Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-25
FLASHES.
Condensed relegrsphic Dispatches frol
All Parts of the World.

Condensed relegraphic Dispatches from
All Parts of the World.
The trial of Boulanger has been postponed
until August.
George II. Calvert, poet and scholar, is dying
at Newport, K. /.
The first carload of this years wheat received
at Port Costa was from Newman.
Frederick Bentner was killed by a falling
derrick on q farm near Mount Eden.
Samuel Lord, of Lord & Taylor, died at Ash
ton on the Aersey, Thursday, aged Sc years.
Jacob shafer, of Cottonwood, fell through a
railroad bridge Thursday and broke his collar
bone.
There is talk OF a union Of the Republican and
County Democracy forces in New York to defeat
Tammany.
Minister washburne has presented his ereden-
tials as Minister to Switzerland to the authori-
ties at Berne.
DR.. John B Smith, of Petalunn. one of the
Oldest physicians in that section, died of apo
plexy Thursday.
The bail of Michael Hawkins, who shot at
Mrs. Donahue in san Franco co, has been raised
from $1,000 to 5000.
Jessie Moss. daughter of Franklin Moss. a
wealthy farmer .of Alameda, has eloped with
John LAWN, a farm hand.
William Eliery. Jr., of Table Bluff, Humboldt
county. was Instantly killed Thursday by being
crushed by logs in the Newberg sawmill.
The will of John Bright was probated yester.
day. Il bequeaths an estate valued at Isl. ls4
to mis- church. There are no public requests.
The Nineteenth Century says that a number of
Frenchmen have been arrested ty German au-
thorities at S~oultZmRtt, Alsace, charged with
treason.
The Comptroller of Currency has authorized
the Exchange National Bank of Spokane Falls.
Washington Territory with a capital of Sl00, 600
to begin business.
A compromise and patching up of the rents
torn in the Republican party in Virginia are in
progress, and it is believed the party will be in
good fighting trim this fall.
The gamblers in the london Adelphi Club,
recently raided, were arraigned Yesterday. The
proprietor OF the club was fined $500 and the
Secretary 600. The players were discharged.
The inquest on the death of Bishop. the mind
reader, has begun. Nothing further was ELECTED
yesterday beyond the fact that there were dis.
likes between member OF the medical profes-
sion.
The ord Mayor of London yesterday pre-.
scented testimonials to Captain Nurrell and OH
GERS of the crew of the British steamer Missouri.
He also read a commendatory letter from Prince
Bismarck.
The Parnell Commission yesterday tried TO
locate the Land League books. Sullivan, NJ. P,
former Treasurer of :he league, testified that
O'Connor took some of them to London aud
Egan took the Others TO Paris.
in the public school at Nordhoff, Fresno county.
was killed while playing in the school-yard dur
ing internission Thursday by falling from a
treee. His skull was fractured and he died al
most Immediately. =
Lord Lonsdale, While in New York. snsnt his
time telling thrilling stories of his exrerience
in the Arctic. His favorite method of subdu-
Ing hostile EsQuimaux was to knock them
down with his fist when they rushed at him
with brandishing knives.
Jefferson Davis has promised. if alive and
well enough, to attend the centennial eeiebra-
ton Of the ratification of the Federal Constitu-
ton of North Carolina, at Fayetteville, Eoyem-
Der 2st, on condition that he shall not be asked
to make an Grafton.
Sam Zip Jah, one of the Cinnamon for rayish.
ing little children, aud whose arrest led to seri-
Gus rioting and the demolition of the Chinese
laundries in Milwaukee: was yesterday morning
iound guuty; Inc penalty is 80 years imprison-
meat. Hal Ding will next be placed on trial.
4 few lots of California fruit have been sold
in New York by agents of the California Fruit
Union. Being small lots they were not auc-
toned. The few boxes of apricots sold for Sc.
Now there are daily arrivals. Cherries are
bringing from S. to 50 . per box. The eherries
are not all sound.
The English yachts Valkyrie. Yaranna and
Trek sailed another race yesterday. The finish
was made with a good southern breeze. 1t was
a splendid race. The Valkyrfe won. Time-5
hours, 6 minutes. % seconds; the Yaranna
second in 5 hours, IS minutes. p seconds, and
the Irex third in 8 hours, IA minutes, 10 seconds.
The recent decision of the National Confer
SuC6 Vi OudflLltS' anu tOITSctlOQS 10 nOlQ It's
meeting in San Francisco instead of San Diego,
TO which 1t had been previously called, caused
considerable excitement at the latter place. and
an urgent telegram has been sent to Governor
Waterman asking that the original programme
be carried out.
A. Leonard Meyer, the former Wells-Fargo
agent at Phoenix, A. T., has given himself into
The hands of the police at Victoria. He stated
that bis property at Phoenix will cover the
amount he is said to be short and acknowledges
that his affairs are not in a satisfactory state.
He will waive extraditlon proceedings and
leave for San Francisco on the next steamer
TO meet any charge that may be preferred
against him.
When Dr.. John Allen of Stanley county, N. C.
was returning home Tuesday night, he was met
by highwaymen, who robbed him ofS30. When
the doctor was released be became furious. AS
he was not armed he picked up stones and clubs
and peited the highwaymen, who overpowered
him and hanged hin until they thought him
dead, when he was cut down. But the doctor
managed to regain consciousness and found his
way home.
Thu following transfers were ordered yester-
day by Secretary Tracy: Lieutenants A. E.
Culver and Frank o. Heath from the Vandalia,
and ordered to the I%roquois; Ensign ]. H. Glib
bins from the yaudalia, and ordered to the
Adams Chief Engineer A. S. Green and Passed
Assi.tant Engineer A. S. Gait and Hsrrie Web
ster from the Vandalia, ana ordered TO duty at
the navy yard, Mare Island, CAL: Chaplain A.
A..McAllister from the Trenton, and ordered to
the receiving ship Independence.