Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-07-25


p. NJ. Boylan asks to have the assessment
upon the east half of the north hall and
south hall of lot 4, between G and D, Four
teenth and Fifteenth streets, city, reduced
from $3.50 to $3.50; also to have improve
ments upon the west so feet of lot 3, and east
quarter of lot 2, between and q, Sixth and
Seventh streets, reduced from l,S0O to
81, 500. Taken under Amusement.
Upon motion the Clerk was Instructed to
notify Thomas O'Toole to appear before the
Board on Wednesday, August 81, at 10 A. NJ,
TO show cause why the assessment on q Ger
tain tract of land, located in Township N,
r. east containing 2SS acres, belonging
to him, should not be increased.
The Board then adjourned until A. NJ.
to-day.
The WIDOW Wednesday and
Thursday next, at the Metropolitan Theater,
the Haverly Widow Bedott Company will
play. The Widow Bedott papers appeared
many years ago in "Godey's Lady's Book, "
and attracted universal attention by the
quaint style Of writing, and their admirable
character painting. Without any really
specific and distinct description or account OF
the widow, the reader was made Intimately
acquainted with her by monologue, in
which she was the speaker, and through
which also the reader was introduced to
Hezskiah Bedott, Elder Sniffiss and other
equally quaint characters. When the papers
had won fame for the writer, it developed
that the author was young woman, Mrs.
Wicher, and that the papers" constituted
her fist attempt at writing for public criti-
cism. Published in book form the work
had an immense sale. After these many
years Petroleum V. Nasty tAIr. Locke has
framed ludicrous comedy, in which Widow
Bedott, Elder Sniffies and Tim Crane are
the leading characters. While the drama
gives scarcely any idea of the "Bedott Pa
pers as whole, yet as from them the
chief personages are takeH, the play has at
tracted no little attention. 1t Is one of the
most absurd of farceg. and one of the most
laughable. When Haverly first took it in
hand Neil Burgess assumed the part Of the
Widow. Now, under the stimulus of success,
a new company has been formed, and Charles
B. Bishop is the Widow, James o. Barrows
the Elder, and Mr.. Sutherland Tim Crane.
The latter is a clever actor and the two first
are among the best comedians of the day.
In fact Mr.. Bishop has scarcely rival in his
style. He will be remembered as the man
who is nearly as broad as he is long, the
comedian of the Jarrett-Palmer lightning
train that flashed across the continent in
about ninety hours. He captured Cali
fornia audiences at once, and has ever since
been here prime favorite. He left the
stage for q time, and graduated as a
physician at the University of California,
bat the demand for his presence on
the boards has drawn him back again.
Mr.. Barrows is one Of the most popular of
California stock actors. He will be remem-
bared as the first person who ever played and
sang here the part of Sir Joseph, the First
Lord Of the Admiralty, in that phenomenon
" Pinafore." The assurance is given that the
support is first The local managers,
Messrs. Beals and Mott, have the box list now
open. They propose to do all they can to
make the Widow draw here, and purpose
to look after the comfort of the audiences es-
pecially, as for example, they will furnish,
in dress circle and parquet, iced lemonade
free, so that there shall be no need for any
one to step out between acts to ''see man"
and return in time to spoil the first scene of
each act, as is now the custom. Ii they
would only put padlocks and chains on the
restless people, the public would be benefited,
certainly. The same management announce
the return of Haverly's Mastodon Minstrel
troupe, which will appear here about tie last
of August.
THROWN OVERHEARD AND Drowned
On Saturday afternoon while two Italians,
who were employed upon the steamer Va
runa, which lay at the foot of o street, were
together on the boat, and apparently Willing
away the time, one Of them named Baldis.
ara Fontana picked up an insect and pre-
tended to throw it upon the other man, whose
name is given as Francisco Brecans, and
otherwise known as Monterey" having re-
sided for time at that place. Brecaua took
offense at what the other claimed to be only
in sport, and commenced sending forth broad
side invectives and imprecations at his COM
panion. Fontana explained that he did not
throw the insect upon him. and showed where
he dropped, but Brecana had become very
angry and would not accept the explanation,
but caught bold Of him yiciously and threw
him over the side of the steamer into the
river. A strong current where he went IN
drew him under the barge Grand Island,
which lay alongside, and although boats were
at once lowered, in which Brecana took part,
to pick him up, he did not again appear at
the surface, and his body has not yet been
found. As soon as the excitement of trying
to rescue the drowning man was passed,
Brecana was looked for, but had disappeared.
Notice of the affair was sent to the police
Office, and officers Lee, Campbell, and Geo.
Karcher, local, went to the locality and in
vestigated the matter, but up to last evening
the man who threw Fontana overheard and
caused his death had not been found.
MERCHANDISE REPORT. - The following
freight passed Ogden for Sacramento on the
21st: For Billingsley & Co, boxes brushes
Henry Fisher, barrels cocoanuts; A. j.
VieIe, boxed organ; Hall, Luhrs & Co., 20
boxes tobacco; A. Flohr, cases FIRE arms
Continental Oil Co, go cases coal oil Hunt
in2toD, Hopkins & Co., 1l9 plates iron, &c
cases sledges. l package axes, l package
hatchets, packages and box hardware g.
p. Il. Il Co, 30 barrels oil. u coils packing.
l case dry goods; Payot Upham L Co.,
cases paper. The following freight passed
Ogden for Sacramento on the 22i inst. For
Huntington. Hopkins Il Co., 121 plates OF
iron, 3 barrels and l case of iron hinges. q
store trucks, AS pieces and 8 cases of axles,
$40 plates Of boiler iron, 81 kegs of horse
nails and ! case Of short stove brushes J.
Cox kegs IF rivets w. I. Jones, organs
Il. Stone & CO., l box of leather; Baker 4
II amiltou ? rolls of rubber springs; Adams
Mcneil & Co, cases playing cards Booth
K 70. . cases OF same.
PETIT LARCENY Saturday Mrs. Mont
gomery, while coming up town along Fourth
street, stopped at saloon at Q street to get &
little child drink, and, soon after leaving
therenoticed that she hadlosthe rportemonnai'
which contained sl5. in gold coin, beside
rings and other jewelry. After going back
and not finding it, Mrs. Montgomery reported
the loss to the police Office, and was accom-
panied in a search by officers Leyey and Ash
Upon going to the place, at Fourth and {
streets, where she stopped, man named An
tonic Francis, was noticed in the act of put.
/ ting something down into load of SAND
which stood In the street near by; and, upon
investigating, the portemonnaie was found ii
| the sand, and all the articles but the money
were still in it. Francis was then arrested
| and when searched, the SIS was found in hi
pocket. He is now in Jail for petit larceny.
OFFICERS ELEcrED.--Camp No. ] of the
Order of Caucasisns yesterday elected thu
! following as officers to serve for the ensuing
six months: Past Chief, W. P. Stoner
4 Chief w f. G., X elier. Vica Cb;sf pobar.