Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-08-10
wife, St. Paul, Minn.. and DR.. Clinton Locke

| fortunate sufferers by it viii get work where
| they can but it will be weeks and months
| before the Western Union is brought TO its
| old perfection, such as it was, and the public
demand for postal telegraph has been i'm
menssly increased by the strike and the atti-
tude towards it by the Western Union DiEec-
tory.
RETURNING TO WORK.
AUGUSTA tGa J, August 9sh.-The strike
| IN the third district, Southern division, Of the
Western Union Telegraph Company System
is practically ended, the operators returning
to work.
A SUCCESSFUL ENTERTAINMENT.
New York, August 9sh-The entertain
| ment in Madison Square Garden last night,
| for the benefit Of the Brotherhood, YVES 8
tended by mere than 5000 persons. Music
| was furnished by members Of the several
| rsgimentsl bands, and ball followed the
concert About 10 o'clock there was grand
march Of operators, male and female, who are
en- strike ia this city. Nearly SEQ operators
were in line. and their marching elected
great enthusiasm. The entertainment was
enjoyed by those who participated in it, and
the managers said its financial results were
very gratifying.
GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH LINE.
NEw YORK, August 9ah.-The Herald
says: The strike is not decided, both sides
protesting q determination TO hold out; but
the project of a Government telegraph line
| makes headwsy sli over the country, and is
so widely favored aud urged by the most in.
1uentisl journals of both parties, that there
is scarcely doubt that Congress will take it
| up in December.
Eacing at Buffalo.
BUFFALO, August 9th-At the Buffalo
Driving Park to-day the weather and track
wsre fRe, and fully 10000 people were pres
ens. The judges gave the drivers to under
stand that any erookedness" would be
summarily dealt with, and the races were
therefore not Influenced as much as hereto
fore in the interest of the French pools, be-
ing in the main very square, close and ex-
ching; but the time was slow, tha best
being 2:1S9 in tbs pacing race. The 2;20
class for trotters was nos finished, owing to
darkness. Three heats were trotted, Phyllis
taking the first in 2:lS9 The second heat
was very close, and was awarded to Over
man in 2:19a while the third was declared
dead heat in 2:20. In the fres-for-aH contest
for purse of So coo, st. Julien Won, Edwin
Thorne second, Fannie Witherspoon third,
Trinket fourth. Time, 2:178-2:1S-2:26-
2:l94
New Jersey Prohibition Convention.
AsBURY PARK, August 9th.-In the State
facture and sale of intoxicating liquors,
warm discussion followed over the clause in
favor of woman suffrage. Mrs. Matte How
land. delegate, arose to speak. but began
crying and sat down. The platform was
finally adopted as read, with the exception Of
the temperance plank. A resolution express
ing sympathy with the striking telegraph
operators was passed. Benjamin Turrer, of
Union county, was nominated for Governor.
Half kho HalaCaEoa than lzff tho hall loo a1yiu
the remainder to appoint State Committee
Sullivan, the SlOgEer.
BosToN, August 9sh.-A Herald reporter
| nov y "Oh 1 shall remain here thres
months or so, and makeIthings lively tht n
I shall probably make off TO California with
manager snd give exhibitions" Later he
was waited On by delegates Of tie striking
| operators, and asked TO be umpire for
| baseball match between the telsgraphsrs and
printers this afternoon, the proceeds to 90
| to the strikers fund. Sullivan consented,
expressing his admiration of the pluck Of the
| operators IN holding out as they did.
The Postal Telegraph Question.
| NLw York, August 9sh.-The Public to.
| day mskes strong argument fayoTing
Government telegraph, mainly on the
grounds of public safety. 1t says: Modern
science has developed power which in free
country cannot safely be left to . few iHdi-
vidusls. & double system OF telegraph lines,
which con never be consolidated secretly,
| bought up, conducted for stock jobbery ends,
or crushed out in competition, has become
national, public and political necessity.
Scandal with Peculiar Features.
MINNEAPOLIS Mimi, August 9th.-Bird
Island, a small village in Penyille county,
this State, is agitated over scandal with
peculiar features. Mrs. Eugstrom, wife Of
John Engstrom, q cripple, left her husband
and went to live with man named Stokes.
| Some days ago, one of the children teing Eick,
Engstrom went to his father-in-law's, where
his wife was, to get her to come home and
care for the child. Stokes and Carnish Mrs.
Engstrom's lather) drove Engstrom from the
| farm. nearly tearing all his clothes eff him
in the melee. On hearing thiF, the citizens Of
Bird Island decided to ter and feather Stokes,
but one of the party, named j. @. Desmond,
got drunk, and let their intentions be known
to Stokes who, on the arrival Of the party
fred into their ranks, the shot taking effect
in the face and head of druggist. name not
known, producing painful but not danger
GUS wound. The crowd, learning of Des-
mond's treacbery, turned on him, and gave
him the coat OF tar and feathers intended for
Stokes. No srreets have been made.
Story OF Pocketbook.
NHw York, August 9th.-T. 4. Stevens.
of Prescott, Arizona, left the Everett Hotel,
in Chatham street, oD Monday morning last
for the East. Nora O'Connell, an Irish cham
bermaid in cleaning the room he had occu-
pied. found a pocketbook containing $40,
which she immediately took down stairs aud
gave to Everett. A few hours afeerward
Everett opened dispatch from Stanford.
signed by Stevens, and inquiring, "Did you
find poeketbook in room sc, containing
about S400? IF so, give finder $40; send
book to me by express" Mr. Everett tele-
grsphed of the fading of the pocketbook TO
Stevens, who returned from Stamford, got
his money, gave the hotel proprietor receipt
for it, presented the blushing and delighted
Nora With $40, and resumed bis Journey East.
The Treaty Between Germany and Mex
ie0s
CHICAGO, August 9sh.-Senor Covsrubias,
| of the Mexican Legation as Washington,
speaking Of the rumored offensive and de-
| fersive treaty between Mexico and Prussia,
Yesterday said 1.-THE Tumor has no founda-
tion, TO my certain knowledge. A treaty has
| been recently ratified between Germany and
Mexico, hut it is q commercial enc, almost
| similar to that pending before the American
| Senate. This treaty with Germany Is not
secret treaty. but will Ds published in lew
| days"
Crazy Man In Church.
CHICAGO. August 9sb.-At Dubuque, Ia,
| yesterday morning, while mass was being
| celebrated at the cathedral, w. W. Pyne,
| formerly landlord of the Key City House,
came into the church, and, making his way
! to the altar, took If his coat and began to
preach to the assembled congregation, calling
| himself Jesus Christ returned to earth. At
| ter desperate struggle he was secured and
carried TO jail. MIR. Pyne has lately shown
strong symptoms CT insanity, and has no
doubt lost his reason. He has been known
as an estimable man, and his misfortune ex-
| cites deep regret.
Two Hen Fatally Crushed.
| PIxTsBURG, August 9th.-While FIVE en-
ployes of Hussey, Harne & Co. steel manu-
| featuring establishment were taking stock in
the warehouse to-day, the rack support Of 500
tons Of steel gave way, burying Charles Osh-
nan and Robert Schmidt under the ruins,
| and slightly injuring the three others. Osh-
| man was instantly killed, and Schmidt will
die.
| An Alarming Malady.
MUscArIsE Qa). August 9sh. = Milton
| Junction, twelve miles from here, is much
agitated over an alarming malady, supposed
| at frat to be cholera infantum, but which,
though msinly confined 70 children, has at
tackled grown persons. There were seven
deaths yesterday, all the children of Mrs.
ANAL. Several grown persons are now sesi-