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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

The trunk-line pool arbitrators at New
York are considering the claim of the Grand
Trunk for an increased apportionment from
Chicago. If not adjusted, the question may
yet disrupt the pool.
King Humbert of Italy has signed the de-
cree whereby the abolition of the grist tax
becomes a law.
to inspect the monster ironclad Italia, which,
with the Lepanto, is now building there.
These vessels will be much larger and strong
er than the Duilio and Dandolo.
The heat in Rome is intense. The ther-
mometer reached 95' in the new quarter and
9S' in the neighborhood of the Piazza de
Spagna yesterday.
The French Minister of Finance mas publish.
ed list of remissions of taxation since 1872,
showing reduction of 307, 0O0, 600 francs in
all, more than one-half of which was taken
off in 1879. If the reduction continues at
this years rate the remaining 51S, ,00G, 600
francs of the increase of taxation entailed by
the war will be cleared off in three years.
A New York dispatch announces that the
Senate committee of inquiry into the election-
frauds has adjourned, to meet in Washington
at the call of the Chairman.
The relations between France and Mexico
will be resumed in October.
The United States Mint regulations are
being revised, and will shortly be published.
Among other features, it is found that under
the provisions of the Revised Statutes one
quarter, one-eighth and e.sixteenth parts
of the Mexican silver pillar dollar are re-
deemable by the United States at twenty,
ten and FIVE cents, respectively.
Among those who go to New York from
England to attend the marriage of Hon. G.
Cavendish Bentinck with Miss Bessie Living
stone are the Earl of Dunmore, Earl Dun
raven, Viscount Dalrymple, Lord A. Paget,
Sir Turten Sykes and Lady Sykes.
Dr. Tanner of Minneapolis, who is fasting
in New York. has divorced wife. She,
formerly resided with him in Hudson, Wis,
but is now in Fargo, Dakota Territory. 1t
is reported that he nearly starved her.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-22

A LIVING NAN WITH a MONUMENT
Joseph Covey, a wealthy farmer living in
the vicinity of Buchanan, Michigan, IS
evidently free-thinker. lie has already
erected his monument in a cemetery near
by. He has the following notices en-
giayed upon it: "Free religion = "The
more priests the more poverty; Nature
is the true God-science the true religions;
Free press = ''The more saints the more
hypocrites - Free thought ! The
more peace the more plenty : A free
thinkers monument y ''The world Is my
country. and TO do good my religion.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-22

The Elko tNev.) county mines prolaced
no bullion IN June. Some of the nires IN
that county have done well in the past,
including the Belle Isle, Grand Prize, In,
dependence, Leopard and Nasaio.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-22
NOTICE.
TO COUNTRY MERCHANTS and RETAILERS.

AN RECEIPT OF $s WILL SEND TO ANY
" address an assorted case OF my specialties,
ssting Of bottles DIR. RENZS Herb Bitters, 8
bottles Blackberry Brandy, bottles Rye and Rock,
and bottles fine old Bourbon Whisky (the last
named trademark BonanzaO, all justly celebrated
goods, and recommended for medicinal and family
use. J. REM Wholesale Liquor Dealer, No 2i9
Commercial street, three deors below Front San
Francisco mv1-1pSm
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STAR MILLS AND MALT HOUSE.
NEIROURG 4 Lagos.

NToS. so, % AND 81 FIFTH ST., SACRAMENTO.
~ dealers in Produce and Brewers Supplies
Manufacturers OF Malt aud all kinds OF Meals ETC..
Oatmeal, Cornmea, Cracked Wheat, Graham Flour,
Bucxwheat Flour, etc. New train Bags for sale.
Jy17lpd
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FOREIGN NEWS.

The American Riaemen still Doing Good
Work.
WIMBLEDON CAMP, July 2lst.-The Ameri-
cans have taken all the first prizes in to-day's
small-bore events. In the shooting for the
third series of extra prises, Hyde, Brown and
Farrow were tied, aud will shoot Oh to-mor-
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-22
LAND FOR SALE.

NOn ACRES GOOD WHEAT LAND
l. sSSU Two Hundred and Fifty Acres will
produce Corn, without irrigatng; sc Acres Alfalfa,
three crops per year. Good water, healthy ioca-
tion on Thomes Creek, five miles from Railroad
Station and Steamboat Landing. Can be divided
into two farus-Hcuse and Barn each tract Good
School within two miles. Annual yield Of grain,
about IS 900 bushels. Sale csmpulsory-time limited
to September. Refer to A B. Atkins & Co., Rice
vile; Cha les Harvey, Hugh Mooney, Tehama.
Apply 70 JOSEPH ELLIS, Tehama, Tehama county.
iyl0-lplms
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TO LET OR FOR SALE.

