Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-26
Widespread Storm.

thursdays weather was, as a general
thing, exceedingly unpleasant, clouds and
rain prevailing, and the ladies finding it
difficult to do their Christmas shopping.
Many of them donned their gossamers and
faced the storm oravely, but others post
poned it from hour to hour, until finally.
when they had made up their minds to 90
out in the evening, the rain fell increasingly
and the purchase of presents had to be
given up. 1t was unfortunate for the mer-
chants, who had expected a fine DAYS
trade, and which they undoubtedly would
have had The storm appears to have been
+ general in the upper portion of the State,
but the figures given below show q great
difference in the rainfall at places but
few miles apart. Yesterday morning all
the rivers were reported to be booming,
and the Sacramento, at Middle Creek, be-
tween Redding and Delta, was higher than
it had ever been before. Sergeant Barwick
gives the following concerning the weather:
The rain of Thursday evening was a con-
tinuous one, with occasional heavy show
ers. Those between and o'clock were
the heaviest, there being half an inch pre-
cipated in that time. During the storm of
Thursday evening there was measured |. IS
inches, and up to o'clock last night there
and 1863 inches for the season, as against
1910 inches to an equal date last year
The rainfall for the entire season of
1SS4-5 was 1913 inches TIE present season
so far is 1863 inches. which gives us Ii of
an inch more rainfall up to the present
time than had fallen during all of last sea-
son, and at o'clock last night it was rain
ing heavily at San Francisco A low
barometer prevails along the entire Pacific
coast, with southerly winds, and cloudy
and rainy weather prevailing.
The rainfall for the California Signal
Service Stations since o'clock P. N. of
Wednesday. was: For Red Bluff, rs of an
inch; Sacramento, 1913 inches; San Fran
cisco, .73 of an inch San Luis Obispo. 80
of an inch; none at Los Angeles, San
Diego or Keller.
The following figures, from the railroad
company's reports, show the rainfall for
the twentyfour hours ending at I A. NJ. YES
terday Summit, eight hours rain, inches
snow; Cisco, LIZ inches rain, 2 inches
snow Emigrant Gap, 3.05 inches; Gold
Run, eighteen hours rain Colfax, $50
inches Auburn, LILO inches; Newcastle,
ten hours rain; Rocklin, .66 of an inch ;
Redding, 2.10; Red Bluff, "a; Tehama, IS
Nord lao Chico, 1.04; Marysville, LA
Wheatland, fourteen hours rain Lincoln,
L ,
Napa, lbs: Calistoga 1.67: Suisun, lis
Elmira, 107 Davisville, 1.16; Woodland
10; Knights Landing, 1.60; Dunnigan
80; Williams, sc; Willows, 30; Orland
"a Corning, IS.
AT THE JAILs.-The prisoners in the city
and county jails were remembered yester.
day. DeBernardi & Curtis sent ducks tc
those at the city Jail, Henry Schuimeyer q
fine young pig, and Joseph Gamsch case
of pies. Those at the county Jail received
tobacco from Sheriff Wilson. tobacco, pipes
and cigars from r. P. Eldred ana S. S. Ma.
than & Co., and pies from the New York
Bakery.
ANOTHER BREAK IN THE YoLo LEvEE.-
Last Tuesday break occurred in the Yolo
levee near the Elkhorn ranch, and by thai
evening il was sixteen feet wide. 1t ha:
widened rapidly since then, and an i'm
mense body of water is running through
it, filling up the low land, and extending SC
far toward Woodland that 1t can be seen
from Main street in that town.
RAILROAD TRoUBLEs.-A landslide oc
CURED about ten miles this side of Delts
Thursday morning, blockading the track
| and the heavy ram OF that night made
more trouble. The rain also made one o.
two washouts on the California and Oregon
road, between Wheatland and Marysville
but they were repaired so that train
passed without delay.
BIG FIRE AT Elk GRoyE.-Last Thurs
day morning, between and o'clock, tn,
large barn belonging TO Mrs. Ella Wilson
about one and half miles south of Ell
Grove, was destroyed by fire, together witt
its contents, including sixteen head o
work horses. The origin of the fire i
| unknown Loss $4,000: no insurance