Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-24

found in his body. Wm. Smith is now in
| jail charged with murder in the first degree
The wife and stepdaughter of Felter have
been arrested as accessories to the crime. The
wife is pretty woman, "a years of age, and
the stepdaughter is 10. Smith ran off with
| Feltsr's wife year ago, and hard feeling
has existed between them ever since. The
wife is educated and good looking, but bears
a bad character.
Senator Carpenters Condition.
! MILWAUKEE, February 23i.-A private
dispatch (othcial) from Senator Carpenters
bedside, says: g His situation is very criti-
cal. He will die soon.h This announcement
creates great excitement in political circles.
The question of who shall succeed Carpenter
is already agitated. Leading Republicans
favor August Cameron, Q. Q. Washburne,
Horace Ruble, E. w. Reyes and Judge
Caidyer, according to the respective factions.
| Matthew H Carpenter of Milwaukee,
was born at Moretown, Vermont, IN 1874
entered the Military Academy at West
| Point ia 1913, and remained there two years;
studied law with Rufus Choate. and was ad-
mitted to the bar; removed to Wisconsin IN
1913, and entered upon the practice OF his
profession A; was elected to the United states
Senate as a Republican in place OF james X.
Doolittle. and served from March 4, 1869 to
March 8. 1875 practiced law at Washington
and Milwaukee was again elected to the
United States Senate as Republican in
place of Timothy o. Howe, and took his seat
March IS, 1879, his term of service to expire
March 8, 1885
MILWAUKEE, February 23d.-A telegram
from Senator Carpenters daughter to a
friend here states tnat the Senator Is very
low and that his physicians have given up
hope.
WASHINGTON, February 24th-A. M.-Sen-
ator Carpenters condition at midnight is re-
ported hopeless by his physicians. Though
| he NAV possibly live several days yet, his
| death is expected hourly.
Business of the clearinghouse
| Exchanges.
New YORK, February 23d.-From the Pub
lies table of Clearing. house exchanges for the
third week in February it is manifest that
business was irregular and manifested less
general improvement in points outside OF New
York than those of the past two weeks, but
this is by no means a surprising or unfavora-
BILE indication, in view of the remarkable in
terrnption of communications in many parts
of the country during the period, for, not
withstanding the irregularity of returns, the
aggregate outside of New York is Is per cent
greater.
NEW YORK, February 2Sd.-Silver bars.
1133 money closed at o; Governments
weak; stocks closed weak; western
Union, 1151; Quicksilver, IA Pacific Mail,
55; Mariposa, 4; Wells, Fargo, lis; New
York Central, 145s Erie, 4S5; Panama,
22S offered; Union Pacific, 49,; bonds,
1144; Central Pacific, S6R; bonds, 1lS4 /;
Sutro, II.
Stock Exchange Association at Denver.
DENVER Coli, February 231.-The Den
yer Stock Exchange Association has COM
pleted its organization, with full Board OF
prominent capitalists. General +. j. Mar
shall is President, and III. A. w. Tabor
Vice President. 1t is the purpose to proceed |
Immediately to the active business OF an Elk
change. The plan of organization, and the
heavy capitalists who have organized it. In.
sure its permancy and activity.
General Hancock VIII be Present at the
Inauguration.
WASHINGTON, February 23l.-General
Hancock writes to the Inauguration Commit
tee:
shall be present, accompanied by General James
B. FRYE General A. J. Perry and General W. G.
Mitchell who request that this letter be received by
the committee as an acceptance of the invitation
given them through me. Thanking you and the
committee for the courtesy extended, am, very
truly yours WINFIELD S. HANCOCK.
General Sherman has invited General 4.
NJ. Dayton of Ohio to act as aid in the pro-
ceSsiOn.
| tatal shOOtiHS Analrs.
CHATTANOOGA, February 23d.-John Tay-
lor, a steamboat engineer, was shot dead to-
night by Captain John Fletcher.
CHARLOTTE IN. c J. February 29d.-A bag
gage-master ramed Harper and carpenter
named Farrington-both employees of the At
lantic and Charlotte Railroad-quarrelled to-
day and exchanged shots. Harper was
killed.
GALVESTON, February 23d.-A Neacs spe-
cial says James Gibbons, barkeeper, shot
and killed James O'Connor at Marshall.
Robert Henry (cOlored) was shot dead to-
night at Brennan while returning home
Joseph Crockett, a negro, is charged with the
murder.
Fatal Game of Ca cards the Players
DENVER (Col.), February 23d.-The Trib-
unes Santa Fa specialsays The first of the
week shooting ARRAY occurred in a gambling
, booth in a secluded spot FIVE miles from the
stage road, between Fort Wingate and
Bacon's Springs. Four men entered the sa-
loon and called for a drink. The proprietor
stated that he sold no whisky, but if the men
wanted to gamble they could, and be sup
piled with whisky. The four men then sat
down with the proprietor, and after playing
some time a row began, resulting in the death
of all the card players, each being shot sew
eral times. No arrests have been made.
Explosion In a Fireworks Factory.
NEW YORK, February 23d.-By an explo-
sion il Detwiler's fireworks factory, near
Jersey City, this evening, James Glllen,
boy, is thought to be fatally injured and two
other boys named Nemott and Leopold, and
and an old man named Cooley, and three
others are badly burned. There was fatal
explosion at the same factory few days ago.
The McCIoud Fishery.
| III,
Booth to-day introduced an amendment to be
proposed to the sundry civil appropriation
bill, when it reaches the Senate, providing for
the restoration of the Government salmon
fishery establishment on the NIcCloud river,
the buildings of which were destroyed by
floods. The amendment provides for S15, 900
for this purpose.
Branch Dead letter Office.
WASHINGTON, February 23d.-Senator Far
ley obtained the passage by the Senate OF his
bill to provide for the establishment branch
Dead Letter Office for the Pacific coast at
San Francisco and thus avoid the unneces-
: sary delay of transmitting uncalled.for letters
} to and from Washington. The bill now goes
) to the House of Representatives.
Northumberland Passengers.
OMAHA, February 2Sd.-The following
through passengers were on to-day's train,
leaving at P. NJ, to arrive in Sacramento
, February 9th: Alexander Henderson,
! Toronto; r. E. Brewster, Frank Pursch,
San Francisco Miss Huber. Milwaukee G.
, s. Kneeland and wife, Hydesville, Cal /;
!, , Henry J. Walker, Buffalo Randall Mckee,
, Cincinnati.
Three through emigrants left on Monday
: nights emigrant train, to arrive in Sacra-
mento March 1sr. and 20 last night, to ar
rive March ID.
, The Pennsylvania senatorship-A Choice
ut Last.
HARRIsBuBG. February 2Sd.-The thirty
, 9Th ballot for United States Senator to-day
resulted in the formal election of John J.
Mitchell The vote was: Mitchell $50,
! Wallace 90, MacVesgh 1, Brewster 1.
Showing Again.
New York, February 23d.-It is showing
hard again this morning, with indications
that the snow will turn to rain.
Another Creyassc.
. NEW ORLEANS, February 23d-A erevasse
twenty feet wide is reported on the right bank
of Bayou La Fourche, five miles below 1hi.
IL.