Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-15
BRIEF NOTES,

day evening. - ''''''i-
The Grand Officers will paw an official
visit this evening to Walhalla Grove, No.
6, U. A. O. d.
A strong northwest wind prevailed yes
terday morning. causing dust to fiv in
CLOUDS IN the business portion of the city.
Charles H. Gilman has put his PAGER
FRED Alderman in the hands of P. ].
Williams, well-known driver az the Park
The Sacramento river continues to recede
very slowly, and is now down to % feet /
lnch-a fall of but feet inches since
January 2Sth.
James Kelly, who was kicked by horse
last Friday and very badly cut on the
cheek, is getting well in his quarters at the
station house.
The Sons Of Temperance will give
sheet. plllow-case and masquerade ball at
Jacobs Hall next Wednesday evening.
Tickets, % cents.
The first strawberries of the season, saws
! the Gait Gazette, are now ripe and luscious
and plentiful in market In the Eastern
states snowballs are plentiful.
De Soto and Haley, two light weights.
had glove contest Marquis of Queensberry
rules, Saturday night which resulted in De
Soto IS stopping his opponent in four or
five rounds
The ladies of Calvary Baptist Church
wall give new England dinner and supper
at the rooms of the y. NJ. C. A next We'd
nesday, from 1850 A. NJ. to 2P. NJ, and from
o:3O to 1:3O P. NJ. Meals, % cents
The Chinaman arrested by officer Ash a
few days ago for having in his possession,
concealed beneath his blouse, chickens
which Il was suspected he had stolen, has
been discharged from custody, no one ap-
pearing to claim the fowls.
a social entertainment will be given in |
Whitaker d Ray Hall, Gait, this evening,
by the Ladies Aid Society of that enter
prising town. Rev. T. D. Bauer will de- |
liver lecture on the "Ruts of Time, or
Two Hundred Years of American Society," |
The steamer San joaquin No arrived
from San Francisco Yesterday with mer-
chandise, and the San Joaquin No. ) from |
the upper Sacramento with grain. The |
No. cleared for San Francisco with grain. |
and the Dover for the upper Sacramento |
with merchandise.
Referring to the unusually large number |
OF perch IN the river at tie present time |
gentleman who has given the matter at
tention states that they came from Clear
Lake, and that the river always gets large
supply from that lake during seasons of |
unusually high water
Senders of valentines should bear in |
mind that the postage is two cents. A large |
number deposited Saturday and Yesterday |
in the Sacramento Postoffice will fail TO |
reach the persons TO whom they are ad- |
dressed as the postage paid upon them is
but half the proper amount.
A woman named Mrs. Hughes was
brought down from Folsom Saturday morn
ing to the county Jail TO be examined as to |
her mental condition. Subsequently the |
Commissioners of Lunacy committed her |
TO the Napa Asylum, and Deputy Sheriff |
McManus took her to that institution yes
terday.
A. B. McRae, of Roseyille, Placer coun-
ty, passed through the city on Saturday |
from San Francisco with two fine stations, |
which he was taking to his ranch near
Roseyille. One is a Norman Percheron.
the largest ever taken to Placer county. |
while the other is a fine French coach |
stallion.
On warrant sworn out in Justice Posts |
Court, Constable Harvey arrested last Sat |
urday, at the Wayside saloon short dis
lance this side of Whisky Hill. Michael |
Bennett on a charge of disturbing G. L. |
Davis peace Friday evening. Bennett |
gave bond for his appearance for trial Oh |
Wednesday next.
Attention was called by the RECORD |
UNION few days since to the destitute |
condition Of the family of Mr.. Hussey. who |
lives on + street, between Ninth and |
Tenth, whose son was accidentally drowned |
on Thursday last, and aid solicited from |
the charitably inclined. The response to |
that request was quite liberal, and the |
grateful parents return sincere thanks
The following gentlemen have been |
elected as officers OF the Capital Branch of |
the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Com |
pany President, j. |. Feter: Vice-Presi- |
dent, William Mclaughlin; Secretary, \
Thomas Fox Medical Examiner. DR.. VI. |
II. Baldwin; Executive Committee, w. r. |
Strong, II. Fisher, A. A. Krull, C. H. Krebs, |
II. Mier, 4. Shaden and w. A Fountain.
The third lecture of Professor Chainev |
was delivered last evening to a large audi |
ence the subject being George Eliot. Her |
Wit and Wisdom" The lecturer dwelt |
especially upon the text of Daniel De- |
ronda as expositorv of the broadest toler- |
ance, charity and humanity and as being |
remarkable plea for the Hebrew race. |
The lecture was interspersed with numer
GUS readings from the works of the distin-
guished aulhoress.
About o'clock last evening crowd of
boys gathered about the Salvation Army
Barracks, on Third street, and commenced
creating disturbance, which soon attracted
returning home after reporting off duty,
was informed of the disturbance hastened
TO the barracks, and started the bows for
home. The men were not apparently dis
posed to make trouble, but only to see
fun, and after the officers arrived they
were quiet.
About a month ago it was announced
that jeff Pockman, of Woodland had
wagered $40 with Charles Graft that he
would eat quail day for thirty days The
foto Nail says that Pockman went at the
job as if he meant to win, and at the COM
pletion of the twenty-fifth quail Graft adj
mitted that the thing could be accom-
plished and gave up the money. Pockman
said that he could have kept right on and
disposed of twenty five or thirty more with
out any difficulty.
About noon Saturday, deckhand named
Brophy, who had been delayed in reaching
the steamer Dover, which was about to
leave for the upper Sacramento with her
/ barge, jumped upon the latter as she was
| passing the landing near the foot of
! street, and was waving his hand to indicate
/ to the captain that he was On board all right,
when he stumbled backwards and fell into
the river. He was fished out with consid-
cradle difficulty and officer Woods inter-
ested himself in securing some dry gar
ments for him.
Warren Relief Corps has appointed the
following additional committees to assist
in making arrangements for the Women's
Relief Convention, G. a. r., which assem-
bles here in few days: Executive Com
mittee, to provide for the entertainment of
delegates-Mrs. Myra Goodhue, Mrs. Title
Shearer, Mrs. Charlotte SERVER, Mrs, Kate
Boyd, Mrs. Amanda Hubert, Mrs. Mary
Vogelgesang, Mrs. Sadie Walker. Recep-
ton Committee-Mrs. Sallie Henry, Mrs.
May E. Cummings Mrs. Matte Lyons, Mrs.
May Stafford Mrs. Inez Ficks, Mrs. Sallie
Pierrepont, Mrs. Mary Pedeler.
RAN AWAY WITH HoUsE.-Saturday
afternoon a team of four horses, engaged
IL hauling to the Grant portable cook
house, belonging to w. /. Grimm, became
frightened at Twelfth and ] streets and ran
away. Turning in upon the sidewalk, they
knocked down the fence in front of three
houses owned by Harry Wittpen, and did
other damage. The runaway was soon
brought to an end in consequence of one of
the wheels beneath the structure breaking
loose. One of the horses fell beneath the