Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-06-16

river.
The Board adjourned subject to the call of
the President.
At 2:10 P. NJ. yesterday the members of the
Board, accompanied by Engineers Hall and
Mendell, left for Marysville and to-day will
visit the location for the first proposed re-
straining dam.
METROPOLITAN THEATER.- at the
Metropolitan Theater Gilbert & Sullivans
new comic opera, "The Pirates of Pen
zance, will be presented under the manage
ment of Charles L. Locke and NJ A Ken
nedy. The operetta is the twin sister to
"Pinafore." It is said to present better
music, a more comical plot and droller situa-
tions. An extended analysis of the piece has
already been given in this paper The troupe
embraces Henry Peakes. Willie Sims,
Charles Turner, NJ A. Kennedy, Al Hen
derson, Miss Ino Lytton, Miss Louise
Paulin, Misses Pauline Jones. Mary Ben
ham and Mary Cassell. The play is
to be produced with scenery, costumes
and effects as used in its production
| open, and no extra charge is made for reserved
seats. At the theater last night a colored
| amateur troupe from San Francisco presented
to a small audience an adaptation of Felicia
Hemans' tragic play, 1.-The Siege of Valen-
cia." The leading character was sustained
by Miss Lucia Mitchell, who gave evidence
Of dramatic power which, with more extend
ed culture, will make her prominent. The
support was very fair, and that afforded by
VIM. Mitchell, A. Strather and c. Hamer
was notably gooG. In one thing the company
was & model-every member was letter per-
feet in his lines. IL. 0. White of this city,
on short notice, assumed the stage manage
ment, and aided much in making the presen-
tation of the play smooth one.
How IT IS ACCEPTED y esterday morn
ing. as the chain-gang was about to be made
up there was quite serious questioning on
the part of some of the prisoners as to
whether they would submit to being placed
at work in that manner Jack Dowd, how
ever, who had been included in the detail,
took the part OF philosopher and accepted
| the situation quietly, at the same time ad-
vising the others te do the same, telling them
that the officers in charge were not at all to
blame He said he had never done any
work in his life, and it came tough to him,
| but he proposed to do the best he could. At
noon he gave out, and was excused from
duty for the rest of the day, but
last night he remarked that he was
I AL llSus d6alu anu nthtt Bc Cl
! hand this morning il wanted There
were ten out at work yesterday, and one or
two of them made considerable tumult about
such usage, and one man by the name OF
Grimes threatened to sue the Sheriff for put
ting him into the gang, as the sentence only
mentioned imprisonment. There are now
only fifteen or sixteen prisoners who are liable
to this duty.
MERCHANDISE REPORT. - The following
freight for Sacramento passed Ogden on the
18th: Tor Huntington, Hopkins & Co., "A
plates iron, pkge, kegs wire, 40 bundles
shovels, cases axes, l box locks, l bundle
hinges, l box shovels 9 do hardware, do
brushes, . cases cutlery; Whittier, Fuller L
Co, 8 bundles hemp cordaoe Weinstock &
IIubin, l case shoes, / box pocket cutlery !;
Adams, Mcneil & Co., 20 pals, 20 boxes, %
packages and l case tobacco 20 boxes maple
sugar; K. Stone & Co, case whip handles,
boxes hardware Billingsley & Co., . bales,
/ box clothes lines, crates AK handles
Alderman & Co., , boxes carriages; James
Mcclure, 203 pieces scrap sides: II. c. Terry
| & o., bundle PAPER; j. G.. Davis 2 boxes
| furniture w. +. Peterson, > cases candy !;
James Parsons, case shoes Lyon & Barnes,
| 4 cases AK handles, 3 bundles whip stocks !;
Booth & Co., is boxes baking powder, so do
! spice, Is do extracts; Bachelor & Van
Guilder, / cask iron castings; Mary Cougar,
bale carpet warp; ". A. Il e. $. Hough-
| ton, boxes books Baker & Hamilton,
box books /; A. Coolot, 3 boxes books.
! FRUIT QUoTAToYs.-Th following are
yesterdays quotations for jobbing lots of
fruit: Apples, 5o@75c; pears, 5O@75c u
box apricots, 6@Sc u ID for Royal, and 80
/ II E. a.
| cherries, 5(,lc for common, and 9(Gl2c for
choice gooseberries, 4@5c for ordinary, and
care for English; raspberries, 7@Sc for
Newcastle, and 15c u ID for San Jose straw
| berries, So 50@4 Il chest for common and S5(al
| 81 for choice; currants. 81 5000 u chest I;
oranges range from SO 90 to 81 r box for
| California, according to quality, and S25030
y thousand for new crop Tahiti: lemons,
SSG9 Il box for Sicily lines. S7d9 for Mex
lean; sugar cane, 81 50td3 L bunch pine
apples, IS p dozen tamarinds, 15c y 10.
PoIIcE CoURr.-In the Police Court yes
terday Ed. Stewart was fined So 80 for
drunkenness William Haberkorn, who was
arrested as drunk and put up 50 deposit,
preferred to forfeit the deposit rather than
TO run the risk OF answering to his case the
cases of A. Behrle, as 4 defaulting witness,
and Mabel Wood, for battery, were post.
poned until to-day, and those against ]. II.
Merrill, Edward Cadwalader and William
Boyne. for violating the health ordinance,
were continued until tomorrow.
FUNERAL OF CAPTAIN LITTLEToN.-Cap-
tain NJ I.ittleton. formerly a resident of this
city, whose death occurred at Alameda on
| the 18th instant, is to be brought here for in
terment, and his funeral viii take place from
the San Francisco steamer upon its arrival at
the foot Of K street tomorrow afternoon, I'M
der the auspices of Tehana Lodge, +. and A.
NJ, of which he was member. The funeral
was at first announced to take place to-day,
but has been postponed.
WAR! WAR, WAR at northeast corner OF
| Fourth and / streets.-All kinds OF wood and
coal st lowest summer prices. Dry, and full
measure guarantee. c. o. ID. woodward