Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-06-20
DAMAGING RAINS.

Joyce, her daughter, and another of the Car
roll boys were badly bruised. The track of
the storm was about so rods wide.
DAMAGING RAINS.
SPRINGFIELD QlI), June 19th.-Heavy
rains in this vicinity have done great damage
to corn-6elds lately. Wheat and oats are
also affected.
NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY AND NEW ENGLAND.
NEW YORK, June 19th.-New England,
New Jersey and all parts of this State report
heavy storms to day. Richford, Vt, reports
five washouts between there and Abricorn,
Province of Quebec. The Southeastern Rail.
way trains await repairs. The partly erected
walls Of the Seymour chair factory at West
Troy, N. Y, were blown down, but not one
of the 100 men at work was injured. Light
ming did considerable damage at all points,
but no life was lost.
Guiteau's Application for writ OF Ha'
beas Corpus Denied.
WASHINGTON, June 19th.-Justice Brad
ley, of the United States Supreme Court, to
whom Guiteau's counsel applied for writ OF
hsbess corpus, to-day filed denial of the
application with the Clerk of the Court.
Justice Bradley holds that the Court of the
District of Columbia has full jurisdiction In
the case, and no reason exists for granting the
writ.
EGuifeau's Bearing.
WASHINGTON, June 19th.-Guiteau takes
his situation coolly. He still processes be-
lief that the President will come to his rescue
at the last moment. MIR. Hicks, his spiritual
adviser. says he believes that be will go to
the gallows without fiinchipg.
The Assassin's Divorced wife.
hi
teau's divorced wife, writes to the Leadville
Evening Chronicle. in reply to an article based
ON letter alleged to have been written by
her to CHI. Reed, counsel for the assassin,
authorizing the use of her name in petition
for his pardon, in which she repudiates the
letter, and adds: with reference to my
seeking pardon for Guiteau, / have never
entertained the thought, and as l am still in
possession of an average degree of common
sense and ordinary intelligence I could not
reasonably or honestly entertain such an
idea"
Pacific Coast Postal Char ges.
WASHINGTON, June 19sh.-The following
postal changes for the Pacific coast were
made last week: Offices established-Cal.
leo, San Bernardino county, Cal, William l..
G. Soule, Postmaster; Foutz' Springs,
Colusa county. Cal. John Foutz, Postmas-
ter; Newport, Los Angeles county, Cal,
Alwyn Stacy. Postmaster; Point Regas,
Marin county, CAL. Samuel Martin, Post
master; Eocampment. Umatilla county. Or,
Mary M. Strickland, Postmaster Fair View,
Spoksn county. w. T., John L. NJ. Gouriu,
| Postmaster. Offices Discrimination
City. Iron county, Utah; Orc, Graham
county. A. L. Postmasters appoin.ed-Gus-
tsve Miller. Havillah. Marin county, CAL /;
Duncan McLasklir, Valley Center, San
Diego county, CAL Mrs Mary Cowgirl,
East Portland, Multnomah county, Or. I;
Thomas Walker, Croydon, Morgan county
Utah.
Proposed Observatory on Nc unit whitney.
WAsHINGToN, June 19sh The reports of
Prof. S. P. Langley, Director of the Pitts
burg Observatory and chief of the Meteor.
olcgical Observatory at Mount Whitney, in
southern California, will be published in book
form by the Government. 1t is altogether
probable that Mount Whitney will be set
apart by tho President as a reservation for
scientific purposes. In this event it is pro-
posed to establish an elevated observatory,
like that supported by the italian Govern
ment on Mount E5na. Mount Whitney
rises to hight of Is. 900 feet above the sea
lsvsl, in a dry and Almost rainless region, and
is said to be the highest point upon the Pa
cifc slope.
The Finding OF the Bodies OF De Lsng's
Party.
NEW YORK, June 19th.-A special cable
to the Herald from London says: w. II.
