Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-12-23
PACIFIC SLOPE.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE EECoRD-uNloS.l
CALIFORNIA.


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last night a terrible wind-st0rm has pre-
vailed. The sand is flying and theweather
Is cloudy Trains are now arriving ON
time. The framework of the new depot
here was leveled about o'clock this morn
| ing, and more damages are liable to follow.
MERGED, December 22d.-The rainfall of
Saturday and Sunday nights last amounted
to 80 of an inch, making 1.9l inches for
the season al this point. The rain in the
| foothills and mountains east of here seems
to have been much heavier rs all the
streams rose suddenly yesterday. overflow
ing their banks. To-day there is a stropc
wind from the southeast. The temperature
is mild and the weather cloudy The
ground is in snni condition for blowing.
and as soon O. Inc weather settles seeding
will be resumed Throughout; the valley
PLEAsANTcN, December I'D Since 9
o'clock this morning we have had 20 Of an
inch ofrainiaii, making % inches for the
! storm, and j.il inches for The season. 1t
| has blown a perfect gale from the south ali
day, and the end is no, yet
SAN LUIS OEI.eo. December 22l-Three
and eiehty-hve huadrcdths inches of
rain has fallen during tie present storm,
and for the season 10 date, 6.5o inches. The
heavy sea carried away 250 feet of the
! Pismo warf.
SAN JOSH, December 22d.-The rainfall
| for the twentv-four hours ending at P. Il.
was II Of an inch for the storm, 3.ll
inches. The weather is still cloudy and
1 threatening rain.
Freight Rates Csl Fruit.
| SAN FRANcISco, December 22d.-A com
mittee composed Of representatives from
! the State Horticultural Society, State Fruit
growers Convention and the late Viticult-
| ural Convention, called on A. n TOwne,
/ General Manager Of the Central Pacific. to-
| day, to ask for reduction of overland
| freights on fruit. Manager Towne listened
attentiyely to the statements of the COM
mitiee, and seemed inclined to favor them
/ in their request; bat said that he could do
/ nothing until they had furnished him with
q fCll tabuiated statement of the amount
/ of freight the company would be given for
! transportation in the event of Il reduction.
! He further stated that his company was
| not the only one that had the fixing OF
rates of freight, but that the figures the
committee might present him would be
| presented to the meeting OF the repre-
Sentatives of Eastern roads, who meet
! in this city January 18th. The prop
osition of the committee was that
if the railroad company would make Il re-
duction of one-half, or 10 800 per carload.
or five cents per pound, to Chicago New
/ Orleans and st. Louis, running train for
| fruit especially, the fruit-growers could
! furnish marketable fruits enough to load a
train daily during the season. With such
| facilities, the amount of fruit sent out OF
| the State would increase To ten times the
quantity now shipped The committee,
after a careful consideration of the subject,
concluded that the fruit interest in this
State had reached its maximum value, and
is actually declining, and that unless better
| rates of transportation are obtained the
, business will suffer greatly. The commit
J tee found that the increase of acreage and
the amount of fruit that will be ready for
market this season are far greater than had
| been estimated.
Democratic State Central Committee
Meeting.
| SAN FRANCISCO, December 22d.-At an
| adjourned meeting of the Democratic State
| Central Committee to-day the question of
recommending Colonel George Flournov
! for Secretary of the Interior in Cleveland's
! Cabinet was discussed. Many were in
favor of recommending S NJ Wilson
! The opposition To Flournoy was led by
Colonel Tobin and W. \. Sclllirk. Flour
nov was indorsed by a vote of "A to T. 1t
was reported that the invitations To the
various County Committees had been re-
! ceived in a favorable spirit. 1t is proposed
| 10 have each County Committee in the
! State elect delegate 10 Convention to be
! held in this city in January. The object
! OF the Convention IS to elect three or five
delegates to go to Washington and confer
| with the President-elect as to the distribu-
| ton of Federal offices in California. 1t is
! hoped this Convention will so select the
! delegates as to heal the present existing
differences in tie party. The committee
| adjourned to meet January 10Th.
Boy Thieves Captured.
SAN JOSE, December 22d.-About4 ocock
p. NJ. to-day William ArmOr, q boy z years
| of age, ana three companions, were detected
| while stealing turkeys from the residence
of NJ. Shallenberger, about two miles north
| Of this city. They were ordered to halt,
and failing to do So. they were fired upon
with shotgun by Mr.. Shallenberger. The
Armor boy received portion Of the shor
in the back and right arm. The others es-
! capped injury, but all of them were captured
and placed in the County Jail.
The blockade at Redding.
REDDING, December 22d.-The ditched
| engine was got ont yesterday and sent
! below with the wrecking train. A work
ing gang is repairing the road Another
| slide OF forty feet has occurred just above
Middle Creek station. The mails and ex-
press bound north remain here yet also
several passengers.
Steamer snagged and Sunk on Feather
River.
| MARYsvfLLE, December odd. = The
steamer G.. NJ Small was snagged to-day
about seven miles below Marysville on the
Feather river. She Immediately sank TO
within two feet Of the upper cabin floor,
and tloated down the river distance OF
one mile and half, where she lodged on q
| bar, and remained there. The steamer D.
L. Knight was coming up the river a short
distance behind the Small, and rescued the
crew of the latter vessel from their perilous
position. The steamer is u total loss, and
| but little if any of the freight will be saved.
The C. NJ. Small left San Francisco ON
Friday last, with 115 tons of freight, about
sixty tons of which had been transferred to
! the steamer d. L. Knight before the acci-
dent.