Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-10-01
Ln3SL INTELLIGENCE


LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
TIE TEMPERATURE AND THE RAIN.-Ser
geant Basrick furnishes the following sc
count Of rainfall for the storm Of Saturday
night and yesterday, together with data re-
garding rainfall in other Septembers: VI
to last evening 90 of an inch was measured,
which is the most ever precipitated in Sep.
temb5r al this point but once since 1849, the
exception being September, 1851. The aver.
age rainfall for thirty.fve years past during
the month Of September is only 10
Of al inch, which makes the past September
80 OF On men ia excess Of an average precip-
itatiou Of thirty-hVe years. Following are
the years 1hst gave rainfall in September ap-
preciaoIe TO the rain gauge n thirty-fve
years 1919, % OF sn inch 1851 l inch &;
1853, 81 Of sn inch 1860, .0G Of an inch /;
1860, G8 o. an inch 1867 OF of an inch /;
1874, O5 Is 81 inch: 1873 % Of an inch /;
1881, 50 IL an inch; 1882 81 Of an inch,
snd 1888 80 Of an inch. Thsre was also, out
of the thirty-tva years past, twelve giving
only sprinkle. which was unapprecisble TO
the rain gauge; also twelve years Ous of the
thIEty-hFs with no rain. The above data
shows glance that the chances of rain
appreciate, or rain inapprecisbie, or none at
al, are nearly equally divided there being
thirteen years in thirty-five giving an appre-
ciab.e 2Mouat, twelve giving only sprinkle
and e. ege giving none whatever. Ninety
hurdredl1s of an inch is the amount during
the present season, as against 81 Of
an inch last season to Ostobac Isl,
Ihe barometer changes at SOP P. NJ. of the
25sh during the preceding eight hours at
Portland, Eossburg, MendOcino and Red
Bluff, VITA IL Of an inch of rain at Port
land, wzs e o2romstrical evidence of al at
mospherlc disturbance travelling southeast
ward. The rainfall during the a hours
preceding p. Il. last night was For Olym-
pis, ID OF al inch; Portland, .02 Of an
inch; E73aburg, IA Of en- inch Red Bluff,
lO4 inches daring thu storm Sacramento,
so or sn inch during storm San Francisco,
Al cf Sc iuch fer storm Los Angeles, none
San Diego, none. The temperature aG y NJ.
yesterday was as follows for the places
named Olympia 81 degrees, Portland 56,
RoseburE Ga, Red Bluff 81, Sacramento 20,
San Eaanciseo g. Los Angeles 70, San Diego
Il, Ssl5 Lake rs. Cheyenne II, Denver rs,
North P.stte 81, Omaha 81, and Yankton,
ID. t., 81.
The RIYgB-GRAIN TRANSFORMATIONS
There IRE now five beats employed on the
upper Sacramento 10 transporting grain.
These sre the Harriet and Ceres, belonging
to the San Francisco Steamboat and Trans
portstion Company, and the VAruna, Dover,
Flora and San Joaquin No. 3, belonging to
the Sacramento Transportation Company,
The latter also makes trips TO San Francisco.
The remember Of the work between here sud
San Era. cisco Is dona by the San Joaquin
No. 2. Ffoa the city down a steamer oas
tow two OF three barges, while on the upper
SaCrausata Ous barge is almost more than
steamsT cau handle. the G. NJ. Small and
d. Z, X aa5 Ers carrying the Feather river
grain. nor nearly sc much wheat bss been
moved tLis sesacn as at the some time last
year, bu- ls crop Is more than half shipped
and She frat Of next month will find the
banks cleae4d aud leave only grain stored in
warahoussa Q1ite large amount OF grain
hiss been saipped thil year from Freeport aud
kichi2u-. Tor two or three weeks preceding
the y Saturday evening thsrs has been
scarcely g. p percsptible change IL the hight IF
the river, u alan ling at about fest inches
Captain Fes or has been watching the river
closely, and reports that the tide has been
rising OPP site the city from one to one and
half iacA=s. Yesterday the river had risen
two iuches.
Ponce CoEsussI0EERs.-Ths Board of
Police Commissioners met Saturday evening
at the cid City Hall. AIltbe members we're
present Minutes Of the last meeting were
read and approved. The meeting was called
for the purpose of electing police officer to
fill The piece made vacant by the removal of
NJ. d. Gl5red, Petitions were presented
from ths following gentlemen, drawn up in
due fvTT1 aud with the proper number Of sig
I u
Nar5i0 Wa-zsl, j. d. Kent, Pax McDowell,
J. S. Nicholas, John A. II. Pfetz. Mr.. Kent
was elected on the first ballot, receiving q
unanimous voc. When the vote was an
nouucsd Chief K9rcher said he wanted it dis
tinctly understood that there had been no
caucus. lie had voted for Mr. Kent with
out knowing how the other members of the
Commission stood. He was satisfied that a
good oen had been selected. A petition
rom James 81. Coffee, asking to be appointed
D special afGcsr for the Thsater COmiqus, YVES
read, and upon motion of Judge Henry was
indefinitely postponed. Board adjourned, to
meet st 2 P. Il. Tuesday.
RECEPTION AND BANQUET.-Charles E.
Spencer, Great Prophet. Improved Order of
Red Men, snd Great Representative for
Califoraia, arrived home Saturday afternoon
from the nlsatipg of the " big Injins " at At
lantic City, New jersey. He was received
at the dsnct by q delegation of the Sscra-
mentO Tribes and escorted to the Golden
Esgla Hotel Ia the evening members OF the
Sacramento Tribes 60 the numbar Of about a
hundred met a. Red Mems Hall, and marched
to the Golden Eagle, where banquet had
been prepared ! q honor Of tho Great Chiefs.
1t was expected that Adam Smith, also s.
Grest L sprasont7!ive, would return from the
East IN company with bIr. Spencer, and
others were expected fromSau Francisco. but
none aS them arrived. The evening was
spent rcne ths less pleasant, however. Many
tOasis ware proposed and responded TO By
Chas e. Spencer, J. P. Counts. J. Vsn c.
HOrneF, Il. Wilson, J. n. Young, Judge ".
3. Henry, Grove L. Johnson and others.
EXPENDITURES FOR SoHooLs.-Ths follow
ing statement showing the cost of maintain
ing the public schools in this county during
the mast year is furnished by Superintendent
Charles Z Biahop Psid for teachers salaries,
500 S27 90; for rents, repairs, fuel and con.
tingent expenses, SIS, 556 96; for school H.
brsries, S2,4S1 81; for school apparatus
$500 total current expenses, S112. 0S6 40 ;
maid for sites, buildings and school furniture,
S., 400 "a. Total expenditures, Sill, 577.
Amount needed to support an eight.months'
S10l, 1e9 40 Total receipts from State and
county fund during the year. SS7,72l 81.
PoLIos CoURr-,Tudge Henry disposed of
the following cases in the Police Court yes-
terday: john Wolck, battery, case con-
tinued to October 3. 1888 Edward Emmer-
son, charged With battery, was discharged
George Froachet, for disturbing the peace,
was sentenced TO Thirty days in the county
jail.
RosH HAsHoSoH.-Ee# Year services
will be held at the Synagogue, Sixth street,
this (Mendsy) evening, at6 O'Clock. and Tues.
day morning ct 9 o'clock. Rabbi Bloch will
preach tbs New Year sermon. " Lies Dream
and it's Tcue Interpretation"
parents Do you value the health Of your
childssn? Keep their feet from getting wet.
We have oomplsts line of rubbers for Is
dies, misses and children very low. Red
House.