Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-12

scout in the West and companion oi
- Buffalo Bill" He leaves a fortune of ovel
half million.
FOrfy-Eighth Congress.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, January 11th.-Vsn Wyck
from the Committee on Improvements Of the
Mississippi River, submitted Joint resolu.
tion approp,istipg 81, 600 600 to continue the
improvements already begun on the Missis-
sippi river. The resolution, after debate, wss
amended so as to give it the form of 8 bill,
which passed.
A general discussion of contagious diseases
among cattle was INDUCED in.
The Mormon question was then discussed
st length, st the conclusion of which the
Senate took up the new rules. and after de-
bate adopted them.
An executive session was held, and the
Senate adjourned until Monday.
Freshet In the Delaware.
TRENTON IN. J.). January 11th.-Wster-
men watching the Delaware say it presents a
marked similarity to the winter of 1857,
when the backwater freshet did untold dam
age on both sides of the river. Tuesdays
rains and last nights thsw caused an over
flow on the Pennsylvania shore for 8 consid
cradle distance inland. Farmers along the
shore fouud horses and cows standing waist
deep in water in the stalls this morning.
Tremendous Ice Gorge.
BALTIMORE, January 11th.-It is reported
that a tremendous ice gorge is forming in the
Susquehanns river at Port Deposit. The
river is rising rapidly. People in the town
are flying with their effects to high lands.
The situation is very grave. The Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad bridge building at Port
Deposit and the big bridge at Hsvre de Grace
are threatened II is raining hard and the
snow is melting fast.
A story OF the Sea.
NEW YORK, Jsnusry 11tb.-The bark
Minnie Nj. Watts left this port for Portland.
o., May 18th. and July 22d was teen off
Cape Horn. Nothing has since been heard
from her, and she is thought by her agents,
Van Week & Co., to have been lost. with all
on board. Soon after she passed Cape Horn
a terrific storm prevailed there. and several
stsnch clippers which encountered it were
compelled to put into Valparaiso in distress.
1t is probable that the Watts went down in
the same storm. Twenty persons were
aboard.
The Bones OF Red Jacket.
BUFFALO, January llth.-The Buffalo His
torical Society have for some time had in
mind project to secure burial lot in For
eat Lawn Cemetery, for the bones of Red
acket and other famous Indian chiefs. IL
is not generally known that the bones of Red
Jacket are now in a strong box in the vaults
of the Western Savings Bank of this city.
They were recovered some years ago for the
purpose of final sepulture.
ReOf Crushed In by snow.
HoBOKEN IN. j., January 11th.-The
snow and ice crushed 10 the roof of the round
house in the yard of the Delaware and Lack
swanna and Western Railway, fatally injur-
Jog John Jordan, an employe, and wrecking
two engines.
Business Failures.
NEW YORK, January 11th.-Business fail
ures for the past seven days in the United
States and Canada and Provinces were 1888,
against 34S for the previous week.
The Missing New York Restaurateur.
NEW YORK, January 11th.-The body OF
Charles Delmonlco is reported to have been
found in the Hsckensack river, \. j., this
afternoon.
ThermOBetricaI.
New YORK, January 11th.-Temperature
39' and 2S-. Growing colder.