Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-28

1886.
offers of settlement through me; that is
simply ALL
! 1t is reported on good authority that
while the overland companies have noml-
nally advanced rates, they are all giving
rates to shippers whenever tLeir business is
| considered desirable.
| Break in a Mississippi Leyee.
MEMPHIS (Tenn). April 27th.-At 7.3O
o'clock tonight the levee on the east bank
of the Mississippi river, forty-two miles
south of Memphis, broke The break oc-
CURED in 15-ieet high levee, three-uuar-
ters of a mile south of Austin, Miss. A
force of men were engaged at the time
strengthening it. but when it broke they
ceased work. The water that will pour
| through this break will find its way into
Beaver Dam, Yazoo Pass and Whiteoak
| bayou. 1t is feared portions of Tunica
| Cachoma, Quitman and Sunfiower coun-
| ties will suffer, which, if the worst is real
| lied, will cause serious loss to the farmers
who have already planted crops. The
| break was ten feet wide when the message
was sent, Immediately after it happened,
and nothing later can be ascertained to-
night.
ANOTHER CREvAssE
MEMPHIS, April 27th-A special to the
| ArdidRche from Helena, Arkansas, saws
that at 4 o'clock this afternoon the levee
quarters of a mile above North He
l lena broke, and the water is running
| through very fast. The break is fifty feet
wide, and spreading.
Anniversary of General Grants Birthday.
WASHINGTON, April 9th The sixty
! fourth birthday of General Grant was cele-
brated this evening in the Metropolitan
! Church of this city, at which General
| Grant, when President, was constant at
| tendsnt. The meeting was held under the
auspices of the Grant Memorial University
of Athens, Tenn, the purpose being to
make known the works and objects of the
| institution, to the support of which the
hero of Appomattox was the first cash sub
| scrber, and in ald of which he lent the in
| tiuence of bis name and the encouragement
| OF his word ana example. Speakers of emil
nence took part III the proceedings, and an
audience, comprising distinguished legis-
lators, diplomats and soldiers. filled every
! seat. Chief Justice Waite presided.
, The Hero of the Lost Cause" Among
His Friends.
MONTGOMERY (Ala.) April 27th-Jeifer-
son Davis left his home at Beauvoir Miss,
accompanied by his youngest daughter, at
II O'Clock this morning. They were in
special car, in charge of a committee of citi-
Zens Of Montgomery, who went to escort
( them. Their arrival at every station was
| the signal for a demonstration. At
the stopping places between this city
and Mobile, great crowds gathered,
| local military companies fred salutes,
children waved handkerchiefs and
shouted and all pressed to the car
TO shake the hand of the man who
led the cause Of the South during war
times Many one-legged and one-armed
| soldiers We're waiting TO see him, and all
had shouts of welcome. His speech to-
morrow will be short, the occasion being q
lecture by him and an address by General
Gordon, in aid of monument to be erected
here to the soldiers of Alabama who fell in
| the war.
A Romantic Wedding.
New York, April 9th. The World says:
The wedding of yesterday into which the
element of romance entered most largely
was that of DR.. Charles p. Murray, young
physician of this city, and Miss Edith Man
deville, young English girl, which was
announced to take place at Los Angeles,
| Cal. DR.. Murray is the sole surviving
member of his family, his only remaining
( relatives, brother, Hamilton Murray, and
sister having been lost on the Vile de
| Havre. Although the possessor of a large
fortune, after graduating from Princeton
| College Murray nevertheless determined to
study medicine, and studied at the College
| of Physicians and Surgeons He graduated
| five years ago and began to practice, when
an attack of pneumonia enfeebled his not
too robust constitution. He was obliged to
travel. Some months ago Miss Reid, rel
ative of Whitelaw Reid, of the Tribune. was
| To California ncparnpaniaJ bua n vn,,o,
English trained nurse, Miss Vaudeville, a
well-born young lady of great charms of
| person and manner. DIR. Murray was a
| fellow passenger on the train. His profes-
| sionaf services were called upon for Miss
Reid. In this way he met the fair nurse,
and an acquaintance was begun which,
after two months, was followed by their
engagement.
The Presidents Bride Elect.
| BosToN, April 27th.-Miss Folsom's ac-
guaintance with President Cleveland forms
a romantic story. frankie at a very early
age gave promise of great beauty. When
scarcely knee-high she was particularly
friendly to Uncle Cleve," as she called
him, and in after years held him as one of
her dearest friends and advisers Then
came her fathers death. with its attendant
changes. The President was very friendly
| disposed toward Miss Folsom from the
| time she was child, but about three years
| ago his attentions began to assume a more
serious aspect. Although very reserved in
manner, it was evident he now cared more
! for the woman than he had in former years
for the child. When Miss Folsom and her
mother visited the White House last year,
| there was considerable talk about a pos
sible engagement, but not until the an
nouncement of the engagement was re-
Gently made was any further report in cir
culation.
Charles CToelxer's Condition.
New YORK, April 27th.-Charles Crocker
has just been visited by an intimate friend,
who says: Mr.. Crocker was removed
from the Manhattan Hospital to his home
at West Fifty-eighth street yesterday after
noon. The removal naturally fatigued
him somewhat but to-day the feeling of
fatigue quite left him He is in the hest of
spirits. He received some friends and had
q prolonged conversation with me, in the
course of which he dealt in details with
matters of business. He is progressing
favorably, and his condition is the very
reverse of critical or serious This state
ment is corroborated by Croeller's private
secretary.
Freaks of Lightning.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 27th.- About
O clock this evening violent thunder and
tue It's pIO-
gress, the switchboard in the Western
Union Telegraph Office was fred by bolt
of electricity. An alarm was promptly
sent in, but before the fire could be extin-
guished the board was completely de-
stroyed, seriously crippIing telegraphic
facilities. The loss is stated to be s., 800
Messages are now being received at and
transmitted from the railway telegraph
office. 1t will be several days before the
switch board will be completely replaced.
Annual Sale of Yearlings.
NASHVILLE, April 27th.-The great an
nual sale of yearlings at Belle Meade oc-
CURED to-day in the presence of 1,500
visitors. Among the prominent turfmen
present were Colonel Bruce and Phil
Dwyer, of New York; Ed. Corrigan, of
Kansas City; Colonel Clark and s. G. Har-
ris. of Louisville, and Colonel Mackey, of
California.
New York stock Market.
NEW YORK, April 27th.-Central Pacific,
| 41s; Burlington, 1884 Rio Grande, 16I
Northern Pacific. 254 Northwestern,
! 1861 New York Central, 1921; Oregon