Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-30
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Phe geese are flying south and the tramps
in every direction.
The Harbor Commissioners yesterday
paid into the State Treasury $4,000.
The Democratic County Convention
meets in Turner Hhall at l P NJ to-day.
a Deputy Sheriff will take 0. H. Lamb,
an insane man, to the Stockton Asylum to-
day.
The driveway in Capitol Park, from the
building to the Eleventh and l. street gate
needs repairing badly.
William B. Miller, the jeweler had two
of his toes crushed Monday by the fall of a
heavy casting upon his foot.
The Hoosier Club is called to meet to-
morrow night at Republican headquarters
to arrange concerning important business.
At the close of business hours yesterday
| the State Printer had filled orders for school
books for the month amounting to over
| $50 900.
The bulk of the fruit along the river be-
low this city has been marketed, but the
boats still have all they can do to transport
the potato and melon crop.
H. NJ. LaRue says the spell of hot
weather has injured the Zinfandel grapes
on his ranch near Davisville so that he
will realize but half crop.
Hon. NJ. NJ. Estee will open the Repub-
lican campaign in this city on Saturday
evening. He will address the people on
the issues of protection against free trade.
1t was cool and pleasant in this city last
night. The backbone of the heated term
seems to be broken. If the eally flight of
geese means anything, we will have cool
| weather during the State Fair.
Ex-Deputy Fish Commissioner ]. H.
| Hartin is buying fruit and salmon for the
Black Diamond cannery- The cannery
opened on July I'd, and has averaged 1000
| fish day. The season will close on Fri
day, the 31st of August.
Salmon are found in the river in consid-
ersble numbers, but the boats are too numeT-
Gus to permit of much profit in fishing.
There are not less than fifty boats and 100
men engaged in the business in the imme-
diate vicinity of Rio Vista.
Joe Derozier pleaded guilty to a charge
| of battery in Justice DeVines Court and
was ?. Kuhn. The parties reside on
| Brannan island, and quarreled about the
| division line between their possessions.
In Department One of the Superior
| Court yesterday Matte A. Harvey was
granted divorce from James Harvey on
| the grounds of desertion, and Annie Stolt7
| was divorced from Jacob Stoltz on tht
| ground of desertion and failure to provide
A correspondent writing from Byron
| Springs states that ballot taken among
| the scjourners at that place of resort, as tC
| preference for President, resulted in 81
| given for Harrison and Morton, AZ fol
Cleveland and Thurman, and l for Fiske
Prohibitionist.
| A correspondent desires to know whether
or not "a Mexican war veteran who be-
gins to draw a pension this fall is entitled
to any back pay" win some pension
agent, or other person who has the Law
| upon this subject, send the desired in
formation to this office for publication.
| A Chinaman who was injured in a har.
vest field some days ago was found lying
| on the river bank yesterday at the foot Of
| K street. The wound on his leg was mis-.
taken at first for leprosy, and it created
quite an excitement in that vicinity. Last
| evening he was sent out to the County
Hospital
In Justice Devines Court yesterday Geo
Bailey was held TO answer on charge o
assault with deadly weapon. Bailey is
Superintendent of Andrew Blooms ranch
near Franklin, and had penned up some Of
J. A. Wenck's hogs, which had trespassed
upon the place. During a row which re
suited, Bailey struck Wenck over the head
| with a revolver. The prisoner was admit
ted to bail in the sum of $780, The full
details of the case were published in the
RECORD UNION week ago.