Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-31

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good house for new season, with good
stock company supporting Rose Wood, the
accomplished star. Mr.. Barrows, Mr.
| Holden, Mr.. Cooper, and Miss Belmour
| had the leading supporting parts and main
| tanned them well, not without defects, but
| those of a character inferior and not MARI
| ing the general effect. The play, 1.-The
Galley Slave" is new here, and one of
Barley Campbells latest and best efforts.
1t is full of love and romance and the adj
ventures of Americans abroad, is melo-
dramatic and strongly emotional, with
| light vein of low comedy by way of con-
trast The first scene is Venetian, and the
scenery and mechanical effects of moving
| gondolas is very striking and pic
| the artist. Mr.. John r. Wilkins
Miss Rose Wood, as Franchesca, the dis
owned wife of Baron LIE Bots, has diff
cult emotional part, one requiring much
strong acting, and one to which she is ad-
mirably adapted by figure and cultured
ability. Miss Kittie Belmour. always a
favorite in Sacramento, has a role full of
difficulties and requiring nice shadings
She accomplished her task well, and at the
close of the second act, with Miss Wood and
Miss Josie Belmour, was called before the
curtain. E. ]. Holden, as the Baron LIE
Bots, was acceptable, and gave a careful
reading of an unpleasant part. James 0.
Barrows, the leading man, as Sydney Nor
colt, won warm commentator and instant
recognition for ability. Mr.. Scott Cooper's
Oliver Olpbant was a studied and good
effort. The play maintained its interest to
the close, and will unquestionably have a
good run. 1t will be repeated tonight.
MEETING OF PRISON DIREcToRs.-The
members of the State Board of Prison Di-
rectors met at the Folsom Prison Wednes-
day night, to open the proposals to furnish
materials for an iron roof for the cell build
ing. Present-John Boggs, President;
Directors Charles Sonntag J. H. wilkins,
W. c. Hendricks and L. T. Devlin. Bids
were submitted from the King Bridge Iron
and Manufacturing Company, So, Jas;
Phelps Manufacturing Company, S27 $50;
San Francisco Bridge Company, $23,942:
The Western Iron Works, S24,019; Bigelow
& Little IBID only for the skeleton iron
work of the roof So, 225; the Pioneer Iron
Works Ibid only for the skeleton iron
work., 81 1868; Huntington, Hopkins & Co.
offered to furnish the galvanized iron and
rivets for $6,601. The Directors will ex-
anime the details of the several bills and
announce the award of the contract on the
9Th of January. The King Bridge Compa-
ny's bid for the skeleton iron work of the
roof was $12,632 50; The Phelps Manu-
featuring Company, $l6,5S0 10: The San
Francisco Bridge Company, So ST.; West
ern Iron Works. $4,000.
COMPUTATION OF SENTENcE.-Y yesterday
the Governor committed the life sentence
of Willism Williams to twenty-four years.
Williams was convicted of murder in the
| first degree in July, 1871, in Siskiyou coun-
| ty, for the killing of a man by the name of
Todhunter The Communication is based
upon the ground of his extremely valuable
services to the State in largely assisting to
prevent break of the prisoners during a
| fire, he being now the only one of the meri-
torious number whose claims have not
been recognized. 1t was unanimously rec
| commended by the Prison Directors......
Also, James McCarthy's sentence of five
years was reduced TO two and one-half
years. Mccarthy was convicted of grand
| larceny in San Francisco May, 1885. The
committing Judge and Prosecuting Attor-
ney allege that since the trial facts have
come to their knowledge showing that the
sentence was much more severe than the
circumstances warranted.
FIRE THIS MoRNING.--At quarter-past
| II this morning an alarm was sounded
from box 80, Seventh and ] streets The
Fire Department responded promptly. A
| dense volume of smoke was coming from
the doors and beneath the sidewalk in
| front of Mrs. Katzenstein's millinery store,
north side of ] street, near Sixth. The
front door was forced Open and it was dis
| covered that a coal of fire had fallen out of
the stove and burned hole in the floor
some fifteen inches in diameter. A lot of
| dry goods boxes in the basement were ON
| fire, but the flames were soon extinguished
| with the Babcock extinguishers. The goods
in the store will no doubt be considerably
injured by smoke.
! A CHANCE FOR NATIVE TALENT.-Mrs.
e. B. Croker has placed at the disposal OF
the Directors three scholarships for the
Sacramento School of Design, she having
named one other herself, and desiring the
| Directors to select beneticiaries for the
| other three The Bric-a-Brac Club has
voted to continue its two pupils now at the
school in drawing, and to maintain two
other scholarships in drawing, they to be
named from applicants in the first grades of
the two grammar schools, according to
plans of choice to be fixed upon by the
Principals of the two schools.
SCHOOL OF DEsIGN.-The Sacramento
School of Design will open at the E. B.
Crocker Art Gallery next Monday, at 10
A. NJ. for its second year, under charge of
W. F. Jackson, instructor, and assistants,
for drawing. painting and study from life
and landscape, with lectures on perspect-
i've, light and shade, color, composition,
etc Saturdays will be special for teachers
and pupils of schools.
AUCTION SALE.-Bell & Co. will sell at 10
A. NJ. to-day, at 927 K street, parlor, bed
room and dining room furniture, 60 boxes
of Applegate's Star soap, II boxes laundry
soap, buggies, etc.
To-Day each and every customer pur-
chasing goods to the amount of 80 cents or
upwards in our holiday goods department,
on the first floor, will be presented with 9
Cinderella colored glass slipper. Red
House.
ALL CHILDREN will be presented with 8
comical advertising card to-day. Red
House.
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