Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-07-25
BARWIcK ON TEE PLUGS. :,

TIE Sacramento Signal Service officer, Ser
geant Barwick, has kept rather quiet since
the beginning of the Western Union opera
tors strike up to last night, when he sent the
following to the RECORD UNION office:
If the signal or weather reports that are
received from the north by way of Yreka,
are samples of the messages sent and received,
1 should think it would take Philadelphia
lawyer to tell what they mean. For instance
we will get Portland and Olympia signals
and following Immediately afterward come
the words Portland and Olympia can't raise
1 ask the "plugs here to tell the plugs
at San Francisco that we already have Port
land and Olympia, and how is it that they
are reported as not being received. All the
answer returned ia that they 1.-THE San Fran
cisco "plugs y are following copy, which
means copy from Yreks "plugs." have to
stand over the table and follow the signals as
received 70 prevent errors, and then they
come, thick and fast. just feel like getting
up and saying "Yuba dam, plugs, you
ought TO be in the harvest fields or in the
chsin-gang for bulling business in such a
manner and there ia no understanding
the explanations from San Francisco, for
they are, if anything, worse than In Sscra-
mento, st least those that ara intrusted
with the weather reports. The eastern
reports come 30 late that they are
of no use to the commission merchants,
for whose benefit they are sent here. They
generally creep along from 8 TO 8 P. NJ and
at times ss late as $3.50 P. NJ. To be of any
use they should be here by 2 P. NJ. There Is,
of course, no early morning signals sent or
received from Sacramento, for the Office
closes after the press reports stop. There are
but two persons in the office capable of tax.
ing press reports, those being Mr.. Beardslee
and Miss Coates, from San Francisco, and
none but Mr.. Besrdslea understands the
switching business. I hope the old Sacra.
mento force will soon be on again, BY the &C.
cession of the Western Union to their de.
mauds Of st least a salary they can live on
and raise family in 3 respectable manner.
METROPOLITAN THEATER. COPYRIGHT
& Hawkins Minstrels opened at the Metro
politan last evening to good house. The
company consists of some twenty members,
and is thoroughly good one. William Court
right and Lew Rather, old California favor
ties, ara the end men, and were especially
successful SIS such and in specislties. Walsh
and King, speciality comedians and clog
dancers, and Harry Earle, female impsrson-
alter. with quartet and orchestrs, all under
direction of d. r. Hawkins. the : interlocu-
tor comprised the SUPPORT. The quartet,
composed of Morant, Wyatt, Holland and
Frillman, won the warmest plaudits OF the
auditors. Thsir vocalization has not been
surpassed and rarely equalled by any like
combination that has appeared here. Each
one of the quartet is g superior soloist, Frill-
man, the basso, especially receiving cordial
Endorsement. The programme was varied.
full of mirth introduced much OF the old
time minstrelsy and some clever burlesques,
and though sprinkled with some not over
fresh witticisms, was capital one, IN many
respects was novel, aud throughout was en-
joysble. The company is to appear at the
Grand Opera House in few days, and hence
remains hare but one night more, and promises
FOR this evening an entire change Of pro-
gramme, asserting that it is the only troupe
that ia enabled TO keep such pledge. This
aftsrncoa a mstinse performances Is to be
given with full programme, and no cutting.
The merits of the company we're so positive.
IL indorsed last night. that it il probable the
two remaining performances viii draw tuil
houses.