Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-09-03
THIS MORNINGS NEWS.

In New York Government bonds are quoted at
l16 for As Of 1907 1Ols tor 6s of 1881; ia for AIS
sterling, 81 s24@4 s4Il /; silver bars, ll23.
Silver in London, BIZ consols, 993d; per
cent United States bonds 1914 As, 1871; is, i16l
In San Francisco half dollars are quoted at
discount to par; Mexican dollars, sli990c.
At Liverpool wheat quoted at lis Id el1s I'D for
good to choice California
Business was again light at the Stock Board in
San Francisco yesterday morning. Prices, however,
were some better. Sierra Nevada was the most
active stock the list 1000 shares selling at
SIS 81, and 100 shares, buyer 80, at SIG. On the
oath of August this stock got up to S17 %. 1t is
claimed that the situation the Comstock lode, SO
far as getting in better work is concerned, has I'M
proved.
Thomas C. Neal unatic, shot five persons in
Chicago yesterday before he was secured.
Three prisoners escaped from the Ill at Albany,
Or, Wednesday night, and are still at large.
Fire at Sucker Flat, Yuba county; also at Day.
ton, O.
Nothing important has yet been discovered in re.
gard to the attempted train robbery in Placer
county.
Additional details of the great drought in the
East are given this morning.
The past month was the hottest August in Wash
ington since 1872.
An ice famine prevails at New Orleans.
The explosion OF powder mill at Reading, Pa,
caused the death Of one person.
Seven persons were drowned last week at Her
mosllo, Mexico,
A heavy rain storm prevailed at Shasta Thursday
night
The ravages OF yellow fever is causing panic liz
Senegal.
Energetic movements are being made by the Ger
man Government against the aBti-Jewish outrages.
Deliveries of wheat were heavier in Chicago
Thursday than ever before in the history of the
Board OF Trade of that city.
One man was killed and another injured at Law
renee, KS, yesterday, by lightning
1t is estimated that the wheat product of Mime.
sofa this year will amount to 49, H. 81 bushels.
Marquis de Rochambeau and wife will be present
at the Yorktown Centennial
Four sunstrokes occurred in Boston and its sub
urbs yesterday, one being fatal
Lightning caused $4,000 damage at Williams
port, Pa, Thursday night.
The Russian war vessel Africa arrived at San
Francisco yesterdaytbe fist OF the expected feet.
The excitement in regard to smallpox is increas-
ing in Tuare county, and the disease is said to be
spreading.
DeImonico. the famous New York restaurateur is
dying at Lake George, sged y years.
general strike of laborers took place at Galyes-
ton, Texas, yesterday.
Gustave Richter, Professor in the Berlin Acad-
envy of Art, is dead.
ing.
Old Californians in New York viii celebrate Adj,
mission Day at Manhattan Beach.
Congressman Hendrick B. Wright died at Wilkes.
barre Pa, yesterday.
The bank clearings in Chicago yesterday amounted
to $50, 500, COO
George KnowltOn was arrested in Chicago yester-
day for murder committed in Dakota in 1871.
Refreshing showers fell last night in New York
and Pennsylvania.
Henry Lawson (colored) was hanged yesterday at
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Fire at South Hanover, Mass
1t is reported that General Carr and his command
40 men and offcers-have been mastered by
the White Mountain Indians in Arizona
The public schools OF Jersey City are closed on
account OF the intense heat
Bush fires in Ontario have rendered thirty fami
lies homeless since Wednesday.
The drought continues in Virginia and its effects
are ruinous.
A Convention of Free Thinkers is in session at
Hornellsville, N. Y.
The improvement in the condition of the Presi-
dent continues, and preparations making for his
removal from the White House, which it is thought
ny some OF the surgeons can be accomplished in a
week or ten days.
Special attention is called this morning to the in.
side pages Of the RECORD UNION, which will be found
10 contain more than the usual quantity OF enter
tanning and useful reading matter