Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-13

care of the water question in the Legislature
| The people are to blame for electing rotten
| Board OF Supervisors, but the Constitution
settles the water question for all time to come
| When the voters get ready to fix the rates,
| they will be fixed, and not before" He has
confidence that the sand lot will protest
against the scheme, and that the people of the
State will rise up against it.
Wife Murder and Suicide.
MILWAUKEE, January 12th.-Captain W.
q. Wilkinson, leader of the band at the
| National Soldiers Home, shot himself and
wife sometime during the night. Both are
dead. Cause, domestic troubles. Wilkinson
had been on a spree for ten days past, and on
Thursday night his wife got General Hincks
| TO stop his beer. Sunday night he procured
several drinks OF whisky and went home
where his wife had been answering ad-
vertisements and writing to her rela-
tives, and both were detected Both
were high-tempered. and the meeting was
unpleasant without doubt. The manner of
the murder and suicide is however, merely
conjectured A jagged hole was found be-
bind her left ear, from which the brain pro-
truded as she lay with both hands clasped
across her breast, and he was lying in
CHASTITY heap, with his head near the young
babes crib. Three children sleeping in the
next room heard nothing of the affair
Wilkinson is from Pennsylvania, and his
wife from Chicago.
Presidential Preferences OF the Pennsyl.
vania Press.
CHICAGO. January 12th.-A Tribune Phil
adelphia special says: The Times has polled
the Pennsylvania press ON the choice for the
Presidency, and will publish this morning
the replies of 60 Republican newspapers, as
follows: For Blaine, &c fol Grant, %; for
Sherman, 3; for the field, 8; for the best
man, 3; for the nominee of the National
Convention, Z. A considerable number of
those expressing "a personal preference for
Grant, name Blaine as the second choice, OF
report that the sentiment of the Republican
portion of the community is in favor of the
latter rather than Grant. The returns from
the Democratic and Independent newspapers
will be printed in a subsequent issue of the
Times.
Westward. Round Passengers.
OMAHA, January 18th = The following
through passengers were on to days train,
leaving at 12:l5 P. NJ, to arrive in Sacra-
mento January 10th: c. Bernstein, New
York +. B. York and wife, ST. Louis G..
L. Dimon, Mrs. c. L, Dimon, Oakland J.
Nj. Taylor, Joe Gain, San Francisco An
thony j. Miller, Baltimore NJ H. Godfrey,
Louisville; W. H. Horner Cleveland Henry
Cummings, Syracuse, N. Y.
Twenty-Five through emigrants left on Sat
urday nights emigrant train, to arrive in
Sacramento January 18th, and % last night,
to arrive January 18th.
New York stock Market.
NEW YORK, January 12th.-The stock
market was 3d13 per cent lower early in the
day, but the decline was followed by an active
buying movement, under which an advance
of to g per cent. took place. The feature
of the late dealings was Western Union,
which advanced sharply under purchases of
round amounts. The syndicate have paid
Vanderbilt $1,000 600 on account of the last
batch of New York Central stock
Silver bars, 113s money, 6 Governments
strong stocks closed strong; Western Union,
104f Quicksilver, 23B Pacific Mail, 80 !;
Mariposa, 2; Wells, Fargo & Co., 101 ; New
York Central, 1881 Erie, 43A; Panama,
10; Union Pacific, $50; bonds, 1O9; Cen
trail Pacific, 1921; Sutro, 80; Leadville, Al !;
Caribou, o.
Assassination in Kansas.
Fort ScoTT (Kansas), January 12th.-A
special to the Monitor says: Last night at
Weir City, Charles L. Wallace, a young law
yer, was waylaid, shot and MORALLY wounded
while passing along the street. Wallace re-
fuses to give any account of the shooting, or
any information regarding its cause 1t is
case, and the assassination last night was the
result of a contest for her hand
The POstmaster-GcneraI and the Lottery
swindlers.
WASHINGTON, January 12th.-Postmaster-
Genera! Key, answering the congressional in
quiry to-day, submitted mass of evidence
and information respecting the lottery swim
dlers, all of which are more or less open
facedand palpable. He calls attention to the
Texas Gift Concert Association, of Denison.
Texas, as the most successful and fraudulent.
and also to the Denver Land Company and
Kansas Land Company, and denounces them
in strong terms.
The Next Presidency in Indiana.
CHICAGO, January 12th.-Returns received
from 8, 1888 interviews in Indiana with Repub-
licans of all grades of opinions give the In
dianapolis Journal the following result for
choice for Presidential candidates Blaine.
1882; Grant, 1600 Sherman, 1852 !:
Hayes, S74; Washburne, II; Garfield, 81
Thompson. II; Colfax, IS; Harrison, 6
Bristow, II /; Conkliug, II Edmunds, 10 /;
Fremont, 6. The Journal says the strength
of Sherman among the Republicans of In
diana is great surprise to many.
Reading Railroad Company.
PHILADELPHIA, January 12th.-The report
the Coal and Iron Company, shows cash
deficit in the operations of the two compa-
MES of S970,95 as against 1924 $50 the
previous year. To this cash deficit must be
added 81, $40, 500, the amount of the years
fixed charges previously paid in scrip. At the
annual meeting to-day President Gowen aud
the other officers were reelected.
Hnaueurated Governor.
COLUMBUS, January 18th Charles Foster
was inaugurated Governor to-day.
The Solar Eclipse in Colorado.
DENVER, January 12th.-The partial eclipse
of the sun here yesterday was observed by
many. At a few minutes past o'clock it
began and was under Roadway at sunset, the
sun being at that time half obscured
Sarah Smith staTord's Funeral
TRENTON IN. J.), January 12th.-The fu-
neral of Sarah Smith Stafford took place this
afternoon. Thousands of persons visited the
residence and church. A wreath of flowers
from President Hayes and the flag of the
Bonhomme Richard lay on the coffin. A
message Of coincidence was also received by
the family from President Hayes.
The Great Corner In Grain.
New York, january 12th.-The excite
over the corner in grain. Crowds of persons
interested in cereals are eagerly discussing
the ways and means to defeat the action of
Keene's syndicate.
Troops Called Upon to Quell Mob.
WEST HUNTINGTON IVA. January 18th
The military are expected here to quell the
mob, who are intimiiating those miners who
wish to work in the Hawks Nest mine. The
State troops will arrive tomorrow
Tennessee Climate.
NASHVILLE (Tenn.) January 12th.-Dur-
ing the past ten days Strawberries have
bloomed aud all kinds of trees began to bud.
To-day cold snap set in.
Suicide in Jail.
DoYLEsTowN (Pa.), January 12th.-Joseph
Halfner. of Andalusia, was committed to
jail Sunday evening charge of murder
ing Jacob Gerber His wife and child called
to see him this morning, but when the cell
door was opened he was found dead, having
cut his throat from ear to ear.
Louisiana legislature.
NEW ORLEANS. January 12th.-The Legis-
lature organized to-day, Lieutenant Governor
Wietz presiding in the Senate. P n Ogden,
of New Orleans, was elected Speaker of the
House.
Maraudiug Oystermen.
RICHMOND, January 18th = Marauding
oystermen have invaded the Rappahannock
river in armed vessels, and are driving the
| citizels from the oyster beds. Two citizens