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DAILY I'NION HKRIFH-tOL.XI.IS-5i0.7i;;.
DAILY MA «iti, stulE. -VOL. XVI— NO. 9 119.
THE DAILY' RECORD-UNION.
Entered at the Post Office st Sacramento as see";'! class matter
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WANTED, LOST AND FOUND.
Advertisements of five lines in this department are
Inserted for 25 cents for one time ; three times for 50
sents or 75 cents per week.
WANTED— SITUATION BY A COMPETENT
girl, lately from the East, to do general
housework in a private family ; is a go. d cook, and
not afraid to work. Please call at No. 806, corner
of Eighth and II streets. apl9
WANTEH- AT HOUSTON'S EMPLOYMENT
Office, Fourth street, one door south of K.
ALL KINDS OP HELP, Mal" and Female.
Particular attention paid to supplying families
and hotels wit- help, FREE OF CHARGE. ap!3-lm
rpAKE NOTICE.-BANK BOOKS AND AC-
_l_ counts against the Capital Savings Bank, either
in small or largo amounts, bought by M. J Sim-
mons, Auctioneer, 412 J street, between Fourth and
Fifth. - ■ mrSO-tf
ANYONE IN NEED OF A RELIABLE BOOK-
keeper. Copyist or Correspondent in English,
French or German, for a few hours a day, may be
accommodated by addressing or calling at HENRY
FUCHS, .So. 523 X street, Sacramento. Best of city
references given. mr27 Iplm
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TO LET OK FOR SALE.
Advertisements of five lines in this department are
Inserted for 25 cents for one tune ; three times for 50
cents or 75 cents per week.
171URNISHED ROOMS TO LET-NEATLY
" Furnished— suitable for gentlemen only.
Apply to No. COO I street, between Sixth and
Seventh. apl7-lw*
FARM TO LET.— HUNDRED AND ggjt
J four (204) acres land in Placer county, wr
on the American river, six miles north of Foi- •
Bom, known as the McDevitt Ranch. * There is on
the place about 10,000 bearing grajie-vines, fruit
trees (peach, apple, pear, etc.); alfalfa field, field for
pasturage, etc The greater part is first class foot-
hill land— level or undulating ; is mostly under
fence, and most of it lying between the North Fork
ditch and the American river ; there are ample
means for irrigation. The owner is desirous ot leas
ing this property on account of ill-health, and to a
good tenant excellent inducements will be offered.
For further particulars apply upon the premises, or
address the undersigned through I'ostollice Box
No. 313, or call upon same at the office of
HALL, LUHRS & Co., Sacramento.
aplf.-lin JOS. F. MADDEN*.
TO LET HOUSE ON G STREET, BE-djgk.
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth, con- B<»
taining 10 rooms, large yard. Also, barn,Jila»
corner Thirteenth and J streets. It. qui at No.
112* II street. apl4-lw»
FOR SALE-THOROUGHBRED .*««*%««*»
JERSEY 1. 11. one and two QUISC < A
years old. Bred by Robert BejJk. . v Y£ii^>V
Apply to THOMAS WATTE, Brighton, *' ■■ *■■■
Sacramento county, Cal. ap'2-tf
FURNISHED ROOMS TO JRENT -AT A RE-
' duced price ; pleasant, quiet and home-like— by
the Day, W.-c kor Month. Northwest corner Third
and J. Entrances on J street, and on Thirl, be-
tween J audi streets. MRS. TEN EYCK. aplQ-tf
" TO LEASE,
A HOTEL AND BOARDING HOUSE. V^.
Twenty six good steady boarders, with HjjJl
bar and grocery store attached. All doing aJtL«i,
good business. Rent, $60. Only responsible persons
need apply. Inquire if CARL STROBEL, No 321
J street, Sacramento, - apu-uf
DENTISTRY. ~
B. 11. KttKV. 111.
DENTIST. SOUTHWEST CORNER OFgJTi
1/ Seventb and J streets, in Bryte's new CgfnJ
building, up stain. Teeth extracted without pain
by the use of Improved Liquid Nitrous Oxide Gas.
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ii. 11. riEBBON,
DENTIST, 417. J STREET, BETWEEN £»■»
Fourth and Fifth, Sacramento. Arti-'.IHiV*
ficial Teeth inserted on Gold, Vulcanite and al. bases
Nitron-. Oxide or Laughing Gas administered for the
painless extraction of Teeth. anil lm
V. WOOD,
DENTIST (LATE WITH H. 11. PIER-iMB*
son), siceessor to T. B. Reid, No. 317 JftfiTrYP
street, between Third and Fourth. Artificial Teeth
inserted on all bases. Improved Liquid Nitrous
Oxide Gas, for the Painless Extraction of Teeth.
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WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY
"~ J. B. hum:,
(Late with Wachhorst, and successor to Floberg,)
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, *,
No. 60 J street, between Second and Iffiv
Third. Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Stiver- £-/ A.
ware, Jewelry, etc. Repairing in all its >£ivs23
branches a specialty, under MR. FLOBERG.
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J. 11l MAN. JR..
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, NO. -«
138 J street, between Fifthand Sixth. Vmj.
Just received, a very fine lot of Watches and fi-/ *
Jewelry, which will be sold at a very liiwQ&AgtS
price. Watches and Jewelry' ca-efully repaired.
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WILLIAM D. MILLER
7 (Late with Floberg),
NO. 100 J STREET, NEAR SEVENTH,
Watchmaker and Jeweler. Importer t*jfft).
and Dealer in Watches, Suverware, Jewelry, ff-i jfc
etc. Repairing a specialty, under Robert ttTlmSB
Marsh. All country orders promptly attended to.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
NOTICE.
