Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-13

Clerk Larne, tor the NTH time III MS eeIiu,
saved the records, but while doing this bis
own residence burned, and he is hunting for
his family. The railroad depot and adjacent
! mills seemed certain of destruction. and loco
motives stood all night fred up ard ready to
| pull out the company's equipments and other
| property out of town. Much suffering must
| epsue. The fire originated in the confec.
| tionery store of Damiana. His family re-
sided above the store and several Of them
were burned. Mrs. Damiana will die. The
insurance held by those burned out amounts
to $3.50. COO The Postoffice and United
States Court clerks saved the mails and pa
| pers.
Terrible Double Murder.
CHICAGO, December 11th-The Triunc's
Davenport, Iowa, special says that horrible
murder occurred last night three miles from
Colona Station and thirteen miles east of
Davenport At an early hour this morning
Thomas Dilley, wealthy farmer and old
resident, was found dead in his bed, his skull
crashed and his face and body horribly dis
| figured. Beside him was his wife, uucon
scinus, and probably fatally injured by blows
about the head inflicted by sharp instru
ment. A short distance from the house a
spade, battered and bloody, was discovered
It had evidently been the instrument of
death. There was quite sum of money in
| the house, which was not touched. 1t Is be-
| lieved an old grudge and a lawsuit, in which
| Dilley came out ahead, were the cause OF the
| deed Two young men. Clement and Albert
| Gallon, are suspected and the police are on
| their track.
T. rribie Death of Five Firsmen In n
| Burning Building.
| CINCINNATI, December 11th.-A fire in
| John P. Gray's bucket factory, corner of
| New and Culvert streets, occurred tonight
Five persons were burned to death. From
the lighthouse the flames quickly laid hold of
| the main building, commencing on the ground
| fl Dor. The nearest fire company to the build
| ing was No. 4. This company was first on
| the ground and the first to enter the second
story of the building. Their object was to
| fight the fire raging ON the ground floor by
| sending streams down the chute and down
| the stairways so as to arrest its progress to
| the three upper stories, which were as yet
intact. In the room were Chief Bunker, As
sistant Marshal Shildmeyer and Acting Cap
tain Higginson of No. 4. All of the above
| came out alive. There were also Thomas
| Cooling, son Of Captain Cooling of No. 4,
William Kelly and David Love, regular
pipemen, and Edward Parker. runner of
| No. 4. and Andrew Barrett, pipeman OF No.
| 6, all five of whom were brought out dead.
They were standing around the chute sending
a stream down. when suddenly, as if shot
| from a cannon, searching air and binding
| smoke, mingled with fame, burst suddenly
through the chute. All five of the victims
| were dead when their bodies were obtained
three hours later. Four of the bodies were
taken to the uldertaker'S, near by, and one,
that of Andrew Barrett, was taken to his
family home. All except Thomas Cooling
| were married He was the youngest. and
only about % years old. The other four were
nearly the same age-about 35-and all leave
wives and children. John P. Gay loses on
buildings and stock about S25, 600. The
bodies of the dead were not greatly dis6g-
ured except on their faces and hands. The
hair was burned from the head of every
victim.
Jay GOnld's Conservatory Ruined.
NEW YORK, December 1lth.-The Erening
| Post says: Jay Gould's conservatory at
| Iruington, on the Hudson, was burned this
morning. This greenhouse was the largest in
the country, and was filed with the rarest
and most valuable plants, exotics and ferns,
which were imported at great expense, and
some were not to be duplicated in the United
States The collection of tropical plants alone
could not be equaled in this latitude. There
were other plants that were brought here
from all parts of the world, and the cost Of
| importation alone was sufficient to run an
average sized greenhouse for years. Men
were working up to 3 o'clock this morning,
under the direction of the head gardener.
The night watchman discovered the flames.
and he awakened the entire force of men, and
they connected the fire apparatus, but the
water was frozen and their efforts were use
| less. The flames were famed by high winds,
| and swept through the mammoth structure,
| licking up everything. In half an hour from
the time the fire was first discovered the
beautiful structure was mass OF ruins. The
building was $50 feet long, and was con-
structed on the Moorish style. The entire
loss is $780, 900. upon which there is no In
surance. The conservatory was only little
distance from the residence, which is un-
harmed. Gould only purchased the property
a little over year ago. and paid about $780,
| 600 for it. 1t is understood that more ele-
CANT building will speedily replace the ore
| just burned.
Woman witt, "sand."
New YORK, December 11th.-Last night
| while Mrs George Mcneil was seated in her
sittine-room, on the second floor of her resi-
dence, No. lis South Eighth street, Will
iamsburg, a rough-looking man raised the
window and entered the apartment. He drew
pistol and demanded her money or her life.
| Mrs. Mcneil said that she had no money and
ran into an adjoining room, where she Sc
cured revolver. As soon as she reappeared
the ruftian discharged one shot, the bali pene-
trating the feshy part of her left arm. The
D ucky woman, taking deliberate aim, fred
two shots at him as he made his escape
| through the window. Mrs Mcneil says that
she thinks she wounded the fellow. She is
unable to give any description of him.
Children Burned to Death.
MEMPHIS, December 11th.-A fire this
morning at l o'clock destroyed two shanties
in Butler street occupied by co,ored people.
Two children, aged three and two years, were
burned to death, Their parents had locked
them in the house before going to work, and
| they accidentally set fire to the house and
persisted before assistance could be given.
Pleasure Turned Into Mourning.
DUBLIN (ohio). December uth.-To-day
| the express train struck a carriage full Of
Young people which was crossing the track
near Emwood Station. Miss Clara Hansbro
was killed instantly, Charles Fuller, badly
| injured and Miss Annie Arts had her collar
bone broken. The party was singing and
! failed to hear the train.
! The Bayard Affair.
WASHINGTON, December nth.-Senator
Bayard saws, respecting the letter from
| Boutwell,, Arthur and Conkling, published
this morning in the Philadelphia Press. that
the statement therein attributed to him came
to his knowledge first on the 18th of Novem-
| Der, and that he then declared tnat ne never
made such statement, and resented the i'm
putation. The statement referred to was
| that the writers had. with Special Agent
Jayne, divided S267, 900, received from
Phelps, Dodge & Co., for alleged custom du-
| ties.
Two More Lives Lost by Fire.
! PHILADELPHIA, December 11th.-By fire
which occurred tonight at Ferris Court, Ann
Higgins, aged 70, and John Lyons, aged %,
were burned to death.
| Death of an Ex.state Senator.
SYRACUSE IN. y, December 11th.-James
| f. Starbuck, ex-State Senator, and for a long
| time one of the most distinguished lawyers
| ia northern New York, is dead.
A Dangerous Bread-Maker.
| BosToN, December 11th.-The kneading
machine charged with gas in the Vienna
Bakery establishment, Ruggles street, ex-
ploded, fatally irjuripg the proprietor, G. K.
Wilmington.
FOREIGN NEWS.
The English Farmers Favorfng the Land
League.
] New YoRK, December 11th.-The Heyald's
special says The agitation of the land ques-
-. :, .v+a,d;ny IN ENGLAND At n reoopf