Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-16
New York Fruit Sales.

NEW 1Ohhi utN lOtI.-lHS agents OF
| the California Fruit Union sold at auction
to-day two carloads of fruit at the follow
ing prices: Bartlett pears. So 10 to 81 So;
German prunes, 81 80 to 81 so; purple Du-
| ane pluIns, 81 30 to 81 81; Early Crawford
| peaches, 81 80 to 60 cents. Some of the
Bartletts were a little decayed and the
peaches were in bad condition. Another
car is announced for tomorrow and more
/ latter in the week. Bartlett pears are sell
ing from first hands at So % to 81 75, &C.
cording to quality; large and well selected
fruit is bringing top figures. Georgia
peaches are very handsome and sell we'll
Great Salt Trust.
MILWAUKEE, July 15th.-E. D. Wheeler,
of Manistee Mich, one of the prominent
salt manufacturers in the West, is in Mil
waukee, and gives the outlines of the pro-
posed International SAT- Trust Association.
to be organized with a capital of $50 coo 600
and be incorporated under the laws of New
York. The Association will begin business
January 1st. Burt, the defeated candidate
for Governor of Michigan, will be the first
President. Of the capital stock, S. 100000
will be held by English capitalists.
Christian Philosophy.
KEY EAST IN. J.), July 15th-The thir-
teenth session of the summer school of the
American Institute of Christian Philosophy
opens here next Thursday and continues
ten Gays. Among the distinguished clergy
men who will lecture are Bishop Fellowes
of Chicago, Rev. DR.. Charles F. Deems,
Hon. W. p. G. Breckenridge and Joseph
Cook. Monday evening Rev. John Quincy
Adams of San Francisco delivers an ad-
dress on observations in the Sandwich
Islands"
Ravages of the Texas Fever.
KANSAS CRY, July 15th-A dispatch from
Wellington, Kansas, says: arrivals from
| the Cherokee strip to-. day report that the
Texas fever is playing havoc with cattle.
| Forty head were seen dead in one pasture
| yesterday, and in others from seven to
twenty-five carcasses were lying around
Hundreds of cattle, they say, are dying in
Oklahoma, and they predict that not hoof
will be taken from there to the North for
| some months.
| South Dakota.
SIOUX FALLS (Dak), July 15th.-Tbe
only feature of the business of the Consti-
| tutional Convention to-day was the adop-
| ton of resolution calling upon the stand
ing committees to report with as much dis
| patch as possible in order that the Enroll
ing and Engrossing Clerks NAV begin their
| work.
The committee are wrestling with the
Australian ballot system, and it is under
stood they will recommend its adoption
Governor Lowry.
PURvIs (Miss.), July 15th.-C. W. Rich
| and j. T. Jameson were arrested last
night and brought here on warrants charg-
| ing them with aiding and abetting the Sui
! Ivan kilrain fight. They were placed
under bonds for their appearance at the
next term of the Circuit Court.
John Fitzgerald, the referee, has also
been arrested and will be tried next Thurs
! day. 1t is reported that Governor Lowry is
| after some of the railroad officials.
G. a. r. Encapment.
MILWAUKEE (Wis.), July 15.h-At a
| meeting of the Common Council tonight
a resolution was adoped not to abandon the
| u. A. X. Encampment preparations on ac-
count of the actions of eight departments
but to invite the veterans 10 come anyhow.
| This action was largely influenced by the
assurance of a big attendance from all
| posts of the country and by the attitude of
the Commander-inC Chief Warner, who
urge all to come.
Ready for Trial.
JACKSON Miss. J, July 15th.-John Fitz-
patrick, of New Orleans, referee in the
Sullivan Kilrain fight, arrived here last
| night, and went to the Governors Office
this morning and informed the Governor
that he came to answer whatever charge
might be lodged against him for violation
of the laws of Mississippi. Preliminaries
were waived and Fitzpatrick gave bonds OF
81 900 to appear at Purvis on the 18th.
Connemaugh River Bottom.
JoHNsTowN, July 15th.-It is reported
that diver who examined the foundation
of the Pennsylvania Railroad stone bridge,
has discovered that the bottom of the
Connemaugh river, near the bridge, is full
of dead bodies. Probably hundreds are
lying there one upon another, and held
| down by tons of wire wrapped and twisted
| into mass of unknown proportions.
DIR. Kiernan Removed.
CHICAGO, July 18th. = DIR. Todd, the
County Physician, was this afternoon in
| structed by the County Board to take
charge of the Jefferson Insane Asylum.
DR.. kiernan, who was requested to resign,
| refused to do so and the County Board dis
missed him. 1t is believed he will resist
when his successor arrives to take charge of
the institution.
Shot by His Wife.
OMAHA (Neb.), July 15th.-A farmer
| named William Barrett, living near Aurora,
| was shot and killed last night by desper-
| ado named Henry Thornhill, who had been
on intimate terms with his wife. Barrett
returned from town yesterday and found
| the couple moving out his household furni-
ture, when he resisted. Thornhill killed
| him with a shotgun. He is in Jail.
| Mexican Lotteries.
| CRY OF MEXICO, July 15th.-There is a
great outcry against the Americans winning
| the principal prizes in the National and
| State lotteries. 1t is now proposed to re-
| fuse to sell tickets ar to deliver prizes to
| foreigners. There was fresh outbreak of
! the feeling yesterday over the TACT that in
the last drawing by the local lottery the
capital prize was won by Nashville
| (Tenn.) man.
Wages Advanced.
CoATEsvILLE, July 15th.-Kurtz & Sons
| Valley Iron Works, Worth Bros Viaduct
and the Braudywine Iron Mills and Hud-
son & Sons Iron and Steel Mills have mott
| fed their workmen that an increase OF
twenty-five cents per ton will be paid here
after in the pudding departments, making
! the price 50 90 per ton. All are running
! on full time.
| Chicago Fruit Sales.
| CHICAGO, July 15th.-Porter Bros. & Co.,
! sold six carloads of fruit to-day at the fol-
/ lowing prices: Bartlett peas, 81 35 to
50 05; Washington plums, 81 35 to $2 65
! Purple Duane plums, 81 20 to 81 Is; Ger
man prunes. 81 10 TO 50 IS; peaches. so
cents, to 81 55; Fontainbleau grapes, 81 80
! to 81.
I Hotel Trusts.
| PHILADELPHIA, July l5th.-Thomas n.
Green, leading hotel-keeper, proposes the
! formation of hotel trust, embracing thir-
| teen of the largest hotel properties here.
I He says they aggregated s5 100000 of bus