Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-02-15

has lowered thirty inches from the highest
point, and is still receding slowly. The ice
gorge abreast of this city is still firm, the
water passing out from underneath. The
river is reported clear. 1t is expected that
the Lake Shore train will cross the river and
middle ground to-day by the "Y," but will
not reach the depot. Those most interested
and best informed think the damage has been
overestimated. If nothing further happens
it will not exceed $4,000 The loss in the
lumber district is probably not over $50, 900.
An Interesting Phenomenon-COId Wea-
iher-Lesislafiye Adjournment.
DENVER (Col.), February 14th.-To-night
| thousands of people were on the streets
watching very unusual phenomenon con-
nected with the moon. When the moon rose
| there were streaks of light reflected from the
different sides. In short time the streaks
| disappeared and four lunar dogs appeared,
and soon four beautiful lunar bows appeared
on a line with the dogs. Later the bows
became simply halo, with the moon and
dogs situated at nearly equal distances apart
on the circle. The halo soon contracted, be-
coming closer to the MOON and leaving the
| dogs outside the circle About 10 o'clock the
| halo disappeared, the dogs soon following.
The weather is intensely cold. The Kan
sas Pacific road is showed up from Denver to
Brookville
The Legislature adjourned sine die last
night.
High Water Among the Indians.
ST. PAUL, February 14th.-Oficial dis
! patches from Poplar river and Bufford bring
news of an extraordinary food of water and
ice. An Indian camp was flooded and eight
| Indians and several hundred ponies drowned.
The Others escaped by precipitate flight,
losing their teppes and robes in the river.
| Fires and Loss of Life.
KENT 20 }, February 14th.-The residence
and household effects of Mr. Kline, a farmer
living few miles east of here, were burned
on Saturday, and Mr.. Kline, 20 years old,
perished in the flames.
CINoINNATI, February 14th.-The Queen
City Malleable Iron Works, owned by j. H.
Barger, situated on Eastern avenue, in the
eastern part of the city, were burned this
morning. Loss, 900 to $4,000; insur-
ance, $500
ST. LOUIS, February 14th.-A dispatch
from Denison, Texas says: Some twenty
retail shops, saloons, ETC., were burned here
last night. The loss is not stated, but is said
to be pretty heavy.
CHARLESTON Is. CO. February 14th.-A
| fire destroyed the bag factory at II and II
$50, coo; insured.
CINCINNATI, February 14th-The engineer
of the south-bou freight train on the Gin
cinnati southern road, when near Sloan's
Valley, Saturday night, saw a huge bowlder
on the track. He reversed and called for
down brakes, but too late. George March,
young brakeman, promptly answered the calls,
and in the wreck was instantly killed. The
engine and six cars were thrown from the
| track.
LAFAYETTE Qnd.), February 14th-The
pay-car of the Cincinnati and Indianapolis,
st. Louis and Chicago road collided yester-
day at Montgomery with a passenger train,
owing to difference of time in the watches
of the conductors. Both trains were badly
wrecked, and conductor Hiddington, of the
pay car, was badly hurt about the head.
Small-PON and Scarlet Fever.
| New YORK, February 14th.-Small-po is
growing rapidly, the disease being of ma
| ignant type.
| George H. Belas, young grain merchant
| of Dublin, just arrived, was sent to the hos
pital with scarlet fever, and was buried
Wednesday. His wife and friends first heard
of it to-day. The authorities say they forgot
| his address.
| A man named Murphy. sick with small
pox applying for admission to the county
buildings at the Office of the Commissioner
of Charities, rolled off bench dead to-day.
TRENTON On. j., February 14th.-Small-
pox has closed the State Normal School.
Census Reports on the Negroes and Chi
nese.
NEW YORK, February 14th.-The Hcraid,
| in reviewing the late census statistics, finds
that, while the increase of the black popula-
tion of the fifteen Southern States during the
decade preceding 1870 was only 81 per cent,
the increase during the last ten years was
more than SO per cent. Regarding the in
crease in different States the Herald says:
In Nevada they have increased since 1870
| from 3, 152 to 5,420; in Colorado from to
61O, of whom about one-third are in Denver;
/ in Washington Territory, from 234 to 8, 1872;
in Wyoming, from 143 to 914 and in Dakota
| froIn none to 23S. In Idaho and Montana
there has been a marked falling away of Chi
nese, the decrease being from 4,274 to 3 37S in
the former Territory, and $40 to l, 737 in
the latter. New York City, which had just
| q round dozen in 1870, now musters 747,
while Philadelphia, which started ten years
ago with precisely the same number as New
| York. can only show so Kings county
enumerates lis, which may be taken as the
approximate number of Chinese laundries
now in Brooklyn. Even New Jersey has 176
| Mongolians within its borders, while Massa-
chusetts has 237, and Connecticut 124. 1t is
probable that New Orleans has attracted 473
|
than a hundred to Missouri.
The Case OF Gotta. the Mexican Rev0lu.
tIOBlst.
New York, February 14th.-Late advices
| from the City of Mexico represent that the
feeling caused by the conduct of the civil au-
thorities of California in the Gotta extradition
case still continues The Republic0 III Re
publicand, La PGtrid, and half dozen other
| journals, have denounced the action of the
| Superior Court of California in the most
scathing terms, and accused the authorities
of that State of desire to bring on con
hict with Mexico. One journalist remarks
| 'No American officials would have ventured
to send Sheriff on board an English, Ger
man or French mau-of-war to arrest its COM
mander; but animated by Yankee greed,
these Californians are anxious to take advan-
taee of Mexico's weakness" The Worlds
correspondent says: If the statements made
by the Mexican press be true, and the doc
umentary evidence forwarded to this Gov
ernment can be trusted some over-zealous
American official has blundered.
Deaih of Fernando Wood.
LITTLE Rock ARK J, February 14th.-Hon.
Fernando Wood, member of Congress from
New York, died at the Hot Springs at 10
o'clock last night.
SECOND DISPATCH.l
Hot SPRINGS, February 14tn.-donorabie
Fernando Wood expired here last night.
Since his arrival at the Springs, short time
ago. he has been in very weak and almost
hopeless condition, which continued without
the slightest change until overtaken by death.
His disease being complication of gout and
rheumatism. the Springs were Of no benefit
to him.
That Book of JelT. Davis.
CHICAGO, February 14th.-The Times this
morning publishes brief but comprehensive
outline of the contents of Jefferson Davis
forthcoming History, Rise and Fall Of the
Confederate Government" 81 shall put
| into the hands of the children of our dead,
Mr.. Davis is reported as saying, when he
first entered upon this work, "a justification
| of the cause for which their fathers died."
The whitaker Court-siariiaI.
NEW YORK, February 14th. = Governor
| Chamberlain's protest was sustained by the
Whitaker Court-martial against admitting
Whittakers testimony in the previous trial.
Terrific Nitro.sIycerine Explosion.
BRADFORD (Pa.), February 14th.-F. A.
McClain, in the employ of the Roberts Tor
pedo Company, this morning was driving
along the highway fifteen miles southeast of
Bradford in sleigh with 200 pounds of nitro.