Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-24

METROPOLITAN THEATER. - Arlington
Girard & Wyatt's Ministries appeared at the
Metropolitan Theater last night Billy"
Arlington is an old-time end man and
specialist, well known and popular here.
Wyatt will be remembered as the organ
izer of the California Quartet, that was in
such favor during its existence and as the
manager Of COPYRIGHT IL Hawkins Min
strels, and OF other troupeS also. T. b.
Nixon will be remembered as one of the
most popular balladistS in modern min
strelsy. The others, seventeen in number.
are new faces. Kellogg and Louis, soloists.
fill basso and baritone parts well in a good
quintet. performance by nine trained
dogs was very amusing and novel, and dex-
trous feats in knife and ball -tossing were
performed by Zanoni. Girard is good
dance man and specialist, and Smith
and Post acrobatic song and dance
men In short, the company has
IN it the timber for good
performances. Last night it was under Il
cloud. 1t lacked the essential-an orches-
trail leader and his first support. These
two, for reasons unexplained did not come
to the city. Two musicians had to be sud
denly hunted up in Sacramento to fill their
places without sufficient rehearsal The
result was what might be expected of mill
tary manouvers witht u a comma der of the
force. There was sympathy between the
orchestra-two-iifths of which upset the
competent three-tifths-and the men of the
stage. The former were nervous, con-
stantly out of place, wandering from the
key and playing wrong measures, and the
latter embarrassed and disheartened, their
songs spoiled and their dances made non
effective. As result, they failed to move
the audience to enthusiasm. Even the
performing dogs evidently felt the unpleas-
ant influence All which was unfortunate
for the company, which is good average
stock troupe, but Geld comfort to the au-
dienee. To-day competent orchestral
leader and support is to arrive and go into
rehearsal at once, and the company man
ayers propose to prove that the troupe has
the music and the right metal in it, and is
equal TO entertaining its audience well. At
the close of the engagement here the COM
pany goes TO San Francisco to open the
new place Of amusement, formerly the
Wigwam.
ENGLISH TEA MEErING.-What is termed
an English tea meeting was given at Kings
ley Chapel last evening. An admission fee
Of fifty cents was charged, which goes to
tilC btAtlfiil.G lGlitl. dO tdDlpS. tAltuIliIS
the full length of the church, were supplied
with eat2bles and hot tea and coffee, which
were served to all, free between the hours
of ) and $50 o'clock The church was
neatly decorated and so full of people that
all present could not find seats. The
ladies who had charge of the supper
spared no pains to see that every
one present was properly waited upon.
Hon. \. Greene Curtis acted as master of
ceremonies. He said it was the first time
in his life that he had presided over such
an assemblage. The following programme
was rendered: Quartet, Mrs. Smith, Mrs.
Dorsey and MeSsrs. Barrett and ASiIworth ;
Prayer, Rev. J. l.. Trefren: Duet. Misses
Smith and Whitney Address, Rev Z. r.
Ollie; Piano Solo, Miss Evans; Address,
Hon. j. y. Young; Solo, Nh Ashworth !;
Address. Senator Steele, San Luis Obispo :
Address, Senator Johnson, San Bernardino ;
Solo, Miss Wheat flute obligato, Mr.. J..
SMITH; Adde'S, Senator SAKE. Santa
Clara Address, Hon. Mr. Walrath, Ne
vaaa; Solo, Mrs. Addie Carter Address,
Hon. AIr. Russ, Humboldt; Reading, Mr.
Jones; Cornet Solo. Mr.. Wright; Quartet
(lnaic). bohemian Club; Parting Words,
Judge Curtis Doxology, Benediction, Rev.
c. Mckelyey. While the quartet was sing
ing some one turned the gas off at the me-
ter and for a few moments the audience was
left III darkness.
THE WEATHE R.-Sergeant Barwick re-
ports that the brisk to high winds that held
high carnival with the dust yesterday
Travelled over and through this city at the
rate OF from sixteen to thirty-one miles per
hour, according to the Signal Service self
registering thermometer, or wind instru-
ment Thirty-one miles an hour produces
pressure of four pounds and eighty hun
dredths on one square foot of surface ex-
posed TO the progress of the wind The
moisture in the air also decreased rapidly,
falling to only forty per cent. of complete
saturation, while yesterday morning it was
s. per cent. Daring the last twenty-four
hours there has been q sprinkle of rain at
San Diego while ut p. NJ. last night it was
raining at Fort Candy, with southerly
wind travelling eleven miles per hour, while
the swell of the ocean was light from the
west. The weather was generally clear
along the Pacific slope, with barometer
inclined to fall wind calm or southerly in
Oregon. while it was northerly in Califor-
MIA, blowing nowhere more than eight
miles per hour, except at Cape Mendocino,
Red Bluff and Sacramento. 1t was blowing
twenty-three miles per hour at the former
place, thirteen miles al the latter place, and
twelve miles per hour at Red Bluff
SKATING RINK.-Musicands special race for
q purse. between Messrs. kidder and Morris,
Wednesday evening, February 18th