Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-10
The American Turf.

SARATOGA, August 9th.-The weather to-
| day was clear and warm, the attendance
| fair and the track fast. The first race, five
| eighths of a mile, Rebellion won, Cora L.
second, Bradburn third. Time, los. The
second race, one and one-eighth miles, Bess
won, Tomasio second, Alf. Estill third
Time, 1:57. The third race, one mile and
seventy yards, Amulet won, Jennie B. sec
ond, Santa Anita Belle third. Time, las.
The fourth race, one mile, Swift won, Lady
Wayward second, Jim Douglas third.
Time, 1;41. The fifth race, one and three
sixteenths miles, Middlesex won, Mono
gram second, Seamora third Time, 2:07.
Mutuals paid $204 20.
BRIGHTON BEACH, August 9th.-The first
race three-quarters of q mile, Bay Rebel
won, Lulu second, Pat DAILY third. Time,
1:19. The second race, seven-eighths of
mile, Montauk won, Aleck Ament second,
Buccaneer third. Time, 1921. The third
race, seven-eighths of a mile, Florence NJ
won, Woodfiower second, Belle 3. third
Time, 1:32. The fourth race, one mile,
Voucher won, Rich6eld second, Dahabiah
third. Time, 1:48. The fifth race, one
mile, Pink Cottage won, Emmett second,
Treasurer third. Time, 1;451.
Destructive Forest Fires in Michigan.
MILWAUKEE, August 9th.-A late dis
patch from Marquette, Michigan, says the
city is in danger of destruction by forest
fires, which make the air densely smoky.
Pendells slaughter house. in the city limits,
has been destroyed, and the nitro-glycerine
works of the Lake Superior Powder Com
pany are surrounded by fire. Men are fight
ing the fire with desperation. An oppor-
tune change of wind saved the new city
park at Presque Isle yesterday. 1t is OPP
pressively hot, and the fire-fghters are suf-
tering greatly.
A dispatch from Neilsville says the fires
have been burning in the woods in that
vicinity for several days. At Rewettville,
ten miles from Neilsville, sawmill, board
ing-house and every building connected
Herewith was burned. Loss, $4,000. Farm
houses in the neighborhood were burned,
and many families compelled to move into
the fields with their household goods. The
fires are still raging southwest and north of
Nellsville, destroying grain and several
buildings. Particulars are difficult to OBJ
tain.
Possible Indictment of Ex-Mayor Edison.
NEW YORK, August 9th.-There are very
grave reports in circulation at the City
Hall looking to possible indictment of
ex-Mayor Edison, on the basis of the sworn
testimony before the Mayor yesterday, that
he offered certain contracts on the Croton
aqueduct to John O'Brien, Chairman of
the Democratic State Committee, on condi-
tion that the Board of Aldermen vote for
the confirmation of Fitz John Porter as
Commissioner of Public Works. Edson's
former business associates at the Produce
Exchange are more or less worried aboutit.
The Contention Between the Cigarmakers
and the knights of Labor.
NEw York. August 9th-There is no
change in the fight between the Knights of
Labor and the Progressive Cigarmakers.
1t is claimed so far that the Knights have
succeeded in furnishing only 160 men to
fill the places of the 5000 who were locked
out. The latter expect to be invited to re-
turn to work within the next few davs.
The Knights promise to furnish an uB-
pleasant surprise for the unions before the