Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-10
The Cotton Crop in the South.

ATLANTA (Ga.), August 9th.-During the
past ten days reports of the appearance of
caterpillars have come from various sec
tons of the South, with such frequency
as to justify fear that the finest cotton
crop ever known was endangered. In
order to ascertain precisely the extent of
this danger, the Constitution addressed in
quiries to its correspondents for informa-
ton. To summarize, it may be said that
the crop, as whole is the best that has
6een known for years; that the yield will
largely exceed any previous crop; that
while in some localities the caterpillar has
appeared as general thing it is too late
to do serious injury.
international Handicap Bicycle Race.
WASHINGTON, August 9th. Arrange
ments have been completed for a great
international handicap bicycle race, open to
professional riders, to commence at Ath-
letic Park, Washington, on Monday, Sep
TENDER 2lst, for purse of $500 in gold
divided into five prizes mile heats. The
entries will he limited to twelve men, and
each man will run two heats each day,
each heat being against a different rider
until every man entered has competed
against all the other starters. Twelve
heats will be run each day, the winner Of
the greatest number of heats 10 receive the
first prize
Death of the Oldest Judge in the World.
LYNcHBURG (Na.), August 9th.-Judge
james Garland, probably the oldest Judge
in the world. and believed to be the oldest
member Of the Masonic fraternity in the
United States, died at his home in this CITY
last night. in the 95th year of his age He
served as a volunteer in the war of 1872,
and was twice elected to Congress. During
Jackson's administration he was a warm
friend of the President, and made nota-
BILE speech in defense OF the latter in the
House, for which Jackson thanked him
both in person and by letter
Two Girls Burned to Death.
GALVESTON, August 9th-A special to
the Ncrs from Ennis, this State. SAYS: i
terrible accident occurred at the residence
of \. b. Rankin, near here. on Friday
night. Rankin, being in feeble health.
sent his two daughters to the garnet to
draw some liquor from barrel there. The
holding of the candle near the faucet of the
barrel caused an explosion. killing one of
the girls and fatally burning the other. who
died yesterday. The house, with its con
tents was burned to the ground Rankin
and his wife are dangerously Frustrated
from The effects Of the calamity
Running A-Nuck.
PrTrsGURG, August 9th.-George Miller,
victim of mania potu, escaped from his
home On the South Side this evening, and
with n large knife which he had secured in
some way created a panic on the street by
attacking pedestrians. After slightly cut
ting three persons, the insane man went up
into the second story of Il house and
jumped from a window, falling on the
knife, which he still held in his hand and
infiicting fatal wound in the abdomen.
Movements of the President
ALBANY, August 9th Cleveland has
spent the day quietly at the residence OF
DR.. Ward, on North Pearl street. This
afternoon he went riding to the cemetery.
he will leave tomorrow at 1850 \. N. for
Lake Saranac, where he will remain a few
weeks.
Hanged by a Mob.
ATLANTA GA, August 9th.-A Cuthbert
special to the Constitution says: One. hun
dred armed men to-day overpowered the
janitor, took out Henry Davis, charged
with rape, and hanged him to a railroad
bridge.