A BSENIEES!-IF YOU WANT TO BUY OR
IA sell anything in Sacramento, or Collect Notes
and settle accounts there send your orders to CARL
S1R0BEL, Commission Agent, No. 321 street.
He is your man, and don't you forget it. jy2l-tf
Advertisements of five lines in this department are
Inserted for Is cents for time three times for 50
cents or rs cents per week
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The third race was for the stallion stakes
for the 23O class; 800 entrance, $500 added.
EollnMinp Is the summary.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-22
PUBLISHED BY THE
Sacramento Publishing Company.
WIN. III. MILLS, General Manager.
Publication Office, Third ST., bet. j and X.
TIE DAILY REcoRD.UNION

cents line for each insertion
, Advertisements of Situations Wanted Housesto Let
society Meetings, etc. of FIVE LINES OR LESS will he
inserted In the DAILY REcoRD-UNIoN as follows:
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Three times 20 cent,
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THE WEEKLY UNION

THE N'h1LHNLH CNHON
Published in semi-weekly partsl
Is issued on Wednesday and Saturday of each week.
comp isng Eight Pages in each issue Sixtte Pages
each we X, and is the cheapest and most desir bic
Pacif: t.
Terms Ono Year SC 90
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FOR SALE.

YTyIN AND STOVE BUSINESS FOR SALE, IA.
il in one of the principal towns of the -
State. party who could add Hardware and ~
Crocsery to the business would do WE'LL For
particulars, inquire at H0LBR00K, MERRILL q
STETSoN'S, J street, between Second and ] bird,
Sacramento. jy10-tf
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Time, slsa -2eol s;2l-2:19i.
The second race was for the Sherman House
stakes, for the 2:40 class 800 entrance,
$500 added. The result was as follows:
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-22

New YORK, July 21st.-Dr. Tanner is
quite bright and lively to-day-the twenty.
fonrth of his fast. From midnight to noon
he drank little over a pint of water.
New YoRK, July 21st.-Dr Tanners con.
ditiOn remains the same. He took his usual
drive in Central Park, and rested on cot the
greater part of the day. His pulse is 70,
temperature 9S, respiration Is, weight 1872.
The doctors feel confident of his success.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-22
his voice as he told us to save ourselves.
though the very act was to insure his death.
THE ACCIDENT EXPLAINED.

his voice as he told us to save ourselves.
though the very act was to insure his death.
THE ACCIDENT EXPLAINED.
The officers of the company, in explaining
the accident, say the workmen in coming
through the air-lock must have exercised un-
usual carelessness, and both doors of the air
lock being opened at the same time the COM
pressed air was allowed to escape. The COM
pressed air serves double purpose, namely,
to keep the water out and to support the
roof of the tunnel. Sc when it escaped the
catastrophe was inevitable.
NO HOPE FOR TIE IMPRISONED woRKMEN.
Workmen were busily engaged this after
noon rigging up strong pump for the pur-
pose of drawing out the water from the we'll
like structure, and also for drawing the water
out of the tunnel, which is filed to the ex-
treme limit, as has been ascertained by the
engineers by a test of attempting to force
compressed air into the cavity. The water
in the shaft has fallen about ten feet since
morning, in consequence of the receding of
the tide. Every now and then the surface in
the center would be disturbed by numerous
bubbles. and at times would appear as if
boiling. This appearance, it is said, is due to
the fact that some of the earth on the ma
sonry is falling constantly within the tunnel,
and displacing the air produced this effect.
Engineers and officials say it is impossible for
any of the imprisoned workmen to be alive,
as the water within the whole length of the
tunnel is Up to the roof, and even above it.
The laborers who are making excavations
west of the shaft will, however, not cease
their labors to get at where the bodies are
to be, but it is impossible to force
any air into the tunnel, as all which has been
forced in SO far has escaped through the shaft. |
1t was feared this afternoon that only seven |
men, instead of eight, had been saved, as one,
named Thomas Crimmins, who was reported |
by one of the workingmen to have escaped,
is now said to be missing.
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Af$hanIstan AGaIrs.

BOMBAY, July 21st.-Letters from Cabnl
report that Abdurrahman Khan is perfectly
willing to accept the British terms He has
the support of half the. Ghilzais and two
thirds of the Kohistanis.
CABuL, July 21st.- -Mahomed Jan has gone
to Charitokar with 2,G00 men to join Abdur-
rahman Khan,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-22

EURNISHED R00MS.-CLUNIES NEW BUILD
II ing, northeast corner Eighth and X streets.
Accommodations unsurpassed high ceilings good
ventilation; new furniture and carpetsLmake the
most desirable rooms in the CITY, Single or in suits
by the day, week month The house to be kept
strictly drst-class. Terms moderate. jy11-1ptf
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nRUG STORE FOR SALE-THE BEST q
~ opening in the State, located in one OF O.
the Northern counties. Special inducements NJ
offered to good Physician. Reason for sell IL
ing parties wish TO go East. For further informa-
ton, apply to DANIEL WOODS, Union Hotel, Sacra-
mento. jy20-tf
Connecticut western news., 1880-05-05
Spontaneous Combustion.

