Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-26
TBLgGRAPRIC BREvIrIEs.

The London grain trade is agitated and
large failures are anticipated.
Business failures for the last seven days
By, against 42j the previous week.
Peter French, of Colorado, has been ap.
pointed Collector of Customs for Alaska,
It is thought the deadlock in the Ken
tucly Legislature can only be broken by
the election of Carlisle.
Senator Ingalls, says he is candidate for
the position on the bench vacated by the
resignation of Judge McCrea;y.
a shoemaker has been arrested at Dram
men, Norway, for threatening the life of
the King of Sweden and Norway.
An effort is being made to get bill
through Congress in the interests of set
tiers on the Pulgas ranch in San Mateo
county.
The Treasury Department on Thursday
purchased 800 900 ounces of silver for the
Philadelphia, New Orleans and San Fran
cisco Mints.
Postmaster. General Gresham has called
Secretary Folger's attention to the urgent
need of an appropriation for Postoffice
building at San Francisco.
As Bowery Museum curiosity Sergeant
Mason is not a success. The patrons of
the dime resorts in New York take little
interest in the "Avenger of Garfield
The subcommittee of the House Com
mittee on Agriculture has agreed to report,
with two amendments, the bill prepared
by the Cattle Breeders Convention for the
extirpation of diseases OF domestic animals,
News is confidently given out a. Cairo
that large psrt of General Hicks srmyis
at Lake Rohad. They had lprobably LETT
when Hicks went to make a reconnaissance
with his staff and wasattacked at Ell Obei',
At Toronto Zukertort played twenty
nine simultaneous games Of chess with
members of the Chess Club and few Wis
itors Thursday night He won twenty.
seven, lost one Ito Stark and one game was
drawn.
Captain Cash. an old whaleT from New
England, is in Washington for the purpose
of getting the President to offer a reward
of $50, 900 to any whaler who will 90 to
the relief of Greedy and his party and
bring them here.
The Russian Government has ordered
Count Lubienski, a Polish landowner, to
sell his property and quit Russia. The
Count is accused of conducting Catholic
propaganda and of exciting people against
the Government.
Representative Budd will introduce on
Monday bill extending the free delivery
service OF the Postoffice Department to all
cities having population of 5000 and
above, in which the postal business
amounts to Sl5, 900 year.
At a meeting of the House Committee
on Education Thursday, committee from
the National Colored Convention held in
Louisville was present, and urged that the
colored people be aided by an appropria-
tiOn for educational purposes.
John Byrne, Vice President of the Irish
National League of America, takes strong
exceptions to Ford's call for an "emer.
gency fund.- to be subject to his judgment
alone, without accountability, for the pur-
pose OF waging war sgsins. England.
The Canadian Parliament will be asked
on Monday to vote S75O,0OO to aid the
construction of railway from Esuuimault
to Nanaimo, B. c., and further sum of
$3.50, 900 for the purchase from that prov
ince of the dry dock at Esquimault, and
such additional sums as have been expended
in construction since June, 1882.