Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-08-28
Chlcago DisappeInted.

Chicago Disappointed.
CHICAGO, August 9Th There were larg
crowds OF one or two Of the leading resort
here Saturday night. mainly members OF st
Bernard Con mandery, to hear the news from
California. st. Bernsrd bsd been backed VI
as surswinner, and the crowds only wsiteC
for confirmation Of the story how they has
polished of their rivals. As the telegraml
we're slow in arriving, some Of the more en-
thusipstic framed bogus telegrsms having
the marvellous scoIe from San Francisco made
by the st. Bernards. When the official re
port arrived, it feu very like wet blanket
They could conceive how Louisville might
under certain conditions wals off with tn.
cake, but that the deFpised Rapers, whom
the st. Bernards had twice sent back homt
with their plumes down, should come out
ahead, was powerfully crushing. The know.
ing ores sll alorg, had been sfraid Of Nor
thIup and bis KeDtuckisns, as they in reality
won the prfza here three ysars aSo, and cnly
missed it by portion OF the printed pro
grsmme escaping the eye OF their Command, r.
1t is generally accepted here that tho St
Bernsrds were fairly beaten, and the only
complaint thus far has come from q
correspondent in San Frs ncisco, who .ele.
graphs tie following this morning
"Siuca the p ize hss been decided, runori
have been circulated which confirm the Ts.
ports circulated previous 20 the drill. About
these st. Barnar1 hrs ssid nothing out Of coz
si6eration fer tire California KuighIs. whC
have acted mora than honorably throughout,
but later reports confirm the former statement
that the Chicago people feel that an il justics
has been done them, and that the Judges dis.
criminatei sgaios5 them. Bsf0re the drill
several residents Of California intimated that
the st. Bernards could not got the FIRST Prize
Since the drill it hes been proven that De
Molsy for day or two drilled exclusively on
the double time mcveH e1ts, which we're prom
inent features Of the last Of the dill move.
mems. No schedule csrds weTs on the ground
the decision WAS made public. the score wa.
not given, nor have the San Francisco psperi
been able 90 obtain l.. The impseesion pre-
walls thst no score was kept"
TIE correspondents Of the entire Eastern
press speak in the highest terms Of tie hes
pitahty of the California Knights, with the
exception only of the hotel which engaged tc
entertain the Rapers OF Indianapolis.
CalifOrnia's HonoFs 10 the Dead.
NEW YoBK, August 25ih.-The Mail Ee
press, referring TO the Garfield monument
pageant, says Evidently Garfield still lives
in the hearts of the people. 1t was in Califor
MIA that the last, meRnest and most effectual
part of the mud campaign was fought fh(
Morey letter forzery business. Perhaps this
ia the reason Calforni3ns experience gorge
Of disgust with the peculiar tsctics which
seek to eaa7ge the popular verdics about him,
now that be is dead and v6icsiess.
Serious Railroad Accidents.
CIScINNATI. August 27th.-The Times-Stal
S'eubenville, o., special says that an acci
dent occurred on the Panhandle road thi.
morning near Mengo Junction, within one
hundred yards of the great disaster of 1873
The east-bound freight, ten minutes late
collided with the Cincinnati express passenger
train, en- time. Both engines and one posta
car were wrecked. Engineer Charles Woolf
of Dennison, o.. Wm. NJ. Newman and Johr
B. Hoyt, both of indianapolis. were injured
Hoyt fatally.
GALVESTON, August 27th.-The Tex7s anc
St Louis toush-bound passenger train or
Saturday night jumped the track, and tht
whole train, engine and all, landed at tht
bottom Of Fl tesn-foot embsnkmsnt, with
wheels up and all lights extinguishe5. Tn,
passengers groped their way CUT of tbs wiu.
dows 81 best they could. Strangely, no one
WIS fatally injured The only one seriously
hurt was Mrs. Chambers, badly bruised. He
child's thigh was broken. Brakeman Yer
shett hsd 8 wrist spraired.
