Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-09-11
THIS MoRHIna's NEWS

In New York Saturday Government bonds were
quoted at 49, for As of 1907 1871 for AS lOl Tor
BIS; sterling, "a s59i 80 silver bars, ia.
Silver in London, SD; eonsos, % 9-l6d;
per cent. United States bonds extended, 1924; Is,
l22; as, l15l.
In San Francisco half dollars are quoted at dis
count to par Mexican dollars. 91@92 cents.
The stock boards at San Francisco were not IN
session Saturday, the Governor having declared it
legal holiday
Thomas L. Anderson, the Greenback nominee Ia
the First Missouri District for Congress, declines to
be candidate.
Dphthera prevails to an alarming extent in
spottsylyania county, Virginia
The Indian scare still prevails in Colorado and
kansas.
heavy battle occurred between The British and
Arab PAsha's forces at Kassassn on SATURDAY, the
former losing about loo men
The Chinese authorities took charge Of affairs in
Corea, and suppressed the recent revolution.
The steamship City of Toxic arrived at San Fran.
cisco Saturday from China and Japan, bringing ad.
vices from Hongkong to August 18th and from 70.
kohama TO August 22d.
Nominating Conventions were held in several
counties Saturday.
The Third District Fair closed at Chico Saturday.
The annual meeting of the Sacramento Valley
Ant:.Debris ASSOCIATION was held al Ynba City Sat-
urday
The fve-year-old daughter of s. T Pendegast was
burned to death Saturday at Woodland.
Governor Perkins formally opened the branch
State Normal School Saturday at Los Angeles.
Eureka, New, again narrowly escaped destruction
by fire Saturday morning.
The investigation OF the affairs OF the Carson Mint
is in progress, nothing being found as vet to prove
anything criminal in the management.
Near Davidson's Springs A T., Saturday, Benja.
min Virgin accidentally shot and killed himself.
Severe aud damaging transforms occurred Satur.
day in Pennsylvania and Connecticut
Sprague has won a victory in the Rhode Island
Supreme Court, and remains in possession Of Ca.
nonch,t.
The Republic ans oil the Eighth Pennsylvania Dis.
trict have nominated Isaac McHsz for Congress.
J. d. Hart has been nominated for Congress by
the Democrats Of the Tenth kentucky District.
Another earthquake occurred Saturday at Panama.
Cholera killed l52 persons at Marila Friday, and
pa in surrounding villages
Bismarck is again unable to transact public bust.
ness, owing to illness
Surgeon B. F. Gibbs, OF the United States steamer
Lancaster, died in hospital recently at Trieste
The British bark Canomel, from Sunderland to
Java, foundered, drowning twenty of her crew.
iour-year-old girl at Syracuse, N Y, Saturday,
drank sufficient whisky to kill her
man rode bicycle at New York Saturday night
Il ty miles in 5h 27m and II is-the fastest time on
record
AT lanville Va, Saturday evening, the Mayor Of
tho city shot an ex Chief Of Police.
Eighty-seven houses were burned at Port au
Prince August 18th, and at Arroyo Porto Rico, on
the 18th ut, thirty buildings were destroyed
fire occurred at Columbia, Tuolumne county,
y sterdaY destroying nine houses, all occupied by
Chinese.
Austin Abbott, aged 10, had one hand sawed of
and the other badly cut in sawmill near Sonora,
Tuolumne county, Saturday
At NJ yesterday the jury in the star route trial
informed Judge wylie that they were unable to
agree upon verdict, aud further recess of the
Court was taken until 10 o'clock this morning.
The Tariff Commission has decided not to extend
its trip to the Pacific coast.
Highway robbery is becoming frequent in Iowa
aud Vigilance Committees are talked Of
The smelling works of the California Iron Com
pany ut Hotaling, Placer county. were destroyed by
fire last evening.
The Colorado Greenback, rs have nominated
George. W. War for Governor.
The Rio Grande has risen twenty-five feet at Lar
edo, Texas, and is still rising.
-Four barns, grist mill and planning mill, on the
estate OF Governor Sprague, were burned by an in
cendary yesterday.
A fire at New York yesterday damaged the
American Bank Note Company to the amount Of
$4,000.
heavy gale prevailed at Charleston, S. c., yes
terday, and along the Florida coast Saturday night
The steamer Ethiopia has boon totally wrecked of
Loarg,, but no lives were lost
Wallace Ross challenges the world to n rowing
match-esre sially Hanlan
Sir George Gray, late British Home Secretary, il
dead.
the death of Joseph LionvilIe, the savant ant
author, is announced from Paris
In battle between the French and Arabs il
Tunis, the former lost SO and the latter $50
General A. L. Lovejoy, one of the two founders o.
Portland, Or, died in that city last night, aged I.
years.
- AT Salem, Or, yesterday morning, Mrs. John C.
Long was shot and killed. it is thought by her hus
band
Rival Wardens claim possession Of the Peniten
tary at Snake Hill, n. j.. and the institution is in
state of siege.
At Jonesboro, III, Samuel Hazel for the murder
Of a hveyear-old girl, has been sentenced to tn,
Penitentiary for ninety nine years.
An unsuccessful attempt was made by mob a
Washington, Ind, yesterday morning. &c take
murderer from Jail and hang him.
William whidden, prominent citizen, died sud
denly at Alameda yesterday afternoon
Saturdays teiegraphic news and other matters o
interest will be found this morning upon the fourtl
page.