Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-07-31
LOCAL BREYITIES.

| railway is almost nniSned-
| The Democratic County Central Com.
mittee meets at the Democratic Head
| quarters tomorrow night.
John Rourke, William Peterson and
John Berg were admitted to citizenship in
the Superior Court yesterday,
In the Superior Court yesterday Susie
Roper was granted divorce from Arthur
Roper, on the ground of desertion and fail
ure to provide.
Yesterday the Trustees for the Adult
Blind Asylum paid into the State Treas,
ury 81 ,254 33, receipts for the sale of brooms
and other articles manufactured by the in.
| mates.
r. r. Doan yesterday took his steam
wagon from Root & Nelson's foundry tc
the freight depot, and shipped il to Emf
grant Gap. where it will be used in haul.
| ing lumber for Towle Bros.
Complaints about the condition OF the
sidewalks come in by the dozens every
| day. An officer is paid a monthly salary
| to look after them, and it seems as though
some of them ought to be attended to.
Another correspondent asks in regard to
majorities received in 1884 by j. Frank
Clark, James G. Blaine and William B.
Hamilton. He will find the information
in the RECORD UNION of Monday, July 30th.
Warden Aull and Captain Robinson, OF
the Folsom State Prison, yesterday came
up from San Quentin with ten conyicts
who, being expert stone-cutters, are trans
ferred to Folsom to work on the great
dam.
Sheriff A. Longer, of Canton, Stark
county, O., has wired Chief Lee that he has
requisition for August Ramie the escaped
Dnrpl3r who 9rrasfaH nv ntfipar
bell, and is on his way to this city to take
him back to Ohio.
Chief Lee goes up to Placerville this
morning to be present at the preliminary
examination of Myers, Olsen and Drager,
charged with the murder OF John Lowell.
William Lowell son of the murdered man,
went up last evening.
While the Public Library remains
closed, the daily papers taken for the read
ing room WILL through the courtesy of the
secretary of the Y. Nj. c. A, be kept on
file at the rooms of the association, Sixth
street, between K and l..
Stone sidewalks are being put down in
all portions of the city. Yesterday the
City Surveyor was making the grade for
new stone pavement in front of the Wind
sor Hotel, at Eighth and ] streets, and also
for one on the west side of Tenth, between
J and K.
The following arrests were recorded last
night on the police slate: Leroy Fisher,
drunk, by officers Franks and Rowland !:
Tom Gaynor, common drunk, by officer
Rowland; John Phillips, drunk, by officer
Carroll Mrs. Grimes, disturbing the peace,
by officer O'Meara.
The Board of Police Commissioners met
at l:3O last evening and unanimously elected
ID. Enright police officer, vice Pat Leavy,
resigned. Mr.. Enright has been employed
for q long time in the railroad shops, is
man of splendid physique and general ap-
pearance, and ought TO make an excellent
officer.
A telegram from New York states that
Dan McCarty, the well-known turfman
from this section, is often mistaken for Po-
lice Justice Duffy, of that city. The pic
torial press hasn't yet favored the country
with Justice Duffys portrait, but if the
gentleman resembles McCarty he must be
a prize beauty.
Tuesday last four stubble fires were
started between Acampo aud Arno by the
locomotive attached to the passenger train
bound for Sacramento from Gait. About
one mile of fencing and forty acres of stub
BILE were burned by one fire. The other
fires were extinguished before much dam
age was done.
In Department One of the Superior
Court yesterday t. James O'Connell, the
" Yankee Grocer" who failed short time
ago, was examined on his petition in insol-
vency. Being sharply questioned by G. G.
Pickett, attorney for the Sacramento Board
of Trade, he acknowledged that the prizes
he advertised had never been paid.
The statuary purchased in Italy by d.
Lubin, to be placed in the Crockett Art
Gallery has arrived in San Francisco from
Europe, and will be brought to Sacramento
as soon as the proper arrangements are
completed with the Custom-house. 1t is
thought that the Government will admit
the statuary free of duty, as it is intended
for free public institution.
The case of Jacob Wolf, charged by
Charles Turner with using "White-Labor
Stamps on Chinese-made cigars came up
in Justice Devines Court yesterday morn
upon agreement between the District At
torney and Grove L. Johnson, counsel for
the defendant. 1t is said that the latter
proposes to attack the constitutionality of
the law.
The following officers of the Ladies'
Olive Branch Society were installed by
Mrs. Sarah Gent, p P: President Mrs. A.
Sturmer; Vice-President, Mrs. NJ Wilson;
Recording Secretary, Mrs. F. Knox; FL
nancial Secretary Miss L. Berck; Treas
urer, Mrs. A. Gill. A short literary pro-
gramme followed, after which refresh
ments were served, and dancing was kept
up until late hour.
Last spring the row of large eucalyptus
trees that surrounded the Plaza were
trimmed back until nothing but the trunks
and main branches were left, and the lat
ter were mere stubbs. The trees all began
to grow, but since then about one half
have died, and those remaining have a
very unhealthy appearance. They were
not trimmed by practical pruners, but were
slanghtered by Mood-hntchers