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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-27
RIVERS AND LEvEEs.
The American Still Falling-Active Work
Being Done on the Leyees.

The American Still Falling Work
Being Done on the Levees.
1t was learned from Mayor Gregory last
evening that the Trustees have so energeti-
cally pushed the work of raising the Y
street levee that by this noon it will have
been made five feet higher all the way
from the river bank to Ninth street. They
had 400 men at work hard all day yester-
day, and the members of the Board of
Trustees were personally on hand super
intending the work and laboring like
Trojans.
They have also had Front street strength
ened along the river front from Q to Y
streets, by the laying of $4,000 sacks of
earth, making that portion of the levee
practically impregnable.
These precautions have been taken not
because there is any danger at present
threatening the city, but simply to make
assurance doubly sure and to allay the
nervousness of a few citizens who fear that
the vast bodies of snow to the northward
are certain to be precipitated upon the
valley in the shape of water.
The real fact is, however, that the clear
and cold weather is freezing the snow and
lessening its liability to sudden melting,
and the outlook is that it will not come
with a rush, but gradually.
Yesterday the American river continued
to fall, and the Sacramento rose but one
inch between midnight on Saturday and
midnight last night, being at the latter
hour only 81 feet IL inches. This is only
the ordinary winter hight.
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SIGNAL SERVICE SAUCE.
Sergeant Barwick Gives Facts and Fig
ures About the Weather.

Sergeant Barwick Gives Facts and Fig
ures About the Weather.
The weather yesterday was simply de-
ightful, and entirely too good to keep any
one indoors, unless it were weaker invalids.
The skies were bright and the sunshine
warm and pleasant. The Signal Service
reports show the temperature at A. NJ.
and P. NJ. to have been SO and 400, the
dew-peint $50 and $50, while the highest
and lowest temperature was 500 and $50.
There was quite frost in the early morn
ing hours.
The barometer rose steadily and rapidly
from IA inches at 5 A. NJ. on Saturday to
30.16 inches yesterday morning at A. M,
from which time it was about stationary,
reading 3015 at P. NJ. With this hight
of the barometer. and the northerly winds
which prevailed yesterday evening, there
should be spell of good weather, If the
meteorological conditions hold their own as
they now stand.
There is one thing-the alarmists about
insecure levees should hide themselves be-
hind the trees or the levees. An old gentle
man was up to the signal Office on yester-
day inquiring the amount of rainfall and
the outlook, and l expressed myself as
positive that our levees were secure
enough, but he secuted the idea, and said
that by Monday night people would be
padding their canoes on the waters of the
Sacramento through the streets of the city.
Tomorrow night will show whose sur
misses were correct. Old men should retire
to that rest they have earned by years of
Industry and frugality, and let the younger
blood take hold of the helm of State and
city and get some experience.
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which seemed powerful enough TO wade
through mountains, come to dead stop.
The signal was given to back and make
another start, which was done.
This attempt proved more successful, the
rotary moving along slowly, doing grand
work, when one of your correspondents de-
termined to makea trip through over seven
miles of snow-shed to Cisco, the nearest
telegraph Office, where he arrived at IL
O'Clock P. NJ, so that the RECORD UNION
might have complete report for its read
eTs, showing the actual condition at the
front.
When your correspondent left, the depth
of snow in which the rotary is working
measured twelve feet. The telegraph agent
has been sent forward to Cascade to open
communication with Sacramento. If he
succeeds you will receive another report
from the field of action.
The weather to-day all along the line has
been beautiful, the sun shining in all its
glory on the snow-capped mountain tops
presenting a grand spectacle.
No rude cut or artists brush can produce
the least conception of its beauty.
With fine weather all expect the block
ade to be raised tonight. DR.. Minor re-
ports many more cases of sickness among
railroad employees at the different places
along the line than was thought at first to
exist. Some sixty were treated to-day at
the expense of the company.
a boy named Frank Bolden, II years
old, while using snow-shoes, broke his
right arm below the elbow.
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scHoLARsHIPs awarded.
How Six Free Scholars for the School c
Design Were Selected.

