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FOREIGN.
Great Flood in China.

WASHINGTON, August 26th.-Details of
the destruction in Canton, China. and vi
clnlty, by the recent great rain-storm there
have been received by private parties in
this city The flood had been the most Sc
rious which has visited China in thirty
years. More than 10000 persons lost their
lives, and far greater number are left in a
starving condition. Entire villages were
engulfed, and the rice and silk crops in the
vicinity We're almost ruined. The price Of
rice has been raised Is per cent. in conse-
quence of the loss of the crop. Rain fell
in the latter part of June, filling and over
flowing many rivers. The streets of Canton
were flooded for over a week. AT SEE Nj
city the water broke through the CITY
wall, and it is reported that several thou
sand people were drowned in that place.
The entertainments of the river were
broken in numerous places, and the water
swept across the surrounding country,
carrying everything before it. A foreigner,
who was an eyewitness of the scenes of
devastation, reports that one night the boat
he occupied was anchored near q bamboo
grove. BY morning the water had risen 10
the tops OF the bamboos. AT other points
1t rose as high as forty feet during the
nighttime The inhabitants fled from the
villages and camped on the hillsides. At
Kun In, market-place situated near an
embankment on one of the streams con-
nected with the river which bring water
from the north and west rivers, a
majority of the inhabitants were
drowned by the water breaking through
the embankment. Some escaped to piece
of rising ground in the neighborhood, but
the water continued to rise, and gradually
overtopped the elevation. drowning those
who stopped upon it. Seventeen Chinese
graduates in Canton, hearing of the distress
and suffering prevalent in their native vii
lages took passage on 4 baat.switil a-vieyv to
proceedlng home to render what assistance
they could. On the way the boat was cap
sized, and all who were in it were drowned.
In some places parents tied their children
on the high branches of trees, while
they instituted measures for their
general safety. The trees were washed IN
by the roots and the heartrending cries of
the children were silenced in the surging
waters. The body of a bride dressed in
her bridal robes, was found floating in the
river at Canton. A large tub was also
contain a boy and q girl. With them was
found paper, stating their names and the
day and hour of their birth. Their parents
had instituted this means to save the lives
of their offspriDgs. The writer adds
that the suffering which thousands
are enduring is heartrending Parents are
replying, with tears in their eyes, to their
children's request for food, that they have
none. The people are obliged to use the
tilthiest water, and this, added to the dis
eases which will ersue upon q subsistence
OF the waters, will greatly aggravate the
horrors of the situation. Meantime all
that is being done by the inhabitants to
abate their misery Is the beating of gongs,
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ton; that the ridge upon which the river
runs has builded faster than the banks of
the stream, and that unless this process be
checked diversion will be the rule, and the
bed Of the river be occupied for navigable
purposes only at exceptionally high-water
stages.
Ten years ago-July %, 1S75-after an
examination by Levee Commissioners Of
bars in the river below the city, where but
about four and half feet of water flowed
the REcoRD-UNIoN said, in reference to a
proposition that the city should expend
money to remove the bars: "And when all
the facts have been laid, it viii appear
that the case is one certainly justifying an
appeal 10 he State, and probably afiording a
fair ground for a demand upon Congress.
The Sacramento river flows by Sacramento
city, and the latter suffers from its obstruc-
ton. But the hindrances to navigation are
unquestionably due in the first in
stance to the mining operations hundreds
of miles above US and since there is at
present no means of diverting the silt
from the river channel the maintenance OF
that channel in navigable condition
properly falls upon the State or tie General
Government, and should not lie saddle1
upon the city, which is not responsible for
the distractions, which possesses no mo-
nopoly of the river; and which, moreover,
has quite as many legitimate burdens as il
can carry"
What we then said we to-day say The
lapse Of a decade has only confirmed our
judgment-has only intensified the neces-
sity for an appeal to the Federal Govern
ment but in the meantime the river bed
has been elevated, and we have raised om
levee defenses proportionally. Low-watel
seasons come and go, but their operation,
are upon i higher plane of river bed, and
the threat Of irreparable impairment
comes nearer and nearer to us. 1t is only
question of time when it may be irresist
ible, but within that time, by action, the
situation can be changed, the threat re.
duced to harmlessness, the river KEPT
within It's bounds, and its Instructions rem
dered comparatively harmless.
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PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

