Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-19

assembled in Washington yesterday, and
the Commissioner of Agriculture delivered
the opening address
Robert Browning and Sir Theodore Mar
TN are arranging for a banquet 10 be given
by British authorities and artists in honor
OF Oliver Wendell Holmes.
a telegram from Digbv. y. S. saws that
an order for the sale of the schooner Adams
by the Sheriff has been received All fish
and perishable articles will be sold at once.
Archbishop Gibbons, of Baltimore. has
received an official communication from
the Papal Secretary OF State, informing
hun of his elevation to the Cardinalate by
the Pope.
The widow and son OF the Rev f. f.
Ford, who died in Madison Wis. a wear
ago, leaving an estate of 500, 09o succeeded
III breaking the will, and the case will go
into the Courts.
One of the topics considered at the Cab
met meeting Tuesday was the seizure of
the American fishing vessel by the Can
adam authorities for alleged violation of
the customs laws
A treaty has been signed at Johanna
ceding to France the entire group of islands
and lsiets forming the territory known as
the Comoro Isles and situated in the Mo-
zambique channel.
There was panic in oil at Pittsburg,
Tuesday, caused by the failure of Craig Il
Lowrie, one Of the largest oil firms in the
country. The market opened at 704. and
dropped of To 664. The feeling at noon
was little steadier.
The train robbers who killed the express
messenger on a Rock | land train near
Chicago about two months ago. securing
10000, have been run down by the detect
ives. They had located in a small town,
and were engaged in the cattle business.
The Canada Pacific Railway is making
active preparations fer opening the line
for traffic to British Columbia. 4 telegraph
staff has started from Winnipeg to prepare
their lines. and large gang of navvies left
that city Monday to put the track in readi-
ness.
The Irish National League has received
from the Ninth New York Regiment, and
the Grammatical Society of that city, offers
TO equip, transport and maintain in the
held 10000 men TO support home rule in
Ulster against any and all Loyalist opposi-
ton.
Two dynamite explosions occurred at
Orangeyille, Ont, Monday night, one at
the office and another at the residence of
completely wrecked and the adjoining
building somewhat damaged, but no lives
We're lost.
Paul N. Potter, editor of the New York
I0,cp Topics. was arrested on Monday on a
charge of criminal libel brought by ex-
Surgeon General Hammond. Potter has
brought a libel suilssGgainst The Star for its
publications, alleging that he was the bogus
Lord Ogilyy.
The President will leave Washington on
the 50th instant for Brooklyn, where he
following morning and will review the
parade in New York city in The afternoon,
If possible. He will return to Washington
on Tuesday morning.
The remaining troops ordered to Cincin-
natl by the Governor OF Ohio as means
of protection against violence in connection
with the recent strikes, were ordered away
Tuesday. The strike situation is vacillating.
While some classes of men are returning
to work. Others hold out, and others are
coming out.
At New Orleans, Monday, the remaining
property of the late American Exposition
was sold at auction by the Sheriff on one
years credit at five per cent. interest The
building cost over 500 600 and contains
over 10000, 900 feet of lumber 1t has acres
OF glass roofing. The ground dimensions
are 1873 by sos feet. The highest bid was
$4,000. The Government building brought
81, 100, and the sundries slG,650. 4 Junk
dealer was the purchaser. This was the
funeral of the New Orleans Exposition.