Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-20
NEWS OF TIE MORNING.

Ii New York yesterday Government bonds were
quoted at 1919 for As Of 1907; 1857 for Of 1851;
1o7g for AS; sterling, "a s3@s SIS; silver bars,
I1Ss silver coin, discount buying, Tar selling.
SILVER in London yesterday, 52s; consols,
Cyl 1916 per cent United States bonds, 1o5s As,
107l; As, III.
In San Francisco half dollars are quoted at par;
trade dollars 95 buying, 96l selling; Mexican dol
lars, Sc buying, 9el selling.
AT Liverpool yesterday wheat was quoted at los
Cd 10 lis I'd for average California white, and lis
Sd to lis Sd for club.
THE Leeds Mining Company levies an assessment
of ten cents per snare.
THE San Francisco mining share market was ir-
regular yesterday morning. Becher was sold all the
way from sl3 l24 to 81 81. Caledonia and Justice
received friendly boost Alta was helped to ad-
vance 81 12l. Utah scored 81 rs higher than on
Saturday Sierra Nevada fell to So after selling at
s23, and Union Consolidated to 49, thus showing a
decline OF 81 and 81 respectively from the best price
Saturday. Mexican and ophir each fell to slS so
as the minimum rate, which is 81 so lower than the
highest rate on Saturday. Alpha tender-footed,
and some was let 20 at $40 S7l Yellow Jacket rose
81, including the assessment.
HAN c. HARRISON died suddenly yesterday at
Bakersfield, Kern county.
CHANCELLOR HARrsoN's majority for TIE Assembly
in Napa county was 341.
WILLIAM Gross fired at what lac supposed to be a
wildcat in some bushes Oakland Sunday. fatally
woundng child and injuring young lady.
IL B. LArHaor, pioneer of Butte county, died
suddenly at oroville Yesterday.
pptNrrSS Tc--rur ua;Is from, T;varpo,I T1,r,-rd,,
for Halifax.
SPECIE increased o oso O0' marks the past week in
the Imperial Bank of Germany
THREE powder mills were destroyed and two men
killed at Yellow Springs, o., yesterday, by an ex-
poson.
THE President has nominated John Russell Low
ell, Of Massachusetts,, to be Minister to England
John W. Foster, of Indiana, Minister to Russia
Lucius Fairehild of Wisconsin, Minister to Spain,
and Eli H. Murray, of Kentucky, Governor of Utah.
THE steamer City OF Peking arrived at San Fran.
cisco from China and Japan yesterday and was
Guaranteed, having two cases of smallpox on
board.
J. WINTHROP TAYLOR, Medical Director, U. S. N,
died of heart disease at Boston yesterday
Two ENGINES were badly damaged yesterday on the
Southern Pacific Railroad, near Pinole, by a col
Iision.
LOUIS FREY, u years old, hanged himself yester-
day at Franktown New
GIUSEPPE GARDELIA blew his brains out near Reno,
New, Sunday
The execution OF Charles Colby at Santa Cruz for
the murder of Harry Williams, has been fixed for
February Goth.
THE nomination of H. C. Langley, James R. Har.
denberg, Alexander Dunn and Charles W. Dana, rs
Census Supervisors for California was yesterday sent
TO the Senate by the President.
THE United States Supreme Court will take a
recess from the first Monday in February to the first
Monday in March.
MICRO was taken from Jail az WarrentOn, Va,
yesterday morning at 2oclock and hanged
CHICAGO sent s4,7OO to Ireland yesterday for the
relief OF the distressed.
AT Toxic, Japan, December Goth, 1900 houses
were destroyed by fire, and $4,000 persons rendered
destitute
The celebrated castle OF Chapultepec is to be re-
fitted by the Mexican Government for the reception
Of General Grant
FRANK HoEAy shot himself twice in San Francisco
last evening.
MOsr of the day in the State Senate yesterday was
consumed in reading bills at length
IN the Assembly few bills were read second
time by title and various resolutions were adopted