Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-15

wrote to the UNION asserting that the press
in use in the Folsom Express Office an
sgered the description of the missing one.
The latter stated that it was purchased in
Sacramento from one of the proprietors of
used to print the Miners Aduocdte at Dia-
mond Springs, and when that paper ex
pired was removed TO Folsom. The UNION
said the description did not tally with that
of the missing plead" I'VE have al
ready, it said, traced ii pretty accurately
to the eve of the conhagratlon OF 1852 in
this city, aud all our evidence goes to show
that it tumbled nearly to pieces in that dis
astrous fire. But from its ashes behold
what strange birds have risen! Cadmus,
our Father of Letters, sowed dragons
teeth and they sprang up armed men. The
sons OF the Art preservative are greater
than their Phenician sire-they can plant
the fiery fragments of the ancestral print
ing machine and raise a dozen pioneer
presses"
Referring to the finding of pioneer
tombstone beneath the platform OF an old
shed on the levee reference TO which Yves
made in the SUNDAY UNION Of last week.,
being in memory of one Susan Hitchcock,
who died at Carson Creek in 1S49, the
UNION of December 8, 1859, said: I'VE
have received a letter from w. R. Grim
shaw, who was acting as clerk to Samuel
BranDan al the time, who informs US that
the parents of the deceased were the first
persons hat occupied the adobe building
in the center of Suffers Fort after the dis
covery of gold in 1913. The same family
afterward owned the farm known as Green
Springs on the road from Sacramento to
Coloma The family consisted in, 1S4S, of
Rufus Hitchcock, his wife, son and two
daughters, Susan (the deceased) died in
1S49, and Rufus his wife and son within a
few weeks of each other in 1853 of small
pox The surviving daughter resides in
the State Of New York. The grave Of the
deceased IS in the old cemetery east of the
fort, the second grave south of the old tree
which IS still growing within the grounds.
We are further advised By one well IL
formed in the premises that Rufus Hitch
cock kept the Hotel, as it was known 10
the first settlers of Sacramento City proper
(then about the fort), and that his daughter
rendered service about the establishment,
by waiting on the table. assisting in the
kitchen, etc" The UNION concluded its
article on the subject with a request to the
Pioneers to see that the stone was placed
over the grave.
The movements of prominent theatrical
people were chronicled as follows: Little
Mary MoVicker succeeded Murdoch at the
St. Louis Theater Adelaide Gougen-
helm was on her way to Europe ind her
sister joey was playing in Nashville......
The Keller troupe and Miss Ada Clifton
were in Havana. Miss Davenport was
giving dramatic readings in Pittsburg ......
J. B. Roberts was at the National Thester.
CINCINNATI John Il. Owens company at
New Orleans was composed of Henry Wal
lack, Couldock, Sothern, w. A. Chapman,
Letfingwell Bland, Briggs, Rea, Morris.
Becks. James Taylor, Polly Marshall,
Charlotte Thompson, Hannah Gale and
Adecna Gaie...... Mrs. Waller was playing
Geraldine in Philadelphia. Charlotte
Champion, 1.-The great little Western ac-
tress," was at Portland, Me.....,E1win
Booth had Just completed a successful en-
gagement at Boston Mrs. Charles How
ard was at Norfolk, Va, and Mrs. Ada
Plunkett at Rochester . Burton was play
ing at the Holiday street Theater in Balti-
more. Barry Sullivan was about to APP
pear at Nashville. Peter Richings and
his daughter Caroline were drawing well
at Buffalo.
The Philharmonic Society, then in its
fifth season, gave concert on the 18th of
December under the management OF John
Mcneil (recently deceased). Professor
Charles Winter, the popular pianist pre-
sided st that instrument, and the UNION
said of him: The performance of Mr..
Winter contributed as much TO the enjoy
meut of the evening as all the rest of the
entertainment. HIS selections from 'Tro-
vatore' were executed with the taste and
skill of the true artist. Being eneored, be
gave some new and brilliant variations on
the popular melody, Sleeping, l Dreamed
Love
Among the managers of grand inau-
guration ball to be given in January, 1860,
were Leland Stanford, J. H. McKune,
Robert Robinson, A. G. Monson, John
Heard, D. 0. Mills, G. t. Bolts, L. Epson;
G. l. Hutchinson, John Q. Brown, Frank
Denver, T. NJ. Lndley, ]. II. Carroll, 4. B.
Mott. F. A. Gibbs, E. B. Ryan, +. H. Ma
gill, n. G. Curtis, D. w. Welty, J. W.
Winans, James Anthony, Geo. Bromley,
A. H. Estill, George Rowland, A. P. Cat
lin, E. g. Blessing, Frank Powell, Louis
Sloss, ". McMitchell, G. W. Chesley, q.
W. Bowie Frank Hereford, II. H. Hartley,
Nat. Boies.
A remarkable case of surgery was re.
ported from Stockton. DR.. w. NJ. Ryer,
then leading physician there, was called
upon 10 treat q Mexican whose skull had
been fractured some years before. The sur
geou removed a portion OF the skull and
found the brain SO bsdly diseased that one
portion OF it wss alive with maggots. He
removed the diseased portion and patched
up the skull. The Argus declared that the
patient recovered, and was a smarter man
than ever before Dr. Ryer should not
have stopped his good work there, but have
The Sacramento Library Debating So
oiety was organized on the l2th Of Deem
Der, with {. H Hescock now Senator from
Santa CRUZ as President. Jacob Shew Vice
President. Alexander BaGlam Secretary, ]
E. Smith Critic, and NJ. NJ. Estee F. R
Jones and F. NJ. Shields the Executive Com
mittee. The first subject debated was
Resolved, that BrutDs was justiable in
the assassination of BSsr' The atirma'
tive was upheld By Estee and Shield, and
the negative by Stewart and Jones.
A well known Sacramentan, who had
come the plains across made a return
trip East By steamer. In n letter to friend
describing s experiences en- shipboard
he writes: Il have ridden forty light hours
ON the hurricane deck of a mule, without
rest: fought the Inoians, The Mormons anc
the grizzlies; gone for three days wlthou!
food walked thousands OF miles over tbs
parched alkau plains, but III De hanged i
1 ever before knew what 1t was to o.
miserable r.
The intention in these days was to extenc
the railroad from Folsom 10 Lincoln on e
Grass Valley The Grass Valley National
referring 10 the project, said of the new
town Of Lincoln: Though The wild geese
are now feeding on the green grass tha
covers the avenues and beautifully laid on
plazas Of Lincoln, we predict that in few
months hence il will be the depot for nine
teuths Of the travel and commerce of Ne
vsda county to and from Sacramento
There arrived in Sacramento on tbs
18th of December, consigned to John D
Stephens, of Cscheyille, Yclo county, the
celebrated souihdown buck called the
Worlds Prize. and which took the pre-
MUM st the Worlds Fair in London
His sheepship weighed, in condition, 40t
pounds.
Among the arrivals from the East on tbs
18th of December, by the steamer Colder
Age. where Trenor W. Park and family
Mrs. Han McAllister, c. C. Hastings, W. L
Gilbert. Charles L. Green and many other
since prominent in socieFy, professions