Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-04
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE,
The Effects of Whisky.

AvOAI Il9 lGLLluGNUE,
The Effects of whisky.
The Gait Gazette of Saturday has the fol-
lowing f. a. Thompson. Young man
in the employ of John Brewster as book
keeper, has got himself into a bad scrape.
Thursday evening Mrs. Slater, of Sacra-
mento, deposited $4,lO0 with the book
keeper to be placed in his employers vault
Tor saie-Reeping. The money was received
by Mr.. Thompson and no receipt was
asked for by the depositor. 1t seems the
young gentleman was imbibing quite
ireely that afternoon, and, instead of plac-
ing tne money IN the vault, he thought he
would lake care of il himself He hung
around the saloons in town that uirht until
after neyt morning, when he started for
hlcksvlile on foot. Nothing was heard of
nm until 5 Or t o'clock Yesterday after
noon, when it was learned that he was at
hlcksYlile. The money was not missed
until about noon yesterday, when Mrs.
slater called at the store for it. OF course,
MI. Brewster was surprised when the
money was found missing, and he
was not in the store the previous
evening when the lady deposited the cash.
he knew nothing of the transaction, and
therefore did not suspicion ANYTHING was
wrong. immediately officers and men
were dispatched to hunt up the missing
book-keeper and last night he was found
IN a hotel in bed in Elk Grove. All the
money was found in his bed. with the ex-
ception of sixty odd dollars he had spent
IN drinking and one thing and another.
he was arrested and brought back to Gait.
The young man has the best kind of a
record, and this silly act of his cannot but
De attributed to the evil effects of whisky"
District Attorney Buckley, who had been
IN Gait on business. returned Yesterday,
and says that Mrs. Skaters money was all
recovered, Thompson not having spent any
OF It; He had been drinking excessively
Tor abouttwo weeks prior to taking charge
OF the money, and, after getting ii, in a
drunken freak walked from Gait through
Hlcksville TO Elk Grove. He was DESTROYS
OF surrendoring the coin to those who were
IN search OF him. He seemed to be about
on the verge of delirium tremens when
taken IN charge. 1t is not probable that
the matter will be brought into Court.
That BoAT-RACE.-The pair-oared boat
race from Marysville to this city, which
had given rise to much comment in the
former place, came off last Saturday, ac-
cording to agreement, the start being made
from the Feather river bridge, at o'clock
A. N. precisely. Walter Chambers and
James Bennett had the larger boat, and
Dan McCrate and James McCabe a skiff.
The aforementioned pair represented the
" old men, and the others the young fell
lows Chambers and partner soon took
the lead, and maintained it TO the finish.
They passed Nicolaus ut $50 o'clock, %
minutes ahead Of their opponents, arriving
mere at lao oclOcK r. NJ, i'll very good
shape while their opponents did not reach
the gaOl until $40 o'clock P. NJ The win
ners made very good time, the distance be-
ing 10 or 81 miles, and there being very
little current between Nicolaus and the
Sacramento river about II miles. owing to
the high stage of the latter stream backing
up the Feather river. The racers remained
here until yesterday.
School OF DEsIGN.-The Sacramento
School of Design, in the +. b. Crocker Art
Gallery, under direction of the California
Museum Association, will open at 10 A. NJ
to-day, without any formaity. The
small casts made in San Francis
co arrived Saturday, and are now in
place. The large casts are en- route
from New \ ork, and will be here in plenty
of time, and even before there will be need
for them. The regulations for the internal
economy of the school will be announced
TO students to-day, and to the night class at
7 Pm. Instructor Carlson arrived on Sat
urday. He saw the Art Gallery and the
class-rOoms for the first time on that day,
and declared that with such surroundings
and inspiring influences. he or she must be
dull indeed, who, having some art taste,
does not develop all its possibilities. He is
enthusiastic concerning the beauty of the
school-room and the advantages of the art
gallery, and declares that they will have
a great deal to do with the progress of the
pupils.
:. COLD WEATHER.-S. H. Gerrish says
The heavy northwest wind of New Years
Day brought Us killing frost, the first of
the season. The thermometer at 9 clock
Friday night was 40, the wind lulled, and
at $50 on Saturday morning it had fallen
to $50 below freezing point. Ice 5-32
of an inch thick formed on vessels of water
out of doors. This is the coolest since De-
cember Il, 1884, when it fell to 24o Sun
day morning it was down to 30o-2o below
freezing. As the wind was in the south, a
heavy white frost was over everything, and
it looked decidedly like winter, the frost
having the appearance of a snowfall. Ice
formed 3-16 of an inch thick. Banana
leaves and other tender plants were little
affected, but no very serious damage was
done, as the ground was warm and well
saturated WITH our neaNN RUNS.
WHERE THE STATE FUNDS Go.-During
the month of December warrants were
drawn by the State Controller against the
different funds as follows: General fund,
S239,17f 70: San Francisco harbor improve
ment, $50, $50 OF; interest and sinking, SO
$50: adult blind, s., 413 rs; State Library
$3.50 10; James Saultry, S611 65; per-
petual endowment, $40; State school,
Sl92 10: Supreme Court library $l29 10 !;
election reward, S100 leprosy 500; State
school land, $50 76.
CLuNIE OPERA HoUsE.-To-night Bert's
Dramatic Company, from San Francisco,
will present the dramatization of Jules
Verne's romantic fancy. Around the
World in Eighty Days" 1t will be given
with the same effects as at the California
Theater, San Francisco, recently, and q
support of character actors very strong.
The promise is for something very good.
Prices for this engagement are %, so and
as cents.
ARREsrs.-The following arrests were
made Saturday and yesterday; Frank
Williams. by Chief Jackson, for being a
healthy beggar; Frank Kantz and Jacob
Hughes, by officer Farrell. for vagrancy ,
Henry Ferguson, by the same officer, for
being drunk Joe Kelly, by officer Ash, for
being common drunkard.
LADIES kid gauntlet gloves, % cents a
pair. One assorted lot of ladies' four and
six button. and five and seven hook kid
@gloves, light, medium and dark shades, 80
cents per pair. in our sale commencing to-
morrow morning at o'clock, of the bank
.s,lpt stock of L. LYMAN, Nevada City, and
Bthers Red House.
TOMORROW morning at 8 O'Clock, we
commence the sale of the bankrupt stock
of q. Hyman, Nevada City, and Others. The
latter comprises large assortment of dry
and fancy goods, furnishing goods, ladies'
and gents gloves, ETC. Red House.