Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-19
WILL 1T BE soLps
Rumors Still Flying Around About the
Alton Roads Transfer

NEW 1oRk, July lSth.-Ail day to-day
Wall street was kept busy with reports of
conferences of railroad officials and bank
ers, and after the close of the Exchange il
was asserted that the sale of the Chicago
and Alton TO the Missouri Pacific had been
completed and that the first deposit of the
purchase money, TO the amount of s. co.,
600, had already been made.
The rumors carried additional weight
from the fact that Vice President McNiul
lin was already in the city, and that Chair
man Walker of the Interstate Assoclation
and General Manager Clarke of the Mis-
souri, Pacific are expected every hour
The probability that the Missouri Pacific
would control the road caused sharp de-
cline in Richmond Terminal which COM
pany extended the Georgia Pacific and
made connection with the Gould system
on an understanding that it would be given
all the business east of the Mississippi
Jay Gould, who is credited with holding
$4,000 shares of Richmond Terminal is
said to have sold out his interest in that
company.
California Fruit.
New YORK, July ISlh.-The California
Fruit Union auctioaed two carloads of fruit
to-day. Bartlett pears sold at So 70 to 50 40:
purple Duane plums, 81 45 to 81 25; Early
Crawford peaches, IS cents to 40 cents:
Bradshaw plums s. to 81 35; Tuscan cling
peaches, 20 cents; German prunes, 25 cents
TO 6O cents. The ireestone peaches were
very rotten and the plums were slightly
decayed. Bartlett pears are still small.
A cargo of oranges from Rodi, on the
Adriatic ses, consisting of 1900 boxes, was
sucuoned at 81 81! TO So 25 per box.
AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, July lSth.-Porter Bros. q Co.
agents for the California Fruit Union, sold
to-day four carloads of pears, peaches,
plums and prunes. They sold as follows
Bartlett pears, 81 to 81 90; peaches, zoe to
81 20; Washington plums, 81 Is to 81 so;
French prunes, 81 50 to $3 O5; German
pruues, 81 tc 81 50.
Big Fire in Columbus.
COLUMBUS (Ohio), July 1Sth.-At pam.
fire was discovered in the block on High
street, between Long and Spring streets.
breaking from the store-room of the Ger
man Furniture Company Owing 10 the
combustible material the fire made rapid
progress, and nearly the entire block was
gutted. The building was occupied by
merchants and manufacturers, and was
supposed 10 be tire-proof One occupant
was injured by jumping from the second
story window and several frenen were
prostrated. The loss is about 500 OOO but
is covered largely by insurance
Afraid of Ghosts.
BIRMINGHAM (Ala) July 18th Howard
Fuller of Blount county has begun a novel
suit. He asks divorce from his wife on
the grounds of abandonment. Ghosts are
at the bottom of the trouble. Fuller lives
in an old house which has been occupied
by his family for years. He married about
eight months ego and took his young wife
there to reside. She declared that the
house was infested with ghosts and returned
to her parents home She returned TO her
husband several times, bat each time the
ghosts scared her away, and now he is
suing her for Abandonment.
Railroad Sold Out.
DENVER, July 1Sth.-The Denver and
South Park road was sold late last night at
the United States Masters sale under a
foreclosure of mortgage held bv the Farm.
ers' Loan and Trust Company for 81. 300
600, and mortgage Of l,5O0, 600 held BY
the New York Central Trust Company.
The road was purchased by Messrs. Tap
pen, HOLSTER and Foland. representing the
old stockholders, for So 600 009 1t is un-
derstood that the road will be under the
management Of the Union Pacific.
The PetreI's Trip Unsuccessful.
BALTIMORE, July 18th On the return of
the Petrol tonight it was learned that her
best speed under forced draught was Is 10
knots, or l54 statute miles. For a short
time the average speed for four hours
test was only IL 710 knots, or I33 statute
miles. 1t is thought that low average of
speed is due to the improper coaling, The
coal being of poor quality and the fires
being started long before the test.
Young stephen in Trouble.
CHICAGO, July lSh. = Warrants were
sworn out to-day for the arrest OF attorney
Stephen A. Douglass, Jr., c. D. Hooker
and K. Davidson, a detective. They are
charged with being involved in question
able real estate transaction, by which
$4,000 was obtained from William Rance.
Boiler Explosion.
CHICAGO, July 18th "A boiler in the
planning mill of the P B. Stone Lumber
Company exploded this morning. killing
Jefferson King, the engineer; A. Dollar, a
laborer, and Fred. Reitfel, a teamster. The
entire building was destroyed. Loss, 500,
OOO.
Don't Want Him.
CHARLESTON IS. Cl, July ISth.-Dr. Nc
Dow. the slayer of Captain Dawson, was
expelled from the South Carolina Medical
Society to-day.