TO COUNTRY MERCHANTS and RETAILERS.
ON RECEIPT OF *8 I WILL SEND TO ANY
address a sample case of my specialties, con-
sisting of 3 bottles DR. RENZ'S Herb Bitters, 3
bottles Blackberry Brandy, 3 bottles Rock and Lye,
and 3 bottles fine old Bourbon Whisky (the last
named trade-mark " Bonanza"), all justly celebrated
goods, and recommended for medicinal and family
use. J. RENZ, Wholesale Liquor Dealer, No. 419
Commercial street, three deors below Front, San
Francisco. ja3o-lp3m
SWEETSER & ALSIP,
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENTS
Notary PabUt and Commissioner of Deeds.
Real Estate Bought and Sold on Commission.
CsTHouses rented and rents collected. TA
Agents for the following Insurance Companies :
IMPERIAL ..of London
' L0ND0N................ ...of Lonaon
NORTHERN..... o London
QUEEN ...ot Liverpool
NORTH BRITISH Aim MERCANTILE i j^burrt
jETNA ....... .........of Hartford, Conn.
.- Aggregate Capital, »M,71 6,803.
tOT No. 17 Fourth street, between J and X, Sac-
smsnto. earner of the alley. ' .- a —a., d23-lntf
STAR MILLS AND MALT HOUSE.
Ml KOI lit; A EAGEB,
NOS. 60,52 AND M FIFTH ST., SACRAMENTO
i dealers in Produce and Brewers' Supplies,
Manufacturers of Malt and all kinds of Meals, Ac,
Oatmeal, Cornmeal, Cracked Wheat, Graham Flour,
Buckwheat Flour, etc ■'-'- -: ap!7-lptf -..
PAPER AND DRY GOODS BOXES MADE TO
order by EUGENE MEYER, No. 529 X -reel,
5 Sacramento, Cal. - ; j/ V '.-yy. mr27:pln
SACRAMENTO DAILY RECORD-UNION.
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MECHANICS' STORE. . a A
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TO THE LADIES OF SACRAMENTO
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TV^e are pleased to announce
that we have
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REMOVED OUR MILLINERY DEPARTMENT
To the ripper floors of onr estab-
lishment, where we shall "be pre-
pared, to receive onr friends and
the public,
ON AND AFTER MONDAY, APRIL 19.
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We have spared no pains or
expense in fitting this Depart-
ment up in the most approved
manner, and we believe those
who visit us will now give Sacra-
mento the credit tor possessing
one of the most convenient, com-
plete and handsomest millinery
parlors on the [Pacific coast.
We are also pleased to mention tliat a Case of FINE IMPORTED
BOHNETS, expected here for our Spring Opening, and which for a
long while was delayed on the road,' has at last reached us, and will
be opened out for the first time on MONDAY, April 19th, Among them
will he found some of the most unique and handsomest Bonnets ever
exhihited in this community, ; In addition to these, we are also pre-
pared to show the largest variety of Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats
to he found under any one roof * west of the Rooky Mountains, ranging
in price from 25 cents to $30 each, We have engaged an extra force
of Assistants for this Department/and purchasers can at all times
expect to he well and promptly served.
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We further wish to remind the public that at no previous
season have we been as well prepared, to meet the wants of
the trade in all departments as at present. Our shelves in
every part of the house are replete with the newest and
freshest goods that the Eastern and Western Markets afford,
and everything new or novel can be found under our roof-
Our recent increased connections with some of the most
important Eastern Manufacturers and Commission Mer-
chants has placed us in a position to sell goods at prices,
in many instances, lower than those paid by dealers to
jobbing houses.
A Spring and Summer Supplement to our regular PRICE
LIS is now in print, and will shortly b9 ready for mailing.
It will contain a complete list of all New Spring and
Summer Goods received in our .
DRY GOODS, FANCY GOODS,
MENS 1 AND BOYS' CLOTHING,
MENS' FURNISHING GOODS,
NOTION, HATS, MILLINERY and
BOOT AND SHOE DEPARTMENTS.
IT COPIES WILL BE SENT . FREE .TO " ANY ADDRESS. "El
m* MECHANICS' STORE,
NOS. 400, 402, 404, 406 AND 408 X STREET SACRAMENTO
ADDRESS ALL LETTERS:
weinstock: * Z.X7BIIGr,
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SACRAMENTO, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 80, 1880.
PEOPLE'S STORE. v
CRASH
CRASH! CRASH!
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FALLING !
FALLING! FALLING!
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j The summit has been reached. The high
prices overbalanced, and then reverberat-
ing for a moment in the air, now lies
crumbling and fast settling to their
proper level.
We hail with pleasure the downfall of
these for several months reigning high
prices, and herald with gladness the op-
portunity to impart to our customers and
the public generally that the ring Is now
broken, and we are first to announce this
> cheering news to the head of every use-
held.
But Idle words will never convince you
. that such is the case, and therefore we
shall annex prices that are alive and
speaking to tell their own tale ; for to
their language are we indebted to our
steadily increasing trade, which, for this
season alone, surpasses anything that we
have ever imagined. Yes, truly, the lan-
guage of low prices is quite a foreign,
dialect to the people of Sacramento, and
to that end we are daily giving lessons
• of real value to every purchaser of DRY
GOOES.
WE ARE QUOTING AND SELLING
AMERICAN PRINTS,
25 INCHES WIDE,
At Ci cents a yard, or 15 yards for ft
PRINTED CAMBRIC,
25 INCHES WIDE,
71 cents a yard, or 13 J yards for (3 .
