Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-03-03
SATURDAYS NEWS.
DOMESTIC.

[coSDESsED FROM SPECIAL DlsPATcHEs.l
DOMESTIC.
Two negroes were found murdered near
New Branford, Fla, Friday morning.
Rev. Mr.. Spurlock, of Genesee, ILL.,, has
been found guilty of immortality and i'm
proper conduct.
The wife of John Spellmyer, the jockey,
being Jealous of her husband, shot herself
! in New York Saturday night.
A tattooed woman in Maryland has given
| birth to a child which bears the same
figures and marks as the mother.
A disgraceful fist fight among the clerks
of the Supervising Architects Office took
place the other day in Washington.
Some lively testimony was taken before
the Springer committee Saturday in the
case of ex Judge Conger, of Montana
The United States Stamping Works at
Portland, Conn.,, were burned Saturday
night loss, $4,000 insurance, S225, 900.
The steamer Daniel S. Miller and barge
are fast in the ice in the Highlands, in
the Hudson, with passengers and freight on
board
There were extraordinary high tides
along the northern shore at Long Island
Friday, and much damage was done to the
docks
Colonel Stephen Highlander, who lived
below Helena, Ark, was drowned Friday,
together with two negroes who were assist.
ing TO save stock.
The remains of All Sam, the Chinese
cook, lost with the De Long party in the
Arctic regions, will be exhumed and re.
moved to China for permanent burial.
A warrant has been issued for the arrest
of Francis J. Smith, City Treasurer at
Bayonne, n. J. An expert accountant, it
is alleged, has discovered a deficit of $751;
600.
Charles Rande, undergoing life imprison-
ment in the Joliet, Ill, penitentiary, as
saulted Deputy Warden Mcdonald Satur-
day, and was in turn shot, after desperate
fight.
Fifteen pounds of dynamite in a small
shanty in the lower part of Harrisburg, Pa :,
accidentally exploded Saturday morning,
damaging sixteen buildings. No one was
seriously injured.
The Kennedy prohibition bill passed the
Iowa House Saturday afternoon 81 to Al,
the Republicans voting solidly for it, aided
by one Democrat. The bill is in the form
of an amendment to the liquor chapter of
the State code.
a suit has been entered at Uniontown,
Pa, against the Connellsville Iron and
Coal Company by five widows, whose hus-
bands were killed by the recent explosion
in the West Leisenring shaft. The damages
are laid at $1,000 in each case.
The Secretary of the Interior has sus.
tanned the decision of the Commissioner of
the General Land Office in holding that a.
A. Thomas was entitled to receive certifi.
cate showing the right of T. R. Patton to
make an additional homestead entry in the
Stockton Land District.
The new American ship Ranlett, from
Philadelphia for Hoago, Japan, was
wrecked January ID within one hours run
of her destination. She had cargo of
$780, 900 gallons of refined oil, valued at
ST., 600; insured. the vessel was valued
at Sl35, 900, and was uninsured.
W. II. Richards, Town Marshal of
Cheraw, who was shot down by w. B
Cash on Saturday, the Odd, in the streets
of that village, died Saturday morning
by one of the bullets intended for Rich
ards, is also expected to die. Cash IS still
at large.
The Secretary of the Interior has de-
cided adversely on the application of Theo.
dore Wagner, Surveyor. General of Cali.
fornia from June D. 1878, to June 81,
1882, for payment of the difference between
the salary he received. 81, $50 per year,
and the salary claimed to be due him
under the law, 5000.
Announcement is made of new and re.
marksble motor known as {" The Triple
Thermic motor. The motive power is
the vapor of carbon. It has been in prac-
teal use in driving a sixty-horse power en-
CINE for six months past in the Cement
Paving Manufacturing Company's, on West
Forty sixth street, New York.
The management of the new Park Thea
ter in New York Saturday attached the
stage property of Mrs. Langtry. The at
tachment was granted in suit began by
the proprietors of the theater, in which
they claim 81 500 damage because of the
failure of Mrs, Langtry to give a matinee
performance on Tuesday of last week.
The debt statement shows decrease of
the public debt during February of 81
$50, 5S7 ; decrease since June 80, 1888,
SCI, $50, 074; cash in treasury, 1896, $685.
452; gold certificates outstanding, Sl0S,-
443 500; silver certificates, $40, 1877, S2l :;
legal tenders, S346, 6Sl, 0l6 cash balance
available March l, 1884, Sl45, So, PSI.
Secretary Folger, commenting on dis
patch from Consul King at Birmingham,
England, relative to the spread of the foot
and mouth disease, says there is great
necessity for legislation to protect the
United States against the importation of
diseased cattle, and he hopes the matter
will soon receive the attention of Congress.
Judd Crouch, the youngest son of Jacob
Crouch, who, with Mr.. and Mrs. White
and Moses Polly, were murdered in his
house, seven miles southwest of Jackson,
Mich, on the night of the 2lst of Novem-
Der last and Dan ShotcOmbe, Mr. Crouch's
| son-in. Law, were arrested Saturday morn.
! ing, on complaint of Sheriff Winney, on
charge of committing the murders.
a special from Windsor, Mo-, says ::
| Two masked men last night entered the
! house of Benjamin H. Wells, five miles
from town, and shot and killed John Z.
| Wells, aged 65, in the presence of his wife.
They demanded money on entering, and,
not waiting for an answer, shot and killed
Wells. They secured no booty but a silver
watch. There is no clue to the robbers.
The House has passed the bill to pay
Mrs. Louisa Boldly So, 400 damages for
Modoc Indian depredations. These dam.
ages consisted of the murder of her hus.
band, William Boldly, and two sons, No
vember %, 1872, by Captain Jack and his
band. The Boldly family lived near Lost
River, Oregon, and lost not only their
lives, but all their property during the
! Modoc war.
The election was held Saturday in the
/ Second Congressional District of Kansas to
| fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Haskell. The candidates were f II. Fun
ston, Republican, and Samuel A. Riggs,
/ Democratic. Addresses received by the
Chairman of the Congressional Committee
indicate that Funston will have 600 ma.
jority over Riggs in the district. The issue
was suuarely that of protection or free