Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-12
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be remembered that the proposition before
Congress is based solely upon claim that
the United States is bound to improve an
protect the navigable waters in the interests
of commerce, and although the proposed ex.
penditure by the Federal Government would
incidentally inure to the benefit of the agri.
cultural lands now suffering from the effects
of hydraulic mining operations, there is evi.
IDENTIFY no reason why the State of California
should not take measures directed primarily
towards their protection, at the same time
that Congress is appealed to for the preserva-
ton and improvement of the navigable chan
nels required for commercial purposes. Berry
Also IN view of the extreme desirability that
something be done for the protection of the
agricultural lands this summer, calls atten-
ton to the fact, heretofore noted in these dis.
patches, that it by no means certain that
the measure recently reported from the Min
ing Committee, and now upon the House
calendar, can be reached for final action by
Congress during the present session, even il
its passage by both houses, when reached,
could in advance be assured, which, of course,
is equally uncertain.
state School Lands.
Especial to the REcoRD-UNIo
WASHINGTON, April 18th. Representative
Berry will tomorrow introduce (by request,
bill to construe the Acts of March 3, 1858
and July 3, 1866, granting school lands to
the State of California. He SAYS it is sub.
stantially the same measure that Representa-.
tive Page introduced some months ago, and
that it provides for giving the State lieu
lands for all sixteenth and thirty-sixth Sec
lions within her border, which for any cause
except by reason of their mineral character,
she has not yet obtained The bill does not
fhn fako IL -. IL
thlrty-slxth sections found to be mineral, but
Pacific Coast Postal Changes.
WASHINGTON, April 11th-The following
postal changes for the Pacific coast were made
last week: Offices established-Amargo,
Los Angeles county, Cal, Dolores NJ. Vegas,
Postmaster; Jamison, Plumas county, Cal g.,
Frederick Olsen, Postmaster Morseville,
Santa Cruz county, Cal, Benz. +. Watkins,
Postmaster; Pulvadro, Fresno county, Cal,
Gustayus keigenhagen, Postmaster, Senti-
mel, Fresno county, Cal, Calvin S. Payne,
Postmaster Fir, Whatcom county. Wash,
ington Territory, Chas. II. Mann, Postmas-
ter; Oriel, Whitman county, Washington
Territory. Wesley Walden, Postmaster Con-
tention, Pima county, Arizona, John Nc
Dermott, Postmaster; st. John, Apache
county, Arizona, Sextus johnson, Postmas-
ter. Offices discontinued = West Union.
Marion county, Oregon. Name changed
Orville, Yuma county, Arizona, to Plomosa,
and N. j. Coleman appointed Postmaster
Postmasters ppointed-Oscar c.. Schuze,
Germantown, Colusa county, Gala. Romaine
Williams, Pasadena, Los Angeles county,
CAL; VIM. j. Swortzel, Slide, Humboldt
county, Cal. Richard Boscoe. Clover Val
ley, Lincoln county, New; VIM. n. Cook,
Marietta, Esmeralda county, New; Casper
Tucker, Sheridan, Douglas county, New. ;
Samuel Snyder, Treasure City, White Pine
county, New: Mrs. Mary Garfield, Morton.
Clackamas county, Oregon Louis Delsch-
neider, st. Paul, Marion county, Oregon :
J. Z. c. Durgan, Washongal, Clark county,
Washington Territory.
Important to yacifsnnen.
Especial to the RECORD UNIoS.l
WASHINGTON, April 18th. - The House
Committee on Commerce have agreed to
recommend the passage of bill of much in
terest to yachtsInen in San Francisco and
elsewhere, which provides for large reduc-
tons in the present charges for licensing and
inspecting small sailing vessels used exclu-
sively for purposes of pleasure. 1t extends
the privilege of license to yachts of less than
twenty tons burden, and provides that all
charges for license and inspection fees for any
pleasure vessel or yacht shall not exceed S.
and for admeasurement shall not exceed ten
cents per ton. The committee in the &C.
companylng report says: "As this class
OF boats are very numerous, and some quite
small, your committee see no reason why the
charges fixed in this bill should not be ample,
and all that they should pay, believing that
the increased number of yachts under its
operation will yield to the Government Just
as much revenue as the present law, and re-
heve them from what now appears to be ex-
cessive charges"
Fires and Loss of Life.
WILMINGTON IN. c., April 1lth.-A fire
broke out this morning at 10 o'clock in the
large brick building on Dock street, between
Front and Second, owned by B. j. III.
Ahrens. filed with hay and grain, the prop
erty of Preston, Cummings & Co. The
flames quickly extended to the brick store of
Antoine Hush, corner of Front and Dock
streets The family of Louis Solomon were
with difficulty rescued from the dwelling
above. The hardware store of George A.
Peck, next adjoining Rush. on Front street.
caught. and while the fremen and citizens
were endeavoring to save the stock the west
ern wall of Ahren's building fell, crushing in
the tront-street store, and compelling those
in Peck's store TO make rush for life. All
were successful except Capt. VIM. Ellerbacb.
of the tug Nice, whose body was found
IN the building this morning burned to a crisp
John Farrow succeeded in getting out. but
fell unconscious in the street. He remains
unconscious and his condition is critical.
Joseph IL. Walters had his hands and face
badly mashed and burned. Charles Burk-
heimer received many bruises, and had his
left arm broken in two places. Boegart
Swann's hands and face were badly burned.
Captain Charles d. Meyers, George Ounce,
Oscar Parsley, Jr., Frank Meier, Albert Cure
and Others escaped with severe burns and
bruises, Total loss, $4,000; insurance,
$4,000.
HAvERHILL Mass. April 11th.-A two
story wooden tenement block on Washington
street was burned this morning, It was occu-
pied by ten families. Smith H. Brown. alias
McHenry, aged 3S, and Charles Abbott. aged
81, were suffocated. Mrs. Emma Roberts
was severely burned in the face, and injured
internally by jumping from window. Dam
age, 81, 600; insured.
Increased Immia ration.
CHICAGO, April 11th.-The Inter. OCEANS
Washington special says: The extraordinary
number of immigrants arriving this spring is
attracting attention, an if it keeps up the
immigration this year will be much larger
than ever before. Since the LIST of January
$500 have arrived at Baltimore, as against
$50 for the same period last year, and So S25
have arrived at New York, against /. ia for
1879. During March last the number of
arrivals was 81, 65S, against |, 965 last wear.
1t is said these immigrants are an unusually
good class of people, most of them having
sufficient money for good start IN life.
Heavy shipment OF Corn Honicfdcs.
ST. LOUIS, April l1th.-The tow boat Iron
Mountain, Of the Mound City Transportation
Company, left here to-day for New Orleans
with 800, 600 bushels of corn, one of her
barges, the Grand Republic, having 100. 600
bushels on board. The freight receipts
amount to S36, 600.
A fracas 40 country dance in Galloway
county, Mo-, Friday night, resulted in the
killing of Lewis II. Myers by Mark Walton.
The murderer was arrested.
William Fitzgerald, a painter, shot and in
stantly killed Michael Nestman this morning
during quarrel over a trife.
Westward. bound Passengers.
OMAHA, April 11th. = The following
through passengers were on to-day's train,
leaving at l2:15 P. NJ. to arrive 10 Sac
ramento April 18th: Major Houston, New
York j. II. Sergeant, Cleveland j. d.
Brown, New Orleans; Mrs. NJ. A. Hamilton,