Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-21
The Proposed Loan Exhibition.


The California Museum Association re-
Gently called upon a number of ladies TO
council with its committees or proposed
loan exhibition in aid of its effort to place
the Museum Association on firm basis
and speedily secure to the city and State
the benefits of such an institution, Yester
day large number of the ladies met at the
parlors of Mrs. E. P. Figg and heard state
ments from the President of the Associa-
ton and the Chairman Of committee on
the loan exhibition relative to the plans of
the society and the broad public purposes
intended to be advanced. The questions
were submitted to the ladies. Is a loan
exhibition feasible? If so, will you take
hold of ii and aid its conduct to success ?"
Mrs Governor Stoneman was called TO the
chair, with Mrs. Mayor Brown as Vice
President Of the meeting, and the Associa-
ton officers then retired. The ladies re-
manned in council for an hour. and then
reported that they unanimously replied
affirmativelv to both questions. and pro-
posed to take hold of the work with energy
and determination to make It successful.
Every lady present was appointed upon
district committee to thoroughly canvass
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exhibition take place between March
10th and April 1st-probably mid
way between those dates = at the
Croker Art Gallery building, kindly
rendered by Mrs. Croker, and remain open
a week, day and evening. The ladies re
solved 10 begin their work Monday morn
ing next, early, to prosecute it diligently,
and TO meet at Mrs. Figg's again Friday
next at p. NJ. to compare notes before fur
ther canvassing. In the mean time they
request that other ladies willing to join in
the effort will report Immediately to any
of the respective committees, and that the
people will consider what objects of inter
est they have that would add to the aggre-
gate necessary for such an exhibition, and
be ready to respond to the committees
when they call, and thus save time, since
rapidity of work is necessary, in
order to give sufficient time after the
canvass To- gather the articles, insure them
and arrange them safely in the hall, and
for which cases must also have to be pre-
cured and detailed arrangements for their
safe custody made. The ladies will ask
the loan of old laces, curiOS. old and rare
fabrics, curios generally, iirst-class art
handiwork, old manuscripts, rare books,
art works, heirlooms and relics of historic.
local and special interest, cabinets of min
erals, collections of the flora of the coun-
try. examples OF fine work of bric-a-brac.
etc. The committees appointed are as fol-
lows North of and including and west
of Tenth street, Mrs. Governor Stoneman,
Mrs John @ Brown, Mrs George W. Ches-
lev, Mrs. DR.. W A. Briggs, Miss Emma
Felter North of and including and east
of Tenth street, Mrs. Judge Mcfarland,
Mrs Horatio Hurd Mrs. r. c. Irvine,
NJ I N,
George W. Hancock, Mrs. 5. 5. Southworth.
South of street and east of Ninth, Mrs.
G. L. Simmons, Mrs. c. H. Cummings,
Mrs. Frank Miller, Mrs. J. A Woodson,
Mrs. H Weinstock. South of J and west
of Ninth street, Mrs. +. p. Figg, Mrs. J. W.
Armstrong, Mrs. Thomas l.. Thompson,
Mrs. C. Z. Grunsky, Miss Figg. The in
terest of clear understanding OF the high
aims of the Museum Association awakened
in the meeting. and the spirit of the ladies
manifested in taking hold of the work,
gives an earnest of certain success. J. Il.
Ray Secretary of the association, elsewhere
invites contributions from adjacent cities
and towns-an appropriate invitation, as
one of the aims of the association Is to di
rectlv benefit the interior of the State, and
to al! in developing its resources and max
ing known its capacity to visitors through
SIMON RArEN-Parties who yesterday
called upon Simon Raten, whose death
sentence was on Thursday committed by
the Governor to imprisonment for life.
came away with the impression that he
was not right mentally. He appeared 10
understand, but imperfectly, that he was
not to be hanged, and ralnbled in his con-
versation concerning it. When kept closely
to that subject he seemed to dislike the
idea of going TO the prison, and constantly
reiterated that his property had been taken
from him-s3o0, a diamond pin or ring
worth 800, and gold watch and chain.
If he only had the money he would pay it
TO priest to have masses said for him, and
he would be willing then to be hanged or
do anything else. He didn't want to go to
Folsom Prison, because they would make
him work all his life and never give him
any money. All his conversation ran back
finally 10 his money, no matter how II
started From excited remarks concern
ing it, however, he. on being asked by
visitor whether he could read the papers
lying in his cell. responded in the negative,
but took sort of childish delight i'll show
ing that he was learning to read from q
primer, and read two or three lines as
sample. He viii probably be taken to
Folsom early in the week, after the neces-
sary papers have been received from the
Governors office.
DIRECTORY lSS5-6.-The Sacramento Di-
rectory for 1856 will be ready for sub
scribers in few days. The canvass tor
names was made in December and some
changes of firms have taken place since
then. Notices of changes handed to US
within the next two days will have proper
attention. II. S. Croker 4 Co.
CALL for Ruhstaller's Pilsener Felsen
Berthe best made.