Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-05-22
LOCAL BREvITIES.

The Changers picnic at Beach's grove
to-day.
Davisville capitalists are talking about
establishing bank in that rapidly growing
town.
w. F. Lett has been appointed Com
missioner of Deeds for California, to reside
at New York City.
A prominent county officer has solved
the problem of how much hydraulic pres
sure is required to put a four-bit piece into
funnel.
Bids for the privileges at the Robert
Emmet Club picnic will be received up till
noon tomorrow at B. Lucey's, Second and
K streets.
A postoffice has been established at
Reuters Station, J. c. Patterson, Post
master. The mail leaves Sacramento for
the place at s A. N.
The Trustees of the Home for Feeble
minded Children at San Jose yesterday
paid into the State treasury, TO the credit
OF the asylum, Sl65.
Another amended complaint was filed in
the Superior Court yesterday in the case of
Boruck VS.. McClatchy, by Grove L. John
son, counsel for plaintiff.
The following arrests were recorded on
the police slate last night: Hong Sing,
misdemeanor, by Health Officer Starr !;
George Schultz, embezzlement, by citizen
Eberhardt.
Deputy Sheriff Riley, of San Francisco,
last night lodged in the city prison Emile
Coblentz, alias E. Daniels, en- route to the
Folsom State Prison to serve term Of
twelve years for forgery.
The average Signal Service temperature
yesterday was $50, being 70 cooler than
the normal for that day. The highest and
lowest temperature was 10 and 47o, with
fresh to brisk southerly wind and clear
weather.
Cash patents have been received at the
United States Land Office in this city for
the following named persons: Howard B.
Milliken, William White, William Karst,
James Smith, Abbie N. Weston and Will
lam Smith.
The Postal Telegraph Company yester-
day commenced the work of removing its
poles from the outside to the inside of the
north levee, in compliance with the order
of the Mayor. The Trustees granted per-
mission TO place the poles on the inside of
the levee.
The delegates to the Democratic National
Convention pass through Sacramento, on
their way to st. Louis, on the 9th. The
Sacramento County Democratic Club, pro-
pose to meet them at the depot with
band OF music and give them an enthusi-
astic send-off.
J. B. Wright, Superintendent of the Sac
remento Division of the Southern Pacific
Company, went below Yesterday to accom-
pany General Manager Towne and General
Superintendent Fillmore on a tour of in
spection over the Carquinez and Santa
Rosa Railroad, now under construction.
L. L. Lewis has returned from visit to
the East, where he want on business con-
nected with the electric railway system in
course of construction in this city. He
contracted for the cars in Philadelphia, and
will have q sample car here by the 1st of
July. From what he saw during his ab-
sence. he is enthusiastic over electric rail-
ways.
Yolo, the Davisville Signal says: The
farmers are jubilant over the continued
cool weather, as it will insure a much
larger grain crop than was at first sup
posed. The present weather is OF far
greater benefit than a rain, and should it
continue the crops will be but little below
the average"
DR.. Huntington, of the Railroad Hospi-
pital, had narrow escape on Sunday
afternoon. He was driving toward the
Slater Addition and when near the railroad
bridge that leads to Washington, his horse
was frightened by an engine popping of, ;"
wheeled round quickly and turned the
buggy upside down. The doctor and his
driver were thrown out, but fortunately
neither were injured.
The recent publication by Sergeant Bar
wick upon Resources of California in
connection with his meteorological review
for 1887, is meeting with warm approval as
an immigration document. Robert Hall,
of Sonoma, writes similarly as many others
have, as follows: :" l appreciate the work
much, and desire another copy to send an
Eastern friend, who has almost decided to
bring his family here and made this State
his home. Your report will reach host
of appreciatiye readers throughout the
nation