Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-12
TELEGRAPHIC BREYITIES.

The National Swine-Breeders' Associa
ton is holding s convention in Chicago.
Mrs. Charles Herman, of New Haven,
Conn, recently sold her baby for SO, and
has since vainly tried to recover it.
Twenty witnesses, who have been sum-
moned from outside places to attend Court
in Montreal, have refused to do so on ac-
count of smallpox.
A National Conference of free traders
and revenue reformers met in Chicago yes
terday. Some 200 delegates from all parts
of the country were in attendance.
The new cremation furnace on Long
Island was privately tested Tuesday, the
| carcass of a sheep being used. The result
has not been made public, but it is known
that it was not entirely satisfactory.
Advices from Melbourne say that no
credence is given there to the report that
the natives of Fly River murdered all the
members of The Sydney Geographical Asso-
CATIONS expedition in New Guinea.
A Washington special says Miss Cleve-
land was expected to arrive at the White
House yesterday, but she did not come,
some private engagements having pre-
vented her from starting from her home.
She is now expected on Saturday
The Peninsula and Oriental steamer In
dus, from Calcutta for London, has been
totally wrecked on the reef off Moeletivoe
Ceylon. The passengers and mails We're
saved. The Indus was an iron screw, bark
rugged vessel, of , 235 tons, built in Meig.
Rev. T. W. Morrill,, the st. Adams
ritualist, who was recently reported to
have gone to Rome, appears to be living in
retirement on an income from $150,000
left him three years ago by Miss Marx, one
OF his parishioners, and a spinster of New
York.
The Russian ambassador at CONSTANT
nople has been ordered by his Government
to press the demand by Russia before the
conference for the immediate disarmament
of Servia, Greece and Bulgaria. and the
deposition Of Prince Alexander, the ruler
of Bulgaria.
| Petitions are in circulation to abolish the
/ Brooklyn Postoffice as q separate office. and
! to place it under the jurisdiction of the
| New York Office. They are said to have
| received but few signatures in Brooklyn
! In New York, however, the matter is more
tavorably regarded.
The Coroner's jury in the case of Mrs.
| Pratt, who was killed in an accident on the
| West Shore Railroad near Little Falls. \.
| y, last Monday, rendered a verdict charg-
ing the railroad company with gross negli-
| gence in not having provided a culvert at
the place Of the accident.
A Boston special says The mind cure
craze is not waning The announcement
| is made that 4 building to cost from $50, 600
! to 100000 is to be erected by Mrs Eddv's
congregation of Christian scientists at an
| early day. The ediiice is 10 be styled a
church and is to be erected on St. Botolph
| street, on Back Bay.
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, through
| lis assistant pastor, Halliday, recently at
| tempted to break up big skating rink in
| its vicinity by a complaint that it was
nuisance. The charges came up before
Justice Walsh Tuesday and they were dis
missed Counsel for the rink then asked
for 4 warrant to arrest Halliday for malic-
ious prosecution.
Gladstone and wife and Lord Rosebery
and wife yesterday drove in carriage from
Dalmeny Park through the principal thor
oughtares to the Free Assembly Hall,
Edinburgh. Crowds of people lined the
route, and great enthusiasm was mani
tested. On reaching the hall Gladstone
found it literally packed with people wait
ing to hear his address.
The owner of the British cutter Arrow
has issued challenge, through the London
Field for the international challenge cup,
tuc one Won ny his DOdl III the race against
the America, when the latter was also
under British rig and British management.
The challenge has made quite sensation
in the New York Yacht Club, and is vari-
ously commented upon.
The depression which has existed for
some time in the ship-building trade on
the Clyde, Scotland, is increasing in
severity. There are so many men out of
employment that the Relief Committee
find great difficulty in supplying food, even
for the distressed people. Forty seven
stowaways were discovered in the hold of
vessel that was about to sail for America
A New York Hcralds correspondent,
who interviewed Riel, says he is a man of
visions and manifestations. He is fanatic
but not fool. He has spirit" eight
feet high, whom he consults. He is cum
ming, at times eloquent, and has an assur-
ance of infinite selEconceit. He declares
the heretics want Riel's blood" He does
not want to die, because his unfinished
work must be done. If he dies, he saws it
would put the Almighty to the incon-
venience Of working miracle of resurrec-
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