Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-13


fore he could be arrested.
Bloody Affray in Indian Territory.
FoRr SMITH Ark, February 18TH
Another bloody affray is reported to have
occurred at Il dance in Indian Territory.
Last Friday night Ned Bounds gave
dance ut his home III the ChickaSaw Ma
ton, at which whisky flowed freely, and
nearly everybody got drunk Two men en-
gagged in q fight when friends of both in
tertered, and the fight became general. +.
+. Craig and several strangers were killed
outright and q number of others wounded.
Sullivan and Ryan to Meet Again.
New YORK, February 12th.-The Uorld
says Pat Sheedy. the manager of Sullivan
has gone to New York TO arrange n glove
contest 10 finish between Ryan and Sulii-
van, to take place there. Sheedy's career
here has been remarkably successful. and
his winnings mount high into the thou
sands. lie likes so he said last night. to
quit the town in which he has been a win
ner, after making presents to his intimatcS
The Weather in the East.
CHICAGO. February 12th.-The weather
throughout the northwest continues very
cold, but tho railway blockade appears to
have about lifted, and trains are beginning
to move in all directions. Passenger trains
which left for the west and southwest are
reported as having made good time. The
resumption of freight traffic is expected To
begin on all roads to-day. The temperature
at o'clock was &c below zero Al Omaha
&c below. Dubuque l5o below, Fargo 20o
below, Winnipeg 250 below.
Hanged sor Murder.
LITTLE Rock Ark February l2th.-
Lige Parker, who murdered Lewis Fox in
December and Rush johnson, who muir
dered John C. Wall in August, were hanged
here to-day on the scatiold. johnson de-
clared he was innocent.
PHILADELPHIA, February 12th.-Richard
Trencke was hanged in the corridor of the
county prison here this morning. The
crime for which he was executed was the
murder of Augusta Zimm, his paramour
and the wife of his friend. Trenke wanted
the woman wholly TO desert her husband,
which she declined to do
Five Men Asphyxiated in n Sewer.
CHICAGO, February 18th Five men
were asphyxiatcd in sewer late
this afternoon Several days ago the
main sewer in Kinsey street, five feet in
diameter. became clogged, and to-day a
gang of eleven men were sent To clear it.
Nine went into the sewer with a scraper
fitting the conformation of the sewer.
dragging it from manhole to manhole.
while the other two oremained above ground
to draw up the mud and dirt through the
manholes. Between Halstead and Union
streets an unusually long time was CON
sumed Finally the foreman. bending
down at the mouth OF the manhole, heard
cry for aid, and going down found the
men near the opening, some of them gasp
ing for breath and others lying dead
There was very strong smell Of gas. A
rope was passed down to him, as the sur
vivors were unable to climb up the ladder.
After two had been assisted up the foreman
found himself falling from the effects of
the gas, and was obliged TO go to the sur
face. Another man went down and res
cued three, and third assisted the remain
ing four. -Four were dead when brought
up, and another died soon atterward.
The Illinois Senatorship-Carried from Il
Sicll-bed to Vote.
ALBION, February 12th.-This afternoon
fifteen men went out to the residence of
State Senator Brown (Republican), who is
very i'll, and carried him into GRANVILLE, Il
distance of six or seven miles, on
stretcher He will remain in GRANVILLE to-
night and tomorrow morning will leave
for Springfield in a special car. He isverv
weak, but his friends think he will stand
the trip. lie is paired with Senator Bridges
till tomorrow, and upon his presence or
absence from the capital the election of
United States Senator may depend. With
out him the Republicans are one in the mi
nority on joint ballot.
Attempt to Wreck "a Passenger Train.
MARSHALL (TeX.), February 12th-An
attempt was made to wreck Il passenger
train on the New Orleans division of the
Texas Pacific Railroad late last night below
7
was taken up. Fortunately freight train
struck the bridge half an hour ahead OF
the passenger, which carried two hundred
lives. The engine and eleven freight cars
were hurled from the bridge, and the en-
tire freight was badly wrecked. The en-
gineer and fireman miraculously escaped
unhurt Two bovs have been arrested
charged with the crime, but it is believed
they were incited by others to commit the
deed.
Fires in New York.
New York, February 12th.-There has
been an average of eight fires daily this
month. Since last Fridav there have been
forty alarms. The 1iremcn are. tagged out
The apparatus of the department is con
siderabiy out Of gear. Sixty tiremen are on
the sick list President Van Cott says he
cannot account for the unusual number of
me-. IlS'A hN'ltiNliOJ - .dCiliVi .tiiAlil5 ~
the department.
New York State Woman's Suffrage Asso-
citation.
New York, February l2th.-The first
annual session of the New York State
Woman's Suffrage Association was held to-
day. Addresses We're made by Mrs. Lille
Deyereaux Blake, Mrs. Caroline Rogers,
Ex-Governor Hoyt, of Wyoming. Mrs Eiz-
abeth Cady Stanton and Mrs Parnell The
last-mentioned lady referred to her sex as
the great unpaid, great unrecognizcd,
great unrequited.' y reception was held
in the evening.
Importation cf Northern Weather into
the South.
New ORLEANS, February f2th-Specials
to the Times Democrat report snow-storms
in Montgomery, Talladega and Tuscaloosa,
Alabama. At Columbus Duck Hill and
Macon, Mississippi, there has been fall of
nine inches-the heaviest snow-storms ever
known in these places. Snow fell at Vicks-
burg last night, which delays railroad trains, |
and q fog on the river checks the move
ments of boats. Snow also fell at Shreve-
port, La.