Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-01-13
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State Central Committee met yesterday.
1t was decided to hold the next Democratic
State Convention at the Dallcs on the 10th
Of April.
Private dispatches state that ice at the
Dalles has entirely disappeared. The river
is not yet open, but the breaking up of ice
at the Dallcs is an indication that the block.
ade is about raised.
A report from Yreka says that the line
is down badly on Trinity Mountain and
also on Scots Mountain. On the latter
the snow is up even with the top of the
house on the summit. and the stretches of
line this side of the top are entirely out Of
sight and it is still! storming
Jan. 1O.-Thc steamship OriRammc is
due tonight from San Francisco. She is
advertised to sail on the thirteenth instant,
at four o'clock p. NJ.
SAN Francisco, Dec. 3l.-Rain COM
mcnccd falling literally in torrents, at six
this morning. Before s o'clock the ag-
grcgatc for the season reached higher fig.
ure than was ever before attained at a cor
responding date since the settlement Of
California by Americans. The total for
tho season is ~ inches.
A dispatch from Sacramento says there
was little damage done by the storm be-
yond flooding cellars, caving iu of sewers,
etc.
Monterey was visited by one of the
most terrific storms ever known. About
shutdown it commenced raining, and in an
hour aud a half tlle streets were three and
half feet under water. Stores and
. dwelling houses were flooded, stock
drowned, aud houses carried away. Great
excitement prevailed, aud many families
fled to the high ground back of the town.
The water is two feet higher than in 1862
YREKA, Jan. BY stage we learn that
the railroad bridge across the Sacramento
river at Tchama, was entirely swept away
on Thursday last week.
Weather has been stormy all the time
since the 18th of December, but to night
it is clear aud very cold.
The snow on Scott Mountain is II feet
deep. Ia many places the telegraph line
is buried out of sight. We have large
fnrcc of men ut work on Scott and Trinity
Mountains, but the line breaks faster than
men can get it fixed.
MARYsviLLE. (Cal.) Dec. 20-The
Yuba river has fallen three feet to-day.
A letter from Colusa. dated Dec. 18th,
6p. NJ, states that the Sacramento river
at that place is three inches higher than
in 1862, aud still rising.
CoRINNE, Dec. 30.-No trains have
passed Medicine Bow since the 22d, but
some arc expected to arrive from the East
this afternoon. The main track is reported
clear, but side tracks are filled with west
ward bound freight.
YREKA, Jan. ITO DR.. Plummcr :
Stodard got down from Scott Mountain to-
night; lie met Cummins at the Summit
Cumnins has mcndcd fifteen breaks since
Monday. He has been out every day. He
has man with him who has been at work
on the line south of Trinity Centre. Muir
ray is south of Trinity Centre. The line
has been down on Trinity Mountain badly.
1t breaks every night on Scott Mountain.
and at home the next. Tho snow is up
even with the top of the house on the Sum
init, and tho FIRST three stretches of line
this side of the top arc under the snow
The poles are entirely out Of sight, and it
is still storming.
WASHINGTON, Jan. ,. - The public
debt shows decrease of the debt for the
month Of December of S4,412,9G5.
ALBANY, Jan. 9. - The Governors
Message states that the State debt has been
reduced to So, OO0, 900, aud the tolls from
the canals have increased nearly $5,OOO,.
900.
Tweed did not appear at the Senate to-
day.
New YORK, Jan. IA correspondent
OF the World says the Captain General of
Cuba has just decreed the practical ems lave
ment Of the whole Chinese population of
the Island OF Cuba, some 81, 900 souls. The
Havana students arc still in the chain.
gang, but strong efforts are being made for
their release, or, at least, mitigation of
their punishment.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-The Civil Ser.
vice Advisory Boar'l held an im portant
meeting to-day. They will receive com.
missions from the President aud hold ses-
sions daily.
LONDON, Jan. 3.-Therc is considerable
talk here Of transferring the property and
control of the Atlantic cables to the joint
governments Of Great Britain and the
United States.
The Prince Of Wales is still improving.
German residents are petitiouing Bis
marck to demand an apology aud indem.
nifty from the United States for supplies
given by the United States to the French
during the late war.
New YORK, Dec. 81. - The morning
papers say that Secretary Fishs resigna.
ton is once more on the tapis, and in
more tangible shape than ever. In fact,
his resignation in day or two is no longer