Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-08-28
CALIFORNIA ITEMS.

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English custom that has never oh
tanned much fOothoId in this country
We don't know why, either; in Eng.
land the custom is almost universal. Iu
the Times the column is fscetiously
called "hatches, matches and des
patches.n
The Grass Valley Union says: "Day
before yesterday, while Professor Wal
lace was talking to the crowd in front oi
| the Exchange Hotel about horse-train-
ing, an individual who has gre$t conf
denee in our local reporter, and who was
! wondering what so much Of 8 crowd
meant, ssked our local, while he pointed
10 the Professor d" Him General Giant ?''
"No, nreplied the local, why do you
ask, John ?" Him alice time talkee
hossee, alice same Giant" said China
man, who Is well posted on American
politics.
We clip the following from the Los
Angeles Rep1t5ticdn: On Saturday last
a grave was dug in the public cemetery
of this city, for the interment of col
Ored boy who was to be buried the fol-
/ lowing day. Upon the arrival of the fu.
neral procession at the grave on Sunday
morning, it was found that 1t had been
appropriated by other parties, and that
]
| This, we take il, is something new in the
way of stealing, and hard 10 best.
! "A correspondent of the Union writing
from Lone Pine, July 1lth, gives the fol-
loving account Of some strange mon
sters The Owens Lake Monster has
! been seen once more. On the evening
OF July ID, some time before the sun went
down, two young men were riding along
on horseback, on the west side of Owens
Lake. They live in the valley and had
heard the story of the Mexicans who saw
something strange on the lake one night,
but it was not generally believed. Both
Of these men had rtquently scanned the
surface of the lake, 10 verify the story,
but neither of them had seen anything
OF the serpent until the night in question
On this occasion, they observed some
thing unusual about o mile from shore
A huge animal was swimming rapidly
along, throwing out waves on both sides
1t went half mile, then went below the
surface q few moments; when it came
up it started on the back track for mile
or so. Presently another of the monsters
made his appearance, and they began
TO smuse themselves together as only
monsters can-chasing and retreating,
disappearing and coming up, and
then making the lake boil like pot. 1t
was sight worth seeing. They also say
that they saw another towt rd the mouth
Of the river, but not st the same time
the others were in view. Over half aD
hour before the sun went down, and some
time after, these curious creatures con-
tinued to dispoTt themselves, when
the Increasing darkness obliged the
young men to strike out for Lone Pine.
They describe the creature to be 100 feet
long and over four feet in diameter, and
of a grayish color. The names Of the
men are Frank Hilton, of Independence,
and A. II. johnson, Of Lone Pine. The
latter declares that he would not go out
into the lake in a small boat for fifty
dollars. The story of the Mexicans is as
follows: As they were sleeping one
night near the mouth of the river, they
were suddenly awakened by a loud
sp!sshing and plungiDg in the water.
On looking in that direction they saw s
very large animal, upon which they took
to their heels and did not stop $50 the
story gOes) till q mountain top was
reached. A more credible witness is
Col. Stevens superintendent of mining
company at Lone Pine. The Colonel saw
the monster sometime in June, We
think and his description is substan-
TALLY the same with regard to it's length
and color, as that given by johnson and
Hilton. Col. Stevens says he saw At
throw water fifty feet high.
The CHICO California; CourOgIt, OF
July 10Th, says: Last Monday evening
q dark mass of clouds piled themselves IN
sombre threatening aIrsy above the
eastern horizon, from which shot flashes
and chains of lightning. At first the
raaIa - 70
north, but, when opposite Chico, IL ap-
peared TO halt, close up its line, aud sud
denly march toward the valley. As the
mass moved forward the heavens were
lighted up with q siekly phosphorescent
glare; the roaring of the tornado was
like the hOsrse thunder of old ocean,
mingled with the wailing Of all the spir-
its OF the Internal regions. 1t came on
the wings Of the whirlwind, went crash
ing through the town, twisting huge
limbs from the giant oaks, and filling
the air with tWigs, branches and cloud !
of dust that shut out the light. The first |
charge leveled the new addition to the !
Union hotel with the foundation, also a |
barn belonging to Isenbeck. Large trees
were twisted off, while others were sp- |
rooted. The thermometer rose ten de- |
grees 10 half an hour. The atmosphere |
was sitting as that from fCrnR0e. 1t |
probably approached nearer 3 simeon of |
the great deserts than anything else |
Charge after charge swept through the |
town and country, each vleing with its |
predecessor in force and terror. At half |
past eight O'Clock there was q quiet in |
the elements, though the air was sitting, |
aud remained so during Tuesday. II /
wss the worst tornado that ever visited |
this section Of the State, and will be long |
The Sacramento URiOR OF July I4lh /
says: We were shown yesterday a speci- |
meB OF the cOcOons raised at the COCOON
cry Of l. n. HoGg, in YolO county, on II @ |
river, some three miles above
this city. The sample consisted of some
two pounds, gathered from the brush ia
which the worms had deposited them,
and a boquet or collection OF cOcoons In
the brush, showing them as spun. The
cocOOns appear and are said to be of very
excellent quality, Of bright straw cn,or /
and very hard and compact, Thev an /
pear 10 be also of unusual size, averaging
as we are informed, some three hundred
and twenty-five to the pound. TIRE
eggs were taken to the cOcoonery ON the
tirst day Of June, in 9 hatchIug ooDdj-
tion, q part having bsen put to hatch
Ing few days earlier than the resi-
It was eight days before the feed
Iug were all h&tched. Oa the first dav
Of July the first days Matching began
their oocoons, and on the eight day Gbe
sst did the same and are now all done.
We are informed by Hoag that the work
1f taking care Of aud feeding them has
al been done by Cinnamon, one CT whom
nss followed the business for life, on his
1wn account, in China. The success Of
he feed and which, Notwithstanding
he unusually cold and unfavorsble
weather Of the seas0n, is unpsrAlleled-
= In q great measure attributed to the
kill and mRnsgement of this Chinaman.
rhis cocOOnery was supplied with stoves,
md fire was built in them every night,
rom the Matching until the cooOons " ere
lnished, and the worms fed every hour,
lIght and day. The eight hundred thou
and worms consumed some twenty tons
" leaves, and we are informed that the
rees now contain much more foliage
han when the feeding commenced1 and
hat the eggs for another feeding are now
a process of Matching.
Letters and petitions 10 the Presi-
lent, urging him to pardon DIR. Mudd.
me Of the conspirators now undergoing
,ar,taf1ce at the Dry TortuOas haya hooS |