Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-28

near Eiko. This was the most severe
storm in the history of the country.
Fifty per cent. of the range stock is dead.
Accidentally Shot His Father.
WOODLAND, January 27th.-Last Satur-
day D. Q. Adams, pioneer settler, died
from the results of bullet wound in the
leg received about a week before his
death. While out in his orchard he was
accidentally shot by his seven-y ear old
son with 32-caliber rifle. ball, which pen
etrated the bone of his left leg. Blood poi
soning followed, which, as stated, resulted
in his death. He leaves valuable estate.
He was Mason and Knight Templar.
Cashier Missing.
PORTLAND (Or.), January 27th-William
c. Roberts, for three years cashier of Will
liam Dunbar & Co, Front-street merchants,
is missing. The firms cash-book is miss
ing, so the loss can not be estimated Rob-
erts is supposed to be in the Southern Pa
cific blockade. Three bents in the Rose
burg bridge were carried out by the action
of water from the melting snow.
Death of Mrs. Mcvean.
SANTA CRUZ, January 27th.-A dispatch
was received this morning noting the death
of Mrs. DR.. Frederick G. McVean, wife of
the Post trader of Jefferson Barracks, Mo,
of diphtheria at Truckee. Deceased was
aged twenty years, was the daughter of
Mrs. Charles w. Waldron, of this city, and
was on her way to Santa Cruz. Her hus-
band had just arrived in Liverpool. Eng
land. The news has cast gloom over the
entire community.
Cromwell Improving.
OAKLAND, January 27th.-L. L. Brom-
well, President of the California Insurance
Company, VINO was shot by George G.
Pratt last Friday, is reported by his physi-
clans as improving rapidly, ard his recovery
is practically insured, unless some unfore-
seen conditions should arise. The wounded
man is carefully guarded against outside
communication, and has not been allowed
to read any of the newspaper reports of the
affair.
All About a Woman.
FRESNO, January 27th.-Last night two
Mexicans, Juan Dias and Francisco Es-
trado, got into an alteration about a
woman in barber shop on Front street.
when Dias whipped ont an ugly looking
butcher-knife and drove it up to the handle
into Estrado's body, just above the left hip
Dias was arrested and lodged in JAIL Esra-
do is still alive but the wound will prove
fatal.
Gave Him Forty Years.
SALINAS, January 27th.-William Reed,
colored, aged %, formerly waiter at the
Palace Hotel, was sentenced to forty years
imprisonment, by Superior Judge John X.
Alexander, in San Quentin, for felonious
assault on Mrs. H. Giacomszzi, near Castro
vile, on the 10Th OF September last.
A Pioneer Dead.
UKIAH, January 27th.-L Vandusen, an
old pioneer and wealthy lumber-dealer of
Ukiah, was buried here yesterday He
died of pneumonia Friday last.
Whittier Reform School.
Los ANGELES January 27th.-The cere-
monies of laying the corner stone of the
State Reform School, at Whittier, has been
postponed till February 12th owing to the
weather.
Law Library Burned.
SANTA FEE, January 27th.-The Kirchner
block was burned this morning Colonel
Victory lost his law library aud papers,
valued at 81 500 The loss on the building
and fixtures is $4,000. Fully insured.
Los Angeles Wins.
SAN DIEGO, January 27th.-Base ball to-
day; Los Angeles 4, San Diego 0.