Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-03-08

In New York yesterday Government bonds were
quoted at I1ss for As of 1907; lo1 for IS OF 1881
III for As; sterling, 81 sIl@4 81 silver bars,
lls
Silver in London, 5lld; consois, 90 SIG; 5 per
cent. United States bonds, lo54; As, ll1s; As
ll44.
In San Francisco has dollars are quoted at dis
,.,unt TO par Mexican dollars, 9oG90lc.
At Liverpool yesterday wheat was quoted at es Cd
a9s 1Od Tor good to choice California.
Mining stocks oaened quiet in San Francisco yes
teriay morning. Values generally were lower than
on Saturday There was as much business a. the
informal as at the regular session.
Boston capitalists are trying to make San Diego
a rival Of San Francisco.
A bold highway robbery was committed in Chi
cago Sunday night
The snow blockade continues in Illinois, wiscon-
gin, Iowa and Minnesota.
1t is stated that at the present rate OF depletion,
it will only take twenty years to exhaust the pine
forests Of the country.
At Georgetown, O., Saturday night. Edward
Young shot and killed George Ashmors and serious
ly wounded James Ashmorc and Clinton Campbell.
cable is TO be laid north and south from the
Isthmus Of Panama, to connect with the United
states and Europe.
Mrs Elizabeth &. Churchill, the well known
champion Of wonan's rights, died yesterday at
Providence, R. 1.
1t is reported but dsbelieved, in London that the
Bosrs have killed General Sir Evelyn Wood, Gen
eral Colley' successor.
All the new Cabinet officers qualified at Washing
ton yesterday excepting Lincoln and took charge OF
their respective Departments.
Louis C Boss, ntractlng agent Of the Wabash
Railroad, killed himself at St. Louis yesterday
The President has nominated ex Secretary of the
Navy cof to be United States Attorney for West
Virginia.
France has decided to recall its representative in
Venezuela
The report Of the plague in Mesopotamia is fully
confirmed
The recent storm on the coast Of Scotland caused
great destruction of shipping and shocking loss o
life
Matte R. Hunter the famous pacing mare, was
sold at St. Louis yesterday to John splan for sl2
600.
John Pendy was run over and killed Saturday OF
the Northern Pacific Railroad in Washington Terri
tory
int ITtaSuTST dnd SECRETARY OI Tue lily VI atei
Works at Toledo o., has fed to Europe with othei
funds than his own
The jewel casket of Charlotte Thompson, the
actress containing diamonds valued at $4,000, was
stolen at Toledo, o. Sunday.
Portland, Or, has levied tax of ~ mills for
school purposes.
Malone Of Virginia was sworn in as United States
Senator yesterday, taking his seat upon the Repub-
lican side
One thousand iron workers struck yesterday at
Springfield, II.
The trouble at Yuma, A. T., has ceased, the oppo-
sition to the United States Marshal having weak
ened.
The Treasurer OF Marion county, No., is a de-
faulter and has fed the State.
An unsuccessful attempt was made Saturday night
to burn the insane asylum at Topeka, KS, by in
cendiaries.
The Maine Legislature viii elect a successor to
Blaine on the 18th inst.
Miss Matte Ishmael was brutalIy murdered Satur-
day near Jonesboro, Ark.
By the recsnt earthquake on the Island of Ischa,
in the Bay OF Naples, $4,000 people are without
shelter.
An immense meeting of German Socialists was
held in Boston last night.
The Wisconsin REPUBLICAN are struggling over
the choice of United States Senator
George Haub was run over and killed on the sea
wall at San Francisco yesterday.