How Six Free Scholars for the School of
Design Were Selected.
Some weeks ago the Ladies' Museum AS
sociation, which consists of some go of
the women of Sacramento, and is organized
to be auxiliary to the California Museum
Association work, and especially to aid the
School of Design, received a sum of money
from the late Bric-a brac Club and added
to 1t 20 make an aggregate of $500 to endow
three pupils chairs in the School of Design
for three and third years course. When
the applications were made for this bene-
faction, Miss Lulu J. Weatherwax of Pla-
cerville was chosen and given a seat at
once and of all the others, Dora Schubert,
Louise Strachsuer, Ida NJ. Isaacs, Jennie
L. Willis and Elizabeth a. Sim of Sacra-
mento, were selected from whom the two
fortunate ones should be picked out.
The five young women were placed in
the school, their working material fur
nished them for the trial, and they were
told that in a couple of weeks three of them
would be selected to retire. On Saturday
afternoon the Directory of tbs Ladies As
ISOLATION met and found that from the five
scholars it would be an exceedingly diff
cult task to choose two and dismiss three,
their work all around having been praise
worthy.
In this dilemma it was resolved to change
the terms and retain five fol two years H.
stead of three for three and third years,
and that the sixth should also remain one
wear, during which the ladies propose to
raise another $500. SO as to continue the
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RAILROAD OFFICIALS.
A snowbound Passenger Praises Their
for Their Kind Acts.

A snowbound Passenger Praises Them
for Their Kind Acts.
NJ. Herrick, a native of New England,
recently in business in Alaska, and who
has had railroad experience and has trav-
eled great deal by sea and rail and knows
the ms and outs of passengers rights and
carriers duties, was one of the Colfax de-
layed passengers in the snow blockade. He
was on his way to Utah on business, but
had to wait at Colfax, and yesterday his
train was returned to this city. Mr.. Her
rick said yesterday to friends that be
deemed the conduct of the Southern Pacific
Company in the treatment of its passengers
worthy of all praise. They were well fed,
housed and had all attention needed, and
the railroad company spared no expense to
insure their comfort.
He said it was the judgment of the group
delayed at Colfax that the railroad people
had done even more than there was right
TO expect of them. For his part he did
not claim that the company should support
delayed passengers, as the blockade was
natural and unavoidable, and not charge
able to any neglected of the carrier. He
spoke in especial praise of Division Super
intendent Wright, whom be did not know,
but the Colfax passengers had reason TO
remember him kindly.
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BORN.
January 25-Wife of Stewart s.
Wall, son. (Martinez Gazette please copy.)*
DIED.

Sacramento, January o5-Mrs. G. Nelson. a
native of Norway, 60 years, II months and
days.
Friends and acquaintance are respectfully in
vited to attend tie funeral which will take
place from her late residence, Twenty ninth
and streets, this afternoon at 290 o'clock. >
Sacramento, January 25-Mary, only daughter
of Edward snd Margaret McEwen, native of
California, 2 years, months and days.
Funeral priyate.l
Sacramento. January 24-Mrs. E. C. Sweetser. a
native of Maine, 65 years. (Mother of Mrs. NJ.
]. Curtis)
Friends and acquaintance are respectfully in
vited to attend the funeral from the residence
of her son-in-law, NJ J. Curtis, No. GIG Tenth
street, this morning. January 27th, at 10
O'Clock. Interment pIivate.l
Sacramento, January PSI. Frank, son of John
and the late Bridget Talbot, a native OF Cali
fornia, 81 years, months and days
loving to sickness in the family, the funeral
will be private
Near Davisville, January 24-Charles W. Cox, a
native of Yuba county, California, 70 years, ~
months and 2S days
Friends and acquaintance are respectfully in
vited to attend the funeral, from the Central
NJ E. Church, Eleventh street, between q
and I, to-day at o'clock
Sacramento, January 26-William Jerome Des-
mond (son of Mrs. Bernard kaue and the late
William Desmondl, a native of Boston, Mass
q years. 10 months and days. (San FraE-
cisco and Boston, Mass, papers please copyD
Funeral notice hereafter.
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BY WHAT AUTHORITY?
Who Permits the Chinese to Disturb the
Peace of the City?

