Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-04-26
An Imnorfant Purchass


DOMESTIC.
An Important Purchase.
New YoRK, April 25.h.-Ths capital stock
of Morgan's Steamship Company has boon
bought by the Southern Development Com
pauy, and the railroad and steamboats, of tho
former company will hereafter form part Of
the Southern PGcitic Railroad system. The
President OF TIE purchasing company, which
Owls large amount OF property in the
Southwest, and is interested in the Southern
Pacific Railroad, is j. @. Douty, of San
Francisco. The heaviest stockholders are
@. P. Huntington, First Vice President !;
Charles Croker, Second Vics-PFesident Of
the Central Pacific Railroad; Mrs Mark
Hopkins, and Thomas w. Pierce, Of Boston.
Croker il President, aud Huntington is a
stockholder in the Southern Pacific Railroad.
The capital stock of the Morgan Steamship
Company was S., coo, 900. The company
owned seventeen steamers plying between
New York and New Orleans, and between
various gulf ports, and 249 miles Of railroad
in Louisiana, known as Morgan's Louisiana
and Texas Railroad. The Louisiana and
Texas road includes the main lins from New
Orleans to Vermilioaviile-a IA miles
branch.
Tie RawhIdc In Chicago Court.
CHICAGO, April 25la-There was scene
st Justice PrindYille's office on Saturday af.
teruoon not down in the bills. The preliU-
mary examination Of j. w. Sc1tt and A. +.
Hatch, publishers Of the daiiy paper known
as the Herald snd charged with the crielinal
libel Of Mrs. Mary Green, sn artist, had
heaa
regad at some expression of the defendants
and drew rawhide. 'You have black
mailed me. I am old enough to ba tie mother
OF you and your reporters, and will hsve
justics," said the irate Mrs. Green, and she
proceeded Co uss shat rswhids. The first
blow took effect on SCOTS right cheek, and it
left its mark. Hstch then inserfered by
striking Mrs. Green, but, nothing dsunted,
she turned on him and again the whip came
iuto play and the lawyer felt its effects.
Then began an animated and exciting rsce.
The track for a time was around the room,
and Hatch, being the mora agile of the two,
left, while the short legs and fat body of Mr..
Scott prevented that fast time which would
have taken him out of Mrs. Green's reach.
She followed close behind, plying the whip.
Finally, Hatch made break for light and
liberty through an open door aud fled. The
crowd waited for thepublishers reappearsnce
in the Courtroom. but they failed to materi-
alize. The paper alleged that Mrs. Green
had swindled certain artists by securing their
pictures to place on sale and not returning
the proceeds.
Sensational Habcas Corpus Case.
OMAHA, April 25tb.-A sensational habeas
corpus case is on trial here. A widow named
Mrs. Jane Kelley, from Philadelphia, sues
out writ against Mrs. Kate Kelley, of
Omaha, a widow, for the possession of two
girls, Alice and Jane, aged 10 and II years.
The Philadelphia woman claims that her
husband was John Kelley, from whom she
separated thirteen years ago in Philadelphia,
and states that the children were taken from
her and came to Omaha with another woman.
John Kelley did in Omaha FIVE years ago.
His widow here raised the girls, together with
boy born here. She drew a pension from
The Government for herself and children,
John Kelley having been wounded in the
war. The Philadelphia woman claims that
she accidentally discovered the whereabouts
of the children some two years ago, and one
year ago she succeeded in having the pension
taken away from tha Omaha woman and
transferred TO herself, end now she wants the
two girla, who, however, prefer to remain
with the mother, who maintains that they
are her children. The case excites great in
tsress.
Airocious Crime of BOY.
GALVESTON. April 25th.-A News Houston
special says an atrocious crime was commit
ted nine miles from thsre, ct the Beck House
gully. A negro hoy named Adams, aged II
years, under the impression that boys of Che
were going to fog him, while
playing with Cuny Nelson, aged IL, whom
he suspected as one Of the party, tied rope
AFRO - tsuer a
horse, tied the other end to the pommel of
the saddle, and rode rapidly off, dragging
Nelson through the prairie until dead. He
then took the train for Houston, where he
was captured.
Assassination I'm Texas.
LAMPAsAs TEX, April 25sh.-Dr. a. G.
Rich was murdered last night by parties I'M
known. He and Mrs. Rich were asleep,
when the door was unfastened and parties en-
tered the room and shot Rich through the
head, jerked him out of bed and fred twice,
killing him instantly. Rich came from
Georgia several years ago, and was married
only two years. His wife has been almost
bereft of sense over the terrible tragedy she
witnessed.
EIoodshed In Arkansas.
LITTLE Rock, April 25sh.-Near Cedar
Glades, Yell county, on Saturday, VIM. Pot
ter was murdered while working in his field
by Riley Blocker and Jack Daniels, in whose
some of Potter's hogs were found
They were taking him TO the woods to shoot
him, when he hallooed to bis wife, and then
they shot him and fed to the mountains and
joined several other desperadoes. The Sheriff
snd posse are searching for them, and a
bloody encounter is expected.
A Family Drowned.
ATLANTA (Ga.), April 25th.-B. J. Roope,
n prosperous farmer and miller, lived on Hill
lohoolchie creek, six miles from Franklin.
The creek rose rapidly Sunday night and
lifted the building, which started down the
stream with all its inmates-Roope, his wife,
three children and negro servant. The
house finally struck Q tree and went to pieces.
A fash of lightning just then enabled Roope
to see his family sink. He grasped mat.
tress and fioated down until he struck an
other tree, in which he remained till morn.
ing. Two of the bodies were recovered.
An Internal Machine.
New York, April 25th.-Pierrepont Ed.
wards, the British Consul, is in possession of
two internal machines, one of which resem-
bles piece of coal and weighs about eighteen
pounds A heavy iron screw projects from
one side for about half an inch. Examine
ton shows that the substance is iron, instead
of coal, covered with black glaze. How it
came into my possession 1 cannot tell you"
said NJ. Edwards. sit never has been sent
out for use, however. Is contains, or is sup
posed to contain, some kind Of explosive. 1t
was afterward improved Oh, l understand,
and superior article produced. These were
to be mixed with coal on British steamers,
and it is supposed oae was sufficient to sink
the ship. They were manufactured here"
"Do you know the whereabouts of the
factory p asked the correspondent.
81 cannot properly answer that question"
was the guarded reply.
Langtry's Success.
NEW York, April 25sh. Abbey, Langtiy's
manager. publishes the receipts from her per.
formances throughout the country in order
to silence the reports OF her financial failure.