Some experiments made at Riga with reference to the spontaneous combustion of various materials, wadding, raw flax, hemp, the waste of silk, wool and cotton spinning, also sponge, as we'll as the wood-dust found in the cabinetmakers' shops, appear to demonstrate the im- portant fact, among others, that small quantities really take fire sooner than large ones. The substances named were saturated with various fuids-oils, turpentine, petroleum, various varnishes, etc. All the tibrous materials took fire when saturated with any of these oils, or with mixtures of the same sponge and wood-dust, on the contrary, proved to be entirely harmless. Combustion ensued most rapidly with seventeen grains of wadding and sixty-seven grains of a strong oil varnish, namely, in thirty seven minutes; while 200 grains of washed cotton waste, of which portion was saturated with 75O grains of strong oil varnish and the remainder wrapped about it, required period of well-nigh fourteen hours. On these materials being placed in well-sheltered spot and subjected to heat of from eighteen to forty degrees O., silk did not flame up, but slowly charred and, as already mentioned, small quantities seemed to take fire sooner than large.
Connecticut western news., 1880-05-05
Youthful Illusions.

Youth is the period of novel effects, when all the world is fresh, and new and striking impressions crowd in thickly on the mind. Consequently it takes much less to produce given amount of mental excitation in childhood than in after-life. In looking back on this part of our his tory, we recall for the most part just those events and scenes which mostly stirred our minds by their strangeness, novelty, etc., and so impressed them it is this sense of something out of the ordinary beat that gives the characteristic color to our recollection. This being SO, we unconsciously transform the past oc- currence by reasoning from our present standard of what is impressive. Who has not felt an unpleasant disenchant- ment in revisiting some garden or park that seemed wonderous paradise to his young eyes? All our feelings are capa- ble of leading us into this kind of illu- sion. What seemed beautiful or awful to us as children is now pictured in imagi- nation as corresponding to what moves our mature minds to delight or ave- People who little outshone our own circle or friends, perhaps, in style of dress and living, seemed to us as children little short of princes and princesses. Could we actually see them with our present eyes, we should, alas, no longer find the glory in which our young fancies had encircled their head.-Zhe Coamhill M0Q0zine.
Connecticut western news., 1880-05-05
Packing Apples.
MGgdz5ne,

Choice apples are appreciated abroad. Vick's Magazi'ae says: ''We know of one gentleman who shipped barrel of very choice spies, for which twenty-five dollars were offered, while the ordinary American apples were selling for about three dollars and & hali. We know of another barrel that attracted special at- tention, and plate was asked for a din- ner party by a member of the royal fam fly, to grace dining table at which tbe Prince of Wales was to be guest, and another dish graced the tables at the Lord Mayors annual banquet" The editor tells how he packs his apples for shipment:
 Having obtained the choicest apples, we wrap each one in manila tissue-paper, as oranges are wrapped.
 They are then packed as solid as possi- ble, just putting layer of soft chaff at the bottom of the barrel, and sitting some of the same material over every layer, thus filling up the interstices.
 When the barrel is full, plenty of soft packing is placed on top, and the head pressed firmly down. In this condition apples will travel for months without material injury. We have also found that boxes are little better than barrels for packing apples.
 The rolling of barrels, with the natura spring of the slaves, is severe test, anc unless the packing is done in the mos thorough manner, will injnre, and per haps ruin, the fruit.
Connecticut western news., 1880-05-05
Feats of Memory.

The papers have noticed remarkable case of memory in a servant at New York hotel. At dinner he has as many as 500 hats in his charge at one time. Most of them belong to persons whom he has never before seen. The owners go in and out in crowds. But without 0 moments hesitation, the servant returns each one his own hat. He explains his ability to do this by saying that he forms mental picture of the owners face inside his hat, and that, on looking at any hat, the wearer's face is instantly brought before his minds eye. There was person who did remarkable things of this kind at another hotel in the same city, years ago. He was very genteel and intelligent-looking colored man of middle age, who stood in the broad hall or entrance, near the dining-room door. He was the wonder particularly of many Westerners who were then in the habit of stopping at this house when in New York, and his doings were one of the things that they talked about on their return home. More than once did they conspire to defeat or puzzle him by large number hurriedly crowding into the dining-room together, and at the same time thrusting at him their hats, many of which were designedly new and as nearly alike as possible. But whether the conspirators came from the dining room together as they went in, or in smaller groups, or singly, the ready and self-possessed master of the hats promptly, courteously, and unerringly handed each one to its owner, whose face he now saw for the second time. These were undoubtedly unusual feats of memory, but not necessarily feats of remarkable memory. They are more the result of training than the exercise of extraordinary natural powers.
Connecticut western news., 1880-05-05
ulustriOus Inyalids.
THE RUSSIAN EMPERoR's FEAR OF DEATH


