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, 1881-02-10
ACADEMY or MUSIC.


Tho new play, "SIvKcts" by McCluskcy. now
being prcaentesi Mt tho Academy, nppears to find
fnvor with tho West Shtr audiences, for In sptc
TT tho ratn and inul lust night 1t drew Il lnrku
huuse. "SuHHets" Is III It proI0E and two
nets. md In not lllch w0rso nur fs It much bet
Ter thin tho or'lIrnry run Of tho plays THAT lcnl
with red -slfrtcIl mud booted HcH. 1c-kniycs
1nd seven shooters, rhct,nt''cualty Eood
nnd phcn0mennly bad 1nun nnd women,
thrilling tnblcnux. brurado, hombnst, a1Vl
hlu!i-sOM,lding preccpts Of virtue. These
plays may defy nlt tho tlratnntir unltics untl
nuke sui havoc with I'LL tho rules Ut co,lstruc-
tfnn. but they always sl1tw III tho final tntlcnu
ylrtuo triumphant Mnd rltialny completely
crushed, aud this spectacle always wins tho a1,-
I'nusr nitl tue sympathy of tho house. "Sug-
gets" tells thu story Ut nllEi, h0tcIt Stanley,
winI MlrrIcl thu supposed widow u uuotllor
nlar They havo child und ets1 II ttfa 1T 4u!ct
content. Tho former husbund Of ths wife wus
supposed tu have been killed IN tho War,
tut ut tho oponiug nf tho rIcce
hp nprruss upon tho scene and clNilns his wife.
Net, hy tho providence OF tic tlrlnAltst. W. ilnt
a tho cl,araCtcrs hhsG .es't rcnnseai 70 'n!'l-
tMres occur, MI tendlng tn tho ,tI1Isntc crushing
nr thu villain nf the I'ny u',a second huslMildl
I'll. i.s.H q t',9 piee@c @ y =, Very stn;ilnr to
ian." Mr, j. 4. Ilttio has q rtru,'s part. Wilt,
ho effectively plays. ntd Mr. GEORGE i.elrock
as III hohcst-hcHrtr1 yolirg miner who IL nc.
else,t Ut II murder liz tlhesift cD,lln,t es we'll.
Mr; 7. J: Lnng,lon mlukrs II very !'iu"tl- thirsty
villnin, Miss tntn IEnwAr'I as Tim hurnlne wpll
tho hearts 81 Ecr audience. md Miss Mnvy lsooth
st.lrrnhlr nntIcc-Stlrh's theyelc rf.ters. There
@ ns y1 Of te anS ey ns syS ;rrn,. ~ sxn, @ ter
sf,.w In IL stcsch. Miss f.ill!a Ellis and slnrplcy
and West tire utso III tito 1lll.
, 1881-02-10

I'D CHANT uEr St,ME oF THIS "T1lEf:-
liuM -?
CuNsrASrISorI.E, Feb. 0.-A decree llAs
l,een issllct! authorizing nil internal l0un nf
:,oo. .00O.000 piastres,; tn be contributed by
PERSONS tfable To 1nnl-tax, and also poll-tax
Of from one tn tivt, lncdjIlus Un thu Ill
lllbllnnts Ut the Capital.
, 1881-02-10

=. What cures of i!!Mr! and skin l>iscnees anil
sentr Affections will. ft,s- Of lIhir ear, t,purg
wtii 'lt.sr .l tl'o lin. Wtinn raytoe. tl"sto,,,
1Hckcr. Ii,stnn:. y. 4. Steele. Es,,, Ghlc,Ko; i,
Il Drake. E.... 1,ctrx!t: u: r., Carpenter. ESQ.,,
IirscFsHtl. y. T.: Charles In1uhtnl,, Ea1,, lbs
ton, and mnny ht1icr4. "details 1T which f,iey be
tni on application tt McssrA. Weeks l. Potter,
, 1881-02-10
CONSOLIDATION FEARED.

liusroa. Feb. U-Tho .Iett'.al's Kpeciul from
MpntrrAt says tho Auntreal Stnck EaclianRa IL
grcatIy sxrltud t%>-dny usor tho announcement
Ut II heayy trl,f,sfrr Of 3toutseul Telegraph Cum
pany stock to WILSON &. Hunt, Of New iurk, IL
hlreclur Ut tho Western Un!ou.. Tbs movement
f. Thought to furc4ha the absorption nf the
Muutrtua COMPANY ky tho GREAT consolidation.
, 1881-02-10

