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

There were no arrests made by the police
yesterday.
The rain has brought the Sacramento
river up to is feet inches.
The " Widow 0'Brien" company went
to Suisun yesterday from Marysville.
A blue and gold party will be given by
the ladies of Summer Relief Corps al Gran
gers Hall on Thursday the 10Th.
Warrants for the support of the State
militia amounting to $s,657 90 were drawn
by the State Controller yesterday
The steamer San joaquin No. 4 arrived
from San Francisco yesterday with mer-
chandise, and returned with barge-load
of wood.
A special meeting Of the congregation of
the Presbyterian Church will be held this
evening at 7:30, to consider business of i'm
portance.
Richmond Davis yesterday filed with the
County Recorder his official bond as Notary
Public given in the sum of $1,000, with j.
p. Counts and VIM. Cummings as sureties
Grove L. Johnson will deliver an address
on Loyalty" next Monday evening in
Young Mems Hall, Sixth street, between
X and l.. Tickets can be obtained at the
hall.
A foot ball club win be organized tonight
at the Courthouse. This is the first effort
to organize a club of tins character in Sac
ramento, although quite popular in other
places.
Members of Naomi Chapter, No. SO, 0.
E. s., have been invited to visit Yolo Chap
ter of Woodland tomorrow evening, when
the grand officers and District Deputy will
be present.
/ Ten carloads of immigrant passengers
arrived from the East yesterday morning.
They were better looking lot than many
that have preceded them, and the larger
number were young men.
A. Pendleton reports that the rainfall at
Nicolaus for the "A hours ending yesterday
morning amounted to 40 of an inch, and,
as the weather was still cloudy, the pros
poets for more rain were good.
Noble Fisher was going about the streets
Yesterday collecting money for the purpose
OF salarying boycott spies. Some of the
business houses at which he called did not
extend him very cordial welcome.
The Supervisors having agreed to pur-
chase the Twelfth-street bridge over the
American, and make it free of toll. tie
ranchmen on the north side of the river
feel like having a celebration of the event.
The Chinese laugh at the boycotters in
this city. They say the two anti-Chinese
associations have such an interesting fight
between themselves for supremacy, that
they both have lost sight of John alto
gether.
Grove L, Johnson says if the proposed
Convention of delegates from the anti-Chi-
nese clubs of this county does not agree
upon some definite line of action, he is
going to get out of the Club and have moth
ing more to do with it,
The Pittsburg American and st. Louis
League Clubs include in their ranks nearly
all of the Californians now in the East.
The Smoky City team has Morris, Carroll
and Brown, while the Maroons have
Sweeny, Cahill and Denny.
NJ. NJ. Drew says, in reference to an item
published to the effect that he and B. n.
Bugbey had purchased $4,000 ranch in
Suffer county early this week. that he had
nothing 10 do with the purchase, that hay
ing been made by Mr.. Bugbey
George g. Canaan, of Allegheny City, Pa,
has written to County Treasurer Kuchler,
| asking for information concerning James
! Canaan, or Kanaan. who came to California
in the early days of the gold excitement.
and has not been heard from by his friends
! since.
An officer brought down. from Colusa
| yesterday afternoon, en- route to the State
Prison at Folsom, Patrick Brick, whose
sentence to be executed for the murder of
Andrew j. Jones at Jacinto was last Mon
! day committed by Governor Stoneman TO
Imprisonment for life.
A petition is in circulation in Woodland
asking the Town Board of Trustees to sub
NIT to the people at the next municipal
election the question of reincorporating
under the general law. If the proposition
to reincorporate should be submitted and
carried, Woodland will 60 into the class of
towns with more than 5000 and not less
than 10000 inhabitants
The cases of Curtis and Woodside
/ charged with rape upon Lizzie Preston and
Minnie Strasburg, were yesterday in the
| Police Court continued until tomorrow.
1t is doubtful whether the charge can be
substantiated; in fact, it is known that in
the case of the first mentioned child it GER
tainly cannot be. AS regards the other
and the defendants a shocking state of
morals will probably be shown upon the
examination, and the prosecution may
have different ending from what was an
ticipated.
About 3 o'clock last Monday morning
four pistol shots were fired from the side
walk through the side of a Chinese tene-
merit on the east side of Fourth street
near /, the intention being apparently to
kill or brighten the occupants of the prem
ises, Vim Ock and his wife. After firing
the shots, one of the two assailants en-
tered, and finding only Mrs. Ock, her hus-
band having run away in alarm, choked
her and robbed the premises of what
money he could find, then made good his
escape. The Chinawoman recognized the
robber, and visited Justice Posts Court on
Tuesday to have him arrested, but an in
terpreter was needed, the matter was post
poned, and has rot been heard of in an