Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-18

ramento; K. S. Hall. New York; T. A.
Dearborn and wife, Chicago William w.
Allis, Milwaukee +; d. G. Lyall, the Misses
Lyal. Brooklyn: j. Wheeler, Boston ].
w. Wilton, New York; General Buell.. Ar
iona Mrs. S. G. Lillis, Miss Helen Lillis,
Sacramento.
Eighteen through emigrants left on last
nights emigrant train to arrive in Sacra-
mento March 24th, and IS to uight, to arrive
March 25th
school.marm Elopes with One of
Her Pupils. and Omaha Enjoys
BREEZY sensation.
OMAHA, March 17th.-A decided sensation
has been created here by the announcement
of the elopelnent of Miss Ellen M. Ssratson,
teacher in the Central public school, with
Charles Dake, her favorite pupil. She Is
| about 80 years old, and he is not yet 49, She
has always been regarded as fine teacher and
an accomplished lady. The boy is the son of
b. L. Duke, a prominent hardware merchant
Young Duke has for some time past been In
the habit of visiting her at her room of even
ings TO take extra tuition in his Studies SO it
is claimed, and the result was that they fell
in love, and to such extent that elopement
seemed to them to be necessary. Miss STRAIT
ton has. within the past three or four weeks.
been preparing for this event by borrowing
| several hundred dollars from her sister
teachers in sums ranging from S25 to Sl00.
She also left unpaid several large sized store
bills, a board bill, etc. and her creditors to
day endeavored to find something to attach,
but nothing could be found of any great
value. Miss Stratton was well known here,
and no one would ever have suspected any
thing OF the kind from her. The clipping
couple have gone to Chicago.
ST. Patrick's Day at the Fast.
CHICAGO. March 17th.-Yellow and green
| ribbons in the button-holes are the only in
dicatious that to-day is an Irish holiday. Be-
| yond these tokens and The celebration in st.
Patrick's Church of high mass by Archbishop
Feehan, there is no evidence that the usually
| lively and hilarious st. Patricks Day is at
at hand. The societies are barred from
parading by the abominable condition Of the
streets, and also by their inclination TO use
| the money which would be 80 expended, for
the amelioration of their fellow-countrymen
across the Atlantic in obtaining what they
consider to be their rights as against the
alleged oppression of landlords The Irish
citizens here have sent over considerable
sums of money. and, it is understood, more
is ready TO go forward now for that purpose.
| The day is being observed similarly all over
the country.
Dispatches from Eastern and Southern
| States and Canada represent that ST. Pat
| rick's Day was observed more quietly than
usual the procession in many cases being
| dispensed with, meetings, games and various
amusements taking the place of the parade.
The Southern Pacific Railroad and Cali
fornia Grain Shipment.
ST. LOUIS, March 17th.-Negotiations have
been pending for several days between st.
| Louis and New Orleans transportation com.
panies and parties in San Francisco for the
conveyance of twenty thousand carloads of
j California wheat from this city, and hence by
| barges to New Orleans for European ship.
ment. There is difference between the par
| ties as to rate of river freights, and it is not
known az yet whether the shipment can be
made. Should satisfactory arrangements be
! closed, the wheat which will come here by
railroad will amount to from 5000, 600 to
| 100000 of bushels.
| More Railroad Building In the West.
| ST. LOUIS, March 17th.-Two barge loads
! of steel rails arrived last evening from New
Orleans. They belong TO the Denver and Rio
| Grande Railway, and will be forwarded via
| the Missouri Pacific and the Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe roads to Pueblo, Colo
RADIO. Two thousand tons of steel rails are in
transit from England for the same road, and
will arrive here via New Orleans in the i'm
mediate future. A large number of locomo.
tiyes and cars for the same road have also
| Just been contracted for with Eastern engine
and car builders.
! Careless RaiIrOadins-L Loss of Life and
Serious Injury.
DETROIT, March 17th.-Two workmen, go
ing home ON the Lake Shore track last even
ing, were struck by the outgoing train. One
was killed and the other lost a leg and is
probably fatally injured. The locomotive
lamp was not lighted, nor did the bell or
whistle give any warning. The company is
| charged with causing many accidents through
its carelessness.
The Pork Expectation Matter, and the
| Merchants.
NEW York, March 17th.-Seyeral promi-
nent provision merchants sent dispatch to
Secretary Blaine yesterday. reading as fol.
lows: Gables from France this morning
indicate that there ia some impeachment 10
allowing entry of pork products shipped
before the recent edicts were issued.
We respectfully request yon to Ca.
BILE to the American Minister at
Paris to insist that such shipments, docu-
ments for which were dated prior to the
edict, shall be duly received, as otherwise
great hardships are incurred by shippers and
the trade" Late in the afternoon the fol-
lowing reply was received:
WASHINGTON, March I7th-I have instructed our
Minister in Paris to the effect desired.
JAMES G. BLAINE.
After the street Authorities.
New York, March 17th.-A meeting is
being held tonight at the Cooper Institute
to demand Of the Legislature reform in the
methods of STRENGTHENING, and it promises
to investigate the affair. The call is signed
by the largest and most influential array of
names appended to any public meeting called
since the war. 1be movement was initiated
by leading physicians, who ascribe the start
ling increase in mortality records of late to
the condition of our streets.
sympathy for the Beers.
New YORK, March 17th.-Beecher has ac-
cepted an invitation to speak at the mass
meeting at the Cooper Institute on the 23d,
under the auspices of the Transvaal Beers
Sympathy Committee, to pass resolutions
approving of the course of President Joubert
and followers, and deuouncing the policy of
Great Britain toward the Dutch patriots.
Kepudiating schwab and His Sayings.
DETROIT, March 17th.-The Socialist Labor
party, which have some great central organ
ization in this city, published statement to
day repudiating all connection and sympathy
with Julius Schwab of New Y ork and his say
ings about the assassination of Vanderbilt.
Jay Could and others. They denounce his
utterances as idiotic and tending to defeat
efforts looking to the ameliorating of the con-
dition of the workingmen.
Russia's Active sympathy for the Union.
New YORK, March 17th.-The Tribune
prints letter corroborating the story that
early in the war of rebellion, when the Rus
sian feet lay for several months in the harbor
and other Russian men-of-war were stationed
at San Francisco, sealed orders were in the
Russian Admiral's hands, to the effect that
if either England or France took any part
favoring the South, the Admiral was at once
to report to President Lincoln for orders.
Eeene and Vanderbilt to Go Abroad.
New York, March 17th.-W. II. Wander
bilt sails for Europe on April 14th, and Jas.
| T. Keene is going abroad the latter part of
the same month. This IS considered as an
indication that the market will not feel the
influence of their support for some time.
Associated Press Agent Coming.
CHICAGO, March 17th.-James w. Simon
ton, General Agent of the New York Associ-
ated Press, with his bride, started this noon
for California, after having spent day here
| in receiving his numerous friends and those
of his wife.
silver and Stocks.
] New YORK, March 17th.-Silver bars,
112; money easy at 4@6; Governments
generally firm; stocks closed steady; Western
Union. 114I; Quicksilver, offered, 15b /; Pacific
Mail, 754; Mariposa, 4; Wells, Fargo, lis !;