Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-01
BRIEF NOTES,

Noohey ihCcuSe OOllectOr L. 4. D0laf
collected licenses to the amount of S3,47l
during the month of May.
The graduating exercises of the Sacra
mento Institute will be held at 2:3O p. N
to-day at the Clunie Opera House.
AT the Signal office yesterday the high
est and lowest temperature for Sacramento
was 500 and 520, with brisk southerly winds
| and clear weather.
Tomorrow will be the last day upon
which city taxes can be paid to the CITY
Collector. After to morrow the District
Attorney will do the collecting.
Ell Dorado Lodge, No. s, |. o. O. F
elected officers last evening. as follows p
f; Dolan, N. G.; BENZ. Barnes, v. g.: E. J.
Clark, Rec. Sec; Charles C. Taft, Treas.
urer.
Mrs. Laura NJ. Dedney, wife of a promi-
nent resident of Red Bluff, died at Apple.
gate May Both, and the remains were yes
terday taken to the former place for inter.
ment
Officer Sullivan arrested F. Sherman YES
terday for selling liquor on Saturday to an
Indian named Jake Martin, who got upon
a spree, INDUCED in fighting, and late that
night was taken to the calaboose.
Walter A. Skidmore, a welI-known
printer, and universally esteemed, died in
San Francisco last Saturday. He has for
several years been engaged in business as
mining expert and secretary of mining
companies.
Shortly after 10 o'clock last night the
chimney of the building No 511 K street
burned out, attracting a crowd of two or
three hundred persons, who seemed to feel
deep interest in the steps taken to extin-
9uish the fire.
At regular meeting of Sacramento
Lodge, No. IL, X. of P, held last evening,
the following were elected as officers for the
ensuing term: G. c., r. G. Douglas: V. c.,
j. d. Clevinger; Prelate, H. Runckel; NJ.
at A, ]. B. Burdg.
Dan West and Isadore Townsend take
charge of the Union Hotel to-day, and will
conduct it on the European plan. They
are both well-known and popular gentle
men, and without doubt will be successful
In their new venture.
l.. Root, an employee at the railroad
shops, fell from scaffolding Yesterday and
dislocated one of his hips He was re-
moved to the Railroad Hospital, where the
dlslocation was reduced and he was resting
comfortably last night
James Smith, who burglarized the resi-
dence of A. II. Powers a couple of weeks
ago, and was arrested at San Francisco, is
satisfied that there is a strong case against
him, and will probably plead guilty in the
Superior Court to-day.
1t is usually the case that olive trees do
not bear fruit until they are about eight
years of age, but there are a number OF
these trees in DR.. Wedges yard, Woodland
near the Courthouse, only three years old,
and they are in full bloom
The regular venire of Jurors has been ex-
hausted at Woodland, and only nine Jurors
obtained to try the Harlan case. A special
venire for thirty jurors has been ordered,
returnable tomorrow at 1:30 p. NJ, to which
time the case has been continued.
These arrests were made yesterday
Fred. Sherman, by officer Sullivan. for
misdemeanor; Martin Wetzel, by officer
Cotfey, for battery; P. McCarty, by officer
Farren and citizen Waddel, and John Doe,
by Constable Harvey, both for being drunk.
The open season for doves commences
to-day, and a number of Sacramento shoot
ers have got their guns and ammunition
in order for the occasion. Winter fingered
in the lap of spring" SO long this year, that
the birds have not, as general thing, got
done Matching.
On Saturday evening Industrial Lodge,
No. 157, l. o. o. F., elected the following
officers for the ensuing term n. g., J. r.
Taylor; V. G.. ]. L. Robinette; r. s., E. B.
Hussey; Treasurer, A. j. Van Zandt ;
Trustees-E. B. Hussey, George Murray
and S. H. Kiefer
The Coroner's inquest held at Dixon
yesterday in the case of A. James, who was
killed by train near Batavia Sunday even
ing, returned verdict generating the
train men, and fixing the blame of the
accident upon the deceased, whose conduct
in getting drunk and lying down with his
head upon tie led TO his death.
The Sacramento river has at last COM
menced to fall in earnest and, for the first
time in many weeks, it was yesterday be-
low the 2l-foot mark, registering 20 feet 8
inches. As there is now very little snow
on the hills, the river can only be kept at a
high stage by the vast quantity of water
which has to be drained from the over
flowed country.
Early yesterday afternoon C. T. Wheeler
left his horse unhitched, in the alley in the
vicinity of Ninth and H streets for few
minutes, the horse contentedly nibbling
grass. a small boy came along, however,
stated shoe to the horse, and the animal
not being accustomed to that kind of re-
mark ran away, damaging the buggy con-
siderably and at last accounts he was still
running with the shafts and front wheels.
The item in Yesterdays RECORD UNION,
referring to the recent assassination of John
B. Stanton, in Shasta county, spoke of him
as Russian, while the fact is that he was
born in Connecticut, and came to Califor-
mia in 1S49. from Russia, Herkimer county,
New York. Mrs. Stanton always resided
in Connecticut. Mr. Stanton had two
brothers, who, if still living, are presumed
TO be residing in the State of New York, or
somewhere in the East.
The last Legislature passed relief bill
authorizing the payment by the State 10
Robert McKillican, contractor for the con-
struction of the Agricultural Pavilion in
this city, of S1S,300. Controller Dunn sub
sequently refusing to draw his warrant in
McKillican's favor for the amount, the lat
tel brought suit before Judge Hamilton, in
the Superior Court of Alameda county, to
compel him to do so, and the Court has
rendered decision in McKillican's favor,
directing the Controller to draw the war
rant.