Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-21

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seems 10 be q second Mississippi in appear
ance. It's western bank is q perpendicular
wall of ice, part of some great glacier
! which forms the western shore of ley Bay.
IL was loaded with glacier mud from the
| Mount St Elias Alps, and its swift current
with waves about foot high was thought
to be running at the rate of eight or ten
miles an hour IL was surnlisad ut the
time, and atterward partially corrobo-ated
| that The great river is entirely too big in
| every way to be draining only the seaWard
| slopes ut the St. Elias Alps, in the vicinity
! of the mountains from which il apparently
comes. h must head far beyond the range
| and break through them. It's muddy waters
| from the glaciers disc0lor all the waters of
| Icy Bay. and for many miles cut to sea. 1t
was named Jones river, after George Jones
of the New York Times. II is not thought
to be rivaled by any Alaskan river empty
ing into the Pacific ocean.
The Earthquake Section.
| CHARLESTON Is. e., September Goth
! The condition of Summerville for the past
! three days, in regard 10 earthquake dis
| turbances, has been very reassurir4c. and
| the people are strongly impressed with the
| belief chat the annoying treniors and de-
| donations are about to cease. On Saturday
last the whole day passed without even IS
much as Il detonation. There were only
| two scarcely audible explosions on Satur-
| day night, separated by an interval Of two
| hours. On Sunday ahout o'clock 4. NJ,
! there was q plainly audible explosion,
| which was, however unGccompanied by
| the usual trembling of the earth. At II
| o'clock Sunday night there was a tremcr,
which-thc people having become aecus-
| toned to such manifestatioDs--ca caused little
| comment. At2 clock this morning there
was another slight shock of the same char
acter. Tie detonations and tremOrs are
| now at very long intervals, ana are Eu-
needed except by the most timid.
| The Situation at Charleston is brighter
| and more cheerful, q fact which is ldSgeIy
| due to favorable weather and the escape
| from Il threatened West India hurricane
The death list, from the Effects OF exposure,
| is 10, Is against 70 in the previous week
Fishermen Out OF Luck.
NEW YoRE, September 20th.-Tbe TriB-
| mes Halifax special of the 10Th says SIX
American mGcllerel seiners put into Canso
to-day, on their way from North Bay. The
! highest catch was go barrels, The lowest
twenty-five. ana the average ninety-three
barrels. With one exception, all these yes
sels have run out OF provisions. Two of
them have been ON short allowance for
| several days, aud their crews had 10 obtain
special permission 10 purchase enough
| necessaries OF life TO enable them 10 CON
time their voyage home.
A report from North Syduey says that
two American seiners put in there for shell
ter. They were ordered 10 leave the port,
and while going out of the harbor struck
school OF macberel and got $50 barrels close
in shore They could do so with perfect
safety, because there was no cruiser to
seize them. 1t is reported that unless a de
posit of 81 coo is made by tomorrow, the
Moro Castle, seized at HawkesbUry. will be
| stripped.
Chance for the GaIatea.
NEWPORT, September 20th.--A match
| race between the MayfOTer and the Eng
| lish cutter Galatea. to be sailed off Marble
head some day this week, has been ar
| ranged. The yachts will prepare at once
| for the race, and as soon as q day arrives on
which the wind is strong enough for q plain
sail breeze, the Mayfiower and Galatea will
| sail over the course of Narblehead, prob
| ably the same one as was sailed by the
yachts for the Eastern Club at their last re-
gatta last July. That course was a triangle
| of fifteen miles twice passed, making thirty
miles in all. The yachts will 90 in racing
trim and the match will come off this week
if there is wind enough.
| The Usual Result.
| NEW YORK, September 10th. The UOrlfs
| London special of September 19;h says
! Nevada will not sing this season. Her man
ayers lost heavily on her in America last
season, but her contract was 50 favorable to
herself that she made quite handsome
sum. She is just now engaged in taking
care of yonng baby in Paris.
Labor Leader In Trouble.
Sr. LoUIs, September 20th. - Martin
Irons, leader OF The Knights of Labor strike
on the Missouri Pacific Railway last
| Spring, was arrested in Kansas City last
night and Will be brought to this city to
answer the charges found against him in
the indictments for completely in tapping
the private telegraph wires running into
| Vice President Hoxie's residence. His
| bondsmen have withdrawn from his bond,
and he viii be kept under arrest until his
I case is tried.
| Sovereign Odd Fellows.
BosToN, September 20th.-Thc annual
session of the Sovereign Lodge, [. o. .. Y,
| opeaed in Odd Fellows Hall this morning
| The proceedings are secret Ii is under
stood that to-day the action of the Grand
Lodge will comprise The routine work,
| arranging the general order Of the business
| of the Convention.
| A Costly Collision
ST. Lou1s, September Goth. - Freight
| trains Nos 157 and lG0 on the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas division of the Missouri
Pacific, collided south of Clayton, il Yer
non county. Beth engines were demol-
ished, with many cars. The engineers
! and iiremen jumped before their engines
c0iliGed, and 10 one was injured. One
| train was loaded with cattle, lf0 Of which
| were killed. The loss is placed at $50, coo.
Silver Coinage.
WASHINGTON, September c0th.-The IS
sue of standard dollars from the mints dur
ing the week ending September 18th was
$1,l14905. The issue during the CORE
spending period last year was 1864, ,493.
The shipments Of fractional silver coin
since September 1st amounts TO SG3S, ,53l.
As Far as Greenland.
New York, September 20th.-Under date
of June 14th, Civil Engineer Il. L. Peavy,
of the United States Navy, reports TO the
Herald the safe arrival of his Arctic expe-
dition at Godhayen. Greenland.
Growth of Prohibition Sentiment.
NEW YORK, September 20ih.-There can
be no question but that the Prohibitionists
are making strong headway over in Brook
lyn, whatever may be the contrary on this
SIDE or the river. JneV are holding meet
ings in different wards almost every even
ing the churches are extending to them
sympathetic hands, and their organization
is growing daily more and more compact
Unknown sloop Sunk.
BosToN, September 20th-Y Yesterday the
steam yacht. Oracle encountered heavy
squall in the ship channel between Col
loupes and Loyelis Islands, in Boston har-
bor When the squall had passed over her
the crew discovered a s,oop yacht bottom
up, about one mile to the east of the islands.
As the Oracle approached her she righted
and sunk in rs feet of water. Two men
in the boat who had seen her capsize said
she seemed to be full of passengers. No
bodies were found. The yacht sunk before
the name on her stern could be read
A Two-Cepter.
New York, September 20th-Among
journalists there is report that new two
cent paper is about to be started in this city
similar to the Ledger or Record, of Phila-
delpbia. Its politics will be independent
but with leaning towards Republicanism,
the title to be the Manhattan Gazette.
The Union Pacific Prosperous.
NEW YoRK, September 2oth.-The Union
Pacific report for the first six months of the
year shows earnings of Sl1, ,606 COS so ex-
penses. IS, III, 765 81; surplus earnings,
s.. .161 800 26; surplus for United States