Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-30
Additional storm Reports.

snow-storm of the winter SCI III DAY peiore
Yesterday, and is still raging. Nearly three
feet of snow has fallen, and the indications
are favorable for as much more. The Cen
trail Pacific r ,ilroad has its snow-plows aud
large gangs Of men out and thus far no great
delay Of trains has occurred; but should the
storm continue all trains will soon be block.
AIDED The old residents all are OF the opinion
! that one OF the biggest storms ever witnessed
on the mountains is in embryo. The lumber
men are all feeling jubilant, and say that too
much snow cannot fall to suit them, as 1t IL
sures a plentiful supply of water for log driv-
ing and wood-fuming the coming year.
SHASTA, January .29.h.-The rain-sForm
still continues. 1t poured down IN torrents
all day Saturday and Sunday. The rainfall
of this storm was inches. Total rainfall to
date, 20 inches.
| REDDING, January 29.h.-The rain still
continues, about ? 30 inches having fallen this
| storm,
! DowEIEvILLE. January 90 h.-The snow
| here is ten inches deep; four feet at Forest
| City and the Mouutsin House. Barometer
| 20. 80 ; thermometer 40'.
! GRASS VALLEY, January 90 h.-Three
| inches of snow fell last night This Is more
| than fell altogether last winter az this place.
BRIGGS. January 295h.-It commenced
up to the present time l 81 inches have fallen.
! The prospects so far for crops are good. The
rainfall for the season is 6.46 inches; same
time last year, 5.76 inches.
| EVANSVILLE, January % ,h.-This morning
a heavy rain fell again. The farmers are we'll
satisfied. The weather is still wet at 2 P. ~
WILLOWS (Colusa county,. January 29th.-
One inch OF rain has fallen from a. NJ. to Z
p NJ , and it is still raining hard.
GEORGETOWN, January 29sh.-Since the
storm began last Friday $50 inches of rain
has fallen at this place. 1t is now showing
and the barometer is very low.
MARITIME, January 29sh.-Up to 8 o'clock
N, we have had l. IS inches of rain for the
storm. 1t is pouring down now, with no in.
die atoms of cessation. This assures CROPS
with light spring rains.
VALLEJO, January 29sh.-It is still rain
lag. The fall during the twenty four hours
ending at 5 A. NJ. was 800 inches. Total for
the season, S56 inches.
ST. HELENA, January 29,h.-The rain
storm still continues here, aud it is unusually
cold. The adjacent mountains are covered
with sOow. Up to this afternoon the rainfall
here for the season has been $50 inches.
STOCKTON, January 29,h.-Total rainfall
for the month, LII inches; for the season to
date 80 inches. Twelve one.hundredths of
an inch fell lsst night. The late storm, up
| TO S a, NJ. to-day amounts to % inches At
this hour Il P. N the wind is strong from the
southeast. Barometer, %. G5; thermometer,
| j27.
MERGED, January 30 .h.-Ths fall of rain
yas'er lay amounted to As of an inch, max
| ing IS. OF an inch for the storm.
! SAN JOSE, January 29th.-It has been
! ro;yirrr ct intervals 4hrouuhCut "a day and
will probably continue through the night,
! Total for the storm to 6 P. NJ, , 0S inches
total for the season, % inches. Total last
season at the same period, 400.
SALINAS, January 29:h.-Th, rainfall for
the last twenty-four hours was 80 of an inch ;
for the storm, SO inches I; for the season,
397 inches. The storm continues, with a
low barometer.
VIRGINIA New January 29;h.-O7er a
foot of snow has fallen tonight, and the
storm is still raging furiously; but the bar
ometer has been slowly rising since noon.
Tonight the streets are crowded with sleigh5
and ali manner Of rigs on runners, and par
ties singing and shouting, in spite Of the
binding clouds of snow.
An Old Mans Shocking Death.
SINGLE SPRINGS, January 29,h-Wm.
