Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-22
BRIEF NOTES.

1t is rumored that Recreation Park has
| been leased for term of years, by parties
who intend to establish woodward there
Yesterdays express train from the East
was about two hours behind time III its
arrival, having met with detention east OF
| Truckee
| The sale of the celebrated running horse
! Beaconsfield to parties in the East, referred
to in recent issue of the RECORD UNION,
fell through at the last moment.
The Evans and Hoey Parlor Match Com
pany, which played successful engage
ment at the Metropolitan, closing Saturday
evening" left for the East last night.
William NJ Murray will ship to San
Francisco on the steamer Apache this
| morning seven horses that are entered for
the Blood Horse Association races.
Bartholomew Roche who was shot by
VIM. Griggs last Thursday evening, was
apparently doing well on Saturday, but
yesterday the indications were less favor
able
The Government snagboat Seller arrived
on Saturday from the upper Sacramento,
having completed the work she went up
to perform, and will be laid up here for
awhile.
In San Francisco, Saturday, in the United
States Circuit Court, the habeaS corpus case
of +. /. Baldwin, one of the Nicolaus
J" conspirators," was continued until next
Friday.
Monsignor Capel has consented to de-
liver another lecture in this city, at the
Metropolitan Theater. next Thursday even
ing taking for his subject Culture by the
Mother Tongue"
The petition circulated by the knights of
Labor throughout the State, asking Con-
gress TO pass law more thoroughly re-
stricting Chinese immigration, received
$500 signatures in Sacramento alone
The Mechanics and Laborers' Anti Chi
nese League of this city has recognized.
and will in future be known as the Me-
chanics' and Laborers' Nom Partisan Anti
Chinese League of Sacramento city and
county.
As the Hanlons are doing an exceedingly
good business with Fantasma' at Los
Angeles, they have concluded to remain
there another week, and will not appear at
the Clunie Opera House in this city until
next Monday.
The Capital Coursing Club met Saturday
evening and appointed committee to
canvass for funds for the expenses of the
iree-for-all coursing meeting which is to
be held ON the 2Sth. The dogs will be
drawn next Saturday evening.
The Mapleson Opera Company, which
arrived from the East Saturday evening,
en- route for San Francisco, came in a special
tram OF eleven cars, seven of which were
occupied by members of the troupe, while
the other four carried their baggage.
a resident of Yolo county who came to
the city yesterday to obtain Chinese ranch
hands was informed in Chinatown that
all the China boys got Jobs" and he was
unable to get the men he wanted, though
he was told that they could be brought up
from San Francisco for him.
These arrests were made Saturday and
yesterday: d. Capola, by officer F'razee.
for disturbing the peace; Frank A. Butler.
by the same officer, for being drunk !;
Antoine Zeigler, by the same officer, for
disturbing the peace; John Filand, by
officers Farrell and Rider, for yagrancy.
Jan. es Sterling, for eighteen years in the
employ of the railroad company, having
commenced work in the railroad shops in
this city in 1868, and one of the most pep
ular and efficient of the company's engi-
neers, died at his home in Wadsworth, on
saturday. He leaves wife and three
children.
AT o'clock last night, according to the
Signal Service reports, there was a slowly
rising barometer in Washington Territory
and Oregon, with southerly winds and light
rain In California, a falling barometer
rising temperature, northerly and westerly
winds, and clear, fair and cloudy weather
prevailing.
Saturday morning, when freight train
No. was leaving the city, going eastward.
a boy about 10 years of age, named Peter
Shocks, jumped on one of the cars as the
train passed along the north levee, and
when he jumped off, near the head of
Seventh street, he fractured one of his legs
in two places.
The matter of the application of A A.
Nethercott, held to answer in the Police
Court recently for grand larceny. for re
lease on habeas corpus, came up for hear
ing before Judge Mcfarland in the Su-
perior Court, Saturday morning, and re-
suited in the prisoner being renanded TO
the custody OF the Sheriff.
Arrangements are being made by gentle
men connected with the Native Sons of
the Golden West for the publication of a
paper in this city in the interest of the
Order. 1t will be semi-monthIy at first,
and then, if as successful as hoped, it NAV
be made weekly. The first number will
De Issued IN about two weeks.
Two complaints were lodged with the
police Saturday evening by parties who had
been robbed at houses of i'll repute, one man
reporting loss of $50 and another of Sill
Like complaints have become frequent
lately, the women appearing to have for
gotten the energetic action taken against
them by the police short time ago.
DR.. julius Debrincke delivered a lecture
at Turner Hall last evening in the German
language to large audience. His subject
was q" Through Central Australia, from the
South to the North Coast" He was assisted
in entertaining by Mrs. DIR. A. L. Bruno
Miss Ida Mohr and Prof NJ L. Hirschfeld,
who rendered some excellent vocal and
instrumental music.
In Justice Posts Court Saturday. Lee
kee Gil, who had been examined on a
charge of murder in killing Chow y at
CORTLAND about two months ago, was dis
charged, the evidence showing that he
acted in self-defense......In the case of All
Voy, charged with perjury, committed
during the examination of another China
man in the same Court few weeks pre-
viously for felony, the defendant was held
to answer.
The recent shipment of Eastern apples to
this coast appear to have been made in a
hurry. The fruit was not carefully selected
in the first place, and then, instead of be-
ing well packed, was carelessIv barreled.
and consequently did not come through in
good shape. The eagerness with which
people sought it, however, would indicate
that shipments made properly would be a
success, even when rates of transportation
are much higher than at present
About $50 members of the Odd Fellows
General Relief Committee of San Francisco.
and other members of the Order. came up
from San Francisco on the specially char
tered steamer Aurora Saturday night. ar
irving here at 7:30 yesterday morning, and
were received by the Sacramento Relief
Committee and other Odd Fellows. given a
fine banquet at the International Hotel
and otherwise entertained during the day
and left for home on the steamer last even
ing.
Arrived Saturday and yesterday : Steamer
San Joaquin, No. 4, from San Francisco,
with merchandise and barge load of gem
eral freight; steamer Sonoma, from San
Francisco, with barge load of lumber for
Friend, Terry & Co.; steamer Varuna, from
the upper Sacramento, with grain steamer
Seller, from the upper Sacramento, light.
Cleared: Steamer San joaquin, No. 4, for
San Francisco, with grain steamers Va
runa and Neponset, for the upper Sacra-
mento, with merchandise.
The peremptory writ of mandate granted