PRINTED CRETONNES,
25 INCHES WIDE,
10 cents a yard, or 10 yards foi $1.
A YARD WIDE
BLEACHED MUSLIN,
Good quality, 12 yards for $1.
THE CELEBRATED BRANDS OF
WHITE ROCK
AND
LONSDALE COTTONS !
REDUCED TO llj CENTS A YARD.
Fine Ginghams for Aprons Hie a yard
Linen Birdseye for Aprons .16jc a yard
White Wainsook Stripes for Aprons 12Jc a yard
Table Linens (all 1inen)..'.... .....30 and3scayaid
' Gray Linen for Dusters (best quality). . . . .25c a yard
Printed Corded Lawns 10c and 12J« a yard
New Spring Dress Goods at 10c a yard
1 New Steel Mixed Goods... at 10c a yard
New Shades Cashmere ........at 20c a yard
Silk and Wool Goods at 45c a yard
Silk Costume Goods at SOc a yard
Full Finish White Hose, Ladies ..20c a pair
Full Finish Silk Clocked Balbriggans 25c a pp'r
Full Finish Solid Color Hose . .25c a pair
i Full Finish Striped H05eA.......' 25c a pair
1 Children's Fancy Cashmere Effect Hose. .25c a pair
Children's Colored Balbriggan Hose 25c a pair
Genu' White Linen Bosom 5hirt5. . ...... 05c each
' Gents' Riveted Buttons, Double Crotch
0vera115.......... ..70c a pair
Table Oilcloth (white or colored) 40c a pair
Wash Mohair Dusters, for Picnics. ... .'. §1 75 each
1,000 Reversible Crochet Bedspreads 81 50 each
Ladles' All Linen Hemstitched Handkerchief at 121 c
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It is not necessary to dwell
any longer , on our list of
prices. Suffice to say, we are
now selling at prices greatly
reduced from former rates.
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ea SAMPLES SENT TO THE COUNTRY
FREE.
Address "SAMPLE DEPARTMENT,"
PEOPLE'S STORE,
No. 600 J STREET,
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I SOUTHEAST COS. SIXTH, 8 ACR AM F\TO.
% POSTOFFICE BOX 28 . :;;'.. .AA ... ..ipe-ipTuibs
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TELEGRAPHIC.
LAST NIGHT'S DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD
UNION. -'•!'' V>V;
DISASTER IN MISSOURI.
Huirlcane and Fire— Frightful Loss
of Life.
WESTWAED-EOUND PASSEMEES.
As,' ' . __^ ■
Expected Tilt Between Elaine. and Car
penter in the Senate.
MYSTERIOUS MURDERS 'IN VIRGINIA.
A Four Hundred Thousand Dollar Fire at
Beaver Falls, Pa.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS OF FOREIGN NEWS.
> Reporr.d - Massacre of English Soldiers
In India.
Etc Etc... .....Etc.
DOMESTIC ntm.
Terrible Disaster In Missouri— Hurricane
am! Fire— Frtsbfful I*3S or Life.
St. Louis, April 19th.— A report is re
ceived that nearly the whole town of Marsh
field, Mo., was blown down by a terrific wind
storm last night, and then burned, resulting
in a frightful loss of life. The telegraph
wires are all down, and nothing direct from
the scene of the calamity can be obtained at
present.
[SECOND DISPATCH.]
St. Louis, April 19th. — From passengers
who passed through Marshfield on the St.
Louis and San Francisco Railroad at 8:30 last
night some facts concerning the terrible disas
ter are gleaned. A man who came to the de
pot at the edge of the town while the train
was there reported that at 0:30 o'clock a furi
ous hurricane struck the place and levelled all
that part of the town lying west of Center
Square flat to the ground. ' The debris imme
diately tork fire in several places, and the
flames could be seen at some half a dozen
points by passengers on the train. Forty dead
bodies had been taken out, and many more were
supposed to be buried in the ruins or burned
up. There are also many living still im
prisoned in the debris of the fallen buildings.
All the physicians of the town were killed ex
cepting two, and there was great need of doc
tors to attend the wounded, of whom it was
said there were some 200. A relief train, with
twenty physicians and nurses and full sup
plies, left Springfield, Mo., this morning for
Marshfield, and probably other trains will ar
rive during tbe day.
The storm was general in southwestern
Missouri, and other places probably suffered
damage, but as the telegraph wires are all
prostrated, no advices have been received. A
violent hail and rain-storm accompanied the
wind.
[THIRD DISPATCH.]
St. Louis, April 10th. — A telegram from
Springfield, via Vinita and Kansas City, to
C. W. Rogers, General Manager of the St.
Louis and San Francisco Railroad, says a
hurricane passed a few miles south of Spring
field about 7 o'clock last night, doing an im
meDie amount of damage and killing a great
number of people.
Fifty deaths are reported on James river,
six miles south of Springfield, and a great
many persons are'missing. "
The train dispatcher of Conway, fourteen
miles this side of Marshfield, reports arriving
there from Springfield at 31 o'clock, and says
he found a terrible looking country. From
North View, seven miles west of Marshfield,
to the latter point*, trees three feet tbio'ji'h
are torn entirely out of the ground, and tele
graph poles twisted off. The town of
Marshfield is demolished, brick as well
as frame buildings being torn down.
We did not see more than half a
dozen people as we came through that town.
The place seemed deserted. The doctors
and nurses who came on our train from
Springfield — about 20 iv number — went from
the depot alone to hunt up the people, there
being no one at the depot to receive them.
