Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-08

naol hohtuHdla WncIfscE tuC Outle5 OIL Dis
Office will permit. The Attorney. General
will divide his time between Long Branch
AID Cape May as soon as the stsr.route cases
will allow of his departure. Secretary Teller
will not leave until he hes disposed of 500
new appointments provided for in the legisla-
tive appropriation bill. The appointments
began to-day. Secretary Frelinghuysen goes
to Long Branch, and from there will go to
Cape May for portion Of the season.
Terrible River Steamer Disaster near
Hickman Kentucky-A Large Number
of Lives Lost-Manv Wounded.
Cairo lIil.l. August 7sh.-Ths steamer
Geld Dust blew mp and burned to the waters
edge, and sunk 200 yards north Of Hickman,
KY, to-day. Seventeen are known TO have
been killed, and ferty-seven wounded, The
Captain was wounded slightly. A tug with
physicians left here at P. NJ for the scene of
the disaster.
A second dispatch says Captain McCard is
slightly wounded. VIM. Ingram, third clerk,
was scalded to death. Engineers Bowers and
Raleigh were not hurt. Thomas eE. ChiIds,
agent of the Anchor lire at Cairo, with three
physicians. nurses and telegraph operator.
have left Cairo for the scene of the disaster
The steamer CITY of Alton was expected to
be near by, shortly after the accident; she
would of course stop and render all the as.
sistanee possible. Captain John a. Scudder.
President, and Captain John P. Kaiser, Sn.
perintendent CT the Anchor line, are doing
all in their power TO render speedy and effec.
tive aid to the sufferers. The Gold Dust bs.
-longed to The Anchor line, snd all the officers
and most of the crew had their homes in st.
Louis.
Great Fire at Gardiner, Me.
GARDINER, August 7th.-A great fire is
rasing here. A good portion of the manu-.
featuring section is already destroyed. to.
gether with many dwellings,. AMI the flames
are spreading rapidly. Assistance is asked
Tor from Augusta and Hoaowell.
IsECoND DIsPATCH.l
GARDINER Mel, August 7th.-The NEST
extensive confagration that ever visited Gar.
diner began a little before o'clock this even
Ing, In Moore Il Browns planning mills, on
brldge street, near Water. Chester's manu-
factories are on the lower dam on the Cab
oasses. AT this point the wind blew the
flames into the sawmilIs and boundaries,
and IN few minutes they ran TO the facto-
ries along Bridge street. Adjoining towns
sent help promptly. The fire made clean
sweep OF the east side of Bridge street, and
then into High. Middle and Spring streets,
which contained residences mostly of wood.
L spread ali up High street, to the Methodist
Church, which was saved. Many families
e"'o o,iS tno cioSniES III Wnicn Vney escaped
from their burning homes The fire was got
under control about 1870 P. NJ. About
twenty acres are burned over. All the man
ufactori& on the lower dam are swept
away. Between 800 and 400 men are thrown
out OF employment, and some sixty dwellings
destroyed. The loss is upwards Of $500 600
Tbs insurance will not reach half that figure
Large crowds of people focked to the city to
witness the spectacle. a large number of
hooters are at work. Tt is reported that
lady named Cuff persisted, and that a man
was killed. The great fire of 1857 started in
the same locality.
Heavy Storms nj the Esst-Loss or Life
Destruction of Properiy-Iatense Heat
NEW YORK, August Shat Stamford
Conn, yesterday, the Presbyterian church
was burned by Lightning loss, S25 600 in.
snred. When the roof fell ia it is supposed
two men persisted. VIM. Brown, a con.
tractor, was rescued, but seriously injured.
The residence of Rosewell Hoyt was also de.
stroyed; loss, 0,000. The factory Of HI. X.
White was struck in three places. The resi-
dence OF George Roberts was also struck and
damaged. Roberts himself is badly hurt.
At NGddletown, n. Y, Yesterday, light
ming struck three places in the village. The
farm. house Of G. Holbert was set on FIRE by
lightning. There were seventeen persons in
the house at the time, and rot ore was hurt.
At Scranton, Pa. yesterday, three terrific
thunder and wind-storms occurred. Trees
were uprooted, houses uuroofed and many
cellars oded. Considerable damage Was
done to the crops.
