Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-05-15
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
SOME INTERESTING FACTS.


passengers and to add cars st Rene, where i
IS augmented by the Virginia City and Car
son travel; az Colfax It receives further &C
cessions from the Grass Valley and Nevads
City regions. via the Bsrrow-gauge railroad
By the junction, at R)seville, of the Califor.
MIA and Oregon Railroad with the Centra
Pacific, another large element Of travel i;
added At Sacramento. railroad csnter
the heavy local aud concentrating business i
ready to further increase the train. Al
Davisviile q new accession is made by the
California Northern Railway. At Elmirs
the Vaca Valley and Clear Lake Railroad
contributes still more. At Port Costa it j.
again added to by the travel from the Antioch
region, and at Vallejo junction the Vallejo
and Napa valley business is met. By reason
Of all this it has been found that the
overland train becomes upwisldly after
it enters the State. To relieve it.
and for the benefit Of the lccal
business of Sacramento and all the point.
between Sacramento and San Francisco. an
early local train i announced on the line oil
the California Pacific Railroad, TO run between
Sacramento AID San Francisco Heretofore
tie same necessity has forced the company "a
establish early morning trains elsewhere.
This new train adds still more to the import.
snce Of Sacramento as center with radi.
ting railway lines in every direction
The RECOED- UNION now reaches Stockton
and all points this side Of it several heurs
ahead of the San Francisco papers. Ii
reaches Grass Valley and Nevada City aud
all that region fourteen hours in advance of
them. Il is st Chico and all places this side
several b urs before them, and by reason Of
the service on the Sacramento and Plsceryille
Railroad and the connections made at Folsom
with lines OF transportation into III Dorado
and Amsdor counties, it is twenty-four hours
in advance in all that region Of the State,
The new morning service by way of the Cali
fornis Pacific Railroad to San Francisco gives
the RECORD Z MON about four hours advance
of the San Francisco press for Woodland
and all places this side; FIVE hours
at Davisville and Dixon. and from two to
three hours az all points this side of Vallejo
Junction. 1t may here be noted, as q result
in part attributable to the rapid transit from
SACRAMENTO. that for the first time in the his
tory of the paper, it has now o large local cir
culstion in the town of Bsnicia. and that Is
has now larger circulation in Vallejo and
points this side. and in the Napa valley. than
over before, and that early trains will still
more add TO this circulation.
Sacramento, as a center from which lines
If transportation by rail radiate ia now pecu.
liarly favored, there being no less than eleven
mail-service and express routes by main lines
branches and connections daily, and on some
twice daily, from and TO Sacramento, aside
from the fact that several stage lines have
here their central point OF departure, and
that there are, by river, mail and passenger
routes northerly and westerly.
BRIc-A-BRAc ENTERTAINMENTS very
novel and pleasing entertainments TO be given
by the Sacramento Bric-s-Brac Society are
announced for the evenings of the 22d and
233 instants. The society does not need any
formal introduction TO the Sacramento public,
but in the entertainments announced it ap-
pears for the first time. in the role
of o beneficiary. The proceeds Ct the
entertainments are to constitute the
foundation Of fund hereafter to be de-
voted TO the procurement and furnishing OF
suitable ciub-rooms for the regular meeting S
and art receptions Of the society. There is a
gratifying indication in this that the society ia
to become one Of the permanent social and in o
high sense educational institutions of or city.
Hitherto the society has been forced to depend
upon the hospitality of its members for a
place OF mseting, and upon the hospitable
courtesy OF citizens for the use of parl0rs
large enough to accommodate its art recep.
tions, and while it, with its guests, have ever
met with most generous welcome, the
society feels that it cannot realize the full
measure Of hospitality until it can with un.
restrained freedom play the generous host
in a suitable home of its own. It
has been grateful guest, and desires
TO discharge its many long standing
obligations Of hospitality. With this COM
mendable object in view it has projected two
entertainments with programmes so varied as
to make requisition upon the entire range of
talent among its membership It engages
to make these exhibitions full equivalents
for the admission fee, in the way of
refined and pleasing amusements. If its
success in this direction equals the measure
of its good intention, it will deserve patronage
upon the basis of merit alone. The high
musical and dramatic ability Of the member.
ship engaged in giving these exhibitions af-
fords full guarantee of novel, pleasing and
varied entertainment. This is distinctly what
the Bric-a-Brac Club proposes. But it is not
placing the society in the position OF seeking
charitable consideration to say on its behalf
that an association for the promotion of re-
fined arts, of home decorations, and the de-
velopment Of the art faculty among our own
people, is the exponent of cause deserving
public enc9uragement-the cause of intel.
lectusl sociability, elevating taste culture,
and the beauty, refnemen5 and purity of
home life.
