Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-21
NEWS OF THE MORNING.

In New York Saturday Government bonds were
quoted at 11Ss for As of 1907 1909 for IS of 1881
1923 for As; sterling, - sS@4 SCI silver bars,
113s
Silver in London, sgd consols, % Is; per
cent. United States bonds, 1898; As, ll62; SIS,
lis.
In San Francisco half dollars quoted at dis
count to par; Mexican dollars, s99s9lc.
AT Liverpool turday wheat was quoted at 9s Sd
@9s I'd for good to choice California.
Mining stocks were quiet in san Francisco on
Saturday morning. There was but little change in
value. Consolidated Virginia and California were
trifie higher as were also some other Comstock de-
scriptions.
mass meeting was held at Colusa Saturday
evening in reference to the hydraulic mining ques
ton
The trouble between the Albion and Richmond
Mining Companies at Eureka, New, which looked
serious at one time, has ended for the present.
Two men were killed by a blast at Grange City
W. T., Friday-one being blown 500 and the other
100 feet.
The funeral of Fernando Wood took place at Wash.
ington Saturday, and was largely attended.
During the past week there were put in cireula
ton 90, 995 standard silver dollars.
Senator Blaine is still confined to his bed with
rheumatism.
An insane Italian shot and killed his brother al
Consyile, H., Saturday.
The Western Union Telegraph Company has in
creased its capital stock to ssO,OOO,O 600.
Two boats-one with 500 and the other 500 bale:
of cotton aboard-were burned at Monroe, La, Sat
urday
Mrs. Irene Crandall and her child were found
dead in Grant county, Mimi, Saturday murdered
by her husband.
Colonel W. A. Middlemiss, wealthy stock man.
frozen to death near River Bend, Col, Friday
Eddy Hancock, printer, was burned to death Sat
urday at Monroe, La.
The citizens of Detroit are moving to suppress
low concert dives saloons and other disreputable
places.
Edward Cheever shot and killed Thomas Garland
at Farmers Ranch, Col, Saturday.
Emigrant rates from Hamburg to New York have
been reduced to $50.
Mrs, Fowlkes has been found guilty at Peters
burg, Va, of the murder of her husband, and Sell
fenced to be hanged.
The city railroad stables in New York are afflicted
With horse distemper.
The village of Brevieres, Department of Savoy
has been destroyed by avalanches.
Body-snatching is extensively carried on in the
vicinity OF Montreal.
The synagogue at Neu stettin, Pomerana, has
been destroyed by fire.
Four students were burned to death Saturday
at the Academy OF Painting Munich, and eight Sc
rously injured
Wheeler, who strangled his sister-in.law at Sar
Francisco, was sentenced Saturday to be hangec
April 10Th.
The twelfth juror was secured in the Kaloch muir
of testimony commenced.
The cornerstone of a new Catholic church wa!
laid at Napa yesterday.
Harrison Rice, pioneer of Oregon, was killed by
a vicious horse at Roseburg on the 18th instant.
James Tippen, an old man, was burned to death
few days ago in Wasco county, Oregon.
DR.. S. E. Joseph has been appointed Superin
tendent of the Oregon State Insane Asylum, vice
Hawthorne deceased.
A. r. Struthers, a wealthy catteman, was assas
sinated at Dallas Texas, Saturday evening
Fire at Boston; also at Denver, Col, and at Gin
cinnati.
The Gar is distributing money in the famine
stricken districts OF Russia.
Daniel Fish, German, killed himself at Tucson
A. 7. yesterday.
Bette Adams, young lady, shot herself at In
dianapos yesterday.