Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-04
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS OF FOREIGN NEWS.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Another Great storm on the Atlantic
Coast.


Another Great storm the Atlantic
Coast.
New YORK, February 3d.-The severest
snow storm of the season occurred to-day,
four inches falling on the level, and the heavy
wind caused deep drifts. The ferry-boats
even were impeded by the drift and wind, and
river crafts Jared badly. On the Sound the
night was wild one, but no disasters are re-
ported. The snow has now turned to rain
and slush.
ALONG THE HUDSON.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, February 3d.-A heavy
snow storm occurred along the Hudson last
State line, the wind blew hurricane and
the snow drifts are ten feet deep. Trains
on the roads running east and west are
blocked in.
AT LONG BRANCH.
LONG BRANCH, February 3d,-The most
severe and destructive storm that ever visited
this coast prevailed to-day. The wind blew
with tremendous fury, carrying away summer
houses, pavilions, lighthouses and portions of
the piazzas and roofs of nearly all the hotels
on the shore.
A brig is ashore at Seabright, schooner a
nile north, and another half a mile south of
this place. The iron pier is injured to some
extent.
COMFY ISLAND.
NEW YORK, February 3d.-The high tide
and tremendous gale caused serious damage
at Coney Island The water broke through
between the Pavilion and hotel at Brighton,
tearing up the planking and flooding the back
grounds. Engman's wooden pier in front of
the Ocean House. on the Brighton beach, was
~ 'ha haan is urIth
ing timbers and some of the small pieces are
floating over the Concourse, on which the
water is about two inches deep.
1t is impossible to get to Manhattan.
AS viewed from Brighton, the waves were
flying over the road but the hotel was unin-
jured.
The old band-stand at Brighton is probably
swept away ere this.
At West Brighton all the bathing houses
and portable structures are floating around or
smashed on the beach.
The waves reached the floor of the iron
pier, and some structures thereon were carried
sway.
The islanders say they have never witnessed
40 severe a storm.
The danger to the hotels and railroads was
E,ade manifest by the presence at both of
many railroad men.
A man, name unknown, went to the end of
the Brighton pier this morning, and was car
ried away with portion of the structure.
DAMAGE TO SHIPPING.
Boston, February 3d-Dispatches from
various quarters along the coast represent the
storm as terrible Much damage to shipping
has occurred, and fears are entertained fo1
the safety of the fishing fleets.
LAKE CHAMPLAIN.
" I'll
fell foot to fifteen inches deep along Lake
Champlain, and is still falling.
THE SNOW ABATING.
BUFFALO, February 3d.-The storm has
greatly abated, and trains are running nearly
ON time.
BLOWN FROM TRAINS AND KILLED.
New YORK, February 3d.-During the
storm this morning William Murphy, a
brakeman on the Hudson River Railroad,
was blown from his train and killed.
ENeLIsHvILLE On. j., February 3d.-Ed-
ward Neil, New York newsboy, while pass
ing through train of cars this morning was
blown from the platform and killed.
DEPOT ROOF BLOWN OFF.
MANAsQUAN(NJ. }, February 3d.-The roof
of the Pennsylvania Railroad depot was blown
away tonight by the gale, together with the
wind-wheel of the companys reservoir. The
loss will exceed 5000.
HEAVIEST STORM OF THE sEAsoN-sUIcIDE.
HALIFAX, February 3d. = The heaviest
snow-storm of the season has been raging all
the afternoon, and continues this evening
ATLANTIcvILLE (N j. J, February 3d.-The
Captain of the brig Augustine, which came
ashore here to-day, shot himself when he saw
that the vessel must be wrecked. The crew
were saved with difficulty.
Affairs at the National Capital.
Especial TO the RECORD UNIoN.J
WASHINGTON, February Sd. = In conse.
queuce of the receipt of the House resolu-
lions ofrespect to the memory of Congressman
Clark, the Senate adjourned without holding
an executive session this afternoon, and there
fore the Morton case still awaits discussion
and final action. Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Tyner and Postmaster Holloway, of In
dianapolis, expecting that the matter would
come up to-day, were on hand at the Capitol
early, and first ON the floor of the Senate and
later in the lobby were actively engaged, I'M
til the eulogies commenced in getting Repub-
lican Senators to vote for Morton's confma-
ton. Senator Voorhees, also continued his
personal efforts in behalf of Morton among
the Democratic Senators, and Morton's
friends are sanguine of success bat from the
standpoint of disinterested opinion the
chances seem to be decidedly against his con-
6rmation
Horace Davis to-day, by very good man
agement, procured the adoption by the
House of his resolution published in the dis
patches yesterday, directing the Committee
on Agriculture to take action looking to a
specific extension of the operations of the
Agricultural Department to the Pacific coast.
He also withdrew from the files of the last
Congress, and had referred to the committee,
the resolutions of the California State Grange
of the Patrons of Husbandry, memorializing
Congress for action such as is outlined in his
resolution.
The strength of the Grange influences in
the House was strikingly evidenced to day
by the adoption of Aiken's amendment
TO the new rules providing that the Com
mittee on Agriculture shall hereafter receive
the estimates and report of the annual
appropriations for the Agricultural Depart
ment. The similar proposition in regard to
the Committee ON Military Affairs and Army
Appropriations was defeated by IA majority
and the Committee on Appropriations will
doubtless be left in control of all the regular
appropriation bills except the river and har-
Dor bill, and the new one to day made neces-
sary for the Agricultural Department The
tenor OF to-day's debate makes 1t very proba-
bic, however, that the Committee on Appro-
priations will be Invested of its present power
TO engraft general legislation on appropria-
tion bills, and will no longer be permitted, in
Whitthorne's language, to usurp the jurisdic-
ton, the discretion and work of the other
committees.
A very noticeable feature of to-day's pro-
ceedings was the Houses refusal, by ma
jority of nearly two against one, to adopt the
amendments offered by Cox and Clymer, to
prohibit the passage of any river or harbor
bill under suspension of the rules, as has
been the custom for number of years, with
suit debate or opportunity for amendment.
The House Committee on Private Land
Claims will tomorrow hear arguments on the
bill providing for readjudication of the