Mrs. ASA X. brown, sfn[tlen. Mnss.. ho,f ao,t
h!ltntn IN hhly RlHl 1ItHhs fur eight ycars, M
kltt! 1f treatment nr medicine or tiuctWe lid
ht:r my Htnsi f4lmtM so raw antl pntnfnl TINT
st1e 4ht.IfHt ns tines To 20 nluut n ctutehes,
sianHM Mal!cn'n bcst cftizcns cun testify to ,cr
j.l! tho Cuticr. tsrsnlvclit ntrrn,tlly, md Tho
curG,l III sfx lnul,ttlA- N'
, 1881-02-10
Tho Professor Nomndfy denounced hy
Several Of the Distinguished
Speakers.
Development of Foo1ing that tho
Chargos Should De 1nvos-
tigated.



sronlencu III reference to tho nllcgGi inaccurate
statistics submitted tu tho 1IHlIfnx Commission
appointed tiflder the Wns1tfnRt0u Treaty. IIo
thn,Ehl tho Government should 1snye rlyen II
t'rnnrt dcnin 10 the chnrgcs tnntfn by 1'rnT.
Hind, which he trtIcvcd were !t,lf0i,n'l"tl. Ife
Thought. hnTeyHr. TINT tho fishery statistics were
not ttn'nriy ree}Ntresl.
Tit tln1s. j. t. i'opc, Minister Ut Fisheries. sahl
tint thure was m objection to bringing uwtl
ii1D correspondence. ;rhlx correspondence hui
c,ils,l RrG,t: slcn1 Uf excitement u tho E,lltc!
S'Atcs, and he WIS Gnfng tn say here tl,ne tho
C!,urycs n,n,lc by I'rof. Hind were So
outrageous nnl iln1ust that lls own
correspondence convicted hfnl OF nctlng
fr1tin tn,pinrei motives rntlor thau Il
,icsru TINT my trrsrs shuutd l,o cnrractcl. In
wtmrtHy statistics Of liis kind Aun,u i!ticcl1t1k
clcs niIHht tlnyc tGclrrcu hut f1o O1lc wtnttl for
suutntt beffuvu thnt tho Minister OF Fisheries
and Ills associates hui been guilty OF thex{ross
ehusKcs tntstn by prnf. Hind. prof ltIm him
self admitted tint the effect OF thUsp alterations
fr1slds wis a9uLnst thu interests Of cnuldst;
consequently this cntintry could i1nvc hal 1T,
tbJcct III making tlon,. 1'ilr negotiations hud
takon rIac: while his predecessor WIS III uIIicc.
nnt he wnt1tt not rufcr to tho muttcr further
thun 10 SHY that Prof. Hind showed by hls Dw,l
writings tst ts WIS NOT nctuntet! By tho hest nf
motives. The American Government had takcn
Ito nrttD,1.
Sir i. j.. sullt! lnto Minister Of Flscrics, and
durlng wl,ose lertn Of o1lice tho Cus,ns,lotl
wrs he'll, said that tllo grnval1uiI nf thu rhHrKc
WIS thnt tho Statistics l.a1 been co3kc,l.-u
charge whct. II trio, wulit'f reflect fHHnsntuy
and tllsgrace IN tho country. Hut II WIS not
true, nnd he c.,ulL not understand whit
1'rnf. 1ilIHls object wns, unless to mike
trunblo hctwecn tho two ctlntries. Prof. tI,ui
lWl l,ccn Il witness before tho Commission, nrd
lild Elyen sonln important gvi!cncc. Tho Pro-
fcssor I,a't Afterwards bcen intrnstcss with tho
, 1881-02-10
FOREIG:N.
rhe Coercion Bill Passed to
= Second Reading in the
Commons.
,,,s,, Members Nlto Take land.
League Money win Get
into Trouble.
p,rnc1l to Bo Persuaded to Again
Visit "That Grcater Ire
1alld."
penly of Archbishop McCabe
to tho Recent Irish Letter
Of the Pope.
Instruction by the Fire at VIC
toria Docks of $2,2oo,ooo
Worth Of Property.
Extraordinary Proceedings Of Russian
Diplonats Subsequent 10 the
Berlin Treaty.
Fears that if Gen. Colley Again
Whips the Bocrs There Will Be
Nothing Left Of Him.
nIsmarck Assures 1lchnfgscn OF His
Friendship and Respect III q
Present Adycrsity.
The Scheme to Scoop the Inhabitants Of
Conatantinoplo Now in Legal
2hnna
Fears that if Gen. Colley Again
Whips the Beers There Will Be
Nothing Left Of Him.
nismarck Assures 1lcnnfgsen Of Ills
Friendship nn'l Respect III a
Present Adrcrsity.
The Scheme to Scoop the Inhabitants Of
0onatantinoplo Now in Legal
Shape.


