Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-02-16


w. Carter. with a cargo of merchandise for
sale to the miners and out of this transaction
a trial in the Courts followed. The Califor-
MIA venture was very successful and Wood
felt himself rich enough after it to retire from
business, which he did, investing large part
Of his capital in real estate, which has rapidly
increased in value since.
Elections in Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, February 16th-A. NJ
Vote was heavy for municipal officers. There
are no indications at 1:30, except that Hun
ter Dem for Receiver of Taxes, indorsed |
by the Committee of 100, Is undoubtedly |
elected. The mayoralty is close. Official |
returns will probably be necessary to deter !
mine the result.
PHILADELPHIA, February 16th-A. NJ
Later returns from over two-thirds OF the
wards indicate the election of Samuel G.. |
King Dem J for Mayor by 5000 majority, |
William Nelson West (Rep.) for City !
Solicitor by over 10000 majority, and John
Hunter by over 10000 majority.
WILKEsBARRE. February 15th.-It is prob
able that Eckly B. Coke dem. is elected |
Senator over Edwards (Repl Coke was
elected last fall, but declined to take the oath
on the ground that he had used money.
PrTTsBURG, February 15th,-Mayor Lyons,
ed over Mills Humphrey, Republican.
ERIE, February 15th-Joseph McCarter
(Dem) is elected Mayor by 375 majority. |
Presley Arbuckle tRep.) is elected Comp
troller by 60 majority.
HARRIsBURG, February 15th.-John C. |
Herman (Rep.l is elected Mayor.
Political Gossip.
SPRINGFIELD, February l5th.-Governor
{t1lla cd tD- iDhH He
found Garfield preparing to take the chair
with anything but high assurance of his
own entire competency. The Cabinet will
be the best since Lincoln's time. unless the |
present promises fail. Robert T. Lincoln |
will be given the interior portfolio, and |
that Blaine and Allison are to go in is
an open secret, and that the visit |
of Conkling TO Mentor is not upon the invi-
tation of the President-elect is also undoubted,
that branch of the party finding it necessary
to make its desires known.
Inner History.
WASHINGTON, February 15th.-The dinner
to ex-senator Dorsey in New York Friday |
night, ostensibly by certain leading citizens,
was paid for by Dorsey and Dewitt G. |
Wheeler, a contractor who made over 81, ,000,- |
600 in furnishing supplies for the Indian Bu
reau, and this pair have entered into com.
bination to secure two of the most profitable |
fields under the Government-control of the |
Indian Bureau and star mail contracts. They |
got Garfield to request the appointment of
Thomas NJ. Nichol as Chief Clerk of the IN
dian Bureau, with the distinct understand |
ing that he will be Indian Commissioner after |
March 4th.
Abuse of the Franking Privilege.
NEW YORK, February 15th.-The Tfa6une's |
Washington special says The House special |
committee on abuses of the frankipg privilege |
has discovered abuses of sufficient gravity to
suggest important changes in the law |
Among the abuses is mentioned the following |
In the recent political campaign the commit
tees of parties sent out vast numbers of polit-
ical documents and franks. The documents
sent from Washington last summer has been
estimated at 80, 600 600. Two hundred clerks |
were employed for weeks in writing the |
names of congressman on blank envelopes, to |
be used for the purpose mentioned. Many |
Of the Congressman authorized the use of
their name, but some of them did not. One
clerk swore that he wrote the name of I. r.
Cobb on 81 600 envelopes.
Murder i'm Prison.
LOUISVILLE, February 15th.-A Lawrence.
burg special to the C0urier-Journal says
Martin James and Wallace Landrum were
arrested at Tyone this afternoon, charged |
with conspiring for the purpose of killing T. |
B. Ripy and burning his distillery. They
were lodged in jail, and Immediately James
took a seat on couch by the side of Thomas
Agee, who is serving six months sentence |
in Jail for having shot at James a few months
ago, and began to talk in friendly manner.
James remarked that he had something in !
his boot. and STOPPING over, as if to get it |
out. Agee plunged the blade of large |
pocket.knife into James neck, entering the |
right side artery, from the effect Of which he |
died within few minutes.
successful BaH-Suppression of Vice.
NEW YORK, February 18th. - The Sun |
says The four principal boxes for the fancy |
dress ball of the Purim Association sold for |
S400 each. The total proceeds of the sale of |
boxes will be about $4,000.
The Society for the suppression of vice |
held its annual meeting tonight. Anthony |
Comstock read the annual report. 1t stated |
that for selling obscene literature 472 arrests |
had been made, 147 years imprisonment in
1icted, and S55, $50 ia fines imposed, %, 364 |
pounds of Objectionable prints, IA, 495 pounds
OF plates and ,3l4, ,0SS, songs, ETC., destroyed |
american Silks.
New YORK, February l5th.-The Tribune |
says: Worth. the Paris milliner. is making |
some of his finest costumes from American |
silk. Mrs. J. w. Mckay recently ordered |
quantity of the silk. Worth believes that |
in few years the Americans will succeed in
eXceung the flenCn makers OF JnlS material, |
for French silks are constantly dete1iorating. |
Serious ExpIosion-Elree Men Injured.
New York, February 15th.-By an explo- |
sion in large iron still at Ligan & Sons oil |
works. Hunters Point, to-day, Thomas Oler-
ton, John O'Hara and Edward Cole, work |
men, were probably fatally burned.
Maine Senators and the Woman suffrage |
q csiiOn.
AUGUSTA, February 15th.-The Senate TO- |
day unanimously adopted the committee re-
port that the woman suffrage constitutional !
amendment ought not to pass.
still Undecided.
HARRISBURG pa February 15th.-No |
choice and no change in the Senatorial fight. |
Fernando Woods Successor.
WASHINGTON, February 15sh.--The House
Ways and Means Committee elected Tucker
Chairman, vice Fernando Wood.
Peace Restored.
NASHVILLE (Tenn.) February 15th.-The
military have been discharged, as there is no
more danger of lynching the negro murderers. |
Ice Gorge in tie Passaic.
New YORK, February 15th.--An ice gorge
in the Passaic river has submerged all the !
lands in that vicinity.