Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-02

by an anonymous letter no: to eat anything
sent to her, and the candy was not touched.
1t is learned Tonight th1s the candy Is
heavily iup-egusted with arsenic.
Escape OF Prisoners.
FL PAso February 1st.-Eight prisoners
escaped from the County jail last night,
through the csrelessness Of ths guard who
fell asleep. They took off the nuts on the
iron cage in which they Eers confined with s
wrench accidentally left behind by work.
man. They were all ia for minor offeuse .
None of them have been captured up to the
present time.
The Only Man who Can Beat Arthur.
New YORK. February 1st.-At recent
conference OF TIden men in New York, it
was sgIeel that L. p. Flower is the only
man who Can carry his State against Arthur.
The name of ex-senator Eaton, of Counecti-
cut, was mentioned as that of an exception
ally strong man.
The Trouble In Texas.
AUSTIN, February lst.-S,ate Senator Ter
rell received an anonymous letter to-day,
threatening, if free grass was inteyfered with
by the Legislature. that al the waters in the
State of Texas iuclosed in pastures would be
poisoned. The letter created sensation, in
view of the mysterious disease sweeping of a
number Of cattle in certain sections Of the
State.
The Fire Record.
LEADvILLE (Col. D. February lst.-The Den
yer snd Rio Grande rouudhouse, with six To-
comotives, was DESTROYED by hra this MOI ming.
The loss is between $50 900 and $50, 600; par
TALLY insured
PUEBLO (Col), February 1st-A FIRE this
morning destroyed six residences, and Dss-
mond's livery stable, with twelve horses.
Loss, $50. coo; insurance, 5000.
CoIored Emigration Movement.
WASHINGTON, February 1st-At = meet
lug of the National Emigration Association
(colored) tonight, an agent wss appointed to
negotiate with the proper authorities. with q
visw to securing homes for the colOred people
of the United States who desire to emigrate,
on unoccupied public lands of the Mexican
States, Sonora and Lower California.
Dangerous Illness OF Wendell Phillips.
Boston, February 1st.-Wendell Phillips
is dangerously i'll with heart disease st his
residence. He appears tri1e more comfort
able tonight.
COIIIery Explosion.
WmKEsBARRs Pa February 1st.-A ter
rife explosion of FIRE damp occurred IN the
Dsnance shaft Of the Lshigh Valley Coal
Company this morning. The damage was
great. One man was killed.
The Wyoming Legislature.
CHEYENNE, February 1st.-In the House
of Representatives here to-day, Mr., D5wney,
Of Albany county, gave notice OF bill taxing
bachelors, lawyers and animals. The Legis-
lature will probably give an expression on
womau's suffrage before the session closes.
COunterfelters Arrested
ST. LOUIS, February 1st.-George Brown
and A. G. Gibson, notorious counterfeiters,
was arrested yesterday in Kerbyville, Mo,
and taken to Springfield for slfe-keeping.
Brown was once concerned in train robbery
in Colorado.
Business Failures
NEw YoRK, February lst.-The business
failures fox the last seven days ara 1873, as
compared with 81 for the previous week.
ThermOmefrIcaI.
NEw York, February 1st.-Temperatu-e,
So and 1S'. The weather is again cold. This
has been the severest winter in many years.