A relief train was sent from Lebanon to
Marshfield tit day-light this morning with
about fifty doctors, nurses and helpers, and
full supplies of provisions, clothing and med
icine stores ; also material for repairing dam
ages to telegraph wires.
The line is down at different points between
Springfield and Conway, perhaps ten miles
altogether.
A new Catholic church at Cuba, ninety
miles from here, was blown down.
No damage has been done the railroad ex
cept the destruction of one small section
house.
The names of tbe killed and wounded at
Marshfield are not received yet, telegrapb'c
communication not being restored at Ill's
writing.
There are also reports here that the City
of Granby, about 100 miles southwest of
Springfield, was greatly damaged, and that
Warrenaburg on the Missouri Pacific Kail
road, 65 miles this Bide of Kansas City, was
badly damaged. .
[FOURTH DISPATCH.]
St. Louis, April 19th.— A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Lebanon says : The
tornado which caused such a frightful havoc
at Marshfield last night passed entirely
through Green and Webster counties, follow
ing the course of the James river in a north
easterly direction. It struck the St. Louis
and San Francisco Railroad in four places,
and left it near Frank's station, 10 miles this
side of Marshfield.
The latter place presents a terrible appear
ance, there not being more than a dozen
houses unharmed in the entire town. v The
Court-house and many other . buildings took
fire, and the scene and effects were of a
dreadful character.
At one house two children were found
dead. Another was badly mangled, but is
still alive. The parents could not be found.
In another case a woman was lost entirely,'
and seems to have been carried away bodily.
No details of the calamity have yet been
received.
7 The force of. the wind stripped the bark
from some of the trees and lifted others en
tirely out of the ground, and telegraph poles
and wires were carried hundreds of rods into
the woods, and tied and knotted among the
limbs of the trees like cotton strings. Every
thing possible is being done to assist and suc
cor the wounded, not only at Marshfield but
at other places. ' a ''•'..
-, Physicians throughout the country are
flocking to the points where there are the
most injured, and are doing all they can to
alleviate the suffering. ■ ';. 7> •
y Doctors went from Springfield to the James
river country, six miles south, as well as to
Marshfield, and scores of kind-hearted peo
ple have volunteered as nurses.
Captain Rogers, General Manager of the
St. Louis and St. Joseph Railroad, is send
ing special trains with relief wherever good
can be dune, and j all are 7 doing everything
possible to aid the injured and dying. 'J.
-j Widespread Storm In tbe Xorth west.
x% Chicago, April 19th.— storm referred
to in last night's dispatches developed into
still greater violence towards morning, and
the wind and rain did considerable damage in
the city. This morning the Western Union
Telegraph Company ' had ) eighty-one wires
down, and communication : was severed in
nearly every direction. Reports from such
points as were not cut off indicate that the
storm has been widespread. It has done
j serious injury in many towns northeast,
I south and west, and continues unabated.
No further disaster* on the lake are yet re
ported, although any craft which were out
last night must have suffered. The wires are
gradually being repaired and coming up. It
is turning cold now, and threatening snow.
The Army Appropriation *8111-Tlie All
journment Question.
[Special to the iUcof.o-l'NiciN.l •
Washington, April 19th.— action of
ths Senate Committee on Appropriations to
day in reporting back the army appropria
tion bill without any amendment whatever
was based upon the unanimous decree of that
committee to procure an early adjournment
of Congress. .As the House Committee on
Appropriations are now working industriously
with the same purpose in view, it begins to
be hoped that notwithstanding the present
backward state of the public business, the
session may after all be brought to a close
by the first of June. It is generally
conceded, however, that unless a final
adjournment be affected before the assem
blage of the Republican National Conven
tion, the sessicn will lie ' prolonged until at
least two weeks after the adjournment of the
Democratic Convention at Cincinnati, and
thus be carried into July. Although it would
undoubtedly be possible to pass all the ap
propriation bills by the Ist of June, there
does not yet seem to be any considerable
probability ot such speedy action, and in
view of the great amount of other business
pending there is very little chance of both
houses adjourning before the 4th of July. It
is expected that a final vote will be reached
on the Geneva Award bill in the Senate to
morrow, and that the House will to-morrow
take action on the Senate amendments to
the Marshall deficiency bill.
Texas and Northern Pacific Railroads.
Washington. April 19th. The Senate
Committee on Railroads have decided, by a
vote of 7 against 4, to recommend the passage
of the Dill to extend six years the time for
the completion of the Northern Pacific Rail
road.
Washington, April 19th. — The Senate
Railroad Committee to-day considered Gar
land's bill to extend ten years the time for
the completion of tlie Texas Pacific Railroad.
Its terms were made identical with those of
the amended Northern Pacific bill, and the
committee, by a majority of one vote, de
cided to report the bill for action without
recommendation. Some members say this
will be changed to a positive recommendation
before the bill is reported to the Senate.
The WliiltaLer Case— Further Proceed
ings nt West Point.
West Point, April 19th. — Superintendent
Gayior, the writing expert of the New York
Postoffice, created a sensation to-day by
stating that he had discovered that the paper
handed him numbered 8, and several others,
were written in the same hand, whose writer
he did not krow, and bore a marked resem
blance to the note of warning found in
Whittaker's room in several particulars. It
is not yet announced who No. 8 is, but Gay
lor recommends that the investigation be
pursued in that direction. The Recorder
knows No. 8, but will not reveal his name at
present. Cadet Dickinson gave a number of
reasons why he believed Whittaker assaulted
himself.
Wrxt ward-Bound Passengers.
