Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-20
BARBECUE MATTERS.
The Citizens Division-where contribu-
tons are to be Left-Invitation
To nannncrafs

to Democrats.
The Republican barbecue for tomorrow is
! just now the all-absorbing local topic. The
ladies met yesterday and completed their ar
rangements relative to badges and decora
tions, and have finally fixed upon it that
coffee shall be served at the Park, but as il
is an expensive article it will not be there tc
waste, nor will it be served at the eating
tables but at point distant from there, being
cooked in the kitchen of Theo. Winters
house, which stands in the stall avenue neai
| the first lower turn of the track. Uncle
John Platt has volunteered to cook the coffee
| for the ladies, and hardware house agrees
| to furnish the boilers, with stove attached.
! d. NJ. Kenield has been appointed by the
| ladies to superintend the decoration OF TIE
| judges stand as place of headquarters fof
the young ladies who are to distribute the
! badges.
The Sailor Boys Club is having made an
elegant silk banner, and will carry 1t instead
of the boat used last year, and have used the
| $50 on the banner allowed them by the Cen
eral Committee to refurnish the boat, the iat-
ter being incapable of repairs.
The Canal-Boat Club held meeting last
night ana concluded arrangements for their
! division. Ed. Mathews, business man OF
| Lincoln. sends word to it that he was canal
/ boatInan on the same canal, and In the same
year with Garfield. He was first bowman,
| then helmsman, and lastly Captain OF liz Q
boat. He is coming here tomorrow, and
wants place among the canal-boa5 Deys' lie
says he will take any position and OBEY any
! order, except to take reef III the COOK
shirt-tail." Those who have lived along the
! II iii ,har tha snort madA
/ about reefng. Take a reef cries the
Captain, on the raging "canawl." !" Where
shall l take it, sir q replies the bowman.
; " In the cooks shirt, you lubber, Lutf, lutf !!
or that mule will be on board of us. The
canal-boat to be used tomorrow Is 80 feet
| long and feet beam, being about half the
ordinary length. 1t is not boat of " the
line" but freight barge, one of the open
kind used for carrying heaviest freight, and
not accommodating passengers.
The Executive Committee met at the
| Golden Eagle Hotel last evening, and went
over all its estimates. 1t found it had ordered
| expended every cent it has at command. 1t
directed the Music Committee to take charge
of the bands after dismissal by the Grand
Marshal 1t was announced that tine Placer
Vile band will come to the city. This places
six bands and a drum corps in the procession.
| Sundry advertising bills were ordered paid.
Fifteen dollars was voted the Boys ia Blue,
to aid in producing a novel feature in the line.
Commander Houghton reported the man
ner in which the Boys in Blue will mar
shall the people to and from the dining-tables.
The committee adjourned to meet ct the
same place this evening at half past o'clock.
The Boys in Blue have received informa-
ton that there will come from Lincoln, Mr..
Gladding, manufacturer of that place, who
was Captain of infantry at Vicksburg, un
der General Grant. He writes that his legs
| have seen too much service to sustain him
now in a march, and desires permission 20
ride on an ammunition wagon with the vet
Grams. The Boys in Blue say he shall have
conveyance.
The Grand Marshal's aids held a meeting
at the Golden Eagle last night. 1t was an
enthusiastic one. Many details were dis
cussed. The Grand Marshal announced that
no streets would be sprinkled later than
about 9 A. NJ. tomorrow in order that there
shall not be wet and slippery walks and damp
ground TO sand on at night. 1t is probable
that the State Gardener will be requested
to-day not 10 water down the back and side
| terraces of Capital Park tomorrow, as the
ground is too damp for the good health eff
the multitude when it is sprinkled during the
day.
The Republican citizens not in organized
night There was q very large attendance,
and great interest was manifest. Mayor
Turner presided. The meeting discussed
various details, and resolved that every man
present would constitute himself commit
tee of one to stir up his friends and neigh
bors, that this division may be the largest in
the whole line, and shall show the representa-
tive character of the Republican party In
Sacramento. II resolved to have hand fire.
works in It's line The Committee on Trans
psrsncies, by Mr.. Hamilton, reported fifty
being made, and that they viii be ready in
time Edward Cadwalader and S. S. Beede
were appointed to secure flag and color
staff for the head of the division. A COM
mittae on finance and on fireworks was
named, and George 7. Bush on the spot col
lected a considerable sum of money. 1t was
resolved that the Republican citizens of Sac
ramento invite to the inequalities of Bar
becue Day all Democratic citizens, and also
invite all Democrats who desire SO to do to
march in the procession.
The Solicitation Committee announce that
they will receive the food contributions of
citizens to-day, and that cooked provisions
can be LETT at Peterson's restaurant up to 9 P.
NJ, at EweTs' grocery, Thirteenth and Il, up
to P NJ, and at Sulling's meat market,
Eleventh and o streets, up to 4:30 P. NJ. to-
day. They desire liberal contributions, and
viii be especially pleased with bread in va
riety, cookies, doughnuts, cooked meats,
crackers, ginger. snaps, cheese, pickles, grapes,
| fruit in variety, dried meats. etc.
the Grand Marshaps aids begin to receive
guests as early as o'clock tomorrow morn
! ing, when the Fl Dorado. Amador and Fol-
som delegations, from 400 to 800 strong. will
arrive and be escorted at once to the Park.
| From that on every arriving train will be
visited and guests escorted with music to the
barbecue grounds.
Beside the fifteen speakers already an
nounced as to be present, w. FL. L. Barnes
of San Francisco, and n. D. Connell, s.
! Southern man, now of jacksonville, and
| spoken OF as an orator of great eloquence,
will be present at the grounds tomorrow
Speaking begins at 10 A. N. and continues
without cessation until 5 P. Il.