Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-04

Pacific Coast Postal Changes.
WASHINGTON, April 3d.-The following
Pacific coast postal changes are announced
Offices stablished-Moosa, San Diego coun-
ty, Cal, Matthew Tomlins, Postmaster
Morrissey, San Joaquin county, Cal. George
R. Ranger, Postmaster Gold Mountain, Es-
meralda county, New, Seth II. Squire, Post
master; Silver, Polk county, Or, Samuel
county, Utah, w. S. Hansen, Postmaster
Mount Del, Salt Lake county. Utah, William
S. Hardi, Postmaster.
Offices scontinued-Keene, Kern county,
Cal; Hot Creek, Nye county, New; Acton,
Umatilla county, Or; Alverd, Grant county,
Or; Fern Hill, Clatsop county. Or.
Name changed-Red Rock, Yavapai coun-
ty, A. T., to Big Bug.
Postmasters appointed-Simon Cohen, Ar
royo Graude, San Luis Obisco county, Cal;
NJ NJ Baldwin, Oleander, Fresno county, Cal:
CIV Craig, Weaverville. Trinity county, Cal
John w. Grier, Silver City, Lyon county,
Nevada; Walter Johnston, Ballston, Polk
county, Oregon Mrs. Ann Reynolds, Cove,
Union county, Oregon Thurston T. Shaw,
Powell Prairie, Marion county, Oregon
Rollin A. Prett, Mehama. Marion county,
Oregon james Wirmer, Murphy, Josephine
county, Oregon; William Brett, Patterson
Mills, Douglas county, Oregon; Kersey
Leap, Pine valley, Union county, Oregon;
G. W. Hansaker. Pleasant Hill, Lane
Columbia county, Oregon w. Nieholl, So
daville, Lane county, Oregon; Henry 7.
Krigbaum, Ccrinne, Box Elder county, Utah;
A. 3. Emery, Park City. Summit county,
Utah II. A. Morgan, Fort Grant, Pima
county, Arizona Territory; NJ. r. Hoyle,
Walnut Grove, Yavapai county, Arizona
Territory.
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague's Gratitude
Also, senator ConkIing's.
WASHINGTON, April 3d.-Last night Mrs
Kate Chase Sprague gave a dinner at her
house to the following gentlemen: Senator
Conkling, Vice-President Arthur, Senator
Jones, of Nevada, Congressman Moore, of
Tennessee, and Mr.. Moore, successor of
Carey Young, from Memphis. He is a
wealthy Memphis merchant, who had
vass for the House several days ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moore called upon Mrs.
Sprague. Living at the same hotel with the
Moores, is Olive Logan. They recited some
details of their call to Mrs. Sykes, and she
embodied them in pleasant paragraph about
Mrs. Sprague's home. Mrs. Sprague r..
ceived a copy of the paper, and
strsightway called upon Mrs. Moore
to thank her for the kind newspaper
paragraph, as she knew that no one else could
give the information that was printed Mrs.
Moore acknowledged that she was respons;-
bic for the pleasant notice. One hour after
Mrs. Sprague called, Mrs. Moore received
from Senator Conkiing one of the handsomest
bouquets of cut flowers that money could buy.
Largely Attended Anti Rent Meeting at
Chicago.
CHICAGO, April 3d.-A largely attended
anti-rent meeting was held on the West Side
tonight The attendance was mainly com.
posed Of members Of the Workingmen's
Unions. Resolutions were passed denouncirg
the recent marked advance in rents, which
already had absorbed the principal portion of
the fruit of the workingmen's industry, and
stating that the workingmen, having through
the weary winter paid out their hard-earned
wages for fuel at three times its nominal value,
for rotten eggs, tough chickens, diseased meat,
tallow butter, sanded sugar, adulterated and
poisonous bread, tea. coffee, ETC., were unable
to pay increased rent for places to live in,
which were unfit for the lower animals. The
resolutions call the attention Of reformers and
philanthropists to the fact that great masses
of the working people in this city are already
crowded together in small frame houses or
shanties. and in dilapidated rooms in rotten
JElciUtHbs, anu du acLlVS aSlLaJlOn
until rents are made reasonable.
The AnfI-High Rent League.
New YORK, April 3d.-The Anti High
Rent League resolved to-day that the compe-
tition with Western industry, which the New
York manufacturers are now pTacticing,
must inevitably become still more dangerous
after the unjustifable increase OF house rents,
and will drive many industries out of the
ethyl
Sensational Attempt at Murder.
CHICAGO, April 3d.-A sensational attempt
at murder occurred this evening on West Mac.
son street. For some time l. H. Atchersop,
salesman in a. II. Andrews l. Co.'s furni-
ture establishment has suspected that his
wife, Jennie Atcherson, was guilty of i'm
proper intimacy with Austin A. Burnham,
book keeper for the Chicago Club All the
parties occupied adjoining rooms in the same
house, and Atcherson laid trap to ascertain
the truth of his suspicious by boring
small hole through the. ceiling of Burnham's
room near the gasaiier, and then pretending
that he was going out of the city to-day, in
stead of which he took friend and sta
toned himself between the roof and ceiling
of Burnham's room. His watch was finally
rewarded by realization IF his worst fears
for he saw his wife and Burnham in hagrante
delictu, to which his friend also was wit
Burnham, the ball grazing the latter's thigh
and passing through the bed into the floor.
Mrs. Atcherson rushed to the window and
fred four shots from a revolver to attract the
police. Atcherson was arrested, and tells the
whole story with great calmness.
Converting DesperadOes Into Good Men
In Nebraska.
CHEYENNE, April 3d.-A Sidney. Neb.,
special to the Leader says: Reddy Melon
aid, head musician at dance house and
noted cut-throat, was taken from the County
Jail, at an early hour this morning by the
Vigilantes aud hanged to tree in the Court |
house yard. Mcdonald was one of sixteen
desperadoes who were jailed on Friday. |
They had held the town In terror for several |
years, and the citizens resolved to clean them |
out. Mcdonald was discovered arranging |
plans for breaking Jail, and hence the lynch |
ing.
Ex.Deputy Sheriff Ryan, who stabbed |
attorney Michael, has not been captured. /
He will be lynched when caught 1t is |
limited that two more prisoners, who have |
committed foul murders and escaped punish |
ment will be taken out and made into good |
men by lynching them.
The Iowa Faster.
Iowa CITY, April Sd.-Miss Hattie Deuel. |
is still about the same. She is gradually |
., hodi11, h,,t h. ar In tallaot oaa,n,