Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-03
The Last bitterness of the War Wiped
out orever.
loNroAL FARM, Lancaster Co. Penn.

out Forever.
LANCASTER PENN. August lst-General
Simon Cameron sent the following telegram
20 day
DONEGAL FARM, Lancaster Co. Penn.
August /, 1855.
am glad u Know that Generals Johnston, Buck
per and Gordon are going TO act as pail bearers
with sherman and Sheridan. Your father
rraynr for peace 10 this country has been
answered and the last bitterness of the war
wiped out forever. SIMON CAMERON.
Races at Saratoga and Brighton Beach.
SARATOGA, August 1st-The weather to
day is very hot, and the track fast. The
first race one mile and seventy wards WAS
won by Pearl Jennings, Colonel Sprague
second. Arctino third. Time 1:49. The
second race, one mile and furlOng, was
won by Better Frceland second, Conkling
third. Time, 1871. After delay at the
post Of over two hou;s, the horses got away
for the third race. Of five furlongs Wig
Ie,te won, Hattie Carlisle second, George
II. third Time, Los The fourth race.
one mile, Spaul3ing won, Tilleao second,
Bel Pate third. Tine, l:i5i. The fifth
race thTee-quarters Of 4 mile, Charlie
MARKS won, Whizgig, second, Carne Stew
art third. Time, LII. The last race was
run in pouring rain.
BRIsHToN BEACH, Angus, Ist The mile
and an ejgh;h Barney Aaron won, Keller
second, Harry Morris third. Time, l;59!
The tArec-fuUrthS of a mile, Tor three-vear-
olas and upwards, Bincen won, Tom kerns
sec Du. King George Third. Time, las
The one mile Montauk won, Bay Rebel
second Florence NJ. third. Time. l:45@
The saven-ei2hts of mile for maidens, all
ages, Emigrant won. Lizzie Walton second
70 s.f1 y.
and quarter Tor all ages, Topsey Won
EigaIis sccou;;. Three Cheers third. Time
2.ll1, The last race was run in the rain.
Disastrous End OF a Balloon Race.
CHICAGO August lst.-At Chittenham
Beach tonight w. L. Smith and \. l.
Talbot assembled in two balloons for u race
in mid-air. When a hight of twelve
hundred feet had been reached the ma
chimes collapsed. Talbot came down with
his wreck comparatively uDhurt. but Smith
fell the whole distance, striking some tele.
graph wires before reaching the earth. He
sill lives, but Will die.
dwelling of Il Shaft on tine spot Where
CrOGhRn Whipped the British in 1913.
CLEVELAND, August 1st.-At Fremont,
o., to-day, the soldiers monument, erected
by the people OF Sandusky county. was UNI
yelled with imposing ceremonies. The
shaft stands in Stephenson Park on the
site of Fort Stephenson, where, on August
2, 1913, Major George Croghan. with 100
men, defeated 100 British and Indians
under Proctor and Tecumseh There was
great crowd OF people N the town, and
ex-President Hayes was president of the
day. At 10 o'clock the procession. COM
posed of military and civic societies from
various sections of the State, paraded the
streets. and at 100 o'clock in the afternoon
the exercises began. Major-General J. D.
Cox was the orator Of the day Addresses
were also made by ex-Presldent HAYES.
General f. i. Buckland, Captain J. NJ.
Lennon and others. Captain Andrew c.
hemper, OF Cincinnati, read an original
poem ON Fort Stephenson.
Pacific Coast Rivers and Harbors.
WASHINGTON, August lst-Lieutenant-
Colonel George II. Mendell. Corps of Engi-
neers, has submitted his annual report on
the improvement of rivers and harbors in
California under his charge to General
Newton, Chief OF Engineers. On Oakland
harbor, California, the only work contem-
plated during the year is the removal of
sOO.qD cubic yards in the tidal basin by
dredging. This will absorb the S9I .;}f5
available at the end Of the fiscal year. The
expenditures during the year we're Sll2, 2O4.
mel with % feet Of water at low and rs feet
AT high tide. The work necessary to secure
this result IS the continued excavation of
the tidal basin, the excavation of the tidal
cana, and the completion of SIS feet of the
soN G ietiy The sum Of 1899, 929 will be
required FOR tins purpose, % which 5000, coo
cTu.b be probably expended during the
GcX. fiscal year. During the past fiscal
year Sl1.lW were expended On the improve
meDy Of Wilmington harbor. California,
ie5Fl1g $52,9Os available. It is estimated
tha' ?21o 900 will be required for the COM
pie,j5n of the work, which it is expected
Will give the harbor in low water a depth
OF Ten feet. One hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars is asked for the rest of the
fiscal year.
Santos Released.
WAsHINGToN, August lst.-The State De-
partment has received advices from our
Consulate at Guayaquil to the effect that a
gentleman there had received a letter from
Il relative of Santos living in Quito stating
that Santos was released on the 23i of July.
IL viii be remembered that it was pub
hShad III some of the newspapers abuu;
the 18th ult. that Santos had been released
and the State Department has no doubt
that be i ROW free man, although ii has
received no official communication from
the Government OF Ecuador CONFERENCE.-The
ruDor.
Uncle Sans Finances.
WASHINGTON, August 1st - The deb
statement issued to- day shows the decrease
of the publicdebt during the month of July
t. be S5,G62,7S9 So; cash in the treasury
St5s, lS,7l9 IS gold certificates ousstand
Ing, SI30,6l1, SO; silver certificates out.
standing, Sl39, 215,0 S6; certificates of de.
posts outstanding, S3l $50, 0G0 reiundiiie