Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-20
TELEcgaPH1c BREv1rIEs.

A battalion of infantry and battery OF
artillery have been ordered from Malta to
Egypt Immediately.
Joseph Coburn, of Indiana, has been
confirmed as Associate Justice OF the Su.
preme Court of Montana.
The President has nominated c. S.
Palmer, of Vermont, to be Associate JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of Dakota.
Edward Cooper, of New York, is spoken
favorably of as a Democratic candidate for
President. He is son of the late Peter
Cooper.
Brsdlaugh has been reelected to the En-
glish House of Commons by majority Of
seventy six over the largest majority he
ever had.
The Department of State at Washing
ton has received information confirming
the report of the dangerous illness of Min.
lister Hunt.
Mr.. Tully has presented petition in
the House from citizens of San Diego, ask
ing for the establishment of a quarantine
along the boundary line.
A petition was presented to Congress on
Monday from the Board of Trade of Seat
tie, asking that Seattle be made port of
delivery for the collection district of Puget
Sound.
Mrs. Korum Larson, charged with pois.
oning John Guild, was found guilty of
murder in the frat degree at Muskegop,
Mich, yesterday. Her husband awaits
trial on the same charge.
Judge Lawrence, Controller of the
Treasury, and one of the largest wool.
growers of the country, says that since the
Tariff Act of May last the price of domes.
tic wool has decreased Is per cent.
Two versions are given in Rome of the
attack upon the railway train containing
King Humbert According to one it was
an attempt to take the Kings life; the
other makes it an act of brigandage to Sc
Cura booty.
The Boston and Savannah Steamship
Company is seeking to limit its liability for
damages on account of the loss of the City
of Columbus. The petition asserts there
was no negligence or incompetency on the
part of the company.
The British Government has rendered
the United States the use of the steamer
Alert for the Greedy relief expedition.
She was built specially for the Arctic, will
be used as a supply ship, and will follow
in the wake of the other vessels.
The Minneapolis Board of Trade has
passed resolutions of sympathy with Henry
Willard in his sickness and financial
troubles, and expressing the hope that he
will recover his health, and belief that
success with him is only matter of time.
Trouble is brewing between Representa-
tives Belmont and Hewitt of New York.
The latter has said that Mr.. Belmont fur.
nished the newspapers with the news re.
garding the apology made by him to the
British Minister for introducing the ODon-
nell resolution.
The London Nelrs publishes intelligence
from Berlin which asserts that naturalizsd
German American citizens, who return to
Germany, are again being vigorously sub
jected to military duty, and that the Ger
man foreign Office ignores United States
Minister Sargent and conducts negotiations
directly with Washington.
Senator Miller gave the handsomest pri-
vate dinner of the season in Washington
Monday night in honor of President Arthur.
The table was deliberately ornamented with
flowers. The menu cards were cream.lald
and made by Tiffany, of New York Pres
ident Arthur ana Mrs. Miller sat at one
end of the table and Senator Miller and
Mrs. McElroy at the other.
a meeting of Parnellite members of the
House of Commons was held in London
yesterday morning, and it was decided to
vote against the Government upon Sir
Stafford Northcote's motion of censure.
After vote upon Sir Stafford Northcote's
motion to censure the Governments Egyp.
tian policy, Parnell will go to Cork to as
sist John Dessy, candidate for Parlian ent
of the Irish National League. He will
probably address the electors upon the
general policy of the Government.