Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-07

gress, requesting that no reduction be made
in the tariff ON wines.
The Petaluma horse show, which took
place Saturday, was, i'll point of numbers
a great success, there being fully $500 in
attendance-large delegations coming from
San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Tomales,
Bloomfield and Sonoma.
The Jury in the sensational breach of
promise ease at Portland Or, of Miss
Jennie Clarns against William Doran, re-
turned verdict in favor of the plaintiff in
the sum of 81 200 The jury was out over
forty hours. The plaintiff sued for $4,000.
The Republican County Committee of
Tehama met in Red Bluff Saturday after
ternoon, and appointed n. Merrill, J. {.
Tyler, L. V. Hitchcock, Frank Houghton
and g. w Westlalle delegates to the State
Convention. The committee declared III
favor of Blaine for President.
James f. Renfroe, who was convicted
fourteen years ago for the murder of a man
named Wilson, on a stock ranch on Rus
sian river some distance below Guerne-
vile, Sonoma county, and sentenced to inn
prisonment for life, has had his sentence
commuted by the Governor to twenty-one
| years.
The Seattle Nv. IT, HeraiFS financial ar
ticle of Saturday says that unless the local
merchants receive fair treatment from the
| San Francisco Board of Trade, they will
| bestow their patronage on Chicago. Ii
| charges unfairneSS on the part of San Fran
| cisco merchants, and denounces the one
man power in the Board of Trade
Nathan King, for the past seven years
| County Clerk of San Luis Obispo county,
| died at his residence in San Luis Obispo
| Saturday morning Ofpneumonia. He was a
native of Pennsylvania, about 10 years OF
| age. He was Mason, Workman, Chosen
| Friend and Knight of Pythias, and one OF
! the most popular and exemplary citizens OF
| the county.
! In the ten-mile race at San Jose Saturday
! afternoon between John :. Prince the bicy-
| clist, and T. A. Snedeckers trotting horse
! Captain Louis, Prince won with ease. Time
| 39:26l In the mile dash between Mile
! Armaindo and Il running pony, the latter
won in $50. In the halt-mile dash be
| tween Mile Armaindo and a trotting pony
the lady won in 1861.
4 brutal wretch named j. Yates, living
! on Derry creek. W T., made Il murderOu:
assault upon his wife Friday. He knocked
/ her down with Il revolver drew his knife
! and would certainly have murdered her haC
not her two sons come to her rescue ant
| overpoWered the ScOundrcl. The woman i:
severely injured. Yates is in custody
charged with assault to commit murder.
Eighty-four missionaries were appointed
by the Mormon Conference in Salt Lake
Saturday for Great Britain, Scandinavia
| the United States. New Zealand and the
! Hawaiian Islands The themes of the dis
courses were cooperation, unity of mem
bership cultivation of the soil, the intro
duction of manufactures, stop importing
| goods, become Sclf-Sustaining, spreading
over adjoining Territories and States.
Shipments of fresh salmon to New York
and Boston from Oregon by the Northern
Pacific Railroad are of considerable move
ment and likely to be larger as the season
advances. when they Will no doubt be
/ shipped in refrigerator cars, and thus frozen
offered daily in the retail markets of the
Atlantic coast This traffic is already at
tracing much attention eastward and vii
no doubt have its effect on the market,
| East for canned salmon, notably. those O
St Louis, Chicago, etc.
George y. Nelson, desperate fellow liv.
| ing near Wolf Butte, Idaho, was shot anC
instantly killed recently by Joseph Hanna
! Nelson, who was very quarrelsomc, drew q
! pocket-knife and made rush at his wife
| saying he would cut her heart out She
managed to escape from the room just il
| time to save herself Seeing Hanna near
/ Nelson became furious. and saying he would
/ finish him as his wife had eluded him
made a dash at Hanna who retreated bu
| being pressed by the desperate, drew a pis
| tol and shot him dead.