Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-12

houses in the United States, gives the clear
| ances for the week ending Saturday, with
| percentage of comparisons with the corTe-
spending week Of last yesr. To.al, 81, O2O,-
| 79S S6i-s decrease of 5. Outside of New
York, S24l, ,5S7, S54- decrease of Is.
Postal Telegraph.
| WASHINGTON, February lIth. Re presents.
tives Anderson and Sumner appeared to-day
before the House subcommittee considering
| the epropositions for postal telegraph, and ad-
vocated the bills introduced by them. An
| derson was of the opinion that the Western
Union Company could bring sufficient iu-
fluence to bear to defeat any messuIe making
| large appropriation for Government line,
aud favored bis proposition to issue bonds for
the construction of a system of Government
lines. All fres delivery p2sto tfices, he
thought, should be connected by telegraph,
and as the lsnd grants railroad companies
lines, by the Act Of 1866, were st the service
of the Government. it would be unnecessary
TO c. instruct lines beyond st Paul Omaha,
Kansas City and Marshall, Tex the terminus
of those roads. His plan, be said, would, in
= great degree, prevent the Postmaster-Gen-
eral from using the wires for partisan pur-
poses, as the lines would be extended only TO
those points where the postal receipts wat-
rsnted the expectation that such extension
would be profitable. Sumner also favored
system of telegraph to be controlled by the
Government, and explained the main features
of his bill.
Shocking Tragedy In Chicago.
CHICAGO, February llth.-Wben Thomas
Aiken, railroad weighmaster, reached home
tC-nigSt after his 3ay uork, hesfouud bis
wife lying dead on tbs moor with bullet
hole in her head, and +. W, Feltgzes, book
keeper, boarding st Aikens. lying scross his
wife's pody with two bullet wounds in his
body and unconscious. Fel'ezes cred all the
shots. Letters left by him indicate that he
was criminaliy intimate with the woman,
and Jealous OF the attentions Of enother man.
1t is thought Felt, zss canrct survive. He
comes OF respectable family Of Ale1o, Ill
The RefauitInG Psymastcr.
SAN ANTONIO, February 1lth.-It IL re-
ported in army circles to-day, aud generally
credited, that Mejlr Wasscn, the Gefaul iug
Psymas.er, has been psrdoned by the Pre-i-
dent. He was sentenced 70 tf,esu months
imr risonment. and has served seven.
A Good Raul.
NEW YORK. February llth A black
vslise, containing S25 600, wss stolen FROM
the New York Transfer Company tonight.
while being taken to the Dssbrosses-street
ferry from the Grand Central depot.
General suspensIon of Work.
Mt. CARMEL (PA }, February 1ltb.-There
ia general suspension Of work throughout
the mining regions, as the rain and IN, ltinF
snow have submerged the workipgs. A large
force is endeavoring 20 dam the mc untain
streams In some mines there is from 80 to
40 feet of water.
The oyster War.
BALTIMORE, February 11th.-Two oyster
police boats captured two pirstics vessels
yesterday afternoon 10 Fishing Bay, aud
made prisoners of their crews. Gunboats
now blockade 200 thieving craft in Eastern
Bay.
Death OF a Weli-Kn0wn Editor.
NEW YORK. February llth.--Thomas Kin
sells, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle. died this
afternoon,