New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-29
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
DAMAGE BY sTORM-HIGHBINDERS AGAIN
SOCIAL, AND OTHER NOTES.
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c. rr,rcisco Dee 2s--The great storm when
svon, over this State for the third time "l'h'n
n month seems now 10 be ended, ana the laIihoiS
,rbo have been anxousy watching the leNecS
will be given a breathing space Extreme oOiu
.,,eatber in the Sierras saved tine oacr"no"'o
Valley from a second heavy Hood, as Wal"
weather would have melted the snow anu 0on
verted every stream into ressuess Uoii.
AS il is. the chief damage has been uone ~ Wv
railroads and particularly TO those IN the sou'n-
o~r coppties San Diego and Riverside are cue
off from all railroad communication ana WIN
urobably remain isolated for week at rus
The whole Atchson system in California Is o"uiS
do,oor.lirad as the road has lost many costly
bridges. and miles of its track are coNeIeu WIN
Md and debris. The Southern Pacific has been
badly used. but its resources are so great 'i'aO
n few DAYS will see the lifting of the blockade
hot,yccn here and Los Angeles caused by 'he
ercat washout in Solcdad Canon. There over
twcntv miles of track has been swept away, ana
n bucc wrecking gang of 500 men have week
Of work before them In the meantime oNerlanu
nassenorrs bv Southern lines will be trahSleIIou
from Los Angeles to this city by steamer
The general results of the storm are gOod lor
the farmers. as the snowfall IN the mountains
and the rainfall in the valleys nave oeen %
heavy that the ground cannot dry out heAo spins
so as TO prevent a good grain crop Inc i'i'i'"
lions point to the best wheat crop neNV se"So"
for many years. and an enormous increase Ill
the acreage of fruit trees planted shows the coh-
fdence of hortculturists in their industry
James G.. Fair has been elected president oil
tbe rev Mutual Savings Bank, recently lhcor-
porated The bank will be opened IN Mechamcs
Institute Building, on Post-st., below hearhey-
ST.. next February. 1t is understood that inc
epplications Tor shares exceeded SlOOO,oOo cap
itaL
4 contest has grown out of the claims OF the
heirs to the 5000 insurance policy on the NE
of ex-Judec Terry, who was shot py Marsn"l
Naqle Terry's son lays claims TO the none
hui Sarah Althr1 and the Administrators VI 'i'c
estate think they should have snare
The Press Club has secured the old bohemian
club rooms in Pinc-st. and has es1aDlisicd Il
ostorrant for the members II is now one OF the
strongest organizations of the KIND IN the couh-
try though only two years Old
unique Christmas gift was presented 10 on ~
III De Young, proprietor OF " Inc San frahcIsoo
Cbroniclc TO commemorate the guarter-cehf-
narv of the founding of the newspaper: IL was
LARGO silver medal, bearing on one sac 'ie ue
SIGN of the new nine-story Ohr0hiclH puli,'i!i ~
INV and oid presses with the names of the donors
ali of whom had been ten years OF over WIN
the paper.
c Dieco ladies this week shipped box OF
os and other citrus fruit to Mrs Harrison
So~ tbe New Years dinner at the White House
IS tho box escaped the blockade on all southern
railroads this California fruit ought TO form
nrctt, and tootbsome addition 70 the taDic
One of the most striking of the Christmas eX-
orcises here was the celebration of the day AT tne
Home for Predetermined Children AT Sahl'
Clara. Some of the children played In me pand
while others took part in >snd"SUlG Inc popular
oirs in " Pinaforc" The performance vas the
@tr0pGest nroof Of what can he done with these
cIondcd minds bv patience and skllfuI training
Mrs Ariel Iathrop. sistcr-in-law OF MIS- NUanloIu
Mrs. Judah and other lady patrons gave all Tue
children pretty toys and sweetmeats.
A. Santa Rosa this week was buried Ca = in
7 II Drummond, an cX-Anglo-lndian army oh~eI,
Tbo had done much to improve California wines
lie had q large vineyard near Glen Ellen, NOnonlI
County where he tested all the famous Nailetles
of French wine grapes and experimental In blend
ING them with the common stock. Ills cuttings
of French claret and Burgundy grapes were sent
ell over the State. and he instrumental IN IN
ducing many winemakcrs 10 devote attention 10
choice grapes.
The disaster in the Utica Mine at Angels Camp
was one of the worst that has ever occurred IN
the State Seventeen lives were lost. ana the
saddost feature is that most of them were mar
RED men with families. The cause OF the caNlhg-
i'm of the drift deserves rigid investigation, as II
looks as though failure 10 throw the waste rock
between the timhering led to the collapse OF the
drift Angels is one of the oldtlne Hlnlh"
camns now Il mere shadow Of what II was When
Bret IIarte made il the scene OF several oil his
poems and stories.