Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-01
NEWS OF THE MORNING.

In New York yesterday Government bonds were
quoted at 1919 for As OF 1907; 1O4 for 5s of 1881
100 for As; sterling, "a s694 50; silver bars,
IA silver coin. discount buying. par selling.
SILVER in London yesterday, Sid; consols,
90 I16; 5 per cent United States bonds, 1853 As,
1859; AS, III.
In San Francisco half dollars are quoted at par
Mexican dollars, 81 buying, 9l3 selling.
AT Liverpool yesterday wheat quoted at 9s
10d@10s I'd for good to choice California
THERE was slight rally in most OF the Constock
shares at San Francisco yesterday. Sierra Nevada
opened at 50 30 and closed at $40 25. Most of the
sales, however, were below SO. Union Consol
dated opened ST. SO and closed at SIS, with the
bulk of the sales at the latter figure. Mexican and
ophir foundered about in pretty much the same
condition Thursday. California fell to 81 3d. but
Consolidated Virginia in better favor. Belchel
Travelled up to 81 49, Northern Belle swung dowr
to Sill so, and Bode advanced from 81 to 81 So
By the capsizing of canoe on the Skagit river
in Washington Territory, Monday, six miners were
drowned.
ANOTHER disastrous storm occurred on the Allan
tic coast Thursday night and yesterday.
LARGE amount of property was destroyed by
fire yesterday at Battle Creek, Mich.
JAMES B. MURPHY went in search of his wife al
Port Townsend, W. t, for the purpose of killing
her, but the hunt proving a failure, he committed
suicide.
CHARLES HAYDEN hanged himself Thursday night
in Lane county, Oregon.
An unsuccessful attempt was made by an ncen-
diary at Port nd, Or, Thursday night, to burn a
large planning mill.
MAYOR KALLocH yesterday caused the arrest of NJ.
II. De Young, surviving proprietor OF the CiroHicle
on a charge OF libel.
Mrs. MORAN, who attempted suicide at the Benicia
barracks Wednesday, died yesterday from the effects
OF the wounds inflicted.
A STEAMER is now making regular trips on Frazer
liver, in British Columbia as far as Yale
The County Treasurer and Register Of Deeds at
Deadwood D. T., have been placed under arrest fol
fraud
AT Camp Sheridan Neb two desperadoes killed
Gray Eyes, big medicine man ameng the Sioux,
and wounded his squaw.
THE Supreme Court has ordered that writ OF
habeas corpus issue in the Kearney case, returnable
at Sacramento, May 18th, at 2P.M
THE President yesterday rendered to Postmaster
General Key the vacant Judgeshi, in Tennessee,
which was accepted.
FIRE at Jacksonville, III.
DURING the month of April 4e lis immigrants ar
rived at New York the largest number ever landed
there in a month
A QUARANTINE has been established at Baltimore
against all vessels from ports the United States
south of Cape Henry.
The President has nominated Orange Ferriss to
ba Saaond Auditor .,f no Treasury
FIRE and loss OF life in London.
The new members OF the British House Of Com
mons were sworn in yesterday.
An intense anti-Chinese feeling prevails at otta-
wa, Ont
BINDING snow-storm prevailed yesterday at
Ottawa, Ont.
PAKNELbs great National Land Conference at
Dublin signal failure.
AT Briar Hill, o., yesterday, a boiler explosion
killed two men and wounded five others.
SAMUEL NJ JENNY, prominent Quaker and men,
Der of the Indian Peace Commission died yesterday
at Alexandra, Va.
THE United States Supreme Court has adjourned
until Monday. May 10th.
THE German South Sea Trading Company has re-
solved to cease business.
THE attention of our readers is particularly called
to the inside pages of to-day's RECORD UNION. The
second page contains the regular weekly depart
ments OF agricultural Notes and 1.-THE Quiet
Hour" literary notes, art matters, letter from New
York, the reason why Placeryille was once known
as "Hangtown," an interesting description Of a
scene between a bunko sharp and his supposed vic
TIM advertisements On the third page is given
another installment Of Set in Silver Sea-" let
ter from Paris, poetry, the department of "our
Letter-box," advertisements There viii be found
on the sixth page the department OF Outdoor
Amusements," Pacific coast news items, poetry mis-
cellany and advertisements. The regular weekly
review OF the San Francisco markets, poetry, mis-
cellany and advertisements viii be found on the
seventh page