Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-12-30
PACIFIC SLOPE.
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CALIFORNIA.
Sudden Desih of Eailroad Supersn
tendent.

CALIFORNIA.
| Sudden DeSih q: n Eailyoad Supersn
tendent.
SAN FRANCrsCo. December 29th.-Thi,
morning, nj a little past 10 O clock, DayiC
Nye, General Superintendent of the Nortl
Pacific Coast Railroad went to his office
40S California street. in apparent good
health, and seating himself at his desk, h.
gan talking with gentleman present He
suddenly dropped his bands to hSs sides
| gasPed, and becaiae unconscious Those
| present placed biur on the iioGr and sum
moned a physician; but he died in q Few
minutes without speaking. lie had been a
| sufferer from heart disease for several wears
| and had often remarked recently tha, lac
expected il would te5vii him some time.
Mr.. Nye had hccn in t've position he o,p3-
| liied AT the time o' his death for two wears
| past, and was e very poPslar man. iicWS
| IN early days engaged III tnV sage line
| business in .h.~ State aut had been con
nected in important capacities with Fast
| ern railroads Deceased was q native q!
! Massachusetts,, and IS yvasS of age NJ The
time of his death. lie leaves wife ausl
one son. u years old, residing ut san Rafael.
Chinese Railroad L.sborcrs.
! SAN BERNAEpINo. peccmbrr 2ath-Four
this morning and will be sent 10 the front
at once. This increases the force 10 i,0oo
or more. The bed of the road will he COM
menced from this town. and upon lis com
| pletion assurance is given that San Bernar-
dino will possess one Of the model GCpots
| OF southern California.
California TEACHERS Association.
SAN FRANCISCO. December 29th-Thc
eighteenth annual session OF the Teachers
! Association of California was opened this
morning in Irving Hall, on Post street.
! Some time was occupied IN enrolling the
names of those present. each of whom paid
80 cents on enrolment. prerequisite for
membership during the ensuing year. At
| 1890 o'clock the Convention was called To
order by President Joseph OConnor, Dep
utv Superintendent of Schools in San Fran
cisco School Director Ira c. Hoitt dcliv-
| cred the address Of welcome in the absence
of ~ l.. Mann The stated programme
for this afternoon embraced the annual
address of President O'Connor and discus
sion thereon. calisthenics by boys from the
| Washington Grammar school and an adj
| dress on THE Value of the Public School
in Training the Future Citizen, by Henry
! E. Highton.
The Route to Delta all Right Again.
REDDING. December 29th.-The weather
is clear and cold The special train from
| here to Delta makes regular daily trips, the
road being clear of slides. There has been
no other damage by storm at this point.
All reports that The free bridge across tilr
| Sacramento river at this point was dam
aged, or thai the river al the east end of the
bridge was impossible, We're mistakes.
Barn Burned - Dangerously Injured -
Horsethief Arrested.
| SAN JOSE. December 29th.-A valuable
barn on Second street, near William, was
| burned at 6 o'clock this morning. \ mare
| valued at 5000 was smothcred in the burr
| ing barn. The property belonged to w. \.
! Parkhurst, q real estate agent. The build
i ing was insured, but the mare was not.
Captain Bedington, of the Salvation
Army, who was struck on the head with Il
pickle KEEP at Donovan'S hotel, on the Ala
media, last Saturday night, remains in Il
comotasc condition, and can scarcely re-
cover. No arrests have been made as yet
George Davis, an American, aged 81, whc
| is wanted at Halleck, Nevada, for horse
stealing, was arrested at the Twelve-mil,
| House. in this county at l o'clock ycSter-
| day morning. He is now in the county
Jail.
New Masonic Hall.
SAN BUENAvENTURA. December Doth
The new Masonic Hall in this place was
formally dedicated Saturday night, Grand
Master Jonathan ID. Hines officiating The
block in which the hall is situated was
built and is owned by Senator J. Marion
Brooks and is the finest in the town.
Body of a Drowned Woman Found-Five
Years at Folsom.
MARYsvfLLE, December 29th.-The body
| of woman, about 30 years of age, was
found i'll the sand ON the bank of the Yuba
river opposite this city to-day. 1t has not
been identified, but is probably the body OF
a Mrs. Sherman, who was drowned in the
north fork Of the Yuba, near Brandy City,
Sierra county, eleven days since and was
brought down by the recent frcshet. There
was no clothing on the body, but as there
were no abraisions OF the skin, such as
would have Lccn made had the clothing
been torn off by coming in violent contact
with rocks in its passage down stream, it Is
probable the clothing was taken from it 10y
! some miscrcant.
All Sing was sentenced to five wears in
the Folsom Prison to-day for robbing a
white man.
| UTAH.