There are 15S patients in the Nevada In
sane Asylum.
"a free public fountain with a constant
supply of ice water is a new feature on the
Principal street of Riverside.
Several Spaniards at Santa Barbara
make a good living gathering and selling
tM'Gs-the fruit of the prickly pear.
sGrading on the California Southern. it is
thought, will be completed by September
18th. and the track finished by October.
The Seventy-six Canal Company are to
build branch canal in Tulare county.
eighteen miles long and sixty feet wide.
The Good Templars have determined to
sell their uilding in Red Bluff, being I'M
| able to pay the interest on the mortgage.
The assessment roll of Yuba county
amounts to 5,706, $50. In Tehama county
the assessment roll amounts to s., 995, 00S.
The owners of large farms in Oregon are
selling OFT tracts, and declare themselves in
favor OF small holdings as the best policy.
A man at Oroville has chicken with a
head at each end-one white and the other
black--but no tail. 1t is attributed to the
climate.
In sinking we'll at Los Angeles re-
Gently, 1t was found necessary to 90
through thirty-eight feet of brea, or as
phaltum.
The only means of crossing the TuoI-
umne river at Waterford is by the slack
wire. The ferry-boat is sunk, but the wire
still ,emains.
Many of the ranchers on Shady Creek
Nevada county, are kept very busy fighting
forest fires, which are raging to an aIarm7
ing extent in that section
Tie Ventura Signal says: Two quartz
mills are at once to be erected in the Piru
Disnict by some Los Angeles parties.
Thee is rich quartz up there
A Los Angeles county paper advises the
grape -growers there to feed their fruit to
the hogs rather than accept the low prices
viii u the wine cellars are said to be offer
/, ing.
Tae second-class whistling buoy placed
by the steamer Manzanita, a few weeks
ago of Blunts Reef, west of Mendocino
proved unable to sustain the cables used
to retain it in position and sank. A first
class buoy will be substituted, and the
other raised
The Portland Oregonian saws: For some
tiine past Eastern cattle-buyers have been
traFeling through the ranges of Eastern
Oregon and purchasing a great MANY cat
tie The herds are growing thin and
bu Shers are beginning TO fear that there
WI 1 be scarcity of beef next wintar
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THE FAIR.

Notwithstanding the fear that for
some time prevailed that the business
strinsency would impair the State EXPOSE
ton, enough is now known to insure sue
cessful State Fair. In the matter of stock,
fruit and county exhibits it is now settled
by the entries and claims for space that
these three departments will alone insure
the most valuable, the largest and the most
satisfactory exhibition yet held, Philo-
sophlcally considered, a season of hard times
is the very best in which to bring together
samples ofState products and for producers
to compare notes, and it now appears that
the people view the matter in this light,
and are determined to profit in that direc-
ton by the coming exposition.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
WHEATLAND FLOUR !

nNE OF THE ALI--ABSORBING AND IN
arising to the consumer, is the question. Are the
results of . New Process All Roller Milling in
the manufacture of flour q SUGGEST And what
is there about it that we have been taxed such
enormous prices as we have paid in the last
year for our -four? Or is it the system we have
paid for? Is the bread we now use on our table
better bread than we used TO have? And if So
in what respect? Every housekeeper and
every good bread aker viii sum the whole
whittier. But at the same time they all COM
plain, and say they know, but don't see the
reason why their bread dries out so much
quicker than It used TO. That it seems to them
that they never have any fresh bread any more
to use on their table; and that cake made of the
new flour is almost too dry to eat aiter it is one
day old. These are very grave and serious con-
slderatlonS, and affect all mankind And from
nearly every hamlet and hOusekeeper we hear
the anxious inquiry, Where can we get some of
the good OLD Stone Flour which we used to
have? Do tell me and l will have some of it at
any price, for We are tired, sick and disguised
with dry bread, or being put to the trouble of
baFIng once or twice a day in order to keep our
tables supplied with bread that is at all palat-
able. The Wheauand Mill Company are es-
pecially well situated to supply this demand,
their mill being in one OF the choicest wheat
belts in the State. They are also prepared to do
business on Live and Let Live" principles,
having no hundreds of thousands of dollars of
capital invested 10 immense, snowy and expen-
sive buildings and machinery, upon all of which
the hungry stockholders expect every year to
make good round sum on their investment
Give them call and satisfy yourself Tell your
grocer that you must have the Wheatland Flour
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SAN FRANCISCO AGENCY.

