Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-17

at the box office to-day
BARwIcK' REPoRT.-The rainfall at Sac
ramento for this storm, up to and including
the o'clock observation last evening. was
lis inches. Total for the season. 800
inches; against . 81 inches to an equal date
| last year. The rainfall during this storm
for the California Signal Service Stations
was: For Red Bluff, 193 inches; Sacra-
mento, LIS inches; San Francisco. 2O6
inches; Keller, OF of an inch; San Luis
Obispo, 81 of an inch; Los Angeles, 16
inches No report at I o'clock last night
from San Diego. The barometer at that
hour was very low at Tatoosh, and south as
far as Roseburg. All stations report a foul
weather sunsetnorth ofSan Diego. The bar
ometer is rising in California and southern
Oregon from the effects of the storm in Cali
tornia, while the barometer is falling in
Washington Territory, northern and cen
tral Oregon, from the effects of the storm
that is coming to land from the ocean near
Tatoosh Island. The barometer at that
point is only 1926 inches.
RACES AT THE PARK.-Robert Allen. the
lessee of Agricultural Park, proposes to
give three days racing, commencing on
Thanksgiving Day and continuing through
the week. On Thanksgiving Day there
will be match race, trotting, three in FIVE
owners to drive, for $50 side, between the
roadsters owned by Messrs. Jones and
Sullivan. Also, pacing race, free for all
Killarney and Maud to wagon, for purse
OF 5000, mile heats, three in five On the
next day there will be q trotting race for
named horses, mile heats three in five, for
purse OF $500, open to Lucy, Captain,
Sheritfess, Brigade, Kate Bender, Goldnut,
May Fly, Empress and Schlutius Bay Mink
(pacer) On the third day there will be
running races, trotting and pacing races,
tive to enter and three to start. Entries
close November Goth.
LECTURE BY PRESIDENT SPRAGUE-The
public will be pleased to notice two things
in regard to the lecture of Homer B.
Sprague, President of Mills College, adver-
tised in another column. First, that, con-
trary to the original intention, Dr. Sprague
will deliver one of his celebrated lectures
on Shakespeare; and second, that tickets
have been offered the schools at half price
No member of the High school, nor of the
upper classes in the grammar schools
should fail TO hear such a lecture upon
such Il subject. And if the New York and
Boston papers write the truth in regard to
the speakers oratory, the general public
SiO iJiC OllCiCQ ~ Vel IdIG lICdl III Il llte-
rary way. 1t will not be credit to this
city if the house is not filled to OVERLOOKING
on Wednesday evening.
HABEAs CORPUS CAsEs.-I. S. Brown, as
attorney for Louis Hansche, now serving a
term in the county Jail for vagrancy, sued
out writ of habeas corpus for him before
Judge Mcfarland yesterday, and the case
| is set for hearing at l:30 ?. N. to-day 900.
| E. C. Hart and Lincoln White also obtained
| writ of habeaS corpus yesterday for All
Tuck, who was arrested at Walnut Grove
on the ID or Sd of last September for an
assault to murder another Celestial Just
| ice Townes, of Georgiana township before
whom he was taken, committed him TO the
| custody of the Sheriff for examination,7
| and he has been an inmate of the county
Jail for about seventy days, waiting for
something to be done in the case. The
| matter will be heard at o'clock this after
| noon.
INCoRPoRATED.-Article of incorporation
| have been filed in the office of the Secretary
of State of the Pacific Casket Company, to
| manufacture and deal in wooden and me
! tallic burial cases and caskets, coffin trim
mings, undertakers' supplies and such
other articles of merchandise in that line
| Principal place of business, San Francisco.
Directors, A. ]. Bryant, Robert Smile,
John NJ. Curtis, D. A. Mcdonald, Percy
| Douglas. Capital stock, $4,000, divided
| into 500 shares.
A SPECIAL SALR-For the last four or
five days the Red House has had number
of statesmen engaged in the basement por-
ton of the establishment. at Nos ia and
| ZIG J street, asserting and marking large
lines of goods which are to be placed on
| exhibition for sale tomorrow morning, in
the clothing and gents furnishing goods
| department of the store The stock thus
| offered for sale is said to embrace. some
seventeen thousand dollars worth of over
coats, clothing, gents furnishing goods,
hats, rubber goods, cardigan jackets, silk
and linen umbrellas, etc. The sale will
continue from day to day. until the stock is
| disposed of. 1t is announced that the
clothing department of the house will be
closed to-day to complete arrangements for
the sale. Invitation has been extended to
| the public to call and examine for them
selves the quality and price of the special
stock offered. 1t is claimed that unusual
advantages in prices will be offered
In Millinery Department some special
values: Children's velvet caps, only %
cents; children's caps, velvet, with Astra-
khan trimming, 45 cents blue and red silk
plush caps, with tassels, IS cents. Red
| House.
MILLTSERY.-Great reduction in felt hats
I in oil chanae ar,l ooIor-. ha g, :