Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-07

| WASHINGTON, May 6th.-Pensions have
been issued to citizens of California as fol-
lows: Original invalid, Henry Green. In
crease, Llewellyn ]. LivermOre.
|
! ELECTRIC FLASHES.
Condensed kilograms From all Parts of
| the World.
The cherry crop around Vacayille is light
Vesuvius continues in an alarming state of
eruption.
The estate of the late John Bright is valued at
| S3, 100000.
! Sixteen ice houses were burned on Stone lake
near La Porte, Ind.
Great suffering is reported among unsuccess-
| ful Oklahoma boomers.
| The Duke of Newcastle is said to be drifting
toward the divorce Court.
| Three dynamite guns are to be placed at the
| entrance to the Golden Gate.
| 1t is now decided that the Pacific Methodist
| College will remain i'll Santa Rosa.
The consignment of trotters from Palo Alto
has reached New York in good condition.
Professor j. V. Brewer claims to have discov-
cred the true source of the Mississippi river
| Jackson Il Earle's hardware store, Stockton
| was rob- bed Saturday night to the amount of
| DR.. O'Donnell is severe in his criticism of the
| San Francisco Board OF Supervisors and the
| Coroner.
The British sealing schooners Viva and Anna
C.. Moore sailed Saturday from Victoria ior Beh-
ring sea.
| P. B. Harr and family, of Braxton, W. Va.
| were drowned Saturday while crossing stream
| in canoe.
| Massenets "Esclamonde" will be produced
in Paris next Friday with Sybil Sanderson in
the leading role.
The Paris Figaro states that the Kings of Bel
GUM, Saxony, Greece and Servia will visit the
| Paris Exposition.
| New York capitalists have purchased $50 lots
| near klensburg, w. T., and will make substan-
! tial Improvements.
Harry w Bishop, the well-known minstrel
committed suicide at Bloomington, ILL.,, yester-
! day. Cause, poverty.
! Buyers have arrived from various Atlantic
| States at Merced to attend the colony land sales
which began yesterday.
The English Commissioners at the Samoan
| Conference have joined the Americansin in oppos-
! ing German pretensions,
In the wind storm Sunday number of vessels
| IN San Francisco harbor dragged their anchors
| No collisions are reported.
The revolt of the supporters of the British
| Government against the sugar bounties bill
| gains In strength every day.
Congressman Dorsey proposes to take a lot of
| Eastern Congressman on trip Though the
| West this summer at his own expense.
testimonial concert will be given to Mrs
| Esther Greeley Cleveland at New York TODAY
She is sister of Horace Greeley and an invalid
Efforts are being made to reorganize the
| American Meat Company, with q capital of S25,-
000,000. Warner Miller has been elected PIesi-
dent.
Italian laborers on the Grand Trunk Railroad
| tracks, in Chicago blew up one of their COM
Iades, Saturday night, by putting torpedoes in
his stove.
The Comptroller of the Currency has author
lied the Browne National Bank of Spokane
Fails, W. T.. to commence business, with cap
| ital OF 100000.
| W. II. Pain, Victoria, B. c. sculler. saws he
will accept the challenge of Henceman and row
for from $500 TO 81 500 in October at Stockton or
| San Francisco.
| sLotta while acting in Muzette" at Easton,
Pa. saturday, fell upon the stage and injured
| her spine. The curtain was rung down, and
the audience dispersed.
| The Cherokees are unwilling to sell the Cher
okee strip OF GOO GOO acres at 81 % an acre, A
powwow will be held in a few days to consider
the matter. All quiet on the Strip.
Major John n. Edwards, one of the editors of
the Kansas City Times, and one of the best
known newspaper men in the West, died sud-
denly in Jefferson City, Mo, Saturday.
A Washington rumor says that Stanford,
| Huntington Senator Jones, Irving NJ. Scott and
| other California and Eastern capitalists propose
to establish great gun foundry on the Pacific
| coast.
