Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-23
ORIGINAL DEFECTIVE
BRIEF NOTES.

BRIEF NOIES.
| Al. Frost announces his candidacy as
the regular Republican nominee for County
Assessor
W.B. Havford, of Colfax, says the Placer
| county exhibit at the State fair will take
| the cake"
A Truckee Constable ON Saturday brought
here, en- route to Oakland, runaway boy
named Tomosac.
Abe Stenbler, the well-llnowu horse
trainer, and Patsy Duffy, the jockey, have
| returned from the East.
The Superintendent CT State Printing ad-
tyertises for sealed proposals for supplies
| for the State Printing Office.
Two locomotives were somewhat dam
aged on Saturday by slight collision that
occurred near the Yolo bridge.
The lumber of the new bridge across the
Sacramento river at Butte City is to be fur
nished by Richards & Knox, of this city.
The First Artillery Band has been
awarded the contract by the State Board of
Agriculture for music during the coming
fair.
The Superior Court has granted Sophie
Seney divorce from Bert T. Seney. She
is-allowed to assume her former name of
Melchior.
The annual meeting of the Sacramento
Building and Loan Association will be held
September 9th, at the office of A. Leonard,
Secretary.
A young lady was struck in the side by
a ball, while in the vicinity of Sixth and NJ
streets, on Saturday. There is too much ball
playing in the public streets
J. F. Wharton, Fresno C. J. E. TAYLOR,
Weldon, Kern county; ]. f. Park, Delano,
Kern county, have been made Notaries by
the Governor, and w. Altschul, Dresden,
Germany, Commissioner of Deeds.
Nearly all the delegates that leave for
the Los Angeles Convention to-day have
taken out accident policies for six days. at
an expense of 81 80 each. In case of death,
they pay So, 900, and if injured, SIS per week
during disability.
Two runaway boys, who have been de-
tanned in the city prison for some days, will
be sent TO their homes at the Bay to-day
Last night they assaulted a Chinaman in
the large cell, and had to be locked up in
one of the tanks.
The highest Signal Service temperature
Saturday and yesterday was So and $50
and $50 and $50 respectively, with gentle to
fresh southerly winds and clear weather for
Saturday, and fresh to brisk southerly
winds and clear weather yesterday.
The Sacramento delegates to the Repub-
lican State Convention, which is TO meet in
| Los Angeles on Thursday, will leave for
| that city by the Stockton train at $40 P. NJ.
| to-day. They will be accompanied by the
Ell Dorado delegates, who are already IN
the city.
The hot corn vendors on the downtown
l,,k, l. Al.
nights in their rival efforts to attract Gus
toners. The number of corn stands has
greatly increased of late, and when the pro-
prietors are all believing at the same time
they make considerable noise.
Assistant Chief Engineer NJ. O'Meara is
confined to his bed by injuries received
from lifting heavy coil of fire hose on
| Saturday. A few months ago he suffered
severe I'M uries by an accident in going to a
| fire. and was not strong enough to warrant
the severe eXertion referred to. His con-
[ dition was. however, improved on yester-
day. and he will probably soon be about
again.
| A hunting party, consi, sting of e. J. Law
son, VIM. burst, Henry Sailing and D. NJ.
Enelish, all from Madison and vicinity,
have returned to Woodland from ten
days trip to Trinity river. They report
sixteen bucks as the result. Other hunters
reported deer scarce, but from this fact the
Yolo DIdH draws the conclusion that it is
more in the inexperienced hunter than it is
in the scarcity of game.
| A gentleman writing from Newcastle
says: The peach crop of Newcastle is be-
coming very short. only few coming in
| but some Of them are very fine. Notably
so are the McDevitt clngs, being brought
| ir,a AZ NV 7 hn hoe
500 trees of this variety bearing heavily this
year. They are SO large that it requires q
five and half inch peach box to hold two
layers OF them, and the largest are not yet
ripe.
Last evening a street preacher was hold
ing forth at Fourth and X streets. He was
earnest and eloquent, but the unconverted
needed him not. One If his comrades, in
order to secure an audience, touched off a
large-sized torpedo. Tie exploding bomb,
which was heard a distance of several
blocks, caused a rush to the scene of sup
posed murder, and in less than five min
utes the preacher was eloquently pleading
with mixed congregation of at least three
hundred people.
At the last regular meeting of Capitol
Lodge, I. o. G. T., the following officers
were duly installed: P. w. c. T., A. n.
Gum; W. c. T., C. E. Brown; W. X. Fl. s.,
Miss NJ. Sullivan; W. L. II. S., Miss NJ.
Howe; ". r. Sec, Charles Luce W. f.
Sec, Mrs. Lucy E. Mead; w. Treas, w. H.
B. Kellam; W. NJ, J. Huntoon; w. D. NJ,
Miss L. Wallace w. l. g., Miss Susie Fay
| w. o. G., Mrs. Stone; w. c., VIM. Foster
Delegates to the Grand Lodge-Mrs. c. P.
| Huntoon and Mrs. Lucy E. Mead. Alter
nates-A. NJ. Auburtus and A. n. Gum.