Omaha, April lilth, — The following through
passengers were on to-day's train, leaving
at 12:15 P. M., to arrive in Sacramento April
23d : Robert Bell and family, Portland, Or. ;
H. Nelson, Burrard inlet, B. C. ; Bishop
Hills and wife, Victoria, B. C. ; L. H. Taft,
Boston ; W. B. Taylor, Bodie ; A. W. Stur
gis. Fairfield, Conn.
Seventy-two through emigrants left on Sat
urday night's emigrant train, to arrive in
Sacramento April 25th, and thirty-nine last
■right, to arrive on the 20th.
Expected lilt Between Blame and
Carpenter.
New York, April lilth. — Sun Washing
ton special says : A lively tilt between Sen
ators Carpenter and Blame is expected to
occiir in the Senate to-morrow, when the bill
for the distribution of the Geneva award v.ill
again come up for consideration. Carpenter
has tbe floor for a speech in f.ivor of the in
surance companies. Blame i 3 opposed to
Carpenter's llieories. Of late much bad feel
ing lias been aroused between the two Sena
tors. Blame is too arrogaat in bis manner
aud speech to please Carpenter, who, upon
several occasions, has ridiculed Blame fornix
feeble knowledge of the law. Blame pays
less attention to the deferential old-time
courtesy of the Senate than any of bis associ
ates, and Thurman, Bayard and Carpenter
have attempted to squelch the Senator from
Maine for his alleged impudence. This is no
easy task, as those gentlemen have found out,
and the prospective clash between Carpenter
and Blame is looked forward to with pleasure.
Deerint** Proposed Constitutional Amend
ment.
New York, April — The Sun, on
Deering's proposed constitutional amend
ment, says : A tide of emigration from
Europe and from the Eastern States is pour
ing into the Territories. One after
another we see these Territories come into
the U^ion as States, by virtue of their pop
>•'-..n. At tbe most it can be but a few
yeria before all of them, with the solitary ex
cep'Jon of Alaska, or Alaska and Washington
Tec-'ioiy. will be added. Why disturb this
p7 cess, through which ad tbe former Ter
ritories bave passed? .It is not worthwhile,
and Deerilig needs patience, not a constitu
tional amendment, -a!
A Farmer Murdered by Trespasser*.
Wheeling (W. Va.), April 19th.— An old
farmer named Ashbrock was shot and killed
at Jacksonville, Pa., yesterday, by some fish
ermen who were trespassing on his farm, and
whom he had warned off.
Mysterious Murders In West Virginia.
Cincinnati, April lilth. — Lewis county,
West Virginia, 13 excited over the doings of
some unknown miscreant or miscreants, who
commit mysterious murders. Last Friday a
man named Heffner was shot by an unknow i
person while sitting on his porch, and now
l ews comes that John Shreve has been found
dead, concealed in a fence corner. The citi
zens are talking of forming « Vigilance Com
mittee. -
i Llxhlu'ng in Tennessee.
Memphis, April 19th. — A severe storm
swept over Memphis this morning. Two
houses in the southern portion of the city
were struck by lightning. At Covingtin, 40
miles north of Memphis, the Court-house was
struck by lightning. . , - 1-aJii
Treatment of Refractory Ores.
New York, April lilth. — A usually reliable
source furnishes information that Sabillot's
method of applying sulphuric acid in tbe
treatment of refractory ores, which has re
cently attracted much attention in European
mining circles, is about to be tested on a
large scale here. The process has been en
tered in the Patent Office at Washington, and
it will soon be tested at the principal mining
centers of America. ' y ' .
: Knot to Death by a li ilnn* II band.
Marshall (111 ), April 19th.— Friday after
noon Dick Miles shot and instantly killed
French Tonsley, whom he found in company
with his wife. He believed Tonsley guilty
of criminal intimacy with Mrs. Miles.
A Missouri Town In Ashes. '
Kettesville (M0.), 7 April 10th.— A fire
here yesterday laid the town in ashes, over
$40,000 worth of property being destroyed.
The fire originated in State . Senator Mac
keye's house, and the ' fierce gale spread the
flames in every direction. 7
A $400,000 Fire. . AA/.A
' Pittsburg, April 10th.— The Western File
Works, at Beaver Falls, Pa., caught fire at
10 o'clock this morning, and were totally de
stroyed. The building, together with its con
tents, stock and machinery, is a total loss.
The loss is estimated at $400,000 ; insurance,
8125,000. The origin of the fire is not known,
but is supposed to have been a spark from the
shovel factory. Over 200 hands are tempo
rarily thrown out of employment. -
■r. Receiver of Public Moneys. .
Washington, April 10th.— . President
has sent to tbe Senate the name of Henry R.
Crosby, of Colorado, to be Receiver of Pub
lic Moneys at vanston, Wyoming. -.' - \
Arrival at Bishop Elder at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, April 19th.— Bishop Elder, of
the Diocese of Natchez, arrived early this
morning, and immediately entered upon the
duties of his office as co-adjutor of Archbishop
Purcell. A^'^S^Ai'Til^ 'JAA-v"
; A Compensation to A." B. Meacham.
'-■■'■ New York, April 19th.— The Times' Wash
ington special says : | The House Committee
on 1 Claims | has reported a bill providing for
the payment of $5,000 to A £. Meacham,' as
compensation for the injuries received by him
trom the Modoc Indians in 1873. f?i? ■;
yy-'JJJThe to. by Telephone. ■ ■
7- New York, April 19th. — A connection was ;;
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made by telephone from Plymouth Church
yesterday with Orange, Newark and Eliza
beth, and several points in New York, and
lieecher's sermon and the music were both
heard. The transmitter was placed in front
and below the pulpit. The farthest point was
seventeen miles distant. Orange, N. J. ■ifailfl't
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FOUEIUX SEVrtx?
