Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-16
Business Advertisements.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE STORM.

Heavy Rains-Deep snows-High Rivers
and Delayed Trains.
The showers which have been falling for
days past seemed to be but prelude to the
fierce storm that was ushered in early yester-
day morning. After Il o'clock Wednesday
night the rain poured down necessarily until
daylight. During the forenoon of yesterday
the rain came spasmodically, but in the af-
ternoon it came in torrents. The wind was
blowing at the rate of thirty-two miles per
hour, and catching the descending fluid into
sheets of water, 1t hurled it furiously along
the streets against the few pedestrians who
had courage to face it. Umbrellas were
worthless, and rubber suits availed their
owners but little. AT o'clock in
the evening the rain ceased, the
moon struggled for awhile to illuminate
the muddy streets, but gave it up, and sui
len, capricious looking clouds enveloped
the sky. Such rain has rarely been known
here, and heavier one never came in April
The Signal Service report shows that during
the "A hours ending at s P. NJ. last evening
lisa inches of rain fell. The rainfall of
Wednesday, as computed by Mr.. Gerrish,
was .273 inches, and yesterday, up to p. NJ,
it was 1.2S6. making the total for the month
Ally, and for the season 1862. In 1879. for
the season to date, the rainfall was 1922
inches; 1873, 22.436; 1877, S.120; 1876,
25.560 inches So much rain has not fallen
in April since 1854 when the rainy season fol-
lowed cold winter as has this
one. The American river began to rise very
rapidly at Folsom about noon yesterday. At
3 P. NJ. in this city, opposite Twentieth street,
the American had not risen above its banks,
but gave indications that before morning it
would be on - BOOM" The water from the
tule lands west of Washington, Yolo county,
in the afternoon had backed up across the
dirt road, half mile from Washington, and
the roadway for distance of one hundred
yards was covered three feet deep with the
still water. The owners of diaries in that
section have made arrangements to continue
their business to-day by using boats to cross
the overflow. The back-water had ex-
tended over portion of Todhunter's
ranch, but the river levees had not
broken, as was supposed. 1t was expected,
however, that if the river rose to q feet
Todhunter's ranch levee would give way
The Sacramento fell three inches yesterday
before the rains affected it. At 5 P. NJ. it
marked 10 feet inches, at P. NJ. it rose an
other inch, and then stopped until s o'clock,
when it again began to rise, and at l o'clock
marked 20 feet inches, which is the highest
water of the season. At 2 o'clock this morn
ing the clouds had disappeared
The rain storm of the valleys was equalled
in intensity by the avalanches of snow that
tumbled down the mountain sides, crushing
snow-sheds and demolishing or burying all
that stood in their way. During Wednesday
night snow fell steadily and at 9 o'clock yes
terday morning the average depth of that
newly fallen was IA inches. At that hour
the storm began in earnest, and all
he pIcr
icane ragged, heaping snow into great
drifts and precipitating many slides upon
railroad tracks and snowsheds. AT midnight
it was still showing and blowing furiously,
the barometer was very low, and the amount
of snow that had fallen during the day
averaged from three to four feet deep from
Blue Canyon to beyond the Summit. In the
afternoon slide occurred three miles east of
Emigrant Cap which covered the track for a
distance of 70 feet and to the depth of 10
feet, and another fell near by which was 80
feet long and IA feet deep. Last rig miles
east of Summit small slide came upon the
track, and near Tamarack one 60 feet in
length buried the track Is feetdeep. The worst
one. however, happened at s o'clock last
night II miles west of Cisco, where 200 feet Of
shed gave way and the snow piled in to the
depth of Is or 20 feet The overland train
from the East stopped at Truckee, the one
from the West stopped at Alta. The light
ming train, which should have arrived here in
the afternoon, only came to Cisco, where it
will be abandoned and the passengers be
brought through on the first overland train.
The snow plows have been kept on the road
day and night, though where the snow is
banked up on the track - or 20 feet deep
they work with difficulty. All the men who
could be hired at the stations are kept at
work striving to oIel the way. Superin-
tendent Pratt and Master Mechanic Cooley
went up yesterday afternoon to superintend
the work, going on special engine and TAX
ing a supply of men and snow shovels. If no
additional slides occur the road may be
cleared and trains arrive this evening, but ii
the storm continues no calculations can be
made concerning the arrival of trains
SOCIAL PARTY.-W Wednesday evening Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Gallatin gave a social re-
ception at their residence, at Sixteenth and
II streets, to their friends, including the State
officers and few members of the Legisla-
ture with whom they have become specially
acquainted, and had pleas ant social relations.
The party was not in any respect intended to
have any special significance as far as con-
cerned the Legislature, and though brilliant
affair, was intended by the host and hostess
to be more of a social reunion of friends
than a formal reception. Their fne resi-
dence was brilliantly illuminated and
all the parlors and halls thrown
open to their guests About 175
invitations were issued, and fully $50 of
the invited were in attendance, the number
O. l. DIES and gentlemen being about equal.
The best band of music in the city was there
for the accommodation of dancers. The
toilets of the ladies were noticeable because
of their richness and the good TASTE shown in
selection ; and the gentlemen of course were
in the conventional black and white. At
midnight an elegant collation. was served
under the direction of W. T. Peterson.
The special decoration of the mansion of the
hosts for the occasion was profuse and taste
full, consisting almost wholly Of flowers,
which were disposed in every room
and hall, and formed the text for
the wamest commendatory expressions.
While the guests were in the midst of their
enjoyment it was whispered about that
the Sergeant-at-Arms was in the house
searching for Senators, who had
preferred the pleasures of society to
the routine of labor in the Capitol and the
rapidity with which those there disappeared
created considerable merriment. The officer
was finally persuaded that any close search
of the premises was unnecessary. After re-
turning to the Senate and receiving a rebuke
and further instructions, he returned to the
scene of festivities, and suddenly appeared
among the guests, who were congratulatiug
themselves on having bsffied the officers
The recreant members were placed under ar
rest, and reluctantly departed to their labor.
They were soon allowed to return. however,
and the incident only added zest to the pleas
ures of the evening. Dancing, when resumed,
was continued until 3 o'clock. The occasion
was decided social success.
PoLIoE CouRT.-In the Police Court yes
terday G. H. Kramer and Chas. Avery were
fined 81 80 each for being drunk, and John
Mcdonald Sl2 80 for the same offense. VIM.
Baxter, vagrant was sentenced to two days
E imprisonment. George Lasne was fined
so 80 for disturbing the peace. Mrs. Mary
Adams was convicted of the same otfense and
ordered to appear to day. John McVicker,
accused of being drunk, was discharged.
Thos. Carl, vagrant, was sentenced to ten
DAYS in jail, and the charge of disturbing the
peace was dismissed for want of prosecution.
The case of Thos. Lacy, accused of having
made threats against life, was continued to
April 10Th. The case of J. I. Stoll, for vio-
lating the FIRE ordinance, was continued to the
10Th.
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