Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-20
TELFGRAPHIC BREyITIES.
DOMESTIC.

A nail trust is in process of organization.
Greeley's birthplace is for sale for taxes.
Joseph Stebbins accidentally killed his
father near Denver.
B. E. Hopkins. of Fidelity Bank fame is
dangerously sick with dropsy.
A. d. Poupart, New Orleans confiden-
tial clerk, is a defaulter for 900.
The Democratic National Committee will
meet in Washington on Wednesday.
Suits to test the constitutionality of
license laws are to be instituted in nearly
every State.
The Western freight war has cost the
railroad companies from s.. 100000 to S.,
100000 in few weeks.
L. T. Lindsay, Clerk of the United States
Land Office at Denver, committed suicide.
He was 5000 short in his accounts.
Postmaster General Dickinson has au-
thorized the employment of additional
help IN the Los Angeles, Pasadena and San
Diego Postoffiees.
The Pacific coast delegation had a con-
ference on Saturday with the Senate Com
mittee on Foreign Relation with reference
TO Chinese legislation.
The young confederate who watched
outside of benker SHELLS house while Tas-
colt operated inside has been arrested, and
made full confession.
1t is feared that the House Committee on
Public Buildings will cut down the pro-
posed appropriation for the San Francisco
Postoffice site to S650,000.
The Saturday Night Club gave dinner
| in New York on Saturday night in honor
of the War Governors. Elk Governor An
drew G. Curtain, of Pennsylvania, and ex-
Governor Edward Solomon, of Wisconsin,
were the only old War Governors present.
| About year ago Daniel O'Day and his
son John were arrested near Chattanooga,
| Tenn, on charge of counterfeiting, con-
victed and sent to prison. Witnesses for
the prosecution now declare they perured
themselves and that the O'Days are limo
| cent.
! A mob attacked the Galveston and Kan
sas City north-bound passenger train soon
after it left Fort Worth, Tex, Friday night,
throwing stones through the windows, in
| luring several passengers and seriously
wounding ID. A. Baker, of New York. 1t
| is believed that the intention was to induce
the guard to come cut of the car, kill him
and then rob the train.
FOREIGN.
Dejoe, an Abyssinian Chief, has deserted
| King John.
John Hooper, NJ. P, has been released
from prison.
The fisheries settlement has raised party
! howl in Canada.
Russia's demands in regard to Bulgaria
are deemed preposterous.
Churchill is preparing vigorous attack
on the Tory foreign policy.
Upper and Chamberlain are charged
with willfully sacrificing Canadian inter
ests.
The acceleration o" Italian naval prepare
tons is due to urgent representations from
Berlin.
The British Government declares that no
English military force Is about to enter
| Venezuela.
Sporting matters in London have de-
seconded to the hippodrome level, including
sculling races.
Fresh and puzzling symptoms have
manifested themselves in the case of the
Crown Prince.
Charles a. Carr, young and promising
sculler from Tyne, has challenged Ross for
the sportsmans cup.
Russia desires to have the Porte notified
that the election of Ferdinand as Prince of
Bulgaria was illegal.
Sullivan and Mitchell are both training
hard, but with cross purposes-Sullivan to
hight Mitchell how not to fight.
The military preparations of Germany
and Austria are so far advanced that plan
OF campaign has been arranged.
r. C. Graham. member of Parliament
and John Burns, the Socialist leader, have
been released from imprisonment.
T. K. Buchanan, Gladstone candidate,
was reelected on Saturday for the West
Division of Edinburgh. He is convert to
home rule.