Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-22
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.


A great meeting of the Irish National
League was held in Dublin yesterday.
Five persons fell from scatfoldings in diff
Wednesday. Two men were killed.
The New York Tri5me's Maine CORE
spondent predicts Republican majority OF
10000 in September. The Democratic
papers concede 5000.
Miss Dora Buck has mailed at Lincoln,
Neb, papers establishing her relationship
to Private Henry, and authorized the Coro-
ner to take up the remains.
All property of the Sprague Manufactur-
ing Company at Augusta, Me-, was SOLD by
auction Yesterday. What fifteen years ago
cost 100000 realized about 100000.
The Rei,aoii9te FRANCHISE says: Once war
is declared, a few hours bombardment and
some red-hot shot will suffice for France TO
get possession of Formosa and lay Foochow
in ashes.
Indian Agent McGillicudy, of the Pine
Ridge Agency, in letter to the Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs, says that the son
of No Water recently attempted to take the
agents life.
A dog brought to New York by the
Greedy relief expedition deliberately com
mitted suicide by jumping overheard from
the steamer Bear 1t is supposed the warm
weather demoralized it.
Owing to the absence of the President,
the business of the First National Bank OF
Albion. \. Y, has been suspended, by or
der of the Board of Directors, until an eX-
animation can be had into its affairs
A special from Troy says: Rev. DIR.
Hovey was arrested in the streets Tuesday
when intoxicated and on the verge of de
| lirium tremens. He begged to be sent
home but was sentenced to Jail for ten
days.
The remains of the eminent war CORE
| spondent. McGahan, arrived at New Hork
| from Constantinople yesterday morning.
| After lying in state in the Governors room
at the City Hall, they will be forwarded to
his Ohio home.
| A Dublin special says there was great
| disappointment and some irritation at the
Irish National Land League meeting
| Wednesday, because of the absence of Par
nell, who was engaged with shooting
party at Wicklow.
The marriage of Francis Stout, of New
York, to Miss Emily Meredith Reed
daughter of General Meredith Reed, ex-
| Minister of Greece, at Newport, K. l., yes
| tertdN morning III lut ICSlttcll'S VI nv i'ie'
ter, was an exceptionally brilliant affair.
In his answer to u criticism of his course
in not crossing Littleton island, Greedy says
that the tide between Cape Sabine and
Littleton Island ran like 4 mill-race, full
of heavy ice, rendering the attempt to cross
exceedingly dangerous and well nigh i'm
possible.
The farmers of Iowa, New York and
Northern New Jersey Wednesday gathered
on the shores of Rockland Lake, and cele
brated the annual harvest home festival, Of
Changers picnic. it is estimated that from
$1,000 to $1,000 merry-makers were present
AT the Sylvan Groves.
In view Of the Developments reSpectin!
the presence Of pleuropneumoma among
herds of Jersey cattle in Illinois, Goyerno
Hamilton has called the State Veterinarian
Pareu, to Springfield, to consult upon step
to be taken. The Epler herd where tn
trouble first existed, came from Ohio an'
one or two from the ncighborhood Of Wash
ington, Ill.