Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-19
HIM any longer in commsn1 of .he Fifth
Corps. | don't see him where The fighting il. =

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epizootic and Hickok says he will bet Ss0,
| 000 that he can beat Maud S. or any other
horse side by side. he will come east again
next season. His net earnings Were about
SIS, 600 this year. Captain Stone says he
| expects next year to get Maud S. down to
Eos, or perhaps 2:06.
| The Geld Wave Moving south.
| WASHINGTON, November 1Sth.-The fol-
lowing is copy of telegram addressed to
the Chief Signal Officer from New Orleans,
| November 18th:
| Great anxiety is felt about the sugar district
Can you predict at once any immediate change? You
have done noble service. JAS. f. GRIFFIN.
Secretary Sugar Planter Association.
| The following reply was Immediately tele-
graphed:
| It is now raining throughout the western Gull
States There will probably be heavy frost in the
! sugar districts when the weather clears At las
| this morning New ORR ans telegraphed as fol
lows: The weather viii probably be Gear tonight.
| Great damage from frost may be expected The
| temperature at Dodge City at midnight was a be.
low zero, which is Al below mean. The cold wave
| Ii moving south"
The Cold Wave.
ST. LOUIS, November ISth.-Ths weather
continues freezing hard tonight Large
quantities of ice began floating through the
harbor from the north to-day. 1t is nos
| likely that any more boats viii leave for the
| morrill, and the southern packets will be re-
| tired until the weather moderates.
The Case OF cadet Whsffaker-An appeal
for Justice.
NEW York. November 18sh.-The follow
ing petition goes to the President to-day
BRooKLYS, November 18th
To His Excelleney Rutherford b. Hayes, Presi-
dent etc Sir: Cadet j. G. Whitaker is on leave
/
| martial Others, among whom we have the honor
to stand, think that as the not proven
against the boy, the President by restoring him to
his former place and position would do only an act
of justice To friendless youth, subserve the in
terest of humanity and give additional evidence of
his purpose to recognize color line in our dealing
with American citizens We hare the honor to re-
nam, respectfully, yours,
j. HYATT SMITH member elect Of the
Third Congressional District.
JUSTIN D. FULTON.
THEODORE L. CUYLER, and others
Corn, Tobacco and Potatoes.
WASHINGTON, November 1Sth.-The fol-
| lowing statement of the condition of the
corn. tobacco and potato crop was issued to-
day by the Department of Agriculture
Corn-The crop of corn shows no increase
| over that of last year, but rather slight de-
cline for the whole country. On the Pacific
slope, California shows al increase.
1OUdSCO-1utEO Was less lhuu plaIlIeu III
| tobacco this year than Last. The decrease
was principally in the States of Maryland
and Virginia. In Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin there was q decided increase.
Early in the season the weather was not pro-
pitious, but in August and September it was
very favorable. The average yield per acre
is reported November LIST as $40 pounds,
against 795 last year.
Potatoes-The area planted in potatoes this
year was about equal to that planted In 1879,
but in the total crop there is quite a decline.
Insect injuries are not of general cempl .int,
but drought is almost universally mentioned.
Ex.PresIdents as Senators at Large
PHILADELPHIA, November 1Sth-A New
York correspondent OF the Ledger learns that
Governor Cornell, in his forthcoming annual
message, Will earnestly second tie PROPOSE
ton that ex-Presidents should have seats as
Senators at large in the United States Senate.
Senator Conkliue is understood to be IN
qual6edly committed to it.
The CIerEship of the EOusc OF Repre-
sentatives.
WASHINGTON, November 1Sth.-A letter
received here says that General Harry
White, of Pennsylvania, who has just failed
to be reelected to Congress, will make an
active canvass for the Clerkshipo of the House
of Representatives. This will make three
Pennsylvania applicants for The place-ex-
Clerk Mcpherson, General White and ID. G..
Forney. 1t is said that the Camerons will
use their influence against Mcpherson, be-
cause OF the active part he took in Baine's
interest in the Convention Of 1876, and sub
sequently at the Chicago Convention last
summer.
Substantial Gratitude.
CHICAGO, November 18th. = The Times
saws: A stranger entered the rooms of the
American Board OF Foreign Missions in Bos-
ton Tuesday, and saying he wished to show
his thankfulness for the election Of Garfield,
counted out $4,000 and walked away.
senator Growers Health.
WASHINGTON, November 1Ssh.-A special
to the Baltimore american from Wilmington
| yesterday says: Senator Grover Of Oregon is
| living here at medical home under treat
ment for spinal irritation. He will go to
| Washington next week, to remain, if his
strength permits, through the winter. He
| does not speak positively of being able to at
| tend regularly at the sessions of the Senate,
and he will take no active part in the work
of that body.
Republican Mayer Elected I'm Ten.
| ncssec.
CHATTANOOGA, November 1Sth.-In the
municipal election to-day Hart Republican,
was elected Mayor by 117 majority. Two
| Republican Aldermen out of FIVE were elected.
The Alabama senatorship.
MONTGOMERY, November 1Sth.-The Dem
oerats Of the Legislature, in caucus, have
| nominated James L. Pugh for United States
| Senator, to FL the vacancy occasioned by the
death of Senator Houston which has been
filed by Senator Prior by appointment.
The Louisiana senatorsliip.
WASHINGTON, Nov smber 1S.h.-T'he APP
pointment by Governor Wilt, of Louisiana,
of q successor to the deceased Senator Spot
ford. who contested Senator Kellogg's seat
indicates that this old contest is again to be
reopened. Kellogg, however, is safe, as at
least FIVE Democratic Senators, including
Bayard and Thurman, were In accord that
kellogg's case is res doyndtcata.
election Frauds in South Carolina.
GREENvILLE u.s. c.. November 1Sth.-Two
citizens were arrested today, charged with
frauds in the recent election. It is under
stood that many other arrests viii follow in
this Congressional district which gave q
Democratic majority of 1900.
A Bona Eide Citizen.
MONTPELIER (Yt.), November 18Th Con
gressman.elecs Circuit explUdes the story that
he is an alien, on account of having been
born in Canada His father moved to Canada
before he was born, but not to stay, and
never became citizen. This makes Grous a
citizen of the United States.
subornation of Perjury and Forgery.
WASHINGTON, November 1Sth.-A tele-
gram received to-day by Commissioner
Williamson, of the General Land Office, from
the special agent whom he sent to Dakota
several months ago to unearth suspected ex-
tensiye frauds in homestead entries, reports
as the result of his investigation that the
Grand Jury at Yankton has brought five in
dictments for suborHation of perjury and one
for forgery, and that the jury is still at work
in the same direction.
| Acquitted OF the Charge of Murder.
DAYTON, November 18th. = George W..
Ware, who shot Lee Brumbaugh on Septem-
Der goth last for criminal intimacy with Mrs.
Ware, WA to day acquitted Of the charge OF
murder in the Common Pleas Court. The
Jury was out but few minutes.
The Conductors Excursion.
CHICAGO, November 1Sth.-The convention
of railroad conductors which met here yester-
day will adjourn this evening, and tomorrow
morning a party of about 200, including many
ladies, will leave for an excursion to Cali
fornia.
An Old Nan Murdered and Robbed.
CHARLESTON, November 1Sth--Wm. Mat
tick. an inoffensive old man. was brutaliy
murdered to-day by two roughs. who took
500 Of his money and fed.
Fire ut Piffsburg-An Unfortunate Firm.