Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-10-10

hCAN IL SIlCasO I1lS W6eks
1t is reported that General Campenon has
been appointed French Minister of War.
Mrs. J. M. Hannig. only survivor of the
fall of the Alamo, died on Sunday at Austin,
Tex.
Captain N. t. Nokes, of the Marine Corps,
died at Corinto, Nicaragua, on Sunday, of
heart disease.
The Khedive has ancestied all implicated
in the late rebellion, except those convicted
OF murder and outrage.
A Natchez special says Sixteen deaths to
date from smallpox on the Marville plsnta-
tation, Concordis parish, Louisiana.
An investigation is being made of the ex.
plosions at Lyons and Bordeaux, France.
They ara generally regarded as the work of
revolutionists.
George Warden, defaulting Secretary and
Manager of the London and River Plate
Bank, c1nfesses his crime and duplicates
others.
Pierre Lorillsrd's residence at Newport ia
reported cold, or about to be sold, for nearly
S500,0 Vanderbilt is reported the pur-
chaser.
Secretary Freelinghuysen returned to
Washington Monday hight with the Presi-
dent. and YVES at the Department of State
yesterday.
President Arthur has taken up his resi-
dence st the Soldiers Home, ar d will remain
there until the repairs at the White House
are completed.
Sarah Spencer was killed in the wreck Of q
train on the Camden and Amboy Railroad,
near Old Bridge, n. j., Monday. Five men
were injured.
The issue of standard silver dollars from
the mints for the week ended October 6th was
S615 999; for the corresponding period Of
last year. S6S9. 49S.
The Government obtained verdict at New
York yesterday in an action for the con-
demnation of 100,0e cigars not bearing the
number of the factory.
ent Catholic, did not arrive in New York
Monday, as before stated. His wife and son
arrived, and he will come later.
The President has accepted two sections of
the Northern Pacifc-one of fifty miles in
Montana, and the other of thirty-si1 on the
Columbia river to Portland, Or.
The sum of 81, 900 was stolen from the
psymaster of the Mexican National Railway
at the citation in the City of Mexico Sunday
night by the psymsster's servant.
Several hundred workmen in the Govern
ment grounds at st. Petersburg revolted
against the authorities, and were marched to
their native places by the troops.
Monday evening Sadie Hayer, alias Hill. .
notorious prostitute, shot and killed Sergeant
J. NJ. Jenks of the third police precinct OF
st. Louis. He leaves wife and FIVE children.
The Catholic diocese of Portland, Me, and
New Hampshire will be divided, because Of
the increased Catholic population, and New
Hampshire will be called the diocese Of Man
chester.
At MscedoA, N. Y, Conrad Fnright, an
Italian, was killed. and seventeen persons
injured, one, G. Bird, seriously, by the ex-
plosion Of an old blast, which the men were
removing.
At the sale of jersey cattle in New York
the attendance and bidding were good.
the bull, Benefit Prince, $500; COW, Susie
Price, $3.50.
The New York Court of Appeals confirmed
the judgment in the case of Edward Hovey,
sentenced to death for the murder of his sis.
ter-in.law, Fanny Vermilyes. The death
watch has begun.
A. A. Cohen, who was stricken With pa
ralysis in New York Monday, is able TO
speak, move about and use his arms. Tbs
physicians are of the opinion that he will be
out in few days.
The corpse of bottle-nosed whale, nine.
teen feet four inches in length, washed ashore
at Bsrnegat, N. J. A plaster cast of the rare
specimen was taken, and the bones will be
taken to the Smithsonian Institution.
Samuel Mellon, United States District At.
torney for South Carolina. has written to the
Department. of Justice at Washington deny
ing the report that he had rendered his resig-
nation, and saying he had no such intention.
The American Institute of Mining En-
gineers convened at Troy, n. Y, last even
ing. An address of welcome was delivered
by ex-Congressman Townsend. There will
be reception to-day and visits to the steel
and iron works.
Frank B. Sherwin, arrested in Chicago,
pleads not guilty at ALBANY, n. Y, to six
indictments for contempt Of Court in connec.
tion with the case of defaulting Cashier
Phelps of the State Treasurers office. Bal
was fixed at $4,000.
1t is reported in Paris that Colonel Badens.
commanding the French forts from Hsiphong,
has had an engagement with the Chinese reg
ulars at Bac Mini. The Chinese were de-
feated. French gunboats will cut off their
retreat. Colonel Bsdens' forces numbered
$50. The victory is important.
A party of railroad lsborers csmped Mon
day night near Nettleton, Ark. They were
employees Of the Kansas City, Fort Scott
and Gulf Road. About 9 o'clock a dead
tree fell upon tent containing seven men.
Three were killed and boy had an arm
broken. The others were not seriously hurt.
Thomas Middleton, conductor, and Samuel
B. Ayers, brakeman, of the Manhattan train,
in collision with the Flushing train at Hun
ter's Point, N. Y, September 10th, were ar
rested on Coroner's warrant on charge Of
manslaughter. Three persons were killed
and several wounded. Other arrests are ex.
peeted.
In the sessions of the Bradley legis-
lative bribery case at Albany, n. Y, the
Judge decided the defense entitled to twenty
instead of five challenges. Ex.Speaker
Sharpe was excused from attendance, with
the understanding that ne would appear when
required. At noon yesterday five jurors were
secured.
Surgeon Finney, in charge of the quaran.
tine station at Ship Island, reports that for
the week ending September 29th there were
eleven cases of yellow fever, with three
deaths, at his station. Advices from Penss.
cola report three new cases of fever and one
death at the navy yard, and one new case and
one death at the reservation.
The Canadian Pacific Railway has just
completed most important arrangement
which will give a direct through route be-
tween Montreal and Toronto, to be open for
traffic by January 1st next. 1t has leased
the Perth branch Of the Ontario and Quebec
Railway, which will now form the western
division Of the Canadian Pacific, giving an
additional mileage of something like $50
miles.
In view of the necessity for observing the
limits of State quotas in making appoint
ments for vacancies In the Executive Depart
ments, the Civil Service Commission has re-
ouessed the Postmaster General, in selecting
clerks from the list Of certified names, not to
take from single list the name Of more than
one resident from any particular State, 80 az
to avoid exceeding the number Of appoint.
ments TO which the States are entitled.
FOSTER q. RoFEs, Springfield, Mass, says
that his mother had been troubled with a
lame knee, and could hardly walk She
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