De Lesseps ami tlie Isthmus Canal Pro
ject.
New York, April 19th.— A Herald Paris
special says : Le Figaro publishes a letter
this morning from M. de Lesseps, in which
the writer says that all obstacles to the con
struction of the Panama Canal have been
swept away. The feasibility of its execution
has been demonstrated ; theoretically and
practically. All impediments have been re
moved by the will of the American people,
unanimously expressed in public meetings and
also to the United States Government. He
, can follow no other policy than that which is
dictated by public opinion. . This is also the
general tenor of the speech delivered by M.
de Lesseps at the . Sorbonne last night. He
there affirmed that he had $300,000,000 await
ing him at New York for the prosecution of
his enterprise.
The Clnyioii-Biilwer Treaty— De I.e.ssrps"
Subscriptions- Departure of Steamships.
London, April 19th. — The Times says: The
prospective abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty is a result which may be credited thus
far to the visit of De Lessens to America.
De Lesseps says he has 3,000,000 francs of
pledged subscriptions in America.
Thirteen steamships, an unprecedented
number, left the Mersey last week for North
American ports, mainly the United States,
with large cargoes and many passengers.
John Bright; niitl the British Ministry.
London, April 19th.— The Times this
morning Bays : The public may not be
greatly surprised if hold BeaODDsfield should
recommend that Harrington be sent for. It
is understood that John Bright desires to en
ter the Ministry, because he has work to per
form with reference to the Irish land ques
tion.
j IlcacoiisOcM lias :ui Audience ills the
Queen.
London, April 19th.— Lord Beaconsfield
was given an audience by the Queen on Sun
day. The Marquis of Salisbury did Eot go to
Windsor. ■ Sir Stafford Northcote has already
vacated his official residence.
I'rlvy mid Cabinet Council!!.
London, April 19th.— A Privy Council mill
probably be held to-morrow, and a Cabinet
Council on Wednesday.
Fatally Injured— Gladstone at London.
London, April 19th.— The Earl of Scar
borough was injured to-day, probably fatally,
by the overturning of a drag.
Gladstone arrived to day.
Meeting of Irish", Parliamentary Party.
| London. April William Shaw, mem
[ ber-elect for Cork county, at a meeting of the
j Cork Farmers' Club, said be believed arrange
ments were being made for the meeting of j
the Parliamentary party at Dublin at an
I early date. He thought the Home Rulers
should stand up as determinedly against the
Whig as against the Tory majority, if it did
not yield to Irish claims. '
Mouklitur Pasha Demand* Bcinforre
■mills.
Constantinople, April 19th.— A telegram
has been received from Moukhtar Pasha de
manding reinforcements, and confirming the
report that a band of Bulgarians had at
tacked Kenprenlu, near • Milrovitza. The
Minister of War is preparing tv send fifteen
battalions of troops and some war material
to Moukhtar.
Ko Money In the Trensnrf.
London, April 19ih.— The Porte owes its
army contractors £1,000,000 for rations, and
the contractors threaten to stop supplies un
less paid. There is no money in the Treas
ury.
Disible:! Steamship.
Los bon, A prii 19ib.— The steamer Seylgia.
from_ Philadelphia for Gilraltar, has aimed
at Lisbon with the mails and passengers of
the steamer Para, from Southampton for the
We3t Indies, which had her shaft broken at
It The a band towed the Para to St.
d Kenprenlu, near MBtoritM. The
iter of War is preparing to send fifteen
lions of troops and some war niattrri.il
lukhtar.
Xo Honey In Ihe Trc-isnrr.
SfiON, April 19th.— The Porte owes its
contractors £1,000,000 for rations, and
mlractors threaten to stop supplies un
iaid. There is no money in the Treas-
Dis-ible:] S!fjim<ii>~<p.
RBOK, April V.h.11.— The steamer SeyJsia.
Philadelphia for Gibraltar, has aimed
isbon with the mails and passengers of
te&mer Para, from Soatbampt iti fjjr the
j Indies, which had her shaft broken at
The Sejl;>ia towed the Para to St.
Michael's, A -sore ;.
« in re or a forger.
'. spool, April 19tb.— James Miller,
alias Maj well, has been arrested on charges
of forgery on the Bank of England ajd other
banks. He is said to bi wanted for forgeries
in America.
Return Assure -
GIB, April Prince Hohenlohe as
sures his friends that he will return to Paris
ia October.
WHI \oi Accept.
Paris, April 19lb. — Vi^neaux, it is said,
will not again accept a challenge from Slos
son.
Drain of an Aulborejs.
bib, April 19th. Marie Escudiex, au
thoress and publisher, is dead, aged 69 years.
ICcad a Third Time.
Berlin, April 19th.— Iu the Reichstag to
day the bill abolishing the duty on flax and
other vegetable fibers except cotton was read
a third time.
The I sunt Vacation.
St. Petersburg, April 19th.— General
Delhaucey, French Embassador, will take his
usual vacation after the departure of the Em
peror for Livadia.
Tberlian Reported Dead.
IjONDON, April 19th.— A dispatch to the
Times from Calcutta says it reported that
ji.iv. April 19th.— In the Reichstag to
ie bill all iKehing the duty on Hax and
vegetable fibers except cotton was read
d time.
The I «iial Vacation.
Pexzbsbobo, April 19th.— General
iiicey. French Embassador, will take his
vac ii"M after the departure of the Km
for I.ivjidia.
Tbrrhan Kcportcd Dent!.
