Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-17
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Fully 10000 people visited Grants tomb
on Sunday.
heavy snOw-storm is prevailing
throughout England.
London dispatch announces the death
of the Earl of Chichester.
large amount of foreign mail matter
was lost on the steamer Oregon
An appropriation of $500 is wanted for
the improvement OF Yaquina Bay.
Miss Lena Finch. of Seneca county. New
York, died last week after fast OF SO DAYS.
The sentiment in favor Of the abolition
OF the House Of Lords continues 10 grow in
England.
Burt Price, a Colorado pugilist, was
knocked out by Billy Manning at Ell Paso
Sunday night.
The Eads ship railway is not thought 10
have chance of receiving Government aid
at this session Of Congress.
Gladstone occupied his usual place in the
House of Commons Monday, but declined
to disclose his Irish programme.
Nearly all the men in the National Fed.
Grafton of Miners and Mine Laborers in
Pennsylvania are now out on strike
Considerable opposition is develonjuo =,
the Catholic church against The location of
the proposed National University in Wash
ington
Lazard Fr5res & Co. have ordered $40
600 of gold bars for export, the Bank of
Nevada SS3l 900, and Halgarten & Co.
S105,000, all for Paris
Wall street claims to have discovered
that Jay Gould is bear. He wants. so
John }. Davis says, the price of Western
Union to decline to 60.
The managers of the London theaters arc
up IN arms against the new theatrical bill
as playing will then be absolutely at the
mercy of the Metropolitan Board of Works.
Despite all stories to the contrary. it is
learned in London authoritatiy yelv that both
Chamberlain and Trevyllian have resigned
The Premier has, however, declined to ac
cept their designations.
The sunken steamer Oregon lies in 100
feet OF water, and IL is hardly thought prob
able that she will be raised The cargo
engines and valuable parts of the vessel
however, will be brought to the surface.
The Senate has passed the bill to increase
the pensions of widows and dependent rel
allves of soldiers from IS to $l2 a month.
The bill passed as it came from the House
| and now only requires the signature OF the
President to become law.
Belt the sculptor. who was found entity
OF mlsdemeanor, in having obtained money
OF Sir William Abby by false pretenses.
was sentenced to years imprisonment st
hard labor. His brother Walter. Jointly
indicted with him, was acquitted.
Nine. Won Hoffman, wife of a we'll
known New York banker, who is al nres-
ent sojourning at Cannes, gave a brilliant
banquet Friday evening in honor of the
Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg. who with
her invited husband is also spending the
winter there
All was quiet at the Missouri Pacific
yards IN st. Louis yesterday, the strikers
making no demonstration. No attemnr
has been made TO resume freight traffic VET.
lie situation in East ST. Louis is mn
changed, no strike having as vet occurred
among the disaffectej, switch hands.
The Knights of Labor have the Dnner
hahd at Fort Worth, Tex. The boarding
mouse ana hotels which accommodate met,
VINO take the strikers places are being bow
coted, even the butchers refusing to sell
them meat The sentiment of the peoDIe
Is against the strikers, but business men
are afraid of being boycotted.
John Tiggert, a boarding-house keener
was bovcotted at Fort Worth. Texas Mon
day The waterman from whom Tiroert
has been purchasing his water sr1pnIv for
drinking purposes refused to sell any more
to hlm, and now he has to 20 two miles to
secure water. His landlord. one of the bpSt
citizens of Fort Worth, ordered him to va
cate his house On Monday some poison
was thrown into Tiggert's water barrel and
woman and two little girls were poisoned
and are now In a critical condition.