Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-12-24
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

| A shock of earthquake occurred in Lis
bon Monday.
! A Rome dispatch announces the death OF
| Cardinal Consolini, Project Of the Propa-
ganda.
Santa Maria, Tex, is excited over the
finding of two petrifed human bodies
male and female
James L. Ruffin, ex-Chief of Police OF
| Cincinnati, and well known throughout
the country, is dead, at the age of 20 years,
Twenty bodies have been recovered from
the ruins of the burned orphan asylum in
Brooklyn. Twenty children are stlI
missing.
a Paris dispatch says that in the recent
| engagement with the Chinese near Gnu the
French lost twenty killed and ninety-three
wounded
1t is said in New York that W. K. and
! Cornelius Vanderbilt have run through the
millions left them by the Commodore, and
are now fat broke"
The American neutrality scheme was
shelved by the Congo Conference through
the opposition of NJ. Courcel, who affirmed
that France was unable to accept it in any
form whatever. Germany and England
warmly supported America.
A large meeting Of the National Liberals
was held in Berlin Monday, and adopted
resolutions of approval Of Bismarck 5
foreign policy, and declaring the action OF
| the Reichstag unworthy of the Empire and
| opposed to the wishes of the people.
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued
a circular in regard 10 importation of rags
which provides for the admission of all
rags which may be afioat January LIST under
the terms Of the former circular providing
for the issue Of certificates by Consular
officers.
William Fleetas. incarcerated in the Mad
ison Parish la Jail for robbery, having
| threatened the lives of all who aided in his
arrest, a party Of fifteen men took posses
sion of the jail Monday and shot the pris-
oner to death. Fleetas some years ago
| killed F. Gillespie in A1adisonville, but was
tried and acquitted.
At the Congo Conference Monday Gen
eral Sanford, American delegate, asked
how it was proposed TO extend the pro-
visions of the Postal Convention, in the
absence of means OF communication. DR..
Bush replied that it would be best that the
German Chancellory should transmit to
| the Powers the German Postmaster's
| recommendation.
The fast train on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, from Washington, was thrown
from the track Monday morning, fifty miles
east of Chicago. The dining-car was burned
and four occupants including the cook and
waiter, were fatally injured. Sixteen pas
sengers in the sleeping-car We're badly
bruised and shaken up. No cause for the
accident is assigned.
1t has been ascertained that by an acct
dental or intentional omission of several
words in the bond given the Government
for the return of the 81 ,000000 loaned to
the New Orleans Exposition, the managers
of the Exposition only pledged themselves
to receive theloan. Nothing is said in the
bond which requires them or anyone else
to return the money.
Cleveland was recently presented with a
gold-hooped, tiye-gallon cask Of rum, hay
ing a gold faucet, and bearing the follow
ing inscription in ornamental letters upon
It's head "CougElin' Il. R. R. 1t did it.
Copyrighted DistiIlation of 80" The
elegant cask was shipped to the Governor
inclosed in walnut case which was ele-
gantly lined with plush. The present was
returned TO the donor by express.