Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-13
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

BARwICKs REPoRT.-The coolest weather,
or at least the lowest temperature, for each
year from 1873 to date is as follows: 1878,
23i December; 1879. 25sb December 1850,
25ih January; 1881, 31st December 1882,
9th December 1883, 22l January and Feb
ruary 1884, up to February 18th, 257; 1888
shows the lowest temperature during the last
six years. The coolest 10 1877, from July 1s5
to December 3lst, or the last six months of
the year, was 32' in December. The coolest
this season was %, during last December, on
the 18th. So IL wall be seen that there was q
lower minimum temperature IN December
thsn SO TAR this year, but the maximum tenn
Perature reached higher point on December
IA. 1888, than it did yesterday for it reached
81 in December, and Only Az yester-
day. The temperature, wind and weather,
at u NJ yesterday, were: For Olympia, 90,
calm and clear; Portland, 2l', northeast snd
clear; ort Candy, 29', east and clear; Rose
burg, lS', north and clear; Red Bluff, $40,
north and clear; Sacramento, $50, north
and clear; San Francisco. 40', northeast
and clear; Los Angeles. So, west and fair
San Diego, so, west and cloudy Salt Lake.
8, northwest and fair Cheyenne, s.
below zero, northeast and light snow; Denver,
zero. west and light SNOW; North
Platte, 3 below zero, northwest and fair
Omaha, i, north and cloudy YAnkton,
Z below z'To, northwest and fair.
PEREMPToRY WRIT GRANTED. - Judge
Armstrong, il Department One of the Su-
perior Court, yesterday, in the case of the
Bank OF California vs.. J. P. Dunn, Cor
troller, ordered that peremptory writ of
mandate be granted, directing the Controller
to forthwith, upon surrender to him of coupon
80 Of bond 1876 Of the bonds Issued under and
by authority of ths Act entitled AN Act to
aid in the construction of the Central Pacific
Railroad and to secure the use of the same to
this State for military and other purposes,
and other matters relating thereto" approved
April (, 1864, draw his warrant upon the
sinking and interest fund Of the State Treas
ury for the sum Of SS5 in payment thereof,
and that plaintiff recover costs. 1t is under.
stood mat the case will be at once appealed TO
the Supreme Court, and everything has been
settled with a view to that end.
Cold WEATHER.-The thermometer in this
city indicated yesterday morning p degrees
above zero, and the cold northwest wind
which prevailed was so penetrating that pc
destrians believed the mercury was playing
tricks, and should have registered several de-
grees lower. House hydrants were frozen
tight, mix left at doorways CONCEALED lin
some instances developing an appearance in
dicative of the presence Of an unnecessary
amount Of water) aud there was q general
disposition on tue part OF residents to hug
the stove and recall the winter Of 1854
when China slough was frozen for about 100
feet on. from che shore, and everybody had a
jolly time on the ice though TO be sure there
was but one pair OF skates in town.
The MYSTERIOUS WELL.-M. Il. Rose, of
this city, speaking of the mysterious well
which he has been boring on the ranch of
MorIis Lyman near Arbuckle, and which,
when dewu TO q depth Of over 200 feet, sent
out volume Of gas OF sir so strong as to raise
a weight of ten pounds placed over its mouth,
as mentioned recently in the RECORD'UYIoE,
states that there is now about as much air
drawn into the well SIS there ia discharged,
and expresses the belief that he has tapped
an air passage leading TO tile water. Mr..
Rose has nearly completed at his sh jp, Ninth
and X strest7, a combined steam portable
boring, pumping and hosting engine, of suf-
fcient power to bore well Of sixteen inches
TO any depth required.
CoMIUTArIoS OF SENTENcE.-At the July
term Of the County Court of Sonoma county,
in 1879, j. c. Staley was convicted of arson
and sentenced to this State Prison for term
of seventeen years. At the time Of his con-
viction he was mere boy, and seems to have
been the dups OF PEI sOus older in crime and
years. Many prominent citizsns of SolomE
county, together with the District Attorney.
the present End prosecuting, aRd the Sheriff,
have petit,OCcd tor a Communication OF the ser
tence Il appearing to Governor Stoneman
that the ends Of Justice would not be more
fully subserged by longer incarceration,
the prisoner gas conn uted for term Of ten
years.
To BE EXAMINED FOR INSANITY -George
NJ. Farr. held to answer in the Police Court
some time ago for forgery, has either become,
or assumes to have become, insane The Of
fcers in charge Of the County Jail express
the belief that he is not shamming. His
mania Is that he is possessed Of wealth, and
has 81 800 on deposit with the County Clerk,
etc. Yesterday his case was to have been
tried by jury in Department One of the
Superior Court to test his sanity, but An.
Other case occupied the Court all day, and
his examination has been postponed until TO-
morrow morning.
MET WITH AN ACCIDENT. Monday morn
ing, while State Prison Director Hendricks
and Hon. David Mcclure were going over
from Folsom TO tie State Prison, the king
bolt of their vehicle broke and the horses ran
off with the front wheels. Mr.. Hendricks
was thrown out, but escaped without injury.
Mr. Mcclure fell forward in the vehicle and
then to the ground, suffering slight cut on
one side and bruises on the body and fore
head. The driver was also bruised. The
entire party were well pleased that the acct
dent was no worse.
JUDGMENT REvERsED.-The Sacramento
County Clerk case of Beard VS.. Coglaa was
yesterday reversed by the Supreme Court.
and remanded for new trial. As the facts
were quite thoroughly presented in the trial
of the cause in the Court below, the Supreme
Courts action is generally considered as indi-
eating q final decision in Boards favor. the
latter expresses his intention of taking posses
sion of tie othce-if he can-when the re-
mittitur f,cm the Supreme Court arrives.
WANTED AS WITNEss.-Deputy Sheriffs
Wilson and Burns, Of San Francisco, who
took up to Folsom FIVE prisoners yesterday
morning. brought back with them and took
down 20 San Francisco Nick Williams, who
is wanted IS witness in case in which
some Chinsm1D are accused OF lsrceny.
Williams. who Was taken to Folsom about
eight months ago for robbery, has become an
expert quaIryman, and is spoken Of highly
by the pfison ctficisls.
Robinson AND HIeHAM champion bicycle
riders of the world, specially engaged for
Eureka Bal Masque.
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