Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-24
MISCELLANEOUS.

An n.clad is reported on the coast of
Ireland, to prevent the landing of arms
Lady Ouselly, daughter of Mr.. Van Ness,
formerly American Minister at Madrid, is
dead
A London special says: Gladstone will
soon be made peer under the title of Lord
Liverpool.
On suspicion of ravishing child, man
named Murch was given coat of tar and
feathers by party Of twenty five masked
men at Deadwood, ID. T., Saturday night.
It has been discovered that pouch of reg
istered frst-class mail matter from Rochester,
which arrived at Chicago Wednesday night,
was cut open and robbed of large amount
of valuables.
The Fort Clark elevator, with 100, 900
bushels of grain. was burned at Peoria, H.,
Saturday morning. and is probably a total
loss. Insured for S14, 900.
A fire in Kinsey & Makers building at
Peoria, Ill, Friday night. damaged the struc-
ture to the amount of $4,000. j. J. Sturges
lost $40, eco on his sickle works /; insured.
The immediate formation has been ordered
at Athens of three battalions of infantry, one
regiment of cavalry and one battalion of
engineers. The present strength of the Greek
army is 65, 600 men.
The renewal of snow-storms in portions of
England and ireland is reported. The
weather is very cold. There is bark ashore
near Boston abandoned by her crew.
Carrie Stokes (coloredl was murdered at
Atlanta, Ca, Friday night. Her body was
placed on a fire, wood piled around it, and
the clothing saturated with coal oil. The
head and face were horribly burned.
On the Rappahannock Saturday gorge
formed and caused the water and broken ice
to back up to the hight of eight feet, sub.
merging wharves and the lower story of the
Baltimore steamers warehouse at Fredericks-
burg, Va.
james C. Bodin of Mievetas, Cuba, was ar.
rested Saturday while coming up the bay to
New York, on charge of swindling his cred
itors in Cuba out of SIS, There was
S14, 600 found on his person the remainder
be said was in his business.
Much excitement was caused at Philadel-
phia Saturday by the uncovering of pile of
sixty collins by men digging trench near
the Aims House. The cUffias contained the
remains of victims of the cholera of 1S4S.
Reports from the southern part of Indiana,
Illinois and contiguous territory state the al
most entire failure of the whole crop in the
section named, owing to late planting and
the early and hard winter, large pcr.ion of
the wheat being mass of ice and the seed
frozen out The reports say not over one
fifth of crop can De made at best.
A colossal mortgage was filed Tor record IN
the Recorders office at Chicago on Saturday.
By its terms the Wabash St Louis and Pa
cifc Railway pledges its entire property for
the payment of mortgage of $50 600, 900 to
the Central Trust Company of New York
and james Cheney of Indiana.
Secretary of the Navy Gof, Secretary of
State Evarts, the Central Park Commission
ers and many representatives of the Masonic
fraternity, were among nearly 10000 people
who witnessed the placing of the obelisk
upon the pedestal in CeRtrsl Park on Sat-
urdsy.
The President has directed that the follow.
ing officers be placed on the retired list !:
Brigsdier-General W. N. Dunn, Judge Ad-
vocate General; General Stewart Van Yilet,
Assistant Quartermaster- General; Lieuten-
ant Colonel Samuel Woods, Deputy Pay
master General, and Major Joseph Eaton,
Paymsster.
A feet of fifteen vessels from Maryland
undertook to take oysters in the Rappahan-
neck. The Virginians opened upon the IN
vaders with howitzer, infiicting considerable
damage. The Marylanders replied with ri