Who Permits the Chinese to Disturb the
Peace of the City?
Possibly the police department is not
aware that the Chinese heathens of l street
disturbed the peace of the city last night in
a most horrible manner. If any white
citizen were to discharge firearms on the
streets and make one thousandth part of
the noise that these non-tsxpaying aliens
did, he would have been arrested. The
racket was simply torturing to people in
houses and on the streets.
1t may be that the police did not bear
the awful din caused by piles of exploding
firecreckers and bombs, wherefore their at
tention is called to the matter now, as
everybody else within mile of Third and
streets had their peace shamefully dis
turbed. There has been no record of the
City Trustees having granted the Chinese
the privilege of desecrating the Sabbath in
q way that no other class of citizens would
have been allowed to do, and as the laws
of the city have been clearly and outrage
ously violated, perhaps somone in author
ity may be able to explain why it was per-
mitted.
If small white boy discharges shotgun
out beyond the levees he is arrested for it,
but these idolatrous aliens are allowed to
disturb one. half the city without being mo-
Tested. If the City Trustees see fit to allow
this to be done in the future (which they
should mott, let them fix a sum to be paid
for the privilege and let the city get the
benefit of whatever the Chinese pay for
that privilege.
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The Wonders of the Eve.

The second of the Museum Associations
course of lectures will be delivered Tuesday
evening at the Art Gallery by DR.. William
Ellery Briggs. He will speak of the Won
ders of the Human Eye. The subject
ought to interest every one, since there is
no organ of the body we SO much abuse
as the eye but that we ought to be most
careful of, as it is the most delicate and
wonderful part of the body. Parents
should take especial interest in the lecture,
for near-sightedness among American
children is becoming alarmingly frequent,
and the doctor may give parents valuable
information concerning it. Ii is an
nounced that tickets can be procured of
mem bers of the Museum Association free.
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Miniature China Slough.

The pond of water in the Government
lot at Seventh and K streets is fast becom
ing a rival of the big and filthy pool north
of 1 street. 1t is now taking on q strik-
ing shade of green, and when the warm
evenings of spring shall come and the
fancy OF the frogs shall lightly turn to
thoughts of love-making, it will be a
charming spot-for breeding sickness in
the neighborhood.
The pond is now several feet deep, and
is a nuisance that should be abated. AS it
belongs to Uncle Sam, and as the latter is
beyond the Jurisdiction of the local Courts,
it is difficult to see how anything can be
done about it.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-27
ON 1.-THE HILL"
THE ROTARY MAKING SHORT WORK
OF THE CASCADE STRIP.
Bucker" PIow Meets with an Ac-
cident Near Truckee-Weather
Still Clear.

Owing TO the wires being down, news re-
hill' was scarce at the depot last night.
During the day no communication could
be had further East than Cisco, and from
there it was reported that the rotary plow
had started for the mile-and-a-half strip at
Cascade, which is now all that Is left of the
great snow blockade-unless another storm
breaks loose.
In the evening a wire communication
was established between this city and
Truckee, and news was received that the
Quicker" pillow, which started from that
place for the Summit on a polishing" trip,
had been derailed at place called Stanford
Mill, which is between Tunnel Is and
Truckee. The plow had collided with a
water-tank, considerably damaging both.
A wrecking train was sent from Truckee
to clear the track.
News was also received from Truckee to
the effect that one of the westbound pas
sengers delayed at that place had died from
diphtheria at the hotel, where all of the
passengers are stopping at the expense of
the railroad. The deceased was a Mrs. Nc
Vean, OF Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.
After an hours working the Truckee wire
was again lost, and no more news was re-
ceived last night from points further east
than Cisco, except by means of special
engine which had been sent up behind the
rotary, with instructions to return to Cisco
every hour or so and report progress. The
last information received in this manner
last night was to the effect that the rotary
at 8 o'clock P. NJ. was making splendid pro-
gress through the snow at Cascade. The
banks were soft and on an average of
twelve feet in depth, and were being easily
handled.
Many of the passengers on the delayed
east-b bound train which has been at Cisco
during the blockade having expressed a
desire to return to this city and proceed
East via the Southern route, Superinten-
dent Wright issued orders to that effect last
night, and the train will arrive here early
this morning
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Turned Out to starre.

