Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-19
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The Chinese loans have been subscribed
five times in London.
Edward HaTigan has taken the New
Park Theatcr in New York for the ensuing
year.
James Russell Loweli's name is men
toned in connection with the vacant Presi-
dency of the Cornell University.
The London Standard hears that Parnell
and several followers will visit America in
| the autumn to raise funds for a political
campaign.
Owing to the closeness of. the vote
Wednesday evening in the Italian Depu-
ties on the foreign estimates, the entire
Cabinet will resign.
Patti is recovering from the effects Of
| recent severe cold, and will sing in Coyent
Garden, London, tomorrow. Seats are at
an enormous premium.
The American Association of Nurserymen,
FLORISTS and Seedmen commenced its tenth
| annual Convention IN Chicago Wednesday.
About 300 members and delegates were
present.
The French frigate LAHORE, last from
Newport. which is to take part in the cere-
| monies attending the reception of Bar
/ tholdi's statue arrived off the light ship at
| Sandy Hook yesterday.
Official information has just been received
! in Paris TO the effect that the French dis
patch boat Renard, recently reported lost
| in the Indian ocean. foundered in cyclone
| and the whole of the crew, numbering 127
souls were drowned.
r. T MerricI, the Washington lawyer, is
| seriously i'll. and some of his friends are
doubtful ABOUT his recovery. Mrs. Merrick
IS painfully i'll at Elicott City, and has not
| heard of the serious character of her huS-
| bands Illness \ daughter is also i'll at
| Philadelphia.
Acknowledgement Drum has received a
telegram from Colonel Bradley, stationed at
| Santa Fe. saving that there are now no
! hostile Indians in New Mexico. There is
an impression at the War Department in
| Washington that the hostile Indians have
also left Arizona.
Twenty-Five mills hav. resumed opera
lions in the Pittsburg district since the
! signing of the scale, and, notwithstanding
Tumors of opposition to the conference
committees action, it believes three-fourths
of the mills in that district will be running
before the end of the week.
AT the Ascot races in England yesterday,
| the St. James Palace stakes were won by
Sheraton Ducat second Sweet Willie third.
/, There were six starters. The race for the
/ gold cup was won by G. Hamnond's four
year-old bay colt St Gatien, f. Gebhart's
Eole second, Dutchman third, Scot Free
! fourth,
The Pacific coast delegates to the Ma
! tional G. \. K. Encampment at Portland,
| Maine, passed through Council Bluffs, Ia,
| yesterday morning, in charge of Depart
ment Commander Warfeld, of San Fran
/ cisco. The delegates numbered fifty per-
sons, and occupied two Union Pacific
sleeping coaches.
At the meeting of the railroad telegraph
| Superintenderts in Cleveland wednesday,,
resolution was adopted recommending
/ The change of the Morse symbol now used
/ 10 represent the cipher (Oj. According to
/ the present. system the . 0 " is represented
+ by long dash The resolution provides
+ that il should D. changed to ''U. IT,
! t---).
! A native African Prince named Allogo-
CHA, of the Brass river territory, Upper
] Guinea, while trading at a village, was shot
/ at and wounded in the shoulder by a ma
tive, who escaped. The Prince took nine
/ villagers as hostages, and, failing to secure
the would-be assassin, killed and ate them.
I Missionaries say that the Prince protested
+ to be a Christian.