Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-12-29

The British Parliament is summoned tC
inset February 18th.
Florida tomatoes sold in CHICAGO Wednes
day at from 50 to 81 per box.
| Basile z 1loff, the Jealous advocate Of popr
| lar education ia Russia, ia dead.
c. w. Walker, President Of the Enslist
Society of Telegraph Engineers, is dead.
The Senate has confirmed 0. S. Scott as
Postmaster at Silver City, New Mexico.
Her Msjesty's ship Undine has captured
elsht slave dhows east Of the coast cf Africa.
A0jutant Baron Won WinterfeldE. aid-5e.
camp OF Emperor William, has shot himself.
The Golos newspaper, Of St. Petersburg, has
received second warning from the Govern.
ment.
In Buenos AyIes ths Indians have been
routed by Colonsl Ortega, who took 7CO ptis.
oners.
A London dispatch Gays: Seven bundled
and nifty soldiers and civilians have sailed for
Tonquin.
It is definitely settled tba. the German
railway to the Rus sian frontier will be soon
completed.
The will of Edward Clark, of otsego
county, New York, bequeaths to his heirs
81. $4,000.
Colonel George W. Perkins, President of
the Mercantile Bank of New York, died
Wednesday.
TIE Russian force concentrated along tie
kers frontier consists Of 7,000 men, with
eighty guns.
Five colored persons were drowned twelve
miles above DafieD, Ca, yesterday. A Fort
Darlington ferryboat capsi2ed.
The Diario Official of Lima says: A skir.
ulish has taken place between the Chileang
and Montoneros near Chincha Alta
The French Chamber Of Deputies almost
unanimously adopted the vote Of credit for
the expedition of De Bcazza to Africa.
The large jewelry store of Felix C. Whit
ney at North Attlebury, Mass, was burned
yesterday. Loss, S95, eco partially insured.
A New York special says: Henry Vii
lard yesterday got mortgage for three
years CT S24O, ,OOO on property owned By him
here
A party of Buffalo capitalists have pur.
chased 10000 acres in Southern Missouri,
which they intend selling again to actual
settlers.
TIE Postoffice at Tyrone, Sonoma county,
Cal, is re-established, and a commission as
Postmaster has been forS arded to Thomas
c. Russell.
bS LAut HuN aye lDuDLlSLeS q LaD Die showing
that the number of miles of main track laid
during the year 1882 was 10,S2J, OF SIC lines
in "A States and Territories.
Three csrs of Scotch beef cattle. poIled
Angus breeds, were yesterday shipped from
South birmingham, Mass, to Corpus Christi,
Tex, Tor breeding purposes.
A man threw stone at the Austrian EN-.
bassador 10 the Vatican in Rome yesterday.
The man claimed to be starving, and unaware
Of the ambassadors identity.
4 man by name Lethu was found strau-
gied yesterday in compartment cf the OK
press train from Nice TO Marseilles. The
In tive for the crime was robbery.
Tho recent rainfall has caused foods in the
midland counties of England. There is great
mortality among the sheep in Northampton
shire, Noitinghamshire and Leioestershi:e.
Ths steamer Welcome struck snag at
Bush Point Tex, and sunk No lives wero
lost. She was insured for Sc, 900. The cargo
of cotton and cotton seed was also insured.
The Russian Chief OF Ordnance has
ordered all the Krupp guns required by the
artillery reserves. The German Government
raised no objection to the execution of the
order.
The Courier, Of Moscow, hiss been sus
pended for three months, snd the sale of
L
hibte1, owing to the publication of Ridden
matter.
TIE Senate in executive session Yesterday
confirmed the following: John w. Garden,
to be Register OF the land Office at Shasta,
Cal. Thomas Mein, Postmaster at Nevada
City, Cal.
Six books Of record were stolen from the
safes of the County Clerks office in Atlanta.
Ga. Saturday night. Nearly all the original
deeds to Atlsnta property were recorded in
the stolen books.
A Valparaiso dispatch says: A scientific
association is abous to establish er tbszrva-
tory, in order to fix the longitude of VsIpa-
raise by means Of telegraph between Buenos
Ayres and Calico.
The festival in honor of the House of Haps-
burg corcluded with grand bsnquet at
Hoffburg. az which the Emperor cf Austria
entertained tie various deputatioEs who pre-.
sented their congratulations.
The irss e.even months CT this wear tie
Wabash railway system has earned 81, $50, 0G0
more thal ia ths same Tins in 1881 The ca.
,imated earnings for the year are Sl7. 000, 600;
tie ret earnings, s., Goo COO.
Tie disIlond trade in New York seems
depressed, and many deaiers fear there is
Ga ove--supoly, such as will occasion sari.
ous cliff culties. Two frus have failed
lately The holiday business has been be-
low the grade.
Booths Thester in New York has been
sold for $3.50, COO. The theater will remain
in Stetsou's possession until May, when its
doors will be clos4c, and ths work Of recon-
structing the house for conmercil purposes
will be commenced.
The Second National Bank Of Jefferson.
o, has gene into voluntary liquidation,
$50, ,000 Of its funds being missing. The in
diyIdual notes cf the abscondirg Cashier, s.
+. Fuller, were deposited to make up the
amount on the books.
New York city has accepted the PROPOSE.
tion of the banks to settle al pending litiga-
tien Ie'ai;rg TO the taxes of 1850 upon e
basis of the payment by the banks OF toe full!
amount of taxes levied upon thsir shsre-
holders, without interest or costs to either
party.
The proprietor OF the Sydney Bulletin, no
has been in New York several week., is ar
ranging for extensive improvements in his
paper. He returns via San Franci-cn, taking
with him l.. Hopkins, one of our he Ameri-
can carica aturists, under g three years COZ
tract, intending to make the Bulletin first
class Illustrated paper.
The great Biz libel case in London,
which excited much interest in artistic and
literary circles. was concluded yesterday,
The jGry awariing the plsintiff (Belt, the
scD!ptoT) $4,000 dsmagtF. The libel con-
sisted in TIE publication. By TaRity Fair,
Of an article in.imatipg that many of tle
works claimed by Bele were not his o8r.
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