L P. FISHER is Sole Agent for this paper in
san Francisco and vicinity. He is authorized
20 receive advertisements and misconceptions and
collect for the same. Rooms q and p, Mer.
chants Exchange.
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PASSENGERS FROM THE EAST.

lsFs BY TELEGRAPH TO THE RzooRp-Us1oY. I
sEwHALL, August 26th.-The following
oyeriand passengers passed Newhall Aug,Isf
18th. to arrive in San Francisco August 27tb :
G. 20. Hoffman, San Francisco; s. Sultan.
Nsw York; J. Anderson, l. Smith. /. r.
Pesqueira, \. Milliken, Los Angeles: Z,
K Perkins, Minnesota; Mrs. 7. F.Jenkins
ID. II. Ward, Mrs. S. d. Hickman. Oak.
land; Mrs. Thomas Thompson, Tucson
4. Anderson, a. D. Willis, Chicago: Frank
Smith, Tucson
PRoMoSToRY (Utah), August 2eth.-Tbe
following overland passengers passed here
to-day, to arriye in Sacramento August 28tb.
Mrs. J. F. Atkinson, Evanston, Wv; T. d
McMaston, Dakota L. B. Harmon, Sacra-
meRto; L. G. Meyers and wife. C. W. Cor
neliUs, j. II. Fisher, wife and daughter, I.
Pickering, San Francisco; J. b. Ellis
Liverpool: II. S. Martin, Mrs. p. Martin
b. Schwitzer, New York: Miss r. Crotber
Miss j. Crother, Canada; Mrs. f. F. Mar,
shall, San Jose; F. A. Dow, Boston: Mrs.
J; j. Really, California; NJ Wolkheim.
Chicago; II. c. r. Jewson, Kansas; R. T.
Flanders, Mass; A IL. Beach and wife.
Col; J. Brown, Omaha.
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The New York Herald is not kind. 1t
calls the Democratic party "a dirty little
office-seeking brigade" If the Herald had
q roster OF the Democrats in California, who
are anxious TO be sacrificed for the good of
their country, it would change its opinion
as to the size of the brigade
"a subscriber" desires that the attention
of the Government be called to the neces-
sity of guarding against the introduction of
cholera into the United States through inn
portation of rags. Most careful instruc-
tons were issued from the State Depart
ment upon this subject over year ago.
John S. Wise Republican candidate for
Governor of Virginia, is said to be the
greatest dog fancier in that State and never
TO miss dog show. If he is Wise, how
| ever he will steer clear of the kennel for
| the present and address his entire reserve
energies TO stemming the Lee-ward tide.
Other-wise he will have on hand, after the
campaign is over, the worst " doggoned p"
Kettle of political fish ever seen in the Old
| Dominion and that is saying a good deal,
after the Observation-Disclosures hug.
Commenting on the frequent miscarriage
of justice in criminal cases the Baltimore
! san says: Out of 3,377 murders perpe-
trated during the year 1884, the total num-
Der of murderers executed was but 313, and
of this number 2l0 met their death BY
! lynch law, and only 103 by legal process y
There is no question but that the failure of
! justice is the most potent cause for the
present high record of crime. If ten muir
derers were hung to where one is now,
| within five years there would not be one
murder where there are now ten.
| Wa baua raaaiuad 1rov-incrc and
ton of the dredger invented by George
| Uhl, now of San Francisco, which he thinks
| Will cut out the bars formed in the river,
and restore its navigability. 1t might be of
I temporary aid, but so long as thousands of
cubic yards of debris are sluiced into the
tributaries Of the rivers each day, it is use
| less to expect any remedial agencies to be
of much avail. When hydraulic mining
has been effectually stopped, Mr.. UhTs
invention may be very serviceable in'help-
| ing to restore the river to something like
its former usefulness.
| The Connecticut House of Representa-
tives has passed a measure to punish for
| selling oleomargarine unless the purchaser
is informed of the real character of the
| goods. That's very practical way of
reaching this fraud. There can be no posi-
| bic objection to permit anybody who de-
Sires to regale themselves on ball butter, to
do so to their heart's-or stomach's con-
| tent. On the other hand, if those who do
not desire to have a compound of bull
| tripe palmed of upon them for No. but
| ter, can have the delightful privilege of
putting the dealer who perpetrates such a
| fraud, behind barred windows, the victim
! lied public Will be protected, and cleo.
margarine quotations will find their proper
| level in the market.
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pray tIS 10 luOlS.
Disastrous Boiler Explosion.
TRIESTE, August 27th.-There was a ter
rife boiler explosion yesterday on the
steamer Argo. Eight persons were killed
and many injured.
The English Turf.
LONDON, August 26th-This was the sec
ond day of the York August meeting The
race for the great Eber handicap plate was
won by Lord Cadogan's six-year-old chest
nut horse Mate by two lengths, with C.
Perkins six-year-oid horse Bonaparte sec
ond, a length in front of Lord Lascelle's
fUur-year-old bay FLY Clochette, third.
Ravages of Smallpox.
MONTREAL Quebec. August 26th-There
were nineteen deaths from smallpox here
yesterday, being the largest number re-
corded since the outbreak of the disease.
A hospital tent was spread to-day. A large
number of cases have been found to exist
in St. Jean Baptiste village suburb of
this city. One undertaken buried six per-
sons from Saturday night to Sunday morn
ing. None of the houses have been pla-
carded. Twenty-Five deaths from small
poX have occurred in thar village.
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IThe San Diegan. August 221