Newlands. over 20 years old, was found dead
this morning in brush fence near his cabin.
1t ia supposed that he fell while under the
influence Of liquor, and could nos exlricste
himself.
ScOundreI FOund Gully.
RED BLUFF, January 29sh.-Emory Mu.-
ray, an accomplish Of MollIe Swatford in in
ducing young girls to q lie OF shame, was
| uad guilty last night, and will be sentenced
Saturday. He has a wife and family in
Chico.
New Odd Fellows Temple.
CHICO January 29lb.-The cornerstone
of the new 0 Id Fellows Temple was laid to-
day with appropriate ceremonies by Grand
Master w. W. Morrow, assisted by Grand
! Secretary w B. Lyon, Past Grand Master
Leon D. Freer and ". +. Norcross. Past
Grand Master Haswell delivered the Grafton
in Bidwelps Hall, which was well filed.
Sentenced to be Hanged.
! SALINAS, January 29th.-The Superior
| Courtroom was filed this morning to hear
! the sentence passed on solomon Torres, con-
| victed of murder in the list degree, in killing
the Chinaman All Din at Blauco, on the 10Th
/ Of December. On being asked by the Judge,
! J. X. Alexander, why sentence should not
| be passed upon him, his counsel, w. 5.
| Dodge moved for 3 new trial On some slight
! teclnicalries, which was OverTuled by the
| Court = motion for stay of judgment on
/ the ground that defendant was not prose-
/ cuted on an indictment of Grand Jury, vas
! denied. After short but well.worded ad-
dress by the Judge to the prisoner, he was
sentenced to be hanged by the neck until he
! be dead, by the Sheriff of Monterey county.
on March p, 1854, between the hours of 10
/ \. NJ. and p. ". The sentence, which was
/ listened to with breathless attention by the
/ throng, was received by the prisoner without
! the slightest display of feeling. This case is
noticeable as being the first sentence to exc
cu.ion 10 this county foe many years.
District Attorney sent TO jail.
MODESTO, January 29th.-This morning j.
c. Simmons, the District Attorney of this
county, was sent to j,il for contempt Of
Court. It seems that few days ago, in the
trial of case before a Justice Of the Peace,
Simmons refused to allow q witness to testify
on a certain question, and some words passed
between the Court and the peoples lawyer,
which resulted il Simmons being fined $50
. with the alternative of going to Jail for
/ tweuty-fUur hours. The paper were not
served on him until this morning He refused
( to pay the fine, and Is now having good
line with some Of the touEhs be has sent to
the black hole The Superior Judge car
not be found, 30 a writ Of h,beas corpus can.
not be suei oat
Flood In san BernardinO County.
/ SAN BERNARDINO, January 2g.h,-A ter
rife storm last night, extending over this
valley and county, caused considerable IN
/ easiuess among those living near the foot
( hills, as down their sides volumes OF water
| rushed, and threatened the destruc ION of
( everything in is course and even in the val
7 ley streams were formed two feet deep, rush
/ ing across the strests, carrying away ferces,
I etc, vii the different streams were swol-
len into smsl rivers, not passable. \ por-
/ ton II Che large bridge scToss the Santa Ana
river at Cotton was swept away. and cousjd-
cradle damage h Is been done IL town, which is
being repaired a. rapidly as possible, although
with considerable difficulty, SIS it Is still rsio-
ing h3rt, and the prospects sre thst it will
continue. Damage will he done to our high
wsys, which at present it would be diff eult
to estimate. Considerable damage will also
he done through the leakage OF roots, sni
the sides Of buildings exposed to the storm.
TIE Grand Jury Contempt Case MuIdoon
Arrested.
SLN Francisco. January 29 h.-Thc hs5eas
corpus case OF Charles Sonlsg, the member Of
the GraEd Jury sdjudged guilty cf contempt
foe refusing to disclose the proceedings Of
that body, came up foF argument to-day
before the Supreme Court. In the course OF
the argument against the writ, Mr.. Tyler