Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-16
BRIEF NOTES.

morning to levy the city tax for 1886.
The Imp. 0. r. NJ. are making arrange
ments for their usual celebration of Wash
lngton's Birthday.
Violet's excursion car will arrive from
Los Angeles to-day, and remain at the
depot until evening.
Sacramento Commandery knights Tenn
plar, will have its annual banquet and bali
this evening, at Masonic Temple.
K. S. Carey & Sons have received car
load OF young horses from Winnemucca.
New, to use on their street-car line in this
city.
The artiticial-stone pavement through
the Plaza has been completed, and work
men are engaged in making new approaches
to it.
Captain E. NJ. Stevens announces this
morning that be will be candidate for the
Office of Chief of Police at the coming cleo
ton.
1t is reported that the Cinnamon ofSheri-
dan and the surrounding country were
driven out Saturday night, and most of
them going TO Nheatland temporarily.
The Sacramento river at II o'clock last
night registered p feet 10 inches. Under
/ the influence of the strong northwest wind
II had kept up TO % feet inches during
the day.
These arrests were made Yesterday: An
tone Fontano, by officer Woods, for dis
| turblng the peace; All Dayuck, by officers
Cof1ey and Sullivan, for obtaining money
by false pretenses.
Tneremains of Michael Bannon, for many
! years resident of Amador county, near
! Suttel Creek, but latterly residing in Tue
! son, Arizona, were brought to Sacramento
| yesterday for interment
Sprinkling carts made their appearance
on the business streets yesterday, the nor
wester prevailing having caused the dust
to become altogether too obtrusive for mer-
chants to put up with it,
Under Sheriff Burnett of Contra Costa
county, brought up, last evening, en- route
to the State Prison at Folsom. James G.
Carolan, who is to serve two and half
years for presenting false claim.
There was large attendance yesterday
upon the funeral of the late Daniel Kava-
naug{h, an old resident of the city, and an
employe of the railroad company since its
organization, who died last Saturday.
A Mr.. Cooper, of Woodland, feels lone
some when he is at home. When he re-
turned from work one evening, about ten
days ago, his wife and two daughters were
missing, and he has not heard from them
since.
John Doyle one of the old residents of
the city, engaged in business as a horse
sheer, died yesterday, after an illness of
several months. He was a native of Ire
land, As years of age, and leaves wife and
two children.
John Eitel, assayer, will make expert
ments with the blowpipe this evening at
No. 81 } street. which will be especially
interesting to mining men, metal-workers
and druggists. There will not be any
charge for admission.
Twenty-six carloads of oranges arrived
here from the lower country yesterday, by
one train, en- route for the East. They are
well packed in straw to protect them from
the cold weather they are to encounter be-
fore they reach their destination.
The wind began blowing about noon YES
terday at the rate of % miles per hour.
reaching 81 miles per hour at about 1870
P NJ and Travelled from % to 80 miles per
hour during the afternoon A high ba-
rometer prevailed here and north to Olvm-
pia.
A man named Gus Goodwin was killed
III snowslide near Aspen, Pitkin county.
Colorado, January 22d. He went there
from California, and Postmaster Crawford.
OF Pitkin, writes that he thinks the de-
ceased had brothers and sisters in Yolo
county. If So he would like to communi-
cate with them
A meeting of the Trustees of the Califor-
mia Fruit Union will be held at the Golden
Eagle Hotel at A. VI. to-day All growers
of fruit are invited to be present. The oh
Ject OF the meeting is to induce producers
to take stock, and to urge upon those who
are already stockholders to increase their
subscriptions 10 the full planted acreage.
Timothy II. Whalen, the San Francisco
parlcide, was convicted in November. 1883.
IN Los Angeles on two charges of burglary
and sentenced TO eight years Imprisonment
IN San Quentin, under the alias of Rear
don Through the influence of influential
friends, the Board of Prison Commission
ers recommended Executive clemency, and
he was pardoned by Governor Stoneman in
April last
Geo. A. Beers, California newspaper
man who was quite prominent several years
ago, and gained considerable fame in con-
sequence of his connection with the capture
OF the notorious Vasquez, was recently
committed to the Colorado Insane ASYLUM.
Mr.. Beers was at one time connected with
the press of Sacramento, and started the
Sunday Free Press a literary paper which
made its first and only appearance in Feb
ruary, 1873.
The Chinawoman who was kidnapped or
run away Sunday morning from her quar-
tiers on Third street, near /, has been
searched for vigorously, but not heard
from, although Cinnamon procured teams
and secured the country in every direction.
1t is said that her owner belongs to the
toughest gang of Cinnamon in the city,
and If the woman is found they are apt to
" make music in the air " for those who
have her in their possession.
The roof of the box factory at Second
and q streets caught fire twice Yesterday.
and ii is said to have been on fire four
times in about a month. People living
near 1t are alarmed in consequence, as, if a
fire should get good start on such a dav
as yesterday, it would be likely to extend
to many of the dwellings near by. The
residents complain that the matter could
easily be remedied by the application of
sparktatcher to the smokestacll of the
factory.
J. b. Welty, who resides on the lower
Stockton road, about five miles from the
city. came to town yesterday, and about 10
A. NJ. left his horse and buggy, the animal
securely hitched, on Ninth street. near X.
while he attended to some business near
by. When he returned his turnout had dis
appeared, and after thorough search. he ar.
rived at the conclusion that it had been
stolen. Late in the afternoon the property
Il
considerable distance from where his owner
had left him. Probably some one had been
! enjoying free ride.
Joseph w. Hughes was examined in De-
partment One of the Superior Court yester-
day afternoon as to his fitness for admis-
sion to practice. Judge W. H. Beatty and
Matt. f. Johnson acted as examiners and
! propounded large number of questions,
at the conclusion of which they reported
to Judge Van Fleet that the applicant was
well qualified for admission to the bar
Judge Van Fleet ordered his name placed
upon the roll of attorneys, and made few
complimentary remarks, declaring that Mr..
Hughes had passed the thorough examine
ton in a satisfactory and highly creditable
manner.
Officers Coffey and Sullivan arrested last
evening a Chinaman named All Davuck
on a charge of obtaining money by false
pretenses. 1t appears that he went to
bank with a fellow countryman named
zee Sing to draw $50 on a check or draft
which the latter held. Sing could not sign
his name, and Dayuck signed it for HIM,
was given the money and kept it. All
Bung swore out a warrant for his arrest
The officers went I'D | street in search of