Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-07-17
The Hot Spell.

-1O0o in the shade. A heavy shower OF
rain fell this evening.
| CENTERvILLE, July l6th.-The heaviest
| thunderstorm known here for years pre-
vailed this morning Light showers fell,
but did no damage. The temperature is
| lower.
SAN JOSE, July l6th.-Last evening we
| had slight shower of rain. a thunder
storm with lightning and rain set in this
morning, with light showers. The ther-
mometer was 92o in the shade. A letter
! from Mountain View says a terrific storm
of thunder and lightning set in at A. M,
| with heavy showers of rain. The lightning
struck a tree and badly shattered IL.
Thrashing machines and hay presses have
stopped work.
WRIGHTs. July 16th.-The Santa Cruz
mountains were visited with quite lively
thunderstorm at an early hour this morn
ing. No damage to fruit.
VIsALIA, July 16th.-There was a heavy
wind here last evening followed by a sprin-
kle of rain at o'clock, accompanied by
thunder, and heavy shower in the noun
| tains. The weather has been warm and
sultry for the past two days.
VALLEJO, July 16th.-After the warm day,
Thursday, the people awoke this morning
of rain followed; not enough TO do dam
| age.
PoRT COSTA, July l6th.-A large wheat
field east of Martinez was burned yesterday
afternoon.
PoRT COSTA, July 16th.-Yesterday 1909
in the shade was followed by shower this
forenoon, accompanied by thunder
WArsoSvILLE, July 16th.-We had quite
thunderstorm this morning at o'clock,
with % of an inch of rain.
SANTA Rosa, July 16th.-There was a
light shower of rain at 1870 here to-day,
lasting half an hour. Weather much
cooler.
HoLLIsrER, July 16th.-This morning
we were visited by shower of rain, ac-
companied by thunder. The weather has
been oppressively warm for the past three
days, the thermometer registering 1909,
and at Tres Pinos, seven miles from here,
1l0o in the shade.
Queer Weather for California.
LIvERMoRE, July l6th.-A thunderstorm
took place here early this morning, accom-
panied by vivid flashes of lightning. Two
cows belonging to Adam Faith were killed
by lightning, and a grain stack belonging
to d. NJ. Peters totally destroyed. A Span
ish lodging-house was slightly damaged.
SAN Francisco, July 16th.-At half-past
this morning rain commenced falling,
ana heavy downpcur, with intermittent
peals of thunder and flashes of lightning,
continued until o'clock. The fall amount
ed to % of an inch The Signal Service
office has received reports from the follow
ing places, giving the fail of rain during the
storm this morning Menlo Park, 30 OF an
inch San Mateo, OF /; San Jose, .0S Sole
dad, .02.
Death from SunstroBe.
RED BLUFF, July 16th.-A man named
Leslie, at work harvesting on Cones ranch,
was sunstruck yesterday at 4 P. NJ, and
died in the hospital about s. He suffered
extreme agony. This is the first genuine
case of sunstroke known in the county.
Grain Fields Burned.
Stockton, July 16th.-A fire on Roberts
island last night, near Stewards ferry, de-
stroyed 70 acres of grain on the estate of
Kate Mclaughlin, and partly destroyed
the crops of j. Naglee, Burke and William
Hutchscn. The fire accidentally started in
barn owned by the California and Glas-
cow Land Reclamation Company, which
was totally consumed. McLaughlin's crop
was insured for s. an acre in the Manches-
ter Company.
l.,
north of Livermore destroyed stack OF hav
belonging TO H. L. Henderson, and several
hundred acres of pasture. A large fire is
reported in Assajara valley, but nothing au-
thentic is known concerning it.
Two Deaths-One a Suicide.
ORovILLE, July 16th.-Word came last
night by the Quincy stage that James J.
Wendell, an employe at Springers mill,
near Cherry Creek, was found hanging to
the limb of q tree on the trail between the
mill and creek. He was dead. An empty
bottle lay beside the tree, and it is q sup
posed case of suicide. He was married
July Sd. No further particulars yet re-
ceiyed.
Philip Strohm, who lives about a mile
south of town, was found this afternoon
lying by the roadside dead. He was on the
street this forenoon, apparently well. The
cause is supposed to be the combined in
fuence of alcohol and the hot sun.
Drowned Near Lodi.
LODI, July 16th.-Yesterday morning Ja-
cob Shrek aged 10, was drowned while
bathing in Tracy's lake, eight miles from
Lodi. The boat used by him and his COM
panion drifted from the shore, and Shrek
attempted to swim to it. When near the
boat he threw his hands over his head and
covered to-day
An Indulgent Magistrate.
GAIT, July 16th.-This morning the town
was thrown into a state of excitement as
the o'clock train came through. One Mrs.
Brown boarded the train to Sacramento.
Her husband seized her, threw her down,
and struck her several times on the head.
He was arrested, and this afternoon fined
SO by D. K. Stringfeld, Justice OF the
Peace.
The Lick Telescope.
SAN JOSE, July 16th.-The contract of the
Union Iron Works, of San Francisco, with
the Lick Trustees for the construction and
placing of the steel dome for the thirty-six-
inch refractor has been filed for record.
According to the specifications the work
must be completed inside of 100 working
DAYS and the compensation is to be the
actual cost of labor and materials, with 10
per cent. added, the total expense not to ex-
ceed $56, $50.
So A Libel Case.
VAcAvrLLE, July 16th.-James d. Nc
Lain, editor of the Vacaville Reporter, was
bound over on five charges OF criminal
libel this afternoon. McLain furnished
bail.
A Carpenters Fall.
Los ANGELES. July 16th.-S. B. johnson,
carpenter, fell through an elevator shaft
in the City of Paris store this morning and
injured his spine so that ne will probably
die.
Accidental Death In Tuba.
MARYsvILLE, July 16th.-Henry A.
Woodruff, an old and respected citizen of
this county, accidentally fell into well at
his residence near Bangor, on Thursday,
receiving injuries which caused his death
shortly after.
Turn the Rascals Out.
SpANIsHTowN, July l6th-The United
States mail from San Francisco to Pesca-
dero was kept in the shade behind saloon
from 12 O'Clock at noon until o'clock P.
NJ, being forgotten by the mail carrier.
Truckee Items.
TRUcKEE, July l6th-A west-bound spe-
cial freight train came in contact with
large band of sheep about one and one-haIf
miles east of Truekee this afternoon About
twenty head OF sheep were manned and
killed, the property of Mr.. Hubbard, a
well-known stock man here Accidents of
this nature are of frequent occurrence in
this part of the State during the summer
season, as it is almost an impossibility for
the railroad company to fence the road in
this section, owing TO the mountainous
character of the country. However, the
company, through their claims adjusters,