Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-30
BRIEF NOTES.

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better basis than a chimney fire on Twen-
ty-third street, between NJ and n.
Sheriff Murray. of Amador county,
passed through yesterday. taking to Napa
an insane woman named Maria Chiffon.
The closing of many places of business
last evening because of the Hebrew festival
of Rosh Hashannah made the main streets
seem unusually dull.
Seiden Hetzel, the new Register of the
United States Land Office, is in the city,
prepared TO take possession and enter upon
his duties tomorrow.
The highest and lowest Signal Service
temperature yesterday was 740 aud $40,
with fresh to brisk southerly winds and
clear weather prevailing.
Thomas Arthur, who Jumped his bail +"
a few days ago, was yesterday arrested at
Stockton, and Chief Dillman went over in
the afternoon to get him.
The case of Milton McWhorter, charged
with murder, will be taken up in Depart
ment One of the Superior Court this after
noon, on a motion for a continuance.
Virgins earthquake did not visit Sacra-
mento and vicinity yesterday, but a very
noticeable change of weather occurred,
causing overcoats to be looked up for service
last evening.
The Western train was two hours behind
time in its arrival yesterday morning, hav-
ing been held at Lathrop to connect with
the Southern overland, which was late in
getting there.
The horse attached to |. S. Freeman's de-
livery wagon ran away from Tenth and X
| streets yesterday, collided with a truck,
broke out of his harness, and wen off for
a little excursion.
The passenger trains from San Francisco
were late in their arrival last evening, the
+" overland" due at I O'Clock, not arriving
until 8, owing to delay in waiting for and
pick up fruit cars.
Several Knights Templar, principally
residents of San Francisco. returned yester-
day morning from st. Louis, as did also one
of the bands that went East with the San
Francisco Communicates.
Charles Croker, G. p. Huntington, and
the party that accompanied them to the
" from" of the California aud Oregon
Railroad, returned yesterday by special
train, and continued on to San Francisco.
The burning of coal as fuel on the pas
senger trains running over the bill" has
proved so successful that the railroad COM
pany is having a number of the freight en-
gineS running on that route changed into
c%oal-burners.
Last Monday, while John Chatteron and
family, who reside on the Grant, were away
from their residence, a w~oodchopper who
had been working near by appropriated a
horse and cart and left with the property
for parts unknown.
Brakeman Sedgebeer, OF the overland ex-
press, while coupling cars at Colfax, Tues
day evening, had his left hand SO badly in
jured that the middle finger was yesterday
amputated at the Railroad Hospital, but the
others will be saved.
Deputy Sheriff Nurse, of Yolo county,
arrested a few days ago at Lower Lake a
man named Forsythe, charged with having
committed a larceny in Capay valley. He
is also said to be wanted for an offense
committed in Sacramento.
In Department One of the Superior Court
yesterday, Manuel Lewis, a native of Por-
tugal, was admitted to citizenship, on the
Simon. Giovano Cardana and Alberto
Fava, natives of Italy. were also admitted,
on the testimony of G. Deluchi and p. Ca
brielle.
No business was transacted in the Police
| Court yesterday. There were no cases on
the calendar that could not go over well
enough, the City Attorney was out of
town, and the Judge felt interested in the
Democratic County Convention, in conse-
| quence of which an adjournment until this
morning was ordered.
The funeral of John S. Miller, the loco
motive engineer who died on Monday, took
| place yesterday afternoon from his late
residence, under the auspices of Union
Lodge, No. q, A. o. U. W., and was at
tended by a large number of railroad men
aud other friends, as well as members of
the Order of Workmen.
VIM. Stone was arrested last evening at
the depot by officers Ferral and Farrell on
q charge of attempting to leave the State
to defraud his creditors. The warrant was
sworn out by P. Hagerty, who claims that
Stone is indebted to him, and the warrant
was secured under the belief that he was
about to leave Tor the East.
The committee appointed some months
, ago by the Northern California Citrus Fair
Association to prepare a constitution and
bylaws for the formation of a permanent
organization, will meet at , P. NJ. to-day at
the Office of C. Il. Parsons. 1t is proposed
to include other semi-tropical, as well as
citrus, fruits within the range of exhibits.
The steamer San Joaquin, Nod, arrived
from San Francisco yesterday, with mer-
chandise and lumber; steamers San Joa-
quin, No. 3, and Dover, from the upper
Sacramento, with grain steamer Knight,
No. 2, from Marysville for San Francisco,
with grain. The San Joaquin, No. 3, re-
turned to the upper Sacramento, light, and
the No. A cleared for San Francisco, with
grain.
Joseph Coffey, who was cut early yester-
day morning during a difficulty with Bob
WEIGH, owing to a dispute as to how a game
r. - III I~A,. 1A,-a 49, --a11 49,
later in the day to leave the receiving
hospital and be taken home in a hack. His
friends say that he will not prosecute
| WEIGH. The latter has given bonds in the
sum of $1,000. Billy Brown, who was ar
rested for completely in the trouble, is still
in custody, not having been able to give
his bond of $500.
The residents of Chinatown say hat the
| Celestial arrested here on Tuesday for
kidnapping q Chinawoman from Napa did
| so under an agreement with a fellow-coun-
tryman residing here, who promised to pay
him 5000 when the goods were deliv-
cred. When the woman. arrived here,
however, the purchaser coul not produce
the money, and in the squabble over the
possession of her so many learned of her
whereabouts that the Napa owner soon was
possessed of the facts and secured her, sub
sequently securing the kidnaper's arrest.
The Marysville appeal of the 18th has
the following concerning the children that
were recently u over in that city by a We
hicle containing three young men from
Sacramento: THE condition of the two
Wagner children, who were run over by
the team driven by Gus. Hornung last
week, is not wholly encouraging. They
were able 10 be up a short time yesterday,
but the exertion was too much for them.
The elder was taken with nausea, and the
younger suffered from his injuries. 1t is
believed the four-year-old child will event
ually recover, but it is feared the two-year-
old may be permanently crippled from the
injury sustained to the hip bone. The
family are in poor circumstances, making
the trouble all the more severely felt by
them"
Republican Fire Brigade.
A meeting of the members of the old