Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-26

New York; C. E. Smith. w. J. Sutherland,
Chicago; f. l.. Anderson, Annoy, China
Colonel Gray. California Frederick Won
Bodenstedt, Germany; George w. Prentiss,
wife and daughter, Holyoke, Mass. George
Strom, Shanghai E. Terry and wife, San
Jose; Saf1ro Takaki, Japan.
Pacific Coast Postal Changes
WASHINGTON, April 25th.-The following
postal changes for the Pacific coast were made
last week: Offices established Hurleton,
Butte county, Cal, Smith I'll. Hurles, Post
master Mortimer, Butte county, Cal, Mer-
rill Whittier, Postmaster; Pyramid, Roop
county, New, Eden Palmer. Postmaster
Joseph, Union county. Or, Matthew john
ston, Postmaster; Gabel. Columbia county,
W. T., Dirk Seeml, Postmaster; Erda,
Tooele county, Utah, John Hallstead, Post
master Wellington, Millar county, Utah,
James A. Kelly, Postmaster. Office discon-
-Boltonheim, Butte county. Utah.
Postmasters appointed = Thomas w. Hos
mer, Bath, Placer county, Cal; John n.
Copp, Mammoth. Mono county, CAL; James
Shaver, Tecopa, Inyo county, Cal; Henri S.
Fletcher, Jacksonville, Santa Cruz county,
CAL; S. o. Horsey, Cascade, Wasco county,
Or; d: B. Rees, Cove, Union county, Or;
q. III. Howard, Deadman, Columbia county,
w. r.
A German Poet In Route TO California.
OMAHA, April 25th.-Among the passen-
gers for California to-day was Frederick Won
Bodenstedt who is now Germany's celebrated
poet His fame is largely due to his Persian
poems. He is making a tour of America,
and will visit the Germans of San Francisco
| for two or three weeks.
sunday law in Kentucky.
Anvil TO- Al =
| first time in years, the Sunday law prohibit
ing labor of any kind was enforced. Between
II and 2 this morning the police visited all
places open, including the newspaper offices,
and took the name of every person doing
| work, for presentment to the Grand Jury.
The list includes all classes-editors, compos-
itors, pressmen, pewsboys, saloon-keepers and
hacknen. The law is very stringent, allow
ing no work or business done except house
hold duties, and it is said that policemen,
firemen, and the telegraph people will be re-
ported. The case will probably be tested
shortly.
Trade mt New York.
New York, April 25th-The volume of
trade in leading departments shows q gradual
shrinkage, and weak tone is quite percepti-
Bile in most markets. In breadstuffs pretty
large business has been done, and wheat has
been heavily dealt in, chiefly for speculation,
though fair amount has been done for ex-
port At the close however, there was less
doing, owing to a sharp advance in conse-
quence of break in the Erie Canal and the
probable delay in receipts.
Arrivals from, Abroad.
BALTIMORE, April 18th. = The steamer
Strasbourg, of the Baltimore and Bremen
line, has arrived. She brought 1,914 emf
grant passengers from Germany, Austria,
Sweden and Norway. This afternoon they
started for the West III four trains over the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, to settle princi-
pally in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and
Nebraska.
Grant, Sherman and Blaine.
CHICAGO, April 25th.-The Inter- Oceans
Washington special represents that Grants
friends are encouraged at the prospects of
the Massachusetts delegation taking Grant
as second choice. Some are claimed for
Grant already as first choice George Will
Jams, of Ohio, returned from Atlanta, reports
that the Chicago delegation stands Sherman
II, Blaine 6, Grant 4.
Shot Three Times.
TERRE HAUTE Ind.) April 25th.-Albert
Huff, in a difficulty this morning with Jerry
Dwyer over some work at a Blast furnace,
shot Dwyer three times. One wound is sup
posed to be fatal.
Cabin Roof of a steamer Blown OF.
CINcINNATI, April 25th.-A special to the
Gazette says: During violent wind-storm
this afternoon about sixty feet of the roof of
the cabin of the steamer Bostona was blown
off, while at landing short distance below
Huntington. No one was seriously hurt
Mrs Paris c. Brown was standing outside
the cabin at the time, and fell in a fright as
the roof went over her head, but was not in-
jured beyond few bruises.
Another Disastrous Tornado in Illinois.
ST, LOUIS, April 25th.-Specials from Car
linville, TaylOrville, Greenfield, Springfield
and other places in Central Illinois say a
terrific tornado passed through Green, Chris
| tian, Sangamon and other counties last night,
destroyed an immense amount of property
and killed dozen or more people and injured