Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-08-10

titled the American Express Company that
hereafter it would not receive freight for
transmission TO different points along its line
from the American Express Company, which
reaches Omaha by the Chicago. Burlington
and Quincy and Chicago and Northwestern
Railroads. This notice is considered move
to force all the express business fer points
beyond Omaha into the hands Of the United
States Express Company, which carries over
the Chicago and Rock Island, or the Pacific
Express Company, which carries by the
Wabash road. The latter to-day began run
ming through trains for the West into this
city. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
officials are incensed at the order. II is not
known what action the Express Compsny
will take.
Firemen's Tournament Railroad Dcpot
Robbed
DENVER, August 9th-Several thousand
people arrived on the trains yesterday and
o-day, to attend the annual State hremens
tournament, which begins tomorrow. Thirty
companies will take part.
The News has information of the robbery
of the depot at South Arkansas station. in
the Grand Canyon, Saturday night. The
agent was struck on the head with a sand
bag and 5000 stolen from the office.
BIoodshed In Kentucky.
LOUISVILLE. August 9th.-A Greenburg
special to the Courier Journal says: In a row
yesterday near Bethel Church, on the Colum-
bia pike, Felix Carlisle killed Jack Gowdy
with gun. Gowdy's friends in town shot
Carlisle in two places and stabbed him twice.
He is not expected to live. All are eolored.
Murder and Suicide.
SpRINePlELp tMassl, August 9th.-Ths
family of Zebina Tison, living mile from
Shutesburg Center, were alarmed last night
by the appearance of Jarvis Nelson Phelps,
@ young man, soss of their nearest neighbor,
who was bleeding from several wounds in his
chest He declared that be had shot himself,
and had but few minutes to live, and that
| he bad left the dead body Of Sadie A Gro.
yer, his former mistress and mother of
three year old child. in the woods a short
distance back. An alarm was given Immediate
ly, and search proved Phelps story ttus.
Phelps has wife living. He formerly lived
with the Grover girl, who IS scarcely nine-
teen until he was arrested for bigamY and
! sent to the Greenfield jail for year. Ills
! sentence was completed abont year ago,
! since which time he has been endeavoTiug TO
| get her to live with him again. Her continued
| refusal and association with other men have
| excited him to commit the crime. He says
| he fred four chambers of his revolver into
| the woman's heart, then eoolly reloaded and
| discharged seven barrels into lis own breast.
/ An autopsy COnutiL5 tnlS SNcfY eupetAusis4ttSs
| Phelps is still living, and to all appearances
is the coolest man in town, but the doctors
say he cannot recover.
Rolling MIL Burned.
CLEVELAND (O.l August 9th.-A special to
the Leader says The extensive rolling mid
at Greenville. Pa, owned by Kimberly,
| Haines & Co., of Sharon, was burned at y
late hour to night The loss Is estimated at
100000; insurance, $25, goo. About $50
workmen are thrown out of employment
Movements OF the President.
! NEW York, August 9th.-The Worlds
Washington special says: There win be no
| Cabinet meeting tomorrow, as the President,
accompanied by Sherman, Colonel Corbin
and several Others, viii leave at noon for Co.
lumbus, to attend the soldiers reunion, where
he will remain until Friday. In about three
weeks he will start for two months trip to
the Pacific coast-the longest journey ever
made by President while in office.