Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-22

! 1rdnkneSS ana coftGdllIN VIII NIiieit
Merrill was met by the people, and the SIN
ceritv of the wishes expressed for his sue
cess in his new charge, must nave peeh
very gratifying and encouraging to that
gentleman The lecture-room ana pariors
were elaboratelv decorated with an abun-
dance of choice flowers, trailing vines, ever
green's. etc. There were also large num-
her of claboratelv executed floral pieces,
some of them being eXquisitely worked out
in choice flowers. During the entire even
inc tbe ladies of the church served to the
guests an ample luncheon, and with a gen
erositv as to quantity in the service that
was specially noticeable. The social and
| free character of the gathering was enhanced
| by the presence of a large number of chill
dren who were given entire freedom and
relieved of restraint, the result being that
! their activity and their voices added to the
general cheerfulness which pervaded the
! asSemblage, and made the gathering re-
semble closely that of very large family
reunion.
VALLEY FRUITs.-The market for early
fruits and berries this spring is better than
ever known before The wholesalers buy
all they can get, giving therefor good prices.
while the canneries stand by and make
bid for all the farmer has, at nearly as good
a price. Some of the berrymen are selling
their entire crops to the canneries, who buy
them in bulk. One of the producers, in
conversation with a reporter yesterday,
said: The cannerieS give me so near the
price offered by the produce merchants,
that the difference won't pay for the sorting
of the berries and the putting of the best
ones on top The Capitol Packing Com
pany haJ 100 women, boys and girls work
ing on strawberries. and would employ as
many more were the berries to be had.
What has been said about strawberries APP
plies to the cherry crop, which has just be-
gun to come in. The best berries come
from the ncighborhood of Brighton. The
peach crop which some thought some time
since was going to prove almost a failure,
now promises to be considerable more than
half crop. As the crop develops, it shows
that the fruit is going to be very much
larger than usual, and of course Will be
much better than when the trees are heav-
lily laden. Apples, pears, plums and grapes
look well, and there will be large crop of
each
Musical SoIREE.-Mrs. Pinkham and her
pupils gave musical soiree last evening
at her residence, $40 Eighth street. Invi-
tations had been extended to a large num-
Der, and at P. NJ. the capacious parlors
were well filled. The following programme
was well rendered all who took part doing
themselves great credit, and encores were
frequent: Piano duet, Galop," Miss Nav
and Master Charlie Pinkham; vocal solo,
When the Leaves Begin TO Fadej' Miss
DOttie Thorp; piano solo, Titania." Miss
May Pinkham; quartet, Sigh No More
Ladies, Misses Felter, Campbell, Cooper
Mrs. Harper and SERVER; piano solo
- Dancing Ripples," Miss Rivett; vocal |
solo, " Be Thou With Me-" Mrs. Harper;
duet, vocal, "Givc Welcome TO the Swal- |
lows" Mrs. SERVER and Pinkham; piano |
duet, Miss Kelly and Mrs Pinkham; vocal |
solo, Forest Fairy" Miss May Pinkham; |
vocal solo, Eurdyce," Miss Cooper; pi- |
ano solo, Spinner Leid, Miss Cross; vo- |
cal solo, " Forget Me Not Miss Campbell; |
vocal solo Magnetic Waltz Miss Felter: |
quartet, Spring is Here" Misses Felter, |
Cooper Mrs. SERVER and Har-
per.
LAND PATENTS IssUED.-The Governor |
has issued the following land patents Uni
versity lands-Henry Hawley, Suffer coun-
ty, 120 acres swamp and overfIowed lands; |
G. c. Kimball, Tehama county, 1881 |
acres y. d. Agostini, Plumas, 400 acres;
7. 7. Hamlin, Tulare, OBJ. So acres e. r. |
Tulare 3.07950 acres School |
lands-W Webster, Fresno, $40 acres: d. |
b. Reed, Calaveras, 100 acres W. B. Chat |
fey. San Bernardino, 80 acres: NJ BRYANT. |
Sam joaquin, 100 acres James and Joseph |
Warner and VI. V Secley, Fresno, 1850 |
acres; J. j. Randall, Mendocino 800 acres; |
w. II. Meeker, Los Angeles. 252 acres
VIM. T. Coleman, lnyo, 800 acres; T. r.
Anthony. MERGED, $40 acres; Thos Bvrne, |
Butte 50 acres; Sierra Nevada Lumber |
Company Sierra. $40 acres George Graves. |
Monterey, 220 acres; W. +. Goad, Mon
rcrev, $50 acres; ". Byrne, SAN Bernar-
dino, $40 acres.
THE RIVER TEADE-The steamboats, on
the Sacramento river are doing quite a
large business, outside of grain transporta-
ton. Within the past week over !, 100000
feet of lumber has been landed here, be-
sides large quantities of posts. shingles,
wood. merchandise. etc. One barge. the |
Centennial, now discharging at the foot OF |
y street, had on board 100000 feet of red
wood lumber Many barges are engaged
in the transportation of wood from the |
Francisco. Some time since Stocktonites
found that they could get their wood
cheaper from here than elsewhere and SO
three bargcloads have been sent to the
- city of windmillS" The steamer Dover
left yesterday For Stockton with a barge
containing 400 cords Of wood which came
from Packers Landing. above Colusa.
RIvERsIDE-BoAD ScHooL.-The annual
examination of this fourishing school for
the promotion and graduation of pupils,
was held on the goth instant by County
Charles L. Bishop, assisted
by the teacher, Professor w. j. HYDE.
There We're in attendance over fifty pupils,
of almost every age and stage of advance
mcnt, VINO, during q most exhaustive eX-
evinced an unusually clear and
intelligent knowledge of the various
taught and which satisfied all
concerned that the school is under Judi
cious training. The silver medal annually
donated by the County Superintendent Of
schools for the best general department.
was awarded to Miss Carrie Trowbridge by
the unanimous vote of her school mates.
THE WHEAT CRor.-Captain Page, who
came down the Sacramento river from
above Cousa, on the steamer Dover Tues
day, says that the wheat crop along the en-
tire river never looked so strong and
healthy, and promised to weld so well, as
40 the present time Captain Foster, who
has been visiting the vicinity of Stockton
and the " West Side, says the. same thing
regarding those sections. Farmers from
Nolo and all parts of Sacramento county
say that the grain fields look fine, and an
"a lnrIurf harvest X assured