Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-11-22

this morning, his head crushed and bloody.
The house had evidently been plundered.
The murderer LETT come clothes which seemed
so be those OF tramp seen In the neighbor-
hood yesterday. He was young German,
about 19 years old.
Pacific Coast HAIL Service.
WAsHINGToN, November 21st.-In his an
nuai report the Postmaster-General gives 8
review Of the rapid Development of the West
and the temptation t. extend the mail facil-
tiles beyond their needs at lavish cost In
1851 what was practically branch Post.
Office Department had to be established in
San Francisco; advertisements and the
letting of mail routes had to be relegated to
special agent Of the Department, clothed
with extraordinary powers foT this purpose.
The great distance from the seat Of Govern
ment, and the delay in communicating with
the Departments agents, incident to long
voyage, crippled the efforts of the Govern
ment in establishing mail seryice. Private
| enterprise, always alert to seize an
opportunity which promises large returns
upon email investments, was equal TO this
occasion, aud the express mails Of California
were the result. Miners depended largely
upon the private express company, not only
for their necessary supplies, but as a safe
| medium Of transmitting their Accommodations
TO friends or place OF safety. 1t was but
natural that the general cfiice OF tie express
company at San Francisco should become
| the adj; e5s OF al the aaverturers who locked
/ TO the golden shores of the Pacific coast.
| The express company readily undertook the
| task of delivering the letters thus accumulat.
ing at their office, because it was very pro6ta-
| BE. They could charge what they pleased.
| This was the origin of what is known
as Wells, Fargo & Co.'s postal service
| in California an Institution TO which
| the people have become so accustomed that,
notwithstanding the acknowledged efficiency
| of the Government service, they still very
| largely patronizs it. The building of the
Panama Railroad did not decrease the cost
of transportation of the mails to California.
| That company had monopoly of transport.
| ing across the Isthmus, and regulated its own
charges. For several years the Government
was at the mercy of the railroad company.
| Then followed other mail routes, by way
of Tehuantepee and across Mexico. Ad-
venturers and schemers swarmed about the
corridors of the Capitol, and lsbored session
after session of Congress for special con.
tracts. The great overland routes were es-
tablished, and vast sums were annually
drawn for the Treasury for this costly branch
OF the service.
Hanged by a Mob.
ATHENS (O.), November 2lst.-Chris. Da.
Wis, mulatto who was in Ill for outrageous
assault upon an elderly woman Mrs. Locke,
living at AlbanY) YVES hanged by mob last
night. The Sheriff was overpowered and
held while the mob broke into the cell and
took Davis out This morning his dead body
was found hanging to bridge over Hooking
river, at the south edge of town. The mob
was not masked, and will be arrested.
rSEroNn DJSpA Tru
CINCINNATI, November 21st.-A Gazette
special from Athens, Ohio, says: When Da-
Wis was taken to the bridge with rope
round his neck, he was asked to confess. He
quired what would be done with him if he
CO fess d. They told him he would be taken
bask to jail, to be dealt with by law. He
h STATED, and again asked if they would not
hang him if he confessed. Being second time
assured that they would not, he then said
I'm the man." At this there was an in
slant cry of "Throw him off," The other
end of the rope was made fast to the bridge,
and they gave him three minutes in which to
pray, but he did not offer a prayer. He said
he was ready to die. When the time ex-
pired he was hurled off the bridge, and his
neck was broken by the fall. The Coroner
began an inquest, but has not yet given a
verdict.