against the draw. dam |
aging the sidewalk upon it slightly.
James Stoddard, q veteran of the late
war, who arrived from Washington, d. c. |
last week, very badly paralyzed, was YES |
terday put on board the train for Stockton |
by members of the G. A R.. as he wanted
to so to small place in the hills about |
twenty miles from that city. where he said |
he had friends. He claimed to have been |
an old resident of California, but his knowl- |
edge of localities was very poor, and it was
thought by some of those who conversed |
with him that his mind was affected.
Mrs. Williams. the unfortunate woman
10 whom reference was made in yesterdays |
RECORD UNION, as having apparently at
tempted suicide by taking a dose of NOR |
phlne while quartered at the city prison. |
where she had been given lodgings was |
yesterday somewhat recovered from the |
ELECTS of the poison, and was able to talk. |
she states that she married a man named |
Williams when she was but Is wears OF age !
having run away from seminary she was
attending in order TO do So She came to |
California from Wisconsin five or six wears
ago, after the death of her husband. to
look for her son, who had nearly arrived
at mans estate, but was unsuccessful in
her search. She looks now as if about As
years of age, and, though giving evidence
OF having seen better days" is but a
wreck generally. This she feels, and in
consequence endeavored to end her trouble
by entering upon final sleep Saturday
evening, but the dose of morphine she
took was not large enough, and she still,
regretfully and YEARLY, exists.