Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-29
The Uniontown Murderer.

| twenty-four hours expired, at noon to-day,
and Dukes had not left it was known that
| he intended to remain and brave the conse-
ouences. His few friends advised him TO
stay. A quiet conference has been held dur
| ing the day, the citizens meeting by twos and
threes 20 discuss the best means of Kidding
the town of the man who thus defes public
sentiment. The trouble ia as TO the method
BY which this shall be accomplished. II he
were to show himself in the streets the prob
| lem would soon be solved but he remains
behind oc: and key in a back room in Jen-
nings' Hotel. Jennings is reputable citi-
zen, and there is hesitancy about making an
| assault on his house. Dukes owes his safety
since noon to-day to the public respect for
Jennings; but whether this will save him
many hours longer or not is uncertain, as the
feeling is becoming more intense. Dukes is
ready to fight to the death. He fears Cap
! tain Nuts eldest son James more than any
other mar. This son is about 20 years old, a
still-mauthed man, but thinks much. His
mother had crest difficulty in dissuading him
from killing Dukes before the trial. 1t is
believed here that since the law failed the son
has fully made up. his mind TO avenge the
death of his father
A correspondent to-day cams into posses
sion of smother fact. 1t comes from a near
friend Of the Mutt family, which is that Miss
Lizzie Mutt, the beautiful and accomplished
young daughter over whom all TIA trouble
occurred, is practising with revolver. with
the intention Of shooting her traducer and the
murderer of her father.
Dukes Seat Declared Vacant.
HARRISBURG (Pa.), March 2Sth.--At a
| meeting of the Dukes investigating commit.
| tee this morning Speaker Founce submitted
letter from Dukes, declining to accept the
aaat 70 xr,b;oh ha bod hpap eIaofad and ro
questing the House TO declare the seat vacant
1t was 50 declared.
Baltimore Hebrew Circles Excited.
BALTIMORE, March 2Ssh.-Several weeks
ago Miss Lolita Galloway, aged Is, renowned
the Christian religion snd embraced the
Hebrew faith. After course of studies she
took up her residence at the home of Rabbi
Lilienthal, who adopted her as his daughter,
calling her Rsbeccs, and she designating him
affectionately as papa" The rumor pre-.
vailed to-day that they were to be married,
and your correspondent called upon Miss
Galloway to learn the truth or falsity of it,
The young lady Indignantly denied that there
was any truth in the rumor, but added in ex.
plsnation that the rumof probably grew out
of the fact that a few days ago the Rabbi pre-
her that he (Lilienthal) proposed to give her
to widower, and that as he did not like the
idea of her going to boarding house he had
selected a husband for her. l was perfectly
astounded, said Miss Galloway" "and in.
dignantly rejected the proposition !; but have
since been persuaded by the man, in every
possible way, though / have not given him
the slightest encouragement. [ am happy il
the Hebrew faith, bat am not prepared to
marry, and when I am propose to select my
own husband" The case has excited extra
ordinary interest in Hebrew circles.
Priest ON Trial.
BUFFALO, March 2Sth.-The trial for rape
Of Thomas Wsidron, better known as
brother Frank" and President of st. 10.
seph's College, has begun. The jury is non
sectarian. The evidence for the prosecution
is now progressing.
Presented P0stmlstfess.
| Fort WORTH TEX, March 2Sth.-The
town is wild with excitement over the arrest
OF Mrs. Bale Burchard. Pcstmistress of this
place. Two employees in the Office aided in
bringing certain matters to the attention OF
the Government, on which warrant was is.
sued by special Postoffice agent named
Lucy. The charges are that she had been
retaining mail, and in other ways violating
the rules of the Department. The specific
letter which was retained was an epistle
written by Captain H. P. She'll, of this city
to lady named Mrs. Anna Mcmahon, re.
siding in st. Louis. Captain She'll is mar
ried man, and instructed the Postmistress to
put his mail in another box than the one
used by the family. The above mentioned
letter went to st. Louis, but was not called
for, and was returned to the writer. The
clerks, in distributing the mail, put the letter
in the wrong box, and it was opened and read
| by another man, who was very much en-
lightened by reading it, concerning Captain
Shells little game. He returned it to the
Postoffice, and the Postmistress took charge
of il, saying she would deliver it to whom il
belonged. Her enemies became aware Of
this, and have used it against her. Captain
Shell stated in the investigation to-day that
he was glad the Postmistress had taken
charge o. the letter, and would have pre-
ferred for her to get it than to have it fall
| into the hands Of those for whom it was moi
intended. After the investigation progressed
an hour, the Postmistress was released or
bond. The two clerks who conspired against
her have been discharged.
| The Credif-MobiIier Case.
BosToN, March 2Sth.-A full bench of the
| Supreme Court is engaged in hearing argu.
ment on questions of law arising on the bill
in equity brought by the Union Pacific Rail
road Company against the Credit Mobilier OF
| America, for an injunction to restrain the
| Credit Mobilier from prosecuting suit al
law against the Unicn Pacific Company, tc
recover q balance due the Credit Mobilier fol-
the construction of 246 miles of Union Pacific
road. Chief Justice Morton and Judge Col.
burn took no part in the proceedings, as they
are interested in Union Pacific. being owners
of bonds, and the case is to be decided by
judges Field, Charles Allen, VIM. Allen and
Holmes. The Union Pacific Company wa;
represented by Sidney Bartlett, and the
! Credit Mobilier by VIM. G. Russell and Geo
Putnam. The amount involved is 81, 99S, 600,
which was the sum agreed upon as basis OF
settlement of account between the two cor.
porations after the Credit Mobilier had fin
! ished building the road, and further sum Of
| S26S, 900, which was subsequently found to be
due the Credit Mobilier. Tie matter has
been fully heard by the Master on its merits.
and the testimony. which covers several hun.
dred pages. contains several interesting his.
| terical facts relating to the origin and objects
of the Credit Mobilier Of America.
The Largest Glass Ever Constructed.
New York, March 2Ssh.-Among the
passengers by the Servia was DR.. Otter vii.
| helmstruv, Director of the Imperial Observa.
tory at Pulkows, Russia, whose object in
visiting this country is to test the object
glass lately completed by Alvin Clark &
Sons. of Cambridgeport, Mass, on the order
of the Russian Government. The glass is the
largest ever constructed, being thirty inches
in diameter, four inches longer that the one
in use ia the great equatorial telescope of the
| Washington Observatory, also made by the
ClsrkE. Messrs. Clark are also under con-
tract to furnish still larger object glass sc
inches in diameter-for use at the Lick OBJ
servatory in Californis. AS was the case
with the Russian glass, however, it will re-
quire several years for its completion.
| Haverstick's Estate.
NEW YORK, March 2Ssh.-In searching
| Hayersiick's rooms in the Paris fats Monday,
there were discovered papers which Mrs.
Uhler had looked for unsuccessfully. Police
Captain McElwain discovered package of
receipts, showing that the furniture, carpets
and other articles had been paid for by Mrs.
Uhler. He also found will dated San Fran
cisco, October %, 1875, and signed by William
81. Haverstick. It leaves all his property to
his mother in California. Captain McElwain
says Joseph b. Haverstick informed him that
! in view of this will he will abandon his claim
to the property.
Proposed Bridge Across The Niagara.
WASHINGTON, March 2Sth.-The Attorney.
General has given an opinion on the PROPOSE
| ton of the Canada Southern Railroad Com