DRUIDs' PIoEIo.-The United Ancient
Order of Druids held its annual picnic at
East Park Grove yesterday in commemora.
ton of the one hundred and first anniversary
of the introduction of the Order in the United
States. There was very good attendance
At P. N. Judge W. A. Henry delivered a
very interesting address on the history, char.
acter and purposes of this fcaternal Order
The music for dancing was furnished by the
Hussar Band. The awards on the programme
of smusements were as follows: Foot rae
ing, girls under 10, 100 yards = First,
Theresa Haley; second, Mary Wetzel !;
10 to 20 years, 100 yards, FIRST Dollie Nc.
Clintock second, Rosa Kunz. Boys
under 10 years, 100 yards-First, Frank
Gumbert; second, Albert Stpll 10 to Is,
$50 yards-W. Sayre, Z. Lesser. Married
ladies, 80 yards-AIrs. Shaw, Mrs. Lyman.
Single ladies', 200 yards-Laura Buckley,
Augustine Lamst. Egg race, 10 to 30. 100
yards-Rosa Leslie, Ella Leonard. Fat WON
ems race -Mrs. Lennet, Mira. Lyman. Jump.
ing-Men's standing jump, NJ. Oppenheim.
Albert Teifjeng. Boys standing Jump nm
der ID. johnson. Men's running hon.
step and jump. Csvauauqh, j. H. Judge,
Mems running race, 210 yards-Wr1. Boone.
w. Swift. Best Walter, j. Sullivan and
partner. The picnic proved very satisfsc-
terry. It was under the management of thsse
committees Arrangements-M. Wilson. J.
Domingos. l.. Neub1urg, A, Peltier, j. Nc.
Cav, j. w. Willem, VIM, Avery, A. Comet
Executivs-M. Wilson, VIM Avery. A. Pei,
tier. Director of Amusements, Nj. Wilson ::
Floor Director, j. w. Wilem; Floor Man.
ayers, III. Meyer, J. a. White, a Peltier ::
Secretary, L Q Naghel. In the afternoon
the company was for few moments called
to order, when Judge Henry, in behalf Of
Fidelity Grove, No. 81, presented, with a
fitting speech, to Pas; Noble Arch James
McCaw 2 very handsome solid gold and
enamsl-laid badge OF the Osder, with two
faces and bar and pin.
FIRES AT FoLsoM.-Between u and p. M.
yesterday, at Folsom, the residence Of B. N.
.Bugbey was totally destroyed by FIRE. It is
supposed it originated 10 defective fue The
family way at church, and no one vas 10 the
house when tie flames were discovered. A
large number of ms: guests at the Sarstieid
Guard picnic, were at t,.e shooting grounds
near by, and On the FIRE being discovered ran
to the spot and succeeded in saving most OF
the furniture In the residence. 1t Is believed
thai the loss is partly covered by insurance.
Jul { after this fire tine residence OF DE-. Du-
rant, in the Same block, was discovered ID be
on fire, but so many people were on hand
that the flames were speedily extinguished,
and the damage by ths fire was slight.
Poison IN FooD.-It is well known that
the most deleterious substances and deldly
poison are often to be found in the staff of
life" makiug their way through the m.lium
of baking powders. Whoever desires to un-
isrstand the elements and chemical combi-
u1tions necessary 60 pure and harmless
king powder will be informed upon the
5lect by reading q statement made under
5 1t head which appears on the second page
RI The RECORD. UNION this morning.
'ARRoTr AND RourIER.-AE the Sarsfield