Glider, the Herald correspondent with the
Rogers, sends the following dispatch:
LENA DELTA. April II, 1882
Melville found the bodies of De Longs
party March 231. They were in two places,
500 and 1000 yards from the wreck Of
the scow. Melville's search party first
started from the supply depot there
two words Of the dispatch are unintel.
ligiblsl to follow Nindsrman's route
from Ousterday to Malvey. and afterwards
from Malvey back toward yesterday. The
following sentence is again unintellipible.
They stopped at the place at which Ninder.
man and Norss passed the FIRST day after they
left De Long, feeling sure that the others had
not got much further. There they found the
wreck, and following the bank came upon
rifle barrel hung upon four sticks.
Here six words are unintelligible.l They
set natives to digging on the east side of the
sticks, and soon came upon two bodies under
eight feet of snsw. While these men were
digging towards the east. Melville went or
along the bank twenty feet above the river
to find a place to take bearings. He then
saw camp kettle and the remains oil
a fire about 1000 yards from the
tent, and approaching nearly stumbled
upon De Longs hands sticking ont of the
snow, about thirty feet from the edge of the
bank. Here under about four feet of snow
they found the bodies of De Long and Am.
bier, about three feet apart. and All Sam
lying at their feet, all partially covered
by pieces of blankets All the others,
except Alexia, they found at the place where
the tent was pitched. Lee and Knock were
close by in cleft in the bank towards the
west. Two boxes of records, with a
medicine chest and a flag on staff were
beside the tent. None of the dead had
boots. Their feet were covered with
rags, tied on. In the pockets of all
were pieces of burnt skin and of clothing,
which they had eaten. The hands of all were
dying they had crswled into the fire. Boyd
was lying over the fire. ard his clothing
being burned through to the skin, which
was not burned. Collins facs was
covered with cloth. All the bodies were car.
ried to the top of hill 800 feet high, about
forty versts to the southwest from where they
were found, and there inferred in a mau.
soleum constructed of wood from the scow.
Time for Adjournment of Congress.
WAsHIHGToN, June 19th.-The Ways and
Means Committee will meet tomorrow and
consider the question of final adjournment,
and on the same evening Republican caucus
will be held, the primary object of which is
to further consider the feasibility of taking
up the internal revenue bill. Judge Kelley
will demand vote upon this bill at all hsz z
ards, no matter what the caucus may decide.
It is probable that the caucus will also con.
slider the question of fixing day for final
adjournment. The general impression is that
Congressman can get awLy somewhere be.
tween the 10Th and 15sh Of July, but if the
internal revenue bill is taken up, it is likely
that Congress may be kept in session till tie
10Th.
The Discharged Cannon.
OMAHA. June 19:b.-George O. Cannon,
the recently deposed delegate from Utah,
passed through Omaha to-day. westward
bound. He is disguised with the result of
his seasons work. and will remain in Utah
| the rest of the summer. Iu regard to the Utah
| Commission, he said that hs knew very little
of any of them except Paddock and Ramsey,
whom he had known at Washington The
others were men of no particular reputation,
and their action could not even be surmised.
Mr. Cannon also mentioned the subject of
the move on the part of his Territory for ad-
mission as State, and said agen il the re-
quest was refused it would indicate that the
people of Utah were alive to their rights. He
was inclined to reticence, and endeavored to
avoid being interviewed.
Horrible Deed OF Mother.
GENEsEE Qll:). June 19th.-Eight miles
south of this city, Saturday. after preparing
dinner for her husband and hired man, and
while they were eating it, Mrs. Linquist took
her son, aged years, to a corn crib. near the
house, cut his throat and then killed herself
No cause is known, but the woman is sup.
posed to have been insane.
Arrival OF Michael DavItt.
New York, June 10TH The steamship
| Germanic, which took on board at Queens
town, ireland, the patriot and Land League
| organizer Michael Dayitt has arrived. This