Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-18

with love and service OF the living God.
The benediction was given by Rev. DR..
Hatfield, the Stated Clerk.
Morning and afternoon sessions will beheld
daily, with an occasional evening session.
At the opening of the afternoon session,
Rev. DIR. William @. Roberts, Permanent
Clerk, read the roll OF Commissioners. It
appeared that all of the 1882 Presbyteries
were represented except those in Rio de
Janeirc, Canton, Ningpo, Peking, Alfalfa
bad, Grand Forks, Mankato. Corsica, Santa
Fe and West Africa,
The Moderator announced the election Of
Rev. DR.. Edwin +. Hatfield. and appointed
Samuel Breckenridge. of st. Louis, and Rev.
DIR. Charles Hawley, of Auburn, TO conduct
the new Moderator to the chair. Moderator
johnson addressed DR.. Hatfield, welcoming
him to the chair, and alludirg to his long ser.
vice of over forty years as Stated Clerk.
DR.. Hatfield responded with appropriate
remarks.
A motion by Rev. Howard Crosby was
adopted, that all honorary titles be omitted
in addressing the members of the General
Assembly.
A resolution relative to the reception of
delegates of the Southern General Assembly
was referred to q special committee, com.
prising Drs. Crosby, Herrick, johnson and
Judge Breckenridge, and to be heard as the
first business on Friday afternoon. The sec
ond business was to be amendments of the
Book of Discipline. At the evening service
communion was celebrated, Raw. DR.. Herrick
johnson presiding.
The Brooklyn Bridge Opening.
New YoRK, May 17th.-Preparation for
the grand display of fireworks which is TO
succeed the opening of the Brooklyn bridge.
May 24sb, are being rapidly carried forward.
It has baen determined to light up the whole
structure on the night of this exhibition.
The contractors for the display say that it
will be the finest evsr witnessed in this couu-
try, and will be easily seen for ten miles. By
instruction ef the Trustees, there will be no
set pieces, as they would look Insignificant ct
such great hight. The programme is to in.
clude dozens Of new features in fireworks.
For an hour and qusrter there viii be
running fire of rockets, bombs and fountains
of silver and gold rain. Flights of 500 or
600 rockets of every kind known viii go up at
once from the middle main spans and from
the tops of the towers. Some of the bombs
will be thrown 400 feet above the towers.
The International Committee Of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
MILWAUKEE wis.,, May 17th.-At the
morning session of the international Com
mittee of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation about two hours were given to devo-
tional exercises. Papers were then read by
S. M. Sayford, General Secretary Of the
Massachusetts, Associations, of behalf of w.
E. Douglass. of ST. Louis, written on the
subject Of Reasons Why Local Associa.
ton Should Employ General Secretary"
and who was unable to be present. w E.
Watkins read a papsr on Survey of the
Work of the international Committee in Sc
curing Secretaries"
An Old Lady In Trouble.
HARTFORD, May 17th.-The only remain
ing member of the celebrated family of Miss
Smith, who owned the "Alderney Cow Farm"
aud who for refusing to pay taxes unless al.
lowed to vote, lost two of her cows, is in
trouble again. When S. years old this lady
Mis- Julia Smith-summoned her cousin to
manage the farm, and then in short time
lost her heart to another octogensrian named
Parker, and was married. Contrary to her
agreement with her ccusin George, she now
made over the whole property to Parker.
George brought suit, and served an iDjunc-
ton, which has made the old lady 3 life
burden. The suits are now pending in New
York.
The cid Block whence Sprung the Chip.
BOSTON, May 17th.-John l.. Sullivsn's
father is of the same material as the pugilist,
Being in saloon, he heard q city official re.
mark that he had an opinion that John L.
cultivated his muscle by pounding his father
and mother. The vigorous old man made
himself known, saying, 81 won't stand that
John L. is my son, and never struck his
mother" and without giving chance for an
apology, the old father, who ia upwards of
co, let fly straight from the shoulder and the
calumniator of the Sullivan family stretched
his limbs on the floor, snd as sooR as possible
left the place with black eye.
ExcursionIsts for Europe.
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left their docks yesterday, and turned their
Cunard line, for Liverpool, with 432 passeu-
gers, sixty of them being in the steerage; the
Candle, Of the French line, for Hayre, with
177 passengers, including sixty-thres in steer.
age the Elbe, of the North German Lloyds,
for Bremen, with 1926 passengers, and the
Waschattan, of the Royal Mail line, for
Rotterdam, with fair complement. Leav-
ing out the passengers in the stesrage, there
were thus about 800 passengers for Europe
the largest portion on pleasure trip. The
season has not reached its hight yet, and for
a month to come this figure will be steadily
increased.
Murderer Executed.
JACKSON (Nliss. May 17th.-Henry FIem-
ing was hsnged yesterday in Pittsboro. Cal.
houn county, for murder committed two years
ago. An immense crowd Witnessed the exc.
cution. Fleming was cool and self-poss essed.
When st the gallows he attempted to kill
himself with a small pocket knife, and in
ficted wound in the throat, which was not
fatal. His neck was broken by the fall, and
tbs death struggle lasted but an instant.
Murder in the Second DegTee.
OMAHA, May 17th.-At Beatrice, Enoch
Bradshaw has been convicted of murder in
the second degree, he having killed Henry
Vaorfaas for small sr1u, of m0pav and n
team Of horses FIVE years ago, while they
were on trip through the Western country.
Bradshaw was recently arrested at Council
Bluffs.
Horrible Work Of Mother.
OMAHA, May 17th.-Mrs. Brigham. living
near Long Pine Nsb., murdered her youngest
child. girl two years old, Tuesday night, by
cutting her throst with butcher knife. She
also cut frightful cash across the nose of
another child, four years old. She has been
county charge for some time, her husband |
having run away with her sister two years |
ago. She is generally believed to be crazy, |
and is under arrest.
Remarkable Feat of a Double Team.
NV YORK, May 17th.-The trotting team |
Midnight and Enchantress, owned by VIM. |
Brockfeller, were driven by him q mile on |
the Fleetwood track Wednesday evening to q |
road wagon in 2:22A. The horses had been |
driven together but twice previously, snd |
Brockfeiler is fifty five pounds overweight.
Cyclone In Nebraska.
OMAHA, May 17th.--This afternoon, about |
5 o'clock. a cyclone swept up from the south |
through Sanders county, doing considerable |
damage. At Valparaiso several houses and |
barns were blown down, and an old woman |
and two children we're seriously, and perhaps |
fatally, injured. The cyclone passed north |
ward just west Of Valley station, on the |
No particulars can be obtained, as the wires
are Frustrated.
LINCOLN, Hay 17th--A cyclone struck