.,u,-r.s ,,,..,.,v NM 1,r,,nr:s,xn rp,..
0A't'-' I,AS,ys WIRING.
srrcsa, c.'Ai+
,LoSroS, Feb. 9.-Onc 0f tho lca.ling cotln.
sci of England asked Alr. Day1tt, after his
condemnation, why he, WHO hal lived 10
lpng out of Ireland, should bo no
rager 10 redress llcr grievance. lie replied:
"Whrh | WIS = years old the root WIS
taken oil my mothers house. WI wero then
paccd III I'LL open cart and taken through
tho SNOW 10 II port wllrro wo touls ship for
Amc1ca. I haze never forgotten this, nfMi
have vowed 10 devote my life to putting Ill
end to schcmc which subjects others to Il
ltko fatc" Curiously enough ono Of ll.c
first speeches Mr.. Dayltt delivered
ON nEn41r or THE LAND LEAauE
was from u platform erected on tho oxact
SPOT where lis mothers, house used IL stalit.
ills stra,lge tint tho Government refuses tt,
understand ttlo position of tho Fc-
MANS IN regard to the League. Tie
Land League stands between tho Fcuia,1s
and the % Goycrnn,nut omi r. supn,1.ss.,,f w , lin
danger Is slat the Fcntans will ugutn cone
10 tho front. fur tley viii l,e mia tn INV % link
events t,ayc nrnytf, tlot u;osstye rcstaja,,co Ia
pseless.
THE FI:S1AS PANIC
continues III military circles, I,cally, ],uw
people can DO s,lletl by s,,cl, transient hoaxcs
il perfect marvel to me,
n the 1lt,tsrn Ax,eciott,l Frt,,.
DrllEsS. Feb. 0.-lt, II meeting Of the Lind
nrrsuiy,,rn ',,.n,, of,an .,'n ~ :" H., H.
Coercion bill, nlul advised tenants 10 resist
thu IanIorls III every why short Of physical
! forrp. for W]lch thpy ,Hare r}r,.pnrut
, 1881-02-10
itrxtsfl1slA

:. Sanuci Mnnfntx. New Urlcnns, ILL.,, writes:
;, No G'hoss cn1i coHpiro with tho Cutic,lrn
!tenlGltta. hsvn l!att, them in nlI furlns for
which MIS- estectunIly ctireI IN eglt weeks
, 1881-02-10
12JTES1 A.

AN "ArrE.tsEMEyr."
LONDON, Feb D.--tIlio <lHencc Iuasc of
81. Petersburg summarizes tho t;Oyernllcnl's
Internal rrOgrllli us iii 'tapprnSuincnt III
consideration fnr local requirements"
, 1881-02-10
BUSINESS NOTICES,

lS cents, tIi4ck 4: IfRynpr'4 H1iarAsf
Fnco Powder l. q charming Invention for tho
entnplc xlHu. Whitr, itnscNte., nnd brunette.
IIuriHttss and tMlufsIl. a Hitting companions
pitce 10 thu futlutts "stars" Cologne.
, 1881-02-10

Iloerac1ke l. tCutel 1Inyn NeI1-kt0cike41
hnlllt,ti,IthIu ptnrnucfus, tyutt.i exclusively tn
thcy alto nt homeopathic rt,el!cc4 alI tsM,ks. IN
New York. Philadelphia, ih.ltsnru. Now Dr.
leans, Anl Sun FrtnGiHtu. Their CAleAKu tstllU-
ljAhTtlrHt IL ut - tnrk street.
, 1881-02-10

IIorsford's Acid Phosphate acts with decided
benefit IN c'ses Of iunatrttloa ol tho brain frual
4buse Ut alcuhol.
, 1881-02-10

The Hn,,trtml ComtHny hnan rnr!tnl nt *:,Nn,-
Hh. lfs aSstln rtlErra tho t'Hnntffln t1nitutpU
uni uxttnIs thrtllg1, Northern New York.
, 1881-02-10

. MILO lie wAs,
l0srt,~ :, sptetat tatlf,
asA. Sl1Ir,,s. sen; ,a-Ilcut. Maurice O,Cou-
1s" l'li'es, who wus killed In tho
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-21
MURRAY OF UTAH.

