Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-10-28
Robbery at the soldiers Homo.

| extent of S., 900, occurred yesterday at the
house Of General Sturgis, at the Soldiers
Home. A French governess in the employ
ct IL. L. Dousman, of Wisconsin-G General
Stureis' son- in-law-wbo with his wife is Wis.
iting the General, is suspected. A trunk
was found packed with the missing property,
but s.. 900 worth of diamonds have not been
| recovered
Attempt by Cranks to Rob Train.
DETROIT, October 27th.-AI attempt was
made last night to rob the Grand Trunk train
| at Windsor, Canada. Half dozen cranks
boarded the train and attacked the passen.
gers. They met with prompt resistance, and
only one man lost anything. The thief was
caught before he could escape from the car,
and was turned over to the authorities.
| The Walking Match.
| New YORK, October 27th-At "a. NJ. the
score Stood Fitzgerald 466, Noremac Aga.
Hughes 1885, Herty 43i, Hart Az, Vint sos.
Panchot was visitor TO the garden to dsy.
He offers for sale the OLeary diamond belt
which ne won in the previous contest. Hughes
thinks the third man will get little or nothing
from the gate or profits, but announces his
intention to go for that place.
| NEW YORK, October 2Sth-A. NAT /
| O'Clock the score stood: FITZGERALD $40 miles
40. % "''
AT 5:34 Vint retired from the track. There
is general dissatisfaction among the walkers
IN regard TO the gate receipts. A general
rumor Is st1ost that there has rot been
enough taken in to cover expenses. Tom
Davis offered to bet $1,000 that FITZGERALD
can beat Rowell. In answer to this, Rowell
says ne needs years rest, and will not con.
slider any challenges
| Destruction by Fire.
ST. LOUIS, October 27th.-The warebopsa
OF the Graham Paper Company burned be.
tween y last night and l o'clock this morn.
ing. The loss was nearly total. The build.
ing was valued at S12, 600, stock SIS, 900.
EAST BRADY pa, October 27th.-A FIRE
here this evening burned half dozen bust.
ness houes. as many residences and one
| church. Tne loss is estimated at Sc. COO.
Nominated for Congress.
! HUNTERS POINT (Ls.). October 27th.-Tbe
Queens County Republican Central Commit.
| tee have indorsed the nomination Of Dwight
| townsend Tor Congress 10 the First District.
NEW YORK, October 27sh.-Corg.essiopal
| nominations tonight: Sixth District, Repub
lcan, Dan. Quinn; Sixth District, Irving
Hall, 5. S. Cox; Seventh District county
Democrats, William Dorsheimer.
The Jeanette Investigation.
WASHINGTON, October 27sh -Bsfers the
Jeannetts Board this morning. lieutenant
Eisenhower resumed his narrative,
Rescued from Living Tomb.
SHENANDOAH (Ps.), October 27tb.-Aftar
| working all nish+, the rescuirg party reached
| the impti ioned miners at the Packer colliery.
All were alive.
Course Commended.
ALBANY. October 275h.-Governor Cornell
has written letter TO l.. W. Cronkhite, CON
| graduating him on the stand taken by the
latter IN declining to secure seat in Con
grsss by the lavish expenditure of money.
Killed by His Cousin
GALVESTON Tex J. October 27Gh.-The
| NeacS' San Saba special SAYS: Tom Jones
was killed ~ his cousin, William J ones. in q
| 1u ariel about horse race They are the
persons who had a shooting scrape with a
| Constable some time ago.
Two Miners Found Dead.
, SILvERToN (Col.l. October 27th.-Yester.
| day the bodies of Homer Stewart and James
Sullivan were found terribly mangled in a
| tunRel OF the Lancaster mine. Two DAYS
ego they went to the mine to do assessment
work. 1t i! thought they were killed by
premature blast.
Doomed TO Die.
NEW YORK, October 27th.-The Supreme
Court affirmed the con siction of Edward Nc
CLAIM, who shot Sam Hainer, and is under
sentence of death.
The Episcopal Church Congress.
RICHMOND (Va.), October 27th.-In the
Episcopal Church Congress to-day, Christi.
anity and criminals was discussed st great
length, both in essays and speeches. Re-
quirements for Confirmation was also dis.
cussed. and the Congress adjourned.
Citizens Meeting In New York.
NEw York, October 27sh.-Notwithstand
ing the ugly rain. storm, Cooper Union was
| crowded tonight at q meeting called for the
Grace presided, and Carl Schurz and Joseph
ID. Shote were t1e principal speakers.
Agriculture in the Public Schools.
BATON ROUGE. October 27sh.-The State
Grange this evening adopted a resolution re.
| commencing elementary works upon agricult-
| ure In the public schools.
Attempted Murder and Successful Suicide,
New YORK, October 27th.-Chas. Schnaetz,
| sged 30. foreman feed handler for the Third
| Avenue railroad Company, at Sixty.fifth
| street and Third avenue, made deliberate
attempt this afternoon 20 murdsr bis uncle.
| the fresident CT the company, Levi Lyon, in
the latters ottics. He fired two shots at him
without doing harm. then putting the pi,to
to his own head blew his brains out.
Collision OF Vessels.
NEW YORK, October 27th.-The steamer
| Alene, from Central American ports. soon
after leaving her dock to-day came in col.
lision with the United States ironclad Nam
tucket, and had the iron casing of her bows
smashed. The Alene made water SO fast
that she was beached at the Elysian Fields to
prevent her sinking. Damage SIS, OGO. The
| Nantucket was uaiuiured.
Arrested for Mall RObbing.
HARRISBURG, October 27ih.-Frank A.
Crawl, Assistant Postmaster st Wellsboro,
| has been arrested for rfiipg registered letters.
Very heavy losses of registered mail in
| transit through that office have occurred
| recently.
Young Man Drowned.
NEW YORK, October 27vh.-Shepard F.
| Knapp. Jr.. aged &c, while fishing in North
| river to-day, was drowned. His body was
not recovered.
Yellow Fever.
PENSACOLA Ella J, October 27th.-Thirty.
three new cases Of yellow fever were reported
| to day, and one death. Total to date, 2,216
cases aud III deaths.
Family Poisoned by Pancakes.
BUFFALO IN. ", October 27th.-Alvis
Regar, hotelkeeper, with his wife and fsm
! lily, were this morning poisoned by pancakes
| One child is dead. Two children may recover.
| The mother and father are il pEecarious
| condition.
New York's Registration.
New YORK, October 2Ssh-A. M.-Tae
Times says: Should to.day's registration
share in the average increase of the three
| days preceding, the total registration will ex.
| coed 200, GOO, and o vote of nearly 1S0 COO
may fairly be expected on the TIA Of Novem-
| Der. It is not st all probable, however, that
this figure will be exceeded.
Thermometricai.
| NEW YORK, October 27ih-Midnight.-
| Highest temperature to-day. 81 /; lowest, 49,.
| CHICAGO. October 9th. = Highest tenn.
| perature to-day, 55'; lowest. 49'.
A REPRODUCTIVE CoMET.-The present
come. in the eastern SKY, which can be dis.
tinctly seen by every one in the early
morning, is certainly the most remarkable
one of all the modern comets. Professor
| Lewis Swift, director of the Warner Oh.
servatory, Rochester, n. Y, states that