The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-09-14

The State Controller, Mr.. Colgan,
makes statistical exhibit, which is
posted next to the Sacramento show
cases. 1t shows the advance in property
values in the history of the State, as fol-
lows:
1s6o..-....... las, l93,54o 6S'369.3s3
1879 Ssasa a 1o8,9o1,5599ss
1o9o...........1 ,099, 772, 904 $500, $50
State receipts and disbursements for
State Government have been as follows
to June 30, 1889:
RECEIPTS. EXPENDITURES.
1st Decade. 81, 256, 1892 81 81, 297, 513 90
2nd Decade...22 49, oil 10 22,Sl7,9OO 81
50 Decade. 80, 3o3,541 10 3o,949,4s5 81
SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
Sacramento County does not make
nearly so large a showing as the southern
counties, and for obvious reasons. Her
historic annals are but little back of SUIT
ter's time, and she has nothing of eras of
war or Missions to show, and little of
the aboriginal. But she is rich in relics
OF the pioneer era and the era of gold dis
covery. These could have been greatly
multiplied, but enough are shown, when
the Placerville and Coloma exhibits of the
same order are considered.
Sacramento exhibits occupy two Sec
tons of twenty feet each of wall space,
forty feet OF cases and considerable floor
space. There are shown several pieces of
ordnance that were mounted at Suffers
Fort; a large collection OF Suffer and Mar
shall relics; some relics of the Modoc
War; collections from the museum Of the
sacramento Society of Pioneers; adobe
from Suffers Fort; great many pictures
of pioneer scenes; flag Of the veterans of
! the Mexican War; a large saw used by
Marshall to rip ont lumber from logs;
picks, shovels and other instruments
used IN mining; an immense milestone
from Suffers mill on the American River
near Sacramento.
There are also shown two very interest
ing manuscript collections from the
archives of Sacramento County and of
Sacramento City. A fee book of 1850, for
instance, is a curiosity compared with
fee books of this day. There are two
historic old flags of the pioneer fire de-
partment: the records of the old ''Ccurt
of First Instance" 1850; parts of the cos
tune of General Suffer; old time ballots;
a copy of the Daily Democrat of 1852;
the hat of Captain Jack, who killed
General Candy; matata and rubber
from Gait; a very early book of travel in
| California; manuscript records of early
law suits; pioneer guns; portraits in
number; municipal records, many of
them of exceeding curious interest, etc.
In the Sacramento collection are the
Marshall relics owned by Mrs. Treichler
of this city. They are quaint and all re-
late to the time OF Suffers greatest exalta-
ton and Marshall's discovery. They are
numerous and interesting, though so
personal to Marshall and Mrs. Treichler
sets much store by them.
COLoMA AND PLACERvILLE.
The Coloma and Placerville exhibits
ar.a IL of mi rThau bCtb violate to
the era of gold discovery and to no other
historic period. The Coloma exhibit.
gathered by f. M. Smith, custodian of
the Marshall monument, occupies plat
form. parts of two cases, and considerable
wall space also.
There are shown from Placerville a
large collection Of town records and old
MS; the first register of the first fire
company gives us a roster of names re-
lated to earliest pioneer times of the gold
discovery period; there is shown the first
glass ever set in a window in 'Hang-
town.; the earliest book of deeds; fine
photograph OF Marshall, though and early
one; Ell Dorado's first fee book; old arms
and implements, mining relics and curios;
chair bought for Mrs. Weimer that cost
$75, that could be supplied now for two or
three dollars; MarshalPs cradle with
which he mined; articles made from lum-
Der from Suffers mill, etc.
The Coloma collection includes a great
variety of Marshall relics. Among them
is one of the nuggets found in the tail
race; gold dust he gathered from placer
washings; MarshalPs bench, saw, wise
and other tools; his vest, flask, square,
Sawbar; cupboard and table made from
the first lumber cut at the mill built for
Suffer by Marshall at Coloma; Indian
mortars and pestles; mill saw made by
Marshall and used at Coloma; washboard
made for Mrs. Weimer at Coloma that is
rough enough to make a housewife ache
for just looking at it.
A gun used by Marshall is shown;
view of the first river mining; tools used
in the construction of Suffers mill at CO.
Iona: Indian bows and arrows: q tripod
and level used by Marshall; clothes
FOUNDER made of lumber cut at Suffers
mill that sold at 81 a foot; saddle-tree of
pioneer make; saw used in Suffer- mill,
evidently cut from some other nipple
ment, possibly from old boiler iron. A
miniature cradle is shown that was made
from lumber cut at Suffers mill that is
really the neatest exhibit in wood in the
collection.
BANNING INDIANS.
The Mission Indians from the Banning
Reservation, who nightly appear, to max g
a historic link in the chain of aboriginal,
Spanish, Mexican and Anglo-Saxon rep
resented history of California, have near
their platform a case of exhibits,
consisting of needle work, knitting, etc.,
made by Indian women, shoes for chill
dren and women, slippers, underwear,
drawn-work handkerchief, knit scarfs,
blankets, etc. There are shown, also, some
of the work by Indian men, a hunting
shirt that belonged to the hunter, Bill
Williams, in 1914, fish and other nets, a
| fur robe or blanket, etc. There are shown,
also, from San Bernardino the gun of the
trapper, John Brown, ST., that years ago
was the instrument of death to grizzly
bears, musket used in the war with
Mexico, collection of stones used by In
dians in their domestic economies, bows,
arrows and trappings of the chase, etc.
Though not large the combined In
dams and the San Bernardino exhibit is
very interesting, very suggestive, and
especially should attract the ladies to OBJ
serve how Indian squaws have been
taught successfully the art of fine needle
work.
THE Los ANGELES HISTORICAL EXHIBIT.
On the right, passing into that portion
of the Pavilion set apart for the Histori-
cal Section, is the Los Angeles exhibit.
1t is the largest collection On exhibition.
1t covers one hundred feet of wall space
and platform space of twelve by sixty
feet. Sixteen glass cases are crowded
full of rare and valuable curios and relics
of historical value. In the first case near
the entrance is the exhibit of the Histor-
| zeal Society of Southern CALIFORNIA;; the
next largest individual collection is that
of Don Antonio Coronel.
The society has been actively at work
for the past nine years collecting historic
matter. Its exhibit is in charge of Prof
j. NJ. Quinn, late President OF the society,
| also one OF the committee i'll charge of
| the Los Angeles exhibit. The society
has accumulated a library of 1000 vol
umes and a large collection Of old manu-
scripts. The fact OF its existence and sue
cess is a rebuke TO the north and central
! sections of the State. since they have no