Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-29
BRIEF NOTES.

A picnic was enjoyed by the colored
Odd Fellows at East Park yesterday.
At the Baptist Church on Ninth street
| suntiower concert and entertainment will
be given this evening.
A large number of the new pews for the
Catholic Cathedral arrived here Yesterday
from San Francisco.
A ladys gold watch was stolen the other
day from the residence of F. A. Holden, on
Seventh and 0 streets.
AT the tent of the Seventh Day Advent
lists the subject to be discussed tonight is
The Law Which Was Abolished"
Charles Coil of Woo dland met with an
accident few days ago by fall from
buggy and serious results are feared.
Bids for the privileges at the Catholic
picnic will be received by ). B. White at
S12 K street until Friday next at JPN.
A musical and literary entertainment
will be given this evening at the rooms of
the Young Mems Christian Association.
Louis CARRIER, the Yolo county crook and
jail-breaker, has been sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary by the Superior
| Court of that county.
Lake county people have always been
noted for their passion for circus-going. A
large delegation from there went all the
way to Woodland yesterday to see the ele-
plants and clowns.
The programme of exercises, games, etc.,
to be followed at the Caledonian picnic at
East Park on Saturday next, is announced
this morning. 1t insures a day of much
enjoyment to all that attend.
The Woodland people are having lots of
sport at the expense of their former towns
man, w. r. Jacobs, now. District Attorney
of Tulare county, who was lately convicted
of violating the game laws in his own
county.
A prisoner named John Wohlfrom,
charged with the murder of Matthias Faigle,
near Blacks Station, Yolo county, made an
attempt to escape from the Woodland Jail
on Monday. but his designs were frustrated
by Sheriff Weaver.
At 9:15 o'clock last night an alarm of fire
was caused by some sparks falling on the
roof of the house of David Jenkins, on E
street, beyond Seventh. No damage of any
consequence resulted. The Department
was on hand in good season.
Dexter Dunphy of this city saved mans
life at Dixon on Monday. The latter was
drunk and fell under a railroad car at the
depot Just as the train was pulling out
Dunphy caught the man and pulled him
out Just in time to save him from an aw-
full fate.
The lot on the northwest corner of
Seventeeth and P streets, with cottage,
was sold bv d. ]. Simmons at auction YES
terday. The purchaser was DR.. G. G.
Tyrrell, who paid for the property 1850.
The lot at Seventeenth and streets was
Withdrawn from sale after $4,000 had been
offered for it.
r. S. Carey brought out his two open
cars yesterday for the summer season, one
on the H-street and the other on the O.
street line. John, the captain of the latter,
will show up this morning resplendent in
q new light suit, built expressly for the
occasion, and will thus greatly extend his
list of fair admirers.
Six palace horse cars belonging to ]. B.
Haggin are in the Southern Pacific yards,
where they are to remain until the 9th
proximo, when they will be used to bear
Haggin's equine aristocracy to Eastern
race-courses. The cars are models of COM
fort and convenience. and any horse which
would kick at the accommodations thew
offer deserves to walk.
In the Police Court yesterday the case of
Emmett Jones, charged with burglary, was
continued until May 29th.... Tom Prior
was sent to jail for five DAYS for being
drunk.:....In the case of E. K. Alsip,
charged with neglecting the health ordi-
nance. the City Attorney moved that the
defendant be discharged, as he did not
think conviction could be had.