| ne odn DleBHu, august I'd.
State Controller Dunn is, in our opinion.
taking a very unwise course in refusing Ia
accept the 100000 tax money which the
railroad company paid over to Attorney
tF6effefal Marshall as the amount thew con
cede to be due ON taxes for 1884. There
, is such thing as being too stubborn.
1t is the opinion of the best LAWYERS that
this money can be paid on account. and all
questions as to the balance claimed to be
due can be still Etigated in the Courts and
recovered if the Courts finally hold the
levy to be legal.
In the meantime the people should not
be embarrassed, the schools closed, and
public officers deprived of their salaries in
this way. The legislature passed an Act
empowering the Controller to receive this
money, and if he does not obey the law, or
take immediate n easures to have the law
declared unconstitutional the people will
hold HIM responsible, and the railroad
blaneless. A very sensible article on this
subject recently appeared in the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, paper of pronounced anti
railroad views, in which that able journal
urged the commor sense view, 10 take the
money offered on account, and thus have
something to litigate the balance with, and
at the same time stop this confusion and
arrangement of State and county finances.
----s
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The REcoRD-UHIoN is the only paper on
the coast, otitside Of San Francisco, that re-
ssivcs the full Associated Press dispatches
IRON. al parts Of the rorld. Outside of Sda
Francisco Il t0s no competitor, in point Of
Numbers, in its home and general circulation
tkrcsqiout The coast
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Dr.La Mars Seminal Pills cure all csses OF
Seminal Weakness, Nervous Debility, Loss Of
Mental and Physical Figor, Impotency, Inyol-
untary Emissions and all disorders caused by
Over-indulgence, Indiscretion and Abuse. Dir
La Mars Pills are no mere Temporary Stinu.
liant, but completely Restorative Tonic. They
build up the whole system, strengthen and re.
store the sexual oTga ans, and give new lease OF
hfe-with power TO enjoy ito all who ezpe
.ience the blessed benefits of their potent power
Price, 81 50 per bottle. Sent by mail on receipt OF
price, or by Express, C. o. D. Address slf or
ders, A. McBoYLE & CO., Druggists, San Fran
cisco. ?. o. Box 1852. jyi-1rn
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GENERAL NOTICES.

