Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-05-16
LOCAL BREYITIES.

A grand ball will be given at the Union
| House on the evening of May 22d.
The dairymen of this county are moving
! their stock to their mountain ranges east OF
| Placerville.
The Governor yesterday appointed Geo.
7. Bromley Notary Public, to reside at
San Francisco.
| At shooting match at Marysville last
| Sunday, ten shots each, A Alderman OF
| this city. made 4S at the 200-yard range,
| and As at the 500.
AT the Chosen Friends picnic, which
| takes place at Beachs Grove tomorrow,
the first coupon prize will be $25 photo
graph, donated by A. o. Gregory.
Officer Charles Rowland last night as
sumed the duties of night jailer at the city
prison in place of officer Arlington, who
returns to his post on beat one. Sergeant
Rowland will prove an efficient man in
that position.
Starts Oil is evidently another excellent
medicine for the baby" A bitter and
libelous attack upon the Health Officer on
Monday evening was followed by cring-
| ing retraction and fulsome puff last even
ing-after one dose.
The proposition to take water from the
Sacramento river near Red Bluff for the
purpose of irrigating the lands of the west
side of the valley is again being considered
and funds subscribed for the purpose of
carrying the project into effect.
The following arrests were recorded on
the police slate last night: Harrison Brady,
drunk. by officer Farrell; Lee Wing bat
| terry, by officer Ash Raphael Vasquez,
drunk, by officers Carroll and Mclaughlin:
Antoine Barry, malicious mischief.
tiers OF the Golden West, of Placerville, has
elected Miss Mary Bayley and Mrs. George
Hofmeister delegates to the Grand Parlor.
which will convene in its second annual
session at Stockton on the third Tuesday in
July.
A writ OF habeas corpus was issued bv
the Supreme Court in favor of ]. X. Kirby.
prisoner at the Folsom State Prison, re-
turnable before the Superior Court of this
county yesterday. The papers did not ar
rive and the case was continued until this
morning.
Parties down from Strawberry and Lake
valleys, IN El Dorado county, report every
thing prosperous in that section The
ranges are green, cattle fat and sleek and
people generally are happy. The dairy
output will be good this year, and all will
soon be busy.
The round-house at Placerville is COM
pleted and connected with the turntable
The engines are now lodged there nightly.
The water tank has a capacity of $4,000
gallons. Ballasting and grading is being
pushed ahead at lively rate by the sec
ton hands, and soon the track will be as
level as any in the State.
The Board of Supervisors of San Joaquin
county passed an ordinance making 1t
misdemeanor for any person to hunt pur-
sue, take, kill or destroy doves in that
county between the LIST of January and
July 18th of each year. The close season
formerly ended June LIST, but the Board was
urged by many sportsmen to extend the
time for protecting the birds.
1t is stated that the consolidation of
the Southern Pacific Companys smaller
branches is made for the purpose of SYM
plifying the system of accounts. 1t has
hitherto been necessary to keep q separate
set of books for each feeder. By the con-
solidation these branches will be amalga-
mated with the Southern Pacific Railroad
and be brought within one system of ac-
counts.