Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-31
LOCAL. INTELLIGENCE.
WILL RECEIVE CALLERS.


Office:
Mrs. James Faris and niece, Miss Hurst,
of st. Joseph, No., will be pleased to receive
friends informally at 1923 II street.
Mrs. William Beckmsn will receive New
Years calls from II A. NJ to P. NJ, at her
rooms at the Golden Eagle Hotel, assisted by
Mrs A. i. Hart, Mrs. George Gale. Mrs. j.
j. Keegan, Mrs. George Jackson, Miss Lizzie
Bernard, Mrs. w. II. Brown and Miss Geor-
gia Morse, Of San Francisco, and Miss Jessie
Cameron, of Alameda.
Mrs. John a. McIntire, assisted by Mrs. n.
King, Mrs. d. w. Gelwicks, Mrs. H. H.
Rice, Mrs. Sparrow Smith, Mrs. j. W.
Shanklin and Miss G. Slater, will receive
street, between the hours Of Y NJ and 9 F. NJ.
Mrs. Leland Howe, assisted by her daugp-
ter from Las Vegas, n. NJ, and Miss Della
Berry, will receive calls from o'clock until
g. No wines. Residence, 1927 o street.
Mrs. X. +. Wiemeyer, Mrs. j. Palmer,
Mrs. William Kretschmer Mrs. B. Strub
and Mrs. H. Hauschildt, of Oakland, and
her daughters. Elite and Rosie, will receive
New Years calls at the residence OF Mrs. K.
F. Wiemeyer, 314 J street.
Mrs. n. d. Goodell, Oil o street. between
Ninth and Tenth, and her daughter, Miss
Julia GoodeIl will receive, assisted by Mrs.
L. c. Irvine, Of this city; Miss Virginia
Harrison and Mrs. II. NJ. Wells, both of San
Francisco.
A DESERTED HoUsE.-At late hour last
evening a reporter in search of news called at
the residence Of prominent citizen of this
city. To his great surprise, he found the
front door wide open and the house dark and
deserted by its occupants. Fearing some foul
play, the visitor walked in, found match
lighted the gas in the hall and looked around
for further developments. He had never
been in the building before, so he moved
cautiously from one vacant room to another,
lighting the gas, and expecting to hud a
swarm of burglars at work. But, save him
self, the house was perfectly empty, and for
once the wandering scribe was in undisputed
possession Of q large and elegsntly-furnished
residence 4 cheerful fire was burning in the
crate and all the surroundings Of the place
comfortable, but the solitary guest wasn't
easy he "felt like one who treads alone some
banquet hall deserted, aud beside, he was
liable to Re surprised by tie returning owners
and sent TO the lookup for house. breaking, so
he hurTiedly turned out the lights closed the
doors and sped away in the darkness. The
family had probably gone to church and ne
elected to secure their residence against en-
trance, but what n rich harvest their careless
ness would have afforded some burglar had he
happened along about that time.
CoURrmGHr & HAWKINS MINsTRELs.-
'The Metropolitan Tbeater will be opened to-
night by the celebrated COPYRIGHT & Haw-
kins' Ministries. This troupe has been reor.
gained, Is composed of twenty TOUR people,
and is said to be the most complete minstrel
organization in the United States. They
hold matinees tomorrow afternoon and Sat
urday. The troupe will parade J and K
streets at noon to-day, For the past sixteen
weeks they have played to crowded houses in
the Bush-sSreet Theater, San Francisco.
The "T Tour of the World in One Hour and
Twenty Minutes as presented by this
troupe, cannot fail to entertain and please
any one who has keen appreciation of wit,
Misunderstanding and melody. Among the
artists are noticed the names OF AL Holland,
the famous baritone VIM. COPYRIGHT, the
original Flewy Flewy; Bobby Gaylor, the
greatest of all Irish character actors and
comedians Burton Stanley and Gus Pixley
the fine tenor, Z. B. Dixon Charles Goett-
ing, Charles w. Cogill, Franz Welter and
others. Popular pIices-dre7s circle, 70 cts;
gallery, 30 CT. The box office will be open
to-day, when seats can be secured without
extra charge.
HOP MARKEr.-The latest adyices from
w. H. q II. lie May, London hop dealers,
says: There ia more than an ordinary
amount Of business doing in English hops for
this time of the year. which usually is very
small; prices are fairly maintained nothing
of Importance IA pressing and buyers, conse-
Quently. 10 almost every case, have to pay
full rates for what they require. The Belgian
markets are lower, and some business Is doing
at the reduced rates. Nuremberg quiet, but
prices still too high to admit of imports to this
country. American, frat quality in good
demand and very scarce medium and low
are pressing on the market in rather large
quantities, and lower rates would be accepted
to clear these descriptions.
CoNMRRcIAL-The following vessels ar
rived at Sacramento during the past week
Steamer San Joaquin No. 2 from San Fran
cisco, with general merchandise and barge
of lumber and a barge Of freight for the
upper Sacramento; steamer Faruna. from
the upper river, with barge OF grain steamer
AlvArado, from the upper Sacramento, with
general merchsn Departed Steamer
San Joaquiu No. .. for San Francisco, with
a barge Of grain Varuna, for the upper
river, with barge OF freight Alyarado, for
the upper Sacramento, with general merchan-
disc.
THE STATE Prison LoAN.-Prison Direc-
tor Van Fleet says that the loan Of $50. 600
volunteered by Charles Croker for the sup
port Of the State Prison has been paii over
by Mr.. Croker, and that the report that the
loan was made by MIR. Flood was erroneous.
Some objections were st first made by Mr.
Crockers attorneys on the ground that. in
their OPTION, the approval Of the Controller
yyas necessary to the security OF the loan, bnt
Mr.. Croker loaned the money noswithstand-
ing the lack Of the Controllers Endorsement
\ FmGHTEyED TRANP.-Late last evening
an ex-Stete official received q ring st the door
bell, which was answered by the servant, who
found q roughly-dre-sed and tough.l2okiUg
customer a. the door. 90 Is the gentleman Of
the house in o. he asked Yes. replied the
girl, with remarkable GOODNESS and presence
Of mind :" lie is standing at the head Of
the stairs now with six shooter in his hand. "
The tramp lost no time in getting away.
GRAND ORGAN RECITAL "A grand organ
recital will be given by Professor G. c.
Knopfel, the leading organist of the Coast, at
St. PauPs Church this evening. No admis.
sion will be charged, but collection will be
taken up 10 pay the balsnce due on the new
organ. This occasion will, no doubt, afford a
rare treat 70 al lovers of music. The pro-
gramme appears 10 the advertising columns
this morning.
DURING the recent great decline in dry
goods we became the purchasers OF nearly
S25, 900 worth, which had been placed In our
basement, and during the holiday season, be-
ing unable to make room for them, we shall
show them for the first time on Wednesday,
January 2, 1884, at the great sale of the Red
House.
IT is often said that the pen is mightier
than the sword, but on this occasion the PEN
Gil has the advantage. and will be used for
six days for the benefit of the public at the
great sweeping sale of dry goods, commeuc'
ing Wednesday next, 8: the Rel House.