Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-18
THE LOAN EXHIBITION.
A Magnificent Display-some Exhibits
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Building, was well attended last night. 1t
was the expression of every visitor that 1t
is the grandest display, the most instructive
and the most Intellectually and delightfully."-
successful ever given in the State. Loan
exhibitions in San Fran isco have been
larger, but none richer, more varied or
fuller of interest People who have
visited similar exhibitions in the
East and in Europe declare
that the Sacramento effort will stand
among the first, and even in size will rank
with the best orders. Last night delight
full programme of music was given by
| Jones, Beebe Il Watson's orchestra. Mrs.
H. II. Rice read extracts from = Marmion
with fine effect. The lady was heard i'll
every part of the main hall and had the
warmed favor of the audience and she de
served it for the cultured and eloquent
method Of her reading.
/ Among the visitors from abroad last
night and Yesterday were Mrs Charles
Croker and Miss Hattie Croker; Presi-
dent Halves, of the Bohemian Club; Mr..
O'Connor and others Tonight, Alexander
| Badlam owner of the great picture,
"A Holland Fish Market" will come
up from San Francisco with friends
to visit the exhibition. He thus wrote to
| the committee, in response to an invitation,
yesterday: :" Ten thousand thanks for your
postal. | shall go up on Wednesday after
noon, with Mrs B., and shall endeavor to
take Just as many San Francisco people as
| can get to go along; for love old Sacra-
meato and her pleasant memories, and 70
one will be better pleased than | when a
grand success is scored for your committee 5
labors If any considerable number OF
Irl,s oil n,iNFISp
YOU and if reserved seats can be had by
extra payment. mark 'em down to us.
He was tciegraphed to that there are no
reserves. and that the exhibition halls will
! hold 1000 people, and plenty of room
would then be left. So thoroughly I'M
pressed with the worth and beauty OF the
| exhibition, and the great value OF 1t to all
the people, and the beneficial character of
| the Museum Association, was Colonel
Hamilton last night that he convened
a session of the La Gazette Club Executive
| Committee at once, and the usual club
| party was postponed for two weeks and all
! the members advised to visit the EXPOSE
ton. A notice to the club appears else
where Tonight Mrs. Grunsky will be
the reader, and specially selected pro
gramme of orchestral music will be given.
| Yesterday Dr.. Hardness, of San Francisco,
| Vice President of the Academy of Sciences,
sent TO the exhibition five casts of the foot
prints Of prehistoric man discovered be
meath the QuarricS in the Carson prison
| ward, and first measured by the doctor. who
| took the original casts. The doctor wrote
that he should visit the exhibition early.
Before the close of the exhibition Signor
Baldanza, the well-known operate tenor,
and Signor Lencioni, fine baritone, will
sing solos and duos at one OF the evening
entertainments. Geo W. Stafford yCSter-
day received notice from TOwle Bros. Co,
of Towle's station that they had forwarded
samples of the paper pulp made from wood,
poplar and tir, for exposure at the
exhibition. Yesterday President Lubin
arranged for the school children of the city
to visit the exhibition under charge of
their teachers and 10y class, and the first
| lot of classes will attend at o'clock this
morning. They will be escorted through
| the three halls, and competent ladies and
gentlemen will be in attendance to explain
to them many Of the curious things shown
and TO point out the Chief objects of inter
| est Mrs. w. |. Wallace yesterday placed
among the curioS 4 watch 200 years old, A.
J. Stevens sent in a pioneer picture of Sac
ramento, and Charles McCreary an odd
collection of canes. Other exhibits were
also added.
for visit t. the exhibition. The great
pictures, Constance de Beverley" and
The Fish Market. are seen to better ad-
vantage by d&y-the lights being aduiga-
! bly, adjusted.
\ great deal of interest is taken in the
chronological exhibit OF Matthew Cooke
and in his kindly explanations. while the
electrical exhibition By MIR. Fisk is a
center OF attraction. To attempt in
| any ordinary space to detail the
articles that are on exhibition would
| be a heavy task, There are rs paintings
in the Croker Art Gallery alone, and on
the two floors below it some II, 600 objects
on view, and it has not yet been noted that
any two are alike. y great deal Of inquiry
| has been made concerning the magnificent
| exhibit of fans. one by Mrs. Chas Crocker,
OF san Francisco and one by Mrs. Porter
| AShc. of Sacramento. The ladies'. OF course
| have not put the value on the cards, and
| tbs all the more WnttS curiosity. II may
be stated, however, that the fans vary in
value from Il few dollars up to several thou
sand q piece. Among objects Of strange
interest are three exhibits. One by DR.. VI.
Gardner Of South Sea Island idols cannibal
dishes, rings. etc. one ny w. ii. Davis, of
articles from the Fiji Islands and Australia
with some views of noted places, and
large variety OF rude implements used by
the South Sea Island natives and some
other curi0siticS. \ large collection of
South Sea Island curiosities and Fiji relics
is shown BY George Bovine, and is full Of
interest. Among the lot are forks used bv
luman-liesh caters.
The piece of Confederate flag exhibited
bv Mrs. Dickson, of % l. street, was cut
from :! flag captured at Fort Fisher. y. C..
in January, 1850. and sent home by II. F.
Pearson. CommiSsarv Sergeant. Conn any
C. Third New York Infantry volunteers.
The relic calls to mind the stormy DAYS of
the civil war, thai are wildly remcm-
bcred by those who fought III either blue
or gray uniform.
The Fire Department and the city mill
tary both make fine displays of banners.
hats and caps. trophies won, fire and war
relics. etc, while the Pioneer Association
and the odd Fellows Library Association
have a good display 70 the book-worm
several ancient bibles aud old-tmc books
are Of interest, while the splendid exhibit
Of the state Library excites universal com
mcndation At this time only few of
the leading features can be mentioned
among the exhibits. In rare and
costly goods, iewelry, carvings, table
ware, articles Of personal adornment rare
workmanship, Oriental skill and strange
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