Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-07-31
TELEGRAPHIC BREYITIES.

Reports from various parts of Long
Island say that region this year is swarm
ing with snakes.
The Brooklyn clippers, Boehne and Mrs.
Valdes, have been traced to Kansas City,
where the former has opened tailor shop.
DR.. O'Donnell's advent East has created
some alarm, the people being impressed
with the belief that he has with him two
lepers.
BEETLE & Son, wool merchants of Phila-
delphia, have assigned to Samuel Lee.
Liabilities, 100000. The firm refuses to
make a statement.
The French Government has received
advices from Tamatav, Madagascar, stating
that the reported combat, June Goth, was
| not defeat to the French
Second Lieutenant Frank R. Day, of the
signal corps, has been ordered from San
Diego, Gala, to Washington, and to report
to the chief signal officer of the army.
Joseph II. Outhawaite, on the eleventh
ballot, was nominated by the Democratic
Convention at Columbus, O., yesterday, for
Congress, to succeed George L. Converse.
A special from Lockport, n. Y, says
DR.. Ira S. Richmond is now under arrest,
charged with murder by malpractice on
Lizzie Cook, daughter of farmer, Joseph
| Cook
Three families of some sort of relation
ship, living together near Mount Moore,
| Genesee county, Mich, have for some time
been possessed with belief that they were
| bewitched.
The Mudir of Dongola telegraphs that
reports have reached that city that Gordon
| had captured Berber. The Mudir has sent
an official to Debbah to ascertain the truth
of the report
A special from Augusta, Me-. says
Blaine will return here from Bar Harbor
next week, and he will remain several
days, during which time he will attend the
annual muster of the State militia.
Beecher repudiates theinterview wherein
he is said to have denounced Blaine and
| Logan. He says, " | repudiate that report
as rude. crude, mostly invented, and alto
gether exaggerated in matters that l did
speak Of
After August 1st the following reduction
in export duties will be made in Spain
| The sur tax of 5 per cent will be abolished
and the present duties of 60 per cent. will
be reduced and will be payable one-half in
bank bills at their nominal value.
Minister Ferry gave an audience in Paris
yesterday to Ly Fong Pao, the Chinese
Minister, who requested an extension OF
time for China to reply to the demand OF
France beyond the limit of August LIST
Ferry refused to accede to the request.
A special from Paris KY, says: Miss
Susie Wells, daughter of a Georgetown
banker, eloped and married Milton Smith
young man employed in her fathers
| bank. The couple were pursued and fired
upon by friends of the girl, but without
| avail.
Mr. Blaine is busy on his book at Bar
| Harbor, Me-, and has been forced to secure
the aid of a stenographer as his time is
| greatly encroached upon by callers, social
duties and his correspondence, which, COM
bined have overwhelmed him to a consid-
| cradle extent.
August 10Th has been fixed on at Farm
ington, Me-, as the day for grand celebra-
ton of the birthday of the Repub-
ilcan party James G. Blaine, Hanni-
| bal Hamlin, Governor Morrill,; Congress
| men Boutelle and Dingley, Ex-Governor
| Long, and other distinguished guests, will
| be present.
A dispatch from Foo Chow to the London
| Times states that there is great tension and
excitement in that city among foreigners
and citizens. French men-of-war are Oil
the port under steam and cleared for ac-
ton. High authority in Foo Chow, how
ever, declares that peace will certainly be
maintained.
A number of women and girls have been
arrested for conspiracy against the Russian
Government at st. Petersburg. They are
connected with the Marie Institution, a
school of education for girls of good fami-
Il, &c
the institute, and had accomplices among
the teachers and older pupils of the school.
The United States coast and geodetic
steamer Carlisle Patterson, Lieutenant
Richardson Glover, Commander left Fort
ress Monroe Tuesday for San Francisco, via
the Straits of Magellan and Smyth's Chan
mel. She will make the voyage in the At
lantic under sail, and touch at Rio Janeiro,
Montevideo, Valparaiso, Callao and Pana-
ma, arriving in San Francisco in February.
After refitting, she will proceed to Alaska,