Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-27
LOCAL BREyITIES.

The contest over the Appel estate was on
trial Saturday in the Superior Court.
The Republican City Central Committee
will meet at 700 street this evening st
7:30.
the overland freight train to the Bay yester-
day afternoon.
The National Bank of D. o. Mills & Co.
publishes a statement of its financial con-
dition in another column.
The steamer San joaquin, No. 3, went
up yesterday, and the d. E. Knight left for
the upper Sacramento Saturday evening.
The Bell Conservatory of this city has
! contracted to furnish 800 shade and orna-
mental trees for Beamer Park, Woodland.
George NJ. Stout, the well-known hunter,
has been appointed license collector ON the
Sacramento river by the Fish Commission
Officer Charles Rowland has been APP
pointed Bailiif of the Police Court to I'LL
the vacancy caused by the death of officer
Rice.
Hon. C. f. Reed, of Knights Landing,
| has escaped an overflow So far, and the
prospects are that he will have q rousing
crop, which everybody would like 10 see.
A boy about Is years of age, whose par
ents reside on Tenth street, near S, ran
away from nome a few days ago. He was
arrested at Stockton yesterday and will be
brought home to-day.
Z. G. Tryon has commenced suit against
the estate of | 3 Potter deceased, to re-
cover - 402 % The plaintiff has pur-
chased claim Of l.. G. English & Co. and
seeks to L AXE collection.
a few nights ago some mischief-maker
mn cd hos- u =,
large posts Of the iron fence at the Old La
dies Home at Seventh and P streets, and
toppled them over on the lawn.
The saloon keepers in Capay, Yolo
county, have unanimously decided not to
sell liquor to any one signing the new petit
ton prohibiting the sale of intoxicants.
This is prohibition with another aspect.
Mrs. Harriet Snyder, of Carrolton, Car
roll county, Missouri, writes to Postmaster
Stephens inquiring the whereabouts of her
brother, David Cosner. She says he was a
lawyer in this city about twelve years ago.
Who can give her the information?
A larger amount of alfalfa is being sown
around Woodland this year than usual
The season so far has been very favorable
for this work, besides the real value of
alfalfa is just beginning to be generally
known. On such land as there is about
Sacramento alfalfa raising is about as profit
able an industry as one can engage in, as
with irrigation as many as four crops year
can be harvested.
Saturday evening three women and
man, all under the influence of liquor of
very bad quality, became involved in a
quarrel at Third and 7 streets During
the progress of the angry discussion one of
the women, to enforce point in her argu-
ment, struck the man on the head with an
ak, intiicting very ugly wound. The
names of the parties could not be ascer-
tanned, and no arrests have been made.
G. D. Shoemaker, the I-sireet junk
dealer who fired shot last Friday at Mabel
Simons, young colored woman with
whom he has been living, has probably
skipped out for fear of being arrested He
cannot be found in town and his shop re-
maiRed closed all day Saturday. The girl
has returned to her parents, who reside in
Folsom. Officer Ash has been investigat-
ing the affair but has not ascertained any
new facts