Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-10

tA SAet}S- NliAC1l get from one OF the lafS-
est producers in California The chemist
attached to the Sanitary Board was here
ana examined my port wines compared
them with the stuff in the bottle that RYAN
bought, and entirely eXonerated me from
! oiame, saying my wine was as different
from that which Ryan drank as
night is from day. RYAN may have
! bought that wine on this street
| don't deny that l know of one firm. not a
| block away, who manufactured and bottled
quantity OF stuff especially for Christmas
Day, and sold it for California wine There
IS firm in Broad street who make i'm
menSe quantities of California wine right
| in their shop. 1t Is running our business.
| We cannot compete with them. If they
were suppressed | could make $4,000 more
! yearly. / would be willing first to subscribe
TO law for the suppression of this busi-
ness. Yet Air. Fuchs. who claimed to
know Just who these manufacturers were,
refused to give your reporter their names
| or addresses. c. Ven Dannenberg & CO.. of
| ~ Nesey street, and De Berg x Co, of 40
! NeSey street, both were pointed out to your
| reporter by California dealer as manu-
! facturers Of California wines. 1t is seem
| lngiy Impossible to catch these illegal deal
ets They are very wary, and Will not sell
| their wares To 4 person who looks as
though he might get them into trouble
Alleged California port wine is sold here
largely at - cents a gallon Respectable
dealers ilnd il difficult to sell the genuine
article at 50 gallon.
Bloody Riot in Georgia.
AUGUSTA, January 9tk.-Late last night
Rutledge was convulsed by a riot, which
threatened the destruction of many lives.
and, as it was, resulted in the death of one
person and the mutilatiOn of a dozen more.
During the day there had been an exciting
contest over the county election. and al
though the law required the closing of all
bar-roomS, there were private bottles enough
to make many drunk. The feeling, which
was somewhat playful al first, was famed
into bloodshed by a frivolous quarrel be-
tween Bob Brewer and Tom Estes. result
ing in blows. 3. H. Hardin threw himself
into the fight as 4 peaccmaker in behalf Of
Estes, when the Hawkins boys jumped in
TO aid Brewer. In an instant knives and
pistols were drawn. Hardin slashed wick
edly at Babe Hawkins with his knife Civ
ing him three probably fatal stabs in the
back. A man named Churchill grasped
the knife in Hardin's hand when the latter
turned around on the newcomer and drove
his knife into Churchill's breast Then the
others joined i'll until no less than twenty
five men were piled up in mass, shoot
scene most hideOus one. One man lost
his ear by clean cut Hardin's head was
banged up so as to retire him from the diff
hculty. \ dozen others were manned, and
1t was not until nearly every one was
wounded that the difficulty ended Church
i'll died to-day, while one of the Hawkins
brothers lies in a critical state.
The Murdered Postmaster.
TAMPA Fla. January 9th.-C. L. More
house, the only witness to the assassination
of c. L. Able, the postmaster of Sarasota
has received several anonymous messages
warning him to leave the country. but he
has concluded that il is safer to stay where
he is than to venture out. On Sunday
night twenty vigilantes came down from
Manatee and arrested three suspects. A
man named willard. who is said to be the
murderer, was warned of their approach
and escaped in his night clothes to the pal
metto sWamps, where he now is. Three
prisoners were tried upon the beach, but as
there was Justice of the Peace among the
vigilantCs, the defendants We're acquitted
for want of evidence. There was u dispo-
sition TO lynch them, but they We're only
let go after having been warned TO leave
the country. The vigilantes are now
searching for Willard, and should they
find him it is doubtful if the Justice of the
Peace will cut any figure in the trial
MOrehOuse, who came here on business
and for his health, wants to get up re-
vision of "A Fools Errand.'
Eleven Persons Poisoned.
EAST LIVERPOOL (O.l, January 9th
Eleven persons were maliciously poisoned
at Vanport, Pa, to-day One of the vic
tins is dead, and the recovery of the others
is doubtful. The particulars have not been
received
LATER--The party at which eleven per-
sons were poisoned was given last night at
the residence of Mr. Van Fossen of this
city. During the evening coffee was passed
around and soon after drinking all became
violently i'll with symptoms Of poisoning.
The investigation proved this to be true
as at the bottom of the coffee pot was found
paper of Rough on Rats" One victim,
a child, niece OF Van Fossen, died at mid
night. and others are not expected to live.
i searching investigation is in progress,
and intense excitement prevails The
names of the parties are not obtainable.
Grants Declnation.
WASHINGTON, January 9th. - General
Sherman, in answer TO the question as to
the effect of General Grants declination to
receive the fund being raised for his benefit,
said 'Of course that will put stop to
the whole thing, and nothing now will be
done about it. | presume, though, that the
legal defense which was secured for him
will be retained General Grant has a
friend who will look out for his interests,
outside of those who were interesting them
selves II his behalf in this particular in
stance"
Cleveland's Movements.
WASHINGTON. January 9th.-Colonel La
mont, Mr.. Cleyclands private Secretary,
Il = ~ NFT Il
not vet fixed the day when he will come to
Washington, but am pretty sure he will
not arrive until within a very few days of
the Inauguration. | know he felt as if
great load had been lifted from his shoul-
ders when his resignation as Governor took
effect, for you know the last week of his
administration was an usually onerous
one. lie now has time to attend to the
future"
The Wheat Market in New York.
New York, January 9th-The Posts
commercial article says Since noon the
leading wheat markets have been easier
The heavy sales in the New York market
broke the price, and the advance of the
morning was nearly lost. The export busi-
ness mas been completely upset bv the
fevered condition of the market Private
late cables from England and the Cont
nent generally report not very firm mar
kets, but the decline here since morning, it
is thought, will be likely to have the effect
OF checking any further immediate i'm
provement. Ocean freights to Europe are
firm, but grain engagements have been
light
Large Seizure of Struggled Goods.
PHILADELPHIA, January 9th-The special
Inspector of the Treasury Department, as
sisted by two officers OF the Philadelphia
Custom-house, have made large seizure of
smuggled goods, which is the largest ever
made at this port. The seizure consists of
thirty cases of assorted liquors, ten barrels
of brandy, a number of casks of olive oil,
and large quantity of cork and tile, in all
valued at $4,000. The goods were found
on board the Italian bark Santo Saulto,
concealed in what the Captain said were
empty coal-oil barrels. The vessel, as well