Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-06
NEWS OF THE MORNING.

TX New York yesterday Government bonds were
uuoted at los for As of 1907 1oSs for IS of 1881
Iesl for AS; sterling, "a s3@4 s54; silver bars,
11a3 silver coin. discount buying, par selling
SILVER in London yesterday, 81 SIG; consols,
oe 5-16: per cent United States bonds, 1851; As,
loss as llls-
In San Francisco half dollars quoted at par
trade dollars, 90 buying 96l selling; Mexican dol
lars. Dc buying, 961 selling
AT Liverpool yesterday wheat was quoted at los
al0s Cd for average California white and los Sd
to lis Id for club.
THE Sewage Mining Company have levied an as
sessment OF so cents, Dudley one OF % cents, and
Hillside one of 80 cents per share.
THERE was steader feeling in the San Francisco
mining share market yesterday morning, and par
tia reaction from the lowest prices of Wednesday.
The best rate for Union Consolidated, however, was
S37 against $40 Wednesday. Belle Isle dropped to
rs cents Wednesday evening" and Bodie fell back to
50, after selling at slz.
The College OF Propaganda at Rome gives 1000
lire for the relief of the Irish
THE steamer State of Alabama is aground in the
river Clyde, near Glasgow.
REAR-ADN1RAL BATscH, of the German navy, has
been promoted to the rank OF Admiral.
CARDINAL JAcoBrSI, Papal Nuncio at Vienna, is to
take the place OF Cardinal Nina Papal Secretary
of State.
TERRIBLE famine prevails in Mesopotamia and
Kurdistan.
BULLION in the Bank of England decreased ei5,-
900 the past week.
ADoLPH. BoRrE ex-secretary OF the Navy, died
yesterday at Philadelphia
BY the burning of a Chinese wash-house in San
Francisco yesterday ten persons lost their lives
THE British Parliament was opened yesterday by
the Queen in person.
THE Courthouse of Dallas county, Texas, was
burned Tuesday, together with many valuable
papers.
PRINCESS LOUISE and party arrived at Toronto
yesterday.
The number of men available for military duty in
the United States is stated by the Secretary of War
to be e,51e,75s.
FIRE at Biddeford, Me. ; also at Victoria, r. C.
TIE State Prison of Kentucky is reported by an
investigating committee to be in shameful condi-
ton.
JOHN SNoDGRAss was accidentally killed Tuesday
near Walla Walla, W. T., by the upsetting OF a
buggy.
AT Weston, w. T., Tuesday, William Ellis was
stabbed by A. b. Mackay.
W. c. BABcocK was found dead in his bed yester.
day at Chico.
THE funeral of E T. Reilly, at Chico yesterday,
was the largest that took place in that section
JUDGE HUNTINGTON, formerly of the Court OF
Claims, died yesterday at Hartford, Conn.,
THE funeral of the wife of Congressman Berry
was largely attended yesterday from the family
idence near Nicolaus, Suffer county.
ELEVEN warrants have been issued and four ar.
rests made at Lucan Ontario, in connection with
the Donnelly massacre.
NEAR Columbia, S. c., Tuesday night, a man,
woman and six children were burned to death.
francs the past week.
REV. J. N. GALLAGHER was yesterday consecrated
Bishopof Louisiana at New Orleans
FURTHER particulars are given this morning of the
recent railway calamity IN France
THE nomination of John NJ. Morton as Internal
Revenue Collector for the San Francisco District was
yesterday rejected by the Senate by vote of AZ
to TO-
THE Treasury Department yesterday purchased
$4,000 ounces of silver for the Philadelphia San
Francisco and New Orleans MINIS.
In the Senate yesterday all the business was dn-
ished at noon. Many bills were introduced, and a
large number passed.
THE Assembly held night session last night, and
succeeded in disposing of large number of bills.