Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-03
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stored to power.
Angus Mcdonald. barkeeper, dropped dead
yesterday at Seattle.
Earthquake shocks were felt Wednesday at
Susansville and Lompoc.
John Moore, colored, was found dead in bed
at San Francisco yesterday.
Miss Jessie Benning accidentally shot herself
yesterday in Peoria, illinois,
The body of an unknown man was found
floating in the Bay yesterday.
Grading has commenced on the San Diego
Terminal and Eastern Railroad
L. W. Hill was thrown from horse at Marys-
vile on Wednesday and seriously injured.
C. Y. Topper is charged with being implicated
in the pulling of the race horse Al Farrow.
Michele Moroni attempted suicide at Calistogs
yesterday. He cut his throat and will probably
John s. Hicks the United States Minister to
Peru, left New York yesterday for his destina-
ton.
Grace L. Riddell has sued the estate of the late
David Mcclure to recover SS,l6J alleged to be
due her.
The schooner Shiloh, which sailed from Glou-
cester March 18th, has been lost at sea with all
on board.
The Supreme Court has seated Governor
Waterman's appointees of the San Francisco
Board of Health.
The group of copper mines in the Silver Bell
district Arizona, has been sold TO Chicago capt.
talists for $50 $50.
John Cullen of Albany, N Y, Yesterday shot
himself and his mistress. He is dead but the
woman will recover.
j. T. Mcmillan, of California, has been ap-
pointed Nautical Expert in the photographic
Office OF the Navy Department.
J.J. McGready, who shot and killed Barney
Creegan at Midland, Md, has surrendered to the
authorities at Helena, Montana.
The railroads in the Western Association have
practically discontinued the custom of selling
coupon tickets by circuitous routes.
In Marquette, Michigan yesterday Andrew
Gregory, proprietor of hotel shot dead wo-
man calling herself his wife. He then shot
himself, but not dangerously.
Among the survivors of the Grand Trunk
Railway wreck are the following from San
Francisco and The Pacific coast: o. V. Becker,
w. LANCE and x. Il. Martinent
Dan McCool, General Manager for the Santa
Fe system on this coast, has issued orders that
all citrus fruits sold board the trains shall be
bought in San Bernardino county.
Judge ]. R. Williams has been nominated by
the Democrats of the Nineteenth uli3ois Dis
trict to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Townshend. He is sure of election.
The colony OF negroes who were located in
the Shipgletown country, in Shasta county,
last year, have all starved out and gone, except
one, vino, with his wife, still holds the fort.
Saturday evening Julius Jensen, of Living
stone, MERGED county, accidentally shot his
nine-year- old nephew, James Swensen, and the
child's leg had to De amputated above the knee.
The centennial celebration in New York DUR
ing the past three days has interfered with
funerals, all the horses in the city being en-
gagged for the parades. Hacks cost from go to
$40 a day.
Jacob stopts, who has long been mourned as
dead, has suddenly appeared at his old home in
Winamac, Ind. He has been in Australia
thirty eight years, and brought a fortune home
with him.
Judge McCann of Santa Cruz. on motion of
plaintiff yesterday dismissed the boycott suit
of A A. Taylor VS.. E. Anthony ct al. for $4,000
damages. The suit was commenced several
years ago.
The Coroner's jury in the inquest on Professor
Sullivan, who was shot by Mrs Matte Mariette
last sunday in San Bernardino, brought in a
verdict charging her with willful and unjustif-
able murder.
A rich strike has been made in the Champion
quartz mine, at Nevada City. A four-foot ledge
has been struck that viii mill 500 per ton. a ma
iority of the stock is owned in Sacramento and
san Francisco.
The Tipperary Court has affirmed the sem
fences of imprisonment on John OConnor,
Thomas Condor and Charles Fancer, members
of Parliament, and Manning, for violation of
the Crimes Act.