«don, April 19th.— A dispatch to the
r from Calcutta says it ia reported that
King Theebau has died of small-pox and
been succeeded by Theomalua, a Prince
hitherto imprisoned. The report is still un
confirmed, but as small-pox was raging at
Mandelay, the death of the King is by no
means improbable. «
Tiie Times' correspondent thinks that the
reports of massacres in M.andelay are true.
i:i ported Massacre or Ensli-li Soldiers.
Bombay, April 19th.— dispatch from
Quettah reports that an officer and party of
the Xineteenth Regiment has been massacred
beyond Quettah by a band of Pathous and
others. It is feared communication, with
Quettah will be cut off. The road between
(Juettah and Candahar is blocked, and the
telegraph wires have been cut by Pathous.
The Afghan Situation.
Cabul, April 19tb. — A great number of
chiefs have left Cabul for Makan, generally
satisfied at the termination of the period of
uncertainty. The three Sirdars, all members
of the late ruling family, left with emphatic
protestations of their intention to do any
service in their power for the British. One
of the Sirdars took with bim letters from the
mother of the puppet Ameer, Moosa Khan,
giving him authority to take charge of of
efs have left Cabal for Makan, generally
istied at the termination of the period of
certainty. The three Sirdars, all members
the late ruling family, left with emphatic
ttestations of their intention to do any
vice in their power for the British. One
the Sirdars took with him letters from the
■ther of the puppet Ameer, TiTiHiaa Khan,
ing him authority to take charge of the
child. He will bring him to Cabul if required,
Two letters have been received from insurgent
leaders, stating that they have broken up a
maiden combination, and that Mohamed
Jan has returned to Ghuznee. Many im
portant Kohistan chiefs, who are generally
favorably disposed toward Abdur Rahman
Khan, have sent friendly letters, and many
have expressed their intention of making sub
mission at Cabul.
Cabil, April 19th.— The firm tone adopted
by General Roberts and the .chief political
officers at the recent Durbar has been most
successful,' and is bearing most promising
fruit.
Consul-time r:il for Bucharest.
Bucharest, April 19th.— It is announced
here that the United States will appoint a
Consul-General for Bucharest. - ;
American War Ships at the . Isthmus—
What the Colombian President Thinks.
Colon, April 16th. — Commander Picking
says that his mission is not a secret, but he
refuses to define its objects. He is examining
the harbors round the Laguna, not surveying.
. Commander Howell, of the steamer Ad
ams, expects the ship here early next month
from Golfondulac.
* President Cervera to-day attributed the
presence of the American men-of-war to an
• effort made by the Washington Government
to divert | attention I from the De Lesseps
scheme,' and to defeat it. He does not be
lieve that America wants Colombia territory.
He thinks that the canal scheme is opposed
to I American policy. Cervera has sent a
communication to the American Consuls at
Aspiawall and Panama requesting informa
tion about the mysterious movements of the |
Kearsarge ' and Adam', and also to the Co
lombian Minister at Washington, ■ reporting
that yellow fever is increasing here. • '-<.•; j;
Report of Blockade or Callao Confirmed.
7 ; Aspihwall, April 18th.— Callao advices of
the 17th 7 instant . report as follows : The
blockade of this port was begun to-day by six I
Chilean ships. The Peruvians disembarked
a . cargo of arms at . Chera, near Mallendo,
capturing the Chilean steam launch Durende
at Tucopila. The Kearsage is still at Chi
aiqne. . ■ " - - ■ • . ' . , j- .
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' ! The wheat market will open lively, gays
the Modesto Herald,' judging from the fact
that one of onr fanners contracted with a
Stockton • dealer £to deliver f 400 : tons '! of
wheat in Modesto at $1 47J, in July. We
learn that another farmer has contracted to
! deliver 600 tons at $1 45. jj.
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Senate.
WAsnixorox, April 19th.— Davis of Illinois, from
the Committee on Judiciary, reported a bill to pro
vide that whenever Circuit and District Courts of
the United . States are held at the same time and
place, there shall he but one grand and petit jury
summoned to attend said Courts, at one and the
same lime. It. provides tint juries summoned for
one Court may serve in the other, but either Court
may summon several panel, it' necessary.] - The bill
[Kissed.
Wallace, from the select committee to inquire
into the alleged frauds in the late election, submitted
a report on the prevent on of elective franchise by
threats cf deprivation of employment. Laid on the
table and ordered printed
Teller announced that a minority report would be
made.
Withers reported back the army appropriation bill.
Placed on the calendar.
A hill was introduced by Hamlin, authorizinc the
President to make the necessary arrangements to
carry into effect any convention between the United
States andfNlcaragoa for the adjustment of claims
which may he duly concluded between the two Gov
ernmenls. Referred.
Pending debate on Saulsbury's amendment for a
commission to inquire as to the < ffici of railroad
consolidation, the morning hour expired, and the
Geneva Award bill was resumed.
Carpenter argued that tba fact was axiomatic that
only those moat receive the award who were pro
vided for in the original treaty. He declared that
Great Britain did not consider it ridiculous, at
Blame did, that the United antes should become
an attorney fur insurance companies. He argued In
refutation of several of Blame's points, and pro
duced documents to fortify his own position. He
said the surplus money should not go to the rich
sl ip owners, but be returned to Great Britain after
all the claims were paid. It was simply a matter of
honesty. He closed with a compliment to General
Grant, whom lie contrasted with B aine to the dis
paragement of the latter.
House.
Washington, April 19th.— The following bills were
introduced:
By Herbert— Requiring the President of the Sen*
ate to submit to the House and Senate ail packages
purporting to contain electoral votes.
