Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-28

the following information from the agent
of the line at Bristol. Eng: "The snow
storm yesterday in England appears to have
done an amount of damage to telegraph
wires which is unprecedented"
The London Daily NelCS says the tele-
graph wires in that city last night were
swapping with alarming rapidity, and in
Fleet street the policemen curled the broken
ends round the lamp-posts. A train on the
Midland road was delayed over an hour by
the falling of telegraph wires across the
track. A large number OF telegraph and
telephone wires fell last evening over the
metropolitan area. There was very severe
weather at Reading yesterday. The snow
that fell in the afternoon was the heaviest
experienced for years, while the wind blew
hurricane, causing considerable damage
to roofs of houses. These were also in
iured by brapches of trees being wrenched
away by the violence of the wind
In Somning Cut on the Great Western
Railroad, trains were delayed by the snow
drifts. On the line from Paddington to
Reading, and from Bath to Bristol, all tele-
graph poles are perfect wreck, most OF
the poles being splintered and lying in all
directions. The railway "block lines
being down, trains are considerably de-
layed and are signaled along the line by
flags. 1t seems probable that the wires be-
tween Bristol and London will not be oper-
ated for two or three days. Telegraph lines
in other directions have suffered equally,
as far as can be ascertained.
CONCERNING THE GREAT STORM.
New YORK, December 2Sth-A. MA
severe snow-storm which has been specially
disastrous TO the telegraph service, have
prevailed throughout England since SUM-
day. Only meager details about its ex-
tent and the damage it has caused have
been received in this city, but from them
it appears that the storm has been heaviest
around London. As there is no communi-
cation between London and the Continent,
and only one wire between London and
Liverpool yesterday, messages to and from
London were taken by trains to and from
the nearest point at which telegraph serv-
ice was still maintained. The city itself
appears to be almost completely isolated.
Many of the railroads centeriDg there are
blocked with snow, which makes commu-
nication by that means slow and difficult.
Yesterday was business day in London,
and consequently there was little business
by the cable between there and this city.
This is the second time since 1866, when
the cables were first successfully laid, that
England has been out of communication
with England.
GENUINE LIVE" JOURNALS.
Despite the cutting off of communica-
ton, several journals which make a
specially of European news of GER
tain character, have their usual amount of
so. called cable dispatches. 1t is hardly
necessary to say il is unimportant.
Chamberlain Defines His Position.
New York, December 27th.-A London
special to the Nail and Express says Jo-
seph Chamberlain has written a letter TO
Mr.. Haslam, of Lancashire a magistrate
and Radical, in which he again defines
his position on the Irish home rule ques-
ton. He says he is in favor only OF the
extension of local selfgovernment for Ire
land. He thus regains the position where
he was before his Birmingham speech,
| which seemed to indicate partial willing
ness to change it. The Tories are a good
deal disappointed at this. They would like
him to separate definitely from Lord Har-
| tington and the Unionists. They think
| they would be more likely to be able to
effect g permanent union with the mod
crate Liberals if he should desert them and
return 10 the Liberal fold and Gladstone
DartV