Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-10

good. About 100 claims have been taken
III, IND those worked pay from So to $l1
per dag to the man, working with an or
dinarv gold-pan. In one instance $500
was taken from pit twenty feet square.
Jerry Collins. editor of the Benton Rirer
Press. telegraphed that half the citizens OF
the town are either preparing to join the
stampede or are already gone.
The American T0rf.
SuEErsHEAD BAY, September 9th.-The
track was fast to-day In the three-quarter
mile race fer three-year-olds and upwards,
Pearl Jennings won, RiCa second, Shenan-
doah third Time, 1:15! In the Champion
Time Stakes, free handicap sweepstakes
for one mile, Aranza won, Mammoma
second, Little AIinch third Time, 1:4l. In
the Walker Handicap Sweepstakes, one
mile and furlong, Matte Rapture won,
Farewell second Time, zoos. Matte
claimed foul of Farewell and Matte was
awarded first place. In the three-quarters
of a mile race for two-ycar-olds, Preciani
won, Unrest second. Time. 1:16l. In the
mile and furlong race for three-year-old
tillies, penalties ana allowances, Waterlllly
won, Economy second. Time 100 The
Handicap Sweepstakes for all ages, one
mile and a furlOng, was Won by Topsy,
Heel and Toe second Monitor third. Time,
! 2:23l The Handicap Steeplechase, over
/ the full course, Bourkc Cochran won.
Disturbance gave up at the twenty-second
jump. Time, GA.
Providence (R. ~, September 9th.-The
! Grand Circuit Meeting opened at Narragan-
| sctt Park yesterday. The track was good
/ In the race for the 80 class, for a purse of
! 81 600. divided, Kenilworth won, Albert
| France second, Windsor NJ. third, f. d..
J 4. .1.sps s)--gf In
| the race for the 2:21 class, for Il purse of
| 81 600. MaNcy Cable won. Butterfly second,
| Judge Davis third, Adelaide fourth Time.
2:2Ol. 2l7l, 2:l6l.
| Policeman Killed while on Duty.
WASHINGTON, September 9th. 49, Police
officer Fowler was shot and killed this
morning while in the performance of his
duty by Il negro desperate named John
Langster The officer was in charge of the
chain gang at work in cleaning the alleys,
and Langster, watching his opportunity,
slipped away from his fellow criminals and
secreted himself in an clubhouse, where
Fowler found him and called on him to
surrender. LANCASTER deiied arrest, but the
officer seized him, when negro named
Wilson rushed up and Il struggle began foc
the possession of Fowler's pistol. Langster
finally secured i. and deliberately shot the
officer through the heart. All inns occurred
in the presence of bystanders to whom
Fowler appealed in vain for aid. Langstcr
| was arrested.
Telegraph Operator Shot and Killed.
CoLUMBUs Ohio, September 9rh.-Wil-
liam COLLISION, a telegraph operator, on duty
at Snake Hollow, in the Hooking valley
where the property of the operators is be-
ing guarded by troops, was shot by guard
last night, being mistaken for striking
miner. lie was supposed to be in the act
of setting fire to one of the hoppers. He
died instantly.
Missouri Republican State Convention.
JEFFERSON CITY, September 9th.-The
Republican State Convention to-day elected
General d. B. Grier permanent chairman.
Nicholas Ford was nominated for Cover
nor; Major Thompson, Treasurer; Jacob
Sands, Auditor; David Wagner, Judge of
the Supreme Court Adjourned. 1t is
understood that the three offices not pro
vided for on the ticket will be filled with
Greenback nominees.
The Heated Term in New York.
New YORK, September 9th.-Sevcntcen
persons were Frustrated from the hea
to-day, and three died.