Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-22
BRIEF NOTES.

! The Sacramento river has still slight
! upward tendency, and has risen to % feet
5 inches.
/ Walhalla Grove. No 6, U. A.O.D., Will
pay a fraternal visit to Fidelity Grove, No.
/ 81, this evening.
The only arrest made yesterday was
that of John Williams, by officer McCor-
mack, for battery.
Right Eminent Grand Commander ?. w.
keyser will make an official visit to Sacra-
mento Commandery, X. T., this evening.
The examination of Hugh Agan for the
murder of James Sharkey in Center town
snip, nearly two weeks ago, is set for hear
ing In Justice Posts Court at 10 A. NJ. to-
day
The Police Commissioners were to have
| held a meeting last evening, but Mayor
Brown was not well, and did not attend
A postponement until next Monday was
ordered.
V. '. Mann, Treasurer of Placer county,
yesterday settled with the Controller and
paid into the State Treasury S., 145 04. The
treasurer of Santa Clara county paid in
81 1913 IS.
The prices of tickets to the Odd Fellows
picnic next Monday at East Park have
been changed SO as 10 have no half-price
tickets. Admission will be so cents; chill
dren under y years free.
Sacramento Presbytery, which met in
Oakdale has appointed Rev. A. II. Croco.
formerly pastor of the Fourteenth-s street
Presbyterian Church in this city, as q dele
gate to the General Assembly, which meets
the latter part of next month in the East.
Fred D. Whitney, with numerous aliases.
who swindled Rev. II. H. Rice, Jas. McCaw
and others of this city, and a score or NOR
IN San Francisco and Oakland by the
same name racket, was convicted on the
trlal OF one of the cases in Oakland yester-
day.
At the orchard of Jeans Brothers on the
Clanton IL Harlan tract, near Woodland. is
remarkable growth of fruit trees. The
orchard is in the third year and is in
thrifty condition. The average growth last
year was 81 feet. The growth this spring
is fully q feet.
Rallroad engineers commenced yesterday
the work of measuring China slough in
order to determine the amount of material
required to fill it. Probably about month
will be required to complete the measure
ment, end few weeks later Colonel Won
Schmidt will commence the filing.
The Capital Baseball Club has organized
with the following members F. Smith, e.
Hughes, H. Balsz, NJ. Lucey, J. Slater ].
Menke, E. BalsZ, +. Toole, L. Dawson.
This club is now ready to receive chal-
lenges from any junior nine. Address
communications to J. c. Slater, 400 street.
The large locust tree standing at the in
ner edge of the sidewalk in front of the
entrance TO the station-house shows no sign
OF life, and has doubtless been smothered
| by the pavement, which so closely covers
its roots as to prevent air from reaching
them. Its shade will be sadly missed dur
ing the hot summer days.
The highest and lowest temperature in
this city the day before yesterday was 75o
and $40. The highest and lowest yester-
day was 100 and $50. The barometer last
night, according to the Signal Service re-
ports, was falling from Tatoosh to San
Diego, with westerly winds and clear
weather, except at Walla Walla, where
light rain was falling.
Last Saturday morning c. F. Ropes, rep
resenting Baker IL Hamilton, and +. G.
Marshal, representing II. S. Crocker d Co..
both OF Sacramento, started from Auburn
to Grass Valley. They rode on a blackboard
drawn by two horses. The rains for the
several days previous had swollen all the
little streams along the road, aud in cross
ing Dry creek the two gentlemen and their
horses came near being drowned. One of
their horses got badly hurt, and their sam
pies were soaked with water.
There is trusty at the station house who
beats the record for expedition in getting
drunk. A few weeks ago he was allowed
to go up town one day, and in fifteen min
utes an officer brought him back so drunk
that he could not stand still. Yesterday he
was sent to a shoemakers with pair of
! boots belonging to a prisoner and in less
than an hour the telephone reported to the
statlon-house that man was living dead
drunk in the mud of the gutter on | street.
Officer Mccormack took the subject to the
statiOn-house in wagon, and when the
mud was hoed off he proved to be the
truSty.
A man living in the eastern portion OF
the city called upon Chief of Police Dill
man Tuesday evening, desiring assistance
He stated that his sister-in-law came to
his house to make a visit about three
months ago, and still remained, notwith-
standing he had limited to her that she had
worn her welcome out, and asked her to
leave. His wife and daughter, however,
wanted her to stay. The Chief and Police
Court Clerk could find nothing in the
Codes or city ordinances under the head
ing " Sister-in-law," but they advised him
| TO so home and become so sweet to the
lady that his wife might change her mind
a man suffering from gunshot wounds
one in the thigh and another in the breast
entered physicians office in Woodland
Monday afternoon for treatment. Officer
Huston, who had been looking upon the
stranger as suspicious character learned
from the doctor the nature of the injuries
and arrested the patient, who stated that
he got shot in little town near Willows
Subsequently it was learned that he was
wanted in Colusa. Being told that the
Sheriff of Colusa wanted him, the prisoner
stated that on Sunday evening he asked
man on the street for something to eat"
and in the animated discussion which en-
sued he received the wounds referred to
above.