Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-15

contracting the navigable channels of these
| waters; aud whereas, il is believed that the
| chief influences which have contributed to the
obstr uction of these nayigable waters have
been largely restrained, if not, indeed entirely
discontinued, by means of civil process of the
| Courts, and that the former channels are capa-
bic of restoration without a recurrence of the
evils above referred to,
Resolved That the Board of Trade of San
Francisco respectfully requests the Honorable
;, latOrs and Representatives in Congress- from
the State OF California to give earnest attention
| to restoring to nayigability the Sacramento and
San Joaquin rivers and their tributaries.
After auditing number of bills and
ordering them paid, the Board adjourned.
Hydraulic Miners at Work.
Information is at hand from a most re-
liable source that hydraulic miners along
the American river, at, above and below
Iowa Hill, are running at full blast, and
sluicing the mountain sides into the river
by the acre, to come down and add to the
threatening danger of the valley. AT Iowa
Hill, Placer county, the mine of J. B. Hob
son, and others in the vicinity, are said to
be unusually active. and the hill sides are
being washed into the American river with
greatest possible activity. Are the authori-
ties and people of the valley going to sit
idly by and quietly submit to this until
spring. or is there pluck and ability enough
in our authorities and their counsel to ap-
ply the principles already declared by the
Courts, and promptly procure an iniunc-
ton against this sending down mountains
of debris to work further ruin to our rivers
and bays?
The Marysville appeal of the 18th made
the following report rs TO what it had
heard: We have it on good authority
hot T,;o nj, ~
land Company hydraulic mines at Scales
Digging, and the Poverty Hill mine. three
miles distant are all running with full
force and full head of water. The Union
Hill, Fair Play and Poverty Hill have all
been enioined. The Cleveland Company is
foreign corporation, with headquarters at
Cleveland, Ohio. The President of the
company gave his promise that if no pro-
cess was brought against it no more hy-
draulicHing would be done in the Sine
The three former are therefore working in
contempt of the edicts of the Court, and the
latter has violated word of honor"
y reliable correspondent of the RECORD
UNION at Plymouth also says, under date
of the 18th inst: Hale & Co. have been
running their hydraulic claim at Indian
Diggings, and are now running on the
strength Of Judge Sawyer'S decision" Judge
Sawyer's decision was simply that there
was defect in the party plaintiff in the
eastman case. In previous cases he has
established the principle that washing
debris from hydraulic mines into the rivers.
to their injury and to the injury of adjoin-
ing lands, is public and private nuisance,
and granted iniunctions against continu-
ance of mines so operated There is no
question of the law upon the subject, but
there seems to be decided lack of energy,
ability o. intention to see it promptly and
effectively applied. One-half of the energy
and ability displayed by the hydraulic
miners and their counsel to avoid the law,
would, if applied against them, have long
since closed every mine on the American
and Costumes.
GOING TO HIS PUNIsHMENT.-Deputy
Sheriff Wilson brought up from San Fran
cisco last evening, en- route to the State
Prison at Folsom, Charles Wadleigh, re-
Gently sentenced for felony, having been
convicted of enticing Emma L. Gass. aged
10 years, from her parents home and plac-
ing her in an Oakland bagnio that he
might live off the earnings of her shame
Wadleigh stood in the dock to receive SEN
tence, apparently unabashed but when he
was sentenced to five years imprisonment
at Folsom and to pay fine of 81 900, with
at the expiration of the first term, he
seemed to appreciate the severity of his
punishment, if not the enormitv of his
crime. The sentence was the extreme
penalty of the law, and, in passing it, Judge
Murphy said: 1t is an everlasting dis
grace to this city and community that we
are invested with such creatures as these.
There should be cato -nine-tails in the
hands of every honorable woman and every
yirtuous mother, and this man should be
whipped over every inch of ground until
he IS driven out of the boundaries of the
State. | know of no offense more disgust
ing more abhorrent to manhood and de-
cency, than the one of which this defend
ant has been found guilty | cannot think
in regard to the case with any degree of
composure or patience. | only regret that
the law will not permit me to inhict a
heavier punishment on the defendant"
The public generally will feel like writing
-" We concur in the Judges sentiments.
METROPOLITAN THEATER.-" My Partner
will be produced at the Metropolitan Thea
ter next Friday evening, with the brilliant
E. ]. Buckley an old-time Sacramento
favorite, in the star part. The play is
probably not only the best that BARLEY
Campbell has written, but it has enjoyed
a steadier success than any other American
play of the decade. and brought much
wealth into the managerial Golfers Mr..
Buckley will be supported by good COM
pany, and the play will be well put upon
the stage. Popular prices will be charged
-75, 90 and % cents. Seats can be secured
at Houghton's.
FORMED A CANToN.-Last evening Sacra-
1rento Uniformed Degree Camp No. 1, l.
o. 0. F., voted to merge into a Canton, to
be known as Canton Sacramento, No !,
Patriarchs Militant, l. o. Q. F., and elected
the following officers: Captain, w. H.
Sherburn Lieutenant, Elwood Bruner;
Ensign, S. A. Wolfe Clerk, w. A. Steph-
enson; Accountant, Charles Cooley. The
Canton will have a membership of about
eighty.
CANT BE BEAT.-Men's Congress CATERS,
81 % and 81 so; mems full-stock kip
foundry shoes, only 81 rs, worth 81 IS !;
boys calf button shoes III to y, 81 % !:
boys fnfl-stock kip, hook and lace shoes,
ST. boys full stock kip boots, 81 mems
button shoes, 81 so; ladies' French kid
shoes, 50 and 81 Is; ladies' pebble goat
shoes, 81 % ladies' calf foxed, pebble goat
top. 81 IS. Red House.
THE quantity being so large there re-
mains a good assortment of the ladies'
misses and infants underwear advertised
yesterday. The make, style and finish of
these goods are the very best. The prices
are certainly q great inducement Red
House.
StLK-PLUsH caps for children, Astrakhan
bands, so and 20 cents. Silk-plush bonnets,
with satin shirring trimmed. One hundred
and forty misses felt hats, in eolors. rs
cents. Red House.
EVERY ONE of the children's cloaks have
been reduced in price at Hale Bros.
Now Is the time to buy child's cloak
Hale Bros. the place.