 A cable dispatch speaks of three illus trious Russian mvaids. The first is the Empress who is kept alive only by the use of oxygen and ether, and who, when she is not slumbering, is continually say ing to those around her, How happy must be the people who enjoy go d health!" Her frame has been reduced
 to mere skeleton, her limbs, and more especially the lower portions of the body,
 being simply skin and bone.
 The second is Prince Gortschakoff, the | first cause of whose illness was an attack
 of indigestion. After him, in the relative gravity of his case, comes the Emperor,
 and it is on him that the attention of the
 German court is specially concentrated. | Although he is able to move about and
 cannot be said to be exactly in the hands
 of the doctors, he is, according to the Emperor William, the sickest of the three. The following facts concerning him have been communicated to me by a friend who has access to the Court cir cles: It Is well known, says my inform ant, that the Emperor Alexander is in such state of prostration that he is almost incapable of transacting any busi- ness. He is crushed by terror, and for several days after the attempt upon his life at the Winter Palace he did not quit his apartments. In order, however, to keep up his habit of daily walk after breakfast he had the upper squares of the windows of sort of salon opened. In this purified atmosphere, wrapped in his cloak, he walked briskly up and down for exercise. Now, escorted by eight Cossacks, preceded and surrounded by numerous vehicles in which police agents are seated, he drives to the resi- dence of his son, the Czarowitz, whose garden serves him for 8 promenade. There he walks about attended by his faithful chassear'- and followed by three of his favorite dogs. This chasseu' has long been in the habit of accompanying him in his sporting expeditions, but up to the present time his services have not been required in any other capacity The Czar now keeps him constantly with him, because he is suspicious of the whole of his entourdge, and he never quits his presence. Even darkness brings no relief. The Czar's nights are sleep less, and it is then that his feeling of dis quietude is most intense. At the slightest noise he starts from his bed and summons his attendants.
Connecticut western news., 1880-05-05
The Deacon Not Beaten.

Place-Baptist Chapel, Saturday cove nant meeting. Persons present, the Church members belonging to the society-presided over by the pastor. An interesting meeting followed, as this was the last covenant with the elder.
 Pastor-And now, brethren and sisters, as this is the last covenant meeting I ex- pect to be with you, you will allow me to talk with great plainness. (Here followed some rather sharp reproof. ) Brethren, will you keep up the Sunday morning services and the Wednesday evening prayer-meeting? I will take a vote on it. (Vote almost unanimous. ) Now then, who will you appoint for leader? Deacon F. chosen.)
 Presently, with great deliberation, rose the stately old deacon.
 |" l accept with reluctance the place assigned me; my health, as you know, is not good. I don't like to be out nights, but I will try to do my duty, and hope the brethren and sisters will do theirs. But, brethren, be assured of one thing, if when I do come and find only two or three of you here I shall cease coming regularly"
 Pastor, with reproof in his tone and a self-satisfied twinkle in his eye, Have you, deacon, forgotten the promise of our Divine Master, Where two or three are gathered together in my name there am in the midst to own and to bless. " l thought as I looked at the glowing and egotistical countenance of the jealous pastor and then at the discomfted deacon, "He has got you now, sure. " But not so. The deacon came to his feet before the minister sat down, and eying him sharply said, "Elder, those two or three spoken of by the Master I can find in my house, and thus the blessing may be secured without travelling through the mire." The minister kept his feet some time, but not one word could he reply.
Connecticut western news., 1880-05-05
On Guard.

It is the fashion in Russia that when ever two people meet on Easter day they kiss each other on the mouth, and while one says "Christ is risen !" the other re- plies "He is risen, indeed!" Now it seems that the Emperor Nicholas had so arranged it that the sentry placed at the palace gate should be an Israelite, and a very pronounced one. Early in the morning Nicholas betook himself to the gate, and giving the soldier the Easter kiss said:
 Brother, Christ has risen!''
 The soldiers bronzed face flushed, but bringing his musket at the salute, he re- piled resolutely:
 "No, father, he is not!"
 Upon this the Emperor pretended to get into furious passion, and in loud voice he repeated, "Christ is risen ) The soldier trembled; he saw the knout lash dangling before his eyes, but the love of his faith was stronger than his fear of punishment, and bringing his musket down with crash, he cried:
 "No, he is not 1"
 The Czar.. respected the mans .ad- herence to a oredo, raFarded the soldier and left, laughing heartly over the nd venture.