Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-20
ELECTRIC FLASHES.
Condensed kilograms from All Parts of
the World.

Condensed kilograms from All Parts of
the World.
Twenty eight wheat vessels are in the Bay.
Vice-President Morton has sailed for Europe.
There is talk of one cent postage stamp for
letters.
Fernando Cruz is Guatemala's new Minister
TO this country.
Senator Sherman and family left Paris yester-
day for Geneva.
On Thursday next a cou,sing match will be
held at Newark.
Frank Blanchard, San Francisco solicitor. is
reported missing.
Oklahoma City has 5000 frame buildings and
| three daily papers
The City of New York sailed Saturday with
| forty Chinese passengers.
| Selma, Fresno county, is to have gas works.
Inc stock has been subscrit ed for and work ON
the buildings started. and the town will be lit
| up with gas by the Fourth of July
There were 1l2 deaths in San Francisco during
the past week, against lis for the corresponding
week last year. Fifty three of the decedents
were of foreign BIRTH including eleven Mon
| golians.
Buffalo Bills Wild West show opened Satur-
day in Paris. The inaugural ceremony was a
great success in every way. There is seating
| accommodation for 10000 and there were Isl.
oUo present at the opening performance.
The San Diego Ui,ion is authority for the state
ment that large schools of true sardnes exist off
the coast in the vicinity of its city and that
capitalists are investigating the matter with a
view 10 establish saroine-packing establish
ment there.
Nine out of every ten politicians are perfectly
certain great constitutional changes areimpend-
ing IN regard to the Lord Lieutenancy OF Ire
land The reforms which the Government is
SAID to have in view will abolish the Viceregal
office altogether.
Mary NcAleer, of 419 Grove street. San Fran.
cisco, was sent TO the Stockton Insane Asylum
Saturday IT is said that her mental weakness
is the result of her husbands brutality. He is
now under arrest on charge of battery COM
mited on his wife.
The people OF Wheatland will soon be sun.
piled with water by the new system Work on
the the trenches for the main pipes was started on
wednesday. The boiler and pump have been
put IN place, and a contract awarded to George
Daily tor the buildings.
Timothy Guy Phelps, the newly-appointed
Collector OF the Port, has announced his iuten-
ton OF assuming the duties of his Office on the
ISL OF June. Mr.. Phelps will not make known
the names of his deputies until. perhaps, week
after he assumes the duties of his Office
Work on the Farmers Bank block at Fresno
mas been delayed by a boycott declared bv the
n,Tlcklayers against the contractor. Mr.. Day,
tne contractor, went to San Francisco for men
put the Fresno union notified the Federated
lraues and defeated his object The only rea-
son gwen for the boycott is that some OF the
workmen didn't like the contractor.
Baroness Burdett- Cuts, who recently gave a
dinner TO Boulanger, found her meal trans
formed into rather broken-up affair. She in
vlted people at random, without telling them
wnoIn they were to meet, and the result was
rather unpleasant. Some OF the guests. Lord
cross among them, refused to sit down at the
Table with the brave general" and left the
dinner without dinner
In speaking of America Gladstone says: al
always feel a sense of deep gratitude TO the
American people. They have been exceedingly
kind 10 me, kinder than deserve. AT the time
of their great war gave utterance 10 an express
sion OF opinion which, considering my connec-
tion with the Ministry of the day had better
been left unsaid but they forget and have for
given. | am almost daily receiving tokens of
the warm heartedness OF the American people
and should like 10 look them in the face in their
own country"