Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-26
BRIEF NOTES.

lt lily VI Will
its monthly meeting this evening.
Apricot and peach trees were somewhat
injured by the wind in the vicinity of Gait
week before last.
The pay car settled with the railroad
employees in this city Saturday, and then
continued on to Ogden.
John Van Valkenberg, Supreme Chan
celor of the World, Knights of Pythias,
will meet the members of the Order at
Castle Hall at o'clock this evening.
The highest temperature Saturday and
yesterday according to the Signal Service,
was 10 and 51o, and 500 and $40, respect
lively. with southerly and westerly winds
prevailing.
Marco Mama celebrated his Goth birth
day in grand style yesterday, entertaining
between two and three hundred of his
friends right royalty at his residence, Third
and J streets.
At the floral festival held in Chico Fri
day and Saturday, the first prize for pieces
not made i'll Chico was awarded to the
Chico Enterprise, made by the Bell Conser-
vatory, at Sacramento.
A social dance will be given By the Hus-
sar band at Turner Hall next Friday even
ing, the proceeds to be used in defraying
the expense of purchasing a new uniform.
Tickets, 90 cents; ladies, free.
A meeting of the Mechanics and Labor
ers' League was held on Saturday evening
last but our reporter was excluded. The
RECORD UNION will not publish as the pro-
ceedings of such meetings reports subse-
quently furnished by others.
A mule at Ben. Crockers stables, near
the bridge attempted Saturday night to
jump through a window of the barn to
join some mares, but his headquarters got
caught, and he was left hanging with his
head in water-trough, where he drowned
The following scores were made at the
200-yard target, over the Twelfth-street
range yesterday:
hughes. 40
Klein. ..................:} 3 432434 As
hunz.'... . 40
The horse and cart that were stolen from
Charlie Quiggle, of Gait, a few weeks ago,
have been heard from. The horse was re-
covered near Los Banos and the cart was
found on the ranch of Miller Il Lux, near
Modesto. The thief however, is still at
large.
The Democracy of Woodland held
caucus last Friday to nominate candidates
for municipal offices, and put in the field
IL. w. Hoyt for Town Marshal, and Lou
Charmack, A. l.. Boggs. W S. Houston. w.
f. Mock and w. w. Porter for Town
Trustees.
Joseph Steffens, VIM. Schaw, Capt. Hall,
Capt. Roberts, DIR. Latham and L. Z. Bas-
sett left yesterday for Colusa county, 10
spend day or two in examining the route
of the proposed extension of the Colusa
Narrow gauge Railroad from Colusa juno
ton to the foothills.
The Grand Lodge of Sons of Temperance
convenes to-day III the Alcazar building
San Francisco. The following delegates
have been chosen from this city Mrs. Le-
land Howe, Mrs. w. H. Drummild Mrs.
w. E. Thompson, D. NJ. Cox, w. f. Nc
Kinney and ]. d. MOynahan.
Miss Celia Alsberg and her Shakes
pearean company, under the management
of Louis Morrison and headed by the emf
nent tragedian, W. e. Sheridan, will pass
through to-day, en- route for Salt Lake,
Denver, etc, where they will play Meas
ure for Measure and " Cymbaline"
L. H. Todhunter, of this city, has a
stable of horses, now at New Orleans, I'M
der James I. Williams management. and
one of them, Tom Hood. by Virgil-La
Belle Helene, on Saturday won the great
Merchant stakes at the Crescent City. The
same colt had winning to his credit pre-
viously.
The foot race announced to take place
between Gibson and Lewis at Agricultural
Park yesterday afternoon did not come oil.
Gibson having, for some reason, re-
turned to San Francisco on the morning
train. A match was made last night. how
ever, for a race between Lewis and Quirk,
to take place at the Park May 23d, for $3.50
a side, and a good-sized forfeit has been
put up.
The express train from the East came
through in three sections yesterday morn
ing, consisting altogether OF thirty-two cars,
OF which ten were sleepers, fourteen coaches
and eight Immigrant cars. This mornings
train will be the largest of all, comprising
thlrty-four cars, twenty-five of which are
filled with passengers, including lbs cigar
makers. 1t will also be run in three sec
tons.
A meeting was held at Woodland Satur-
day evening, attended by large number
of prominent residents, TO consider the
matter of the construction of railroad
between Lake county and the Sacramento
valley, and the manner in which Wood
lands interests can be benefited in that
connection, it being considered that
practicable route lies from Woodland, via
Capay valley, to the lake.
Yesterday morning it was discovered that
some time by Chinese miners, under the
railroad track at the Placeryille junction
switch, just this side of Folsom, had caved
in for distance of about forty feet. 1t in
terfered with the passage of the special
train by which Company B went up for
artillery practice, but the company did not
have to march very far to the grounds
selected for their work. Repairs were made
before night
Among the passengers by Yesterdays
train from the East was a lady of such
remarkable avoirdupois that it was with
difficulty she could move about, and it re-
quired the assistance of half dozen
men to get her back in the car after she
had been taking walk on the platform.
She weighs nearly 400 pounds, and on her
arrival at her destination, Los Angeles,
will doubtless be classed among the sub
stantial citizens of that place.
A conference of the teachers of the State
was held Saturday in the Assembly Hall
of the University, at Berkeley There
were over 200 professors. principals and
instructors present, including several from
Sacramento. Among the papers read was
one by Prof. Anderson. Principal of the
Sacramento High School, on arithmetic
in Grammar Schools" including the sub
ject of teachers examinations and one by
MISS ue lSdSuud, Ol the same SCHOOL, on
=" How 10 Arouse Enthusiasm in English
Work"
The arrests of boys, between and IA
years of age, for stealing watch chains
from showcases in front of the stores of Ed
n. Bush and A. Cohen number eleven
those arrested for stealing bottles number
nine, and four or five have been arrested
for stealing magnifying glasses, ETC., from
a store on ] street, between Sixth and
Seventh. The youngsters will be called
before Judge Henry tomorrow evening in
the Police Court. 1t is doubtless a dis
tressing matter for their parents, but they
have themselves to blame in great meas
ure for not looking after their children
more carefully.
Arrived Saturday and yesterday Steamer
San Joaquin No. 4, from San Francisco,
with merchandise, bargeload of lumber
for the Sacramento Lumber Company and
barge of freight for the upper Sacramento;
steamers Varuna and Dover, from the
upper Sacramento, with barges loaded with
grain steamer Sonoma, from San Fran
cisco, with bargeload of lumber for the
Friend & Terry Lumber Company.
Cleared-Steamer San joaquin No. 4, for
San Francisco, with grain steamers Va
runa and Captain Dwyer, for the upper
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