Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-12
BRIEF NOTES.


| East this morning.
Rev. DIR. A. ]. Frost will deliver his lee
ture this evening at Elk Grove ON Liars, y
and all are cordially invited.
The Sacramento river has fallen TO % feet
inches 1t has been receding at the rate
OF about two inches per day lately
The work of constructing the new pave
ment in the Plaza, interrupted by the
stormy weather, has been resumed.
| The Capital Packing Company shipped
1900 cases of canned fruit to San Fran
cisco by the steamer Onward yesterday
! Levy Goldsmith, who was arrested here
| Wednesday afternoon for safe keeping. on
a dispatch from the Bay, was taken to San
Francisco yesterday by officer Ash.
Jacob Stortz announces himself this
morning as a candidate for the office of
Second Trustee of the city, subject to the
| decision OF the Republican City Conven-
! ton.
These arrests were made yesterday Sam
Hing, by officer Farrell, for petit larceny :;
Lottie WEIGH, by officer Rider, for exhibit
ing John Peters, by officers Kent and Nav,
for being drunk.
The whistle at the Water Works did not
sound the alarm of fire last evening until
four or five minutes after the bell had an
nounced ii, and many thought that it was
signaling that the fire was out when it did
blow.
Judge Van Fleet issued an order in De-
partment One of the Superior Court vester-
day that the trial jurors would not be re-
quired 10 appear in Court again until 10 A.
NJ. OF the 23d inst, all jury cases having
been postponed until that date or later.
| Twice during the past two weeks have
maliciously disposed individuals defaced
| Captain f. y. Ebner's property at Ninth
f, and streets by knocking the ornaments
from the fence, and in consequence he
offers $25 for the arrest of the perpetrators
| of the mischief
The mandamus case of George E. Bates
| VS.. j. n. Porter, CITY Treasurer, by which
an order of Court is sought, directing that
90 per cent. of the city's gross receipts from
water rates be paid into the sinking and in
terest fund, is set for hearing in the
Superior Court to-day.
| a basket social will be held at the Presbv-
terrain Church, Sixth and L streets, this
| evening. Admission, % cents. A good
| programme of musical and literary exer-
cises is promised. Every lady and girl at
| tending is requested to bring a small bas-
ket containing cake and sandwiches for
| two.
/ a Chinaman informed officer Sullivan
last evening that boys had been shooting
through the windows of his house. in the
alley between Third and Fourth, aud J
streets, with pistol, but the officer on ex-
aiming the premises found that the youths
had been shooting pistol bullets with u
slung-shot.
In Department One of the Superior Court
yesterday, George Breitling, native of
| Gprp1anW uo admitted 10 "a,
the testimony of Leon Cahen and Fred.
Breitling. In Department Two Eugene a.
Latour, native Of Canada, was admitted
to citizenship on the testimony of W. H.
| Callahan and James II. Chinn.
The track at Agricultural Park is getting
in pretty good condition, and the gal
lopers are now taking their regular work.
The trotters and PAGERS, not being in a
hurry to get into condition, are having
easy Jogging where the going is best In a
few days, unless another storm sets in, the
entire course will be in order for speeding.
Early yesterday morning freight train
ran over a hand-car below Cornwall. be-
tween Stockton and Port Costa, but no one
was hurt. While the train was at a stop
| there another freight, travelling in the same
direction, came along and ran into the rear
OF the hrst train, an engine and two or
three cars being ditched in consequence.
The track was cleared in u couple OF hours.
The Board of Fire Commissioners held a
special meeting last night 10 award the
gold medal offered by Weinstock & Lubin
tor the best record of active service OBJ
tanned by a member of the department
during the year. but it was found that
there was a tie test, two members of Engine
Company No. and two of the Hook and
Ladder Company, and they will have to de
eide the matter among themselves.
A crowd collected at Second and X streets
about o. clock last evening, in consequence
of woman named Nellie Mace blowing a
police whistle. In response to the inquiry
of officers, who quickly arrived, she stated
that minute or two before, when she was
coming out of the Elite Theater, man
| Knocked her down. She was advised to 20
TO the police office and procure warrant
for his arrest, and did so.
The Center Market delivery horse, said to
be "a years old, ran away in Washington
yesterday, and rushed across the bridge
with express train speed He passed
through the streets without doing any dam
age but, in attempting to go into his quar-
tiers at Wilson's stables, collided with a
post, and got free from the wagon The
latter suffered the breaking of the whffie-
tree and kingbolt, and an axle was sprung
Sheriff J. S. MCGEE, OF Inyo county
passed through yesterday, en- route for
Stockton with two insane men, John Bris-
co, whose insanity resulted from lead
poisoning, he having been working in q
lead mine, and a Chinaman called China
Joe. Constable Wells, of Suisun, passed
through to that place with John c.
Heenan and Francis A. Can. who are
charged with burglary in robbing railroad
cars.
The Salvation Army were engaged yes.
terday in removing their effects from the
barracks, on Third street, near X, &c
their new quarters, No S27 j street. near
the northwest corner of Ninth This will
doubtless be sad intelligence to the deni.
zens of the aforementioned locality, who
for months past have been so deliciously
entertained by the delectable antics of the
Army And here is where the old saw.
ing becomes apropos-" What's ones loss
is another's gain" The new barracks .
will be dedicated on ST. Valentines Day by
Major and Mrs Welch, of Oakland, and
the . Army, with a " knee drill what
ever that may be.
Mention was made in Yesterdays RECORD
UNION that placard had been posted in
Chinatown by highbinders, offering re-
ward for the killing of a Chinese mer
chant, and that the attention of the police
had been called to it. YESTERDAY the docu.
ment was translated, when it was found to
be of different tenor from what had beer
represented. 1t denounced All 10y, q
cigar dealer, in vigorous billingsgate, for in
forming the police against violators of the
cubic air law, but did not offer any rewar5
for his being killed, as All 10y had repre-.
scented to the police it did. However, il
justice to him, it may be stated that it wa.
altogether uncalled for, as he had never
given the information suspected, and, in
fact. the officers would not think of goins
to him to get points" of that character
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