Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-15
General Grants Condition Old Hero
Growing Wes1kerS

Growing Weaker
New York, June 14th.-After the doc
tors had held their usual Sunday consulta-
ton at General Grants hGise to-day, one
of them said that the General had suffered
some little disturbance during last night,
the cause of which was attributed TO eating
some asparagus but that he slept with iit-
tie break from ! A. X. to 4. NJ, and was
not suffering to-day, though feeling the
heat. The swelling ca the outside of the
throat has increased, and has affected the
ps4ient's voice. Colonel Fred Grant, after
TIE consultation, ssid that his father had q
bad night; that the General was growing
weaker, and that his condition now seems
to be one of increasing debility without
pain. The Colonel added that if possible
the General weuld be removed from the
city on Tuesday next, one week earlier
than before intended.
PACKING UP FOR DEPARTURE.
New YoaK, June 15th.-At l A. N. the
General was asleep and DR.. Douglass and
Colonel Fred. Grant had retired. The
house was quiet, except that Harrison, the
attendant, was busy on the lower floor
packing up for Tuesdays departure 1t is
thought that the Generals hoarseness may
have been produced by a cold, which could
| easily have been caught by one in his deli
cate condition.
The Assistant Treasuryship at San Fran
cisco.
WASHINGTON, June 14th.-- The report
that Samuel H. Brooks, of San Francisco,
has been appointed Assistant Treasurer at
that city is trife premature, but Brooks
will be appointed Assistant Treasurer, and
it is probable that his appointment will be
made tO-mOrrOw The new Assistant
Treasurer is a man of high character and
| ability.
WLKEsBARRE (Pa.), June 14th.-The
| Dorrance shaft of the Leigh Valley Coal
| Company met with serious accident last
night, which, though destructive to prop
erty was not attended with loss of life. A
| workman's lamp ignited blower of gas in
| the slope a short distance from the bottom
| of the shaft, and so furiously did it burn
| that the men were unable to safely combat
the flames, and were compelled to take
flight. Fortunately there were two ways OF
escape, one by means of the air shaft, the
other through second opening When it
was found that the fire could not
be extinguished by the appliances at
hand the fire department was called
out at midnight. The department re-
sponded promptly, and began flooding the
| mine with water taken from the Susque-
hanna river, few hundred feet from the
mine. This, however, did not prove a very
prompt extinguisher. The pumping had
to be kept up all night and to-day, and how
long it must be continued nobody knows
at present. Exploring parties were lowered
into the pit this evening, but the fire was
so fierce that nothing could be done by
them. The present indications are that it
| i l,s, IL I
extinguished. The accident will throw
about 200 men out of employment for some
time, and the damage to the mine Will be
| heavy.
The Pittsburg Labor Situation.
PITTsBURG, June 14th.-The mills of
! Oliver Bros. & Phillips, employing over
5000 men, will resume operations to-mor-
row. After the adjournment of the con-
| ference last nightthe firm met a committee
of the Amalgamated Association and
signed the scale with a slight modifica-
ton of the clause providing for extra pay
for working over old rails. 1t is now be-
lieved that the conference on Tuesday will
result in a settlement of the differences
between the manufacturers and workmen,
and that before the end of the week all the
mills will be running.
The President Among the Children.
WASHINGTON. June 14th.-The President
attended Children s-day" services at DR..
Sunderland's church this morning.
Hendricks to Speak at Yale College.
| INDIANAPOLIS, June 18th. - Vice-Presi-
dent and Mrs. Hendricks left this after
noon for New York. Mr.. Hendricks is
billed for an address at Yale College during
commencement week.
Decreased clearinghouse Transactions.
BosToN, June 14th.-The leading clear
lighthouses of the. United States report that
the total clearances for the week ending
June 18th were $63S, 462, PA decrease OF
IS, as compared with the corresponding
week of last year.
The Bartholdi Statue.
New YORK. June 14th.-The bark Jo-
hanna, from Mauritius, which arrived here
this morning reports having passed, on the
18th inst, off the Cape May light ship a
man-of-war, supposed to be the Isere, with
the Bartholdi statue on board