Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-14
CALIFORNIA
Weather ,,eports.

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years past. A dry, rasping north wIad pre-
wis, freezing everything rp. For the past
bhres mornings the temperature was from IL
to lS' below the freezing point.
MARYsvILLE, January 18Th. .-Phenome-
na.ly cold weather is being experienced here.
Last night ice formed in the cutters thick
enough III places 10 bear a mans weight.
Shallow reaches OF still water in the Yuba
were skinned over, and the river this morn
ing is full OF Fl latisg ;ce Thermometer read
iags as low as 23' are reported. 4 strong
uor,h wind has beea blowing for a week past.
STOCKTON, January 13sh.-Iee formed one
iach his k last pignt near town. Ihs weather
is moderat,Dg materially. PROBABLY he blow
has ended.
NAPA, January 13 IA cold north wiud
has been blowiag here tor the past fJuf days.
FRzsNo. January 13.h.-The weather for
tbs past forfy eight hours has been the cold
est ever experienced in this valley A cold
north wind hgs prevailed, aad ice was formed
every night, and III shady places remained
through the day The thermometer was
down to 2l' st o'clock this morning. The
grain sown on summer iallowed land is u
and looks very well, In spite Of the excessive
drought. Sheep raisers are beginning to get
seriously alarmed ag the prospect. Feed is
very scarce, aud the sheep are generally IN
poor condition, Raiu must come within
very few Gays, or many of the herds will die
Of starvation. In the foothills the rains have
been abundant, and crops aud grass are re.
ported in splendid condition.
SANTA BARBARA, January 18th. = The
weather is cloudy and cool, threatening rain.
It sprinkled slightly during the afternoon,
the ia.drops being interspersed with snow.
SAN BUENAvENTURA, January 13Gf.-Tle
north northeast gale wbica Las prevailed for
three days still continues. Last night in the
0jti valley, fourteen mics northeast or this
town, it assumed the proportions of tor
nsdo. destroying houses and barns and up
roofing oak tees which had withstood the
storms of two centuries. At this writing
e P. NJ the wind is extremely cold, presasil
snow, if anything. 1t is doing no harm to
the grain crops or fruit, but is death on the
lambs and sheep.
Los ANGELES, January 13sh.-Y Yssterday
was the severest ever known in Southern Cal
ifornia. The hills all around the city, down
almost TO the plains, are white with snow. La
the San G rgoaio PAS two special freight
trains are blockaded, aud force of men was
engaged all night in trying to clear the road
The cuts in the pass are filed TO a depth of
six and eight feet with drifted snow. Beyond
the pass, on the Colorado desert, it rained
heavily all night.
RIVERSIDE (San Bernardino county,, Janu-
airy l35b.-It commenced showing at o'clock,
aad four and half inches has fallen. IL Is
still showering. There is good sleighing in
the orange groves.
sl0ep Sunk.
STOCKTON, January 1Sth.-The sloop
Granger was sunk at Twenty-one-Al Mile slough
at A. NJ. yesterday, in fifteen feet of water,
only one-quarter being visible at low tide.
Five men and boy were aboard, who escaped
to the shore, where they remained till the tug
Jennie Gawne cams along and brought the
boy here The Ca 3tain went below on the
down boat. She was loaded with 50 tons OF
wheat, belonging to j. d. Peters; uninsured.
Di. charged r ON EustOdy-Ledge OF Cop
per ana Gypsum.
NAPA, January 13th-Nohle Walliugford,
a policemen, lately arrested for arson, was
to-day discharged from custody by the magls
trate, on the ground that ne could not be held
on the uncorroborsted testimony of an &C.
complice.
A ledge of copper and gypsum has been
discovered in the upper pars of this county,
and several claims have been located.
Death in IA Dental Chair.
GRASS VALLEY, January 13th.-Mrs. Nan
ME Ninnis died in DIR. PenningtoDs dental
off .e Yesterday while under the Influence of
calor form. DIR. Jones' her family physician,
administered two teaspoonfas. Pennington
had extracted tive teeth, when they discov-
cred she was dying, and all remedies were
useless The Coroner's jury, in accordance
with the above facts, exonerated both of the
doctors from all blame. The verdict was
death from syncope induced by chloroform.
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The COlusa County sunday Law Cases.
| WILLOWS, January 13th.-Ihe League of
| Freedom have won the first round in the
| fight, the Jury in the case of the People VS..
| Crawford having just returned verdict of
acauittal. The defense did not attempt to
| DENY that the defendant Crawford, who is a
hotel keeper, and conducts a saloon in con-
| ectioD herewith, sold liquors on Sunday,
| but claimed that the section under which
| the complaint was drawn exempted
| him from any criminal liability, from
the fact that the said section says that tav-
erns are permitted to transact legitimate
business, and that the definition of the term
tavern is place where board and lodging,
and liquors in less quantities than quart are
sold. This is the point upon which the de-
Tense relied and secured an acquittal. When
the verdict was read the sympathizers of the
| Leaeuers began vociferous cheering, which
was continued, notwithstanding the demand
for order by the Court. The case of q. w
| Williams, proprietor of the Central Hotel, /:
on to-morrow's calendar.
Shipwreck on the Southern Coast.
Los ANGELES. January 13sb.-In tht
storm Thursday, the bark Annie, Captain
Sandbourg, from Port Blakeley, was unfortu
| tha hirnt of no Gala n
her anchor chains parted, and she bsgar
drifting shoreward. The captain endeav
ored to make sail TO put to sea, but OF
account of his position in the fleet, with two
or three liz hters drifting about him, he wal
unable to do so, and the vessel continued
drifting until the Amie struck withia abou
three cables length of shore north of tn,
point. The mAsts were immediately Gu
away. She righted little, but the wine
drove her hard on, and she now lies tota
wreck and is going to pieces rapidly. Th'
captain and crew remained on board unit
early yesterday morning, when, the storm
having abated a little, they were enabled t.
get ashore safely. None of the crew wer
Injured, but the captain received few
bruises about the head during the cutting
away OF the masts.
Freight Train Wrecked.
| Los ANGELES, January l5Ln.-lhe expires
from the East via the southern route. du
here at 4:i5 this evening. will not arrive unit
tomorrow morning. The detention wa
caused by the wreckiDg of freight train II
a saud-storm on the desert, fifty miles Yves
of Yuma.
ARIZONA.
The Southern Pacific Railroad.
Tucson, January 13th.-The Star receives
the following from Ell Paso to-day: Tb'
Southern Pacific Railroad has been advaDc
ing for the last few days at the rate of thre,