1t is said that an old and decrepit horse
has been turned loose by its owner to
wander about in the vicinity of Twentieth
and Q streets, where it is liable to die at
any time on the property of some person
other than the owner, who is amply able
to care for it. The brute (the horse) is
said to present both pitiable and disgust
ing spectacle. At one time it was valua-
ole animal and is said to have returned its
owner 81, 500 in the way of colts. Now, in
its old age, it is turned out to starve or
perish in the streets.
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More Grippe Victims.

Yesterday afternoon James L. Scott bar
tender for David Davis, on Fourth street,
died of pneumonia, after an illness of few
days.
Thomas Lee, plumber in the employ of
A. NJ. Smith (who is himself down with
pneumonia), went TO bed at the Pacific
Hotel on Friday night suffering from an
attack of Ia grippe. He was so much worse
Yesterday afternoon that ii was deemed
advisable to remove him to the County
Hospital, but he died on the way.
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SHASTA DIVISION.
Little Prospect of Clearing 1t for Week

Little Prospect of Clearing 1t for Week
or So.
The condition Of affairs remains un-
changed on the Oregon route. The road is
clear up to Redding, but from that point to
Ashland, Oregon, innumerable snow slides,
land slides, washouts and the like are re-
ported.
With good weather it will take about a
week to raise the blockade.
A dispatch from Sissons last night said
"a heavy blizzard has prevailed during
the past forty-eight hours, the snow DRIFT
ing heavily. There is little possibility of
seeing a train for over week. The snow
is seven feet deep here. The storm, how
ever, seems broken. Sissons & Croker s
large warehouse, and several others, were
crushed by the snow this morning. The
car shop ard freight depot are also crushed
at Dunsmuir."
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FROM THE FRONT.
What the Big snow-Plow Was Doing at
Midnight

What the Big Snow-Plow Was Doing at
Midnight
From the RECORD UNIONS Special Correspond
ents
Cisco. January 26th.-The rotary pillow
and engines, East bound, arrived here at
4.25 O'Clock this afternoon, and both OF
ro,1r CORRESPONDENTS have just bo3rded her,
and will leave for the scene OF the Dig
hank of snow above Cascade.
THE wires East of here are down, but
linemen are out endeavoring to straighten
Eynerienced railroad men here believe
4lat tbe nlow will make her way through
tI1a oner space near Cascade in about two
hours the snow being soft and dry.
The clearing of this place Will praetl-
caIlv open the road, and train No. l, OF the
15tb inst. East-bound, lying here, VIII De
able 10 proceed.
CLEANING UP AT CASCADE.
R,rr CANYON. January 26th. = The
,-aother turned cold and clear early TINS
morning. freezing what snow remained Z. on
tbe track TO solid ice. This delayed Inc
onening of the road somewhat me
rotary blow is now working IN the Gasc:1us
hrsat tbis being the only part OF the ROAD
~, ~ sI,reaJv cleared. Trains will move by
to.morrow This has been bright, sunny
dsv- the first one in seventy seven days.
GIsro January 27th.-2 A. Mas stated
in our last report the rotary had reached reached
this place, and was given hearty welcome CONF
~ After pV waiting few minutes for orders it at
preceded on its s san to c oond6e
tors Higgins and McMaster having charge
Your correspondents were on board
The blockade, of which SO much has
heen written, was reached at T.35, after
RIM of slaout seven miles.
A stop was made this side to tske on
supply of fuel and water, as well as to give
tbe men an opportunity to drink cup OF
coffee and eat a sandwich.
Everything being now in readiness, the
signal was given to push forward into the
mile and q half of the deepest snow yet
encountered. ~ IN
Every heart was almost stilled- Al
hoped for grand results. None dared to
prophesy. CO..
proceeding few fsetthose monster engines
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-27

This evening, at the Restaurant de
France, the Exempt Firemen's Association
will hold its annual reunion and banquet.
The 'old boys" will sit down to their feast
at 9:15 O'Clock, and will rise when they
weary of eating and speech making. The
committee having the management of the
affair consists of James H. Groth, L. B.
Berck, George E. Kuchler and George A.
PutDsm
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entire class three years, as originally in
tended, and have in addition a credit left
equal to q seventh scholarship for two
years; or if the Association chooses or is
not able to follow that plan, then it will
pay for the sixth scholarship independently
and continue her two years also, but il was
the general expression that the tirst-named
plan Would be resolved upon
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-27
TO-DAY, AT 10 A. NJ.
9foe cia1 Sale ofsodd Lots, Re1,aua1ats
and 6rO1ke Lines from Do111es
Department.

