Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-03-10
NEWS OF THE MORNING.

In New York yesterday Government bonds were
quoted al 1lS3 for As of 1907 loO2 for IS Of 1881;
ma for AS; sterling, 81 s1@4 SCI silver bars,
ll2s.
Silver in London, SGD !; consols, so ZIG; per
cent. United States bonds, 1oSs As, ll6l 43s
Il4l.
In San Francisco half dollars are quoted at dis
count to par Mexican dollars, 9o@9oic.
At Liverpool yesterday wheat was quoted at 9s Sd
sa9s Cd for good to choice California.
Mining stocks were generally lower in San Fran
cisco yesterday morning. The decline varied from
10 cents to Is cents in nearly all Comstock descrip
tons The closing rates were lower than the open
ing rates in most cases. There were no sales Of
Mexican Alpha or Kentuek, and but limited trans
actions in other kinds.
Three Indians ore on trial at Nevada City for the
murder OF a Chinaman.
Frederick c. Hill blew his brains out at Portland,
Or, yesterday morning.
D. O. Mills has resigned his Directorship in the
Western Union Telegraph Company.
President Garfield is seeking the advice OF General
Grant in regard to Mexican affairs and the China
and Japan trade.
George W. Gridley, one of the largest landholders
in Butte county, died suddenly at oroville yester
day.
The old Board of Directors was re elected yester-
day at the annual meeting of Hale s. Norcross.
The San Francisco Stock Board has suspended
eighty stocks for non-payment Of dues
Dick Lloyd, notorious cowboy, shot
dead at Maxey, A T., tuesday evening" by man
named oEeil.
Fire at Paris, France also at Ridgeuood, n. Y,
and Philadelphia.
The Governor of Nevada has signed the lottery
bill-authorizing the holding OF five gift concerts in
that State.
The body OF Mrs. Levi Belknap was found at
East Barnard, Vt, Saturday, in the ruins of her
burned residence.
All apprehonsons of an Ashantee war have ceased.
Whole villages are emigrating from Prussia to the
United States.
The Governor of Iowa has appointed J. W. McDill
to fill the unexpired term of Senator Kirkwood.
Amovement is on foot to compel the burial of all
telegraph wires in New York city.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company yesterday
declared dividend of II per cent. The net earn
ings for the year were S1S, ,2o4 4l6.
A dividend of Il per cent. has been declared by
the Western Union Telegraph Company
The Office of the Union Express. at Louisville
Ky, was robbed Tuesday night by masked men.
Albert c. Hatch was shot and killed at st. Louis
yesterday By Michael J. Reilly.
A desperate shooting affair occurred at FL Dorado
New, in which two men were wounded one slightly
and the other mortalIy.
The loss caused by the recent flood in Republican
Valley, Nebraska. sestimated at 500. 900
The Clearing house exchanges at New York last
week were the largest ever known, except for the
first week of the year
Sir Henry jackson, recently appointed Judge oi
the High Court of Justice at London, is dead.
Further details of the recent terrible earthquake
on the Island OF Ischia, Bay Of Naples, at hand
Rents of all kinds have recently advanced at Chi
cago from Is to so per cent.
In an accident yesterday on the Baltimore and Pc
tomac Railroad, fireman was killed and severa
passengers injured.
Angus Cameron has been chosen by the Wisconsin
Republican caucus for United States Senator
Thomls NJ Baker, twelve years clerk in tht
Dead Letter Office at Washington has been arrested
on a charge of rihing dead letters.
James Robinson died very suddenly yesterda!
near San Jose.
Mrs William Jones was mysteriousy shot anC
severely wounded on the street at Reno, New, las
evening.