Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-09-08

death. The fire occurred in the lower par
OF the house. which was used as a carpenter
shop. the family living up stairs. Mrs. Ev
erts was in the yard washing at the time tht
tire was discovered. She rushed up stair
| and tried to rescue her mother and children
and was badly burned, but was finally forced
to leave them TO their fate The old lady
was very fieshy, and would not trus. herself
/ to the stairs, which were then in fames, and
would not give the babe up, which she was
holding for it's mother. The father was sb.
sent at coal shaft, and knew nothing of the
ire until its dreadful work was accom-
plished.
PHILADELPHIA September 7th. The forest
tres are burning furiously in Camden ano
Atlantic counties, near Egg Harbor City and
Ellwood.
Boston, September 7th.-Forest fires are
raging on the shores of Sandy Pond, lying be.
tween the towns of Ayres, Groton and Lit
tleton. One huLdfed and fifty men are fight
ing the flames.
MARSHAL (Tex J, September 7th.-A fire
is now raging st Bsmis' sawrnill, on the Sui
phur river. The mill and 1000, 900 feet OF
lumber are in ashes. The railroad bridge i:
on fire, and all communication by wire arC
rail cue eff
MANCHESTER (N. H., September 7th.-
The Henderson wooden mills, Merrimack, oc
cupied by j ohm Holland, blanket msnufact.
urer, were burned to-day. Sixty operatives
weer thrown out Of employment.
PHILADELPHIA, September 7sh. The car
stable of the Philadelphia City Passenger
Railroad Company, Forty-second and Chest.
nut streets was burned tonight, involving 8
loss on building and contents of about $780,.
600. The fire caused panicky feeling among
the inmates of the almshouse, near by, and Q
female patient in one of the wards was SC
terribly frightened that she leaped from a
window and was killed.
Boston, September 7th.-A dozen extep.
sive forest, meadow and brush fires are rag.
ing in Worcester, Norfolk and Middlesex
counties, most of them being beyond control.
Much damage is already done. At Wslpole
the Consumptives' Home narrowly escaped
destruction from the woodland fires. The
goods were removed from the house, and for
Centre would be destroyed. These fires have
swept over large area, and in some cases
will rage until rain falls.
Storm on the Lake.
MILWAUKEE, September 7th.-A heavy
ira is high and dry on the beach, having
dragged her anchor. The tugs Morse and
Maud S. lost a feet Of logs outside which
they had in tow.
DULUTH. September 7th-The new break
water now building was broken to pieces by
last nights storm and strewn all alcny the
shores. IL is o total loss.
Tht sIade. Mitchell Fight.
CHICAGO. September 7th.-No further
word has been received bv Slade and his
hackers from Mitchell. SHADES manager
called for contest at New Orleans on 0cto.
Der 9sh, and by next Tuesday will make q
demand for the stakes, if nothing is decided
upon. Slade and his trainer have gone to
Long Island to keep in condition.
CHICAGO, September 7th.-Jem Mace and
Rice, manager of the Mace party, started for
New York this evening. No agreement has
been reached in regard to the prizs fght be-
tween Slsda and Mitchell. Parson Davis
this morning received the following telegram
from Billy Madden. trainer of Mitchell
won't go TO New Orleans. Mexico is the
only place where the fight can take place.
You have no assurances at New Orleans or
Kansas City. You have no conditions, ex-
cept what We agree on, and you know it. This
is final" John Bishop, Of Kansas City, tele-
graphed Davis that the Ell Paso party would
start for Chicago tonight, to try and induce
would wait and see them. Davis forwarded
the dispatch to Rice, who answered from
Niles, Mich: Have given decision-1G0
miles from New Orleans" 1t is understood
that Rice aud Mace are going to New York
to claim the stakes from Harry Hill. Slade
preceded them, and is training on Long
Island.
The Rose Clark murder.
BRIDGEPORT tConn,), September 7lh.- -
Amber was arrested yesterday, end proved
ali aliki. He was at home in New Milford
Saturday and Sunday. Datec.iTea ssy he
was not the man seen with his divorced wife
Sunday night. A lady returning from church
Sunday night saw msn answering the de-
scription of the stranger seen With tne VIC
man standing near the main road over which
Rose Clark passed, apparently waiting for
some one, and IS she passed he tried tn dis
guise his identity. She did not know him,
and thought nothing abcut il until recently.
VINO the stranger was is mystery.
Typhoid Fever at Nashville.
NASHVILLE, September 7th.-The health
authorities announce that the usual number
Of typhoid fever casts are again making their
appearance, and thus far the deaths from the
disease ara decidedly increasing on those Of
last year. and are also increasing each week,
notwithstanding the Board of Health has
never before taken such precautions against
the spread of the disease. 1t is impossible to
say that the disease is now confined to any
one locality.
Disease Among the Oysters.
New YORK, September 7th-Princess Bay
oyster men state that the oyster crop Of that
unusually favored locality will be poorer this
year than for teu years past. The oysters are
forty per cent. poorer than one year ago.
Scarcely anything but shells, with oysters
that were apparently good weeks ago, are
brought to the surface. Tne cause of the
disease or decay is unknown as yet.
Eastern ExpOsttiOns.
PITTsBURG, September 7th.-The Seventh
Annual Exposition was formally opened last
evening under the sss favorable auspices.
Fiftesn thousand people were present. The
exposition will close October 18th.
MILWAUKEE, September 7th.-The Indus.
trial Exposition opened last evening. A
large audience was present. The exposition
will close October ooh.
Missing Revenue Steamer All Right.
BAR HARBoR (Me.), September 7th.-The
United States Revenue steamer Manhattan,
about which some anxiety was expressed at
Washington, bouod from Quebec to PhiIsdel-
phia with the Chief of the Revenue Depart.
ment on board, arrived here late Lost night.
She encountered the gale of August 30.h off
Prince Edward Island, without damage, and
experienced heavy weather in crossing the
bay.
Society Event.
NASHVILLE, September 7sh.-Miss Mary
Ballard Burch, dsughter of the late Colonel
Jehn G. Burcb, Secretary of the United
States Senate. viii be united in marriage to
Charles Schiff, the American Manager of
the Erlanger Railroad Syndicate, and the as
sociste of Baron Won Erlanger, next
Wednesday.
Important Religious Movement
NEW YORK, September 7th.-A religious
movement OF Importance next week will be
the meeting of the first convocation of colored
clergy Of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
the opening sermon will be preached by
Bishop Starkweather, and among the various
papers to be read will be one on the call for
caste organizations upou a separate episco-
pate. The Committee of Arrangements say
this is sn attempt to cooperate with their
white brethren in bringing the negro question
TO solution, and in preparing well-digested
msterisl for general convention in October
next, when the Episcopal Church celebrates
its centennial by Convention in Christ
Church, Philadelphia. In the coming Con-
vention there will be sixty three Bishops and
nearly four hundred clerical and lay deputies
just about ten times the numbar of attend.
ants at its first Convention. The particular
event to be commemorated on the 6 h of DC.
tober is the conservation of Seabury, the first