Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-10-25
BRIEF NOTES,


arrived Saturday from Chicago.
John Hall, of Franklin, is candidate for
Justice of the Peace for that township.
The City Board of Education will hold
its regular monthly meeting this evening.
Grand President Decker visited Sunset
Parlor, No. 26, n. S. G. W., Saturday even
ing.
Quite large number of men were laid
off temporarily from the railroad works
Saturday.
The Democrats held meeting at Wash
Eington Saturday evening, which was ad-
dressed by the county candidates and
others.
About forty members of Industrial Lodge,
No. 157, l. o. o. F., of this city, paid fra
ternal visit to Elk Grove Lodge, No. 274,
Saturday evening.
William S. Church publishes a card this
morning announcing that he is the Demo-
cratic and Citizens Independent nominee
for District Attorney.
The trotting horses Ed and Twinkle and
two or three gallopers arrived yesterday
from Winnemucca, where they were en-
gagged in races last week.
Senator Stanford and party arrived here
last evening from Yina, where they had
been spending day or two and go on to
San Francisco by the 6 A. NJ. train to-day.
Henry Davis, of Washington, fireman of
the steamer Flora, who was seriously hurt
one day last week through pile of wood
falling upon him, is improving in condi-
ton.
| Workmen have been engaged for several
days in Strengthening the bulkhead in the
levee above the town of Washington, and
earth has been hauled to improve the levee
in that vicinity.
In the Police Court Saturday the only
case on the calendar was that of Mary
johnson, the terror" who was convicted
OF disturbing the peace and sentenced to
seventy days in the county Jail.
The large pipe sewer running from the
| railroad works to l street is broken near
the southern end of the Third-street bridge,
and yesterday large quantity of water was
running from it into China slough.
A. Abbott spent Sunday in Sacramento,
but goes to fill appointments this week as
| follows: Tonight, at Colusa Tuesday, at
Vacaville; Wednesday, at Woodland, and
Thursday at Dixon. This he intends TO
have close his canvass.
| 1urton & Knox, of this city, have been
given the contract to build the West Side
and Mendocino Railroad from Willows,
through Round valley, Mendocino county,
and up to the head OF Eel river, and will
| commence work Immediately.
Senator Stanford has purchased in the
| East Miss RUSSELL dam of Maud S.; MI
| tula, the seven-year-old sister of Nutwood,
and Russia, three-y sister to Maud
| S. The animals will soon be forwarded to
Palo Alto, to be bred to Electioneer.
Fifty empty freight cars were forwarded
| to Cottonwood yesterday, thirty of them to
be used in bringing down cattle en- route to
this city from Oregon, and the others to
carry grain. etc. About 100 carloads of
cattle will come down from that point dur
ing the week.
The Gait Gazette of Saturday says: ED.
c. Humphrey was considerably bruised up
one evening this week. In attempting to
board the caboose of moving freight train
be was precipitated sky-high and dashed
| through a culvert or some other destruct-
ible trap adjacent to the track"
The highest and lowest Signal Service
temperature Saturday and yesterday was
go and 44o and 100 and 49o, with northerly
winds aud cloudy and threatning weather
Saturday night, at which time few drops
of rain were precipitated in this city. The
weather yesterday was clear, and fine day.
A game of baseball was to have been
played in this city yesterday between The
0aklands, of Oakland and the Snowhakes,
but the former did not come up, and hum
dreds of men who can always be found
alongside the diamond when there is to be
game had to content themselves wander
ing about in search of other amusement.
Arrived Saturday and yesterday-Steam
San joaquin No. 4, from San Francisco,
with merchandise and barge load of gen
eral freight; steamer d. Z. Knight, from
San Francisco, en- route for Marysville with
merchandise. Cleared-Steamer Varuna,
for the upper Sacramento, with merchan-
disc; steamer San joaquin No. 4, for San
Francisco, with grain.
Sheriff Wilson announces this morning
that he has received the State ard county
assessment rolls for 1886, and mentions in
his advertisement the dates upon which he
will be at various places in the county to
collect. He will be ready to receive taxes
at his Office on and after Tuesday, Novem-
Der 10Th. Taxes will be delinquent after
the last Monday in December.
The following figures show how rapidly
the assessment of property values in the
town of Woodland have advanced; In
1876 the roll footed up $914,52 1878,
81. Dol ,677; 1880, 81. 255, 655; 1882, 81, 373,
CPS; 1888, 81 ,430, 563; 1884, S1,500,77S;
1885. 81, sos, 299 1856, $2,024.90S. This
shows an increase of ST. no. $50 for ten
years, or at the rate of S111,03S per year.
About A. NJ Saturday man employed
in the rolling mill at the railroad works
appeared at the station-house to have an
injury to his wrist attended to, piece OF
hot iron having struck him there and
made a long and deep cut, almost like that
Of knife, severing a small vein and caus
y 7
| ceeded in stopping the bleeding, and his
patient went away rejoicing.
The Momataip Tribune of q recent date
says: Charles F. Gardner. Receiver of
the Land Office at Sacramento, and one of
the owners Of Meadow Ranch, in Grass
hopper valley, and F. A. Alexander, of the
same place, arrived here last Thursday
evening. They paid US q friendly visit
and yesterday proceeded to Said and Grass
hopper valleys to look after their interests
in those valleys. Meadow Ranch. contain
| ing about 10000 acres, is now under fence,
and its equal as a stock-rsising ranch can
not be found in the State"
Louis Miller, who had drank enough to
make him ugly, obtained some drinks at
Jennie Dubois saloon, L street, between
| Third and Fourth, last evening, and refus-
| ing to pay for them was told to leave. In
OrUeT 10 make MS WISH u I1BilOTtDle QUE
he picked up decanter and with it smashed
the sash in a window, and also with his
| hand, struck a woman employed in the
saloon. Officers Wager and Agner arrested
him, but had great difficulty in getting him
to the lookup, as he fought them all the
| way and endeayored to bite Agner's hand.
ARREsTs.-The following arrests were
made Saturday and yesterday Tom
Kelly, by Chief Diilman, for being
healthy beggar; Charley English, by Chief
DIllman, for being drunk Joe Johnson,
by officer Coffey, for being drunk Joe Har-
rison, by officers Mccormack and Strader,
for exposure of person; Mrs. A. Harder,
by officer Coffey, for disturbing the peace;
Louis Miller, by officers wager and Agner,
| for disturbing the peace.
Mass MEETING OF CoLoRED CITIZENS =
A meeting of colored citizens will be held
at the Wigwam, Sixth and NJ streets, this
evening at s o'clock, to protest against and
repudate the claim of the San Francisco
| Eleuator TO be representing the sentiments
of the colored people of California in in
dorsing and advocating the election Of the
Democratic candidate for Governor.