Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-03
TELEGRAPHIG BREvITIES.


TIE new freight tariff has gone into effect
or several Western roads.
John Younkta, of Denver, was shot and
killed by an unknown person.
Thurman's speeches in Michigan are said
20 have done his cause no good.
Twenty three new cases of yellow fever
were reported in Jacksonville on Saturday
Judge Thurman spoke at Columbus on
Saturday, and eulogized President Cleve-
land.
The strike On the Mackey railroad sys-
tenn has practically ended in victory for
the employees.
In the American League games New
York leads with 60 to its credit, Chicago
comes next with 81.
A portion of the falsework Of the great
bridge over the Ohio river at Cairo, was
carried away on Saturday.
Mr.. Grstz, of st. Louis, head of the
! Western cotton-bagging trust, says the
! trust was caused by the Mills bill.
The clause in the sunjry civil bill pro-
/ vi3ing for surveys for reservoirs for irriga-
! ten purposes was debated IN the House.
! Mrs Langtry sailed for Europe on Satur-
4 day. She says she goes to look after Mr..
! 'Gebhardt, whose health has become poor.
Huffman, who was distinguished scout
under General Lee, was killed by Captain
Hogan, in Fairfield county, S. c., on Satur-
day.
Purcell, representing the San Francisco
: Olympic Club, won the 120-yard hurdle in
Is % seconds at Chicago on Saturday, and
also the shot-putting contest.
Mike Conley leaves his home tonight,
i'll company with Tommy Warren, the
feather weight, for San Francisco He will
train with Warren for his fight with Nc
Auliffe.
William J. Mccoy, Of San Francisco
committed suicide at Middleton, n. Y, on
Saturday. He stole $25 from his uncle in
| California, which seems to have been the
cause Of the deed.
General Harrison will reach home on
Tuesday, and the Republicans are prepar.
ing to give him great reception. 4 regi.
ment of children has been organized and
will take part in the reception.
Robert Garratt has become madman
He is frequently crying and yelling, and
| when night comes his noise and yells are
something frightful. He will call his at.
tendants to come and take the men away
that are trying to kill him.
The msiority of the glass-bcttle houses
throughout the country resumed work on
Saturday after an eight weeks shutdown
Employment will be given to 2,500 men
directly, and indirectly to 4i700. The
wages scale is slightly advanced.
An investigation shows the damage by
| the cloudburst in HotSprings Valley, Ark
! to be greater than was at first supposed
! Every house along Central avenue for Q
mile was washed from its foundation, and
Z lrS hriA a rot oil
FOREIGN.
There are signs of renewed trouble in the
Soudan.
ENGLAND proposes to fortify the harbor ol
I San Juan.
| The Australians are determined 10 keer
/ out the Chinese.
! A heavy rain has had bad effect on the
/ English wheat harvest.
] The steamer Snaresbvook was SINK of
/ Tariia and eleven of the oFew were drowned
/ 1t is said that the Pope is preparing to
l'Ieave Rome and take up his residence in
Madrid.
Even the Tories are rincensed at Lord
| Clanricarde's cold-bloo9ed and wholesale
evictions.
! Canon Mccall has written an article enti-
/ tied "a New Political Departure, " in which
/ he advocates home rEle for the British
/ Empire.
In speech at Toulon, on Saturday, Flo
! quet warned his bearers against the
schemes of g would-be dictator, meaning
| Boulanger.
| China's rejection of the American treaty
caused some excitement on Downing
street, where q similar fate is expected for
| the Australian treaty.
ParneiTs enemies are said to be alarmed
! at the rapid increase oG his defense fund.
They had hoped to catch him short OF
money with which to conduct his c7se.
Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, has for.
warded large sum of money to Cardinal
Layigerie toward organizing an expedition
to suppress the slave trade in Africa
The Dominion Government is preparing
evidence for the British authorities in sup.
port of their demand fer the definition oil
the international boundary at St. Clail
! Flats.
Panama advices up to August oath says
the village of Pinogane, on the Rio Aura
Dariep, was partially destroyed by fire oil
August 18Th. Forty-eight houses were
burned.
PACIFIC COAST.
r. A. Jones brought suit at San Diego tc
recover $12 900 lost at faro.
Louis Frey, the Los Angeles outlaw, wa.
sent TO San Quentin for twenty-five years.
The big fume draining the Cuyanhacs
watershed, in San Diego county, has beer
| completed.
A Salt Lake officer shot and instantly
killed prisoner on Saturday, who was al
tempting to escape.
Clinton school-house, six miles east O
Jackson, Amador county, was destroyed BY
fire Friday morning. Loss, $500; no insur.