Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-18
Eighth Annual Party.

gave their eighth annual party at ATmory
Hall last evening. The Native Sons, in
point of numbers, are very strong in this
city, and their annual reunions, which are
gotten up in style, regardless of cost, are
always considered among the leading social
events of tie season. The decorations of
the hall were simply supurb. 1t would be
vain to attempt their description. No such
elaborate or beautiful decorations ever be-
fore appeared on its walls. AT the sides,
and on the ends, were large and elegant
French plate mirrors, surrounded with lace
curtains, Immediately in front of which
were placed profusion of tropical and
ported Towering plants. Festoons and
wreaths of evergreen were suspended from
the ceiling to the galleries, intcrspersed
with streamers of the national colOrs, and
the banners of every nation. The music
stand was handsomely decorated, and
palm and other potted plants, large in size,
were placed thereon, giving 1t the appear
ance of an oriental garden. At the south
end of the ball, on silken banners, were all
the embems of the order On the railing
of the gallery at the same end of the hail.
were the letters, n. S. G. W, very
| large in size and made up of shell work
that glistened in the brilliant light pro-
duced by two electric lamps and innumer-
able gas lets The decorations were so
! thick, and of such rare and beautiful de-
signs. that the bare walls and ceiling were
scarcely seen at any point, and those who
have often visited the place could scarcely
realize that the hand of the decorator could
bring about such beautiful and fairy-like
change One of the finest decorations con-
sisted of a huge grizzly bear. the emblem
of the order, made entirely of flowers,
la1 ho
delier in the center of the hall. The music
was furnished by Jones & Watson's or
chestra band. The attendance was large,
and all present enjoyed themselves to the
fullest extent At II o'clock refreshments
were served in the north wing of the hall.
The order of dances was as follows March
and lancers waltz, polka. Boston varieties,
schottische, vaTietc Caledonia waltz-quad-
rifle, waltz, centennial, la mode waltz
| lancers, schottische (IIighland) csmeralda,
! waltz, basket quadrille medley. The COM
mitteeS in charge, and to whom the success
of the party is due were as follows: Ar
rangements-F A Daroux. r. G. Eilers,
George II. Clark, John A. Meyers, Charles
Miller W. A. Gctt, William Zoller, George
| Parker. Frank Wager. Il. Heinrich. Recep-
| tion-Rev. Carroll NJ. Davis, Frank Tonga
baugh, William Campbell, NJ. Wilmington,
| +. McClain, Ed. Malone, 5. Ernest Frau,
| T. H. Wallis, +. Mouton, Dewitt c. Whyte.
Henry Streaming. James Woods, Joseph
Mcclure, Henry Ryan, J. T. O'Toole. Floor
| Director-PreSident George II. Clark. Floor
Committee - Emil Heinrich, VIM. Han
| lon. Nicely J. Stanley. H. c. Pockman,
Arthur Wilson, Charles McCleery, Frank
| kuchler, j. =, Cox, William Johnson. John
Barrett, l.. G. Dckman, Joseph Palm.
RELIEVING DISrREss.-A very handsome
response has been made to the little item
in Yesterdays REcoRD-U MON calling atten-
ton to the needy and suffering condition
Off family in the southeastern portion ofthe
| city. over so was sent to this Office dur
| ing the day for the benefit of the family,
and more has been promised. One Of the
contributors sent u note, iuclosing SO,
and simply signed, "A Friend little
miss, who declined 10 give her name, LETT
| s. for the fund. The money was handed
last evening to the husband and father,
whose wife and two of their remaining five
| children were down sick with diphtheria
| He was quite overcome by the unexpected
| donation, and in response to the remark,
Well, no doubt you need il, said: Yes.
We do. The sickness of our children has
reduced US to nothing, and ! can only at
| tend 10 nursing them and my wife For
| four nights | have hardly slept. We
buried one dear child ut midnight two
nights ago but happily the others are
| slightly improved, and Will probably re-
cover. Those charitable people who have
helped us in this way have our deepest
| gratitude one thing is certain. Those
| who have so promptly contribute to relieve
| the wants of the distressed family may rest
assured that their charity has been worthily
| bestowed. And the result shows that there
| are still hearts in this community that can
| feel for distressed humanity, and in which
! the fountains OF the milk of human kind
ness are ever responsive to charitys call.
J 4 gentleman remarked last evening that
! he would send - this morning to add to
| the RELIEF fund. If still others desire to add
their mite it will be promptly turned over
to the needy and very appreciatiyc family.
TIE TIyoLI.-The attendance at the
Tivoh last night, notwithstanding the
many counter attractions, was quite good.
| The play presented is one of the best ever
written by Dion Boucicault -" Colleen
] Bawn or The Lily of Killarney" The
cast of character is good, and the acting
was such rs TO elicit the warmest applause
/ throughout every act. Like all of Bouci-
cault'S plays there is mixture OF joy and
/ sadness, interpreted with beautiful songs,
striking situations, the intrigues of villains
and the valor of noble men and women.
/ The scenery, much OF which has been
| painted especially for this piece, is appro-
/ PIRATE, and a credit TO the artist Miss Yer
non, SIS Lily O'Connor, does fine piece of
character acting; her dialect is good, and
her singing is one of the best features of
the play She is ably assisted by r. G.
Marsh, who is "a prime favorite; Louis Bel
| mour, George Marion, NJ. Foster, Thomas
! Donnelly, Miss Kittie Belnour, Miss Josie
/ Belnour, Mrs. q. II. Francis and Miss
Lizzie Francis. The same play tonight
and the balance of the week.
En- RourE-Deputy Sheriffs Wilson and
Burnes, of San Francisco, brought up, last
evening, en- route to the State Prison at
| Folsom, Cornelius Sweeney, who is to
/ serve Eve years for burglary in the second
degree; James Mahoney, three years, for
burglary in tte~Irst degree; George Har-
+! ris, three years, and William Tracy, five
] years, for grand larceny.