Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-06

from soften.ng OF the brain. His brother
is iivi3g in Pasadena, where the remains
will he inferred after the inquest to-mor-
row.
Fatal Accidents.
PENDLEToN (Oi.). January 5;h-The
storm is doing great damage On the Oregon
Northern. Three accidents are reported,
attended with fatal results. Fireman Cross
was severely scalded at Hood river yester-
i day. Fireman 0rves was killed by COLI
sion between a freight and passenger near
Willows last night. 1t is rumored that
two men were killed and thirteen injured
on the same road at Riparia, but it is I'M
confirmed.
The first train from Spokane in five days
arrived this afternoon. Eight engines have
been demolished on the road. 1t is the
| heaviest snow in years. The thermometer
is below zero.
Eastern BalI-Tossers.
| SAN Francisco, January 5th.-The Bos-
ton and st. Louis teams played their fare
well game here to-day before very small
audience. The weather was very cold and
the playing of an indifferent nature. st.
| Louis won by score OF 8 10 .. Both
Garrison and Radbourne pitched for the
| Bostons, and Jerry Hurley did the catch
ing. Bill Smalley played third base for the
Bostons, and did good work. Baldwin
pitched for ST. Louis, aud was wild. The
St. Louis team goes to Portland Or, TO-
morrow night, and the Bostons leave for
the East by way OF Los Angeles.
Fresh Water Famine.
TACOMA, January 5th.-The fresh water
famine on the Sound is abating and to-day,
tor the first time in week. there is plenty
OF water in the reservoirs for the steamers.
AT Fairhayen, Sehome and Whatcom the
ferry. boats ere still tied up. Provisions of
some kinds were very scarce in the lower
Sound country and great inconvenience,
but no suffering, has been caused. The
principal steamers will put in salt water
condensers and avoid repetition of the
trouble.
Grass Valley Items.
GRASS VALLEY, January 5th.-The storm
has abated and the prospect for perio
OF fine weather is good. There is eighteen
inches of snow on the level and from two
TO six feet within four miles. Local trains
are seriously delayed. This mornings
city and Nevada City.
1t is openly charged here that County
Superintendent Of Schools Tiffany assisted
an applicant for a teachers certificate at
the examination last week. An investiga-
lion is demanded.
Hills Capped WITH Snow.
SANTA Rosa, January 5th.-All the sur
rounding hills are capped with snow. The
weather is very cold. The sky is clear and
d cold wind is blowing from the north.
About y inches of rain has fallen. Some
uf the most reliable and successful farmers
say the bad effects of the rain has been
| oYerdrawn and that it mas been a great
benefit to the State a. large.
Fire in Hospital.
TACOMA (Wash.), January 5th.-A fire
broke out in Fannie Paddock's Hospital
this afternoon. The building was crowded
with patients. They were carried out into
the snow and saved. 1t is thought the
| sudden change and excitement will prove
fatal to a number. The fire was extiIl
i guished.
Oroville's Citrus Fair.
ORovILLE, January 5th.-The day hss
been fine. The wind was from the norln
and dried the moisture rapidly. Notwith-
standing it was Sunday the work has pro-
crossed rapidly in the pavilion and already
indicates the grandeur of the exhibit. Al
6 P. NJ. the weather is clear and the barom-
eter stands at 400.
The Storm Continues.
MERGED, January 5th.-The storm con-
Iinues. The precipitation for the past
twenty-four hours is 81 of an inch and
for the season IL. % inches. Considerable
hail fell this morning. The wind is north
west and the weather cooler.