Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-20

| interest to Kentucky free-traderS, lnasmuch
as the First Assistant Postmaster General
looks after the appointment OF over forty
| thousand PostmasterS. Durham, the NOM
inee for First Controller of the Treasury,
| appears to be an average Democrat. When
member of Congress he voted against the
resumption of specie payments, favored the
salary grab, wanted deprecated greenbacks
accepted in payment of customs dues, and
| he opposed giving the preference to honor
ably discharged Union soldiers and sailors
| III the filling of minor offices. What
q reform" is covered up under these nomi-
nations no one is yet able to find out
PHILADELPHIA, March 19th.-The Press,
| a Republican organ, says: The appoint
ments Yesterday, so far as we are advised,
are of an excellent character. The selec-
ton Of Malcolm Hay deserves the heartiest
commentator. Hay is q gentleman of
stainless character, robust sense and de-
cided ability He is not only personally
irreproachable, but represents the best ele-
ments and impulses of his party. Dur
ham, who is named for First Comptroller
of the Treasury, stood well in Congress
and brings u good reputation to his new
place. Most of the important appoint
ments yesterday seem TO be surprises. The
candidates most urged are passed. and men
taken who had not been publicly men
toned. 1t is gratifying to be able to COM
mend the selections.
The Times, Independent, says: 1t is
scarcely less gratifying that men of such
conspicuous fitness have been chosen than
it is to know that their selection is a genu
inc surprise to the country
General Grants Disease.
New YORK, March 19th-The following
will appear in the Medical Record of March
Dist During the past week the local dis
ease Of General Grant has shown no marked
| tendency toward progressive liberation.
At the recent weekly consultation of physi-
Clans a thorough examination of the Gen
erals throat was made, with view of dis
cusSing the expediency of radical surgical
! operation for the removal of the growth.
| Such measure would involve a division
| of the lower jaw on the median line, the
extirpation of the entire tongue and the
greater part of the soft palate, together with
| the removal OF the liberated and infiltrated
! fluces and indurated glandular structures
under the right angle of the lower jaw.
This was considered mechanically possible,
despite the close proximity and probable
involvement of the tissues adjoining the
large arteries and veins in the neighbor-
| hood of the alterations, but the distin
guished patients surgeons did not feel in
| clined to recommend the procedure. Even by
such means there could be no guaranty, in
view of the extensive surrounding intiltra
ton. that the limits of the disease could be
reached without immediate risk TO life by
the severe shock to the constitution, al
ready much cnfeebled. The low vital
| power is such strong element in the
decision that, for the present at least, no
kind of operation will be undertaken. The
liberation on the side of the tongue has
not progressed far enough to produce the |
! usual intolerable pain associated with that |
condition, but should the latter symptoms |
appear, it may be deemed advisable to d. |
vide the gustatOry nerves. The general |
tone of the patients system remains about |
the same as at last report, notwithstanding
he has suffered much from insomnia. The |
latter within the last day or two has been
KEEP. under the control of a suitable ano-
dyne. There is no pain in swallowing
and sufficient food is taken with reason
able relish
THE GENERAL MORE COMFORTABLE.
New York, March 19th.-After a visit to J
General Grant tonight his physician said
The General slept seven hours continu- |
ously last night He was very well through
| the day He asked for roast mutton and
ate it. During the afternoon and evening
the General revised enough Of his books to
keep the printers busy for three days.
| When left General Grant tonight he was
inclined to sleep. The patients throat
| looks better this evening. 1t has not the
angry appearance it has had. There was a
catarrhal difficulty in the morning that
caused gagging, but no bad results. Coco
aine is not now being used, aud there is no
| pain. 1t is mental occupation that renders
| the General wakeful"
| The Transcontinenta1 Railway Business.
New YORK, March 19th.-The Tribune
says of the meeting of the Executive Com
mittee OF the Union Pacific ut Boston yes
terday: Gould and Huntington were not
| present. Matters were discussed by the !
Pacific Mail Directors, but no course was |
agreed upon, and one of the Directors said
after the meeting that the action Of the |
| Union Pacific was aimed in his opinion
more at the Central Pacific than at the
| steamship company. The contest over the |
California business has become bitter, and |
the Union Pacific is not likely to recede |
| from its position. | know that it is con-
| templating the use of the Oregon Short |
| Line for the California business. The diff |
| ference in time would be small, particularly |
when the delays caused by the Central Pa
citic are taken into account. Perhaps the |
reason that the Union Pacific gave notice |
is that competition by the steamship line |
would probably injure the business of the |
Southern Pacific route.
Huntington said last evening that the |
| Central Pacific had not joined with the |
| Union Pacific do not consider the no. |
tice," he remarked, as much more than
call for a conference to make a new agree
| ment. think that the overland railroads |
are paying rather too much, and, perhaps |
| the amount might be reduced if we were to
make a new agreement | do not say new
agreement will be made, or that the present
one will be renewed but | am inclined to
think that we are paying too much.
cannot say what the course of the Central
| Pacific will be The contract between the
Union and Central Pacific Railroads and
| the Pacific Mail Steamship Company has
been in force for long time and in its
| present shape for about two years. The
overland railroads guarantee a certain
| quantity Of freight, and, in addition, pay
! percentage on the passenger business, and
| the steamship company. on the contrary
maintains the rates at the schedule mutu-
ally agreed upon. The payments amount
TO about So, COO a month"
| Among the brokers at the Windsor Hotel
| last evening the general sentiment seemed
| to be that the Union Pacific will soon COM
mence sending all California freight via its
short line TO Portland and thence by
| steamer to San Francisco. The Central Pa !
cilie, by means of its independent connec-
| ton to Ogden, over the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy, and Denver and Rio
Grande Roads, is prepared to go for bust
ness both ways quite independent of the
Union Pacific. 1t is thought the Union
Pacific has been forced to do what it has,
there being, of course, no object to be
gained by maintaining rates viatheIsthmus,
| if the fight between the roads themselves |
| IS to be precipitated, with consequent low
prices.
Organized Socialists.
LOUISVILLE March 19th.-Parsons, of |
the Socialists, said last night: There is no |
doubt about there being armed men in !
training in the different cities. Our organ
ization is about 5000 strong, and all are |
armed. In New York we have n registry |
of about 5000, and most of them are |
armed The strength and equipment of |
The men in other cities are III proportion. |
We are preparing for trouble. Agitation |
will finally result in action, and then we |
must be prepared. We have no idea how
soonit will come and we must not allow it |
to surprise us"
Good Friday a Holiday.
New York, March I9th.-The bill before |
the Legislature making Coed Friday legal
holiday, is the continuance of the move
IGent agitated every year about this time.
Though supported by numerously signed
petitions, II is noted that the churchmen
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