Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-22
The Nanticoke Horror.

DOMESTIC.
The Nanticoke Horror.
WILKEsBARRE (Pa.), December 21st-A
messenger connected with the exploring
party came out of the slope at 1I:20 o'clock
He reports that none of the men have as
yet been discovered and all hope of ever
seeing their comrades alive has been aban-
doned. They are making vigorous search,
but it appears almost certain that the I'M
fortunate men have persisted and that
when their bodies are found they will be
under a mass of sand and culm
SECOND DIsPATCHl
WILKEsBAREE, December 21st.-Little
change was observable in the condition of
affairs tonight. The miners at Morgqnton
quit work to-day and joined the relief
party at Nanticoke. 1t is now believed
that it will take seven days to penetrate
the mass of earth now obstructing the
passages. The scenes around the mine are
understandable.
THIRD DISPAICH.l
WILKEsBARRE, December 22d-A. Nat
1890 this morning the mine officials at
Nanticoke decided To abandon the work in
the air shaft, on account of cave which
| occurred to-day and the presence of fire
damp All attempts to get the missing men
out alive have now been abandoned but
work through the tunnel will be pushed
| steadily forward. 1t viii probably be two
weeks before the bodies are reached.
Florida Fruit in New York.
NEW YORK, December 21st-The Flori-
Ga fruit-growers are pushing for control of
| this market. A Florida company has
opened fruit exhibition on Broadway. A
| large show-window presents tempting
| display of bananas, oranges, pineapples,
various kinds ofgrapes and growing straw
| berries, are also to be seen on the tables.
Along the sides of the room are branches
| filled with ripe oranges and lemons and
| Florida moss, india rubber and palm trees,
enlivened with grape fruit pineapples,
oranges and bananas The exhibition is
the finest of the kind ever seen in this city.
a Daughter Fighting for Her Rights.
SYRACUSE On. ", December 21st.-WiH-
| lam S. Stewart died here three months ago.
leaving a will in which his daughter and
only child, Mrs. Maria A. Farnsworth, of
| San Jose, Cal, was cut off with $40. Be
| fore Surrogate Cook, this morning, pro-
ceedings in the Probate Court, notice of a
contest in her interest was entered Mrs.
Farnsworth is the daughter of testator by
| q woman whom he married nearly thirty
years ago, and who not long after the birth
| of the child, it is said, eloped with an actor
from this city. The husband obtained a
divorce without difficulty. His wife died
fifteen years ago, leaving her daughter in
the care of her relatives in Cincinnati, who
are said to be wealthy.
Ticket Brokers and "ScaIpers AboI-
ished.
New York, December 2lst-The pas
Senger agents of the New York Central
West Shore, Erie Pennsylvania, aud the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rail
roads to-day held a long session. and de-
termined TO abolish commissions of all
kinds, and that hereafter they would have
no dealings with ticket brokers or scalp
ers"
Parnell and The Chicago Convention.
New YORK, December clst.-At meet
ing of the Irish Parliamentary Yund Asso-
citation tonight the following dispatch. re-
ferring to the January Convention in Chi
cago, was read
DUBLIN, December 2lst.-If the urgency of
public affairs on this side renders my attend
ance at the Convention impossible, win give
you due notice. PARNELL.
Destruction by Fire.
QUEBEC, December 21st.-A fire in Bru-
net IL Laurents dry goods store damaged
the building and stock to the value OF
9I0,uOU.
MARIETTA Ohio, December 2lst.-A
dispatch from Bartlett, fifteen miles west
of this place, says disastrous fire is raging
there. Thirteen or fourteen houses have
already been destroyed.
New York Stock Market.
New York, December Dist - Noon
Stocks opened weak, to lower, rallied
slightly but fell OFF again, Missouri, Kansas
and Texas declining . and Pacific Mail l.
The market is now dull and steady.
New YORK, December 21st-Central Pa
cifc, AZ; Burlington, 1876; Northern
Pacific, 2S4 preferred, COL; Northwestern,
1913; New York Central, 1O2! Oregon Navi-
CATION, 1919; Transcontinental, 33{ Pacific
Mail, 644; Panama, IS; st. Louis and San
Francisco, 214; Texas Pacific, 124; Union
Pacific, 54B; Wells Fargo's Express, 11Sg :
Western Union, "A.
New YORK, December 21st-3 p. M
Stocks dull and heavy after midday. West
ern Union declining L and the rest small
fractions. The market then became firm
and closed little below the best prices of
the day.