Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

At Twist Hill, H., Mrs. Suffer, widow, gave
birth to child Friday night, which she placed in
shed behind the house. allowing il to freeze to DEATH
Returning, she bled to death of hemorrhage in her
bed, where she was found Saturday morning be.
tween her two little children, aged six and four
years.
and finishing shop and Office at East Hampton,
Conn, were burned yesterday. One hundred hands
are thrown out of work. Loss, S25 900.
General Skobeloff has had another brush with the
Tekke Turcomans. The loss on both sides was
slight.
Mrs Twining, who was severely burned Monday
night at Chicago, died Yesterday morning.
Cambridge, Mass yesterday celebrated the 250th
anniversary of It's settlement with great display.
Longfellow. Holmes, Elliott and others made ad-
dresses and read poems.
At Quincy, H.. yesterday, Reed & Burton's con-
fectionery establishment was burned Loss s. 0OO
Joseph & Neikes establishment, adjoining,
damaged $4,000. Other losses aggregate 81, 500
all insured.
The suicide of President Anderwer of the Swiss
Confederation is attributed to temporary insanity.
lie believed his life endangered by secret enemies.
The relatively small majority by which he was
elected President is stated to have greatly disap-
pointed him.
1t appears from published figures that the total
storage capacity in Chicago is % 702 600 bushels of
wheat 10. Ass, 600 is elevator room 1922 600 sail
vessel room, and 925,000 steam-vessel room. The
in rease last years capacity is 1000 $50 bu. h
els There now in store here 1900, 600 bushels
of grain against u 900 900 at this time last year
grain glut similar to that of last spring is not i'm
probable.
At Midway, Ky. Christmas night, Thede Lee shot
and killed Chris. Lawson, his brother-in-law, after
Lawson had dangerously stabbed him.
The Russian traveller and explorer, Colonel Bre-
jevalsky, has returned to Omsk safely, after two
years dangerous exploration in Chinese Mongolia.
An attempt to enter Thbet unsuccessful.
Moses Bunker, noted horse and cattle breeder Of
edar county, Iowa. is dead. His farm of 900 acres
is one Of the best IN the State. He went overland
to California in 1S49, driving team the whole
distance.
At Glen Falls, n Y, Monday evening, John
Shaw, while sitting at window OF his residence,
was shot by an unknown assassin
William H, nry Tiffany, of the house of Tiffany 4
Co. at New York. said to be an old Californian, died
at Stamford, Conn, recently, aged 81 years.
There is complaint at New York Of lack of ship
ping room for grain.
John woodsrnall, aged II, murdered Marcus
Brattop, aged 81, at Washington, Ind, Monday
night The two quarreled while returning from a
singing school twenty miles north OF mere.
A London dispatch says that Gale, the Pedestrian,
broke down this morning, having covered 2 23S
miles Of his proposed feat. He commenced Noyem-
Der 20ih at Littlebridge, undertaking to walk
$500 miles within LOCO hours. At the commence
ment be walked at the rate Of mile and a quarter
every half hour.
New York dispatch says that ss5s 900 was paid
by the Treasury on account OF interest yester-
day.
1t is stated at New York that the trunk lines will
meet to advance rates January LIST.
1t ID estimated at the Treasury Department that
the public debt statement for the month OF Deceu-
Der will show reduction of nearly q, 900 900. This
month about "a 900 900 has been paid account OF
pensions.
he writ Of habeas corpus on behalf of Lord ("
Charles Pelham CLIFTON has been dismissed at New
YORK Clinton has consented to return to Utah.