Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-09-29

the High Court of Justice Common Pleas
Barnard, of the Philadelphia bar Proctor
gave to the Commission to-day foil his
tory of the crime, the greater part of which
has already been published, and explained
at length how, while in the employ of the
Erie Company at Susquehanna, he and
Donoghue had planned TO rob the offi"e
safe of money deposited there, and of their
final success in opening the safe and alb
stracting $4,000.
The President and the Mugwumps.
WASHINGTON, September 2Sth.-Colonel
Fellows and his associate Democrats
talked for several hours with the
President to-day They are very well
satisfied with the interview The bur
den Of their argument was directed
against the mugwumps. They told the
President that he has conceded altogether
too much to them, and that these
men have shown that they cannot be
depended upon. n was inferred from
what the President said that he no
longer had warm corner in his heart for
the Mugwumps, and that the appointments
OF the future would be more encourage
ing to the Democrats than in the past
Mysterious Murder of "a Negro.
GALVESTON, September 2Sth.-A special
from BastrOp 10 the NelCS says A negro
n@med Boil Cotton was mysteriously killed
near here at o'clock this morning -Four
masked men, supposed to have come from
Williamson county, rode up to Thomas
Cooper's place, where Cotton was stopping,
and rousing Cooper, bade him briuga Fight
Cooper 0beyed, revealing Cotton sleeping
in gallery. The men seized him, and en-
deavored to place his head in a sack, and
in the struggle which ensued Cotton man
aged TO escape their hold. He was imme.
diately fired upon, and fatally wounded
Cotton lived two hours, and when interrO-
gated on the subject of the strange attack,
replied that he knew all the parties, but
would not reveal their names, for fear of
causing further trouble His secret died
with him. Nothing further has been heard
of the masked men.
Uneasiness Regarding the Yacht Dauntiess.
New York, September 2Sth.-At a late
hour tonight no tidings of the yacht
Dauntless have reached this city There is
some uneasiness coming 10 be felt as to her
condition and whereabouts, as she is
known to have lost her topmast
New York Stock Market.
New YORK, September 2Sth.- II A. M
Stocks were generally ! 10 Z lower, but
Union Pacific was down z, and Jersey Cen
lFdl :, Wnlle SI. Iaul was up :, New OK
Central / and Lake Shore J. The market
is somewhat feverish.
NEW YORK, September 2Sth.-After the
opening, stocks advanced 3 to z, but this
was soon checked and with considerable
activity prices declined I to {, although
Union Pacific declined l and Jersey Cen
tral L. The decline was checked about
11:30 when the market began to be ex-
tremely dull and slightrecoveries followed.
New YORK, September 2Sth-Central Pa
cific, 365; Burlington, Is; Northern Pacific,
21 preferred, 46; Northwestern, 97t ;
New York Central, 9Ss Oregon Naviga-
ton, 50; TranscontinentaI, 205; Pacific
Mail, 48s Panama, So; St. Louis and San
Francisco, Il; Texas Pacific, 49, Union
Pacific, 45s Wells Fargo's Express, 115 i;
Western Union, G7s
EEw YORK, September 2Sth.-3 P. M
Stocks were strong this afternoon and ad-
vanced fraction, but later in the day be-
came feverish and irregular, especially for
Unior Pacific, Lackawanna and Lake
Shore The market finally closed firm ct 4
fraction TO above Saturdays closing
prices.