Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-27
NEWS OF THE MORNING.

1x New York yesterday Government bonds were
noted at 1854 for As of 1907 1925 for IS Of 1881;
1o7a for Ais; sterling, "a s2@4 "a silver bars,
l14I: silver coin, discount buying, par selling
SILVER in London yesterday, b27; oonsois,
osI uer cent United States bonds, 1859; As,
lo7: AIS llos.
In San Francisco half dollars are quoted at par;
trade dollars, 95 buying, 96l selling; Mexican dol
lars, 90 buying. S6I selling.
AT Liverpool yesterday wheat was quoted at los
sd 10 lis d for average California white, and lis
Id TO lis Sd for club.
An assessment of so cents per share has been lev
led by the Bullion Mining Company
MINING STOCKS opened quiet in San Francisco yes
terday morning. AS a whole, the list was weak
Union Consolidated rose ST. and there was a small
improvement in some other kinds. Best q Belcher
declined 81 121, Belcher 81 25, overnan 81 % and
most other Comstock shares from 10c to 75e-
THE New York Commercial Bulletin considers
the De Lesseps canal scheme the widest Of financial
impossibiIities.
The trial trip of the italian ironciad Duilio the
most powerful war vessel in the world, on Saturday,
was eminently satisfactory
CASUALTIES and sickness have greatly weakened
the actual strength OF the British regiments in AZ
hanistan.
THE German Government proposes to levy tax
on advertisements in newspapers
A FIRE occurred yesterday in the Brooklyn On. Y }
Penitentlary, totally destroying the shoe shop.
THOMAS NOLAN Of Santa Cruz, now possesses the
champion belt of the Pacific coast as wrestler.
Snow fl yesterday at several points in the State.
REV. Mn. HAYDEN, on trial at New Haven, Conn,
for the murder of Mary Stannard has been released
ON bail.
JOHN JEwErr, an Oregon pioneer of 1si7 died
Sunday at Astoria
ZELPH. MORGAN, while out hunting sheep in Una
tilla county, Oregon, was frozen to death
NEAR Heppner, Oregon, falling tree crushed in a
cabin, instantly killing Alfred Morgan.
JASON P. ScRIBSRR who murdered his two children
in May has been sentenced at Portland Me-, to life
imprisonment.
DoUBEIL, Russian ambassador at Berlin, has pre-
scented his letters of recall.
DURING the past week specie in the Imperial Bank
of Germany increased Il, 1000 marks.
LEOPOLD ZEID, German, hanged himself in San
Francisco Sunday night
THE question of reading bills at length in the Leg
stature has not yet been decided by the Supreme
Court
PARTY of boys broke through the ice on which
they were playing yesterday near North Providence,
r.. l., and were drowned
DURING the week ending January 24th specie i'm
ported at New York amounted to SIP, CPS in gold,
and $50, 1923 in silver
THREE valuable horses, one a present from Gen.
sral Grant to the Emperor, left Omaha yesterday,
on route to Japan.
o. S. FuRGusoN, a brakeman, received injuries in
the San Fernando tunnel. on the Southern Pacific
Railroad, yesterday, which caused his death few
hours later.
JOHN JOHNSTON, miner, was shot and killed at
Alma Col, yesterday, by boy.
DECREE proroguing Parliament was read in the
Italian Chamber Of Deputies yesterday.
BISMARCK has returned to Berlin.
THE property CT the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad has been seized by the United States Gov
eminent for claims amounting to nearly half mill
ion dollars.
THE nomination of James Russell Lowell as Min
lister to England has been confirmed by the Senate
REPEATED earthquake shocks occurred in Cuba
during the past week
THE steamer Charmer has been totally destroyed
by fire near the mouth OF Red river, and eight lives
lost.
DURING the recent revolution at Lima Peru, 800
lives were lost
FIRE at Louisville, Ky.
THE Greek Ministry have resigned.
Is the State Senate yesterday large amount Of
business was transacted and number of amend
ments to the Code were passed unanimously. A
very large number of new bills were introduced.
YESTERDAY was field day in the Assembly, and
the discussion became very animated as will be
seen by reference to the full debates in another part
of this paper.