Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-04-01
ELECTRIC FLASHES.
Condensed Telegraphic Dispatches from
All Parts of ihe World


Eight convicts at Trenton, n. J., struck on
account OF bad food and tried to fire tue build
ing Saturday.
John W. sto!er, who was one of the pioneer
residents of sau Franc SEQ, died on the 18th inst
in Butte City. Mont.
a San Francisco convict named wilson lost
part of his hand in the Jute mill machinery in
San Quentin Prison Saturday.
a clock which viii strike the hours Sc that
the sound can be heard eight mics is to be
| placed in the San Diego Courthouse
meeting is to be held at Santa Ana this
week for the purpose of establishing & perma-
nent exhibit OF products at Chicago.
The only request made by exPresidenL Hayes
| is about to b. granted by President Harrison in
the appointment of General Mitchell Pension
| Agent at Columbus.
| It is stated that company of CAPITALISTS has
| been formed in Boston 10 grow oraOges in ia
nlaica, and thst they have sent order to F. or
| ida Tor POO ,0y0 buds.
! The people OF Baker City, Or. did some lively
rustling recently. They wanted smelling works
located there, snd in one day $4,000 was raised,
which secured the coveted prize.
II is reported that many farmers III the neigh
borhood OF Kingston, Canada, owing to their
heavy Indebtedness, are mortgagiDg their farms
and leaving for the United States.
The petroleum supply of Pennsylvania seems
! u be lneXhaustible. During the month of Feb
ruary iI6 new wells were opened, adding %, ,459
barrels daily TO the yield of the oil regions.
Professor Redmond the aeronaut, acc@m-
| panied by Miss Adela Ora o, made balloon
ascension of about 600 fee. Sunday in East
Portland, Or, ana landed in 8 miry slough
An attempt is being made to prohibit pc idling
in the streets Of Boston There are some 5000
person, il is estimated, employed In tnis way,
and the Aldermen arc asked to deprive them OF
the privilege.
The King of the Begians is in London raising
! money Tor his pet canal scheme, to make Brus-
se's a seaport, the ldea for this was originally
suggested by August Belmont when he was Min
lister TO Belgium.
In anticipation of the passage of the Repub-
lican tariff bill tin plate mills are being erected
in Pittsburg and ct the West, so as to Ue all
ready 10 begin manufacturing as soon as the
bill becomes a law.
Three thousand workmen are to go at work
in April building canals for irrigstiDg the lands
\ on either side OF the Rio Grdnde and tur1iug
vast strip of territory into semi-tropica gar
| den. The land is at present worthless. Water
will transform it.
| It is now stated the reason the magnificent
| Earl Crematory at Troy, N y, has not been re-
! Gently used is its iucapacity to pc esfoTm the
| work expected Bodies were not wholly burned
| to ashes, aud the malet had 10 be used to pull
verize the bones.
| TIE boctblacks of Charleston, :. C have or
ganized union. The city is laid out in districts,
within which on.y certain humber of boot
backs will be allowed 10 work. Noa:unlon
| men are thrashed q into joining the organization
or forced TO give Up work.
The first full carload of Washington Navel
| oranges to go East received last week BY ".
T; Wilkins Il Co, of Philadelphia. II the
Philadelphia papers have s brief mention of the
fact and some very kind words for the fruit,
which sold at s. TO 81 box
The boom in California prunes in the New
York market still continues California sos to
Cos sold on Saturday at IL and II cents, but hold
ers pitched their ideas to L! cents and even at
this figure were not desirous of ell ertaining any
| large orders. Rasins are quoted at from s. to
| 81 so.
| Colonel Grierson seeommends the prompt re-
ward with brevets and medals Of Lsuteuant
Watson and his command, who recently pur-
sned the Indian murderers of the fTeighter
Hubert, in Arizona killing two and capturing
the other three. This prompt punishment OF
! the Indians. he Colonel says. has tended to-
| silence Il diseifected element among them
! The City of Paris is in Queenstown hslbor,
where she will be baaohed and temporary re-
! pairs made, 10 enable her TO be towed 10 Liver
, pool. Her present sinking condition gives no
/ promise that she could be moved wiih any
safety. The breaking of the machinery Of the
vessel is the result OF the immense strain put
upon it i9 desire 10 beat the record Tor or S.
ing the Atlantic.