Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-20
The San Francisco water Trouble.


SAN FRANCISCO, February 19th.-A num-
Der Of ratepayers announce sn intention to
bring suits against the Spring Valley Water
Company for shutting off the water. It is
also stated that representative of the Tu.
oluune River Water Company will go be-
fore the Supervisors this evening and ask q
franchise for his company.
SECOND DISPATCHI
SAN Francisco, February 19lh.-Mayor
Bartlett has been engaged sll day receiving
populations CT citizsns and discussing the
water question. John Nightingale has ad-
dressed a communication TO the Mayor, de-
msnding that the water company be prohib.
tied from cutting eff the water supply. He
has also notified the managers Of the com.
pany that they would cut off his supply to
their peril.
THIRD DISPATcH.l
SAN Francisco, February I9Lh.-At q
meeting of the Board of Supervisors this
evening, further consideration Of the water
rates was taken up, and after considerable
discussion three new orders &ere introduced
and passed to print. The first provides for
reduction Of thirty per cent. from the present
rates, the second twenty-five per cent, and
the third twenty per cent. As the law rel
alive to fixing rates provides that the matter
shall be finally determined during the month
of February, the Supervisors have some ten
days IN which to arrive at q conclusion. The
law also provides for printing the new order
five days before its final passage, and accord
ingly the order for reduction Of 374 per
cent. viii come up Wednesday night for final
consideration, and lively time is antici-
pAted. judging from present appearances,
1t Is not unlikely that q compromise will be
effected by less reduction than that orig
inally proposed.
The Crew of the Wrecked Tacoma.
SAN Francisco, February l9sh.-Cspfain
Kortz snd crew of tho shipwrecked steam
collier Tacoma arrived here this evening on
the Arcata from Coos BGy. All attempts
made to interview ths.Captain as 20 the i'm
mediate causes leading TO the loss of the
| steamer failed. The reasons assigned are that
the whole story will be brought out during
the course OF tie investigation, which is soon
to be made.
The Murder Trial al Nevada City.
NEVADA CITY, February 19.h.-Seversl
| witnesses were examined IN the Cummings
murder case to-day. John johnson recog-
nized Collins as the man he ssw &c the God
frey mi1e. Grass Valley, on the och Of
August, 1879, in company with another man.
W. FL. Smith testified that he had seen Der
sey and Patterson in this city short time be-
fore the crime was committed, and had sold
provisions to Dorsey. A. Rose1thal, clerk in
a variety store. swore that he sold the defend
ant tobacco on the Both Of August. Oliver
CLANCY recognized Dorsey ss being one of the
men he saw at an old cabin near the scene Of
the murder the day before Thomas Brewer,
stockmaD, swore positively that he saw
Dorsey not far from where the murder took
place on the day of its commission. Alex.
Durbin, while out hunting August 31st, saw
the defendant in the neighborhood Of where
the stage was stopped. Michael Lynch swore
that Dorsey is the same man he saw on two
occasions near his place, and in the immediate
vicinity of The robbery. He identified the
gun as the one carried by defendant.
The Death Penalty.
NAPA, February 19th.-John Murbsch,
who last week was found guilty of murder in
the first degree, for killing Jules Millet, was
to-day sentenced TO be hanged on Friday
April 18th next The prisoner took the sen.
tence coolly.
Chinese ExeursIen.
RED BLUFE, February 19th,-Tae Chinese
of Red Bluff, Tehama sad Vina have char
tered specisl train f,,a 6o---~..44s o-iuit
Jne Joss-house in Chico The train leaves
this city at a. NJ, and viii consist of an en-
gine and three coaches. The excursion has
created furore in Chinatown, being an en-
tirely new idea with the Celestials.
Washed Up By the Waves
SANTA BARBARA, February 19th.-A man
was found dead on the beach Saturday night,
He was washed up by the waves, and was
found to be a man named Deginer, who had
been missing for some time. He is thought
to have drowned bimself on account of family
troubles
Ecciden tai Browning.
SAN BUENAvENTURA, February 19th.-The
jury in the case of the death of Victor Ustu-
saus brought in verdict of accidental
drowning. He will be buried tomorrow
amid the regrets OF the whole population.
The water where his face lay was less than
five inches deep, but he was apparently un-
able to rise after he fell
Death.
SAN BERNARDINo, February 19th.-Yester-
day morning, at about half-past 4, H. Crit
tenden, formerly of st. Louis, Mo-, and for
about five years a resident of the State,
bresthed his last. Mr.. Crittenden was ex.
tensively interested in real estate in the State
of Illinois, Missouri and New York Hewas
stopping with friends in this town at the time
of his death. He leaves two SONS and two
daughters.