Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-02-14
SATURDAYS NEWS.
Special Dispatches to the Record
Uniol" in a Condensed Form.

A Pa-is cablegram announces the death of
Admiral Marc Jules Dupre.
The Bay City Railroad in Michigan has
been sold under mortgage for IS, 625, 900.
There are $4,000 colliers on strike in
Lancashire. and the number is increasing.
The Catholic tAlbanian) mountaineers have
seized large convoy on its way to Tusi, and
made the escort prisoners.
President Hayes arrived at Baltimore Sat
urday, and was Hospitality received. He at
tended banquet OF the Baltimore Press
Association in the evening.
The New York Post of Saturday says
From general talk the next week will witness
a further important movement in Union Pa
citc, coal stocks, telegraph stocks and
Northern Pacific.
The St. Petersburg press favor an increase
of duty on jute sacks, but the Finance Min
lister says it is impossible, as the vital inter
ests of the Russian grain trade and American
competition render it necessary that no in
crease in the cost of exports hence be allowed
A terrific snow-storm in the northwest
blockaded nearly all the railroads Saturday,
and at Toledo, o., disastrous breaking up Of
an ice gorge took place. doing great damage
At Washington, d. c., the water rose and
Hooded the lower portion of the city, and in
the hotels on Pennsylvania avenue the water
stood three feet ON the ground floors. The
food at New Orleans continues, and in all
directions, east and south, reports of damage
by high water are received.
The Michigan Avenue Baptist Church at
Chicago was gutted by fire Saturday night.
The janitor has been arrested on suspicion Of
incendiarism.
The ninetieth anniversary ofPeter Cooper 5
birthday was celebrated at Cooper Union,
New York, Saturday. He gave $4,000 to
the Institution.
The huge tank of the Standard Oil Com
pany at Berger Point, New Jersey. exploded
and burned Saturday, causing loss of
S12, 900 to 5000.
During the week ended Saturday, 120, 495
standard silver dollars were circulated. against
1873, 997 the corresponding week of 1880, and
81, $4,000 in gold bullion was transferred
from the New York Assay Office to the Mint
at Philadelphia for coinage into eagles and
half eagles. This makes the aggregate near
ly $40 900, 900 in gold transferred to the
Philadelphia Mint this month.
Baroness Burdett- Coutts and William l..
Ashmead Bartlett were married SATURDAY
morning at Christs Church. London. The
marriage ceremony was performed by Rev.
w. c. Cardinell, assisted by Rev. Henry
White. Chaplain of Savoy Chapel Royal. No
one but the nearest relatives and most init
mate friends of the parties were present.
At Laughrea Harbor, Ireland, Land
| Lacquer has been sentenced to three months
in prison for a seditious speech, in which he
declared he owed no allegiance to the British
| Crown.
The two parties in convention at Rome in
favor of universal suffrage having adjusted
their differences. the Convention has adopted
notion demanding universal suffrage. A
letter from Garibaldi was read affirming the
present agitation should continue until the
! l,o, af IL EoI
baldi was then elected President.
A company of infantry has been detailed
in Ontario to enforce writs of Judgment
against the delinquent taxpayers.
| Lieutenant Percy Hooper OF the Royal En-
gineers, says London dispatch, was found
| shot dead in Brompton Barracks last even
ing. A revolver was found lying some dis
tance away. The murder is believed to have
been committed by Fenians.