Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-10-26
BRIEF NOTES.

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The Ben Cotton theatrical company left
yesterday for Modesto.
The Yolo Republican county candidates
had fine meeting at Washington last
evening.
The Governor has appointed P. d. Brown
of Oakland and F. N. 0strander of MERGED
Notaries Public.
The Treasurer of Contra Costa county
yesterday settled with the State Controller,
and paid into the Treasury S4,092.
The Sacramento river has receded to
feet inches. which is but inches higher
than it registered previous to the late rise.
A new sidewalk is being laid in front of
the Congregational Church, and new steps
| will be constructed in front of the main en-
| trance.
The catalogue of the California State Lii
| brary has been completed, and is in the
| hands of the State Printer 1t will make
$50 pages.
| Mrs. Leland Howe publishes a card in
the advertising columns, this morning, rela-
| tive to the floral festival OF last Wednes-
day evening.
| County Treasurer Kuchler settled with
the State Treasurer yesterday, paying in
Sll $3.50 81, received from personal property
and poll-taxes.
The highest and lowest Signal Service
temperature yesterday were 74o and 460,
with light northerly winds and clear to fair
weather prevailing.
AT the Young Mems Christian Associa-
TONS Convention which recently concluded
| its sessions at Los Angeles it was decided
TO hold the next Convention at Woodland.
The Only arrests made yesterday were
those of Mrs. Short by officer Mccormack,
for malicious mischief, and Mike Lellis
by citizen Schaden, for petit larceny-steal-
ing 81.
| The members of the Alta Baseball Club
returned yesterday from Grass Valley,
greatly pleased with their reception and
| treatment at the hands of the True Blues
! of that town.
Tonight the Republican county can
yassers will hold a meeting at Brighton,
and it will without doubt be a lively one,
for, as is well known, " as Brighton goes,
so goes the State"
The Chief of Police wishes to hear from
| eight able-bOdied citizens who will kindly
sacrifice themselves for the public good on
election day, by serving as special police
men at the rate of So each.
Alice Williams and running mate
tie two women who asked to be locked up
in the city prison Sunday night, to get over
the effect of a spree-were feeling pretty
well yesterday morning and satisfied to
leave the calaboose.
Hon. Allen Henry of Chico, has been
appointed Major and Engineering officer
on the staff of the commanding officer of
the Fifth Brigade N. G. c., and Brooke C.
Crawford Major and Assistant Adjutant-
| General on the staff of the commander of
| the Third Brigade.
Colonel Won Schmidts dredger will, it is
expected, have its new machinery in place
! by the close of next week, in which event
| a trial of it will take place on Friday or
| Saturday. If everything works satisfac-
torily, the filling of China Slough will be
commenced at once.
d. II. Murdoch, who was arrested last
| Saturday night for insanity was examined
! by the Commissioners of Lunacy yesterday
and remanded to his quarters in the county
| jail to test whether his condition will not
improve. He was considerably better yes
terday than on the day before.
The steamer Sonoma arrived yesterday
from Walnut Grove with barge load of
lumber for the Friend & Terry Lumber
Company. While coming up from San
Francisco, few days ago, the barge carry
at Walnut Grove until another barge was
brought and the freight transferred.
Complaint has been made at police head
quarters relative to a number of boys who
assemble on r street, between Twenty-sec-
ond and Twenty-third, and amuse them
selves by throwing stones at white people,
Cinnamon, passing trains and in fact, any
thing and everything that offers a good
mark. An officer has been detailed to look
after the youngsters.
The Union Pacific Railroad expects to
bring to California a large number of ex-
cursionists this winter. The round "Trip
tickets, good for six months, from the Mis-
souri, river are only $50. In order to pre-
vent scalping the tickets will bear de-
scription of the purchaser. These excur-
sions will have as the objective point in
| this State Sacramento, and will thus bring
Northern California TO the notice of Eastern
visitors.
j. E. D. Baldwin has received through
Chief Dillman from army headquarters the
shoulder straps which he loaned to the
bogus Lieutenant Brickwedel when the
latter was : cutting broad swath in Sac
ramento some time ago, and which swath-
cutting led to his being taken in charge
and sentenced to Imprisonment at Alcatraz,
where he will have time to reflect on the
folly of a private's claiming to be an officer.
The new oleomargarine law goes into
effect on Monday next, the day preceding
the election. Retail dealers who sell the
much talked-of bull butter will be called
upon by the Internal Revenue Collector to
put up $iS per annum, or go back to the
exclusive sale OF the legitimate dairy
product. Those who have to pay the $4S
no doubt will vote the Democratic Legisla-
tive ticket in order to try aud boost back
into the Senate the champion of bull but
ter, George Hearst.