Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-01-20
The Cold Wave.

| Wavelet, lying az SECTION one OF the sea wal!
| has her sida stove in. A scow capsized along
side the hip Raglan Castle, and with hel
cargo OF $50 tons of iron sunk. At Uuior
was badly damaged. Many ships are chaful
badly. No damsge yet reported to the se'
wall. The weather Is piercing cold.
YREKA, January 19sh.-Extreme colo
weather prevailed last night and to-day, witt
prospects Of still colder tonight. The mer
| curry stood a. e to 50 above zero this morning
in town, aud was down to g. below at SCI mt
| points in the country towards Mount Shas5s
aud other high mountains.
EMIGRANT GAP, January 19ih.-This i
the coolest snap of the season, tie ther
mometer marking g. above zero.
lone, January 9h.-We have experienced
| a regular norths estern blizzard here to day
the water freezing nearly sll dsy, and the
thermometer standing at sundown at 2l
above zero.
ELMIRA (Solano county, January 19th.-A
hard wind-storm has prevailed here tor about
twelve hours. The large grain warehouse oil
Nathsn Schseline has been blown down, but
there is little or grain in it.
Rio VISTA, January 19sh.-Tbe severest
and coldest norther experienced here fol
several years is blowing to-day.
San JosE January 19ih.-To.day was the
coolest and most dissgreeable day that old
citizens remember in this section. A picrc-
ing north wind has been blowing all day, dry.
irg out every vestige Of surface moisture.
The barometer indicstes dry weather.
WALLA WALLA wv. T J. January 10TH
The weather continues very cold. The ther.
mometer stood at 12' below zero lest night.
The barometer has been higher than ever be.
fore known. There are signs of a change, in
slightly clouded sky and falling barometer,
A man whose name is unknown froze to death
on the Blue Mountains f5w days ago.
LEWISTON (Idaho) January 10Th. The
the rnometer marked 14' below zsro this morn
ing at this place.
EUREKA (Nev J, January 19sh.-An in
tensely cold wave prevails from the north.
This morning at o'clock the thermometer
registered Z below zero, at noon 100 below,
at this evening 19' below This is the c)ld-
est weather ever recorded here. The cold
appears to be general throughout Nevada,
sod it is feared will prove death blow to
much of the stock.
SALT LAKE January 19sh-The Union
Pacific train from the East, due at Ogden at
5 o'clock this evening, is titteen hours late,
and no connection was made with the Central
lE0 QslGy Is W Itit H.
tense cold which extends along the entire
lire from Ogdsn to Omaha. In Salt Lake
this morning it was s. below zero. Tonight
it is about the same. Iu the northern por-
ton of the Territory, around Bear Lake, it
has ranged from i6' to 26' belsw zero. 1t is
the coldest weather experienced in the Terri.
tory since its settlement.
Insoiveut Mining COmpanies-The Com
stock Lode-JudgBtent Obtained.
SAN FRANCISCO. January 19sh.-The Red
Cloud, MONDAY and North MONDAY Mining
Companies to-day fled petitions in insol
vency. The cause assigned is the expense ol
working.
The whole Comsteck lode at to days quo
tations was worth about two and nal
millions.
In Department One of the Superior Cour
to-day the city and county of San kranci.c
obtained Judgment against the Sp;ing Valley
Water Company for S154 000, the amount o
ci Y snd county taxes on the franchise for thu
| fiscal year 1SS0S1, together with five pc
cent. penalty and two per cent. Per monti
| interest. The company disputed the assess
ment. on the ground that mortgage of 81,
| 900. 600 had not bean deiuctei from the as
sessed vslue.
The Case CT San Joaquin County vs.. th
Central Pacific Wailroad.
| SAN FRANCISCO, January 10Th. The Su
prene Court IL bank to. day heard argument
| In the case Of San joaquin county 8gains
| the Central Pacific Railroad, on appeal from
the Superior Court of San Joaquin county
| The suit was brought in 1873, to compel de
| fendsnts, Stanford, Huntingdon, Crocker
and successors of Mark Hopkins. to accouu
| to defendant corporation, # which plaintiff
claims to be q stockholder. for various allega
| fraudulent misappr0pri.tions Of corporat
property. The Court below held that plant
iff was not stockhoider, and gave judgmen
for deiec dents.
Grand Army OF she Republic.
San Francisco, January 19th.-The Gran
| Army of the Republic, Department of Cali
! foruia, commenced its annual eDcampmen
| TO day Tomorrow evening baSqGef vi!
be given in honor of the visiting comrades.
Net Government sEOney.
SAN FgANCIsCo. January 19sh.-The Unite,
States Grand Jury, which investigated tn
peculiar finsncisl transactions between Rev
| DR.. Cox, the Pension Agent. and Thomas j
Hill, the blind and paralytic veteran, has ig
nored the bill by vote Of 8 to IA, on TIA
ground that it was not Government money.
Nitro Giycerine ExpiosiOa-T"o Mel
| Killed.
OAKLAND. January 19tb.-At 4 o'clocl
4 Thursday afternoon an explosion occurred a
| the acid works fivs miles from San Pablo, o
the Sobrante. Two Portuguese were killed
Oae is supposed to have dropped a bucket o
nitro-gly yceriae, which exploded and blew tn
man to atoms. The conclusion caused a
explosion of nitro-gyc5rine in tank, o.
which another man, named Msnuel, was SIT
ting. He was So injured that ne died durin
the afternoon.
The DefaaitIRg Deputy Auditor OF Ala
media County.
OAKLAND, January 19lh The preliminar
examination of Marc 2. Day. the detsultin
Deputy Auditor, on one charge OF forgery
was begun in the Police Court this morning
The defendant sat by the side of his fatde
in the Courtroom, apparently the most ur
concerned person in the Courtroom. Ever
seat inside the bar was occupied, and To
lobby, iury-box, and even the prisoners docs
were filed with interested spectators.
the conclusion Of the examination the Cour
held the defendant TO answer on nine charge
of forgery, with SO coo bail in each cast
amounting to S27, 900 IL ALL DESCENDANTS q
torneys asked that smaller bail might b
paid, but the Court refused TO make any r;
duction.
Profitable Hunting Trip.
NILES (Alsmeda county,, January 19sh.-
A party of six duck hu aters went to Mallar
station yesterday. They returned this ever
Jag with 700 ducks. % geese and 90 sDipt
Tbey report game very plenty.
Thirty Ave Years imprisonment.
FRESNO, January 19.h.-Patrick Biggini
convicted Of murder in the second degree fo
killing Christian Alexander, was to-day eel
tenced by Judge Holmes to imprisonment i
the State Prison for thirtY-f five years.
Unknown Man Found Dead.
SAN JOSE, January I9sh.-The dead bed
OF man was found on eide hid short dii
tsncs from the village of Evergreen, sbou
seven miles east OF this city, to-day, an
brought TO the Morgus. The lsst seen of th
man alive wss near Evergreen last Frids
afternoon. L is clearly case Of suicide
Between his feet was found small single
harreled pistol silver plated. He Rhot hin
self in the mouth, and the ball passed out a
the top of the head. He is apparently
y a Z