Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-06-19

tends to take them 10 Eurone. vbere En-,
painter is already known. The Booth
breakfast promises to be ore OF the memo
rable social events of the year So notable
gathering as it will provo has not been
had here since the Dickens dinner-also AZ
Delmonicos thirteen years ago. 1t is not
improbable that Edwin Both nav play in
Germany. and perhaps in Paris, before
making his appearance in London. He has
received very fiattering offers from some of
the German cities, where he would be sure
to be excellently supported in the Shake
spearean dramas, with which the educated
Germans and the better sort of German go
tors are thoroughly acquainted. He Will
act IN English, but our tongue is 30 famil-
lar to the cultured classes over there that
he would be certain of appreciation. They
viii be delighted to see and study the
mind and manner of the foremost Shake
spearean actor of the day, TO whom the
language OF Shakespeare is the vernaeular
Booth is pretty certain to return to his
native land with many new and very green
laurels
vARIETIRs.
We have a new concert hall-jhe Metro.
pohtan-Fortieth street and Broadway,
especially designed for warm-weather en-
tertainments. 1t is admirably managed
with sliding roof, which is Left open during
the summer, giving complete ventilation
and abundance of fresh ar There is All
open gallery at the top, where persons can
sit at small tables, drink, smoke and est,
and get the fresh breeze at the same time.
Broadway being on oue side OF the hall and
Seventh avenue on the other, the sur.
rounding space is open, and the great
desideratum OF summer resort is met.
The place is thronged every evening, and
its entire success seems assured. 1t has
many advantages over Roster & Balls.
Central Park Garden and other haunts of
pleasure seekers but there is ample room
for all of them in this great capital.
VIM. l.. Alden, now publishing in Hpg-
pcy's Young People the Humorous story
The Moral Pirates. would have enough
to do, one might think, to furnish six de-
hberately funny editorials a week for the
Times, on whose staff he is. lie keeps the
thing up amazingly but his professional
drollery is said to be steadily wearing on
his spirits. He is fast becoming very
melancholy man.
Somebody in position to know says that
Henry K. Abbeys terms with Sarah Bern
hardt for her engagement in this country
are 81 600 night and that the total ex-
penses OF his enterprise viii be about
81, 600 night. He is bold manager
genuine American.
Gartield's nomination is received here
with the greatest favor by all except DEM
ocrats, who do not Ike it a whit, though
they, very naturally, pretend that he is
not so strong candidate as Grant would
have been. Their hypocrisy is perfectly
transparent.
The charter for the construction of an
underground railway in this city has lately
been renewed, and several moro charters
viii be granted. 1t is generally believed
that ia due time the present elevated roads
viii be pulled down III order to make way
FOR the below the-surfsce structures. The
elevated roads are suprems nuisance To
the quarters through which they pass, and
always must be.
The latest report from Gr&mercy Park is
that Tilden ID absolutely confident of his
nomination at Cincinnati, and he never hal
thought of running anybody else save
himself for the Democratic candidacy.
CHAUBERr