Considerable damage was done to isolated
farm buildings, but no serious personal
injuries are reported. The town of Mon
ticello, seventeen miles from Winters, was
at fi r -t reported totally demolished, but a
gentleman arrived from there late this
afternoon and reported the damage nom
inal. The losses at Vacaville, owing to
the destruction of buildings and other
property, is estimated at SIOO 000, at
Dixon $50,000 and at Winters from
$70,000 to SIOO,OOO
Empire. Fairchild, Santa Rosa, Wood
land, Davisville and Beniea report win
dows and crockery broken and a number
of chimneys overturned. Some thirty or
forty t .wns report trifling damages,
though all accounts agree in placing the
intensity of the shock as greater than any
in recent years. The number of shocks
felt differed at various places. At some
points only one shock was registered while
at others two or even more occurred. The
vibrations extended from north to south
and from east to west. A single shock
was generally described as being most in
tense. vibrations where more than one
shock occurred becoming confused.
Wasington Notes.
Washington, April 19. —In anticipa
tion of the passage by the house of the
river and harbor bill. Senator Squire is
strenuously urging upon the senate com
mittee on commerce the necessity for
speedy action upon the bill to appropriate
$500,000 to begin the construction of a
canal (which will ultimately cost $2,500,-
OOO) to connect the waters of Lake (Inion
and Lake Washington with Puget Sound.
