Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-07-31

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gested novel plan for raising funds for the
erection of monument to General Grant /
He has written letters to all the Governors
of the Northern States to secure their aid |
and has laid before them the suggestion that
every man, woman and child of the 45, 600
600 people comprising the population of the
Northern States contribute cents each |
This would WELD total of s., 80 600. which |
would be all that is necessary for the pur-
pose. To collect the money he suggests
that sn organization be effected in every
school district in the State to which con-
tributions should be paid.
Illinois Legislature.
SPRINGFIELD (Iul, July S0th - The
Worlds Columbian EXPOSITION bill was
passed this morning bv the Senate
In the House, the Senate Joint resolution
was taken up and amended TO issue bonds
in aid of the Worlds Fair. TO be payable at
the expiration of thirty years, instead of
twenty, and, as amended, passed.
The Senate this afternoon refused to con-
cur in one of the House amendments pro-
viding that any Indebtedness created shall
be paid by Chicago alone. This must be
reported back 10 the House TO morrow.
A Farmer Murdered.
DENVER, July 30ih.-A Dallas special TO
the NeWS says: A man herding mules for
the railroad graders on Leopard creek shot
and killed w. Foster, ranchmsn, last
night, and then stole horse from George
Hastings farm and escaped, going toward
Montrose. The Sheriff is in pursuit and
expects soon TO capture the man. The
cause for the deed vas the murderer taking
exception 20 Foster whipping bis own
child. The murdered man leaves a wife
and SIX children in destitute circumstances
Irish Relief Fund.
LINCOLN (Neb J, July 30th.-The officers
OF the Irish National League to-day issued
an ADDRESS to the members of the league
throughout the country setting forth the
urgent necessity for the immediate trans
mission of all available funds in America
to the home organization, and authorizing
all branches and individuals of the Ford
funds to direct TO the Treasurer of the
league in Dublin, Dr. Joseph E. Kenny,
M. P, 43 Upper O'Oonnell street, Dublin
California Fruit Sales.
CHICAGO, July 30th.-Porter Bros. & Co.
sold nine carloads of fruit: Bartlett pears
brought 81 S5C92 go, except one line in
very bad order at 20 cents; Crawford
peaches, 50c@Sl So; egg plums, 81 25@
l 40; purple Duane plums, 81 80 to 81 80;
Tragedy prunes, 81; Fontainebleau grapes,
all in bad order, 10000. The weather is
very hot. All the fruit arrived here to day
shows the effect of the hot weather en-
route.
Horrible Sight.
| PORTLAND (Me), July 30,h-Charles
| Thompson, his wife and sons wife, of
Great Chebeague Island, reported that
Yesterday while out berrying in Goose
Island, near Chebeague, they came across
the remains of the bodies of two children
On the rock were four hands and four feet
recently cut off. A large fire had been
built near by, and in the charred wood
were bones, as if the children s bodies had
| been burned
Damage by HaiI-Storms.
| CAssELToN On. D. J, July 30tb-The most
disastrous hallstorm of the season swept
over the southern part of the country to-
| day. A strip of country four miles wide
and ten to twelve miles long was almost
| entirely devastated of crops Dispatches
| from Wheatland report terrible damage in
that vicinity, the crops on 5000 acres of
land being entirely ruined.
Texas Fever.
New YORK July 30th-The Texas fever
has made its appearance among the cows
| near the limits of the city and about
| twenty OF them have died. The only way,
the Health Officer says, to prevent the
| spread of the disease to all the cattle in the
| neighborhood, is to shut then, mp until
| frost comes next fall.
Movements in Copper.
New YORK, July 30th.-It is rumored
| that there have been large movements in
copper the past few days One report is
that the great stock controlled by the
Seligmans has been sold out. Another is
| that Calumet and Hecla have sold ,000, 900
pounds at IS cents for December delivery.
Drowned in a Lake.
MINNEAPOLIS, July 30th.-Louis Dew.
Waxburn was drowned in Lake Mime
tonka this morning with his niece, Gussie
Buchanan daughter of E. II. Buchanan of
Sioux City, Ia. He was teaching her how
to swim, and was seized with cramps and
both went down.
Fourteen Lives Lost.
BALTIMORE, July Both. = -Four more
bodies, the victims of the Monday nights
disaster on the river, were recovered to day.
1t now seems that the number of persons
who lost their lives by the disaster is four
teen. Two other victims are lying critically
ILL., and will probably die.
Good Prices for Horses.
| New YORK, July 30th = The sale of
| Charles Reed & Sons Fairview stud for
! 1888, consisting of nineteen colts and
twenty-six fillies, took place tonight. The
receipts aggregated nearly $4,000 A bay
filly, by imported Pickwick, brought 81 600,
and there were other good prices.
breckenridge Renominated.
LITTLE Rock (Ark.), July 30th-The
Democratic Congressional Convention for
the Second Arkansas District to-day NOM
| mated Clifton r Breckenridge for Congress
by acelamation. This is the district in
which the Clayton contest is now pending
in Congress.
An Editor Killed.
JACKSON Miss J, July 30th.-State Sena-
tor Joe w. Cutrer to-day shot and fatally
wounded Freeland Chew, editor of the
Neae C0ahomiGR, at Friars Point No par
| ticulsrs, except that Chew had been as
| saulting Cutrer in bis paper.
The Sugar Trust.
New YORK July 30th.-Officials Of the
sugar trust to-day announced that Kidder,
| Peabody & Co. had been selected as the
bankers for the reorganization committee,
and the firm had been added to the COM
mittee.
President of Amherst College.
SPRINGFIELD Mass July 3oth-Morril
Edwsrd Gates, President of Rutgers Col
| tS-cS was " udN CllDsGu EEbSlutul OF An
herst College, to succeed President Zelye,
resigned.
Those Guatemalan Recruits.
KANSAS CRY. July 30ih.-Captain Phe-
Ian said this afternoon that he was the
man who made an offer of 5000 men to
| Guatemala, but he had received no reply
yet.
Racers for California.
New YORK, July 30th.-At the sale of
the Fairview yearlings tonight Haggin
bought four youngsters for s., 725 and SEN
ator Hearst bought three for 81 $50.
Congressional Nomination.
CLEVELAND tO), July 30th-Ezra B.
Taylor was renominated by acclamation
by the Republicans of the Nineteenth Dis.
trict for Congress.
Talk of Baseball Leagues Combining.
LOUISVILLE (Ky.), July 30tb-A report
is current here that arrangements are being
made to combine the Players League and
American Associations.
Death of a Noted Politician.
INpIANAPoLIs, July 30th-Colonel John
A. Bridgeland, well-known Republican
politician of this city, died last night at