Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-14
LOCAL BREvITIEs.


The river marked 10 feet inches yesteI-
day, the highest yet this season.
The estate of the late Horatio Hurd is
valued at S7,000-$2, 600 of which consists
of a life insurance policy.
All of the switch engines were decorated
with black and white rosettes Yesterday in
honor of the deceased Master Mechanic.
VIM. Wagner was lodged in the city
prison last night, en- route from San Fran
cisco to Folsom, to serve five years for
burglary.
The locomotives which were smashed in
the collision at Gold Run about week
ago have been brought down and are at
the shops.
The Governor issued letter recommend
ing S, Rosenheim of San Francisco to the
Governor of Arizona for the Office of Com
missioner of Deeds.
The funeral of the late J. NJ Belcher took
place from Odd Fellows Temple yesterday
morning, under the auspices of the Gen
eral Relief Committee. l. o. 0. F.
A letter has been received for Mr.. Hey
den, care of the RECORD UNION, from Alice
S. Mitchell, Kansas City. Mr.. Heydens
address is not known at this Office.
The Governor on yesterday appointed G..
S. Crittenden of San Francisco, member
of the District Board of Agriculture, No. l,
vice w. w. Cameron, failed to qualify.
All the cases that were to be tried before
Judge Van Fleet this week have been trans
ferred to Judge Armstrong; Court. Judge
Van Fleets ill-health causes the change
The case of H. G. Pockman, charged with
obtaining money under false pretenses, has
been continued for the term, owing to the
| absence of very important witness for the
defense.
Yesterday the following counties drew
the amounts apportioned TO them for the
maintenance of the public schools for the
ensuing year: San Joaquin, Alameda,
Marin, Santa Clara, Shasta, Butte, Suffer,
San Benito, Yolo and Tehama
Mayor Gregory yesterday ordered the po-
lice to put stop TO the soap swindler's OPP
erations on K street. Why does the Mayor
make fish of one and fowl of another d?
Why does he not give the same orders re-
garding the Chinese lotteries and the faro
banks?
The average Signal Service temperature
yesterday was 51o, being 80 warmer than
the normal for that day. The highest and
lowest temperature was SO and 400, with
gentle southerly winds and weather clear to
fair and clear, with dense fog during the
forenoon
Yesterday, in Department One of the Su-
perior Count Judge Armstrong admitted
Michael Gutenberger TO citizenship, on the
testimony of William Gutenberger and E.
G. Roeder. Gustave bernstein was also ad-
United, on the testimony of G. Iser and F .
Meckfessel.
The following Notaries have been ap-
pointed and commissioned by the Gov
ernor: w. W. Browning, Lompoc; w.
f. Dougherty, San Rafael; Thomas P
Harden, Maxwell C. f. Thomas, Wood
land; A. B. Merrill, Berkeley; L. B. Nixon,
Sacramento.
Frank l. Louchs was tried yesterday be-
fore Judge Van Fleet for robbery, and
found not guilty. The jury consisted of T.
P. Smith, Alfred Spone, H. Marks, P.
Green, j. H. Middlemass, C. n. Nelson, w.
E. Plat, P. Campbell, E. S. Driver L. T.
Smith, l.. Tozer and n. Shaner.
w. N. Whitfield was found sick in the
Western Hotel last evening. He was
brought to the station-house by DR.. Bald
win. From all appearances he had been
heavily drugged, robbed, and then left at
the hotel. AT midnight he had not recov-
cred sufficiently to give an account of him
self and his wanderings.
Inc mlcroScOplcal eXnlDltlOn gwen last
evening by DR.. VIM. E. Briggs, assisted by
Drs. Simmons and Olmstead, in the Young
Mems Christian Association Hall, was well
attended. Over two hundred specimens
were shown, larger part of which were
prepared by the doctor in Vienna The in
tinitesimal in human and animal life was
seen greatly enlarged, much to the interest
and profit of the young men present.
Last night the southern train brought to
this city an elderly woman, named Mrs.
Maggie Sullivan. She was en- route East,
but having lost her ticket, was compelled
to remain in this city over night Being
without means and having no friends, she
sought shelter at the station-house. Frank
Daroux, who was at the station-house
when Mrs. Sullivan came in, gave her So to
aid her in resuming her journey to-day.
Her destination is Council Bluffs, and she
is in hopes her ticket will be found on the