Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-16

trial. Stair spoke from the scaffold half an
| hour, protesting his innocence and the in
nocence of the woman implicated, saving
they were the victims of circumstances.
The drop fell at LIS O'clock and in fifteen
minutes the body was pronounced lifeless.
| and handed over to his father who will take
II. to Marshall, Ind, tonight for interment
Ten thousand people witnessed the execu-
ton, and good order prevailed.
BELLEvILLE CIll.), January 15th.-Noah
Merriman (colored) was hanged here at
noon to-day, for the murder of his wife
| three months ago. On the scaffold Merri-
man confessed to the killing. and also to
killing woman peddler in East st. Louis
six years ago, but could not give her name.
The Fire Record.
BEAVER FALLS pa, January 15tb-Tbe
Beaver Falls car shops, foundry and ma
chine shops burned this morning together
with Chinese headquarters and every build
| ing in the square facing Sixth avenue. ex
| cept the old Mansion House. The fire
originated IN the foundry, but its source is
| not known. The loss has not yet been esti-
mated. 1t will be very heavy, however
LATER-The fire destroyed over 100000
worth of patterns, and rendered four fami
lies homeless. The loss is estimated at
from $4,000 to $500 900, on which there is
no insurance.
CINCINNATI, January 15th.-Hiram w.
Davis d Co.'S carriage manufactorv burned
this morning. Loss $150,00O; insurance.
100000.
CHARLOTTE On. CO., January 15th.-A
tenement house On the premises of Captain
Bell, at Kings Mountain, was DESTROYED bv
fire yesterday, and three colored persons
Gertrude Bendleman, Julia Earle and
julius, a child Is months old-perished in
the flames.
The Cleveland Wat er Trouble.
CLEVELAND (0.), January l5th.-All dan
ger of water famine is now believed to be
past. Two pumps are now working eight
strokes per minute, and they can furnish
100000 gallons of water in twenty-four
hours. This it is thought, will support
the city s needs, if care is taken, although
"a 100000 were used on Wednesday. The
water-works officials think the stream in
the tunnel Will gradually increase in size.
and that all the pumps can be started again
within day or two.
The InocuIated Children.
New YORK, January 16th-A M.-The
four children who returned from Paris on
Thursday, after being treated by Pasteur
visited DR.. OGorman yesterday He made
a careful examination, and found them all
well and in good health. Dr. OGorman
said in the afternoon that one thing is
proven positively, and that is that human
being can be inoculated with the strong
rable virus without sustaining injury.
Natural Gas Find.
New YORK, January 15th.-A Pittsburg
special says: There is great excitement in
Hancock county, West Virginia, over a
natural gas development, and more than
dozen wells are being put down. The peo-
pie are Hooking there from all quarters and
leasing the land at high prices. Wellsville,
Ohio, just opposite, is sharing in the excite
ment. The expected gas will be piped to
Cincinnati and Cleveland 1t is said the
Standard Oil Company is securing all the
territory it can in the region
Wreckage from Missing Bark.
CHATHAM (Mass), January 18th. - A
quantity of wreckage drifted ashore this
morning, marked - Julia A. Brown" The
bark Julia A. Brown was 542 gross tonnage,
and was built in Boston in 1874 She prob
ably struck on some shoai in Vineyard
Sound during the late gale and went to
pieces.
Another Disgraced Pastor
JERSEY CRY, January 15th.-Rey. Mr.
Brismer, who has been on trial before a
jury of his fellow-pastors, charged with
criminal intimacy with Miss Ida Downes,
was tonight found guilty.
The Championship Chess Contest.
NEw York, January 15th.-The third
game in the Steinitz-Zukertort champion
ship chess match was played here to-day,
each having before scored one victory. The
attendance was larger than at the preced-
ing sessions, and as Iukertort had the
move, speculation was rife as to the open
ing which he would choose. He selected
the queens gambit The game lasted five
hours and half. Zukertort won in Al
moves.
Another Free Advertisement for Mary.
PHILADELPHIA, January 15th-At the
Opera House this evening, during the per-
formance of Comedy and Tragedy" a
candle on one of the tables fell and set fire
to the table cloth. Mary Anderson, hear
ing the cries that at once arose from the
auditorium, rushed to the back of the stage
and smothered the flames, amid tumultu-
GUS applause from the audience, which had
become slightly panicky.
Assessed Valuation of Real Estate in New
York City.
New YORK, January 15th.-The Tax
Commissioners have completed their tables
of the assessed valuation of real estate in
this city for 1886. They fix the total at
|A,-OO, LI-itDt, WiilCl ID al iuCTedSe OF SOG,-
$50, 267 over last year
Promising Colt.
New York, January 15th.-The colt by
Spendthrift-Doubt, which as yearling was
sold last year at Madison Square Garden
for So, 100, has been named Stockton. and
there is report that he will be matched
against a -year-old of Pierre Lor-
rillard's. Stockton is said to have run a
half mile last fall in 80 seconds.