Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-04

the bloody business. On entering the house,
Mrs. Richardson was met by Jane Thomp-
son, armed with q bowie.Bnie, who made o
lunge st her left breast, the blsde passing en-
tirely through the body. The other two
fiends then assaulted the dsfenseless, bleed.
ing woman with clubs end stones while the
knife was being vigorously piled. The mur.
derers have been arrested.
Steamer Burned 20 the Waters Edge
Loss OF Life.
COLUMBUS (Gs.l April 3i-The steamer
Rebeeca Everlnghsm, Captain Geo. White
side, was burned this morning to the water :
edge sc Fitzgerald Lsn6ing, Chattahoochee
river, forty miles below this city. The fire
originated in the stern of the steamer, and Is
thought to have been caused by an electric
lamp spark. The passengers saved escaped
in their night clothes. The following is list
of the lest: Mrs. Owens. of Cuthbert. Ga; !;
Mrs. Sampson, OF Fort Gaines, Ga Julia
Anderson, chambermaid; Richard Colemsn,
psutrymsn Adolph Thomss fireman; A.
stephens snd Randolph Singer, deckhsnds /;
Bob Griffith. stevsdore. Three hundred and
seven bales of cotton and small miscellsne-
GUS freight were burned The host was
valued st S24 0e0, and is total loss, with no
insurance. There were sixteen cabin and nine
deck passengers on board. Tbs steamer be
longsd to the Central Inns, plyiae on tbs Chat
hsochee river bstween this city and Apa-
lschicola bay. The passengers who escaped
have reached this city. Some of them were
severely burned.
MACON, April Si.-Of thirty passengers.
thirteen are dead and missing. Following is
the list, at far as sseertained Mrs. Avant
Cuthbert and sister, Fort Gaines j. Il.
Yates, Bainbridge W. l. Kennedy, Eufalia,
Ala; Julia Adams (coored) msid Dolph
Thomas, fireman; Robert Griffin, steve
core, and Randall Singer and a. s, Stevens,
deck hands. Among the missing are y col
orei woman and child. names unknown ;
two white men, unknown; and d. ID. Will!
Jams, Lagrange. Cap.aid George H. White
sides. the commander, was painfully burned
All the officers did their duty. The conduct
of the pilots, George L. Lspmsn. and his
son, lad Of II years, Is specially commended.
They remained on board, ard materially as
sisted IN landing the passengers.
Instructed for Blaine and Lincoln.
PHILADELPHIA, April 3d-The Delaware
County Republican Convention instructed its
delegates to vote for Blaine and Lincoln.
NEWPORT (Ps.) April 3d.-The Republi-
can Convention of the Eighteenth Congress
sioral District, representing Huntington,
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counties, elected Blaine delegate to the State
Convention. The credentials were not given
to the delegates unit! they signed a written
pledge to support Blaine for tHe Presidential
domination.
RairOad Accident.
BELLEvHLE iTl.), April 3l.-The last
coach Of the Louisville and Nashville train
this morning was thrown down twenty
foot enbankment by an open switch, the
switchman having gone to a ueighboIiuE sa-
loon for drink. John Comstock was killed
ard twenty persons wounded, several Of
whom will die. The switchman ran away to
escape lynching.
MOOnshIners Captured.
NEW York, April 3d-A Times Louisville
special says: Deputy United States Marshal
Campbell arrived in town to-day with twenty
moonshiners, captured ia Green and Casey
counties, where their distilleries were de-
slroyed. This is the heaviest raid made for
years, and the authorities had sharp battle
with the prisoners.
The Death Penalty.
P1TTsBURG (Pa.l April 3d-George, alias
Babe Jones, the colored boy murderer,
convicted of killing John Foster, also col
ored, was hanged in the county Jail yard this
morning, in the presence of several hundred
spectators.
FriGhtful AccIdent-Five Men Killed.
SCRANTON pa, April 3d.-Seven Austro'
Polsnders, looking for work, were struck by
a backing engine to-day. Five were killed,
one lost an arm, and one was unhurt. The
dismembered heads and limbs were scattered
over the road for many rods around.
The Coming Billiard Match.
CHICAGO, April 3d.-Jacob Schaefer and
George T. Slosson signed articles to-day for
two games of billiards, to be played here
Msy 18th and 31st, the first game for the
balk.line championship and $500 side the
second the champions game, the loser of the
first game to have the option of making the
stakes 81 900 side.