Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-08
NEWS OF THE MORNING

In New York Saturday Government bonds were
noted at 1909 for As of 1907; 1oll for 5s Of 1881
III for SIS sterling, O. s2@4 81; silver baEs
1921.
Silver in London Saturday, 81 13l6d; consols
10 11.l6; per cent. United States bonds 104l; A.
49, SIS, ia.
In San Francisco half dollars are quoted at dis
count to par; Mexican dollars 81 buying, 81 sell
ing.
At Liverpool Saturday wheat was quoted st los
ts1os ID for good to choice California.
Mining stocks were weak andlower in San Francisco
Saturday, and there was but light business, some
descriptions not participating at all in the transac
tioos. Union Consolidated opened at $40 and fell
to 90 This is the lowest price in three years. Sub
seouently there we're sales at 50 25. Alta and Ben
ton showed great activity during the week, the
former reaching 81 10 on the eth AID the latter
q 60 ON the 3d. After the Board SATURDAY Alta
sold at 50 co and Benton at 81 90.
Smallpox continues to spread in San Francisco,
and the excitement there in consequence is intense.
The Republicans held jollifcation meetings Sat
urday night at several points over the election OF
Garfield.
j. E. wyman, of the Humboldt Daily Times, is
dead
The steamer Rhode Island was wrecked in Nara
gansett bay Saturday.
The 8 stockholders of the Edison Electric Light
Company have been assessed $50 per share.
The railroad war Is again raging in the North
west
Sara Bernhardt objects to paying the duties
levied by the New York custom authorities upon
hEr wearing apparel
Secretary Sherman favors an Internationa
Monetary Conference to establish ratio between
gold and silver.
wintIy weather prevailed in the Eastern State
Saturday
The l5-year old son OF Ex-Governor Sprague at
tempted to assassinate Robert Thompson, hi
mothers trustee, Saturday.
Several persons were injured Friday night neal
Lake Fork, Tex, in railroad accident.
Two postal clerks at Leadville, COL have beer
arrested on charge Of stealing Government funds
The rowing contest between Laycock of Sydney
and Riley of Santiago ON the Thames Saturday, was
won by the former
Fighting in South Africa continues between the
Colonists and Basutos.
The great trial of Nihilists has begun at St.
Petersburg
Rowell won the Ashley belt in the walking match
at London, making $50 mIes-tho best on record.
The Earl of Rosebery has been elected Lord
Rector Of Edinburgh
The execution of the DEGREES against unauthorized
French religious orders is complete, except in
Algeria and Corsica.
At Denver, Col, $50 horses are sick with the
epiz otto
Nearly l 600 houses have been erected this year
in Denver, Col.
During October the total coinage at the United
States Mint was as follows Gold, s, 1913 s35; sill
Yer, s., 279, 900.
An syear-od boy was shot and Killed yesterday
at San Leandro by his brother, aged II years.
The sending of the British channel fleet to the
Irish coast has caused indescrbable excitement in
the Green Isle.
Sister Gertrude Varena of Protestant Episcopal
charitable institution at New York, was shot and
seriously wounded yesterday by an insane man.
England has requested the Porte to station a
guard on the Persian frontier to prevent the in
cursions Of Kurds.
Eria, Pa, yesterday.
The report that the Democrats were preparing to
contest the New York vote on the ground of fraud
seems to have had serious foundation the better
men of the party refusing to encourage the propo
sition.
r. j. Hendricks killed himself with a revolver at
Elk Head, Or.
Emmett Brigham thrown from a horse ant
fatally injured at The Dalles, Or, Friday.
1t is now pretty certain that Oregon will give tn
Republican candidates for Electors about GEO ma
jority
A disastrous gale passed over central and western
Ontario yesterday.
tornado did considerable damage at Utica
N Y, Saturday night.
The Socialists elected from Hamburg viii prob
ably come to the United States.
Our general Geographic news of Saturday, dcmes
tic and foreign will be found this morning upon til
last page.