Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-06

lore ais dissolution he said To his wife: w hen
my soul leaves my body and enters the other
world, VIII let you know by crossing my hands
unon my breast" lie kept his word, aud died
inHeolately after giving the sign.
DOMESTIC EVENTS.
day.
urday.
NJ Furious forest fires are waging in northern
A syndicate has offered s. an acre for The
Cherokee strip.
George Francis Train, after water diet of
seventeen days, has returned 10 corn beef and
cabbage.
Samuel Dunn cut his wife's throat, fatally, in
Cohoes, y y, Saturday. No cause IS assigned
for his act
from the West Indies for New York has been
given up for lost.
What is known as the Australian election law
has been adopted by both Houses of the Mis-
souri, Legislature.
"Jere'' Dunn, the sporting man. is being sued
Tor limited divorce. He is the individual who
shot Jimmy Elliott in Chicago.
9 The .. extensive soap and candle factory of
Schaefer Bros, st. Louis, was DESTROYED by fire
Saturday morning. Loss, sl00,00o.
Pensions have been issued to citizens of Cali
fornia as follows; Increase. Henry Vessel: Mex
lean war survivor. James Davidson.
President Potter of the new Consolidated
steel Company, OF Chicago, says the company
Wall attempt the manufacture of tin plate.
A priest was assaulted by his parishioners in
Manlstee, Mich, Saturday. riot ensued and
the priests house is now guarded by the police
fire, originating in Wilson's paint-shop on
Cottage Grove avenue, Saturday, destroyed it
and the adjacent buildings causing a loss of
S50. COO.
Frank Palmer, of Illinois, has been asked il
he will take the office of Superintendent OF the
Government Printing Office. There are no bets
that he will refuse.
Miss Mary Thompson. daughter of Bishop
Thompson, OF the Episcopal Church, eloped
with and got msrried at Cairo, ILL.,, 10 L. W.
Howe, of Chicago.
The unveiling of the monument erected in
memory of the police killed in the Haymarket
massacre, which was to have taken place sat
urday in Chicago, has been postponed until
May 30th.
A negro tramp has assaulted several women
at Ocala, Florida, recently, and the body of a
colored girl is said TO have been found in the
woods mutilated. Armed negloes are hunting
the murderer.
A report was extensively circulated Saturday
that the Chicago Ora Jury had returned bills
against Doctors kiernan and Schubert of the
insane asylum for the murder of Robert Burns,
but II proves untrue.
Edward Scovell the well-knowu vocalist and
leading tenor for the Boston Ideal Opera
Company, has Cancelled his engagement The
manager of the company announces that SEQ
veil has been stricken with total extinction of
the voice, his case being regarded as unparal-
leled in its suddenness.
FOREIGN cULLINGs.
The Brazilian Parliament was opened By the
Emperor Saturday.
Searles, the 0arSman. will sail from Sydney
for England May 10th to meet o. Connor
Orders have been issued for the release from
the London jail of William o Brien and Timothy
Harrington.
A white book on Samoan affairs contains Dr.
Knsppe's denial of the reports of the German
violation of American property at Samoa.
The authorities of schleswig have refused to
resclnd the decree eXpelling certain German
Americans from the islands ofAmron and Fohr,
in the North Sea-
The steamer Wieland sailed from the Azores
on April 9th for New York, with the passengers
of the lost steamer Danmark, left there by the
steamer Missouri.
The Bijou Theater at Melbourne has been de-
stroyed by fire. II was managed by Lionel
Brough and " Dol" Bouccault the latter Dion
Boucieaulrs son by Agnes Robertson.
The result of the vote on the proposition offer
ing the freedom of Edinburgh 10 Parnell is
I4,61l against 917 in favor. The members of
the municipality who proposed the matter
have Withdrawn their suggestion.
Boulsngers presence is almost unnoticed in
London. His hasty acceptance OF the invita-
tion to scratch dinner by few members of
the House of Commons detracts from his pros
pents of becoming, as he doubtless hoped to be-
come, the lion of the season.
Elaborate preparations were mace Saturday
in Paris for the centenary fetes. The houses OF
the city are gaily decorated with flags and on
the principal streets handsome banners aud
floral devices are displayed. During the last
two days there has been vast influx OF for
eigners and provincial visitors
Joseph Chamberlain has resigned his mem
bership in the Liberation Society, and SAYS he
is no longer in harmorT with its principles
The society is the most radical body in England
its chief object being the disestablishment OF
the English Church. His resignation causes a
profound sensation, as a breakup in the Liberal
party is believed to be imminent.
The servia brings Earl Dunraven's answer to
the New York Yacht Clubs proposal regarding
the challenge of the Valkyrie. Its contents are
not known to any one except a few intimate
friends good authority says if the sugges-
tion made is adopted by the Americans the
race will not fall through. Earl Dunraven is
desirous to have a race even if the Volunteer is
chosen TO compete with the Valkyre.