Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-09-28
SATURDAYS NEWS.
Domestic.

IcoSpTNsED PROM SPECIAL. DIsPATcHEs.i
Domestic.
On Saturday $4,000 in gold coin arrived
Mt New York from Europe.
Mrs. Zach. Montgomery, reported SER
iously i'll in Washington, is better.
Mrs. Grant visited the tomb of her hus-
band Saturday with several friends.
Four Young men of Bagdad, KY, were !
robbed and put off a circus train Satur- |
day.
The New York police captains have been |
instructed to stringently enforce the excise |
laws.
Since August LIST, the Sub Treasury in |
New York has dsbursed 2,452, 100 silver (.
dollars.
At Newcastle Del, Saturday, two con-
victs were whipped in the presence Of 200
spectators.
Roswell P. Flower has declii,ed the DEM
ocratic nomination for Lieltenant-G Go G.
crnor Of New York.
Douglas L. Dale attempted to run an 4Jlci,
in Texarkana, Texas, on Friday night, hut
was overpOwered before any one WAS hurt
The postmasters Of New York and Phila-
de,phia propose to employ substitute letter
carriers to DO the work Of the special deliY-
cry system.
The weekly bank statement at New York
shows the reserve decrease 8, 246, $50. The
banks ROW hold $4f 90 in excess of the
p per cent. rule.
There was a serious riot near Martins
Ferry, o. Saturday morning, caused by
the introduction of non-Union men into
Llughlins nail-mill.
1t is rumored in Albany, n. Y, that ex-
Senator John c. Jacobs will replace Flower
in the candidacy for Lieutenant Governor
On the Democratic ticket.
General Absalom Baird has taken charge
Of the Office CT nspector-General of the
Army, to which position the President APP
pointed him few days ago.
A receiver has been appointed in the
case of the Howe Sewing Machine Com
pany at Danbury. Conn. The liabilities of
the company are $4,000 nominal assets,
$1,11O,000.
The President, through the Secretary of
the Treasury, has asked Professor AgassiZ
10 take the office of the Superintendent of
the Coast and Geodetic Survey, vice Profess
scr Hilgard, resigned.
Application has been made at Hartford
Conn, for the appointment of a receiver for
the Charter Oak Life Insurance Company.
The application is at the instance of the In
The yachts Gcnesta and Dauntless started
in the race for the Cape May cup off the
point of Sandy Hook at $50 P. NJ. Satur-
day. The wind was blowing from the north
at therat of fifteen miles an hour.
August Belmont's mission to London for
the purpose of selling Northern Pacific sec
ond mortgage bonds has been successful.
A syndicate of bankers has taken the issue,
which viii soon be offered 10 the public
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Railroad has declared q dividend of 81 per
cent. on preferred and p on common stock.
payable December 18th. Five millions of
preferred stock has also been issued at par
TO the stockholders.
At New York, Saturday, in the case of
James \. Hinckley against DOrman s.
Eaton. Leroy D. Thoman and John NJ.
Gregory. Civil Service Commissioners,
Judge Wallace denied the application for a
writ of quo warranto, thus sustaining the
constitutionality Of the Commission.
The New York Herald compositors, who
publish u weekly paper called the Boycoter,
have sent letters TO Davenport, the Republi-
can candidate FOR Governor, and Whitelaw
Reid, editor of the Tribune, desiring to
know the situation. II Davenport does not
make the Tribune a union Office they de-
clare that the union will support Governor
Hill.
Ferdinand Ward, speaking of his hoard
bills, says: l don't pay 500 weekly for
board accommodation in Ludlow-street
Jail, as has been reported. l do pay $40
per week. l have receipted bills which
show it. The money l pay was given to
me. A friend of mine sent ne a check for
5000, expressly STIMULATING that l should
use the money for the sole purpose of pay
ing my expenses here"
Postmaster General Villas has been MAX
ing a personal investigation of the charge
that Superintendent BOWMAN, of the free
delivery division of the Chicago Postoffice,
had accepted the Presidency of a local polit-
ical organization. Donivan, he says, had
no intention of violating the Civil Service
Act, and the Postmaster General has about
satisfied himself that Donivan has not
been guilty of any of1ense against the law.