Sacramento daily record-union., 1880-12-06

inc. and hence decided to refer to it In his
| speech, aud accordingly he did SO in what he
| then regarded and still regards cautious
| language. If he formed a too hasty judg-
ment he must accept the censure due to an |
unintentional in6iscretion. The letter con-
| cludes "With this statement L submit my /
conduct to the candid judgment OF your
readers, but not without expressing the deep |
regret which l feel that unlucky chance
should have brought me where my opinion |
was asked in regard to the authenticity of
| the letter, which, SO far as | was concerned |
was matter OF profound indifference. and |
IN regard TO which never supposed any con-
troversy would arise. This report is intensi- |
fed by the fact that |, rather than General
| Garfield, have been the victim of the forgery,
! for he has, notwithstanding, been elected
President, while | have had the singular ex-
perience Of denunciation from the bench in
case to which / was not party, in which l
| had no hearing before Judge who seemed
to confound the witness with the alleged
criminal. l have, therefore, more reason
! than General Garfield to hunt the rascal
! down, and insist that due punishment shall
be meted out to those who have violated the
law"
.Jere Black on Railroad FreigIifs.
New York, December 2d.-Jude Black, |
responding to call of the Chamber of Com
merce here, for his opinion as to injury in
fiicted by hlctuating and discriminating
rates of railroad transportation charges, sends
two-eolumn reply, in which he makes tho
following points Railroad men believe, or
pretend to behave, that railways the
property of. the companiessauthorized to run
them, which is cardinal error, and the pa
rent of much false argument A public |
ha 10 oynH q
railroad laid out and built by authority of
the State for purposes of commerce, is as
much public highway as turnpike road.
The two companies between Omaha and San
Francisco raised in cash out Of Government
bonds, lands and mortgages of their fran
chises. four or five times az much as they
necessarily expended upon the roads. These
roads thus built at the public expense, and
in some cases paid for by the public five
times over, are claimed now as private prop
erty of the companies, and the right of the
public to use them as highways is utterly de-
MED. Nevertheless, l think the claim of
these companies to take reasonable tolls
| stands upon the same foundation as that of
company whose roads were built by the
stockholders themselves at their own proper
| expense.
Judge Lynch at Work.
PULASKI (Tenn.), December 2d.-Dan
Smith (colored( who attempted to ravish q
young white girl in Giles county some time
ago, was sentenced to twenty -one years in the
penitentiary to-day for assault with intent to
| kill. As soon as the verdict was returned, a
mob rushed into the Courtroom, overpow- |
cred the Sheriff and his posse, seized Smith,
dragged him to the street, where hundreds of
people Joined the mob, took him to a bridge
near by and hanged him. The mob came
from the vicinity of where the crime was
committed by Smith.
Duel That Did Not Come of.
BUFFALO, December 2d-A duel which was |
to have been fought between Lawrence Trim |
BILE and John Benton, of Covington, KY,
was thwarted by the non.appearance of Ben
ton. Trimble, accompanied by w. n. Wade,
also of Covington, was at Niagara Falls to-
day, but the Benton party did not arrive.
Dnvenporf's Thunderbolt.
CHICAGO, December 4th. : The Times
Washington special says: John I. Daven-
ports thunderbolt proves to be the declara-
ton that Chairman Barnum is responsible for
the Morey forgery that Hadley inspired it,
that Philip wrote it, and that Barnum spir.
tied Hadley away when wanted as witness.
Barnum has been watched by detectives for
the past month. Davenport has been here
to consult with the Attorney General as to
whether Garfield could be subpenaed as
witness.
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PHILADELPHIA, December 2d.-A fund of
500, 600 has been raised in this city to be |
presented to Grant within short time. The |
money was given by both Republicans and |
| Democrats. and is on deposit in bank The |
| idea originated with friends who think |
| Grants income is not sufficient to support |
him in style worthy an ex.President This |
is exclusive of the movement at New York |
| for all ex-Presidents.
The TaIIest Man in the World.
NEW York. December 1st-The Chinese |
| from Liverpool, is said to be the tallest man
in the world. He is eight feet six inches in |
hight, well proportioned, has small almond |
ewes, the prominent cheek bones of his race, |
forehead broad and massive, and he wears his
pigtail neatly wound upon his head. He has
small hands and feet for man of his size, is |
remarkably graceful in his movements, and
polite and cheerful in manner speaks Eng
lish, French, German, and little Spanish in
addition to his own language. In reply to a
reporters question, he said My parents
and the rest of my family are not above the
ordinary SIZE My countrymen seldom grow
large, Chinaman who measures six feet
being considered very tall man. am 33
years old, and have done great deal of
travelling. In my own country / am con-
sidered a great wonder. went through the
pretty big boy when at school. / have been
in Paris the last eighteen months have
been married twice my present wife, who is
| in China, is of the ordinary size"
story Of Victim.
CHICAGO, December 1st.-The Inter. Oceans
i New York special has the story of Robert B.
Bedell the venerable ex-President of the
Erie Railway, who married a young dashing
second wife in 1862. A conspiracy then
| L. l. H. I,
former intimate friend, A. l.. Murray, whose
son was his wife's too intimate friend, and its
purpose seemed to be to rob him of his money.
Under its baleful workings his wife secured
divorce and alimony, and he (Bedell) was one
day in July, 1876, set upon by A. l.. Murray,
Jr., Chauncey Bernard and j. ii. Conner, at
the railway station at Goshen, held by twoof
them and beaten in the face with rawhide
By the other, with the apparent intent of de-
stroying his eyesight. At that time be only
freed himself by getting his hand on his re-
yolyer His assailants than fed, but one of
them attempted to shoot him as he ran. He
was too quick, however. and brought him to
the ground, for which he was afterwards
4 acquitted in Court. His wife at first left him
surreptitiously, taking away valuables and
securities from the safe worth $4,000 1t
seemed to be a case of too many relatives in
the house, all of whom assisted in making
trouble. Bedell has been very successful
business man, and is highly esteemed.
westward-B0und Passengers.
OMAHA, December I'd. = The following
through passengers were on to-day's train,
leaving at 1915 P. H., to arrive in Sacra-
mento December 9th; J. V. Pence and wife
and Miss Amanda Kelley, Charlottesville,
Ind. Ogden Sweet and family, st. Joseph,
Mo. Miss McCook, Belfast Mrs. q. w.
Banks, Oakland J. S. Waverman and wife,
Sycamore, Ill. B. F. Hall, Tucson George
Hamlin, New York.
OMAHA, December 3d.-The following
through passengers were on to-day's train,
leaving at 12:15 P. NJ. to arrive in Sacramento
December 7th l.. Leech, Hattie S. Leech,
Rockford, Ill.,; Mons. Louis Nathal, Miss
Louise Lestere, Robert Sherwood and wife,
Miss Sherwood, Master Sherwood, Mrs. q.
L. Mayberry and niece, San Francisco ; Mrs.
Z. s. Caldwell. John G. Weber, James W.
| Conrow, New York; Mrs. J. Miles, Cleve.
land, Miss Laycroft Quebec; Mrs. NJ. E.
Hager, New York.
Forty-six through emigrants left on last
nights emigrant train, to arrive in Sacra-
mento December 9th, and GO last night, to
arrive December 10th.
OMAHA, December 4th-The following
I | tbroroh ,,a ssana-ars uyero oy, So-davss train