Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-15
BRIEF NOTES.
Entries for the State Fair colt stakes close
with the Secretary, E. F. Smith. TODAY

Entries for the State Fair colt stakes close
with the Secretary, E. F. Smith, to-day.
A Union Sunday-school picnic will be
held at Cothrin's Grove on Friday, Nav 7th.
The chicken thief visited r. Reeds
premises, at Tenth and E streets, Tuesday
| night, and stole five fowls.
The only arrests made Yesterday were
those of Madame Dubois and Angela Bias
ioe, by officer Wager, for exhibiting.
Mr.. Lemans reference in his lecture to
the walled city of England we reported as
Manchester" 1t should have been
printed Chester
Applications for twenty-acre tracts in the
| projected colony ON the San Juan grant are
oeing received every day at the Immigra-
tlon Associations Office.
| The steamer San Joaquin No. 4 arrived
| from San Francisco yesterday. with cargo
OF merchandise and barge load of lum-
Der for Richards & Knox
At the railroad works in this CITY the
| building of two large freight engines. sim
liar to the successful No. 10, recently con-
| structed, has been entered upon.
w. J. O'Brien, night operator for the
railroad company at Truckee, and at one
time employed here, has been appointed
Charles Shear has notified the Public
Board OF Appeals of his intention to appeal
against the action of the Sacramento Jockey
Club in ruling him off for life two wears
ago.
The Governor yesterday appointed rs
Directors of the Napa Insane ASYLUM ]. G.
Martin of Oakland, w. f. Henning and ]
N. Cornwall of Napa for term of four
years.
friendship and Sunset Councils, o. C. F..
VIII meet this evening with Sacramento
Council, TO enjoy social and an address
by Grand Councillor John NJ. Fulweiler. of
Auburn,
The Treasurer of the committee an
pointed to collect money for the relief of
the destitute inhabitants of the Arran
Islands yesterday forwarded 5000 to the
sufferers.
In Department Two of the Superior
Court yesterday, in the case of Alice NJ
Nalehsln VS.. Gullo Nalensin, Judge McFar-
land overruled and denied the motion for
new trial.
The Sacramento river rose TO twentv-one
leet yesterday. A gentleman who came
up from the lower portion of the county
Yesterday reported the Mokelumne to be
booming"
The low rates of freight are causing some
rather unusual articles of importation from
the East to arrive here. Yesterdays train
had as portion of its load a car of onions
from Chicago.
On the ranch of the late Isaac Bryan,
flye miles below Freeport, on the Sacra.
mento river, there is a COW sixteen years
old that has given birth to four calves in
side of one year
DIR. n. W. Lame, of Lodi, will deliver
lecture to young men only at Y. NJ. C. A.
Hall, next Monday evening, on THE
Source OF Young Mans Strength, and
How to Maintain IT,
During the late storm about four feet of
snow fell at the Summit, three at Cisco and
two at Blue Canyon. There is now a
depth of eleven or twelve feet of snow in
the vicinity of the Summit
j. Z. l.. Wadsworth, recently appointed
insurance Commissioner, has filed his bond
and been sworn in. He expects to have
| contest with George A. Knight, his prede-
cessori for the Office, as the latter, il is
stated, will refuse to vacate.
A freight train on The Northern Railroad
broke IN two near Dunnigan on Tuesday.
and came together again with such force
That two Hat cars were wrecked The
wrecking car went from the city yesterday
morning and picked them up
Raymond & Whitcomb excursion
party OF about 100 persons arrived here
from the lower country last evening. in
tending to remain in Sacramento over
night and resume their journey to the East
al a, . o CLOCK this morning so as to enjoy
the crossing OF the Sierras by daylight.
Garland & Goldsmith sold at auction at
San francisco Tuesday afternoon the colt
Z. II. Todd, a two ear-old by Joe Hooker
Norfolk M tn Mr.
tor 81 ,275. The colt has been in training
here, but is entered for the Eureka stakes
OF the Blood Horse races which will be run
to-day
The quarterly meeting of the Sacramento
County Sabbath-School Association was
held last evening in the lecture-room of
the Y. NJ. G. A. Hall. The attendance was
quite large and much interest manifested
in the proceedings. Rev. II. II. Rice de-
llvered an able and eloquent lecture taking
Tor his subject, THE Sabbath-School. and
Its Relation to the City Government
Thomas Colburn, who at the request of
the City Trustees of Sacramento has been
appointed by the State Board of Horticult-
ure as Quarantine Guardian for the Sacra-
mento district, is the gentleman who
short time ago assisted Matthew Cooke in
his operations against the cottony cushion
scale in this city, and is said to be thor
oughly qualified for the duties of the office
to which he has been appointed.
a lady named Cook, residing at No. 5l1
street. has been sick, and her physician
prescribed a sedative of morphine. which
was made into pills. Yesterday morning
her Is months old child got hold of the
pills and swallowed some of them. Its
peculiar sleepiness attracted attention and
caused an investigation, when the facts
were discovered. Physicians were sum-
moned, and with difficulty the infants life
was saved
While the Blood Horse Associations
races are being run at San Francisco over
track ankle deep in mud the Sacramento
| track is in fine condition, notwithstanding
the recent storm. In fact it was necessary
yesterday morning to harrow the outer
portion of it for the benefit of the running
horses that are being exercised there If
the weather remains good the horses con-
testing at the Capital Turf Clubs races next
week will find the going" all that can be
desired
The examination of Mrs. Hattie Levison.
who last February shot and dangerously
wounded her husband William U. s. G.
Levison, was concluded before Police Judge
Lawler in San Francisco yesterday after
noon. The husband, who during the trial
has been conspicuous by his absence, again
attachment had been out for him for some
time. The defense produced a number of
witnesses to prove that Leyison desired his
wife to enter upon a life of shame and sup
port him. This, the defendant claims, is
what caused the shooting. Judge Lawler
reserved his decision in the matter until
this morning.
Young Mems Christian Association.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Young Mems Christian Association was
held last evening in their parlors, Masonic
Temple. The meeting was presided over
by w. S. Bassett, and the large attendance
was mostly young men. The Treasurer
submitted his report, showing satisfactory
and healthy condition of finance. The
general Secretary stated that more than
thousand young men had visited the rooms
during the past five weeks, two worthy
young men had been assisted and one en-
abled to obtain employment. Donations
of books and periodicals:ha been received
from Mrs. Felix Tracy. Seventeen young
men were elected members of the Associ-