Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-23


three Others The civil and military
authorities remained standing at the front,
and when the services were finished, the
Mayor, in affecting tones, thanked the
entire population in few words for
their sympathy on the occasion of this
terrible calamity. The procession then
lation Of Nice took part in the ceremony /;
more than 80 0G0 persons were to be seen
on the Grand Place Cassini, and more
than 80, 200 followed the process
sion. Behind the hearses were. seen
the parents of the victims in an indie
scribable state of sorrow and affection.
Following them came the military bands,
PLAYING marches of the dead. In short the
whole scene was one OF complete desolation
! and woe.
On Friday evening next takes place at
the Grand Opera the first representation OF
Gounod's new opera, the " Tribub de Ia
| mora" A first representation at this tenn
pie of song Is a rare circumstance, and of
course every one who thinks he has the
slightest chance of obtaining so great a
favor mas demanded seat of some kind,
or at least standingroom, even if it be far up
against the ceiling 1t seems that few others
than Councils own personal friends will be
so fortunate, for in his quality of author he
has demanded the tableau of the theater to
choose from what places he may desire,
and the administration, aware of the vast
number of friends he possesses, have little
hopes of themselves coming into possession
of the many seats they can dispose Of
Gounod is to direct the orchestra himself,
which fact adds much to
THE CURIOSITY OF THE FASHIONABLE WORLD
Who desire to be present, ana as Gounod' S
friends will more than fill the house, it is
decided that there will be three first rep
reservations, on which occasions the COM
poser will fill the role of orchestra director.
OF all the living composers in the world,
none perhaps have SO many personal friends
as Gounod /; scarcely a musician or writer
but has on some occasion or other received
from him shake of the hand then all the
literary celebrities are his friends, not only
all in Paris, but in London, Brussels and
other cities, and hosts of these have ex-
pressed a desire to attend the first perform
ance of his new opera. The tableau handed
over TO Gounod for his choice for the three
evenings viii be return to the Office only
on Friday morning, when the opera-starv
ing public will be allowed to gather up the
few crumbs left. The administration is
besieged with demands, and the Office IS
constantly filed with gentlemen who make
great display of their decorations and
put forward their rights in peremptery
manner. He who wields the pen is
to-day as audacious and threatening as
was he in times gone by who welded
the club or sword. and | heard
one of the employers OF the administration
say of gentleman who had just left, that
that man had to have place of some kind,
for he was an author who sometimes wrote
for newspapers, and was In consequence a
dangerous man.
THE PORK WAR.
The ten thousand charcutiers throughout
France have been heaping maledictions on
the heads of the American nation. 1t is
alleged that hams have been sent over here
in harmful state. for the reason that pork
dealers in the United States have cured
hams from pork which had died of some
disease. The Government ordered an In.
spection of all hams arriving at Havre or
other ports, and directed the tainted ones
to be sent back to America. Besides, bills
were posted throughout the country warn
ing the inhabitants against the use of these
hams. The French people, becoming
| frightened at the idea of their whole body
turning into worms, vowed they would eat
no more pork and no article of food have
they been willing to buy which contained
| the smallest particle of the cochon. The
| dt0rcutier establishments are never attached
to butcher shops. and sell sufficient vari-
ETY. of meats and dishes containing more or
! less pork, to be entirely independent. The
| French are great consumers of chdrcuteTie,
and the ten thousand shops all seemed to
be doing a flourishing business. Since this
affair OF the alleged spoiled hams and the
appearance sf the posters, it seems the
merchants have not disposed of an ounce
of their comestibles in whole week.
| Their state has become so desperate that
they have sent in petition, miles in length,
begging the Government to explain by
other posters that there exists difference
between sailed pork and comestibles made
of fresh pork. These ten thousand eharcu.
tiers are all going into bankruptcy, and the
majority, who made very comfortable
! living and had money ahead, are now deep
in debt Their miseries they all place to
the account of America, whose inhabitants
they say, for greed of gain, have sent over
bad hams to them.
wAsHERwOMAN'S DAY.
Thursday was M care'ne, the breathing
space of all religious souls, yet the day is
said not to be religious fete, although all
religious people celebrate it. The Govern
ment does not recognize the day, since
there is no religious reason for doing so,
and the Bourse, the Chambers and business
generally were not suspended. The mi
careme is the fete of the washerwomen,
and ON that day the lduoirs along the Seine
were dressed in evergreens, flowers and
flags, and presented quite picturesque
sight. They made more splendid turn
out this year than for long time past.
There were long lines of gaily dressed cav
alters on horseback, behind whom came
open carriages filled with women dressed
in different historical and rational CO.'S
tunes, and not of a tawdry description
either. The sight was gay and attractive
one, and / assure you there were others
than gamins who ran after them to get a
good look. VAL.