Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-14

September, that were quite as heavy, or
appeared so. As people love contrasts, and
the more extreme the better, so they d.
vided attention very evenly between the
exhibit of ponies and dwarf animals, and
their gigantic brethren. The exhibition OF
thoroughbreds was exceedingly fine =
| can't even pause to say how much of g
| treat it was-and next in importance was
the exposure of matched and single road.
sters. The trotters l rate as third on the
list of excellence. For reasons that will
| be readily appreciated, some of the rarest
speedy and fine bred trotters could not be
| brought to us-the risk and cost are great
and then owners at this season are more
| than usually careful of such stock. Bu
| the showing of uotting colts was first
class" The saddle-horse exhibit was rather
| light for New York, where SO many fine
animals of this kind are grouped but
there was nothing lacking in the way o.
carriage and coach horses.
THE oBELIsK
! In Central Park has Just been given a coat
| ing of paraffine to save it from decay
under the trials of this climate. 1t has
| been crumbling very fast, and it is not
likely that it would have held together two
years longer. Two hundredweight of the
| paratiine was used, and that of the very
best quality to be prepared ! have my
| doubts about the efficacy of the applica-
| ton DR.. Hague, whom / met on the
| ground while the work was going on, said
| to me that it was evident the rotting of the
stone had been going on very much more
rapidly than any one had supposed.
| gathered from his remarks, as well as from
statements made by Caffall, who superin-
| tended the work, that grave doubts are en-
tertained if the shaft can be preserved in
the open air, by any means.
GENERAL NOTES.
do not propose to trouble you with any
remarks about Ward. That grand rascal
has gone to Sing Sing, and shares his cell
with would-be murderer, and serves him
right, well right too. There is not hall
| the consideration and thought given to the
| fellow and his fate here that the papers
would have you believe.
1t may be of interest to compositors to
learn that the late type-setting race did not
satisfy the boys" On the contrary, il
OILY whetted eager appetite, and they have
arranged for another contest to take
place early in December between Nc
| Gam of the Herald and Barnes of the
World. The rules prescribe solid minion
and four hours of time. Paragraphs will be
| ignored, as also stick -emptiers. The men
ego" for $500, and unless | miss my guess,
Barnes, a fast MANN composition, of
| course-such as few Offices have, will
handle the most money for Christmas
| favors this year. He is about the only
type-setter I know, who has absolutely nc
false motions"
Columbia College has accepted the en-
| dowment of 10000 and over, made by
Professor Tyndall, Of London, to establish
a fellowship for the encouragement of re-
search in physics. The Fellow who re-
ceiyes the appointment will not get large
sum annually for his labors, for per cent
will give him less than $7o0. But there is
no requirement, believe. that he shall
devote his whole time TO the work. No
man fit for the place can do so for the salary
guaranteed. Some men of wealth should
supplement the endowment with as much
more.
A new society has been formed here that
deserves notice as a curiosity in the order
of cooperative effort to better the condition
of humankind. It is known and incorpor-
ated as the Working Girls Society" 1t
is intended to widen the opportunities of
| working girls in this city to take summer
vacations, and to enable them to get the
most summer" possible for the
beast named among the incorpora-
machine, for one, singly and
alone. The very organization should
suggest to some rich bachelor-and we have
host in New York who can't contrive 10
spend their incomes-the golden opportu-
nifty this society offers for him to do q
world of good by just Pumping $4,000 or
| Sl5,0 900 into their open-air fund. How it
| would encourage these poor and worthy
| toilers.
The Freedmens Aid Society of the
| Methodist Church is not a noisy associ-
| alton, and is little heard from. But in less
| than two decades it has used over one and
| a half million dollars in educating minis
| tiers and physicians and maintaining in
dustrial schools among the freedmen of the
! South, and ii has accumulated over $780,
600 worth of real property. 1t has edu-
Gated 100000 young men ana women,
who have taught more than q
million of colored children in the
South. 1t has forty-fve educational
! institutions with GIG teachers and $3.50
| students to-day This society last night
celebrated its eighteenth university at the
| Park Avenue Church. J spent an hour
! there last evening, agreeably entertained
| and surprised at the recital of statistics, OF
| which l have given You glance.
l happened to run across a procession
last night on its way to the Jersey City
| ferry, to take line west for Utah. 1t was
a body of 24S women converts landed yes
| terday from an Atlantic steamer. Several
Elders were bossing the party They
were a sturdy-looking lot of people
with a large proportion of children
/ l should take them to be Swedes
mostly. One of the accompanying mis-,
sionariesinformed me that they were chiefly
agriculturists and gardeners, bntthat among
them were some skilled workmen, such as
brass-finishers, watohmakcrs and machin-
| lists. ventured the inquiry as to whether
these new arrivals-who appeared to b(
very much superior to the ordinary run
were already confirmed in belief of the
holiness of plural marriage. The mission
ary's mouth shut up like trap, and with
a turn on his heel he was off on the pre-
text of looking after truck load of SINAI
baggage. How long do this people propose
to permit this recruiting for the hosts o
! polygamy to go on? GAIA.