Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-11

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viii be here with his friends to compete for
the prize. This announcement has given in
creased zest to the contest, and intensified the
zeal of those who are pressing the claims of
Platt and Crowley 1t is assumed that the
formal advent of Morton is with the concur
renee of Senator Conklipg Il looks like it,
but there is no public evidence of the fact.
Grant Going TO Mexico.
New YORK, January 10th.-A writer in
the San says General Grant will probably
start for Mexico within the next thirty days
for ths purpose of obtaining accurate inform
alton and forming an opinion as to several
concessions for the benefit of the Consolida-
ton Committee of the Mexican railway, of
which he is member.
Weather Reports.
New York, January 10th-Through last
nights rain following yesterdays heavy
snowfall, and the warm sunshine of to-day
the streets are made running canals, the
squares are lskes, and the sidewalks quag-
mires. The storm extends along the coast.
New Hampshire has Ia inches of snow and
heavy rainfall.
MoNTRosR IN. W January 10th.-Tbe
snow-storm of last night, which was severe at
all points north, changed into hail and sleet
and again into heavy rain. Through trains
from the West were four hours late.
CHICAGO, January 10th.-It is much colder
to-day. Some thermometers early this morn
ing registered 1S' below zero. In the Western
States, generally, the weather is very severe.
SHREVEPORT (La.l, January 10th.-Two
inches of snow fell here yesterday.
Boston, January 10th.-Reports from vari
Gus sections in Maine, Vermont and New
Hampshire represent the storm of last night
and to-day as the severest of the winter.
At Brattleboro. VT, foot of snow had
fallen up to noon to day, when the storm
terminated with 2 heavy sleet, which delayed
trains and stages about FIVE hours. In some
localities of Vermont nearly two feet of snow
fell, which, aided by the quantity already ON
the ground, made four feet on a level.
In this city the snow which commenced
last night turned to rain early this morning,
and the streets were rendered almost impass-
able.
CHICAGO, Janusry 10sh.-More reports
from all parts of Iowa show that the cold
was from 20' to So below zero last night and
this morning, being more severe at some
places than ever known before. At St. Louis
it was III below this morning, and is still
very cold. Here it is s. above at midnight,
while there is TO sign of let up elsewhere.
GALVESTON, j anuary 10th.-The Ne,cs' spe-
cial from Taylorville, Texas. says: Snow
began falling here yesterday morning, and
continued all day. 1t was one of the heaviest
snow storms ever seen in this region.
RUsK TEX January 10sh.-Snow to the
depth of three inches fell here yesterday.
FORT DAVIS TEX, January 10th.-Six
inches of snow fell here the night of the 18TH
The mercury is down to zero.
CHICAGO, January 10th.-It was reported
that spirit thermometer at Stephens Point,
Wis, this morning stood at 52' below, and
that at St. Paul tonight it was so below,
the mercury being frozen. The correctness
of these reports is not get established, and is
doubtful.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, January 10th-The ther-
mometer in this city and adjoining towns at
sunrise day indicated go to So below zero
Fires.
New YORK, January 10th.-The building
occupied by the Ansonia clock works was
burned yesterday. Loss. $40, coo. The Welch
Manufacturing Company on the second floor
lose S10,0 900. The Ansonia was burned out a
few weeks ago. There are suspicious of in
cendiaries, as the foreman is very unpopular.
MEMPHIS, January 10th.-A large number
of business buildings were burned to-day.
Loss heavy.
ST. LOUIS, January 10th.-Several firms on
Broadway and Biddle streets were burned
out last nlshC. L ne LOSSES aggregate S0o, UUU
insured. The chief losers were the Broad
way Foundry Company.
DENVER (Col J, January 1Oth.-Wolber's
carriage factory and contents were burr ed
to-day, and Schuler's soda water factory
badly damaged. Loss en- the carriage fact
DRY. S15. coo; insurance, $4,000. Schuler's
loss, $1,000; fully insured.
Interstate Commerce.
WASHINGTON, January 10Th -Representa-
tive Deuster introduced a bill to-day to regu.
late interstate commerce. 1t provides against
discrimination, and entities party who may
| have been Disseminated against to recover in
the Courts double the amount of injury he
may have received. 1t further provides that
! corporations engaged as common carriers in
! interstate traffic shall each year, upon the
| LIST of October, report to the Secretary OF the
Interior upon the following subjects Their
capital stock, funded debt, liabilities, assets,
revenue, expenditures properly. nun Der of
passengers carried, amount of freight cay
RED, rates charged, accidents, officers, en-
| ployes and such other matters as the Secre-
tary may deem necessary. 1t also provides
for the appointment of three Commissioners,
one Of whom shall be skilled engineer and
one lawyer, whose duty it shall be, in case
of any accident resulting in loss of life by the
breaking of bridge or from other causes, to
summon Witnesses and take testimony, and
report to the Secretary of the Interior as to
the cause and blame, with such recommends
lions as they may deem advisable to prevent
their recurrence.
The Deal in western Union -" shorts"
Terribly Twisted.
New YORK, January 105h.-The I" shorts
in Western Union have been terribly twisted
by the last rise in that stock. The losses of
a prominent operator, who is an intimate
friend of Vanderbilt, are estimated at $780,
Co., A relative of the latter lost $50, 000
aud a Broad-street broker lost the same
amount. A prominent new street operator
lost $50 600, and former partner of Gould
dropped $50, GOO ON the deal.
United states Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON, January 105h - The Su-
preme Court has announced the following
order:
There having been an Associate Justice OF this
Court appoint since the commencement OF this
term, it is ordered that the following allpments be
made of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices Of
said Court among the circuits agreeable to the Act
OF Congress in such case made and provided, and
that such allotment be entered on record viz Fer
the First Circuit Court, Nathan Clifford, Associate
Justice; Second Circuit, Ward Hunt, Associate
Justice; Third Circuit Joseph p. Bradley Associate
Justice; Fourth Circuit, Morrison r. Waite, Chief
Justice Fifth Circuit, William 3. Woods Associate
Justice Sixth Circuit, ,ah II. Swayne Associate
Justice Seventh Circuit John NJ Harlan, Associate
Justice Eighth Circuit, Samuel Miller, Associate
Justice Ninth Circuit, Stephen j. Field Associate
Justice.
Supreme Court Decision.
WASHINGTON, January 10sh.-The follow
ing was among the business transacted in the
Supreme Court to-day: Isaac W. Card,
plaintiff in error. VS.. the Gcodall, Nelson Il
Perkins Steamship Company, in error to the
Circuit Court of the United States for the
District of California. This was suit
brought by the plaintiff in error against the
steamship company, to recover the
value of quantity OF goods shipped
by him from San Francisco to
Los Angeles and San Diego, Cal, on CON-
pany's steamer Ventura, which was lost
through the negligence, as it is asserted, of
her officers. Ire Court below charged that
the provisions # Section 1888 of the Revised
St ltutes Ct the United States exempted the
owners of vessels from all liability where
damage occurred through the negligence
OF the master but without the knowledge or
privity of the owners. A verdict and judg-
ment were therefore rendered in favor of the
defendants. The plaintiff in error here con-
tends that steamer running from port in
the same State is subject to State and not to
Federal laws, and that under the laws of
California the defendants in error are liable
This Court holds that vessel upon the high
seas, even though she be running from port
to port in the same State, is in every just sense
engagedin commerce 18th foreign nations. and
thattherefore she and the business in which she
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