By Warner Declaring that to the (Government
alone, ami not to tbe Executive Dcpertraeo%beloua
the option o: payment of moneys ; also, abolishing the
relations between the Treasury and the New York
Clearing-house, unless the latter rescinds the rule
against silver.
By Weaver— Asking tho Secretary of the Treasury
whether the Treasury has ever anticipated the inter
est on the debt ; also in what amount, to whom, and
whether with or with. ait rebate?
McLaren's motion to suspend the rules for the re
port from the Committee on Pacific Railroads of a
bill to amend the sinking fund set of Hay, 1673, wag
lost— 7(i to 77. - r ..
COAST NEWS CLIPPINGS.
There are twenty-one prisoners in the
Los Angeles County Jail.
Several cases of mild diphtheria prevail
in Auburn at the present time.
There are thirty-two patients in tho
Naval Hospital at Ware Lined,
The first 10-mule team of spring arrived
in Bodie Monday, from Carson.
The Santa Cruz powder mills have dis
charged all their Chinese employes.
There is estimated to he 3,000,000 acres
of wheat planted in California this year.
It is computed that there, is gold ore
enough in Bingham, Utah, to run 1,000
stamps 100 years.
There are some twenty families on the
road to San Diego from Lower California,
escaping the troubles there.
' Saturday and Sunday the water in Stock
ton channel was higher than at any pre
vious time for several years.
Artesian *» ell-boring with new and im
proved machinery will be a vigorous in
dustry on the plains this summer.
The farmers'in the Pajaro valley are
sanguine of having good crops the approach
ing season. In every direction the grow
ing grain looks fine.
Los Angeles orchard complain of the
non-appearance of blossoms on their orange
trees, and fears arc expressed that the next
crop will be a short one.
C. H. Huffman, of Merced, expects to
harvest the coming season 125,000 bushels
of wheat, to sack which will require 00,000
sacks, which, at the usual price, will cost
$7,500.
IThe snow on the Salmon Mountains be
tween Etna and Sawyers Bar, Siskiyou
county, is fifteen feet deep. Six feet of
new snow was added in the past two
weeks.
The Reese estate is now distributing
§750,000 of accumulations among the lega
tees. This makes $1,450,000 distributed
by the executors so far, and yet but a
trifle of the property of the estate has been
disposed of. _
The cabin belonging to E. C. Bullard,
situated near the Home Stay mine, Cornu
copia, was blown to atoms last Wednesday
by an .plosion of giant powder. ' Mr.
Ballard had left a few sticks of powder in
the oven of his nearly cold stove, and com
menced work in his tunnel close by. When
ready for blasting he started to the house
to get the powder, and arrived in sight of
the cabin just in time to sec it blown into
fragments.
A case of poisoning which resulted fa
tally to one of the victims occurred at
Lodi, San Joaquin county, last week, It
appears some children were out picking
what they thought to be mushrooms. By
mistake they picked some toadstools. The
children were all taken violently ill, while
in the case of the daughter of Mr. Ram
sey — a little girl 5 years old — the poison
proved fatal. The rest of the poisoned
chi'dren arc doing well, and will recover.
We said last week, says the Anaheim
Gazette, that the extent of the business
done in hogs in this part of the county
would astonish those people who had given
no thought to the subject. In verification
of this we cite the fact that since August
of last year one firm alone has collected
tb ongh the Bank of Anaheim §53,000 for
bogs shipped to San Francisco. Another
gentleman has in the same period drawn
5518,000 through the bank in payment for
hogs.
Charles < ! author, the Prussian, residing
near Magalia, Butte county, who claimed
that he was brutally assaulted by some un
known person on the night of the sth inst.,
died at Butte County Hospital on Thurs
day last. Before his death it was ascer
tained that all his wounds were inflicted 1 y
himself. He had no leaden balls, and shot
himself in the ear with paper-bullets, hold
ing his pistol so close to one ear as to dis
color it with the powder. One or more of
the bullets were taken from his neck,
which entered via the ear.
A letter from Goose Like, Modoc county,
says : "Everybody is out of bay, and stock
are dying on almost every ranch in the
county. Ido not want to make things ap
pear worse than they are, bnt it cannot be
much worse as far as stock is concerned.
Cattle are mere skeletons, and seem to ask
for food as they look at you. There is
plenty of grass under the snow, but three
feet of snow covers it so that it is impos
sible for them to get at it. If a change
does not come soon, people here will begin
to suffer as well as stock. It snows, thaws,
then snows again more than ever, j It is not
cold— 4o° to 50* during the day." : <
The line qualities of giant powder as an
explosive were exemplified Friday evening
on the sea-wall being built from Oakland
Foint by the railroad company. A large
rock which had been damped from a plat
form car on to the top of the embankment, .
rolled over the edge, and striking on a"
giant powder cartridge with cap attached,
which had been left carelessly lying on the
ground caused it to explode. A loud re
port was heard, and a Portuguese laborer ]
who was standing near by was fairly blown
to pieces. A portion of the trunk and one of
the limbs were found four or five rods
away, but the rest of the body was not re
covered. ]^s^$««SJ^S
In the Current.— A correspondent of
the Record-Union, writing from Pleasant
Grove, Sutter county, says that last Satur
day James Duff, a farmer, while returning
from town, raced his team with another
that tried to pass him on the road.' While
going at a high '• speed, he , attempted . to
cross Auburn 1 ravine, which \ was ; swollen '
with waters. The horses became entangled
in the harness, and ' Duff, while ; trying to
free them/ was : carried I away . by the : cur
rent,' aud would have drowned but for, the
fortunate happening by of a neighbor/ who
arrived just in time to same him. j
