Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-24
PIacer,s Reunion,

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of the Placer County Reunion came NJ
from San Francisco and Sacramento thi:
afternoon, about one hundred and fifty
strong. The President of the Society, E
| NJ. Hall, Vice President Dana Perkins
Secretary w. F. Norcross, and Treasurer
| W. B. Lyon, are here with many other
pioneers, and their wives and families
| They lunched at Freeman's Hotel on ar
| rival. then took carriages TO view the town,
! as they knew il in 1856, and noted the
many Improvements and attractions of the
last few years. A large delegation is ex-
peeted this evening and tomorrow. Flags
and bunting are everywhere and we are
having holiday.
Senator Jones' Marsh Lands.
SoNoMA May 23d-W. B. Pless, who
has the contract for reclaiming 10000 acres
OF marsh and overfowed lands southeast
of this town, has commenced operations.
| A dredger has arrived and been placed in
| position on Soroma creek. The land TO
| be reclaimed is the property Of Senator
John P. Jones, who will expend several
hundred thousand dollars in the reclama-
ton. 1t will take several years to reclaim
| the tract, construct roads and subdivide
the land into small farms and dairies. As
fast as the land is reclaimed it will be
rented TO small farmers, who will be given
|
erect farm buildings and get fair start on
! the land.
| More Flag Raising.
| ST. HELENA, May 23d.-Quite large
crowd of people gathered at the public
school grounds to witness the raising OF
our national emblem to day. The flag
| was purchased by the Women's Relief
! Corps and the school children, and is a
| beautiful 16 foot one. Appropriate exer-
cises were held and participated in by the
| school. Mrs. r. B. Bell, President of the
Woman's Relief Corps of this place, made
| the presentation speech. NJ. f. Inman ac
| tees and school. Ex-Postmaster c. r..
Vann delivered an excellent and patriotic
| address. The whole affair passed of very
smoothly.
The Glorious Fourth.
REDpINe, May 23d.-The Native Sons
| Fourth of July Collection Committee has
| obtained most liberal subscriptions. The
| committee has planned the celebration to
| exceed anything ever held in Shasta
| county. Everything is to be free. There
will be an Grafton and other exercises in
| the new Military Hall, and free dinner to
all in tent prepared for the purpose,
| dancing in the afternoon and night, and a
| balloon ascension and fireworks at night.
/ AL the arrangements are uuQ6T tQe au-
spices OF the Native Sons.
| Accident to the Huntington Special.
ALBUQUERQUE On. NJ, May 23d.-Colis
P. Huntington, President of the Southern
Pacific Company, and party, arrived here
in his special car this evening. Near Flag
staff, while the special train was running
at the rate of forty miles an hour, the en-
gine, tender and two coaches left the track.
The engine and tender were badly wrecked
No one was hurt. The psrty will lay over
here tonight, and go East on the Santa Fe
in the morning.
A Sad Occurrence.
VIsALIA, May 23d.-Y esterday sad &C.
cident happened to the family of ]. P.
Hawley, near Dudley, in this county.
While Mrs. Hawley was absent for
short time, the house caught fire and
burned down. She had left three small
children on the bed asleep. One daughter,
years old, was burned to death, and an
| other child is not expected to live.
suffocated by Gas.
BENIcIA, May 23d-William Hamilton,
an attache of the Ordnance Department at
| the arsenal here met his death to-day by
suffocation while preparing gas from gaso-
line. He was missed at noon. His COM
rades went to look for him, and found him
dead on one of the gas reservoirs. He was
man of considerable means and owned a
| ranch near Calistoga.
Bold Horse-Thief.
FRESNO, May 23d.-A man giving his
| name as Frank Brice, also as w. Breeze,
stole two horses between and 10 p. NJ.
yesterday and managed TO sell both in
town, and within two blocks from the
place they were stolen from. He was ar
rested this morning and was fully identi-
| fed.
The Lower California Story.
SAN DIEGO, May 23i.-Walter G. Smith,
| the alleged leader of the fillibuster move
ment, states in his paper that the matter
| never advanced beyond the stage of general
| discussion and was seized upon by man
whose views were asked for as a pretext
| for newspaper sensation.
Fresno Democrats.
FRESNO, May 23d- The Democratic
| County Convention assembled at 1880 A. NJ.
to-day. The preliminary organization was
| effected and committees appointed. The
| Convention then adjourned to allow the
| Central Committee to canvass the vote at
| the primaries.
Pacific Coast Failures.
SAN FRAYcIsco, May 23d.-Bradstreets
| weekly report which will be issued to-
/ morrow, will state that there were ten fail
ures in Pacific coast States and Territories
for the week ending May 23d, against
eleven in the corresponding week of last
year.
| Reid Murder Case.
| WOODLAND, May 23d.-The testimony in
| the Reid murder case was all taken to-day.
| The defense offered no testimony. The
| arguments will be made tomorrow. 1t is
expected that the case will go to the jury
| before tomorrow evening.
Fish Culture in Nevada.
CARSON, May 23d-Fish Commissioner
Mills has shipped one million trout to var
ious parts of Nevada and has nearly as
many more under cultivation, to be intro
duced in various streams next month.
A Fitting Close.
| WOODLAND, May 23i.-The last day oi
our city schools was celebrated to-day by
the hoisting of the national hsg upon oul
school -houses-three in number-accom,
panied by q literary prooramme