Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-09
Weather Reports.

LIyERaoRE. June shit has been raining
since Yesterday morning. The gauge shows 50
OF an men up to 9 P. NJ. 1t is still cloudy and
threatening: From the record kept by the Cen
tral Pacific Railroad for the past fifteen years,
the rainfall is unprecedented for the month OF
June, the nearest comparison being in 1879,
when 90 OF an inch fell on June 10th. Great
quantities OF hay has been cut, but should the
rain cease no serious damage is apprehended.
SUSUN. June Shit has been raining here
most OF the day. AT P. NJ ii is still raining,
with favorable prospects for it to continue
through the night. 1t will be a big damage to
the hay crop.
DIXON, June shit has been raining steadily
for three hours, and fears are entertained for
the safety of the summer-fallowed grain.
SAN LUIS 0BIsPo, June Sth.-Over half an inch
of rain has fallen during the past ten hours and
it is still raining 1t is feared that good deal
il stands six feet high. Should this rain con-
tnue for one day a good deal of hay will be
spoiled, unless promptly and properly attended
to.
NAPA, June Sth.-A heavy rain has been fall
ing all the afternoon. This rain at this time
will damage great deal of hay, which has just
been cut.
REDWOOD CITY, June shit commenced rain
ing here about $50 \. NJ to-day and continued
until p NJ. At that hour it looked like clear
ing up.
PETALUMA, June Sth.-Much to the chagrin of
the farmers, who are in the midst of haying,
rain began to fall in light drizzle at $50 p NJ.
yesterday, and fell steadily through the night
and with but slight intermission throughout to-
day, falling quite heavily toward nightfall, with
every prospect of continuing through the night.
Fully two-thirds of the hay crop of the valley is
cut, and lies loosely ON the ground or in cocks,
exposed to the weather. and will be more or less
damaged by the rain
STOCKTON, June sth.-The rainfall to-day, up
to P. NJ, was - of an inch. Total for the sea
son, 1921 inches; corresponding season last year,
1916 inches
Drunken Mans Neck Broken.
lone, June Sth.-A man by the name of H. c.
Berkert, while intoxicated to-day, fell off the
sidewalk three feet from the ground and broke
his neck. He expired in few minutes. He is
supposed to be a Sheepherder, and lived near
Linden, San Joaquin county. He arrived here
last night on horseback.
Shot in the Forehead.
Cotton, June Sth-This afternoon a shooting
affray occurred at this place. A Mexican named
Antonio Surname, who has been for some time
furnishing the Indians in this vicinity with
whisky, was shot in the forehead by an Indian
who was at the time under the influence of fire
water. The ball glanced along the forehead
only causing flesh wound.
Land SaIes-New Hotel.
SAN LUIS OBISPo, June Sth.-It is said that in
less than one week over $4,000 worth of land
has been sold on the Huerhuero rancho alone
Immigrants begin to find that it is to their in
tereSt 10 locate III TINS cOunty-a section which
is Just beginning to be known and is developing
rapidly its abundant resources.
The Andrews Hotel is beginning TO obStruct
the heretofore splendid view from the Court
house.
An Aged Man Missing.
NAPA June Sth.-Two weeks ago to-day J. j.
HIATT, aged 50 years, disappeared from his house
in Crowns valley. Search was made for him,
but he could not be found, and his friends
thought that he would soon return. During the
past week parties have secured the country
near his home without any success. \ party of
twenty persons have just returned from vain
search for him. A reward of 500 has been of
fered for information rs to his whereabouts
The Democratic State Convention.
STOCKTON, June Sth.-Quite number of dele
gates to the Democratic State Convention,
which cOnvenes Tuesday, have arrived and the
indications are that the Convention will be II
more than ordinarily interesting event. Chris
Buckley, of San Francisco, arrived at noon and
is the lion of the hour 1t is predicted that the
Convention will continue to the end of the
week. 1t will be held in Music Hall new Ma
sonic Temple, and only persons who have tick
cts of admission will be permitted to enter.
The Raging Colorado.
YUMA June Sth.-The Colorado river at this
place is higher than it has been since the rail
road reached here and is still rising. The en-
bankment is broken four miles west. No pas
senger train passed west last night 1t will
probably be necessary TO transfer passengers by
the break. Fort Yuma is isolated.