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

city. died few weeks ago in Kentville, Nova
Scotia
The Sacramento river rose to % feet IL inches
yesterday, and then showed determination to
recede.
The Plaisar Social Club will entertain their
friends with full-dress invitation party al Tur
ner Hall tonight.
Holloway who was Lucky Baldwin's princi-
pal jockey during the last season, viii, il IS said
ride for Theodore Winters next year.
The Postoffice viii be open to-day from 10 NJ.
to P. NJ The only delivery at other hours will
be of letters bearing special delivery stamps.
There is a sturgeon at Jones & Anderson's fish
market which is between eight and nine feet
long, and weighs about 400 pounds. He was
caught near Freeport.
The rattle at the Golden Eagle billiard--oom
last evening for the $50 prize ended in ticket No
5i2, the lowest shake, IA, taking the $40 prize
Nos 1872 and $40 tied on AS for the first prize, $50
Mr.. +. r. Girard, the piano dealer, corner of
Seventh and j streets, Will shortly remove to
San Francisco, as he has been offered an interest
in the music house of Kohler Il Chase, the
largest on the coast.
A ladys cloak was stolen on Wednesday from
Mrs. J: b. Pierreponts, street, between Eighth
and Ninth Yesterday the property was recov-
cred and the thief, J. III. Demerest, arrested by
officers Farrell and Kent.
DeBernardi & Co had on sale at their market
yesterday green asparagus, grown on the ranch
of j. Olsen, near East Park in the open air
this section by several weeks.
The steamer San Joaquin, No. ,, arrived from
San Francisco yesterday with merchandise and
returned with u barge. light. She will make a
few more trips in place of the No. 4, which is
laid up here receiving repairs.
A carload of oranges was yesterday shipped
from Newcastle to Denver, Colorado. This is
the first carload ever shipped from that place,
and is but the beginning of what promises to be
a heavy and lucrative business.
Fiphf sDeeial officers were onnointad nv tho
Police Commissioners yesterday, for duty last
night, TO look after the gangs of young men with
hoodlumistic tendencies who have heretofore
done great deal of mischief New Years eve
The New Year was ushcred in with consider
able noise last night, but not rs demonstratively
as has heretofore been the case. Possibly the
GOODNESS OF the weather, which strong nor
wester made noticeable, had something TO dc
with il.
Quong Soon has sworn TO a complaint in Jus.
tiee Posts Court against Ching Hung. accusing
him of grand larceny in appropriating $500 in
coin The latter has been arrested and put
of the case tomorrow.
Proposals will be received at the Office Of the
Secretary of the State Agricultural Society, up
TO II ". of January 18TH for the rent of the
buildings at Agricultural Park, with the priv
ileges connected Herewith, for one, two or three
years from February LIST.
In Department One of the Superior Court yes
terday Gin Yuen. recently convicted of an as
s,tiit with deadly weapon upon another Celes-
was sentenced TO eighteen months imprisou.
ment in the County Jail.
The white cigarmakers who are coming TO the
coast from the East TO take the place of Chinese
workmen will arrive tomorrow morning, en-
route TO San Francisco. a committee of San
Franciscans will receive them, and they will
have hearty reception Oh arriving at their
destination.
Officer Arlington brought from Stockton yes
terday q man named Mitchell. who was believed
TO be the individual who stole a silver watch
from Wachhorsts store recently. Mr.. Wach-
horst does not feel confident of the prisoners
Identity, but another gentleman, who can iden-
tify the thief, will see Mitchell and decide
whether he is the man wanted.
Wednesday erening William Nixon, with his
wife and child, who had been visiting at the
residence of DR.; A. b: Nixon, started to drive
when wheel left their buggy and the entire
party were thrown into the mud. The horse
did not run, and no one received injury except
to clothing which suffered from the mud
Several nights ago some officers OF the police
force captured thief, after long chase in the
backyard of well-known citizen where the
light-iingered individual had taken refuge The
citizen referred to lost a young chicken the
same night, which perhaps accounts for the
fact that he has been seen around the station
house every day since, apparently looking for
something. He is of the opinion that the aver
age Sacramento policeman is as partial to Young,
At the regular election of officers of Court SUIT
ter 12i. y. o. F., held at Red Mems Hall We'd
nesday evening, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing term p. C. r.. W. b.
Treas, +. Colegrove: Sec, G. C. Mitchell; s. w
NJ. II. Blue; J. w. II. c. Woods; s B., W. H.
Greenlaw: J, B.; +. 5. Oliver; Court Surgeon, DR..
F. A. Curtis, W. b; Rogers; Trustees, H. G.
Woods, A. Eckman, W. II. Greenlaw
The Sheriff has figured up the amount delin-
quent on the State and county tax list and finds
that it will be between ss 600 and $1,000, instead
of Sl5,S69, as stated yesterday. the difference
being accounted for by the fact that certain
agents and large property owners had given
their cheeks for the amounts they desired to
pay, but neglected to designate the property
accurately. The delinquent list is the smallest
Tor so many years that the memory of the tax
collecting man "runneth not to the contrary"
citizen was in conversation with an inteli-
gent Chinaman relative to the situation" yes
terday, when the Celestial said, referring to a
well known firm which is taking an active part
in the aBti-Chinese movement: "Those men saw
the 'Chinaman must go, and tell everybody
else to drive them out. The Chinese have a talk
in Chinatown, and now two China boys STAY on
X street and tell all Cinnamon not to buy in
that store. And notices have been put up, tell
ing Cinnamon that those people are their enc
mics, and not to go there" Evidently John
Chinaman has heard something about boycott
ting.
The Woodland Democrat says: ave learn
ilohi u just lrOul the
river that the levees are SO badly broken that
almost the whole country near the river is sub
merged There are five breaks on the west side
above Colusa-one ON District 10S, above Knights
Landing, aud several below that point. Through
one of the latter, our informant states that the
water is rushing in such torrent that its roal
can be heard for a long distance. We also learn
that Mr.. Reeds land is submerged. and that he
has given up the fight as bad job for this sea.
SON These wet seasons are very disastrous to
river farmers. and cause great loss of crops and
expenditure of money!
Frank S. Spencer, of Sugar Notch, Pa, has
written TO Chief Jackson asking for information
concerning a locomotive engineer named Albert
H. Casort, who left the service of the Denver
and Rio Grande Railroad Company in August
1884, and wrote to his wife from San Francisco
under date of August Doth, that he had got d
job to take some engines from Sacramento tC
South America, and would be gone three or foul
months. Since then he has not been heard
| from, though he promised to write from the
| first place he reached after leaving California
and his wife and other relatives are greatly wor
| ried in consequence. They have written in
every direction, but cannot find any trace o
him.