Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-14
HALL OF RECORDS.

HALL OF RECORDS.
The Ground important Changes
Made in the Plan.
The excavation for the foundation OF the
Hall of Records was commenced yesterday,
and the work is to be pushed rapidly forward.
The face of the building will stand in line
with the face of the Courthouse, about
/ twenty feet from the front line of the lot and
extend back to within two feet OF the jail
yard wall. the lot recently purchased is 40
feet ia width. and the Hall Of Records is to be
the same width, but to prevent parties who
own the adjoining lot on the west from
| building up against it and shutting out the
| light from the windows on the lower floor the
! building will be located fifteen feet from the
west line Of the lot, and extend that distance
upon the Courthouse grounds. This will
also produce fine effect, by having a lawn
upon each side and in front of the building.
| The first or basement floor viii be four feet
above the level of the sidewalk, and will be
reached on the front by six granite steps and
broad platform, hanked with granite but
-tresses.
The plan of the lower floor has been re-
Gently changed so as to bring the County
| Treasurer's office into the building, and also
to provide hall for the Board of Supervis-
ors. These rooms are arranged as follows ::
The front doors viii open into, in the center,
hallway eight feet in width. On the right
and in the front part of the building will be
| the Treasurer's Office, with bank counter at
the north end, and back of this the private
r - i
constructed vault.
On the left of the hallway in front will be
an iron stairway, six feet wide, leading to the
Hall of Records above. Directly back of this
stairway is to be an cffice Is by 10 feet,
which, it is contemplated, will be used by the
Auditor, should the Offices of Auditor and
Recorder become separate ard be held by diff
ferent persons.
At the end of the hallway, large folding
doors will open into the Supervisors office,
which will be q feet deep and extend across
the entire width of the building-S5 feet in
the clear. This will also be provided with
vault for the books and papers of the
Board. The room will have two large
windows upon the east, looking out into the
courtyard and two upon the west aff0rding
at least eight times more light than there is
in the Office at present occupied by the Board,
and which will be a very desirable improve.
ment. The new Office will have, in addition
to the doors opening into it from the hall,
door upon the east eide opening ont into the
courtyard, nearly opposite the Sheriff's
office
. The plan for the main Hall of Records, in
the upper story of the building, remains
unchanged. An elevated walk is to be con-
stracted across from the upper floor to the
main floor of the Courthouse, for convenience
il the transaction of business.
"THE HowARD's ENTERrA1NMENr.-Th
entertainment given last evening by the
ladies, at the Pavilion, for the benefit of the
poor of Sacramento as cared for by the How
ard Benevolent Association, was socially
brilliant success, and probably financially
gratifying. The affair pleased so thoroughly
that there was a very general request for its
repetition, and the ladies, acceding. have an
nounced that the entertainment will be given
again this evening, with the price of a1mis
sion reduced to % cents. 1t appears that
heretofore gentlemen have gone out on the
streets and sold large numbers of tickets for
the annual charity ball, but this year that
work devolved entirely upon the ladies, and
they proving to be not so skilled in that
line, the desire to make the returns Of
this charity effort compare favorably
with those of former years has had its infiu-
ence in their decision to repeat the entertain
ment tonight. The attendance was as large
probably last night as at any former charity
ball, though fewer tickets were sold prior TO
the day of the ball than heretofore. The as
semblaGe last night was quite equal to the
capacity of the great hall. There were over
100 ladies in the hall actively engaged in the
various departments of the entertainment,
and raarlv I'D fo how
worked in the matter in the preliminary ar
rangemeuts-in fact more general effort on
the part OF the ladies is not remembered in
behalf Of the Towards The hall
looked very well. The booths were
especially attractive, and the decorations
OF these departments were attractive TO the
most critical taste. There was lemonade
booth, a flower booth, confectionery stall,
cigar stand, q post flee, hsh-pond and
gypsy tent. The decorations of all these
were in the prevailing bric-a-brac style. A
regiment of handsome women and beautiful
young girls managed these departments, their
unique and tasty costumes and the liberal
patronage with which their efforts to raise
money for the poor were met, were especially
noticeable. The supper-rOom contained
three long tables, AID every article of food
thereon was free gift. So much food was
sent In by citizens that three such assem-
blages could not consume it, and it is
all choice-indeed, one of the features
of the evening was the store-room, where
were pyramids of roast fowl and meats, and
row upon row Of cakes, pies and special dish
es, with cord or more OF bread, biscuit,
small cakes, etc, and huge piles of fruit, with
great quantity of table ct ceteras. a nov
city at the entertainment was the hat-ro)m,
which was presided over by a lady, an inno-
walton that was a success. The early part of
the evening was given up to promeaades, So
ci9l converse, and a concert by the Artillery
Band. Dancing began at 8 o'clock. During
the evening basket of camelias was put up
for disposal by lot, won by deputy county
official, sold by him at auction, bought for a
good sum by banker, and by him again auc-
toned off, the last buyer being a merchant,
who paid liberal rate.
A HUNTERS LUCIA young man from
the railroad freight office in this city went
hunting the other day in the vicinity of
Swingle's. near Davisville Ducks were
found to be absent for the holidays, so he
turned his attention to wild geese. By bent
of good fortune he brought down couple,
over which he was much elated After shoot
iug several more shots at others, with muir
derOus intent, but causing no damage. he
hGSes- Ch SAlfsS Hpb care 10 get any more
any way, as the two would be ali the folks at
home would cook, and if he got more he
would have to give them away Nevertheless
for some reason he placed the two which he
had already killed out in an open place as
decoys. or as warning to the feathery tribe
of his destructive habits, while he took
seat in ambush at convenient range. and
with gun at full cock anxiously
rested. After remaining about two hours
without the approach of any kind OF
game, he was diverted by the sound
of geese in another direction, and took saun-
ter after them. When he returned to his de-
coys be found that herd of swine-which
he believes Is the same flock that so MANY
devils went into of old-had reconnoitered
the field and eaten the two geese which he
had laid away, and a drove of half-starved
pigs were running around with the wings.
This was too much for hunters luck, and
with much disgust he shouldered his shot
gun and started for home remarking in a
fcrcible way that if there was an animal in
the world that was rightly named it was
hog.
AUCTION SALFs.-Bell & Co. will sell at
1920 a. N. to-day, at the residence of MIR.
Peck, 12l6 Fourth street, between l. and NJ,
the furnishing of the house, consulting of fine
walnut, marble-top furniture, walnut bedroom
sets, fine mattresses, bedding. brussels and
ingram carDets sewing machine stoyes