Stocks sn New York.
NEW YoRK. Wall street, August 27th-
1l;20 N-1'here was gress depression or
the Stock Exchange az opening, and during
the FIRST twenty minutes prices dropped ! t
Z from closing quotations Of Saturday. The
entire list shared ths downward movement
and there was d free pressure to sell,
The Death Penalty.
RALEIGH IN. Oh August 27th.-Ihi.
morning Henry jones was hanged for the
murder of Deputy Sheriff Alvis Black last
year. The execution wss private. JONES
made profession of religion, and was re.
markedly seli-possessed before the execution
and on the gsllows. Jones was % years old
and leaves a wife and au infant.
TIE Church Bell Nuisance.
NEW YORK, Augrss 27th.-Jsokson s
Shuttle has fled an affidavit before the Boarc
of Health, declaring the ringing Of the bel
of ST. Georges Church, on Stuyvesant
Square, nuisance, which he ssks TO have
suppressed. st. Georges was formerly DR.,
Iyng's church. and one of the most fsshiou.
able Ia the city. 1t is now in charge of .
popular young clergyman, vino is doing laEg;
and active work amopg the laboring classes
in the vicinity. Sbuhzs says THE sffida
WIS L dtAA HtiLAl ~ 10y DClnEE LUG bJAIA vii
be from residents in the neighbOrhood, anC
letters from ssnitsTians touching the iDjuri
Gus effects of the noise upon sick people.
am determined not only TO prevent the bel
of st. Georges Church from bsirg rupg, bu
also to step ths balls in all other churches in
the city. They are puisances, and think
the law is against them"
Southern Crop Reports.
New ORLEANS, August 27th.-Dispstchei
TO the Times-Democrdt from all sections cf tht
cotton belt show considerable falling IF il
crop prospects compared with last year, ex
cept in Tennessee and portions OF Texas
caused by drought caterpillnrs and worms
The decrease is estimated in some places 81
33A per ceat. Many reports from Texas also
show falling #. The corn crop is reported
considerably damaged by drought.
The Missing Mary FGuad.
ST LOUIS, August Il h.. A brief dispatch
from Keoguk. Just received, announces tht
finding there this morning Of NJ ary Churchill
the young girl who disappeared from he
hoDie here week sgo.
SECOND DISPATCH.I
ST. LOUIS. August 27th.-The report tha
Mary ChuJchil was fsund as Ksokuk thi
morning proves to be untrue. The ladysai,
to have bsen en- the train en- route to 81
Louis was another person entirely. Their
are 10 definite tidings yet Of Mics Churchill
Disastrous OIL Fire.
New YORK, August 27th.-This aftesnoo,
large tank, containing several thou. and gal
Ions OF oil, exploded In the South Brooklyn
oil works, and the burning oil was thrown il
every direction. John Reynolds, an old man
was overtRken By the blazing stream, aud il
thought to be fatally burned. Joseph II
Denis was burned about the face, and Michae
Cavanaugh about the b3dy Samuel Love,
fireman, was thrown f,om an engine on thl
way to the frs and severely injured. Bssor,
the firemen arrived another tank exploded
setting FIRE to the entire works. Tae flame
continued spreading uatil tie buildings we=t
in ruins. TIE works were owned by Borne
Serymser & Co. Their loss on buildings, ma
chinery and stock is about $50, COO HardI,
had the hremen reached their engine house
when al other alarm was sounded, ss spark
from the oil works had jgnited the sulphu
works of Daniel Gray. at Ninth street ami
the Gowanus canal. Before the flames wer
extinguished, damage estimated at S25. .OO
was done; insured. Tho oil works were un
insured.
st. Louis Beer Sellers Happy.
ST. LOUIS, August 27th.-Judge Noonan
of the Court Of Criminal Correction, gave
decision this afternoon 10 the case Of VIM
j. Lemp, charged with violating the Sunds
law by keeping his beer saloon open on Sur
days The Court decides that tha Downin