Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-11-24

character of the wounds Mooney was con-
victed, and tie head placed in fail in the
basement of the Warden's house. Mooney
has secured new trial. and it is now dis
covered that Anderson's head has mys-
teriously disappeared. 1t is believed this
will render another conviction impossible.
The Death Penalty.
LoUDoN (Tenn) J, November 2Si.-Andy
Taylor, the last of the three notorious
brothers, was executed at 3:l5 P. NJ. he
msiptsined the same indifference to the last,
and refused to converse with minister. He
ate his dinner with much RELISH At $50 he
was taken from Jail, and mounted the gsilows
with firm step. When asked if he wished
to address the crowd, be said he did not have
a G. d. word to say" He was entirely
unmoved on the gallows. After the moose
was adjusted he said to the Sheriff of Hamil-
ton county: &C a. you, l could drink
your hearts blood" The drop was sprung at
3:l5. and he died of strsngulation in nine
minutes. and was cut down at 1927. The
crowd was orderly, and the gallows screened.
This was the first private execution that ever
took place in the State
To night. three hours after the hanging of
Andy Taylor, Bill Williams and John Nc
Kee, both white, became involved in a quarrel
with some negroes, and Williams was struck
on the head with stone and hisskull crushed.
1t is thought he will die.
Destruction by Fire.
HUNTINGTON pa. J. November 23d.-A dis
astrous forest fire is raging on Jacks noun
tain in the vicinity of Mill creek, and ex-
tends almost to Allenville, distance CT nine
miles. About 900 cords of wood and
like number of cords of bark have been de-
stroyed. The fire extends over several thou
land acres of valuable timber land, and is
supposed to have been started by hunters
camping on the mountains.
Horrible Double Murder
NASHVILLE (Tenn.). November 23d.-An
american special from Hickman, Ky, gives
an account of q horrible double murder of
Hillsmsn Kang and wife, an old and re-
spected &C uple. Their son Arthur this morI
ing visited the house and found his mother
dead in a pool of clotted blood. He gave
the alarm, and the neighbors found the
father in the barn, covered with shucks and
partly eaten by rats. A German peddler is
suspected. The house was robbed of 81, 900.
The speakership.
CHICAGO, November 23d. - The Times
Washington dispatch says: The contest at
Washington over the Speskership grows
warm. Randall was yesterday closeted for
an hour with John Roach, the ship-builder.
w. w. Eaton, of Connecticut, declares him
self strongly against tariff agitation, as
forerunner of Democratic defeat. General
Mcclellan has written to w. NJ. Springer,
expressing surprise that any Illinois Dem
ocratic members should hesitate to support
him. There is considerable talk about Mr..
Morrison as a compromise candidate. Car.
Isle expects to receive the votes of all the
Illinois Democrats except Riggs and Neece.
CHICAGO, November 23d.-A dispatch TO
the Times from Brighton, n. j., says: In
newspaper Office a Democratic politician,
named j. l.. Vansyckle, shot the editor, John
Cheeseman, in the breast. The wounded
man threw his assaiant to the flor and
pounded him to a fatal degree.
A Supposed Rich Man Dies Poor.
New York, November Ath-A. MA. B.
johnson, who recently committed suicide at
Rochester, left his business aft airs in a horri-
BILE shape. The estate was valued at S775,-
OUO. 1t now turns out that he was a defsulter
to the extent of S300,000. Hon. Wsrd Hunt,
and Others supposed to know his affairs. de.
c!ined tonight to say anythir about the mat
ter. Mrs. johnson and her family will be
left worse than penniless.
TaImage Likes the English.
NEW YORK. November 24th-A Mn his
regular Friday night church meeting Rev.
DIR. Talmage said " 1t is good thing that
the Euglish left, ana it is good thing that
they are coming back. There are now more
English in New York than the day before the
famous evacuation, and they have come
to stay. They are, in our stores,
our factories and our homes. They make
soma of our best citizens. The fact is, the
English have made go deep an impression
upon the Americans that we are out .En glish-
ing the English. We have Enc lish dog carte,
English hate, English shoes, English gesticu-
lations, English accentuation. All the satire
of the day will not be able to make English
ideas and manners evscuste. We are more
and more unified. Broadway is only an ex-
tension of London Strand"
Death of a san Francisco Lady.
New YORK, November 24th-A. M.-The
funeral of the late Hannah Louise Van Allen,
daughter of w. K. Van allen. of San Fran.
cisco, took place yesterday. The burial was
in the cemetery at Fisbkill. Miss Van Allen
had long been a sufferer from infiam-
matory rheumatism, and for several years
she had travelled in Europe in search of
health. She was stopping at hotel
in Ischis, trying the n.ui baths at that
place, at the time of the earthquake last
August, where she received injuries which
caused her death. She occupied an upper
room in the building. At the first shock she
stepped out on the veranda and fell with it
to the ground, breaking her leg and injuring
herself internally.
ThermOmetricaI.
New YORK, November 231-Tempera-
ture, 63' and 80.
CHICAGO, November 23d-Temperature
so to 40'.