Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-04-06
LOCAL BREyITIES.

A light skiff went fioa ing down the river
yesterday without any occupants.
The steamer Herald came down the river
yesterday with barge load of grain.
Work on the new brewery at Twenty
first and Q streets is progressing rapidly.
Thirty carloads of beef cattle passed
through this city to San Francisco yester-
day.
The Golden Gate Vestibule train was two
hours late yesterday in arriving from the
East.
The sprinklers got little the better
OF the dust on downtown thoroughfares
yesterday.
Special engine No. 40, went to Capay
yesterday to be used on the work-train at
that place.
Officer Arlington arrested E. Graft YES
terday on charge of drawing and exhibit
ing deadly weapon.
w. II. Sherburn will sell some choice
city property in front of the Court. house
to-day at administrator sale.
I. D. SERVER has identified the buggy
robe taken from man on Thursday night,
as one stolen from his stable month ago.
Sunday school concert will be given at
the Ninth street Baptist Church to. morrow
evening for the benefit of the Chapel fund.
The bond of E. NJ Martin as Notary
Public, in the sum Of 5000, with P. Kelly
and Fred Mier as sureties, has been fled
for record.
Thursday evening Schiller Lodge, No.
105, |. o. O. F., elected the following Rep
resentatives to the Grand Lodge: John
BolZe, Louis Lothhammer and George Neu-
mann.
Freight train No. % became stalled in
4olo yesterday, in consequence of the
blowing out OF a cylinder head, and a
special engine, No II, went out from this
city to bring it in.
citizen desires that the attention of the
Street Commissioner be called to broken
culvert at the crossing of Twenty fifth and
P streets, which is liable to cause accidents
and possibly injury to somebody.
Sacramento Lodge No. 2, l. o. O. F., has
elected the following representatives to the
Grand Lodge, 10 convene at San Francisco
on the second Tuesday in May P. F. Her
ringa, George H. Jost, J. T. Stoll, G. H.
Greenlaw and A. A. Flint
The case of the people against ]. NJ.
White, charged with arson, has been dis
missed at Auburn, after two disagreements
by juries. Grove L. Johnson of this city,
defended the accused, and District Attorney
Bruner assisted the prosecution.
The Postoffice Department at Washing
ton has notified E. K. Alsip, agent for the
building where the Postoffice now is. of its
acceptance of a.lease for another term of
four years. In the meantime it is expected
the new Government building will be COM
pleted.
The Supervisors are considering request
from Sheriff McMullen to construct a rear
stairway from the County Jail to the Court
rooms above. The Sheriff thinks it rather
risky to take prisoners through the long
corridors when the latter are filled with
spectators.
George Scrotb, executor of the estate of
Amelia Gotthold. will sell at the Court
house to-day. at 10 o'clock, the east half of
lot 3, n, o, Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets; also, five shares of Germania Build
ing and Loan stock.
Sacramento county maintains her reputa-
ton as an early producer of berries and gar
den produce. The markets have been sup
piled with ripe strawberries for couple of
weeks past, and green peas, new potatoes,
etc., have almost ceased to be regarded as
luxuries of the season.
Special officer Brady had lively tussle
yesterday with drunken individual
named Hamilton, who assaulted the officer.
After hard struggle Brady succeeded in
landing his man in iail, where the latter
was booked on charges of disturbing the
peace. drunkenness and using vulgar lam
guage.
1t is said that young girls have of late
been insulted in Capitol Park by foul
hammered fellow who frequents the place.
The park is pretty thoroughly patrolled
every day by special officer, and if any,
thing of the kind has been going on there,
it would seem as if the fellow could readily
have been arrested if the officers attention
had been called to the matter.
Postal cards were sent out last evening
by Chief of Police Lee to the officers of
surrounding cities and towns calling upon
them to arrest Fred Mcclure, runaway
boy, who is thus described: Aged IA wears,
light hair, light blue eyes, face very much
tanned; wears blue Bingham shirt, brown
pants, well-worn; a well worn black hat
and light vest. Has a small scar on his
forehead.
A suit has been commenced in Yolo
county by G. T. Witham, asking for dam
ages to the amount of $500 ard $3.50 for at
torney's fees for having been prevented
from taking the Office of Justice of the
Peace in Washington. 1t seems that at the
last election c. A. Newton and Whitman
were candidates for Justices in Washing
ton, and Newton received 140 votes and
Witham lis. The latter claims that the
township is entitled TO two Justices.