Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-06
WHOLE No. 1859.
TELEGRAPHIC BREyITIES.

ES-Prcsident Arthur was Yesterday elect
| @ ea an honorary member Of the New York
| Chamber of CommercG.
The French Chamber of IDENTITIES bv n
vote OF 26f 70 100, finally passed the bill
raising the duty ON cereals.
Samuel Carson, arrested for passinr conn
terfoit money in Nebraska. once had prop-
erty valued at nearly 81 600 600. i''NF
DIR. Albert g. T. GearSon was bangos IN
Philadelphia yesterday morning for noiSon-
Ing his wife nearly five years ago.
\ dispatch from Toheyan states tina. t,o
inSurgent native chiefs of India have
| already raised a fiery cross and proclaimed
in favor Of Russia.
The gross earnings OF the Northern Pa
c.hc Railroad for February are reported TO
have been $3.50 5i2-an increase over Feb
ruary Of last year of $t9,+77.
4 Shanghai dispatch says that Admiral
Courbets squadron has arrived of GUt2loti.
lie will dispatch cruisers from that point
10 capture vessels carrying rice.
A supplementary fiscal estimate provides
fOc an increase of 5000 men in the British
military service, and shows the expenses of
the Sou'.an campaign 20 the end ot March
, to be s., 3G0 600.
The Berlin correspondent of the London
Times, in long letter, attacks Bismarck for
indifcction dee it and deliberate faSehoo0
IN his dealings wish England in regard to
Geunany's course in South Africa.
General Grants condition was much inn
proved yesterday. lie ate heartily. and
went out riding The condition of his
throat, however, is no better, and the pro-
gresS of the disease has not beAn checked.
Adyices from Egypt state that signs of
discomfort among the natives against Brit
ish rule are increasing. Threats against the
life of Stephenson, the English command
er, are frequently heard on the streets OF
Alexandria.
The New York Daily Commercial B,V IN.
estimates the aggregate FIRE loss in February
at $1,000 0OO-50 per cent more than the
average loss in February for ten years past.
including January SO ne SIS, 800 l0) worth
of property has been burned up ,itus far in
1850.
!. Y. Colcmals schooner Yacht Carnc-
lita cleared from New York Yesterday tor
san Francisco The yacht measures only
so feet over ALL and has 20 tons gross dis
placement. Her greatest beam is rs l-l0ihs
feet. She draws 10 feet q, the greatest
depth, and is spared and rugged through
ont with yiew 10 outside work.
In Ashland, O., Wednesday afternoon
Grant Holman placed a gjant-powdo: car
fridge under The stove i'm bis residence not
knowing it had q cap on The cartridge
exploded with terrific force throwing
Holman against the wall and crushing his
right arm so badly that ampulation was
necessary. He received Internal Injuries
wmcn may prove fatal The house was
half blown Gown.
One of President Cicveland's first acts, in
connection with his s&cal household, was
his decision 20 retain " j.. PrUden as assist
amt to Private Secretary Lamont Prudcn
was appointed by President Grant rs t.e-
bearer of Presidential communications 10
either house of Congress, and during SO
many administrations has become famil-
lar figure 10 all who are connected in any
way with affairs at the Capitol.