Departing
Desirable styles in Dress Ginghams at Sc yard
All-linen Huckaback Towels 131a x24, 45c doz
Fancy Turkish Towels, knotted fringe, 1917 &C each
27-inch Striped Shifting Flannels, 1910 yard
25-inch Bleached Turkish Toweling, l21ac yard
This is exceptionally desirable for bathroom
purposes, and will be found suitable for infants
54-inch Turkey Red and White Table Damask, 19C
3o-inch Figured Canton Flannels, in pretty de-
signs, at l5c yard.
Full-sized Honeycomb Bedspreads, with knotted
fringe, at Soc can be had in turkey red and
white, indigo blue and white, brown and
white 800 each.
Good design in Figured Sateen l2c yard.
Dress Ginghams and Figured Prints sc yard.
54-nch Atwood Striped Ladies' Cloth, extra-fine
quality and can be used for children's cloaks,
wrappers Newnarkets and street costumes,
69C yard.
6o-inch Colored Table Damasks, in red and navy,
sapphire and white, boreal and black, Habana
brown golden and white, 400 yard
Fancy Turkish Toweling, in pretty shades of pink,
blue and corn coors, CSC yard.
Also, large lot of Domestic Remnants, consist
ing of Canton Flannel Muslins, Flannels, Table
Linens, Ginghams, Calicoes, Dress Lining,
Crashes, Sheeting, Cretonnes, etc., ETC., at one
half their regular price.
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We Must Answer.

The question propounded yesterday,
"Can you recommend positive preventive
for la grippe is duly answered with the
assertion that Top Notch Tonic is on sale
at druggists and leading saloons, and trial
is convincing.
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

General Charles Cadwalader OF Red Bluff, was
in the city yesterday.
Mrs NJ. A. Bell. of Denver, is visiting Mrs.
Burton at Ridge Home.
Fred W. Lawrence, of the Examiner, is regis
tered at the Golden Eagle.
Superintendent John Mackey, of the Rancho
del Paso, was able to be in the city yesterday.
Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Hotel yesterday:
f. w. Lawrence, Chas. E. Livermore, Fl. r.
Haxton, Jno. Kahler, F. E. Peterson, San Fran
cisco; J. B. We'll, st. Louis; J. S. Cox, Placer
vile; A. C. Hinkson Jr., Sacramento; A. S. Win
chester and wife. C. E Pain Pike City.
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Death of win Desmond.

William Desmond, who was found in an
unconscious state on the floor of Armory
Hall on Saturday morning, died from the
effect of his injuries yesterday about P. NJ.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-27

When Baby was sick. we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When shs had Children, che gave them Castoria,
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GET your winters wood now, while it is
cheap. Four-foot mountain oak, 81 25 per
cord at the car, by the carload. Get the
portable steam saw to cut it. All other
kinds of wood and coal at lowest market
rates. Office, 401 l street.
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NAToMA WATER AND MINING COM
~ MULTIPLICATION and principal place of bus
mess SIC California street, city and county Of
San Francisco, State of California.
Notice is hereby given that at meeting OF
the Directors of the Natoma Water and Mining
COMPANY, held on the Dist day of December,
1859, at the Office of the company, in the said
city and county of San Francisco, an assessment
(So p of five (5) dollars per share was levied
wit the Natoma Water and Mining Company
PAYABLE Immediately at the Office Of the com
pany, in the said city and county Of San Fran
cisco, State of California.
ANY stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 18th day of January, 1890
will be delinquent and advertised for sale at
public auction, and, unless payment is inside be-
fore, will be sold on the 10Th day of February
1890 to pay the delinquent assessment, together
with the costs of advertising and ezpenfes Of
sale. PELHAM W. AMES, Secretary.
ia1-d&Su3p
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-27

STANDARD music from five to ten cents
copy. Catalogues of ten-cent music furn-
ished on application. Hammers Music
Store, $40 street. Sole agency CHECKER
ing & Sons pianos.
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Lecture Postponed.

The next lecture of the course to be given
by Mrs. Williams, under the auspices of
the Froebel Society. will be postponed a
week or two.