Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-09
Magntficent neneyoience.

probably made 0y a pebble thrown by come
by with devils sling" His family,
however, are said TO take mora serious view
of the occurrence.
Magnificent BeHeyOience.
TowANDA tPa.) March Sih.-Ths will of
Rober Asa Packer, the millionaire President
Of the New York and Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, well-known coal minsr. etc, was
admitted TO probate here yesterday. The in
stIument leaves ons.half of Packers enoI-
nous personal and real estate to his wife,
Emile V. Packer, and her heirs. TIE other
entire one.half Of his estate, less $50, 600, is
hequeathed to the Trustees of the Lehigh
University, at Bethlehem, Pa. This be-
Quest, although no appraisement of the estate
has yet been made, is believed TO amount to
several millions, representing one Of the most
munificent acts OF beneyolence on record.
One OF the James Gang PardOned.
ST. LOUIS, March Ssh.-Gevernor Critten-
den has pardoned Clarence Hite, the noted
member of the James gang, who pleaded
guilty to the train robbery in February, 1882,
ami was sentenced to twenty-five years im-
prisoument. The pardon is issued on the
Recommendation of the Penitentiary physi-
clan and guard inspectors. Hite ia in the
last stage of consumption. He has started
for his fathers homa in Logan county. KY.
There is speculation as to the effect of Hites
pardon upon James prospects. 1t is be-
lieyed that if he went on the witness.stand
and made deposition he could send James
to the Penitentiary.
The stephens Memorial Services.
ATLANTA (Ga.), March Sth.-The Stephens
memorial services began at 10 o'clock. The
attendance was overwhelming. Many dele
cations of citizsns and military are here from
different parts Of the State. Speeches were
delivered by Martin 7. Crawford. General
ToombP, General Jacksln. Senator Brown,
Colonel Jones, Attorney Gensrsl Anderson,
DIR. Miller and Ex-Governor Smith. The
funeral occurred OF 8 o'clock. DR.. Talmadge
made one of the prayers. Such crowds were
never seen in Atlanta. With the population
OF Atlanta left cut, there must have been over
Is, 0G0 people on the streets. The funeral
procession was mile aud half long.
Dcath OF n Prominent Railroad Man.
AToHIsoN (Ks.l Msrch Sth.-A telegram
received here to-day announces the death Of
Major VIM. T, Downs at Santa Monica,
Cal, this morning. Major Downs for many
years was General Superintendent of the
central branch of the Union Pacific Railroad,
and was widely known in railroad circles
throughout the country. He was Mayor Of
this city in 1873 and 1879. About two years
ago ne was stricken with paralysis, and has
since been much of an invalid. He went to
California for rest and health
Fires and Loss OF Life.
PHILADELPHIA, March Sth.-At hslf.pasi
this afternoon the works of the Loiseau
Patent Fuel Company are on fire, and sec.
ond alarm has been Iuag. Probably the
works will be destroyed.
NASHVILLE, Tenn J, March SSh.-At 2:3C
this morning the search began for the bodies
Of the missing men in the debris Of the Broad
street fire last night The remains Of a youne
man of about 80 years were found and identi
fed as Thomas Womack, o molder. A few
hours later the bodies Of William Miller, O
boilermaker. and John Firth, former police.
man, were taken from the ruine. The three
men were crushed to death by the falling wal
Of Litterers' drug store. while in the act Of
removing property from sn adjoining build.
ing during the fise about 10 o'clock last night.
LoGANsPoRT (tnd.), March Ssh.-The Ger.
man Lutheran Church has been burned. Loss
S32 600; no insurance
New York, March Ssh.-R G.. Mitchelrs
candle factory. on Front street, was burned
tonight. Total loss, 500. 600. The inhab.
itants Of nsighboring tenemenss were greatly
frightened at the eight OF the burning grease
fJ9ing down the cutters.
Flood Reports.
MEMPHIS (Tenr.) March Sth.-Two breaks
in the levee on the east bank of the river oc.
CURED Monday night at McCioud's, fifteen
miles below Friar's Point, Miss., and one ST
Richards, thirty.five miles below Friar's
Point. Saturdays break is the most serious.
being about 200 yards wide. The water i
rushing through with great. velocity. These
are the first breaks reported from the second
Mississippi levee district. The farm of Col.
Ed. Richardson, near Robard's, will be over
flowed, and the water will find its way
through the break into Yazoo river.
LITTLE Rock Ark, March S.h. - The
water continues to rise IN the Mississippi. At
Arkansas City, on the Mississippi river, the
citizens have no other means of communities
ton but boats. There is five feet of water in
the Parker House. and backwster covers the
Little Rock, Mississippi and Texas RAILROAD
for eleven miles, though communication is
still maintained. The only ground visible in
town is near the elevator. Considerable suf-
feripg exists among the poorer classes, SIS all
the industries have stopped, and no provisions
have tesn made to relieve The destitute for
several days. The track is kept from floating
off by covering the ties with railroad iron,
and thousands of sacks filed with earth have
been piled three or four deep on the sides to
project the track.
The Death Penalty.
SPRINGFIELD Mass March Sth.-.Toseph
B. Loomis was hanged this morning for the
murder Of David Sstt, in Agawam. Two
hundred persons witnessed the execution.
Loomis supplemented the confessions made
Wednesday by reading q statement on the
scaffold acknowledging the crime and attrib.
uting it to rum.
CANTON (O.). March 8sh.-George McMil-
len, the Cleveland wife-murderer, has been
sentenced to be hanged June 221.
Michigan Greenback State C0nyention.
DETROIT, March Sth.-The Greenhaek
State Convention met at Lansing at noon.
w. D. Fullers, of Nswaygo, was chosen tenn
porary Chairman, and after the appointment
of the usual committees the Convention ad.
journed until afternoon. The proposition OF
the Democrats yesterday for fusion on an
evenly divided ticket for Supreme Court
Judges will be accepted.
SECOND DISPATCH.I
LANSING, March Sth.-The Greenback
State Convention accepted the proposal oi
the Democratic State Convention to unite in
a joint ticket, and nominated Thomas q.
Sherwood, of Kalamazoo, for Judge of the
Supreme Court, and Charles J. Willetts, Ct
Glabiob county, ioE otConu ISsSoLt VI eAe
State University.
A Mine Gazing In.
MOUNT CARMEL (Pa.), March S!h.-The old
breasts Of the Reliance colliery have caved
in, cracking a large area Of surface under nine
housss, leaving only thin shell OF frozen
earth between the bouaes and the mine. The
families are hurrielly moving out. Twenty
other houses, the public road and the Residing
depot and railroad are 10 danger. The houses
belong to the Reading company. Some oil
them are being pulled down and carried
away, as they may sink out Of sight at any
moment.
A Frightful Outrage.
LANCASTER (O.), March 8sh.-C Considerable
excitement is created here by story brought
from Clearport, a small country town, that a
fragrant outrage had been done well-knowa
citizen there, obnoxious to the people on ac
count of indignities to which he subjects his
wife and family by keeping lewd woman in
the house. He has the name of roue, and
has separated two wives from their husbands
in his neighborhood, beside having the seduc.
ton of several young girls to answer for.
Last night, after midnight, a dozen masked
men visited his house, took him from his bed,
blindfolded, gagged and bound him, and
carried him to secluded rayine about mile
from the house. and there mutilased him.
He was then tied to tree and left until this
morning, when he was discovered and con-
vayed to his home. The attending physicians
report that he cannot survive.
The Arkansas Train Robbery.
VAN buren, lArk.), March S.h.-One Of