Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-13

creased daily, and the market has in conse-
quence gone of accordingly. Saturday prices
were 81 10 S. per box.
County Clerk W. Henley of Esmeralda. New.
has been removed by the Commissioners for
mslfeasance in Office, and ). D. RossEtnalt ap-
pointed TO ill the vacancy.
Colonel Edward McMurdo. the weil-known
mine and railroad operator in London, died
there last Wednesday. He was well known in
California and New York.
twas discovered at Fresno Friday that the
wife and child of J. NJ. Wilcox, an attorney
formerly OF San Francisco, were III a starving
condition, having tasted no food for three days
Rev William Passavaut has secured 676 acres
of land near Helena, Mont, where he viii
locate an orphans home and industrial school,
Both are TO be controlled by the Lutheran
Church.
Mrs. Lulu Dillon Of GAINESVILLE, Ohio was ar
rested at party in Pitsburg on charge OF
grand larceny. She had robbed two women
whom she was visiting ola lot OF Jewelry size
confessed.
Jim Hunter and A Lloyd two of the three
robbers OF the Flofissant, Col, Postotnee, have
been caught. Jack Wilson, the other robber,
was killed Thursday in a battle with the 6her-
ifs posse.
The Mariposa County Supervisors have
adopted Surveyor Harris Yosemite short-Ine
route and ordered advertised proposals for the
construction of the road and the bridge spanning
MERGED river.
shock supposed to be of earthquake was
felt at Annapolis saturday morning at 3:45. ,the
trembling was accompanied by loud clap, as
though something heavy had fallen on the
floors of the houses.
meGt of the Cook County Illinois Insane asylum
were made before Judge Pfendergast by Miss
Julia Willard, who claims thai her sister has
been misused and msltreated there.
The Standard Oil Company will erect the
largest refinery in the world at Whiting, seven
teen miles from Chicago. Lima oil, which IS
piped there will be refined, and will supply all
the Western and Southern trade.
A rumor was afoat Saturday to the effect that
Timothy Guy Phelps the newly-appointed Col
lecLor of the PORT had rendered his chief dep
utyship to W. Ford Thomas, who held the same
position under Mr.. Phelps some eighteen years
ago.
Secretary Tracy has awarded to the Richmond
Locomotive and Machine Works the contract
for supplying the boilers and machinery for
the battleship Texas, now building at Norfolk
Navy Yard. The price fixed in the contract is
| 1864, 800.
Patrick Ford, of Chicago, aged sixty who
| three months ago married a woman aged TWEEN
| ty-three, but has been separated from her, went
to the house where she was stopping Saturday
morning, shot and killed her, and then fatally
shot himself.
During the storm Saturday night Mrs. William
| McNall and her three children, OF Ridgeway,
Pa, went into the cellar of their house Tor
| safety. They had hardly reached the foot OF
| the stairs when lightning struck the house,
| killing ali four instantly.
| At Virginia City Saturday night Peter Jack
| son, the colored pugiiist, broke Kaufman in
| the second round so he could fight no longer.
| Against knock out kaufman admitted defeat,
| but continued spRrTIng for a few rounds. jack
| son was scarcely touched and hardly warmedup
| General Butler wanted to find the log-book of
| the Harriet Lane, the vessel commanded by
Porter at the battles ct the forts below New Or
| leans, but search for IL among the records in
| the Navy Department failed TO unearth the doc
ument. Somebody has distracted 1t, and the
question whether Porter ran away or didn't will
have TO be proved in some other way.
In an interview, Bon anger said that if the
| French Government intended 10 pro ong the
sitting Of the Chamber of Deputies until next
year. its action would be equivalent to a coup
| detat against universal suffrage, and it would
be the duty of every citizen 10 rise in opposition.
He declared that he would not be the last man
| to rise in case such action was taken.
Senators Allison, Dolph, Hosr and Hale, &C.
| companied by the ladies Of their party, started
on a tour through the Chinese quarter of San
Francisco one night under the guidance of
| Police Sergeant Bethel The tour was quickly
brought to close, however, as the oyerpOwer-
| ing odors caused them to beat a hasty retreat.
| sick and disguised. the party returned to the
| Palace.
| In the Superior Court of Los Angeles Satur-
| day, complaint was filed in a suit brought by
| Attorney-GeneralJ johnson to have the Court de-
clare void the Act OF the last Legislature, pro-
| viding for the creation of the county of Orange
| on the ground that the Act is unconstitutional.
| The defendants in the suit are William Mead
! den, Andrew Caldwell. J. W. Towner John Il,
| Kellum and R. q. Wickam, who were appointed
| by the Governor as Commissioners to perfect
the organization of the new county.