The record-union., 1892-02-08
ELECTRIC FLASHES.
Brief kilograms From Various Por-
tions of the Globe.


Colonel North, the London nitrate
king, has created a sensation by betting
3O,000 to $4,000 that his horses will win
IN succession the Waterloo Cup, the City
and Suburban Stakes and the Jubilee
Stakes.
An immense fire occurred at Rome Sat-
urday III Pantanell's large flour ware
house. The flames spread rapidly to all
parts of the building and threatened the
| adjoining property. The loss has not
been estimated, but it will be very large.
The possibility of marriage between
Prince George and the Princess Mary of
| Ieck continues TO be discussed, and it is
! believed that if they desire to wed the
Queen will absolve the Princess from a
good part of the traditional five years.
mourning and allow an early betrothal
The Lick Observatory has just been
notified by telegraph Of the discovery of
new star near Chi AurigaI. The new
star is OF the fifth magnitude, and is there
fore easily visible to the naked eve. 1t
has a spectrum with bright lines. Owing
to the stormy weather the star has not
been seen at Mount Hamilton.
Reports from many places in the north
ern part OF Spain state that heavy floods
are devastating the country there. From
| the dispatches received it is evident that
Hoods prevail throughout all the northern
provinces. Already great damage has
Deen done, and greater loss is feared. as
the waters show no sign Of subsiding. a4z
James Wallace, a farmer living near
Albany, Or, has disappeared. 1t is
thought that he has come to California
with widow named Mrs. Veatch. Last
w ednesday he sold wheat to the value of
Sl,4GO and started away on the south
pound overland train. lie has wife and
Tour children. All of his property has
been attached to cover his Indebtedness.
The Pope has just received handsome
legacy of 10000, 900 francs and a palatiaI
mansion in the Place de Concorde, in
Paris, with the provision that the man
sion is henceiorth to be the official resi-
| dence OF the Papal Nuncio in France. It
WI; Was left by the Marquise Plisses- -Billiere.
| The circumstances under which the
splendld gilt was made are rather curl
| Gus, and eliminated last week in law
SUIT confirming the gift to the Pope.
Fred Davella, an Italian, unmarried,
was blown to atoms by an explosion OF
giant powder in the Gavi mine, at Dry
town, Amador County, Friday night. He
was charging drill hole with ten pounds
OF powder. His three comrades, standing
within ten feet, received a few scratches.
Only thirty pounds of the remains were
found; The body weighed during life 14O
pounds. The largest piece found was the
size of the palm of hand
Josepn DIookS. a 1afm hand living at
Spaulding Township, Saginaw County.
Mich, who is not of very bright mind.
but whose wife is a comely country
woman. has sold the latter to a farmer
near by for fifty cents. The farmer in
joke proposed to buy Brooks wife, but
the husband accepted the offer, and the
wife being willing, forty cents of the pur-
chase price was paid over, and the woman
went to the farmers house, where she
now lives.
Near Silver Point, in Putnam County,
Tenn, country dance on Wednesday
night was followed by a fresh outbreak of
the family teud between the Carrs and
Wallaces. The latter, it is said, were
attacked on their way home, and later
they assaulted the Carrs at their home.
Miss Carr was shot through the head. On
the other SIDE, Wallace and two friends
named Anderson and Tucker were all
! fatally wounded and number of others
seriously. Further trouble is feared.