Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-27

METROPOLITAN THEATER.-The Metropol-
itan was opened last night for season of one
week. by Thomas Mcguire, Manager, repre-
sented by Charles Lord, Treasurer, and L.
Ambrose, Stage Manager. The attraction is
the Davene Troupe, Roseri Ballet, and the
American -Four. The Davene troupe con-
sists of Magerald, Lolita, Ala, and W. NJ.
Davene. They are acrobats and gymnasts of
great skill the two women and the little girl,
Lolita, being especially good. Their exbibi-
ton of parlor gymnastics was a very superior
display Of strength, agility and lithesome
grace. Magerald is a female Hercules, Lolita
as light, plant of limb and body as fairy,
Ala is marvel Of suppleness, while the
male member of the band, W. NJ. Davene, is
a strong and graceful gymnast. The trapeze
performance by these four, including the
rope climbing by Ala, was the crown
ing feat of their part of the pro-
gramme, and was thrilling in its daring.
Three of the troupe appeared in a comical
scene, in which they introduce and play
upon the Swiss bells after an entirely new
method, each one holding four bells in hand
at once, and by adroit wrist motion ringing
any one bell desired, without sounding the
others. THE American Four" consists of
Aessrs. Petingill, Gale, Daley and Hoey.
eccentric and extravaganza minstrel and
character specialists, who indulge in some
very amusing acrobatic scenes, introducing
some gymnastic feats into their minstrel
dance exercises of a very difficult character.
They gave examples of high kicking" also,
which would put the Majiltons on their
metal to surpass. They became decided
favorites as soon as they appeared, and
brought the audience to such hight of long
continued laughter, that it terminated III
roars, cheers and loud applause, only
to be Immediately renewedupon the ascending
scale, and again reach the climax of explo-
sion-indeed, the audience became decidedly
antics of the flour" Mile Roseri can hardly
be said to be supported by ballet troupe,
but she has four coryphees who afford her
fair support, and two good assistants Miles.
CAMS and Ortori. Roseri is a graceful and
rapid dancer, and in the Spanish dance espe.
cially gives evidence Of her skill. John
Williams gave song and dance in the pro-
gramme, and Magerald Davene also appeared
to advantage in French and English
songs, with rapid changes of costume.
An orchestra of six accompanies the troupe,
and furnishes satisfactory music during the
evening. 1t is led by Isadore Frank and one
of the members, William Heating, introduces
into the programme an effective piccolo solo,
As whole, the company is a good variety
troupe, and gives a thoroughly enjoyable
performance, which is brimful of mirth
daring, gymnastics and dancing, and is con-
Quoted without delay, blunder or apology.
Tonight, in addition to those already named,
| Charley Adams is announced to appear.
Snow AND RAIS.-The white frosts of the
past two weeks were followed by the rains of
Sunday, the rainfall amounting to Ola of an
inch Sunday night at o'clock the Their
nometer was at So, with the sky clear and
the air cold. The mercury fell rapidly until
midnight, when it was down to 26'-6' below
freezing. After this it clouded, the mercury
/ at o'clock Monday morning marked "a !,
and ice one-sixth of an inch thick formed.
| At $50 rain began to fall, and at had
changed to snow, which fell quite rapidly
until s, changing then gradually into rain,
which continued to fall until 2 P. ". The
! total rainfall was .119 of an inch, making a
total for the month of 1856 inches, and for
! the season of 1871 inches. Last season, to
/ date, ) COL inches had fallen, and in 1873, to
| date, 1902 inches for the season. The last
/ snow of any consequence that fell at Sacra.
mento was on ApIil5, 1875, when the thermom-
eter was at So The snow fell then in large
| fakes for fifteen minutes, and the air seemed
| full of it. At 7:30 A. NJ. Decemb Der 81, 1873, the
! thermometer being at 33', snow began fall
/ ing and continued until P. n, and then
changed to rain, with the wind blowing from
/ the southeast. The latter was the heaviest
snow known here, being from four to six
inches deep, and extending over the central
/ part of the State, and as TAR south a Fort
! TETON. January u, 1863 snow fell for two
| hours, and to the depth of Il inches, with
| the thermometer at So, the temperature of
| that month beinp similar to the preseu at
month. January %, 1862, while the city
was partially flooded, snow fell to the depth
Of three-quarters of an inch.
A NEW EXPERIENCE. = Superintendent
Young, of the State Printing Office, hasa thor
ough- breddog, Of which hei is very proud, and in
the training of which he HAS taken great
! pains. Yesterday "Nedn accompanied his
master to his Office in the Capitol, and was
very much interested in what he saw there.
! During the animals visit it became necessary
/ for the Superintendent to communicate with
his foreman at the printing Office, and the
! telephone was brought into requisition. The
! dog, probably supposing his master to be
/ talking to some one inside the wall, and hear
/ ing the return voice but seeing no one, be-
/ came very much excited, barked, snarled,
| and finally made an unsuccessful attempt to
Jump through the window. He was finally
Quoted, however, but could not be prevailed
upon TO approach the corner again IN which
I the telephone is situated. The scene was indie
scribably amusing. and caused the official to
laugh SO heartily that he could scarcely artic-
ulate, and this in turn excited the disabilities
of the foreman at the other end of the line,
and for few moments telephone "ge-as-
you-please" laughing match was in progress.