Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-31

be final, will probably decide the Hooking
valley mining trouble by the latter part Of
the week.
Indiana men and their friends will hold
a meeting on the sth of January at Wash
ington to forward the scheme of the Hen
bricks monument.
Henry C. Kemper, aged 65, proprietor of
small grocery at iG6 Barr street, Cincin-
natl, was found murdered in his store early
yesterday morning.
James W. Collier, OF the Union Square
! Theater, New York, has bought McCul-
loGghs manuscript, copyright and para
phernalia of the Gladiator" for So 600.
The London Standard correspondent at
Vienna says that an attempt was made on
Sunday to destroy Nereshagins famous
pictures, and that one of them was injured
4 terrific snow-storm has prevailed
! throughout Scotland. A railway train
headed by three engines and two snow
! plows, is imbedded in the snow in the
county of Caithness. AllToads are blocked
Ii las been finally decided that ex-Judge
| Sunderson, Senator Edmunds and ex-Sena-
! tor Conkling will argue the tax cases for
| the railroad company. Senator Evarts will
moi take part IN the case as was expected.
Lieutenant Jones, of the Fourth United
| States Artillery, committed suicide at Fort
Adams, yesterday, with revolver He
| was popular young officer and unmar-
ried. His relatives and friends reside in
Cincinnati.
The New York Sun points to the cable
announcement that gold shipment of
G50,OoO Is en- route from London to Hall
fax, as an indication that no more gold
will be drawn from the United States for
the present.
| The canal boatmen held a meeting in
| New York Tuesday and passed resolutions
| declaring 1t to be the duty of the State to
| improve the Erie canal, and of the Legis-
lature to suppress the excessive tolls and
! elevator charges.
The following named fourth-class post
offices have been raised to the Presidential
grade, to take effect January l, 1856. The
salary of the Postmasters is fixed at 81 600
per annum: Los Gatos Cal; Lake Linden,
Mich; Bolivar, Mo; Orleans, Neb. PUNK
I sutawney, Pa; Buffalo, Wy. T.
The striking miners have established a
camp at Coal valley, Pa. and will remain
in the vicinity of Pine Run, Alequippa
and Snodgrass mines for the purpose of
| prevailing upon the working miners to
| join the strike. The effect of the presence
of strikers has lessened the number of men
working.
John Teemer, the Pittsburg oarsman, has
entered into an agreement with Reginald
Laidley, Of Sydney, Australia, to visit that
country next spring and row two races
with Beach. Laidley promises him roval
reception, innumerable presents and i'm
mense winnings when he pays the south
ern continent visit.
A dispatch from Kosch says i.ieuten-
ant-General Stephenson, commander of
the British forces in Egypt, who recently
arrived here with large achievements, at
tackled the rebels who have been menacing
the garrison for several weeks. A three
hours fight ensued, resulting in the British
capturing Giniss, a village near Kosch.
The rebels were completely routed, and the
cavalry is pursuing the enemy Two guns
and twenty banners were captured. The
English loss was one officer killed and
| twenty-one men wounded. The loss of the
| Egyptian allies of the British was six
killed and thirteen wounded.