Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-04-15
LOCAL BREVITIEs.

Haying has commenced in the vicinity O
Gait.
The Grand Jury will meet at half-past 10
o'clock this morning.
The steamer D. E. Knight went up the
river Saturday morning.
The City Trustees will be called together
an hour earlier than usual this morning-9
O'Clock instead of 10.
On Saturday a man by the name of
Frank Young was arrested and charged
with petit larceny in stealing couple of
hides.
Deputy Sheriff Carroll, of San Francisco,
arrived yesterday with J. w. Dunlap, en-
route TO Folsom, to serve fifteen years for
burglary.
In the Superior Court on Saturday John
Rowland pleaded guilty to the charge of
burglary against him, and will be sentenced
on Friday next.
G. H. Hubbard has received his commits
sion as Lieutenant-Colonel on the staff of
the Commander of the Fourth Brigade, q
promotion from the rank of Msjor.
George Muddox, at Thirteenth and NJ
streets, on Saturday discovered mammoth
mushroom, the stem of which measured
one and ne-quarter inches in diameter
John D. Lloyd has been granted divorce
from Emma Lloyd. The hearing of the
case revealed rather low stage of morality
on the part ola least one of the litigants
Albert NJ. Johnson has brought suit in
the Superior Court against W. l.. Weyant
to recover $500 on an alleged Indebtedness
assigned to plaintiff by w. A. Chittenden,
together with costs, etc.
1t is said that the death of bright youth
which occurred recently was the result of
excessive cigarette smoking as a boy, and
which resulted in perfect mania for the
drugged and doctored things
On Saturday some boys found lot of
shoes beneath the sidewalk in front of Judge
Curtis office, on Sixth street. The goods
have been identified as those stolen from
Parsons store not long since.
Mrs. Matthew Cooke has received a war
rant for the $4,000 appropriated by the
late Legislature for the purchase OF the
plates and copyright of her deceased hus-
bands treatise on insect fruit pests.
Jerry Haley denies that his recent fight
with Charley Cannon was fake" He
says ne will fight Cannon for fun, in Agri-
cultural Park, or anywhere, and that all
who care 10 may see him whip him.
On Saturday evening red headed young
hoodlum, who had filled up on fighting
whisky, attacked an inoffensive Chinaman
in the vicinity of Seventh and X streets,
and the latter did him up in neat style.
The Gait Gazette says the new road be-
ing built to Arno station is nearing COM
pletion, and that the citizens of Hicksyille
propose moving the old town, body and
sleeves" out to the railroad in the course
of few weeks.
The milk-shakes" which one day
sprang into existence under the influence
OF the warm sun, a few weeks ago, are dy-
ing hard; but if the weather doesn't warm
up pretty soon, it is difficult to understand
how they can survive.
The following Notaries were appointed
by the Governor on Saturday: Chas. e.
Howes, San Jose; Geo. G. Demmon, Val
LEGO; E. 0. Larkins, Visalia; John NJ.
Melendy, Eureka; E. W. Brunton, Fowler;
VIM. Adams, Hornitas Henry P. Tricon,
San Francisco.
The following persons won prizes at
masquerade ball at Florin last week: Best
dressed lady. Mrs F. Robinson; best sus-
tanned character by a lady, Mrs G. John.
son., best sustained lady character by
gentleman, e. Openheim best comicsl
character, H. G. Kelly, of Sheldon.
Inc meeting OF The Northern California
ASSOCIATION of the Grand Army of the Re-
public will take place at Marysville on
April 18th, 26th and 9th. 1t is expected
that there will be full representation from
all the Posts in the Northern Association.
Preparations have been made already for
the proper reception of the visitors.
Mayor Eugene J. Gregory and Thomas
Fox, of Sacramento Parlor. and J. O. Fun
ston and c. e. Grunsky, of Sunset Parlor,
delegates to the Grand Parlor of the Native
Sons, depart for San Rafael to attend the
Grand Parlor, which convenes there to-day.
Frank d. Ryan, Grand Vice. President, and
Walter Greer, one of the Trustees, accom-
pany the delegates.
Gait Gazette: The irrigation ditch being
constructed from Michigan Bar to Gait,
known as the Ritter Ditch, is now COM
pleted to the lands of Tom Taverner. The
Sacramento Irrigation Company have the
work in hand, and it is expected that the
ditch will be pushed forward this season,
and that large acreage of land will be ir-
rigated by water from it this summer. 1t
will be source of great benefit to Gait"