Mrs. Phoebe Sawyer and daughter who have
lived for several years in Pomona IN very
streightened circumstances, are two out of three
heirs that have inherited 900, the estate of
a Texas cattleman.
Mazal Vogel, foreman of F. Lscan's ranch,
near Fresno, suicided yesterday on account of
i'll health, by shooting himself through the
head. He was about 80 years old and leaves
wife and two children.
negro in Rankin county. Miss who had
stolen a mule, was given the option OF going to
the penitentiary or receiving hundred lasnes
on his bare back. He chose the latter, taking
the punishment like stoic
Second Lieutenant James II. Pendleten of the
United States Marine Corps has been detached
from the marine barracks at Brooklyn, n. y,
the order to take effect May 9th. and ordered to
the Mare Island Navy Yard for duty.
A large stone building connected with the
Catholic College in Germantown, Pa, was
burned yesterday morning. Ignatius Hill was
burned to death. His brother Michael was IA
tally hurt by jumping from a threestory build
ing.
Aaron Harvey has returned to Machais, Me-.
after an absence of twenty-nine years in the
South Seas, TO find his wife married TO Cham
pion Demmons. The husband and wife will
live together again and Demmons Will make his
home with them
City Attorney Johnson of Oakland has COM
pleted his brief in the Dietz case. he claims
that liquor license cannot be considered as
property, but is merely a temporary permit 10
do business, and may be revoked at any time
by the City Council.
John F. Uhlhorn of San Francisco sues George
E Goodman, executor of the estate of James H.
Goodman, for SOL ,0i0 for alleged breach OF coa-
tract sustained by plaintiff by reason of Good
man not conveying q certain tract of 1900
acres in Fresno county.
Aurelian Payne, aged eighty, was married at
Fort Wayne, Ind, to Alice Coleman, Just turned
nineteen. The groom has an enviable record
in the matrimonial line. He has been married
eight times, having buried six wives and been
divorced from the seventh.
The President yesterday respited until the
18th inst Nelson Colbert, the young negro SEN
fenced TO be hanged at Washington to-day for
the murder of Philip Wenzel, an eighty-year-old
white man. The respite is granted to al ow the
prisoner TO prepare for death, as the motion for
a new trial was only refused Wednesday.
A fire in East Portland early yesterday morn
ing destroyed a grocery store owned by Mrs. NJ.
J. Smith. Mrs. smith resided in the building.
The loss on stock and household goods is 5000;
insured for SLIGO. The building, two-story
frame structure, owned by John Poole and
valued at So 600, was completely destroyed. II
was partially insured.
Billy Murray of New York fought Jack Lyman
of Boston in brooklyn yesterday morning for q
purse of $500 and the ll0-pound championship.
Murray won in the thirty ninth round. Lyman,
in the thirty-seventh round, received terrltic
blow on the left eye, binding him, but he
would not give i'll until the thirty-ninth round,
when he was knocked out.
A. A. Cook was employed as architect of the
new courthouse at Redding at a stated salary,
and the shasta county papers are scoring the
they gave Cook per cent. premium on the en-
tire construction of the Courthouse and jail. in
GLIDING calls for the jail, clock and extra work
T F. Gilroy has been appointed Commissioner
of Public Works. New York city, vice ID. Lowbel
smith. The latter claims that his term has not
expired and refuses to turn the office over. but
offers TO make an agreed case in the Courts
Gilroy threatens 10 take possession by force. He
is a Tammany man Smith is County De
mocracy man Gilroy secured an order OF Cour
for Smith to show cause why he should not turn
over the office.
WI. Lyons, OF San Diego, who holds con
tract with Governor Waterman for the sale o.
his Julian mine. at 81 600 600, had consultation
with the Governor a few days ago. Lyons sayt
Waterman wants him 10 surrender his contraci
and make new one, but he had refused posi-
lively 70 do SO. He said Chicago parties are
still ready to take the property at S. o00o0 and
that the chances are the deal will be closed
within the next ten days.