Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-21


! bv tomorrow night. Eleven engines to-
day pushed the pillow and they were enabled,
with a very little troubled, TO reach the five
| dead engines and plow. They then returned
10 Truckee With the engines, and tomorrow
will try and reach the Summit, which they
expect 10 do without meeting any large
drifts.
From Blue Canyon they have cleared the
| track TO Cascade, ct which point the rotary
is again doing noble work blowing towards
the Summit.
East of Truckee they will put on all the
power they can spare to open the road to
Reno.
The Cyclone, rotary that they have
been expecting, is reported to be on the
Salt Lake Division blowing its way to
Truckee.
Eastern Oregon.
PENDLEToN (Or), January Goth. = A
special to the Tribune from Weston says:
John Davidson OF Wild Horse Creek shot
and killed Alonzo Barry tonight. Both
were well-known residents. They had
trouble over piece of land. The corpse
will lay in the snow over night.
A special 10 the Tribune from Fairyiew
says II. c. Vaughn, big cattleman, re-
ports great loss of cattle in Yakima county
by the storm.
Ben. Snlpes, the cattle king of Yakima,
has lost geo head and is losing at the rate
of 100 a day. Vaughn has lost great many.
The fast train from the East arrived at
Pendleton tonight in eight days. The
blockade is almost raised, but the weather
is colder and threatens more storms.
Nelly Bly, Escort Corps.
BLUE CANYON, January 20th.-The New
York World Nelly Bly, escort corps is snow
shoeing towards Colfax. They left Emil
CANT Gap at Clio P. NJ. and arrived here
safely at SIS P. NJ. The snow here Is
twenty feet deep and covers the houses.
The Bly, escort corps Is accompanied by
T. W. Tsllant, of San Francisco, and
Peter French, Of Eastern Oregon. The
guide is John W. Deul, miner of Emil
grant Gap, who has been twenty-five years
in the Sierrss.
When the Bly, corps arrived here it
found the rotary pillow train at this point.
They expect to reach Alta at "a
They get an engine at Alta for Colfax,
where they take the local train tomorrow
morning for San Francisco.
Marsh Creek Booming.
BRENTWOOD, January 20th.-Marsh creek
has attained its highest mark since 1884,
flooding the entire iron house section and
filing in the adjoining tule lands. District
10Y, from Marsh Landing up, and the en-
tire Jersey tract, together with all other
tule lands in Contra Costa county, are sub
merged, destroying large areas of alfalfa
and preventing the cultivation of the land
for the present season.
The uplan6s are soggy wet, the mud
fathomless, and from the present outlook
the wheat area will be largely curtailed, as
the growth of vegetation will prevent seed
ing in good condition, and the summer
fallow already sown is making far too rank
growth to insure a profitable crop.
Missing Mail Carriers.
YREKA, January 20th-The mail carrier
from Happy Camp has not yet reached
Scott Bar, and fears are entertained of his
loss in the snow, but be may have sought
shelter on his way.
The mail carriers from Sswyer's Bar over
the Salmon mountains to Ena are still
missing for the sixth day. Their names
are Herbert Finley and Ed. Harris. They
were experts on snOwshoes.
The communication to Ashland is open,
but the entire force of engines and wreck
ing trains with snow shovelers are at work
clearing the track from Gszelle southwark
toward Sisson. A through train is not eZ
pected before Saturday.
Trouble on the Sislxiyou.
ASHLAND (Or.) January 20th.-The snow
blockade south of Ashland continues, and
there is no immediate prospect of change.
All the engines of the railroad have been
brought into use. The snow on the Sis
kiyou mountains is seven feet on the level,
one foot of new snow having been added
yesterday. The express trains from the
north are arriving behind time. Some OF
the passenger trains delayed here are taking
the back track" for Portland, the latest
newsnot being favorable for getting through
for several days yet.
The railroad has q large force of men at
work in the Siskiyous shoveling snow, the
snow plows having all been sent south.
The snow is being drifted badly and the
progress is slow.
On the Oregon Line.
EDGEwooD, January Goth No trains
have passed here for six days. The road is |
blocked both north and south. snow
plow and seven engines have been stuck in |
cut two miles north of here since last |
Thursday. The cut is about oAe-quarier of
mile in length and is drifted full of snow, |
varying in depth from ten to twenty feet. |
a gang If over hundred men are shovel |
ing snow there and are expecting to get |
through sometime tomorrow.
Therosd is still blocked between here and |
Sisson. It will probably be three or four
days before it is cleared. Old settlers, who |
have been here since "'49,'' pronounce the |
storm of last Wednesday the severest one
ever known here. Il was perfect blizzard. |
It is impossible TO tell at present when the
road will be cleared.
The Salvation Army Wins.
PETALUMA, January 2Oth.-Judge Press
ley has rendered decision in the case of
the Salvation Army, arrested for violating
city ordinance, and who were brought be-
fore the Superior Court on a writ of habeas
corpus declaring the ordinance void and of
no effect, and conflicting with Constitution
of California. Judge PRESLEY holds that the
ordinance as it stands would prevent the
fire department from attending a fire, and
also funerals without permit.
The Salvation Army received the decis-
ion with a great deal of satisfaction, and
announce theil determination Of parading
the streets tonight in company with the
obnoxious drum.
Washington Items.
SEATTLE (Wash.), January 20th.-Jack
Gay, the leader of the thieving trsinmen,
was to-day sentenced to three years in the
penitentiary.
The strike Of the bricklayers still con-
tinues. About $50 of them are out of
work. There is 10 immediate prospects
of a settlement of their difficulties.
| Elsie Johnson, woman of loose charac-
| ter living in Bsllard, small town in this
county, attempted suicide yesterday by
taking laGdanum. Her condition is Grill
cal.
| a New Silver District.
| SAN DIEGO, January 20th.-H j. Patter-
son, an old prospector, has returned from
San Felipe Bay, 125 miles south of Yuma,
on the Gulf of California. He brings
silver ore from an 1S-inch vein, which is
found to be very rich. He and two others
| lived thirteen days on oysters after the sup
plies gave out and while waiting for a
schooner ordered to come from Guaymas.
Patterson walking 124 miles to Alamo,
killing quail and jsck-rabbits for food, and
sent back supplies. The miners are flock
| ing to the new camp from Alamo.
An Order Revoked.
PORTLAND (or). January 2Oih.-Mrs.
| Willcmette Martin, sn aged widow, died
! somewhat suddenly Saturday morning.