Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-19

took place tonight between Mike Cleary
and William Sheriff, " The Prussian," at
the Germania assembly rooms. The CON
ditions were that Sheriff was 10 receive the
receipts of the house if he knocked his OPP
pOnent out. in four rounds. Cleary, how
ever, knocked The Prussian out in the
first round, which lasted just 80 seconds.
Political Matters.
publican Congressional Convention to-day
instructed its delegates IS to 10 to vote
for Blaine and Lincoln.
New YORK, April 18th The Green
hackers of the Thirteenth Congressional
District have elected delegates to the
National Convention in Indianapolis, in
structed for General Butler for President.
NEW YoRK, April 1Sth.-The Republican
primaries tonight resulted in the election
of delegates TO the State and Congressional
Conventions who largely favor Arthur for
President
NEW YORK, April 1Sth.-So far the dele
gates elected to the Republican National
Convention from this State are divided
thus Blaine %, Arthur 9, Edmunds 6, Ed
munds or Blaine 1, anti-Arthur s. Edmunds
or Arthur ,, contested 20 Blaines strength
III the State delegation viii reach at least 10.
Fearful Rain-storm.
ATcHIsoN (Ks.), April ISth.-A fearful
RAIN fell in this section tonight. The Old
inhabitants say such storm was never be-
fore known in Kansas. 1t began at 7:30 P.
NJ, and for nearly an hour and half came
down in floods, and was accompanied by
fierce thunder and lightning. The streets
Of the city were running streams
from curb to curb in fifteen
minutes. The roar of the storm
resembled a mill dam, and added to the
confusion. Several houses were struck by
lightning and set on fire. The creeks were
beyond their banks in very few minutes,
and Clay creek, which flows through
the center of the city, was an angry torrent
forty feet deep, spreading in some localities
to 800 yards wide. The stream was never
known TO rise to such a hight before.
Dweling-houses which for years stood high
and dry, many feet above the greatest flood,
were surrounded by water, and in many
cases caught in the current and carried
down stream. The water for short time
rose two and three feet in a minute, and the
occupants of houses in the low grounds fed
for safety, and abandoned household goods
to be swept away. Numerous highway
bridges are gone, and many more damaged.
Church Demolished by Wind.
DALLAS TEX j April 18th This morn
ing a terrible wind and rain-storm pre-
vailed, accompanied by thunder and light
ming. A colored church building. on the
corner of Juliet and Ball streets, was struck
by the wind and completely demolished
1t was occupied by colored school, thirty
two pupils being in the building when it
fell. Ten pupils were injured two fatally.
Horsewhipped by Woman.
GALVESTON (Tex.) April 1Sth.-About I
o'clock this morning Benz. Hirschburg,
head of the retail department of Sanger
Brothers, was horsewhipped on the corner
Of Elm and Austin streets by Mrs. DR..
Schulz, who stated as a reason that Hirsch-
burg. was the cause of the ruin Of her
family.
Nominations.
WASHINGTON, April 1Sth.-The President
to-day made the following nominations ::
William H. Sears, of California, to be Col
lector Of Customs for the District of San
Francisco; Joseph NJ Johnston, to be Post
master at Tulare, Cal.
Determined Suicide.
New HAVEN Conn, April 1Sth.lChas.
A. Spaulding. suspected of completely in
SteailnS JeWelry, was arrested last night
by a detective as he was eating lunch
Spaulding shot himself five times. The
wounds are fatal He said he could not
bear the disgrace of arrest.
Robbed on Train.
ST. LOUIS, April 1Sth.-John G. Telford,
a passenger on the Iron Mountain Railroad
from Pine Bluff Ark, en- route To Ireland,
was robbed of $17,500 on the train near
Poplar Bluff, yesterday, by C. N. bennett.
The robber was arrested
The Actors Fund Benefits.
NEW YORK, April 1Sth.-The theaters are
slow about sending in reports of the actors
fund benefits yesterday. The amount will
only slightly exceed $1,000. Managers say
that the benefit business has been overdone
lately, which accounts for the small re-
ceipts.
A Villain Captured.
CHATTANOOGA, April 1Sth-A special to
the Daily Times from Gladsden. la, says
George Coates, colored, who set fire to Jere
Green's house, while Green and his wife
were at church, and which burned their
four children to death, has been captured
Threats of lynching caused the jail to be
guarded by the local military.
Excursionists Coming West.
PHILADELPHIA, April 18th. Five car
loads of tourists left yesterday on an ex-
cursion TO Colorado and California, TO he
gone about nine weeks.