Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-22
GENERAL NEWS.
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD
UNION
DOMESTIC.


FREDERICKSBURG (Va.) December Dist
Snow has fallen in northern Virginia Tor
thirty three hours without intermiss1on.
Travel is impeded and trees are broken down
by the weight of the snow. storm OF such
severity has not been experienced here Ior
twenty-five years.
FREEPoRT IL. L., December 2lst:-tlttsen
inches of snow fell here to-day and to-nighS. |
1t is still showing fast. Ii IS the seVeleSs
storm in this section of Long Island Ior sew
eral years.
RED BANK IN. j., December 21st-The |
heaviest snow.storm known in years set In
this morning. falling an inch an hour. The
roads are blockaded and railroad travel I'M
peded
LoSG BRANCH, December 21st.-The storm
ia washing away the great ocean pier. Two
locomotives on the New Jersey Southern
Railroad are buried in snow-slide at
Branchport.
Long BRANCH, December 2lst.-Eighty
feet of the Long Branch pier is destroyed, the
sea breaking 80 feet of the large columns.
The damage is estimated at $4,000. The
New York and Long Branch Railroad train
is delayed at Little Silver by a snow drift 10
feet high.
American Fish for Europe and Euro.
pean Fish for America.
NEw YORK, December 21st.-The Times
says A very large and important shipment of
fish eggs will be made from this port next
Saturday by the steamer Donan for Bremen.
1t consists of $500 eggs of white fish of the
great lakes from the United States hatcheries
at Worthwhile, Mich. The consignment of
white fish eggs is to be given in exchange for
return shipments from the Berlin Assceia-
ton of different species of eggs Of fishes pecu-
liar to Germany which, it is believed, can be
advantageously introduced into the waters of
this country. A while ago 100000 eggs Of
California salmon were shipped to Germany,
France, Holland and England by Mr.. Ma
Their, and all arrived in good ORDER Sufficient
time has not elapsed to make it possible to
judge whether the species seat viii thrive or
not. The United States Fish Commissioners
have sent to Germany the California salmon
and American brook trout. The German
Commissioners have sent to this country
the carp, which is now being bred here and
distributed all over the country.
Disabled Vessel and Starving Grew.
Boston, December 21st-Captain Richard
Murphy, of the schooner d. j. Adams, re-
ports that sixteen miles Z. S. Z. of Chat
ham he was boarded by the captain of the
bark Fearless, forty days from Bette Rar-
Dor, Labrador, bound to New York. She
lost two sets of sails, had her bulwarks stove,
foretop-gallant mast gone and was leaking
badly The crew had been living on herring
the last eight days. Captain Murphy fur
nished eight days provisions and parted COM
paDy.
School Building Burned.
MUsKEGEE Il. IT,, December 21st.-The
Greek Manual Labor School managed by
the Presbyterian Board OF Missions, with
nine teachers and 100 pupils) has been burned.
1t was built in 1919, and has been continu-
ously in the charge OF Rev. w. S. Robertson
and wife, A more commodious brick struct-
ure will be erected.
Failure I'm 81. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, December 21st.-It was re-
ported on Change this noon that the CON-
mission house of Manson, Bartholow & Co.
had failed. Very few facts are obtainable.
but it is said that the failure is for 6 to s
cents per bushel on 100000 bushels of wheat.
The firm is one of the oldest and best-known
houses in the city, and has occupied promi
nent position, both as a receiving and spec
ulative house, handling very large amounts
of consigned grain and trading heavily in
futures"
westward.bOund Passengers.
OMAHA, December 21st.-The following
through passengers were on to-day's train,
leaving at 12:15 P. M, to arrive in Sacra-
mento December 25th: W. Walker, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. Mrs. Alfred Doane, Frank
II. Deane, Cambridge, Mass; Mrs, Ira B.
Camphanson, Germany; Mrs. q. A. Law,
=.
]. H. Tawatt Princeton, ILL.,; Mrs. r. w.
Kirkham. Miss r. S. Francis, Miss NJ. l..
Blancom Mrs. Henry Witherbee, Oakland
H. B. Blanchard, San Francisco; A. G.
Watts, Japan.
Forty-seven through emigrant passengers
left on last nights emigrant train, to arrive
in Sacramento December 18th.
The Oklahoma settlers.
CALDWELL (Ks.). December 21st.-The
Al IL L. IL,
The settlers remain in camp, and say they
will not return home till they go to Okla
bona. They claim that 200 negroes are ready
to Join them. They are receiving supplies,
and say they will start into the Territory and
let the soldiers shoot down their horses.
They are on the war path, hunting men that
said they are pitiable-looking or were showing
signs of weakening.
Fire and Loss of Life.
TOLEDO (O), December 21st.-The Mel
burn Hotel situated near the Medium wagon
works, in the suburbs of the city, was burned
this morning. Henry Seeman, an employe of
the wagon works, leaped from the third story
of the burning building and was killed.
Loss, $4,000; insured.
singular Railroad Accident.
New YORK, December 21st. = As the
Washington express train of the Pennsyl.
vania Railroad passed Bristol, Pa, this
morning, two hours late, it ran into number
of passengers about to enter a train bound for
Philadelphia. Three, probably four, were
fatally injured.
silver and Stocks.
New YORK, December 21st.-Silver bars,
1114; money, 6; Governments quiet
stocks closed strong; Western Union,
SCI; Quicksilver, 13; Pacific, 52a
Mariposa, J Wells Fargo, 1139 New York
Central, 1443; Erie, Az; Panama,
800; Union Pacific, 1861 bonds, 116b Cen
trail Pacific, 81; bonds, .1164; Sutro. Il.