Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-24

through passengers were aboard. Inc run
was the most remarkable on record, the train
having left San Francisco on time, was on
time at every station on the long line of 2, 800
miles, and arrived here on time A large
party of Chicago capitalists arrived here this
morning on the Chicago ard Alton road, en-
route to New Mexico and Arizona, to invest
In mines, and left this evening for the West
on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe road.
Stage RObbeFy-Shot and Killed.
DENVER (Col. J, March 2Sd.-The Tribunes
special says: The west-bou stage was
robbed nine miles west of Del Norte last
night by two men. The express pouch and
enc mail pouch were taken. The passengers
were unmolested.
The Tri5uae's Los Vegas special says: This
morning Conductor j. H. Curry. of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad,
was shot and Immediately killed by JOS T..
Bright, saloon keeper. The general i'm
preston Is that the shooting was uncalled for,
and threats of lynching are freely INDUCED in.
Rhode Island Democrats.
Providence, March 23d.-The Democratic
State Convention nominated Horace w.
Kimball for Governor, and w. L. Segar for
Lieutenant Governor John q. Perry, Sec
rotary of State; Francis L. O'Rielly, Attor-
ney-General; Arnold L. Burdick, Treas
urer. The resolutions denounce the dishonest
ard treacherous course of Senator Malone,
| in aiding and abetting the Republican party
in the Senate.
Sale OF Th0r0ughbreds by Auction.
LOUISVILLE tKy.) March 23d. = The
Courier-JournaEs Basque Bonita special says
The following thoroughbreds, bred by Gen.
Buford, were sold by auction to-day: Good
night, 5 years, by Enquirer. to John A.
Winke, Algona, Iowa, for 81, 800 !; McPheney,
6 years, by Enquirer, to ID. T. Bourn of La
Belle, Mo-, for 81, 800; Lizzie McWbertor, 2
years, same sire, to +. G. Speth of Louis.
vile, for 1850; McElroy. year, by En-
quirer, to j. A. Gunstead of Lexington, for
S625; Mamie Gray, years, by Enquirer,
to B. g. Thomas of Lexington, for S725
Getaway. 3 years, by Enquirer, to Milton
Young of Henderson,, KY, for 81, 900.
Many other horses of the same stock were
sold, but the above are sufficient to show the
great sacrifice made by Kentucky's great
turfman.
Burglar shOt Down and Killed.
RoLLA MOI March 23d.-Pat Ebert. a
daring burglar, who came here sometime ago
and rented building adjoining the National
Bank, was discovered this morning just as he
had gained access to the vault of the bank by
means 6 tunnel. He made desperate
effort to escape, but was shot down and died
in an hour. He told no tales as to his &C.
completes.
Female H0rsefhief.
ST. LOUIS, March 23l.-The Republican,
Clinton, ILL.,, special says: The notorious
female horsethief, Lizzie Bartin, who has
stolen large number of horses in this county,
has been sentenced to the Joliet Penitentiary
for year on a charge of arson. She was too
young to go to the State Prison for horse
and fborafCro r,Yt ~, ;otl s.,
twentyfour hours.
Dinner Declined.
New York. March 2Sd.-The Times saws
Postmaster James declines the invitation to
dine with the merchants of this CITY. He
writes "While hoping that my efforts ia q
more enlarged sphere Of action may continue
to greet the generous considerations accorded
me, realize painfully that the trial which
is TO prove the question of fitness or u1iitness
| has just begun"
| sahOue's Course Endorsed at Home.
! RICHMOND (Vs.). March 23d.-A called
meeting of the Readjuster State Committee
was held at the Whig office this evening.
| The course of General Malone in the Sen.
| ate was warmly Endorsed. The committee
issued call for a State Convention. An
address will be issued.
The Railroad Sale.
BALTIMORE March 23d.-It is announced
| officially from Camden that the Delaware
and Western road was purchased on behalf
| OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
the day after the controlling interest in the
| Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
road was bought by the Pennsylvania Rail.
road Company. Tie sale was absolute, and
| the day on which the sale was made the con.
trolling interest in the stock was transferred
to that company.
Chicago, Darlington and Quincy Railroad
! CHICAGO, March 23d.-The annual report
Of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail-
road for the year ending theS1st of Deem
| Der last shows that the road earned $40. 492,
| 045; operating expenses and taxes So, S04,
| 1873; net earnings. 81 ,06S, 757 During the
year there has been expended fer new tracks,
extension and equipments added IS, 207, 500,
and the outlook is very promising for an il.
creased business.
Removal Bill Defeated.
HARRIsBuRG pa, March 23d.-The bill
to remove the capital to Philadelphia was de-
feated to-day by 1872 to IS.
investigation of a Curious Case OF Fraud.
NEW York, March 24th.-The Times says
| The Arbitration Committee Of the Produce
| Exchange has been occupied for some time
| past in investigating curious case of fraud.
Among the commodities sometimes dealt in
| by members of the Exchange is what is
known as ginseng root, which grows wild in
| Tennessee Georgia and Alabama, the same
species as the root indigenous to certain
! parts of Asia. Before the discovery of the
! American ginseng the Asiatic product was
| made a monopoly of by the Chinese Govern
ment, and was retailed to the people of
China, where it is held in the greatest esteem
| for medical properties which it does not pos
sess, at an enormous rate. The great bulk
gathered in this country, estimated
at from 10000 to 1,025, 600 pounds
annually, is consigned to this city and
exported direct to China, except a
small proportion which is consumed
by the Chinese residents of California. 1t
| sells readily here at from 81 70 to 81 so per
pound. 1t appeared in evidence that the
| adulteration consisted of two sorts. In one
| case the root of another plant resembling
ginseng in its outward appearance, which
grows all over the Southern States, had been
mixed with the real article to the extent of
| 80 per cent In the other holes bad been
| bored through the root and these filed with
lead to add to its weight. There are no ex-
perts in the city capable of determining the
| spurious from the genuine root, and New
York merchants decline to sell it with a
guarantee on that account. All the adultera-
| tlnnS were traced TO huoXVllie, leDn., as the
original shipping point. and it was found that
they came through the hands of single re-
ceiver, who was adjudged to repay such con-
siderable sum to the deceived merchants that
it is believed the adulteration WILDE stopped.
Electric Light Matters.
New York, March 24th.-The Tribune
SAYS: Major S. B. Eaton, Vice President of
the Edison Electric Light Company, said to
| Tribune reporter yesterday, in regard to the
resolution passed by the Aldermen giving the
company permission to lay wires through the
city: IF the resolution becomes law, the
company proposes to go to work at once and
light the district bonded By Wall, Spruce
and Nassau streets, and the East river The
Etna Iron Works building viii be lighted in
two or three weeks by several hundred cleo
trie lights The system is now absolutely
complete. The company have obtained the
right of way in Detroit and Toledo and ar
rangements are making for obtaining that
privilege in Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati,
Baltimore and Boston"
Henry Ward Beecher's Residence.
New York, March 24th--A. M-The Sun
saws Beecher has sold his house on Column
bia flights, Brooklyn, where he lived for
many years The house was mortgaged some
years ago for $4,000. aud subsequently for
S., 0O0 the last named sum being raised for
the benefit of Theo. Tilton when the scan
dalous stery which was afterwards brought