DO you ask me for my secret
Why my teeth are pearly white?
Why my breath is ever fragrant?
And my gums are rosy bright?
Ny secrets oft been told before
Use SOZODONT. And nothing more.
mIt-IyTuThS
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Readings Russia Saive is as good for the
table rs Tor the house. Keep q box handy.
ol1-lyTuThS
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THE San Francisco Bulletin has an edi-
torial leader with the rather pulling
heading, Why Does not the Law Get
Ehforced~ Would it not have at least
been clearer to have written the question,
"Why Does not the Law Get Itself En-
forced?' OF course it would have been
too simple to have asked, "Why is not the
Law Enforced ?"
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Zeta Straw Works.-Hats bIeached and
pressed. 1928 Eighth street, between and X.
aug3-1Tu
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A BRANCH OFFICE.

Some years ago the proposition was adj
vanced that Congress be memorialized to
establish Dead Letter Office upon the
Pacific coast. At that time the RECORD
UNION favored the proposition. We have
seen no reason to think differently since.
There should be branch Dead Letter
Office at San Francisco, and the business
organizations Of the coast should memorial
ize Congress to establish it. The delay in
tile return of letters that must go to such
an office is too great when the forwarding
must be made to Washington. The cost
of'a branch office could not be very great,
while its compensating benefits would out
weigh the consideration of expense
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Dr.IaMars,semina1 PiIis crre an csses,

Carpet WeavinG-S02 Nj street. Work
done frstclass ON shortest notice. au20-3m*
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OLD STONE FLOUR

GOOD RELIABLE OLD STONE FLOUR.
VI strong and white, can be had of the Wheat
land NH Company, Wbeatland, Cal. Give it a
trial. aul9-11n2p
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"A subscriber" desires that the attention
Of the Government be called to the neces-
sity of guarding against the introduction of
cholera into the United States through i'm
portation of rags. Most careful instruc-
tons were issued from the State Depart
ment upon this subject over q wear ago.
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HUNTS REMEDY is purely vegetable, and
speedy cure for heart disease and rheu-
matism.
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We wish call the attention Of everyone our immense stock of
CROCKERY And GLASSWARE consisting every variety Plain and Bohemian
and COlOTad Glassware
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RECoRD.uN1oNn NELAEeE.

The New York Herald is not kind. 1t
calls the Democratic party "a dirty little
office-seeking brigade" If the Herald had
roster of the Democrats in California, who
are anxious TO be sacrificed for the good of
their country, it would change its opinion
as TO the size of the brigaden
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It is reported that the Williams foundry
will shut down Permanently.
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Disastrous Boiler Explosion.

burning of incense and the bowling of
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

w. c. T. Regular meeting 7
Thursdayl AFTERNOON ut > O'Clock.
Seventh street Methodist Church An2l-I
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HAS RETURNED TO SAN FRANCISCO,
III where he shall be happy to see his friends
Mt 422 Van Ness avenue corner Of McAllister
door au27-Im
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"a Sold on account of retiring from business
SHERBURN & SMITH, Auctioneers.
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WASHINGTON, August 26th.-All the 81
and 81 United States notes held by The
Government are now in the vaults of the
Treasury building, where it is proposed to
hold them until after the meeting of Ccn-
gress in December.
First Comptroller Durham left Washing
ton this afternoon to spend few DAYS At
Deer Park. He said that no further steps
would be taken in regard To the Court Com
missioner of the Alabama claims until
his return next week.
The South Carolina Cyclone.
CHARLESTON, August 26th.-It was i'm
possible yesterday to telegraph an adequate
description OF the cyclone. It proves to
have been the most disastrous storm thai
ever visited Charleston. Within compara-
lively few minutes the injury TO property
was very large in the aggregate, though the
Individual losses were comparatively small.
being confined chiefly TO roofs and fences.
Some OF the wholesale dealers, however
lose heavily by damage to stock. Tie
heaviest losses were along the water 'front.'
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CARD OF THANKS.
NOTICE TO ALL:

Successor to KRONER & Laue) Merchant Tailor
No. 4i3 j street, Sacramento.
R5- Call and leave your orders. au27 1p1m