Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-29

miles, will be accomplished in twenty hours,
| allowing an hour for the difference of time
between the two cities This train will be
composed exclusively of Pullman palace cars
through from Chicago as follows One to
| Pittsburg, one to Baltimore and Washington,
one TO Philadelphia and three to New York.
| The Pullman hotel diningcar will be at
tached, and meals will be served to order. by
card or by regular meals, at 70 cents each
! The train will not stop for meals. 1t Is pro-
posed to limit the number of passengers to
| the comfortable seating and sleeping capacity,
and SO extra viii be charged for tickets by
the train, with the usual sleeping-car prices.
| Murder OF "A sfafion.Agent.
OMAHA. October 2Sth.-A dispatch was re-
ceived at the Union Pacific headquarters this
morning from c. w. Thatcher, Sdperintend-
emit of the Utah and Northern Railway at
Logan, Idaho, stating that J. Hinckley, the
| company's agent at franklin, was shot dead
at the station at 10 o'clock last night by
band of unknown masked men. SupeIin-
tendent Thatcher asked how much reward
to offer for the capture OF the murderers, and
| General Superintendent Clark Immediately
authorized him to offer reward of 81 900.
A later dispatch says it is very evident
that the men who shot Hinckley intended to
rob the station. They stepped into the Office
and, presenting revolver, ordered Lin to
throw up his hands, and at the same time
| the weapon was discharged unintentionally,
| it is thought, and the ball struck him in the
chin. passing through his throat and break
ing his neck, killing him almost instantly.
The men were probably frightened, and i'm
mediately left without further action. A
young man who carries the mail between The
depot and Postoffice was in bed in another
part of the Office and saw the whole transac.
tim. Two Notwithstanding strangers have
been noticed in town for two or three days
past. Several parties are securing the csun-
try in search of them.
The Western Fieod.
BURLINGTON Ia, October 2Sth. The river
rose an inch to-day, and is now seven inches
above the food line of 1880. Several hard
showers occurred tonight,
MILWAUKEE, October 2Sth.--The Republi-
cans Oshkosh special says The water is very
high, owing to the continued rains. Much
damage has been done to property along the
river.
HANNIBAL, October 2Sth.-The loss by the
break In the Suy levee this morning is esti-
mated at half million. The trestlework of
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy road was
carried away by the flood. The corn and
fences are generally destroyed.
The Death Penalty.
CHARLoTTE IN. Gu October 2Sth.-Allen
johnson (colored) was hanged to-day for the
brutal murder Of an old blind negro in Janu-
airy, 1880.
DALLAS (Tex), October 2Sth.-Jack Post
was hanged to-day in the presence of thou.
sands of spectators. the sJallows was
erected on hill near town, and some tine
surrounded by crowd. Many negroes
fiocked from the plantations as to circus.
Many had lunch baskets and ale, and drank
and cracked Jokes while waiting for the
Sheriff and the condemned man.
Doubtful Congressional Districts OF New
York state.
New York, October 28th.-The Rochester
Democrat has pointed out that there are
eleven districts unrepresented in the State
Senate by the Republicans, on which the
Democrats will this fall make a vigorous as
sault, in order to recover their party majority
in the upper house of the Legislature.
The Times says on this subject that they
include the First, Third, Seventh, Eighth,
Tenth and Eleventh Districts, all situated
between the extremity of Long Island and
Spuvten Duyvel creek, and of these six
doubtful districts the Republicans have a
reasonable certainty of carrying two. OF
the five others the Twelfth, Thirteenth,
Seventeenth, Twenty.nihth and Thirty. first,
; which are the ones chiefly threatened by the
Deuiocrats-we should regard all but the
Seventeenth Albany District as tolerably Sc
cure. The Times adds that it reluctantly
came to the support of Astor for Congress in
the Eleventh Congressional District because
his Democratic opponent, Fowler, is Kelly
man, and also because the Republican ma
jority in the House of Representatives is a
somewhat narrow one, and the interest de-
pendent on its maintenance should outweigh
the desire to administer a lesson to aspiring
statesmen who prefer the dictates of party
bosses to the wishes of the people.
The New York Water Situation.
New YORK, October 2Sth-The water sit
uation is unchanged, except that this morn
ing the city had about 10000, 900 gallons less
than yesterday. In cases where water is
wasted By householders the supply will be
turned off without warning, whether the
waste occurs from carelessness or not. Ar
rangements are made TO open the hood-gates
promptly when an increase Of water pressure
is needed by the fire department. No factory
has yet closed from lack of water, but many
BARRIERS have shut up their baths. One liquor
saloon requests its patrons to use water in
moderation. Many firms are anticipating a
total failure, and will arrange for supply
from Brooklyn and Jersey City.
MOrgnn's Declfnatf0n.
WASHINGTON. October Following is
ex Governor Morgan's telegram to the Presi-
dent declining the office of Secretary of the
Treasury:
NEW YORK, October 25th.-It is painful to refuse
any request OF yours. 1t has been especially so
during the whole of the past week, and more so
now, since your generous action and the prompt
concurrence of the Senate but considering my age
and the engrossng character of the duties of the
Treasury Department, am compelled to decline its
acceptance. Thanking you for this great honor, l
xtstrh raorl nne and tam trnrIr frIan
E. D. MORGAN.
The New Secretary OF the Treasury.
New YORK, October 2Sth.-Judge Folger
says he will not enter upon his duties as Sec
rotary of the Treasury until the cases argued
before the present term of the Court of APP
peals have been considered, which will occupy
about fortnight
An Aged Couple Found Dead.
BELLOWS FALLS tVt.), October 2Sth.-
Ezra z. Cook and wife, an old couple, were
found dead in their house this afternoon. No
evidence of violence was found upon the man,
But on the woman's head there was a cut
three inches long. The skull was not tract
ured. Death was probably caused by concus-
sion of the brain. Mrs Cook often intimated
that she was of unsound mind. and in the
bedroom was found an undated letter, saying
that she was crazy, and if at any time she
was found dead, she wished her son to be good
to his father. The general opinion is that the
woman administered poison to her husband
and then inflicted the blow upon herself.
The BoucicauIt Divorce Case.
New York, October 2Sth.-The general
term of the Supreme Court, in the divorce
suit of Agnes Robertson Boucicault against
her husband, Dion, ordered that defendant
must pay the accrued alimony, but may move
for reduction of the amount to be paid in
the future.
Boston Troubled Abouf Her Water.
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