The irrigation works on the farm of W. L.
| Oyerhiser Master of the State Grange near
Stockton, were burned Saturday night incIud-
ing lot OF machinery. he loss was from $4,000
| TO $4,000.
Professor E. ]. Burns, of New York, advertised
as a mesmerist, and 10 open at Portland. Oregon,
| during the week, died there on sunday after an
| illness OF twentyfour hours. lie has brother
| living in Oakland.
William C. Tallman, General New England
Passenger Agent OF the Grand Trunk Railroad,
| well known as having clairvoyant and trance
medium powers, asserts that he died March 22d
and returned 10 life new man.
The second ballot at Saint Ouen-sur-Seine,
made necessary by the failure to elect last Sun
| day, took place sunday and resulted in the
| elt ction of Boulanger, Laguerre, Naquett and
| Deroulede to the Municipal Council.
A telegram from Washington says that New
ton b. Pierce special agent of the Department
of Agriculture, is to set out in lew day for the
san Gabriel valley, where he will spend some
time in the investigation of the mysterious vine
disease
The latest trust is in white lead A majority
of the manufacturing companies have entered
| into combine for pooling the product, unity
ing the management and control of the market
for the purpose OF obtaining higher prices from
the public.
Miss Alberta Benedict, daughter of the Public
! Printer, Was married, sub-rosa at Baltimore last
| Tuesday to George French, Clerk in the Court of
Claims Once, and nephew of late Assistant Sec
retary French. Parental pardon on both sides
has been granted.
table compiled from dispatches from lead
ing clearing houses of the United States show
| that the total gross exchanges for the week
ending May 4th were $50, l46l l4S, decrease of
15.S per cent compared with the corresponding
week of last year.
The Telegraph is authority for the statement
that William " Brien has been Internationally
| released from prison. Timothy Harrington's
| release was also ordered, but he refused to go
| 10 London to testify before the Commission, ex-
cept in q prison garb and with his head and
face closely shayen.
At the Butler Club dinner General Butler
spoke Of the high officer who ran away at the
battle before Forts st. Philip and Jackson. A
reporter asked General Butler who the high
officer referred to is Butler replied: Suppose
you have Admiral Porter read my speech, then
ask him if he knows who mean"
NJ. r. Silber was found dead in a sail boat
sunday ternoon near Port Blakely Rocks,
| near Seattle, with rifle ball through mis- head
II Is supposed III i he was shot and robbed, as
ne had considerable money with him. Thomas
Grinnel, a boy, found him. An inquest will be
he'd TO ascertain the cause of dea h.
Edgar L. Davenport. of Boston, yesterday was
shown dispatch from San Francisco an
nouncing the suicide of William Henry Daven-
port. said TO be brother of Fanny davenport
| Mr.. Davenport said: 81 have but one brother
| Henry b. davenport who is in New York; and
but two sisters, Fanny and May. This man
| do not know
The Harrison Zouaves of Chico, CAL, an or
ganlzation of iorty-eight young lsdies, which
| rendered effective service during the last cam
paign, sent the photographs of Its members in
The photographs, tastefuily arranged in lines of
| fours, in handsome Gilt frame, are hung in
| Private Secretary Halford's office.
Francisco Sanchez died near Pomona Satur-
day, aged ST. He came TO California in 1887.
he owned several thousand acres of land, years
ago, and sold it. piece by piece. at ten or twelve
| times its original value. until ten years ago,
! when he retained los acres, which he owned at
| the time of his DEATH He was very charitable
man, and gave $4,000 at one time to the Catho-
| lie Mission at San Jose.
| The Woman suffragists are making a vigorous
campaign throughout Washington Territory for
| the purpose of having clause inserted in the
| new State Constitution by the Constitutional
Convention, fayoring giving the ballot to the
| women. Laura de Force Gordon, Matilda Hind
man and other noted speakers are stumping the
Territory to this end, but thus lar the primaries
| have gone against the idea.
IT is absurd to suffer from dyspepsia.
when Simmons Liver Regulator will cure
/ you.