Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-04-24
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
sIGNAL-sERyICE NOTES.

Sergeant BaTWlcs, or the Signal Service,
furnishes the following facts The barometer
has been falling very rapidly during the last
sixteen hours at Olympia Portland and Rose.
burg also falling rapidly i'll the last eight
hours ct Red Bluff. This rapidly falling
Barometer is accompanied by rain at Olym-
pia, Portland and Rcseburg, with cloudy
weather SIS far south IS Sacramento. The
rapidly falling barometer in the past eight
hours has been accompanied by rapidly ris-
ing temperature during the past twenty-four
hours at all tho Pacific coast signal stations.
The duty OF eGCh siGnsl-service observer is 10
take sc suEses Of each day the phases and
characteristics of the western sky, and for
thirty minutes thereafter, and il in his judg-
ment the signg are prOpitious for stormy
day during tho next twenty-four hours, then
they so record it, and transmit it by telegraph
at P. IL to Washington City, to the Chief
Signal Officer. Now, each and every OBJ
server of the sigaal service from Olym-
pia to Sacramento, including Salt Lake, has
forwarded By 5he P. n. last nights (23j)
telsgrapbic report, foul weather sunset that
is, in their judgments there will be at least
.0l of an inch, If 1o5 more, of rain during the
next 24 hours. Ii there does not fsil that
verifcatioD, and Is entered in the records as
not verified. According to the theory of
hscschelis table OF weather representations,
there oUga5 20 bS storm at or near the 25th
Or 26th Of April; but whether his theory IS
correct or not l arn unable to say, but judg-
ing from our own local signs, both by the
clouds and the Instruments, there is an at
mOspheric disturbance of some magnitude
bearing down toward US, but whether there
will be anything serious or not remains for
the future TO decide.
The storm Of Saturday gave an increase to
cur seasons rcinfsn OF 16 Of an inch. max
ing total Of Is So inches up to date and up
to corresponding date Of the season OF 1877 IS
the total rainfall was 2469 inches, an excess
of 6.Sl inches over the present season. The
rainfall for th5 season of 1889 is 16. AZ
inches, which is "a of an inch mora than the
present season. The rainfall for the season
of 1879-S0 IS 257l inches, being 9.93 inches
III excess CT the present season. The rainfall
for the season Of 18S0-Sl is % OF inches,
which makes the present season TO- II inches
less than the former. The average rainfall
for the past five seasons is q. rs inches. The
present season, as compared with the average
for the past i've years, is 81 inches less. The
heavies. rainfall that has ever occurred in
this city, since observations of the rainfall
have been recorded, was on the 20sh and 2lst
of April, 1889, when 10 inches fell in eight
hours, from u II. to s P. NJ Of the 10th,
which was over half an inch an hour that
is, about 50 OF an inch. From P. NJ of the
inches raiafal measured, which was an aver
age fall during that eight hours of little
over oue.qusrLsr Of an inch that is, .275 of
Al inch per hour. Daring the sixteen hours
from - @ Of the 20.h To 4 A. NJ. of the 2lst,
the total rainfall was $50 inches, or an aver
age of about 1896 of an inch for each hour,
which was on extraordinary rainfall.
METROPOLITAN TGsATER.-At the theater
this evening pupils Of Miss E. NJ. Rowe's
class, under her direction, and with orchestral
support. will present Sims & Diehl's musical
comedy, entitled "The Dress Rehearsal q"
Numerous advertisements during the past
week have informed the public pretty thor
oughly of tbs piece, which involves the tribu-
lations OF 5 number of young ladies in an
academy, who, Ia preparing for a closing en-
tsrtainmsnt, uiischievously permit it to de-
generate into . bprlasque on Cinderella. 1t
IS also announced that the Phi Alpha Club
of well-kuoTn young ladies' have consented
to add TO tbs entertainment by presenting
TIE Broom Dill, a recent Eastern social
entertainment success. In this drill the
military is taken of by reversal of much of
the ordinary manual" The prices are an
nounced as 80 cents and % cents, with the
hox.sheet open to-day without extra charge.
CHARGED WITH EXTORTIoN.-A few days
since II. g. BSgleston appeared before the
Police Judge in San Francisco and swore to a
of January, J. w Greenlaw, of Sacramento
City, and ". D. Hayford, resident of Col
fax, Placer county, extorted from him by
threats 60 send him and his wife to the peni-
teutiary, two bills of exhange, one for 81, 600
snd the other for 81, 500, and $500 in coin,
The warrant wss placed in the hands of off,
Ger Siivey, Who came to Sacramento and
served the warrant on Greenlaw, who gave
bonds to answer the charge.
The TEMpKEAxcs BIrET1NGs.-The weeks
series of temperance meetings closed with a
final meeting st the Six.h-street NJ. f.
Church yesterday afternoon. The meetings
have been successful, and much interest has
been awakened by them. AS one Of the
practical results, 1t may be stated that over
Que hundred names Of recruits for the Order
OF Good IsDD!2T3 were secured. The en-
gagemelts q Colonel Long and Mrs Stevens
to speak IN other places compelled a cessation
.
manifested would have Justified continuing.
Po1IcE CoUar.-In the Police Court Sat-
urday, John u. Brown, Dick Rivers and
Thomas Hawlsy, charges with felony, were
examined and held to answer to the Superior
Court, with bail fxed at 81 900 in each case.
J. p. SchilIiuger was found guilty of mali.
cious mischief and fned SIS or fifteen DAYS in
the County Jsjl. Edward Conners, charged
with petty larceny, pleaded guilty and will
be sentenced April 2ish. Albert Woods.
drunk, pleaded guilty and was fined $40 or
ten DAYS in the City Prison. The rest Of the
calendar was continued until the 25th.
X. OF p. PfcsIc The Knights of Pythias
will hold their annual picaic at Natoma
Grove on the 4.h of May. Glass.ball shoot.
ing and novel games for old and young will
be introduced, and day of unalloyed pleasure
is promised al. In the show window Of the
Capital Woolsn Mills, on J street, between
Eighth and Ninth, is splendidly arranged
display OF tho many prizes to be competed
for.
AIoRMoxIsm. Rev. C. &. Stratton, D. D.,
of San Jose, President of the University of
the Pacific, viii deli7er lecture on Mormon.
ism in tho Sizth-street M. L. Church, on
Saturday evening, april ooh. DR., Stratton
resided a number Of years among the Nor
mons of Ssls Like. aud will give vivid, in.
teresting aud coiiahle description of Mormon
life in all is Dda3es. No one should fail to
hear him. Admission, % cents.
To-MoRRgw's AUcTIoN.-Bell & Co, auc
tioaeers, win sell on Tuesday, April 25th, at
ia. II, on tha premises, the north IS feet of
lot 2. bouaded by Front and Second, o and p
streets, with all the improvements, consist
ing Of one tWOftcTy h7u Of five rooms, aud
ope two-story house OF eleven rooms. VIII
be sold la s5yo lots, or rs whole. Also,
same day aud t,la-, will sell the house keeping
goods.
Or roR TIE RAcEs-Theodore Winters
stable of thoroughbred horses left on Sstur'
day morsins's express train for San Fran
cisco. where shey will participate in the
spring RACES given by the Pacific Coast Blood
Horse Association, to commence = next I, Tues
day, April 9Th. The horses OF Geo. Heart $
vra-,6 f,aiouy Saturtav.