Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-07-02
RESPONSIBILITY SHIFTED.


RESI- CHsIBILITY SHIFTED.
If the weather does not suit Sacramentans
hereafter they hsve their redress, for Ser
geant Barwick has been instructed by the
Chief Signal Officer to resume telegraphing
weather reports on July 1st, which was yes.
terday. Regular telegrsphic weather reports
will hereafter be furnished to the public from
the different signal stations throughout the
Pacific coast. Yisalia has been discontinued
as G station, along with great many others
in the East and South, owing to the limited
appropriations made for the present fiscal
year by the last Congress- Tbs petition got
ten up by II. I. Brewer & Co. and other
wholesale muissiOn merchants who ship
produce East. and forwarded some time ago
TO Senator Miller. then in Washington, and
by the Senator referred 10 the Chief Signal
Officer, has had its effect and the latter Off
Ger hes ordered the temperature of the air,
the direction az the wind and the state of
the Waathe. to be telfgraphed to Sergeant
BarWick for the benefit of the fruit shippers,
after July lsf. from the following named sta
tions: Salt Lake, Cheyenne. Denver, North
Platte, 0mRhe, Davenport, Ia, and Chicago,
The first fruit message wss received yester-
day. The temperature at the different points
at noon shows they are having hotter weather
than Sacramento. The temperature st noon
yesterday was 81 Sacramento, 92'; San Fran
cisco, 79'; Les Angeles, So; Salt Lake, 81;
Cheyenne, S9'; Denver, So; North Platte,
92'; Omaha, 97'; Davenport, ID, 81. At s
?. b. last night the temperature was So at
Sacramento, $50 at San Francisco and 66' st
Los Angeles. The maximum and minimum
temperature were exactly the same on Satur-
day and Sunday viz 102 81 and So. At 4
p ". OF Saturday the temperature was 1902;
st 1870 il was 1922. The wind changed to the
southwest and il began to cool. Yesterday
the temperature at + P. N. was 1902; 1870 P.
NJ, 102 5 p. N l0l'. with the wind from the
northwest and north st $50 P. NJ. tempers-
ture 99' sud wind from the south, but blow
ing light: 81 G P. NJ, wind southwest, tenn.
perstUre 81 8; at 8 P. N temperature $50
and wind southwest.
WRECK on TER MOUNTAINS About 1890
p. N. yesterday, as freight train No. Z. drawn
by engine No 81. one of the twelve wheelers
which weighs upwards Of seventy tons, was
passing Summit valley, the engine mounted
the rail and took a side track. After running
g short distance 1t crashed through bridge,
Knocked down q portion of q snowshed, and
two cara were ditched. Engineer Lightner
had his leg very severely Injured. Engineer
Day, brakeman Halsey, fireman Boyd, and
ths other fireman, whose name could not be
learned were also severely, but 1t IS thought
not seriously hurt, a surgeon from Truckee
was sent Immediately to tina scene Of the
wreck, the injured men were fixed up and
made az comfortable as possible, and started
on a sreci2I train for the Railroad Hospital
In this city. Drs. Nixon and Forbes left on
the east.bound train last night to meet the
special traia, md rsnoersd the injured men
medical and surgical attention IS ssOn as pos
sible. The Wrccking train left Sacramento
in charge Of Superintendent Wright at :
P. NJ, and It ia thought the track will be
cleared in time so as not to interfere witt
passenger trains. Some Of the freight trains
viii be delayed several hours.
HIS ExPERIENCE WITH ELECTRICITY "A
J. DaDis, an employe OF Felter, Woods
Co, and Senator Reuter- On Saturday trieC
their hsnds at an electrical machine. Afte
the Senator had experimental all he wished
DAMS raid he would prove that he knew
more about electricity than any other French
man in the ccsuty. He evidently was no
aware of the power Of the machine, for /
took all the Frenchmen in the neighborhoot
to release him from the clutches of th'
"shockiug machine and his auburn lock-
even Yesterday had not resumed their usua
position on his placid brow, but stood on
straight, thoroughly electrified, from which
spark could be obtained at any time, simply
by pointing ones finger at them. AS h
walked home about P. N hat in hand, h
illuminated the entire street, and the citizen
who Witnessed the unusual phenomenon mis-
took him Tor e new-fapgled walking electrical
light
WILL BE SENTENCED TO-DAY Jesepl
Hurtsdo, who shot and killed Jose AntOni
Estuardo or the morning Of February G. 1887
and Simon Raten, who shot and killed Jane
Lansing in the alley between K and L, Thir
and Fourth, on the afternoon Of April Sd G
the same year, were tried some time siacf
convicted and sentenced to be hung, Bot
the cases were appealed Co the Suprem
Court, which has in each csse affirmed To
decision Of the Court below. Judge Arm
strong, in Department Oae Of the Superio
Court, viii pass sentence this morning on th
condemned mes.
COMMERCIAL Since laat report the follow
ing vessels have arrived and departed
Steamer ssh Joaquin No .. with gsnerl
merchandise and barge Of freight for the III
per Sacramento, and barge of lumber for Ss
Esmeuto city ; steamer G. NJ. Small, en- rou
from San Francisco to Marysvi,le, with gel
ersl merchandise. Observation-Disclosures Sa
Joaquin No. ., for San Francisco, with ligl
barge, and steamer Alvarsdo, for the uppl
river, with general merchandise.
THAT SLATE.-At u o'clock last night I'll
following appeared on the ststion-hou
slate: A. NJ. DiIbert, drunk; Charl
Slaughter, az inebTiate; James Csrpente
disturbing the peace; Walter Brown, di
turbiAg the pasce Charley Foster, distur
ing the pe3ce; Frank Stevens, malicio
mischief John Doe q drunk All 10y 81
All Chin, disturbing the peace Sarah Lssli
drunk: Z, Montgomery, disturbing t
peace.
AUDITORS REPoRT.-Receipts for the we
ending Saturday, June Soth: VIM. LaufkC
ter, cemstery dues, s66 90; r, D. SERVE
water rates, s., S57 so; n. a. Kiddar, harb
dues, S126 80 w. a. Henry, Police Cou
fines, $40 George A. Putnam, city license
1927 81; total, So, 2SS OF: total disburS
ments for week S14 $50 % total amount
city treasury, S267, zoo o..
BUSINESS CHANGE-The copartnersh
heretofore existing between W. c. Merr
and E. B. Merrill, merchant tsilors, und
the firm rams Of Merrill Bros., has been
solved bv rlusrsl consent, W. @. Merr
withdrawieg from the firm. The busin'
yats be continued by E 3. Merrill at
ss1ce place, and st the same STANDARD as he
tofoEe.
To ACCOMMODATES holiday visitors, our stores y
rer14ir o1lep This evening. Weiustoek x Laoin