Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-20
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

House Trade Union. The stores OF the
house are located on J street, between Sew
enth and Eighth, and occupy two distinct
buildings with five floors, on which is stock
of goods Of large extent and of the greatest
variety Mr. Griffitts after patient exam
nation Of the business of the concern, re-
ported to the Court that the house has most
valuable and well-assorted stock of goods,
that it is upon good financial basis, and has
a large and constantly growing trade. The
stores will be closed to-day and tomorrow,
to enable the new management to perfect all
its arrangements for conducting the business.
Saturday the establishment will be reopened
under the personal direction of Mr.. Grit
fits, who viii make his announcements
Saturday morning. 1t may be safely as
sumed that under his management the
prosperous business Of the Red House will
not only continue, but receive new impetus
and greatly enlarge its proportions, and oc-
cupy still more important position in the
mercantile ranks of the interior. The Red
House was probably the pioneer dry goods
house of the city to introduce the strictly
cash and cheap system Of sales. The method
was to buy in at suitable markets at the very
lowest,,by watching for the opportunities af-
forded By trade and forced sales, and by
Selling upon the occasions when large stocks
this was the purchase of staple stock in the
regular trade lines and the securing OF sup
plies direct from importers and manUfactur-
ers through the agency OF skilled buyers
kept constantly az the great centers OF trade.
The business embraces the retailing for cash
only, and at the smallest possible margin of
profit, Of all kinds of dress and dry goods,
mems and boys clothing. mems, boys, girls
and women's footwear Of every description,
trimmings and fancy goods, woolens, blank
cts, carpets, and household supplies.
furnishing goods, personal supplies
for the farmer, miner and laborer. The
house carries on an extensive wholesale bust
ness and has an extended country-order bus:-
ness, through which goods from a few cents 10
value to the largest amount are shipped by
express and mail TO all parts of the coast.
All these branches of the establishment will
be conducted by the new management on the
most approved business basis.
THE CAMP MEETING.-At the Adventist5'
camp meeting yesterday Elder Haskell ad-
dressed the A. NJ. assemblage on the subject
of "Health.n Elder Waggoner and Mrs
White also offered remarks on the same
subject. At 10:30 a. N. Elder Haskell
spoke on "Christian Liberality" AT the
evening meeting Elder Waggouer preached a
sermon on the question Is Eternal Torment
Scriptural Doctrine?" A teachers meeting
was held yesterday, cosducted by ". c.
White, President of tho State Sunday School
Association. A final meeting was held of the
State Temperance Association and a lively
discussion was INDUCED 10 over a resolution
calling for abstinence from the use of tobac-
co, tea and coffee. The resolution was
adopted Twenty-thrse new signers to the
- 1 -
Secretary reported the membership or the
Society to be 1,525, of whom SS5 joined
during the year, and 1,016 are total abstain
ers. DIR. e. J. Wagon was elected Presi-
dent; G. II. Jones, Vice President. and Mrs.
E. J. Waggoner, Secretary and Treasurer.
To-day at 2:30 P. N. Mrs White will speak
from John xiv, 2: "In my Fathers house
are many MANSIONS" At 7:30 Elder Van
Horn will preach on 1.-THE Nature Of Man"
NEGLIGENT WRITERS. general public
has probably but limited information of the
great number of negligent correspondents
whose carelessness is brought to light through
the Postofice department. A striking example
was that Of a letter received here the other
day. addressed as follows: The Registrar
of Wills Sacramento Valley Railroad, Cali
fornia." The postal authorities sent the let
ter TO Recorder Gerbsr, who found on open
ing it that the writer, Harry 4. Vaughn,
inquiries after an estate valued ct $4,000, but
fails to indicate in what part of the habitable
globe the letter was written. and while the
envelope bears an English postage stamp, the
postmark is so indefinite and dim that it can
not be determined whether the letter halls
from England Ireland, Scotland, Wales,
Australia or India. The Recorder thinks
Harry T. Vaughn's anxiety will acquire
dull edge and he will be gray and bald before
an answer is made to the letter.
For THE Pound MASTER. "A lady resid-
ing on II street, not far from Eighteenth,
hailed newspaper man yesterday-the class
is presumed to know everything. The lady
has in front OF her residence one Of the hand
soonest and best-kept lawns in the city. Ste
was driving from the place several COWS that
were grazing on the luxuriant grass plat. The
lady was Justly indignant and her outraged
feelings led her TO inquire if it was rulahle
for her neighbors 20 pasture their COWS IN her
door-yard. That is question. The lady
shouldn't PROFOUND mere conuudrums. She
knows best if that is the rule in that section
OF the city but as to the right, that Is an
other matter which the Pound-master is espe-
cially qualified to deal with in summary
manner, and gives occasion for making note
that there is neglect somewhere If cattle are
permitted to roam at large on such pubic
highways as FL street.
CHARGE IeNoRED.-Fred. Smith. William
Clark, alias Sacramento Bill, and Della Gal
lagher. were arrested Tuesday afternoon by
officers Arlington, Ash and Campbell, on a
charge of grand larceny. preferred by Pat
rick Finley and Harry Sherwood. The ar
rest grew out of a difficulty occurring in a
low place on Il street. Finley claimed that
there were stolen from him his coat, vest,
boots, $50. and pistol, while drunk. The
Grand Jury examined into the case yester-
day, ignored the charge, and the prisoners
were set at liberty.
MEETING AND BANQUET.-The Sacramento
Society for Medical Improvement held its
regular quarterly meeting Tuesday evening
at DR.. Oatman's Office. There were present
about eighteen physicians. DR.. 0atman read
a papsr on the treatment OF malarial infiu-
ences. After the reading of the paper the
subject was open for discussion, which was
participated in by all of the msmbers. At
about ii o'clock the members of the Society
adjourned to Peterson's, where the monthly
banquet had been prepared by order of DR..
Oatman, whose turn it was to entertain the
Society.
To THE HowARDs.-The auditing com.
mistee of the citizens committee TO conduct
the memorial exercises on the funeral day Of
the late President has completed its work,
The total expenses were found TO amount to
S675 Go. This left 10 the hands of the com.
1nittee unexpended $50 go, which was ordered
70 be transferred to the treasury OF the How
ard Benevolent Association.
NEW C1T1zENs.-In the Superior Court
yesterday, Thaddeus Joshua Eames, native
of Ireland, on the testimony of Thomas
Warmley and Frank Lenoir, and Thomas
Patrick Sweeney, native of Ireland, on the
testimony Of J. J. and II. L. Buckley, were
admitted to citizenship.
ARREsTs.-There were only two arrests
made since last report-Miss All Chez, ex-
hibiting, by officer Ash and local Karcher
a drunk-too drunk to give his namely
local officer Nash and Deputy Constable Tur-
ner.
Police CoURT.-In this Court there were
but two cases yesterday morning. Robert
WEIGH. battery, case continued until the 22d
Mary Roberts, drunk, fined SO.
BEWARE of limitations in Rock end Rye.
Trademark filed in this State and Nevada.
Gee. w. Chesiey, sole agent.