Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-09-07

that the physicians were but cheering him,
and that he would die He was a splendid
fellow, and would 90 his duty and treat the
South fairly. His stalwart successor would
be the reverse, and would be worse than the
devil TO the South
Arthur and the Presidency.
NEW YORK, September 6sb-The Tribune
says: Friends Of General Arthur say that it
is not unlikely that he will go to Washington
within a day or two. The opinion seems to
be gaining ground among them that he will
be called on very soon to assume the duties
of President while Garfield is absent from the
! seat Of government.
Welcome HoIne.
CISorNNATI, September 6th.-A reception
was given tonight TO General Noyes, late
| Minister TO France. who returned this morn
ing to his home. Brief addresses were made
on the balcony of the Gibson House, in the
! presence of a large audience gathered in the
street, by Judge Highly and Judge Taft, to
which General Noyes made a short response.
| After the speeches formal reception was
held by Mr.. and Mrs. NOyes, and very
large number CT ladies and gentlemen person
ally welcomed them back to Cincinnati.
Terrible Railroad Accident.
CoUNcIL BLUFFS (Ia), September 6th-A
special dispatch to the NoRparie5 from Shen-
! aHtO1bs lVNds gives iOtloNtHS
of terrible accident which occurred near
that place this afternoon. Passenger train
No. 81, north bound, on the Wabash road,
| this afternoon was ditched five miles west
| of this place, about 3 O'Clock. Nineteen per-
sons were more or less injured, and one
named Thomas G. Leacox, was killed out
right. Two or three others will probably die.
The train, except the engine, tumbled down
an embankment about ten feet high. The
cause of the accident is not known
Brought and Forest FIRES in Michigan.
EAST SAGINAW, September 6th.-No rain
has fallen in six weeks in Saginaw valley,
and heavy fires are doing immense damage
! Trains on some roads are stopped by fire.
| Tonight the people are fighting fire in every
| direction. Telegraph communication with
st. Louis IS cut off, and the wires are down
! between Vassar and Detroit. Several miles
of feEce on the Flint and Pere Marquette road
were burned to-day. Porters station, on the
st. Louis road. was burned up this afternoon.
| Probably 100000 worth OF property has
been destroyed in the valley. The crops are
about ruined in the valley sections by the
drought.
The Fire Record.
CHICAGO September CHA special says
there was a big fire at Arcata. H., last
night. 1t is estimated that the loss was
500, 0C0: insurance 81. OOO. Desperate work
and change of wind alone prevented a
much greater confagration.
ST. LOUIS, September CHA Post Dis.
pateh's special says the Armstrong House at
Mensoha was burned to the ground this
morning. The guests escaped uphurt. The
property was only partially insured.
New Theaier AT Chicago.
CHICAGO, September 6tb-The Briteran
Theater was opened tonight 1t is a new
and elegantly equipped place of amusement,
situated on Sedgwick street, near Division.
Shocking 4GaiT-EIeven Men Blown to
Atoms.
MARQUTTE Mich. J. September 6sh The
packing house of the Lake Superior Powder
Company exploded at s o'clock to-day Elev-
Ell men were blown to atoms Small pieces
of their bodies were found in all directions.
Nothing of the building was left, and nobody
was left to tell the cause of the accident
The Only Negro Graduate of West Point.
SAN ANTONIO, September 6th.-The Court
martial for the trial of Lieutenant Flipper,
the only negro graduate of West Point, con-
venes here September 18th, under the Presi-
dency ofiColonel Penny packer. The amount
embezzled by Flipper is placed at S1,700.
Squirrels Making Mischief.
ST. LOUIS, September 6th.-Squirrels in
Arkansas are said to be eating the cotton
seed and scattering the cotton balls. Their
usual fcod, nuts and acorns, was a failure
! this year