Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-04-05

4:02 A. NJ Tor the month was So miles,
from the southeast; at 1902 P. N. it was 10.4
miles, from the north; at 500 P. NJ. it was
rs miles, from the southwest. Winds
of % miles per hour and over were as
follows: on the 10th, % miles, from the south
east; on the 18th, IS miles, from the south
east; en- the 18th, % miles, from the south
west; on the 1Ssb, q miles, from the south !;
on tie 25th, 2S miles, from the north. Frost
occurred on tie 80, 4th, 9th, goth and DIST.
Highest water in the river, 10 9 feet, on the
31st; lowest water, Is S feet, on the LIST ard
| ID. Lunar halo on the Dist. Hail on the
| 18th aud 18Th. Lightning seen on the 10Th.
To-pAY's GREAT AUcTIoN.-At half-past
mence to sell, without reserve, all the elegant
and vel. kept furniture OF the fremont
Hotel, on street, between Front and Sec
ond, consisting in part as follows: One ele
CANT walnut plate-glass mirror, 3x5 feet !;
one y octave Chickering piano, as good as
new, and cost 500. with cover and stool !;
walnut plate glass bar mirror, 6x10 feet, cost
| $500; elegant parlor set OF eight pieces ele-
| CANT msrble-top center table; Detroit safe !;
refrigerator fine bar counter, and all the file
| glassware and bar ornaments, etc; fifty yards
of cork oilcloth paintings and chromos bar
room chairs; also, diningroom furniture,
| silgerware, cutlery, crockery, glass and
woodenware also, kitchen furniture and
requisites also, fine lace curtains, with
cornicss; body Brussels snd Tapestry carpets
| throughout the entire house; also, elegant
walnut marble-top chamber sets, bedsteads,
wardrobss; crockery, white blankets, com
fortars, sheets, feather pillows, spring aud
top mattresses of twenty light rooms also,
chandeliers, globes and gasfxtures, and g
| large lot OF other things.
return EMPTY PACKAGES TO BE DIsIN-
decentralization Cooke returned last even
ing from San Francisco. where he attended
a meeting of the commission merchants and
dealers in fruit, called for ths purpose of
taking into consideration the feasibility of
| having 81 return empty packages disiafected
in San Francisco. The plans proposed were
discussed, and Endorsed by Mr.. Cooke as
| the most practical and economical for the
ftu;t-growcrs and fer the prevention of the
spread OF codling moth and scale insec.s. 1t
is proposed to thoroughly dsinfect all return
| packages ct cost not TO exceed one cent
each without adding any additional dray
| age. A resolution indorsing the plan dis
cussed was offered and adopted unanimously
by the mseting. which was attended By rep
resentatives of the principal commission
houses. Z. I. Crane, OF San Lorenzo, was
present. and on behalf CT the fruit growers
approved Of the method OF disinfection pro-
posed Harry De Veuve, Jr., Edwin Hay
den and Augustus Conart are the local inspec-
tors for San Francisco.
METROPOLITAN THEATER. = TIE play Of
1.-THE New Magdalen" was presented ct the
Metropolitan Theater last evening by the
Nellie Boyd troupe to good house. The
au Hence was well pleased az the admirable
manner in which the play was presented, and
the exceptionally good acting Throughout.
| The success Of this troupe for the week they
are billed 20 play in Sacramento is now
assured. As a whole, the company il an
evenly balanced one and their popular prices
should secure good houses. The programme
| for this evening is " Kathleen Mavournesn :;
or, st. Pstrick's Eve" aud laughatle farce.
BILLIARD ToURNAMENT.-rh The fourteenth
| game of the billiard tournament was played
at the billiard parlors of the Union Hotel last
evening, between Messrs. Gamble and Glea-
SOP. The following was the score: Gleason
I210S15O 14010114 l007 .
1902 10114111 0300022 3 0 2 0 IA
2OO1001524 S110012 100000 $3.50
| o.. Total, 200. Average, 223. Gamble
| 12212 04012937 ID l 6 8 8 9 0 .
| 0850S01 030012 II 6 00125 2 l
| 0944400 010606 Il q % $50 2 0 O.
Total, 100. Average, 4-15. Messrs. Flint
and Amsden play tonight.
| COLLECTING CRY TAXES The work of
collec ing the city taxes for the fiscal gear
~fsS2 So, was entered upon by City Collector
Putnam Monday morning. The total amount
to be collected is S2lS 526. apportioned as fol-
| t. tba (xaparaI Fund S1OQ O62 H trp
! Department Fund, SIG. 223 II School Fuod,
| S32 rs 80; Levee and Drainage Fund, Sl9,-
| Coz 81 Police Fund, SIT, 49, 0S; Towie Re-
demption Fund, 81 6H Al; Free Library
| Fund, s.. 463 Is. The taxes will be delin-
auent from and after the second Monday in
| MAJ, which will be the S.h of that month.
THIS EVENINGS LEcrURE.-Hon. w. B. G.
Brown will deliver lecture this evening in
the NJ. E. Church South, on Seventh street,
between J and K. The subject of his dis.
course will be 1.-The Immortality OF the Sou
| Demonstrated by Reason and Facts lnde-
pendent CT Biblical Proofs" An admission
fee of fifty cents will be charged. which goes
to the church. Mr.. Brown is a thoughtful
and interesting speaker, who will on this &C.
| casion bs heard for the first time on theo-
logical subject.
AN Acc1DENT-Lass night, about half
past Il, an accident occurred at the chemical
works on l street, between Fourth and
Fifth, one Of the pipes became clogged, and
the proprietor, George d. Ga:dner, and one
of the employees, Will II. Uhl, ia taking il
of had ABOUT thirty pounds of b!suiphide OF
carbon spilled over them. Mr.. GARNER had
one OF his eyes seriously injured. The ma
| terial was in very crude state aud hot
OSCAR WILDE.-The poet and apostle Of
estheticism, Mr.. Oscar Wilde, will lecture al
the Congregational Church on Saturday
afternoon, April Sth, at 2 o'clock. The sub
iect of his discourse will be House Beauti
full" This will be the last opportunity OF see
ing or hearing the exponent Of the esthetit
theory. TIE manager has placed the id
mission fee st 80 cent?.
AUCTION SALE OF PLANTs.-A large and
wellselsc;ed collection of evergreen trees
shrub and Towering plants, from Union
! Nursery, will be sold at auction to-cay al
1880 A. NJ, at tie store corner OF Fifth and
j streets. w. II. SheTburr, aucsioneer.
CHICKEN THIIF ARREsTED.-A man was
arrested last night about u O'clock by locals
Cafferty AID Karcaor, trying to sell two
white chickens. He is an old otfeuder. The
CHECKERS are at the station-h9use awaiting an
owner.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. hundred AID nineteen
imc.igrant passengers, incudii ninety
m les, passed Carlin yesterday, ard will ar
live in Sacramento blythe overland this after
noon.
| BoUGHr THE PRoPERTr.-The real estate,
14l0 Second street. which was sold at auction
yesterday by d. j. Simmons, was purchased
by Margaret Halloran for 81, l5O.
THE RIvER-The Sacramento river yester-
day, at the foot Of K s1eeS, marked twenty
feet 1--WE inches during tie entire day.
THE last order shipped yesterday from the
Red House was three boxes Of their favorite
white CASTLE soap for Gila Bsud, Arizona
ASK for that new, low cut, calf shoe, with
cloth tor, three blttons. sen ed, for men-S3
at Red House.