Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-23

retary of the Navy protesting against this
| action, and all Congressman will be peti-
toned to pass law requiring that cruisers
be built by American labor.
The Hop Market.
! New YORK, December 22d.-Low-priced
sales of 1885 State hops here latterly and
! allegations of business in that class of
| goods at 10 cents in the interior. coupled
with reports that first-class 1856 Pacifics
can be secured at % cents, to say nothing
of the continued anxiety TO market foreign
stocks arriving, serve TO keep the market
! in debilitated condition. The business is
of SO spasmodic nature il fails to establish
prices for any length of time. Over %
cents seems to be exceptional on either
| foreign or domestic 1886 goods. Outside of
small sales of extra fine qualities to brew
ers, II cents is rarely exceeded ON 1855
here.
Dried Fruits in Chicago.
| CHICAGO, December 22d.-The demand
| for dried fruits, though somewhat limited,
on account Of the nearness of the holidays,
| continues to come up to the offerings, and
the market is still steady and firm. Califor-
MIA varieties are in good demand. Raisins
are lower, owing to increased offerings, but
other kinds are about steady. Prices range
as follows, by the pound: French prunes,
8 cents; pitted plums and quartered
peaches, II cents; halved peaches, pared,
% cents; nectarines, 8 cents pears, S@12!
cents. Raisins, by the box London lay
ers. 20-pound boxes. 81 75@I so; loose
| Muscatels. 81 50@1 60.
| In the Interest of Good Morals.
| NEW YORK, December 22d.-Anthony
| Comstock, President of the Society for the
Prevention of Vice. is preparing memo
rial to the Legislature, backed by petition
| to which he expects to get 10000 sigma
| lures, praying that some restraint be placed
upon the publication of such details of di-
vorce and other criminal cases as tend to
| the prejudice of public morals. He rea-
sons that if the Government deemed it
worth while to prohibit the importation of
immoral pictures and publications, it is
not less incumbent upon the State to legis-
late against similar indecencies here at
home.
| The Sea Monster Getting Ahead of the
Picnic Season.
NEW York, December 22d.-The steamer
Rhynland, from Antwerp, which arrived
here to-day, reports that yesterday, while
abreast of Nantucket, she passed the sea
monster reported by the steamer Thing
valia 1t proved to be dead whale of
gigantic size floating about. There was 100
| feet of it out of water. 1t had apparently
been dead for a long time.
Brakemen's Strike.
LOUISVILLE, December 22d.-Sixty-nine
! freight brakemen on the main line of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad stuck
| tonight and did not report 10 take their
| trains out. They claim that the officials
violated their agreement by discharging j.
H. Moore and Henry Cornwall, two of the
committee who recently waited on them
and presented the demands of the brake
men for an advance in wages. No trains
are moving, but it is thought all freight
| will 90 out tomorrow.
One of the Old Stock.
| LOUISVILLE, December 22d.-Captain
John Alcock, an old turfman, died at his
home near Glasgow, KY, to-day, aged 80
years. Captain Alcock was a noted trainer
| in his day and has trained horses for, and
run more four-mile races, than any other
man in the country.
After Powderly's Scalp.
| CHICAGO, December 22d-It is stated
that T. P. Barry and w Carleton, the two
members of the General Executive Com
mittee of the Knights of Labor who were
sent to Chicago to settle the late strike, lett
| the city with bitter feelings toward Pow
derly, and it is hinted that Barry is now
inaugurating a crusade against him, with
a view to having him deposed.
Memorial to Temperance Leader.
Sioux CITY, December 22d.-The Wo-
mems Christian Temperance Union, of
Sioux City, has organized an incorporation
for the purpose of building a Haddock
memorial building Ground for this pur-
pose was bought to-day. and building
costing not less than half million dollars
is to be erected to the memory of Geo G.
Haddock, who fell in the line of his duty
August 3, 1856 at the hands of the saloon
| conspirators.
| Heavy Failure.
| ST LOUIS. December 22d.-A special to
| the Post Dispatch from Cape Girardeau,
Mo- says: Warren & Birwitz extensive
manufacturers of woolen goods, have as
| signed for the benefit of their creditors to-
day. Their liabilities are estimated at be-
| tween $4,000 and 100000, and assets,
| $4,000.
The Boom in Nails.
| New York, December 22d.-There Is n
| boom in nails. This manufacture has fol-
lowed the rather progressive movement
| upward in iron, and has been kept q drug
in the market by overproduction, but it is
now beginning to respond in earnest. fact
worth recording, as it is another sign of
| business improvement.
Eas No Taste for Yachts.
| WASHINGTON, December 22d-Senator
| Stanford authorizes denial of the story
that he will build Yacht in San Francisco
on plans devised by Captain Lundsburg, Of
the Swedish navy. The Senator says he
has no idea of building yacht of any de-
| scripton.
The Horse "Suitan."
| CINCINNATI, December 22d.-P. S. Tab
| bett, of Lexington, KY, has sold 20 w. H.
| Wilson, of Abdallah Park, Cythiana, Ky.
| his interest in the trotting stallion, Sultan
| (2:24), on the basis of $50 600. Wilson is
now full owner Of this famous stallion.
Heavy Receipts of Gold.
| New York, December 22d-The amount
| of gold received SO far this week is s., 1866
450. Over 81 000,0G0 has been advanced on
gold by the Assay Office in this city for i'm
mediate use.
The Wabash Rail.oad.
ST. LOUIS, December 22d.-It is alleged
tonight that the Eastern and Western
sections of the Wabash railroad will be
separated under the new order Of things
and operated under different managers.
Blaine Not Interfering.
New York, December 22d.-Congress-
man Henry G. Burleigh, of Whitehall,
supporter of Senator Miller, was boiling
over yesterday with enthusiasm for his
candidate. A reporter asked him if it was
true that Senator Miller and his adherents
supposed Blaine was using his influence to
elect Morton. He replied Blaine is not
interfering in this race at all. l know
from the lips of Blaine's best and
closest friends in this city that he is
holding of. Blaine not long ago told
his friends be was neutral in the
fight. If Blaine should use his
influence for Morton the people of the
State would resent it, 1t would make Mil
ler's majority on the first ballot greater
than it will be. Look at the bad effect his
influence had in Vermont. 1t assisted Ed
munds, instead Of losing him votes The
same spirit prevails to an intense degree in
this State While Blaine is very popular
here, the moment he participates in local
contest he ruins the chances of the man he
supports"
Tenement House Cigars.
NEW YORK, December 25d-A M-There
is likely to be more trouble in the cigar
trade early in 1887 Manufacturers who