Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-12
SATURDAYS NEWS.
lcoNpENsED FROM SPECIAL DISPATCHES,


Domestic.
4 $15O000 fire occurred in Nashville on
The 10th.
Abner Coburn intends bequeathing $780,
GOO TO the cause of education in Maine.
Or. Newman's resignation has reached
the trustees of his church in New York.
The Indian Commission is said to be in
favor of enfranchising non-reseryation In
dams.
The Farmers Bank of Elizabethtown,
Pa. closed on the 10th. Its liabilities are
$4,000.
Little credence is given to the report that
President Arthur VIII retire from Office q
poor man.
1t is alleged that it cost $4,000 to get the
lease bill (for Cherokee lands) through the
last Congress.
Senator Morgans motion on Saturday to
reconsider the Oregon Central Immigrant
forfeiture bill was failure.
The sevcrest snow-storm Of the season
prevailed in Montana on the 9th and 10th.
Roads are blockaded and business greatly
in;erfered with.
1t is proposed 10 connect the New York
Central and Long Island Railroads by
tunnel under East river, the cost of which
viii be about 81 100000.
4 favorable report has been made by the
House Library Committee on CoX's joint
resolution to appropriate $100 900 to aid in
the completion Of the Bartholdi statue.
Lieutenant Darlington will not be tried
by Court-martial because of Hazen's
charges, but Iazen is likely to be Court
martialcd for allowing Howgate to escape.
1t IS rumored that the steamer Sallie
Cooper, plying on the Kentucky river, sank
on Friday night near Lockport, KY, and
that the Captain and family, with the crew,
were all lost.
The Masons are greatly displeased be-
cause OF their having been ignored in the
celebration of the completion of the Wash
ington Monument, as Washington was one
of the leading Masons of his day.
There is said to be new movement on
foot in the East to aid the cause of Irish
Natioualism. 1t is to organize an - Ameri-
can-Irish Parliamentary Club" of 10000
persons, each TO pay 50 annually into fund
for the payment Of Irish members of Parlia-
nrcnt SO long as ramel's method is CON
tiuued
The Confederate papers asked for by Sen
alter HaWley are said to consist Of an auto
graph letter from the late Alexander II.
Il.
son, and secret message from Jefferson
Davis to the Confederate Congress, which
was captured i'll Richmond, together with 4
communication from General Sherman in
reference to the document.
Foreign.
An outbreak and massacre of Jews is
threatened in Morocco
1t Is now thought that France will soon
formally declare war against China.
Earthquake shocks continue in France,
and great assures have been opened in the
earth.
Sarah Bernhardt proposes to get out of
debt BY corresponding from Paris, with
several newspapers.
II is reported that cholera and typhoid
fever are raging among the French troops
III the T.nqt'in delta.
Great fears exist in London of further
dynamite outrages, and the police strength
has been greatly increased.
An American exhibition will open in
London next May, under the auspices of
company with $4,000 capital
Another expedition is being organized to
search for the treasure ship Trinidad, which
was sunk of the Bermudas many wears
ago.
The Colonial Government of New Yea
land wants to annex the island OF Samoa
In Berlin 1t is thought both Germany and
America will protest.
The American Legation at London will
prosecute the case against the officers OF the
ship Chapman for having tortured Rus
sian sailor to death.
Harry George is back in London He
says the crofters in Scotland are ripe for the |
naturalization Of land. They no longer |
stand in fear OF the landlords.
President Arthur has sent a fine gold |
watch to Charles + Trimlett British Con- |
sti. at Saigon in recognition OF his kind |
ness to u shipwrecked American crew.
German troops were landed at Cameroons |
on The west coast Of Africa, December 18th |
and had a brisk fight with the natives |
One man was killed and several wounded |
Dr. Schaetmanu, The political leader Of
thc Catholics in the Netherlands, has issued |
q de acation in favor of absolute liberty of |
clJ,ation He would lave the State ey-
ereise 10 Canwo. beyond de examination
OF teachers
Au American NAMED Hicks has been |
raising ruupas in London, because his |
wife, learning nat he had another spouse |
living. a. * her children and sought the |
protection Of Minister Lowell She Is now |
ou her way To America.