Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-29

think about it."
Corbett has received a telegram from Joe
McAuliffe, the San Francisco heavy weight,
asking him for match in Portland. Cor
bet. will give a decided answer next week.
Food Getting Scarce at Barstow.
SAN BERNARDINo, December 2Sih.-Ad-
vices just in from the desert country report
great damage The Mojave river rose rap
idly Sunday night and became torrent,
carrying everything before it. For twenty
five miles the rich stock ranches on each
side were almost ruined. The river cut
new channels in every direction, tearing
up large trees by the roots and washing
away thousands of cords of wood. A large
number of buildings were washed away at
Bsrstow, and over 400 passengers are lay
ing there. Food is becoming alarmiDgly
scarce, and the town is in bad fix.
In Csjon Pass twenty miles of the wagon
road is gone and the railroad is covered
with mud for long distance.
a2The Toy and Lawrence ranch and the
Cosy Dell summer resort are cut in two
and nearly ruined. The house narrowly
escaped going. The water rushed down IN
columns and forced its way through every
obstruction. The railroad company is
making big efforts to transfer, but ii will
be two days yet before passengers can get
through. The Southern Pacific east is all
right. The train left this morning at 1:3O
for Pasadena, and transferred by wagon
nine miles to the Los Angeles train, and
arrived at P NJ. from Pasadena with the
Los Angeles mail, the first mail since Tues
day. No Eastern or San Francisco mail
has been received since Monday. The
local washoUts are nearly all repaired, and
trains are making regular trips. To-day
the weather is clear.
Released from Prison.
MARYsvILLE, December 2Sth.-An order
was made by Judge Keyser to-day for the
release of the twenty Chinese hydraulickers
arrested at Omega, Nevada county, last
April for violation of the anti-debris in
junction, and who were convicted and
have been ever since serving out the SEN
tence of fine of $500 or five hundred days
Imprisonment. The order was made to re-
lease on the payment of $3.50 as cash and
Communication for the remainder of the
time unserved. After being liberated the
Chinese today expressed the intention to
bring suit against r. w. Tully, the owner
of the Omega mine, for damages. They
alleged that he misrepresented to them the
relations between him and the Anti-Debris
Association These Chinese have been the
victims of Tully in the matter, who has
4lnSell 6SCdpcu
A Girl and a Gambler.
SAN BERNARDINo, December 2Sth. =
Sheriff Seymour received telegram this
afternoon from Chief of Police Glass of
Los Angeles, to arrest Jack Day and Elva
Parkins on the train. Officers went to the
depot at P NJ when the first train from
Pasadena came in, and found the couple
They left Los Angeles Friday and stopped
at Pasadena all night and came on to-day.
The girl is very young-looking, but say
she is past 10 years and has known Day for
a month. Day is a tough-looking man,
probably a tinhoru gambler, and was
locked up in Jail. The girl is deeply infat
uated and grief-stricken. She says they
intended to get married.
The Southern Blockade.
Los ANGELES, December 2Sth.-By Mon
day evening, with the exception of the
road north to San Francisco, the railroad
blockade in S0ut3ern California will prac!l
cally be raised. and trains will be running
on nearly all the lines and branches. The
road is now opened from Barstow to Sum-
nit. The coast line TO San Diego is open.
Tomorrow morning it is believed that
things will be in such shape that train
can De sent East. Superintendent Muir
stated this morning that he thought there
would be a train in from San Francisco
Tuesday or Wednesday.
Trains Beginning to Run.
SAN DIEGO, December 2Sth.-The first
train from Oceanside came in last night,
| bringing the storm bound passengers
who reached there by the last train
on the 23d. The Santa Maria arrived at =
o'clock this morning, with passengers and
| mail from Redondo. The railroad people
hope 10 open communication with Los
Angeles TO morrow by transferring from
one train to the other at the worst place be-
yond Oceanside. The first train through
Temecula Canyon left for San Bernardino
at II A NJ. Weather fair.
One of the Victims.
LIvERMoRE, December 28th.-Miss Ida
Plat, burned to death at the st. Ignatius
fire at San Francisco last night, was well
known here, where her mother, Mrs. W.
Schmedes, resides. 1t is not known whether
Miss Plat was 10 the country or not. The
mother sent box of Christmas goods by
Wells, Fargo & Co. yesterday morning, but
received no acknowledgment by the last
mail. The mother leaves for San Fran
cisco on this afternoons train to identity
the remains.
Their Labor for Their Pains.
MARYsvILLE, December 2Sth. = Wells
L q
by burglars last night, who carried off two
heavy boxes, one of which was treasure
box, and broke them open some distance
up the main track. The boxes contained a
lot of old account books and other material
of no value, and the burglars must have
been sorely disappointed.
Life ON the Cars.
BAKERSFIELD, December 2Sth.-A num-
Der of passengers have been DELAYED here
for the past few days on account of the
washouts south. They remained on the
cars, and everything that could be done for
their comfort, even to their feeding, was
done. The road is now open to Mojave.
Heavy Damages.
Los ANGELES, December 2Sth.-By rea-
son of the Los Angeles river changing its
course Just below the city limits, great
loss to ranch and fruit men is sustained.
They will sue the city for heavy damages
claiming the natural flow of the river was
changed by the building Of the levee.
Modesto Sports.
MoDEsro, December 2Sth-A foot-race of
100 yards for a purse of 81 900, between
W. o. Trine and Charles Gibson, took place
to-day and was won by TriDe by one foot.
The 200-yard race, between Urine and W.
A. Ross, will take place tomorrow after
noon for $500 side.
Stabbed in Saloon.
VIsALIA, December 25th.--Frank Cor
don, bartender, was badly cut and stabbed
in saloon this morning by man from
the mountains. They quarreled over a
senseless bet. The cut is dangerous, but
perhaps not fatal.
1t Has Reached Tacoma.
TACOMA (Wash.l, December 2sth.-There
are several caseso of we'll defined Russian in
fluenza here and it is quite prevalent in 8
mild form.
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
A Large Number of Men Almost Cooked