Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-02-02

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DessrUcssOn OF Propsrsy.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1st.-It be-
gan raining In the central and
northern parts of the State again
to-day. The floods In the rivers
are abating very slowly. At Shas-
to, up to this afternoon, there has
fallen the enormous quantity of
S1.4l inches of rain and the dam.
age in that section Of the State
cannot be even approximatsd. In
klamath, Del N0rte, Trinity and
Siskiyou counties the rainfall has
been very heavy, all the streams
in those counties flowing over their
banks. flooding the valleys, de.
stroying farms and carrying away
every bridge across them. Many
sawmills and houses and much
live stock have been lost. The
property destroyed is estimated up
into the millions. In COlusa coun.
ty the rainfall has been lighter,
but even In that county a half mill
lion would not pay for the property
destroyed. The late storm was by
far the most extensive and destruc-
tive ever known on the coast since
the whites settled here. A large
part Of the country is flooded and
unless the water runs off quickly
there will be q much smaller crop
in California the coming season
than heretofore counted on.
Juhn W. Dwinsl.e Ds0wasd.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. LA Be-
nicia dispatch reports that JohnW.
Dwinelle, a prominent lawyer Of
this city, was drowned at Port
Costa last Friday. From all the
Information obtainable it appears
that Mr.. Dwinelle was last seen
walking near the edge Of the
wharf by the Captain Of the ferry
steamer SolanO, who, q moment
afterward, missed him from the
position he had been in, but did
not see him fall and did not know
At the time who he was. Ills
friends In this city express the be.
lief that the report is true and ex.
plain that as he was subject to at
tacks Of vertigo, he probably fell
into the water from that cause.
The deceased had been Mayor of
Oakland, was Regent of the State
University and drew the charter for
that institution while a member Of
the Legislature.
The Unssed Wurk lnsD.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1st.-Tbe
Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order
of United Workmen met here to.
day and appointed the usual Com
mittees. There was a good repre-
sentation present.
Drowned ~ North beach.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1st.-Zach-
arias Adelsdorfer, of the firm of
Adelsdorfer Bros, is supposed to
have been drowned at the Neptune
baths. North Beach, yesterday. His
clothing and jewelry were found
in his bath house, but the body has
not yet been found. A strong our
rent runs near the shore and the
body was qnite likely carried
away.
| MOro RWsu.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1st.-Have
had frequent light showers since 5
O'Clock, with wind southeast, the
right quarter for another storm.
An Embs zz.er Desd-Esr,hqnak
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 1.-Gideon
M. Berry, who embezzled $3l, ZOO
from ex.Chief Nunan, whose book
keeper he was, and who also got
away with $4,000 from local
building association, for which he
was secretary in 1879, is reported
to have died In Australia, Decem-
Der Oath last. His wife and seven
children went from this city to
Australia four months ago.
An earthquake was felt at Sa-
linss, Santa Cruz and vicinity at 4
P. NJ. to-day.
Sacramento River SIN Ktsssg.
CoURTLAND, February 1st.-The
backwatsr 10 still rising on the
east side of the river and the Or
chards in this vicinity are suo-
merged. The river lacks only six
inches Of going over the levee in
several places on the Yolo side. A
messenger from below, who has
just arrived, says Brannon and An.
drus Islands are both submerged.
The levee is broken in several
places below and the river is rising
one inch per hour. The weather IL
foggy.
Terrible Land silde.
SHASTA, CAL, Feb. 1st.-During
the storm to-day a cloud.burst &C.
cured near the residence of John
Forster, tearing away large
mountain side and carrying large
pine trees clear down the noun
tain into the public streets. An
other slide fell against the back of
the residence Of E. Valentine and
filled his house with mud and sand.
Had News from the BuuAnxa.
VIRGINIA CITY, New, Feb. lst.
To-day eighty miners have been
discharged from the slopes of the
Bonanza Mines There is little
Likelihood of replacing them, as,
with small exceptions, the ore bod.
les have been worked as long as
the ore extracted would pay for
mining and milling. Some mon
are still at work in tho slopes,