Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-13
GENERAL NorEs.

four journalists. Eight belong to the
Ministerialists, eleven to the Independent
party, two to the Moderate Opposition,
and two to the Nationalist. while one is
independent.
A woman rather shabbily dressed en-
tered store on Austin avenue and asked
the merchant at his desk to give her del
lar for the support Of her aged mother.
"You can't come that game on me. Your
mother died last week" Well, amt l
heir? Don't 1 represent her ?"-[Texas
Siftings.
Although the Queen has had the royal
apartments OF Hollywood rehabilitated for
her reception, the chapel remains roohess.
1t is beautiful structure, and its vaults
are still the burial place of many historic
Scotch families. In these days of restora-
ton. it is somewhat remarkable that it
should be permitted to remain thus dilap-
idated.
John Monroe packed his household ef-
fects in wagon, and started from Illinois
for Missouri. His wife accompanied him,
and there was scant room for two in the
vehicle. When she fell i'll on the way and
required space to lie down in, John was
puzzled what to do. He finally laid her
by the roadside and went on. She died
there alone.
Arthur Stern's wife disappeared unac-
countably, il Chicago, and, after several
days of unavailing search, the husband
said that he had murdered her. He de-
scribed to the police spot where her body
might be found buried ; but they had only
Just begun to dig when the woman ap-
peared alive and well. Stern says ne
dearly loves joke.
An aged man. afflicted with catalepsy,
has been placed in jail at Hadlyme, Conn.,,
| on complaint of two married daughters,
for failing to support his family, the young
est member of which is "a. His case
arouses great deal of sympathy and IN
dignation in the town, and he would be
instantly released, il he did not decline to
be liberated by anybody but his daughters.
The pastor of st. Mary's Roman Catholic
Church, Pittsburgh, announces that he
| will refuse absolution to any parent OF
guardian who sends children to the public
instead of the parochial schools. A mem.
Der declares that, in case OF the priests
refusal to spiritually minister to his family
in the manner prescribed by the nssges Of
the Church, recourse will be had to the
civil law.
Several years ago Fred Kastorf fled from
Byron. Wis, in consequence of having
committed a crime, and after time all
search for him was abandoned. But he
could not be happy away from home and
relatives, and not long ago put some poison
into his pocket and returned. The drug
was to be used in case the law officers
molested him, and he promptly killed him.
self with it on being arrested.
A Deadwood man saw another reach for
his hip. pocket, thought the fellow meant
to draw revolver on him and shot him
dead. Then he found that the man was
about to draw flask to treat him, and he
much regretted the hasty act. But he re-
marked that the last wishes of the deceased
should be carried out and took drink
from the flask. Such touching example
of respect for the last wishes of the dead
is seldom seen.
Twelve royal bucks have been forwarded
from the Great Park, Windsor, to the City
Remembrancer's office, being the custom
airy present of venison from the Queen to
the Chief Magistrate, the Sheriffs and high
officers of the corporation of London.
They were distributed as follows: The
Lord Mayor four; the Sheriffs, three the
Recorder, one the Chamberlain, one the
Town Clerk, one the Common Sergeant,
one, and the Remembrance, one.
At the Chepstow, England, Petty Ses-
sions, Harriet Pritchard, an old woman,
whose husband had been i'll for long time
and in receipt of parish relief, was charged
with stealing two eggs, valued at two
pence The case having been proved, the
Bench told the prisoner that she had ma6s
herself liable to three months imprison-
ment, bnt as there was nothing previously
known against her, they sentenced her to
seven days, with hard labor. The sever
ity of this sentence is condemned in the
London papers.
Californians will be somewhat astonished
at this remarkable mixture from the New
York Sun Mrs. Cooper, cousin OF Col.
Robert Ingersoll and member of San
Francisco Presby terrain church, announced
her disbelief of the story of Jonah and
the whale She was adjudged hereto
by the session of the.church, and expelled.
She retaliated by accusing the pastor, the
Rev. Mr.. Roberts, of bad conduct of vari-
GUS kinds, and particularly of preaching a
sermon which was in effect an advertise
ment of his own business as a life insur-
ance agent There has been an acrimoni-
Gus controversy and trial before the
PresDytery, in which Mr.. Roberts inc.
dentAlly accused a reverend brother of
g bombast, maliguity and ingratitude, !"
and Mrs. Cooper remarked that she would
rather have her cousin Ingersoll's society
in hell than her pastors in heaven. Mrs.
Cooper was pronounced hereto by a vote
of 9 to s.
An editor in Chicago last week ordered
new pair of trousers from the tailor. On
trying them on they proved to be several
inches too long. 1t being late on Saturday
night, the tailor's shop was closed, and the
editor took the trousers to his wife, and
asked her to cut them off and hem them
over. The good lady, whose cucumber or
melon had perhaps disagreed with her,
brusquely refused. The same result fol-
lowed an application to the wifes sister
and the eldest daughter. But before bed
time the wife, repenting, took the pants,
and cutting off six inches from the legs
hemmed them nicely, and restored them
to the closet. Half an hour later the
daughter, taken with conjunction for her
unflial conduct took the trousers and. cut
ting of six inches, hemmed and replaced
them. Finally the sister-in-law felt the
pangs of conscience, and she, too. per-
formed an additional surgical operation on
the garment. When the editor appeart d
at breakfast on Sunday, the family thought
highland chieftain had arrived, for the
trousers reached only to the middle of his
thigh.
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