Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-02
TELEGRAPHIC.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
The President.

lst-S:S0 A M.-The President slept well dur
| ing the night, and this morning he is cheerful
and expresses himself as feeling better than
at any time since he was hurt. After the
slight rise of yesterday afternoon his temper
ature began again to be normal early in the
evening, and SO continues. He appears
stronger, and has evidently made good prog
ress on the road towards recovery during the
last few days. His pulse is now g. tempera-
ture % 4. respiration IS. Signed by Bliss,
Barnes, Woodward, Reyburn and Agnew.
A I4.oeo.Mile Race Between Two steamers
New YoRK, August 1st.-The Tribune
| says: The English steamer Lord of the
Isles, laden with tea, that arrived from
Japan by way of the Suez Canal, on Friday,
sailed from Yokohama May 9th, the
Queens birthday. On the sans day tha
Gleneirtny, another English steamer, with a
similar cargo, left the same port, and o race
of Il, 900 miles for the New York tea market
was begun by the two vessels Heavy
bets on the race We're made at Yoko-
hama and at the Chinese ports where
they stopped, and in every case odds
were given in favor of the Gleneirtuy, as she
has wen similar races. In this case, how
ever. some of the engineers on the Lord of
the Isle had money at stake, which may ac-
count for the extra efforts on their part TT
was only question of little more COAL so
we showed it in, said the chief engineer to a
three days and half, and were delayed
there week loading our vessel, while the
| Glen's cargo was all ready for her and she
sailed in two days. At Hongkong we
found she had started before we ar
rived, but we had gained on her good
deal. We reached Singapore just as the Glen
eritny was leaving, and didn't see or hear of
her till we were half way through the Susz
canal. She reached Suez a day behind us.
We would have been further ahead if ter
rife southwesterly storm had not delayed us
in the Indian ocean. Those white streaks
that cover the smokestack were made by
waves that broke over the vessel We had
good weather through the Mediterranean,
but were delayed by the machinery get
ting out of order. The Glen steamed into
Gibraltar just as we were leaving there. Ex-
ira coal ard work were used in crossing the
Atlantic, and moderate weather helped us.
Just as we sighted Sandy Hook we thought
vessel in the distance ahead Of us was the
| Glen, but we were happily disappointed.
Our rival came into New York six hours be-
hind us, and that's not very big difference
in race of H. 900 miles. We made an aver
age of eleven knots an hour"
ApparfliOn of the Virgin Mary Seen In
Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, August 1st.-A great sensa-
tion has been caused among Roman Cathol-
les in West Philadelphia by the alleged ap-
pearance of the Virgin Mary; first to Mary
Agnes Dunn, girl IS years of age, who has
been blind for twelve years; then to the
other girls of her family, and finally to n
crowd of visitors. Mary's father, A. J.
| Dunn, keeps grocery store. His daughter
| lost her sight from scarlet fever when about
years of age, and four or FIVE years ago
ruptared the ball of one eye by striking it
against the edge of chair, notwithstanding
which she can now see ordinary objects dimly,
and claims to see the apparition Of the Virgin
distinctly. She is quite iliterate.
! Five weeks ago she was seized with Sc
we're attack of diphtheria. The only indica-
ton she gave of consciousness during this
period was on one occasion when the family
physician, DIR. Hughes, was present, when
she suddenly began to sing, aud sang a long
| hymn. The Doctor however was convinced
| that the singing was involuntary, and that
the girl was entirely unconscious all the
time. Since that time she has been in a very
weak condition. Thres Sundays ago she told
| her parents that she expected to see the
| Virgin Mary that evening, and crowd of
| sympathizing Catholic neighbors visited the
house to see if her expectations would be re-
allied.
| AS midnight approached many of them
began to pray iervently, and presently, so
her father says, o halo of light appeared on
the whitewashed wall of Mary's room, and
soon afterward a woman's figure about foot
high, clothed in a white garment and attend
ed by two kneeling angels, was clearly por-
| trayed. crown, glitteriug with golden
rays, was on the head of the figure. and sus-
pedded above it WAS a crucifx. This was not
| the first time the girl claimed to have seen
the vision but it was the first time it was
seen by Others. A number of witnesses de-
elared that they saw IT, Since that night
Mary and her family have seen similar vis-
ions three or four times, but by the DOCTORS
orders visitors have been excluded.
| Suicide of Wife.Reater.
CINCINNATI, August 1st.-Joseph Adams,
who has been in jail three months for brutal
treatment of his wife, cut his throat this
morning and died almost instantly.