Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-25

balk-line championship within thirty days
after the closing of the tournament, for $500.
In the evening billiard game Sexton scored
431 average, 6 50 s.: highest ruu, So. Wig
naux, 500 I; average, 81 60; highest run, 80.
Time, hours and 10 minutes.
A Sensitive sIongoIiaa.
PHILADELPHIA (Pa.), May 24sh.-There
was a remarkable scene in the Quarter Sea-
sions Court to-day, during the trial OF Thomas
W. Lyons for the killing Of Chung Wah
You. in February last. Sam Sab took the
stand, and under rigid examination or
counsel for the defense grew vary nervous
and excited. Three little children were
called inside the bar. Did you ever see
these children before?' ssked Counsel
Shields. No, no !" almost yelled the wit
ness, as he burst into paroxysm OF tears
and leaned his head upon his arms upon the
railing of the witness stand. You must
understand" said Judge Mitchell, that
these men are foreigners and strangers TO our
customs and manner OF doing business, and
are liable TO be overcome by excitement, and
their feelings in the case, and they must net
be pressed too hard" 81 want the jury TO
give us Justice" called out Yam Dock. who
was sitting in the audience. while tears rolled
down his cheeks. Sam Sab was excused
from the stand.
Cars Preeipiiated Through n Bridge.
| DELTA (Col.l, May 24sh.-The east-bound
passenger train Oh the Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad went through bridge over
| Gunnison river, Just below the mouth OF tue
| Roubedoux, early this morning. The mail
and baggage cars hosted mile before lodging.
| Engineer Duncan and fireman Emery were
| drowned, and one brakeman badly hurt. 1t
| is supposed the bridge was weakened by bigh
water.
An Indian ana Two Bears Killed.
MAoKINAw (Mich.) May 24th.-At ST.
| Ignace to-day Two Indians made their ap-
pearsncs with two pet bears, ard IS the H.
dians were drunk the party laid on the rail-
road track. One Indian and both bears were
killed, and the other Indian fatally II iured.
Destruction by Fire.
CHICAGO, May 24th.-A fire tonight de-
stroyed the planidg mill of j. II. Pearson &
Co. Loss, $4,000; insurance. $4,000. 1t
also damaged Louis Hutt's mait-house TO the
amount OF 5000 Tho house contained
! SGS, 0G0 worth Of malt, which is damaged, but
how much cannot now bs determined. All
| fully insured.
4 Fraudulent Stampede The Northern
! Pacific.
HELENA MONTY. May 24th.-An hide
pendent special says: The stampede to the
| Coeur d'Alene mountains is q fraud. The
stampede created some excitement in the Ter
ritory. The returning parties went as far as
| the range, and penetrated the mountain snow
| ten miles, but still had about forty miles Of
snow of an unknown depth to overcome.
| Several mules rolled down tbs steep mount
aims, and were killed. The stampederJ re-
turned discouraged.
| The Northern Pacific track is within
| twenty-eight miles Of Helena.
TherDsometrlcai.
NEW YORK, May 24sh.-Highest tempera-
ture to-day, S3' lowest, 81.
Victory for "square" Compositors.
| New YORK, May 25th-A. MA strike
occurred among the compositors Of the WorId
Office yesterday, because they did not re-
ceive double pay for rule aud figure work.
The non. Union men among them instantly
Joined the Typographical UBioD, which after
wards filled the strikers places so the World
| is again a Union Office.
Fatal Discussion of English Politics.
ST. LOUIS. May 25th-A. M.-Information
came in from western suburb al 2 o'clock
| this morning that a quarrel occurred in a
street car on the Manchester road about l
| o'clock between two men-nemes not known
and that one shot and killed the other.
The quarrel grew out CT discussion OF the
| Queens birthday and English politics.