1t would seem, from Washington dis.
patches, that Governor Murray of Utah
has the confidence OF the new administra-
ton. SO far it appears that the only title
Governor Murray has to the esteem of a
Republican President is his reckless viola
ton of republican principles in the Cannon
case. In undertaking to decide matter
over which he had no jurisdiction he
showed, on that occasion, either gross
ignorance of his duties, OF most culpable
disposition to usurp powers not belonging
to his Office. In either case he ought to
have been removed from position his I'M
fitness to hold which be had SO conspicu-
ously manifested. There can be no trifiing
with questions of this character. Usur-
patton Of power is capital political crime
in arepublic. and it ought to be so regarded
aud SO punished. Governor Murray's re-
tention in Office can only be regarded as an
Endorsement of his fragrant defiance of
constitutional principles, and this is not
pleasant fact to reflect upon.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-21

A PREcocIoUs MUSICIAN Ga
leotti, a child only nine years of age, is
astonishing Italy by his remarkable ability
as pianist and musician. He is described
by correspondent as an exceedingly
pretty, healthy little boy, certainly not
more than nine years old. His knowledge
of music is simply, as would have said
worthy master Dominic Sampson, "pro-
digious." He knows eighty pieces by
heart, and these include works by Beet
hoven, Mozart, Weber and even Ruben.
stein. He can play any piece of music
given to him at first sight without hesita-
ton, and some evening since, at Genoa,
executed with brilliancy a number of So
natas by Beethoven, including the famous
cloth, with faultless accuracy. Any air
played once before him is Immediately, as
it were, photographed in his memory, and
he will play it not only Immediately after,
but even week later. He did this with
some negro and English popular air he GER
tainly never could have heard previously.
But this is not all he will take any melody
given him and make endless and charming
variations upon it, and will write down on
paper the airs he has played with preci-
sion. This prodigy played recently be-
fore Pope Leo KILL, who presented him
with gold medal, and the Queen of Italy
has been SO charmed by the childish man
ner and almost incredible performance OF
this remarkable little boy that she is about
to place him at the Conservatory of Music,
Milan, at her expense.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-21
TIE EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS.

We do not see how it can be possible to
dispense with an extra session Of Congress.
The funding question has to be met and
dealt with, and if it is not dealt with there
can be no doubt that the country will hold
the dominant party responsible for the
failure. The Democrats are justly censur-
able for causing the defeat of the last at
tempt at refunding, and President Hayes
did right in vetoing their impractieable
bill. It does not follow, however, that
President Garfield would be justified in
allowing the June and July bonds to ma
ture without taking any steps to provide
for them, and therefore the presumption
that he will call an extra session is almost
equivalent to certainty. There has never
been any good ground for doubling the
prscticability of floating three and half
per cent. bond, and refunding bill at that
rate would at once afford considerable
saving, and create a popular form of in
vestment. It is, however, not at all GER
tain that six months from this time
three and half per cent. bond could be
floated. The tendency of business is up
wards at present, and should peace prevail
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-21
TURKEY AND GREECE.


The fears of Europe will hardly permit
the present relations between Turkey and
Greece to drift into war. The Porte has
thus far steadily refused to cede Thessaly.
Crete it is willing to surrender, but Thes-
sally it will not let go, and there is no
possible pressure which the Powers can
bring to bear upon it TO enforce their pro-
gramme, which may not produce the very
evils they are most anxious to avoid. The
change of Government ia Russia has given
the King of Greece new and powerful sup
port, but the Gar will hardly urge his
relation to assume beiligerent position if
he perceives that such e step would compel
Russia to take an active part In the war.
At this moment. In fact, it looks as though
Turkey could control the situation by
simply remaining inhexible, for that Rus
sia can only urge Greece to declare war at
the risk of involving herself in another
great European conflict.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-21
TIE CASE OF LANDgs.

