Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-03
ELECTRIC FLASHES.
Condensed TeIegraphic Dispatches From
All Parts OF the World.
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DenaTarro of New YORK.
The mercury fell 30 in twenty -four hours at
San AnlonIo. Tex, Wednesday.
J. 3. Bowen is to succeed Chief Clerk J. Fen
ner zee in the State Department.
Pittsburg was in darkness New Years night,
owing to a strike of the electric men.
TIE state troops have been sent to Tyler
county, Tex, riot being spprehended.
Pasadena placed the whole Of the local Saliva
ton Army in the lock up Tuesday night.
sisson wants to secure the location for the
United States Land Office for that district.
Colonel WnburF Sanders has been chosen
By the Montana Republican Legislature Tor
Senator.
Two ATTEMPTS have been made at Oneida, n.
Y. by miscTeauts, 10 take The life OF Rev. Father
James Kelley.
Hon. Geo. Il Booker sr. Minister TO Turkey
and Russia, died at his residence in Philadel-
phd yesterday.
Pneumonia and bronchial troubles. resulting
from cold, were never so numerous in the East
a. they are now
Father Damen of the Society of Jesus died at
Omaha Wednesday. lie was stricken with
para ysis several months sgo.
The Paris Steele has adyices from st. Peters.
burg that the Car is still confined to his room.
His doctors fear complications.
New Year in the East was quietly enjoyed
The weather was moist at Chicago and New
York and Kept people in doors.
The San Diego passenger train was wrecked
few miles beyond San Juap, New Year eve, and
engineer Il. Z. King was killed.
Rev. william W. Patton, D. T., President q
Howard University OF Washington, died sud
denly at Westheld, n. j., Tuesday.
The Dublin Ff6cman'S Journal has strong rea-
sons to believe That Lord Salisbury Will dissolve
Parliament at the earliest moment
The owners Of the steamer Oregon have been
sued for $4,000 for running down the ship
ffart az vfa nm Nnf IN nj
In the neighbOrh0Od of BeowaWe. New, stock
is suffering. but the abundance of snow in the
mountains promises good crops next year.
The Southern California Editorial Association
has called its semi-snnual Convention, to meet
il san Bernardino on Tuesday, the 18th int.
Senator Stanford has given 500 to Susan B.
Anthony toward printing ana distributing
pamphlets on the subject of woman suffrage
Horalio Allen, Who ran the first locomotive
over a track in this country, died at South
Orange, y. j.. Wednesday, aged eighty eight
years.
The theater at Zurich caught FIRE during the
performance Wednesday night and was entirely
Destroyed. The audience reached the streets in
safety.
4 citation to appear as correspondent in the
suit for divorce brought bJ Captain D shea
against his wife was received by Parnen yes
terday.
Three Villains blew up part of an opera house
in LittlebOrough, Pennsylvania town, while
Rev Years Dali was in progress. No one was
injured.
OF thu Patti Opera Company the great tenor
TamagnO, zig. Perugini, Nine. Pettgrianni
Nine. Valda and Nine. Nordica, are down with
Ia grippe.
Edno Forindo, the sixth victim of the Tilden
School fire az Detroit on the 18th of December,
died Wednesday. II is thought the death roll
viii number eight.
The earth under the Lehigh Valley Locomo
motive Works Wilkesbarre, Penn, cayed in
Wednesday, wTecl1ing the machinery AID caus-
ipg loss OF $4,000.
George Francis Train was beset by two foot
pads in BOston. New Years Day. They wanted
his Brazilian brilliant" not knowing it was
worth only about quarter.
The report of the great floods in China last
August, published by the State Department,
state that fifteen inches OF rain fell i'll fifty
four hours-from August I'D to August oath.
The compositors on the Philadelphia Press
demanded an advance in wages from 40 to 40
cents per thousand ems. The employers re-
fused TO grant the increase, and locked the msn
out.
The London star says the marriage between
Gwend0lyn Caldwell. of America, and Prince
Murat has been again arranged Prince MuTat
viii accept any allowance Miss Caldwell may
grant him.
The saloons of South Dakota were open
Wednesday. notwithstanding the prohlbitoIy
law, which i IN effect. No penalty attaches TO
the law. which viii probably be amended by
the Legislature.
