Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-07
ELECTRIC FLASHES.
Condensed Photographic Dispatches from
All Parts of the World.

Condensed TeIegraphic Dispatches from
All Parts of the World.
There is much suffering from poverty in
Mexico.
Hog cholera has been very destructive to
animals in Butte county.
Telegraphic communication is seriously
interrupted by storms in the Northwest.
An explosion at the Big Solar Distillery.
at Lima, Ohio, killed one person and seri-
ously injured six.
Four candidates are working to secure
the prize of Sheriff of Colusa county. The
Office pays $4,000 year.
The 100000 damage suit at Salinas
against the Pacific Improvement Company
| has been decided in favor OF defendant.
A benefit performance at the Broadway,
New York City, Theater Is to be given to
| Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr., on the 18th in
slant.
1t is sa d that Freddie Gebhard has sailed
| for London. He Was called to the bedside
| of Mrs. Langtry, whom, it is said, is seri-
ously i'll.
The Republican leaders in the House of
Representatives have decided, according 10
a Washington correspondent, to seat about
eight of the seventeen contestants.
A bond fled by the South Side Irrigation
/ Company, of Los Angeles, with the city
officials of that place was brought to light
yesterday, after being considered lost for
nearly two years.
The Treasury Department, in reply to an
| INQUIRY by Senator Merrill, makes the
| statement that the Government is paying
| an annual rent of S121, 800 for buildings in
| the city occupied by ii.
A serious accident occurred at the Roeb-
| ling Wire Mills, at Trenton, n. j., Charles
! Chettel having been pierced through the
| body with a red-hot wire, and Mark
Molesky injured in the same way, both
fatally.
The Eureka and Palisade train, after
| battling with the snow for tWenty-three
| DAYS, arrived at Eureka, New, yesterday.
The shovelers came in in pretty bad con-
| dition, some snow blind and others with
| frosted feet.
A newsboy named Thornton was blown
from a train on the Grand Trunk Railroad
as he was attempting to pass between the
cars, near Brompton, Ontario. Although
| the train was going very rapidly, the boy
was uninjured.
The ship Josephine, from New York for
! Dantzig, with oil, was abandoned at sea.
| The Captain and seven men arrived at Bos-
|
during hurricane, and one fell from the
| jibboom before the vessel was deserted.
Flint Morris, of Jersey City, has been ex-
PEELED, and Perry Taylor of Schoharie, n.
| Y, and Albert Wells, of Dedham, Mass,
suspended for six and two weeks respect
lively, for stealing the clapper of Rutgers
College bell, at New Brunswick, n. ]. All
ara sophomores.
| Mrs. Senator Stewart met with an acct
dent in Washington Tuesday which might
have been serious. She fell on Connecticut
| avenue and struck her head against the
| wall of a house and cut herself quite seri-
ously. She also badly sprained her hand
and knee. She is resting somewhat easier.
AS the date for the State oratorial contest
at the Wsshburn College, Topeka, Kan,
draws near, discomfort among the scholars
has broken out with new force, the Faculty
having decided that the young ladies' pre-
paratory classes shall not attend. The boys
hoisled red flags on all the trees on the
grounds during Tuesday night
The Union Pacific in Montana and Idaho
is reported at Helena, Mont, to be in g de-
plorable condition. Warm winds caused q
thaG, which suddenly froze again, and the
cuts are reported to be filed with solid ice.
Railroad officials at Helena assert that two
weeks will be required to get the road open,
as the solid ice requires blasting.
At Irvington q disease resembling the
grip has broken out among the horses.
The horses first shuttle and discharge a
thin fluid from the nostrils, which is fol-
lowed with symptoms of laundering, the
hind legs being subject to the severest at
tacks. The breathing is short and jerky,
and actual painting sometimes occurs. The
disease last about one week.