Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-15

spacious quarters in the Orleans building.
10l6 and 10l6 Second street, between j and
K. The opening day, Thursday, attracted
crowds of visitors. The new storerooms are
decidedly handsome and complete for the
J business conducted. The front is iron and
| glass, 40 feet, and the depth is $50 feet.
| There are two hoors 1t is about the best
| lighted and ventilated basement in any bust.
ness house in the city. The floor runs back
to the alley, aud falls just below the alley
! level, so that trucks can load and unload with
the greatest ease, and goods taken in can be
wheeled to any part of the floor or TO the ell
| evator, and thence transported up stairs.
For nearly two-thirds of the depth there runs
upon the south side a court, upon which nu-
merous windows open out from the basement
floor, and from which goodly portion of the
| upper floor is also lighted. In the rear part
basement are stored heavy stock of Cali
fornia wines and brandies, Kentucky WHISTLES
and great and small casks and barrels, and
all the varied packages in which fine wines
and liquors come. In the extreme rear is
rack over a cement floor draining to the
sewer, where barrels can be washed with ex-
petition. In the fiont part is the bot
Ting department Here is being ad-.
justed racks of nice construction to
hold 300 dozen bottles of wine, and so ar
ranged as to be turned twice day, thus bot
Ting fine wines In the most approved and
beneficial manner. The upper floor consists
of rear room of equal extent with the
rear basement and opening just above the
alley and lighted from front, rear and the
court. The walls are done in white with
/ tinted ceiling 16 feet from the floor. Next
I the main store.rOom and at its head is sam
| pie closet and stationary marble basin next
/ to it On the east, lighted from and at the end
of the court, is the private office, handsomely
| furnished This opens direct into the general
business Office next east, which is glass struc-
ture standing in tie main store-room and
| looking out toward the glass front. 1t is ar
ranged with taste and convenience for the
book-keepers and clerks. In line with the
| court and partly in front of this office, is
the jobbipg cigar department, beneath
which is a cool cellar for the storage OF i'm
ported and other cigars. A handsome iron
railing and high-netted screen, with broad
meshes and communicating door, separates
! the cigar jobbing room from the retail cigar
| department, which opens upon the street, and
is under the charge of B. Moose. The re-
nainder of the front is taken up by glass
| show-windows. in which samples of fine bot
| tied wines and liquors will be displayed, and
especially samples of fine foreign goods. The
upperfoorisstocked with goods in case, bottle,
barrel, cask and basket, and fitted with all the
| appliances of first class liquor house. On
| this floor is the sample case aud the section
for the city department, under the care of
| A. J. DAMS. The house, in the line of Cali
| fornia wines, exclusively deals and exhibits
! the product of the Orleans Hills VINEYARDS,
owned by J. FL. Carroll, in Cache Creek
canyon, Yclo county. The clarets shown
| Zufadel grape, from which the best
! French clarets are made. The for
| eign wines exhibited are imported di-
rect by the firm, and are the best, say the
firm, that are to be had ; so, too, with cor
/ dials and syrups. The cognacs, ports, sher-
ries and champagnes to be seen and exam
ined come direct from French, German and
Spanish producers. Brandy, port, sherry
| Angelica, Hook Reisling and Tokay from
/ the Orleans Hills Vineyard are also in con-
/ slant stock, aud can be seen in original pack
ages on every baud. The firm is agent also
/ for the Johnston Grape Distillery Company
| of Sacramento, and exhibits its brandies
and to their purity and delicate flavor it in
/ vites the attention of the visitor In WHISTLES
1t exhibits several choice brands of old bour-
! bon and rye, and adds that Is sole proprietor
of . The Pride of California, sold w, +"
Eclipse" 9 Bourbon and Dixon Crown"
/ 'IXL" and Gem of Kentucky" brands
| 1t shows samples of its fine stock also Of
"
wood, Oscar Pepper, sour-mash bourbon, and
tinch's Golden Wedding Rye. OF WHISTLES
the house has certificate OF large quantities
in bond in Kentucky, and it is drawing there
| from needed. Of cigars it is now making
specislty of choice imported brands, and
has several novelties in these lines on
display, and holds several agencies for new
! styles of packages and new aud choice
brands. The firm is composed Of James l.
Felter and j. II. Carroll. In its new quar-
ters it mas fine storerooms and improved adj
vahtages for commanding the interior trade,
aid the opening of the house on Second
street is a decided addition to the business
Importance of that section.
METROPOLITAN THEATER "Queen's
Shilling drew fine house last evening. 1t
presented the company in strong light, and
MIR. 0'Neil produced a deep impression by
his admirable acting. To-day at P NJ. a
performance of the sensational comedy drama
Forget Me Not, in which Miss Lewis has
| a powerfully sentimental part 1t is play
full of interest and humor, and one that will
keep the auditor content to the end of the
subtle thread of its plot. The same play will
be given this evening. Tonight viii be the
last performance of the company here. 1t
has given us a delightful and all too brief a
to be regretted that the management feels
unwilling to risk longer stay, for the COM
pany has won popular favor, and that
| through undeniable merit of high order.
MERCHANDISE EN- RoUTE.-The following
freight for Sacramento passed Ogden on the
18th: For George 0. Bates, 2 cases mold
! ings. boxes lawn mowers, l bundle handles {;
/ Fritz & Miller, , boxes burial cases Lindley
/ & Co., $50 boxes and 30 caddies tobacco H.
1 Fisher l case confectionery; Adams, Mcneil
! Il Co., 10 boyes maple sugar; II. A. Weaver,
/ 6 bales printing paper; Continental Oil and
/ Transportation Company, l tank oil Foster
| & Billingsley, GO nests baskets; Baker &
/ Hamilton, boxes separatoIs, 6 boxes ele-
| vators 3 boxes cylinders, 9 boxes wagons, 2
reaches, wagon tongues, 2 boxes teeth !;
Huntington, Hopkins & CO., l case bung
starters, l case saw handles l package, D
! boxes and 9 cases hardware, B cases chain, l
bundle castings
SACRED CoNoERT.-At st. Rose Church
tomorrow the final test of the new organ VIII
be had and a grand sacred concert given. 1t
/ presents varied programme with fine
1 chorus and Mrs Carter. Mrs Fitch, Mr..
Fritz, Mr.. Beaumont Mr.. Bien, Mrs. Cop
/ persmith Mrs. Cooper. Mr.. Crandall, MIR.
| Putnam, Mr.. Mcneil, Mr.. De Yoe and Mrs.
/ Ryan in solos, quartets, duets aud trios
/ Mrs. Bsrkey viii preside at the organ. The
admission viii be 80 cents
INcoRpoRArIoN-In the office of the Sec
rotary of State this certificate of incorpora-
ton has been fled: The True Mining and
Milling Company, of Ell Dorado county;
1 place OF business, Placerville. Directors
Arthur Berry, f. A. Plaisted, B. g. Parlon,
/ Calvin Edgerton and L II. Nichols. Capt.
tai stock, $1,000, 600, in 100, 600 shares of SO
each.
TARGET Practice AND ExcURsroN.-Tue
day next Company B eight artillery, First
Artillery Regiment, viii hold its annual tar
get practice at Natoma Grove. The occasion
viii be a picnic also. These excursions of
/ the Light Artillery have always been prime
good affairs. The cars leave the new depot at
1880 a. II.
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