The case of George Landes, found guilty
of bigamy in the Superior Court on Satur-
day, is in some respects a peculiar one.
The defendant was charged with having
established marital relations with one Julia
Finn, who bore him child, and with
having subsequently contracted mar
riage with one Emma Hack. He claimed
that he was never married tc Miss Finn,
but admitted that he had cohabited with
her. She swore that he had driven her
on certain occasion, to house in the
country, where man representing himself
as a Justice of the Peace, performed the
marriage ceremony. No other evidence of
this transaction was, however, produced,
and Landes declared that her story was a
fiction. She had, indeed, what purported
to be marriage certificate, and this was
shown to be mere pretense. The nature
of the defendants relations with Miss
Finn was established upon the evidence OF
persons to whom he had spoken of her as
MS WIG, anu iStbSiS WHICH nc udu hIitISn
her, making the same representations
The authorship of these letters he denied,
but the fact that he wrote them was de.
monstrated to the satisfaction of the jury.
The law of California resembles that of
Scotland in holding that cohabitation and
acknowledgment OF marital relations before
witnesses establishes marriage. The de-
PENDANT would appear to have possessed a
very dim realization of the legal imp'i-
cations of his acts, for his second marriage
was boldly published in the city where
his first wife resided, and, in fact, his two
establishments were but few miles apart.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-21
THE NEW CARS POLICY

Alexander the Thirds proclamation an
nouncing his policy is a sufficiently con-
sentative document. In point of fact it
commits him to nothing. He processes to
be in favor of peace unless he is compelled
to go to war. He is not apparently in favor
of any administrative reforms in his own
empire, or if he is he does not mention
them. OF course it was not to be ex-
pected that he should have elaborated a
statesmanlike plan of government in few
hours, but neither was it necessary for him
to put forth statement which literally
means nothing, and which will not there.
fore be accepted by the world as indicating
his purposes in any respect. The prospect
of reform in Russia is not frightened by
the news that the new Cars life has been
threatened by the Nihilists already, more
over. BE will probably think it necessary
to root out those assassins before he thinks
of anything else, and the process of extir-
patton, judging from the past, may occupy
the whole of his reign. In that event, and
indeed in any event, it is the Nihilists who
constitute the most serious obstacle to gov
ernmental reform.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-21

to suppress polygamy. No President in his
right mind can say less. No President with
the powers which are now granted the Chief
Executive can do much in this direction.
When Congress seriously and resolutely adj
dresses itself to the suppression of the nuisance
of polygamy something will be accomplished.
In the mean time all such pyrotechnics as
those INDUCED in by Murray are useless and
impertinent.
Two Good Things from Beecher.
NEW YoRK, March 21st-A. M.-Henry
Ward Beecher announced yesterday, says the
Times, that the revival meetings each after
noon and evening during the week would be
continued but the evening services would be
prayer instead of preaching. 81 desire to
give notice, he continued, "that can't at
tend to secular business at the close of these
weekday services. and I might as well say
right here that have sold my interest in the
navy yard premises. in the New York Gus
tom-house, in the New York and Brooklyn
Postoffices, in the Treasury Department, in
the Postoffice Department., and almost every
department at Washington, and letter from
me to those places will be of no use what
ever. Applicants will please take notice of
these transfers Of property"
During his sermon Beecher said that liber-
alism and rational preaching were pleating
ruf1es, were fixing ruffied shirts and putting
cologne on men who were rotten within.
s. If there is one thing consider thoroughly
indecent" continued Beecher, Sc it is the way
in which criminals are cossetted and carried
out of life. When a murderer is to be hanged
women send flowers to him, and would kiss
an ulcer for his sake. Priests run to him
and philanthropists hurry after them He's
going to die Are not 100000 dying all
around, and there is nobody to run to them
there is no sympathy for them; but if
monster is to die for foul murder, the food
gates of sympathy are opened, and the news
papers tell how he died trusting in Jesus.
Faugh! What mischief that thief on the
cross did Can man who has crept up to
the gallows through the common sewers, at
the last moment, just before the last effort to
obtain pardon, suddenly blossom out into
ferveut religious life? don't believe it."
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-21
PORK OR POWDER.

