Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-24
SATURDAYS NEWS.
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CONDENSED PROM SPECIAL DIsPArcHEs.l
DOMESTIC.
Snow is over foot deep in Cincinnati
Ex-Governor Love- Of Iowa, died in Washington
Saturday evening.
The list OF House committees has not yet been
completed by Speaker Carlisle.
Ex-senator Spencer, the defauting star route wit
ness, excaped punishment for contempt because of
an error in the subpoena
At powder mill near Newburg, n. Y, 100 pounds
of powder blew up Saturday, shaking up the neigh
b -rhOod. No one was hurt.
Three lottery agents were fined $50 each in the
United States Court at Chicago Saturday for using
the mails to distribute circulars.
Adolph Ireland fell down flight Of stairs and
broke his neck in New York Saturday. He lived for
number Of years in San Francisco
The New England Society held annual dinners in
Philadelphia and New York Saturday; President
Arthur attended the Philadelphia dinner.
An attachment in favor of H. B. Claflin & Co, of
New York, has been granted on claim OF S20I 900,
against Donald Gordon, Rochester dry goods mer-
chant.
Great distress is expected from the smallpox cpl.
demic at Gadsden, Tenn Out of twenty-sX cases
fourteen have died. and request is made for nurses
and virus
The New York Mining and National Petroleum
the New York Petroleum Exchange. The latter also
decided in favor Of consolidation.
sleighing party, numbering fifteen, went over
| an embankment at Millvle, Pa, Saturday, aud
James Crous, Charles Imshweiler, Mary. Mqtter,
Caroline Green and Mary Hesslsr were seriously III
| jured. Three others were hurt slightly.
The directors OF the Wyoming, Yellowstone Park
and Pacific Railway Company elected officers Satur-
day 1t is stated that the company will begin next
spring the construction OF extensive railroad sys
TEN in Wyoming and adjacent Territories.
The centennial of Westinghouse surrender of his
command to the Continental Congress at Annapolis
December "A, 1888, occurring on Sunday, was com
! memorated Saturday night by the Maryland His
| toricai Society, by dinner and speeches.
A Billings special says: Jack Myer has rediscoy
cred the lost Carbon mine in Montana. which is i'm
| mensey rich. 1t is located near the headwaters of
the Big Horn river. This is mine which three old
timers discovered in early territorial times, two OF
| whom were murdered by the Indians, and the sur
viyor became insane and could never trace the trail
| Asa Baker, who has been sentenced at Boston for
life for the murder of his wife, has made confess
| sion. He arranged for meeting with hisNyife at
the spot here the body was found, and fired five
shots into her body. She revived and asked him for
| drink OF water. He told her the shooting
accidental, and seized rock aid smashed her skull
killing her.
The following priests were ordained yesterday in
Baltimore at the Cathedral by Bishop Keane. of
Richmond NJ. Moody, Dennis 0Crowley J. Gil
fether, Boston j. D. Mar Washington, D. C.; B. F.
Moore, Irvington, Ky; c. DonahUe, Richmond. Va
Joseph Lamler, Trenton, n. J.; +. 0Reiey, J. J.
Green, Chicago: William Dougherty, Providence,
K. l.; James Degnan, Connecticut. The bishop also
ordained eight deacons and eight sub-deGcons.
FOREIGN.
Strikes among workmen are increasing on the
Continent.
The Queen OF England will 20 to the north of Italy
| in the spring.
| There were fifteen deaths from yellow fever in
Havana last week.
Several large strikes among iron-workers have
occurred in England.
There is rumor of a secret treaty between Mar
quis Tseng and England.
force of British troops, it is said, will be dis
| patched at once to Egypt
The success Of the French forces at Sontay, it is
| believed will put end TO the demands of China.
1t is currently reported in London that Mary An
| derSOn is engaged 10 be married to the Duke Of
Portland
The iron-workers at Stockton-on-Tees refused to
stop work to the Prince Of Wales or to subscribe
| for the reception.
| Another cold wave is sweeping over Canada. The
| thermometer ranged from zero to Il degrees below
| in Ontario Saturday.