Rev. a. E. Graves, Bishop-eleCt of the new
Missionary Diocese of the Platte. organized by
the last General Council OF the Episcopal Church
out of the Diocese of Nebraska. WIS coEseerated
at Minneapolis yesterday.
The South Pierre squatters have gained
point. United States soldiers are i'll camp on
the ground and It isrepoTted thee have ordered
off the half breeds, who, with real estate agents,
nave caused all the trouble.
The rapid increase in the number of cases of
influenza at WTaybuTg, Bavaria has rendered
necessary the erection Of several temporary
hospitals. There are 40 600 cases in Munich.
The epidemic is spreading in Dresden.
In a drunken row in Mitchell county, n c..
Christmas day, three men were killed. On Fri
day Monroe Garland, n brother OF one OF Iae
murdered men, rode up to croT in the same
place and fred into it, killing three and wound-
ing twelve
The great trott.ng sire Wilton. by George
Wilkes. dam Allie by Eysdyck's Hambietonian
Jointly owed Dy ~. c. France and Bowerman
brothers, of Kentucky, has be sold 10 the
latter The price IS private, but is said TO be
the laTg s. for which stallion has ever been
sold IN America.
McDousal's drug store, the Union Pacific
ticket Office, j. G. tppersons boot and Shoe
stG,c, the Grand saloon, Snycer d SOule's real
estste oliice, Harris dry goods store and Bar
n.1E's clothing store at Spokane Fa is were TO-
tally destroyed by fire Tuesday night.
a very rich quicksilver mine has been dis
covered in Pierce county, Wash. The assays
show 55 10 90 per cent OF mercury. The mine
is located within thirty miles of Tacoma. The
specimens of Uinnabar brought ia are very rich
aud it is stated the deposi are practically in
eXhapsIiole.
Atafire in the Forest Gate Pauper School, for
boys ard girls, mt London, Wednesday, twenty
six of the inmates lost their lives through in
ability to rouse the children, and the rapidity
of the FIRE The accident was occasioned by an
overheated st1Ye and the scenes were of n pain
fui character.
The police at Pittsburg were forced to call out
the reserves 10 quell riot instituted by several
hundred newsb0ys, who attacked crowd OF
Italians and Hebrews and then turned their at
tention TO nou union gripmen and conductors
on the Pittsburg traction road. a general hsht
followed the latter attack.
The great fve-story factory of the Liberty
silk Company, at New York, was destroyed by
fire Wednesday; loss, 100000. Other firms il
the building were damaged as follows; The
Persian Rug and Carpet Company. $4,000;
Mailer & Co., Sl5 Ct0; J. q j. Morrlson, so,OVO;
the Eaton Manufacturing Company $1,000.
The Senatorial contest in Ohio is pretty much
at a standstiN today. as all candidates have
agreed not TO press their claims before members
until the Senate and House caueuses Tor Organi-
zstion have been held. Brice and Thomas
claim they are taking no hand IN the Speaker
ship contest, hot The impression prevails that
friends Of both are making use Of argument.
The water Ess fallen seveTs teot in all the
streams IL san joaQu n County, snd the island
or. are preparing 70 cultivate lne ihuOS Inc
san jose syndic-ie owning the Moss tract of
reclaimed land rear stockton, has commenced
work putting il a pump with capacity OF
500 gallons minute to pump out the seepaee
water. and il the summer time 70 pump water
from the river for irrigation
Joe Casey, he sou of the Casey who was
hanged from the third- story window OF build
ing in san Fralcisoo. in the spring of 1856, by
the VigilanteS, FIR the killing of James King of
William, editor Of the Bulletin, shot and
mortany wounded Dan Eatheson at n saloon at
Williams Wednesday. A quarrel had originated
over game Of cards. but the shooting is said to
have been deliberate. Mstheson died Thurs
day morning.
WHEN the blood is impure, thick and
sluggish, Or thin and impoverished. there
can be no health. With these conditions,
all the functions OF the body are impaired,
aud the result is variety Of dangerous
complications. The best remedy is Ayers
Sarsapsrilla.