Secretary Blaine's dispatch to our Eu-
ropean ENJOYS regarding the pork question
appears to us to be ominously truculent
1t might almost be supposed that he was
in favor of threatening Europe with gen.
eral war in case American hog products are
excluded from its ports. No doubt the
measures already taken by France and
Germany on the strength of the recent in
dictment of our pork are calculated to
produce very serious results in the West.
Rightly or wrongly it looks as though
American pork would be for some time
tabooed in Europe, and this must bring
distress to the doors of many of our pack
ers and hog raisers. The great hog indus
try of the West cannot fail to suffer Sc
verely from this panic, and even if it can
be shown that the scare was groundless it
will still take some time for European
markets to recover from its effects.
1t is indeed quite possible that if the
question was put to the vote in Cincin-
natl, the burghers of that porcine city
might declare for war, rather than
lose their European markets. But how
ever anxious the new Administration may
be to stand well with the West, it must
remember that there are other sections of
the country also to be considered, and that
besides, there is moral aspect to this
case. Thus it is well known that the
American press has bitterly denounced
England for forcing her opium upon China,
and how, then, can we justify an endeavor
to cram our pork down the unwilling
Threats of the English, French and Ger,
mans? 1t may be entirely free from
trichine, but that is not the point So
long as our European customers cannot be
made to believe that it is wholesome, all
attempts to make them eat it must fail.
Perhaps the British Government might be
induced to deliver over Consul Crump to
the outraged pork-packers as sort OF
heave-offering, and if this was done we
should shudder to contemplate the wretch's
fate. Probably they would feed him upon
diseased pork until he expired in horrible
agonies, or they would condemn him to pass
the rest of his miserable life in packing
the pork he had so Indignantly traduced.
But we do not think the question one
which it will do to go to war upon, and
therefore the semi belligerent tone of Mr..
Blaine's instructions seems out of place.
1t is quite possible that all this agitation
about pork has been brought about by de.
signing spectators but if it is SO there is
no help for it, since spectators are always
conspiring against one another in some
way, and since they cannot be prevented
from doing SO except by killing them
which is not feasible course 1t is unfor.
tunate for the hog crop, undoubtedly, but
it will have to be borne, just as the wheat
growers bear dry year, and patience is
the only alleviator accessible.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-21

DANGEROUS WALL PAPER. = Professor
Bernbech, writing to the Medical Press,
calls attention to the probable danger aris-
ing from the use of ultramarine colored pa
per, which gave out most disagreeable
smell of sulphuretted hydrogen, the source
of which for some time escaped detection.
Eventually, however, close examination
was made of the paper, which led to the
conclusion that the deep blue wall paper
was slowly undergoing a process of decom.
position under the influence of alum in the
paste used in hanging. This appeared to
be confirmed, for on sleeping piece of the
paper In very dilute solution of the alum
it gave off sufficient sulphureted hydrogen
to be quite perceptible to the nose and to
blacken paper.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-21

FIRST THEATER IN CALIFORNIA
[MontereY Californian.


On the corner of Pacific and Scott
streets, in Monterey, stands the first the
alter ever opened in California. It is a low,
fat, one-story adobe building, at present
owned by John A. Swan, himself a pioneer
of lS43, and used as tenement house.
Many interesting "reminiscences and ludi-
crous incidents cluster around this ancient
building. The first piece played in it was
Romeo and Juliet" The late lamented
Lieutenant Derby t''John Phoenix y was
Romeo, and no lady could be found for
Juliet. There were no English. speaking
ladies in Monterey then. But Derby, that
inveterate joker, hunted around until he
found big, fat Dutch woman, weighing
about $50 pounds, the wife of soldier at
the Preside, and induced her to take the
part of Juliet. She studied her part in.
dustriously, but her broken English made
farce of the piece, which was highly rel
ished by the not over critical audience of
pioneer miners, especially in the balcony
scene, where Derby made her look as
ridiculous as possible. The second piece
put upon the boards was Shakespeare's
Z" Hamlet" which shows that if the rugged
pioneers were not well supplied with talent
their aspirations ranged pretty high.
Derby, as Hamlet, did very well, at least
he satisfied his audience. In Ophelia no
no flowers could be found for the flower
scene, so common heads of cabbage were
used, and vociferously applauded by the
audience.