Elizabeth Clark, Captain of the Salvation Army,
has been requested by the authorities to leave the
| city of Neufchatel, Switzerland.
The steamship Lancaster, from New orleans for
| Liverpool has arrived at Queenstown with the
crank pin Of her main shaft broken.
Survivors of the steamship st. Augustine, burned
in the Bay of Biscay, describe the scene on board
| the vessel as horrible in the extreme.
The French Government has telegraphed Admiral
Courbet to express the troops the satisfaction Of
France with their brave conduct at Sontay.
The steamship Bolivia, Of; the Anchor line, from
Glasgow TO New York, is ashore at Wemyss on the
Clyde; the passengers were landed by the boats.
A dispatch from Pesth says that an appeal from
A.,
the charges against the Jews accused of killing
girl in the synagogue Of Tissea Esslar, has been
jected
Several hundred carloads Of freight have accu
muated at the junction Of the Canadian Pacific
and Grand Trunk, near Montreal, on account OF a
dispute about the rights purchased with the North
Shore road.
The Pope has created Archbishop Gibbons Dele
gate Apostolic, to preside at the Catholic Council at
Baltimore in November, 1854. Archbishop Gibbons
will virtually hold the rank of Papal Legate.
The Havana police have captured a noted crimi-
nal from Vera Cruz, who went to Cuba to organize
band Of bandits. Among the effects found were i'm
portant papers, showing the services of bandits were
TO BE- used 10 fomentine political agitation.
The Empress Of Austria has ordered herF stables
in England 10 be di5mantle1, her physician has
forbidden her TO hunt. The Empress Is now devot-
herself to literary work, poetry being her spec
atty. She has started printing press at the I'm
peral Palace at GOdaO.
At banquet given in Paris Saturday night by the
Minister Of Foreign Affairs, Lord Lyons, the British
ambassador, Prince Hohenlohe, the German Em-
bassador, and other notaDles were present. The
Marquis Tseng and his Secretary excused them
selves on the ground Of ill-health.
The Austrian Government will send two war YES
sells 20 join the English, German and American
squadrons for the protection of European interests
China. Canton VIII be the central station Of the
combined squadrons which is the most powerful ma
7al force ever seen in Chinese waters
There were no further disorders over the refusa'
to accept nickel money in the City Of Mexico Satur
day, and a repetition Of the outbreak is not feared.
The City Council is opening stores for the sale Of
prime necessities for nickels and the President has
ordered a strict enforcement OF the nickel law.
A Berlin dispatch states that General Won Thiee,
commanding the Eighth Army Corps, has been
placed the retired list General Won Lac,
Catholic, who accompanied the Crown Prince TO
Spain and Italy, has been appointed his successor.
The appointment is regarded as further step
in the German policy OF concilation with the Vat
lean.
At the time Of the recent suicide Of Baron Putt
litz, professor in the University of Berlin, his
death attributed to sensitive objections to fight
ing a duel which had been forced on him by col
league. II has been discovered that his suicide
YVES due to jealousy Of his wife, who Is already
gagged TO be married to a German diplomat who was
Baron Putlitz's most Intimate friend.
The action Of Baron de Hardener against the Col
lector OF the port Of New York for the recovery Of
alleged excessive duty on a quantity Of comeback
for the plaintiff. The Government contended that
the material as a fertilizer subject to % per
cent duty, but the plaintiff insisted that it was
only animal boneblack, intended for the decoorza
ton Of sugar.
PACIFIC COAST.
The Chinese are settling thickly Victoria, B. c.
Incendiaries made two attempts to burn house
in W9tsonyille Friday night.
Fridays rain-stor general throughout south
ern California / very beneficial.
A Miss Murphy, OF Honey Lake valley, New, had
her jaw broken in five places by being over by
wagon
There was a light shock Of earthquake at l:20
O'Clock in WstsonyiIle Saturday morning. The Vi
bratons east to west
The body Of James Boyle was found Friday in
Umatilla county, Or He had,been dead some time.
I he cause Of death Is unknown.
J. H. Fish, of The Dalles, or, has brought suit
at Portland against Peter Donahue and other San
FranciscAns to recover 100000 commissions on land
sales.
! Judge Pinney has called special term of Court
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