Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-03-18
LOCAL Intelligence.
ras RAINFALL.


reports SIS follows; Having compared tbs
seasonal rainfall Of the Signal Office records
with Mr. Gsaisl'4 record, find the follow
Ing difference: Signal Office record of rain
fall 10 to mon Of the 18Th, to correspond
with Ms Gsrrish's times: Season of 1877-S
Signal 0h,s report, 21.9SO; Mr.. Gerrish'a
report, % 055; Signal Office report 925
more than Mr.. Gsrrish's. Sispal Office
records fer she season of 1883, u $40
inches; Mr.. Gerrish's record is ,42l of an
inch less thar ours Signal Office records for
the season Of 1880. 10 $50 inches: Mr..
Gerri9h's rscord is 9 49, inches Signal Office
report 1913 ef al inca more. Signal Office
report for the season of 1891 % go inches !;
Mr.. Gerrish reports % $50, or .l40 OF an inch
less tnsn the S!gnal Service records. Signal
O,ics report for ths season of 1882 is IL go
inches Nj. Gergish reports u 1874 inches
or l SOC less than our report. So it will be
seen that Mr. Gsrrish's reports for each
season are less than the Signal Office reports,
the greatest difference being for the seasons
of 1878 ard 1872.
Professor Elias Loomis says: In order
that the amount of rain collected in the gauge
may be equal to the average depth which
falls in the vicicity. proper exposure Is in
disDensabls and this Is sometimes difficult
a building it is liable to be affected by edties
or currents Of air, causing more rain TO fall
on one Size OF The building than on the other.
Two gauges placed near each
other at different elevations, do not generally
collect she same quantity OF rain, the lower
gauge usually showing the most water. At
the Observatory Of Greenwich, q gauge at
the surface Of the ground annually collects
twO.thirds more rain than gauge elevated
fifty f=st above It. Similar differences, but
less In amount, have been observed at other
places in Elsiaud, as well as in Paris and
Philadephia. This result has been ascribed
to an increase in the size of the drops as
they descend through humid atmosphere,
the drops being generally colder than the
surrounding air. But SO rapid an Increase in
the siza of {. dIo0, amounting to two-thirds
in q fall Of fifty lest, is altogether Incredible.
Moreover, it ought sometimes to happen that
the drops should diminish In size by evapora-
ton IN traVersing q warm stratum OF air.
while observation always indicates the
greatest amount Of rain in the lower gauge.
This difference Is probably caused by ed lies
formed Ia tha ar about the gauge. A por-
ton of the air which strikes against the
gauge Claucss up over It, and spreads out lat
orally, carving along with it the descending
drops II ram, thus dispensing the drops which
would Otherwise ta!l iato the gauge, and d.
minishes the quantity Of water which it col
velocity f the Wind is the greatest-that is,
they produce the greatest effect at consid-
cradle elevation above the ground, where the
course of the Wind Is unobstructed by oppOs-
ing blildings"
Now we see that Mr.. Gerrish's gauge acts
in q contrary direction from all known exper-
imeuts, according to Professor LOOMS, that
had been taken in the British Isles, on the
Continent aud il the United States. Mr.. @.
should always record little more from his
gauge than | do from the Signal Service
one, providing the above experiments by in
tersstsd scientists are correct. My gauge Is
81 feet ABOVE the ground. 1t was % feet
above the gr5uBd in the st. George building.
The Office was moved to its present location
November %, 1879 so the seasons Of 1878.
1889. and few months of the season of
1879 SO were collected on the roof of that
building.
The rainfall mixed with little hail that
fell Yesterday amounted to OF Of an inch.
Total fer thu season to date, Is n inches;
SEASON Of 1877 and 1873 to corresponding date,
q 90 inches season OF 1878 and 1879, y 81
inches season Of 1879 and 1880, 10.47 inches; ;
seas N of 1880 and 1881, % 81 inches.
Average for five seasons past, 10 60 inches !:
deficiency of present season, as compared
with the average, 2 So inches. Deficiency of
present season, compared with that OF 1877
and 1873 is % inches excess of present sea-
son, as compared with that of 1873 and 1879
.95 of au inch Excess of present season, as
compared with that Of 1879 and 1880 is $50
inches Deficiency of present season, as COM
pared with that of 1880 and 1881, is 10 20
inches
LITERARY SOCIETY The members of the
" Literary and Debating Society of SAcra-
meato Institute" held their weekly meeting
Thursday evening, ct the Christian Brothers
College After finishing the order of bust
ness the time IVES devoted to a musical and
literary entertainment, in homer of st. Pat
rick's Day. The young gentlemen who par
sicipated performed their parts well. The
orations OF John W. Doyle and Richard II.
Smith constituted the feature of the evening.
The following was the programme Addres ,
"The Day we Celebrate" a. jackson; reci-
tation. The Minstrel Boy" Y. Gum soDG,
"Home Rule" G. Clark ; essay, "St. Pat
rick" W J. Hoehu; violin solo, Wearing
Irish Rights" B. Conroy song, G. Nc
Kenna /; recitation, Breach of Limerick ~
L. Lennon grafton, THE Irish Soldier, y
John w. Doyle ACCORDION solo, j. Bron-
ner; Grafton, iceland and the Irish" K. II
Smith; song, G.. McKenna; recitation,
The Battle of Fontenoy," John w. Doyle
POLICE CouRr.- Otto Miller was stood w
in the dock and proved himself not guilty o.
the off .nse of disturbing the peace, and was
discharged. ia HI q good-lookiDg China
man, was arrsigned upon the charge of keep
ing an opium den he was found guilty anC
fined $40, and 50 days in the chain.gang. j
HI, in conversation with reporter, ststei
that he did not make his money from thu
Chinese but that his customers were whit,
men and women. George Wilson, on th'
charge of visiting an opium den, was let of
on very light sentence-fye days in thu
chaingsn Dan Fay, for disturbing tn,
peace Of his neighbors, was found guilty, anC
fined s. and costs.
WANTS INFoRHATIoN.-An aged coloret
man named John Strander, who resides il
the neighboring town of Washington, Vol
county. desires information as to the where
abouts of any or sll Of his five SONS, whom
he left in Lebanon, st. Clair county, Illinois
when he came to California. He think
some of them have come to this State.
Observation-Disclosures of incorporation
have been fled with the Secretary of State @
the Mammoth Consolidated Quartz an
Gravel Mining Company. Principal plac
of business, Grass Valley. Directors-Joh
q Jones. John Lundy, Henry Davis, j. L
Max A. P, Tietjen. Capital stock, s., 600
900 divided into 100000 shares.
TIVE ONLY Houss that half-sole and he'
mems boots and shoes a. 90 cents per pat
Lewis Bros, All J street.
WE DEAL exclusively in boots and shoe
-. pros All i street between Eourt