Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-28
DOMESTIC.

| CONDENSED FROM SPECIAL DIsPATcHEs.l
DOMESTIC.
Ex-Governor John Letcher, of Virginia
is dead.
Representative Mackay of South Caro-
lima is seriously i'll in Washington of peri
tonitis.
1t is understood that the office of Assist.
ant SurgeonGeneral Of the army is to be
abolished.
The Cleveland (O) Paper Company has
made an assignment /; liabilities, $3.50, 900;
assets unknown.
President Arthur, Secretary Teller and
Attorney General Brewster returned to
Washington Saturday.
William a. Craft Saturday night fin
ished walking 302 miles in one hundred
hours without sleep at Syracuse, n. y.
The Pennsylvania Express Company of
| Baltimore has filed certificate of in
corporation; capital stock, Sl0,000,000.
Edward Beanie, large shoe dealer at
Providence, r. l., has failed. Most of the
Indebtedness is to New York msnufact.
urers.
The Fitz John Porter bill was discussed
in the House of Representatives Saturday
with considerable bitterness, but no vote
was taken.
Professor Elliott, of the Smithsonian In
stitutioo, objects to the educational feat
ures of the bill providing a government
for Alaska.
It is reported that a number of suits will
be brought against New York banking
| firms by victims of Wizard stock to re.
cover their losses.
A court-martial is ordered to meet st
San Antonio, February 4th, for the trial of
| Captain A. S. Reyes, Tenth Cavalry, on
charges of duplication Of pay accounts.
Martin, Brockway and Foster, forgers,
viii be placed on trial in New York next
Tuesday. Martins health is very poor
and it Is feared that he will lose his eye
sight,
John Muir, Superintendent of Traffic of
the Northern Pacific Road, has resigned,
to take the General Managership of the Or
egon improvement Company for term Of
| years.
The San Pedro and Canada del Aqua
Mining Company of Hartford, Conn, has
voted to reorganiza under the new scheme
suggested in the circular to stockholders of
December 2Sth.
The President of the Northern Pacific
Railroad made an argument against the
forfeiture OF the company's land grant
before the Senate Committee on Public
Lands Saturday.
Except one building, the entire block
! facing Railroad street, Buena Vista, Col,
including the Commercial Hotel, was
burned Saturday evening; less $50, 600,
insurance not given.
Letters OF administration have been is.
sued at Kingston, n. y, on the estate of
Hiram Radcliffe, the recluse, 20 H. Il.
| Bomeyn Singer, the only heir. The per-
sonal property has been discovered to
amount to 500, 600. There are half barrel
| of pennies, also note for SIS, 900.
In view of the recent attempts at pocket
picking Ia the rotunda Of the New York
Custom House, importers and brokers are
seriously discussing the feasibility of ask.
ing Congress to enact a law providing
that custom dues may be paid with certi,
fed checks Instead of actual cash.
a special from Hillsboro, Ill, states, as
queer climax to the Emma Bond case,
that one of the Jurors Weeps constantly at
home and refuses to be comforted. An.
other one starts and runs whenever he
| hears any unusual noise, and another,
Boone Isaacs, who was engaged to young
lady, has been Tilted, and Is now overcome
with grief.
Twenty-three more burned bodies were
on Saturday recovered from the Crested
Butte Col mine, making 81 in all, and
bug two remain. The bodies recovered
Saturday were all found in chamber ,, and
in the passageway in its immediate Vi
cIuiJy. Many have arms and legs broken,
skulls crushed in and clothing burned SO
badly in many cases that it drops oil when
the body Is moved.
Dr. John B. Wood, one Of the best
known journalists in New York, diei Sat
urdsy night. He fell from a pier on the
North rIver, a distance Of twelve teet, on
the ice, and before succor came was seized
with a congestlve chill, which caused his
death in short time. DR.. Wood was 46
years old, and had been connected with
the San for many years. At one time
/ be was President Of the New York Press
Club
Early Saturday morning fire broke out
in the State Prison at Saltwater, MINI,
and in spite OF all efforts, all the buildings
were destroyed. All the prisoners, iuclud-
ing the Younger brothers, were taken out
and placed under strong guard in the yard,
| The loss viii probably be $500, 600. The
| building and all property was owned by
| the State. All valuable papers were saved.
/ 4 militia company was called out and
assisted in the removal of the convicts
/ One convict was overlooked and left locked
in his cell but was rescued before the
/ flames reached him.