Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-12

WASHINGTON, February llth.-The follow
ing postal chsnges for the Pacific coast are
announced: Estabiished-Blythe.S San Diego
county, CAL. George S. Irish, Postmaster;
Buntingville, Lsssen county, Cal, Abur
Alexander. Postmaster Root, San Luis
Ooispo county, Orville Root. Postmaster.
Discontinued-Deep Springs, Inyo county,
Cal; Josephine, San Luis Obispo county,
CAL; Lava Bed, Siskiyou county, Cal;
Southey. Tehama county, CAL; Ida, Lane
county, Oregon. Name suged-Garibsldi,
Tillsmook county, Or, to Hobsenvills, j. E.
Sibley. Postmaster. Postmasters appointed
Port Costa. Contra Costa county, CAL, Mrs.
county, Cal. L. A. Owen Temescala Sta.
ton. San Diego county. Cal. S. s. Guffo !;
Charleston, Cochise county, Arizona, Fred.
Herrera; Wickenburr, Maricopa county,
Arizona, E. o. Grant.
The Tariff Bill.
WAsHISGToN, February 11sh.-The changes
made In the tariff bills SIS thsy progress in
Congress, have alarmed those whose business
is specially affected by the action taken, and
representatives. of the various industries of
the country are hocking here in great num-
bers, for the purpose Of securing, if possible,
| legislation favorable to each interest threat.
ened. Lobbying is most active, and the life
of members is made burden by the ccntin-
/ unA tC4uCobst tSuulCA.o tud kulpOIbuQkGieB OF
this or that branch of trade. What the out
come will be Is difficult to surmiae, but gen.
tlemen in position to know the undercur-
rent Of feeling among the Republicans believe
the chances about even tor the passage of
some kind of tariff bill this session. It may
be that the whole question will yet be settled
| by conference committee.
The Mexican Reciprocity Treaty.
WASHINGTON, February 11th.-After the
Mexican reciprocity treaty had been signed
and sent to the Senate, the American COM
mittee desired to amend it by adding num-
Der of articles to the free list, and proposed
to the Mexican committee to have the treaty
recalled and the articles inserted The Next
can committee did not have the necessary
authority TO make the desired changes with
out communicating with their Government
| The treaty was therefore withdrawn from the
Senate and held under Amusement until Senior
Romero and General Caneda had obtained
further instructions. It was then amended
in the manner proposed by the American
committee, and returned to the Senate. 1t is
now in the hands of the Senate Committee
on Foreign Relations, and that committee
has invited General Grant and Prescott, the
American committee who negotiated the
treaty, to appear before them on Tuesday.
when its provisions will be considered and
discussed.
The Mcfarland Bottle.
NEW YORK. February 11sh.-The following
is offered as an explanation of the finding of
bottle purportiDg to be thrown from the
steamship Nederland: In a letter in the
Courier des Etats Unts, one whose trust
worthiness is vouched for, relates that he
came to New York month ago in the Ned
erlsnd, and that in ths course Of the voyage
Captain Neberwell told him that in Novem-
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in which his vessel was dismantled, and snf-
fered such damage that he greatly feared a
catastrophe. He then threw into the sea a
bottle containing a note like that found ia the
bottle picked up on the Bournemouth beach.
The inference is that the bottle which the
Captain Of the Mcfarland threw overheard
more than year ago is the same one recently
found.
Are Such Things Bone in California?
New York, February l1th.-Alfred Kee-
gan, James M. Jarvis, Patrick Cunningham
and w. +. McGratf, deputies in the office Of
the Commissioners of Juiies. have been ar
rested on charge Ct malfeasance in office,
and by the confession of one of them it APP
pears that they have been resping q tribute
of from $1,000 to So 600 from business men
who paid for Being relieved Of jury service.
Some paid whenever drawn, and some paid a
fixed sum yearly. The practice has been in
vogue since 1877, and the coaspirasors real
lied large sums.
Disastrous COnnagratlon.
RoNDoUT IN. Y J, February 11th.-A FIRE
starting in III. WeinerSs barber shop on
Ferry street, spread to the building occupied
by the Cornell Steamboat Company, the
Rhiuebeck and Kingston Ferry Company,
the Stony Glove and Catskill Mountain Rail.
way Company and the Kingston City Rail-
way Company as offices, by George Teller &
Bro, leather merchants, ard by Crosby,
Sahier & Co., hardware dealers, as an extra
storehouse. The ice-house of the Cornell
Steamboat Company, on Rondous creek, was
also burned, and 2, 600 tons of ice lost. The
steamboat City of CatskilI, in the creek, was
burned to the waters edge. She was owned
by the New York and Catskill Steamboat
Company. and was valued OF $50. GOO; in
sured The loss of the Cornell Steamboat
Teller & Bro. and Crosby, Sahler & Co.'s
loss is not heavy.
Fire I'm Few York.
NEW YORK, February 11th.-A fire bsoke
out tonight at Is Sprucs street, and attacked
q building in the rear of printing Office on
Beekmsn street; also 20 Spruce street. The
first floor of No. Is is occupied by Broom &
Smith, cutlery dealers the second floor by
the Bell Printing Press Company; the third
floor by the Great American Ell.
craving and Printing Company The
fourth, fifth and sixth floors by
f. Vessels printers warehouse. TIT
Bsekman- street building was occupied by
Hope s. Co., dealers in galvanized iron. The
equally among the occupants of the several
buildings. The insurance is two-thirds. Eff
teen engines are at work upon the fire. Tht
American Trsct Society building was il
great danger for time.
Unfounded Report.
NEW YORK, February 11tb.-The Tribpn,
says II was reported in Wall street yester
day that the Central and Union Pacific Rail
reads were to be consolidated, and thst Ere
liminary agreement to that effect had beer
made. Vice President Huntington, Of the
Central Pacific, said yesterday there was nc
foundation for the report that negotiations
for union of the roads had been begun even
Mexican National Railroad.
GALVESTON, February 11th.-A Laredo
special says The necessary means for the
completion Of the Mexican National Rail.
road from Laredo to the City of Mexico have
been secured, and it is reported that the work
will be resu med on the international extern.
sion to the City of Mexico.
Honored Old Age.
New York. February 11th.-Peter Cooper
was 90 years old yesterday, and the event
was quietly celebrated by dinner at his res
idence on Lexington avenue, at which about
thirty guests were present. Cooper said he
suffers somewhat from sieeplessnesa, but thu
old mechanic, inventor, philosopher and phi
lanthropist looked as well as at any time dur.
ing the last fifteen years.
DisttB guis he'd Visitor.
New YORK, February 11sh.-The steam.
ship Labrador, from Havre. has arrived.
Among the passengers is the Duke de Morny,
son of the famous nobleman who was the
chief adviser of Napoleon III. He will in
all probability visit the West.
Death from Apoplexy.
DENVER. February 11th.-Sidney Myers.
az one time President of bank in Chicago,
and for the last two years practicing law in
this State, died of apoplexy at the st. James
Hotel, in this city, this evening. He had not
been feeling well for several days.
Jumped the Track.
FoRT WAYNE lind. J, February 11th.-The