Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-05
THE RA1a.
Reports from Various Parts Of the state

during the day yesterday. At II o'clock last
night it was cloudy, and appearances were
favorable to more precipitation. Of the
storm and previous records, Sergeant Bar
wick said: 1.-THE rainfall fer the storm up
to P. N. last night was .S5 of an inch; 8.56
inches for the year, and 16 II for the season.
1t has been said by an old resident that this
is the heaviest rain ever occurring in May.
| The records back to 1888 show that there has
been rain in each month of May, except one,
| that being in 1873. There was but sprinkle
| in May. 1857. 1873 and 1881, so it will be
seen that having no rain in May is rather an
exception than otherwise. The heaviest
rain during the month of May was in 1860
when 40 inches was precipitated, and in
May, 1866, when % inches fell. The years
that give over one inch in Nav were 1853.
1855, 1856, 1859, 1860, 1862, 1866, and 1879.
The average rainfall for, the entire month of
May for 80 years past is SO of an inch, which
shows that the present storm up to s P. NJ
last night was II Of an inch in excess Of the
average precipitation for 80 seasons past. dur.
ing the entire month of May The rainfall
for the entire month from 1858 to 1882, is as
follows: 1858, l As inches; 1854 81 of
an inch: 1855, LIS inches;. 1856. 1S4
inches; 1857, only a sprinkle; 1858, 20
OF an inch; 1859, 1.04 inches; 1860, 2 40
inches; 1861, 80 of an inch 1862, I.Sl
inches 1868, SO of an inch; 1864, "A Of an
inch; 1865. .46 of an inch !; 1866, 225
inches; 1867, .01 of an inch 1858, % of an
ZACH; 1869, Go of an inch 1870. .27 of an
inch; 1871, .76 Of sn inch 1872, rs of an
inch /; 1873 none; 1874. 81 of an inch 1875,
sprinkle; 1876, Is If an inch; 1877. "a Of
sn inch /; 1873, II of an inch 1879, 1.30
inches; 1880, &c of an inch; 1881.
sprinkle; 1882, .35 of an inch. Having no
reports from the north it is hard to form an
idea whether the storm is entirely over or
not. The barometer has tendency down.
ward, and the wind is still from the south,
which, taken alone, would lead one to believe
the weather was not entirely settled.
The report on crops in the vicinity of Sac.
ramento Is very good and the present rain
will be of great benefit.
A dispatch from Woodland last evening
says To-day's rain measures 80 of an inch,
making for the season u 40 inches. The
crops look fine, and this rain will put thou
sands OF dollars into the farmers pockets.
Some hay that is down will be slightly dam
aged, Most people believe that Yolo county
will have an average crop this year. There
are indications of more rain Tonight.
The rain at Arbuckle yesterday amounted
to SO of an inch.
The report from Dixon says there is no
longer doubt of there being good crops, and
the same comes from Santa Rosa.
Chico-A fine rain commenced falling this |
morning, and continued till about 4 o'clock |
this afternoon, giving nearly twelve hours of
almost continuous rain. A telephone dispatch |
from the mountains says it was raining there |
also, so we may expect big rise in the creeks
and river from the melting snow The farmers |
are well pleased, and Butte county will give |
q bigger crop this year that she ever did be-
fore.
Colusa-Sixty one-hundredths of rain to !
noon to-day and raining all this afternoon.
Crops were dying out very fast, and the rain
will do much good, but crops will be short at |
best. Over three.Quarters OF an inch of rain |
fell at Orland.
Redwood City-The heaviest rain of the
season commenced TO fall at half-psst this |
morning. Many of the farmers took advan-
tage of the pleasant weather the first of the |
week and commenced cutting hay, which to |
a great extent will be ruined. A large |
amount of the hay destroyed is owned by
parties who rent the land. Ths loss will be
greatly felt by them, as the owners of the
land generally manage to secure their rents
by Selling what remains.
Centreville-It has been raining steadily
since o'clock this morning. the wind is
light and from tina southeast. The rain in
sures fair crops. The Hessian fly has done
but little damage here. But very little hsy
has been cut.
st. Helena-It commenced raining heav-
lily here this morning. May frosts are still
feared by the vineyard men, but if serious re-
suits should not follow, the grape crop of
Napa valley will be unusually heavy this
season. But little damage will be done to
hay, as but little has been cut
Lodi-It CONNIE need raining at o'clock
this morning, and has rained constantly
ever since, doing much good to late sown
grain. There is some complaint of fly or bugs
on wheat. but nothing serious rs yet.
At Cloverdale the heaviest rain of the Fea-
son is reported, bang nearly inches up to 9
o'clock yesterday morning, with prospects for
more.
The IL at Stockton yesterday was .73 |
of an inch, making total for the season of
IL 10 inches, against II 81 inches to q CORE
spending date last year. At Lathrop there
was 81 of an inc1of rain up to P NJ.
The rainfall Up to ? P. NJ. yesterday at |
Grass Valley wasione inch at PlacerVille it
was 1.26 inches up to the same hour. At
North San Juan there has been more than an
average of rainfall this season. There was
heavy rainfall st Rsdding and hesvy fall |
of snow on the Trinity mountains. At EN-
igrant Gap the snow was foot deep last
evening, with the thermometer at $50.
The storm had not reached the southern
portion of the State up to last evening. 1t |
had been raining quite heavily at Sonora, in |
the mountains /; and Santa Cruz, on the coast;
and at ) o'clock last evening it began raining |
slightly OF MERGED, but although it was
cloudy at Bakersfield, no rain had fallen.
DEATH OF POSTMASTER HoPPING.-At a |
late hour last night news was brought from
the residence of W. G. Hopping of his death.
William Curtis Hopping was a native of the |
State of New York, and aged sixty.seven
years. He was Postmaster at this city, po-
sition he filed for several terms with credit to
himself and honor to the service. He was
one OF the oldest and bsst known citizens of
Sacramento, where he was esteemed and re-
spscted for his broad public spirit, his strict !
integrity, and those traits of character which |
inspire respect and the confidence OF men.
His loss will be severely felt and sincerely re-
GREETED in this community. He had through
out the State broad acquaintance, and the
news Of his death will bring sorrow to many
an old friend. Dir. Hopping was unmarried,
but leaves sn adopted son, whom he
has cared for from infsncy. aud to
whom he was devOtedly attached |
The immeSiste cause Of Mr.. Hopping's death
is understood TO be neuralgia of the heart.
He had been troubled with an asthmatie az
lection also. DE was not, however, yesterday
particularly unwell. and had arranged to go
to San Francisco tits morning 70 attend to
business matters. He was sitting last even
ing in s chair in bis ROOM, and not complain
ing at all of ill-health, when he suddenly fell
back dead. The funeral of Mr. Hopping will
take place at 2 P NJ tomorrow.
FIRED OuT-Last evening about o'clock
lady entered street Car at point on
Second street justsouth of the railroad depot.
In few moments afterwards, and when the
car was between J and K streets, the driver