Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-14
TELEGRAPHIC BREyITIES.
DOMESTIC.


The West Virginia legislative deadlock
has been broken.
A Wisconsin County Treasurer is $1,000
short in his accounts.
Saturday was the first anniversary of the
great blizzard at Sioux City, Iowa.
A Sioux City Qowa) lawyer has been or
dered by White Caps TO leave the place.
A number of important amendments
have been made in the Senate tariff bill.
Russell Harrison says his father has not
yet decided on the personnel of his Cabinet.
Knoxville (Tenn.) police raided private
car and arrested the occupants for gam
bling.
The House has agreed to the conference
report on the San Francisco public build
ing bill.
A favorable report has been made on the
bill to place General Rosecrans on the re-
tired list.
Governor-elect Hovey, of Indiana, has
resigned his seat in Congress and will be
inaugurated to-day.
Judge Claypool received to-day his ad
interim appointment TO the United States
District Aitorneyship of Indiana
The steamer Guiding Star, just in from
New Orleans, struck the Huntington
bridge, Cincinnati, and sunk. Several pas
sengers, it is reported, were drowned,
A resolution was adopted by the National
Farmers Alliance demanding the passage
of the bill now in Congress, forfeiting the
unearned Union Pacific land grant.
The Directors of the electric sugar-refin-
ing scheme met Saturday in New York and
issued a notice that they had decided not to
make any statement to the public of their
affairs.
Secretary Simpson of the Winona and
Southwestern road says that company has
not abandoned the idea of Missouri river
terminus at or near Omaha, and it may be
able to bald also to Sioux City.
Young Jack Dempsey, lightweight pu-
gilist was fined $50 in the Lincoln, Neb,
Police Court to-day, for being engaged in
public contest last Wednesday night and
attempting to leave the city without paying
his bills.
United States Minister Phelps will sail
for New York from London January 3lst.
The King of the Netherlands has suf-
tered relapse, and is now considered in a
dangerous condition.
A pianist, years old, who plays Chopin
wonderfully, and whose name is Raoul
koezalski, has appeared in st. Petersburg.
a petard was exploded Saturday night in
the Palace of the Archbishop of Valencia.
No one was injured, but much damage
was DONE
Last Tuesday the officers of the flagship
Lancaster entertained the American colony
at Nice, France, in their usual way. Among
the visitors aboard were Miss Matte
Mitchell, daughter of the United States
Senator.
The British steamer Priam, bound from
Liverpool to Hongkong, has been wrecked
of the islands of Sisarga, TWENTY-FIVE miles
northwest of Corunna Four women pas
sengeTs, the ships surgeon and four of the
crew were drowned.
Americans in Nice France, are making
extensive preparations for the wedding of
Miss Houston, of San Francisco, to Major
T1llyer Blunt, at the American Church, on
January 24th. 1t will be quite the Amer
ican affair of the season.
PACIFIC COAST.
The Loyal and North Cover mining
companies have consolidated.
A Portuguese sheepman was accident
ally killed by his brother near Huron on
Friday night.
Objection has been made at Los Gatos
burial purposes
Charles Gordon, who was to have been
hanged last Friday at Fort Benton, NJ. T.,
has been rep1ieved.
meeting of farmers was held at Ana
helm in relation to growing beets for
Spreckels' new sugar refinery.
The citizens of New Mexico held Con.
vention Saturday, and passed resolutions
demanding admission into the Union as a
State.
The jury in the case OF the Boston Wool
Company against Douglas county (Or.)
farmers, after being out fourteen hours,
failed to agree, and were discharged.
Jim Keegan, charged with assault to
murder one of the inmates of the county
poor farm at Santa Rosa. was convicted. of
simple assault in the Superior Court on
Saturday.
The Daily Nelss, published in Portland,
Or. the past six years, suspended publica-
ton last Saturday. No cause is given for
the suspension. as the paper was well
backed financially.
F. L. Gift, a young grocer, was arrested
at San Jose on Saturday on a charge of
felonious assault on Mrs. Francis y. Gar
vey, and released on bail. He says it is a
blackmailing scheme.
John Drake, contractor for the San Fran
cisco and, San Joaquin Valley Railroad,
arrived at Fresno on Saturday, and it is
announced that active operations of con-
struction will be. resumed on that line.