Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-16
IELEGRkPHIC.
SPECIAL TO THE REcoRp-USIoN
DOMESTIC NEWS.
The Rumored Gorhnn appointment


New YoRK, November 15th.-A Times
editorial says: The announcement is made
In q Washington dispatch of tue Presidents
intention to appoint Geo. O. Gorham Assist
ant Secretary of the Treasury. Gorham's
desire for the position is probably all that
there is in this piece of news. but it is an
instructive illustrative of the kind of rumors
which are kept ahoat by the professed friends
OF the President in regard to his
he has been credited with all .rts of
foolish plans, including direct interference on
behalf OF the star route conspirators and the
transfer of the New York offices to the con.
troll OF the machine politicians So far the
President has sedulously avoided doing the
foolish things which were in some quarters
expected of him. and we incline to the belief
that the rumored Gorham appointment will
go the way of the other fictions which have
preceded it. President Arthur deserves
all possible credit for the dignity, resolution
and self-restraint which he has exemplifed
under circumstances calculated to test very
severely the most evenly balanced nature and
best disciplined man.
Cushion CarrOm Billiard Tournament.
New YORK, November 15th.-Tne first
game ef the great cushion carrom billiard
tournament for 81. 500 and the championship
of the world and diamond emblem, given
By Richard Roche. of st. Louis, were played
at Tammany Hall last night. The hall was
densely crowded. The first game was be-
tween Sexton and Gallagher, the former be-
ing great fayorite. Sexton led up the SSth
innipg when Gallagher passed him and kept
the lead until the 5Sth inning, when he
finished. Highestiun. ID; average, 80 13-29ths.
Sexton's highest run was %; average,
q 25 29ths. Total, 166. The second game
was between Schaefer and Wallace, the
former being the favorite by 100 to 25 and
the winner. The game Was finished Ill the
10th inning. Schaefer's best run was %;
average, g. Wallace's best run was %;
average, 2l 10 40ths. Total, &c.
Distempsr Among the Few York Horses.
New YoRK, November 15th.-A distem-
per is prevailing amoEg the horses in New
York, which the veterinary surgeons are un-
able to find in boslcs treating of diseases Pc
culiar to these animal 1t made its appear
ance about three weeks age, and spread so
rapidly that scarcely horse has escaped.
Working horses more frequently than car
risge horses seem to have been affected.
The hospitals of nesriy all the street-car
companies are filed with sick animals, and
many have died. The disease is not neces-
sarily fatal, and prompt and careful treat
ment generally effects o cure. The horses of
the Fourth Avenue line are suffering quite
severely from the affliction at present. One
hundred and sixty of the 762 owned by the
company are in the hospital.
Successful Rank Robbery.
ST. LOUIS, November 15th.-Four confed-
crates robbed the Biddle Market Savings
Bank of $4,000 By completely absorbing the
attention of the officials ard employees while
the package was being taken from desk in
the rear Office.
Democratic Nomination for Mayor.
BOSTON, November 15th.-At the dictation
of Ben. Butler. the Democrats have Romi-
mated Albert Palmer for Mayor.
sickening Affair-Deaih From Starvation.
GALVESTON TEX J, November 15th.-A
Neps Dallas special says A woman was
found dead in shanty, having died of star.
walton. The husband was lying sick, and
three small children, half starved and nearly
naked, were hanging around their dead
| mother.