AT Easton, Pa, the lightning struck a
house, and barn was destroyed en- q neigh.
boring farm. Much damage was done to the
crops in the townships and vicinity of North
Hampton, adj 'ining Eastcn. Gullies from
three to ten feet dsep were made, and the
streets of the iowa were damaged seriously.
AT Harrisburg. Pa, the barns containing
this years crop from William Lights farm
were destroyed by the storm.
At Milford, Ps., there were violent shun.
der. storms. breaking the drought that has pre-
vailed In the Delaware valley since july 4tb.
At Lynchburg, Va, there were heavy rains
and throughout the southwestern section of
the State. They flooded many of the smaller
streams, causing great damage to the crops,
fencing and property.
At london, Ont, yesterday was the hot
test OF the season. A heavy hlil-storm near
there did great damage to the standing crops.
AT Ottawa, Ont, the mortality is great
| among children, owing to the intense heat.
La New York there was heavy storm yes.
terdsy. 1t cooled off the great heat.
Lightning did damage to property and H.
/ Iured four persons az Long Branch yester.
day. John Conness, it is thought, was fatally
injured
The Yellow Fever Epidemic and Spread
Ing.
AUSTIN Tex. J, August 7th.-The Governor
has received from the State Health Officer at
Brownsville statement that eight or ten
deaths from yellow fever have occurred at
that place in the last two weeks. He urges
the citizens to organize, as the disease is cpl
n n0cV - arr-tl
been quarantined at this place against Mata-
moras, as il is useless.
Yellow Fever at Galveston.
GALVESTON, August 7sh The cases OF sus.
plcions. sickness that appeared on the schooner
Harriesta, from Matsmoras, at the ausran.
the, have DEVELOPED into yellow fever, and
there has been one DEATH
Unfortunate Matamoras ana Brownsville.
MATAMoRAs, August 7.h.-Seyen add.
tional cases Ct yellow fsve- have been re.
ported. The number of new cases in total
nave not been made public. A heavy RAIN
storm last night extended over vide tract.
BROWNSVILLE, August 7th.-The yellow
lever has attacked the Mayor and other
notable citizens. The people object to doc
tors visiting Mstsmoras and returning. One
death from the fever has occurred here in the
last twenty-four hours.
Defective Bridge.
CHICAGO, August 7th.-The bridge across
the Embanos river, on the Peoria, Decatur
and Evansville Railroad, near Greenup, YES.
terday evening gave way under freight
train and engine, and eighteen loaded cars
went down, killing Charles Allen, a copper
smith, and severely iDiuring M. Conlin, the
engineer, and George Forth, the breakman.
The bridge was defective.
SHREVEPORT Na), August 7th.-The west.
bonnd train on the East Line Railroad, from
Jefferson, Tex, was wrecked neaf>Winsboro.
Tex, killing Conductor Fowler, Mail Agent
Charles Harper, Express Agent Ike Rosser,
and a passenger named Tetro. Several others
wers injured.
A Married Rascal and a YouDg CHA
Murderous Assault, Rum and Vice.
OMAHA, August 7th.-News was received
here to day from Mound City, Kan, of the
arrest of Emil Popercohne and Miss Fratm.
who sloped from Omaha few weeks ago.
and for whom $500 reward was offered bv
Miss Frahms father, who lives at Fort Gal.
thcrn. Popercohre, who ia married m an.
was music teacher. aud Miss Frahrn, who
was one of his pupils, is only about fifteen
years -of age. The officers have gone to
Mound City to bring them back.
Jsns B. Jensen was fatally assaulted to-
day by Frank Hughes, with hstchet, with
out provccation. Jensen had his skull frac.
tured In three places, and can live only few
hours. Hughes is in jail. It is claimed that
he was not only drunk, but insane, as be was
suffering terribly from leathesome disease.
His home is in New York.
More About the Rutland Outrage.
PoMERoY (0.), August 7th.-A mob of 100
men at midnight surrounded the all to get
Holmes, the negro charged with outraging a
little girl near Rutland. When they had
nearly broken through the walls they found
that Holmes had been taken away. He was
sent to Columbus to-day for safe keeping,
The mob was composed Of weil-known men,
and they made no effort at concsalment.
Caught Him.
HARMED (Ks.). August 7th.-James Pax.
ton, alias blind Jim, was arrested here to.
I. he