Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-24
WHOLE NO. 1924.
ferry-boats.
Death of E,IIzur vxy-;-,.
New YORK, November 23d. = EHzur

Ill
Wright, the noted Abolitionist. is dead.
[Elizur Wright was born in soutb Canaan
IiLchileId. Conn, February - 1901 He re
moved with his father TO TallmaGge. Ohio. in
lolO where he lived on a farm until 1872 when
ne entered l ale College, and was graduated in
1876; He Taught two years at Gr,toIl Sl1ss and
ior iouT years was l'rotessorof Mathematics and
Natural Philosophy in the Western Reserve Col
lcge, Hudson, Ohio. He removed to New yorj,
III 1853. and became Secretary OF the American
AntFSlavery Society, and remained in that no.
Sltlon iive years BE was editor of several Aho-
llon journals, and was editor Of the ROSt,y
Co9taiO "loca}ta IN 1880 Mr. Wright slIhseouentlv
punished a popular translation in verse Of la
tont0ine Fables lie was appointed tn The
Office OF Insurance Commissioner of SIossocbr
sets in 1855.
The SeeOrs' Gas-PropeIling Steamboat.
New YORK, November 23d.-Referrinc to
the novel steamboat which the Secors are
building, and which has been visited within
few days BY scientific men from different
parts OF the country, the Tribune saws The
boat Is to be launched within a few davs.
The prOpelling power is 20 be obtained by
the continuous explosion of gas, bur how
the force is TO be applied is a secret. The
lntlmation Is that it will be in q way SINH
lar to that which drives rocket through
the air. Great speed at little expense is the
end desired. The inventor Of the new mo-
tor has unbounded faith in it. He saws the
force will be applied against the water from
the stern by gradual, power ul pressure.
the same as the explosion of the case. Of
the rocket against the more Welding and
elastic atmosphere
Rascal Hunted Down.
NEW YORK, November 23d.-P. NJ. L.
Sheppard. for thirty-five years cashier of
the freight department of the New York
Central Railway at Buffalo, passed through
New York to day en- route for Buffalo in
the custody of detectives. In June. 1884
| Sheppard suddenly left Buffalo, a defaulter
for 81, 600 He was traced to Winnipeg.
| but could not be arrested for want of an
eXtraditiOn treaty After sWindlinga Mon
treal cigar manufacturer, he returned TO
the United States, and was traced through
towns in New York and Massachusetts,
TO Waldo, Fla, where, when arrested. he
| had established himself as the proprietor
of an orange plantation.
| Monument Unveiled.
| BosroN, November 23d.-A monument.
erected in honor Of Edward Kelly. the
| Irish leader, sentenced to be hanged, drawn
and quartered in 1857, was unveiled AT
Mount Hope Cemetery this afternoon.
Two Hotel Gnests Asphyxiated.
BALTIMORE, November 23d. - Saturday
| night c. A. Thorpe, of Perryville and j.
| White, of FrenChtown, took rooms at a
! hotel in this city, and upon retiring blew
out the gas. To-day the room was entered
| by the hotel people, and both were found
dead from suttocation.
wyoming Democrats.
! CHEYENNE, November 23d-The Terri
! torial Democratic Committee. in session in
| Laramie City, to-day elected Colonel Luke
! Murrin, of Cheyenne, Chairman for the
i ensuing year by a unanimous vote. Colonel
| Murrin has been q member of the COM
mlttee for many years.
Stocks in New York.
! New YORK, November 23d-11 A. N
| The week opened with feverish. irregular
and very weak stock market, the declines
i ranging between and q! the latter Jersey
| Central, but Reading and Lackawanna
were of J each and others to fractional
amounts. During the first hour the mar
! ket was ieverish and weak, with great
| declines from the opening figures in Pacific
| Mail, which was only lower at the open
| ing but which fell % Lake Shore and 81.
| Paul each declined Is, New York Central
| IL, Northern Pacific preferred J. North
western II and Union Pacific l. Toward
II o'clock the market became more steady,
! and in some eases q portion OF the early
! losses was recovered. At II o'clock the
market was active, but irregular, and gen
| orally weak.
[ WV iOhNs 4fObtIllDtl -s'ti-sptDCkS nave
been less active during the past hour. For
time after II O'Clock prices were strong
and advanced to s, with gain of in
| Pacitsc Mali and New York Central. Later
! they became 'ia,,l and most of the earlier
! gains were lost. At II o'clock the market
was active and heavy.
New York, November 23d.-Centrai Pa
| citic "A; Burlington, 1875; Northern Pa
citic 2SS Northern Pacific preferred, 81
| Northwestern 113; New York Central, 1929;
| Oregon Navigation, 106; Transcontinental,
345 Pacific Mail, 664 Panama, 9S; St.
Louis and San Francisco, 224; Texas Pacific,
225 Union Pacific, 5S5 Wells Fargos Ex-
press, III Western Union, 765.
New YORK, November 23d-3 +. NJ
After midday stocks became weaker, with
greater activity. About l o'clock declines
were checked, and small advances were
made, but by 2 o'clock the market was
again weak. After go P. NJ. it became
generally strong, and advanced to & The
| advance, however, was not maintained to
the close, and the market closed excited,
| feverish and weak