Weekly Trinity journal., 1870-06-18
Pacific Coast Items.

the ranches in San Luis Obispo county
Even with "children at half price," i: costs
Brigham Young seventy-fve dollars to go to the
circus.
There are 99s men employed on Mare island,
and the sum required to pay them monthly is
$l05 900.
Garfelde (Rep.) is reelected Delegate to Con-
gress from Washington Territory by from 400 to
500 majority.
Henry Gerke has nine thousand acres in grain
this year, on his ranch near the northern line
of Butte county.
The war on the squirrels around Antioch is
going on fercely. One man has already killed
five thousand of them.
The election for delegate for Congress in
Idaho results in tie between Butler (Rep.),
and Samuel A. Merritt (Dem.l
| Eighty head of sheep killed themselves near
Stockton, by breaking into wheat field and
eating immoderately of green feed
The " larks " of Redwood City have been an
noying its citizens by hosting goats on the
roofs of their buildings in the night time
fox nest found at Virginia City was fur
nished with part of an old harness, the remains
Of animals, fowls and fish, and sixteen inches of
rattlesnake.
1t is proposed to organize in Butte county,
brandy company, with works at OrOvlle if 900
tons of grapes be delivered there annually
at reasonable rates.
The Census Marshal of Nevada has found a
remarkable thing to wit A man and his wife
who were both born in the same town, the same
year, the same day and the same hour.
1t is said that the japanese colony in FL Do
RADIO county expects to produce ten chests of tea
for the State fair this year and next year, to
produce some four thousand pounds.
farmer living near Dixon, Soano county,
has cat which lately gave birth to six kittens,
five of which are Augmented together, u Ia ST.
amese twins. They are growing finely.
The board of examiners, on the Sd instant in
accordance with law, counted the money in the
State treasury, by which it transpires that there
remains in the vaults the sum of $632 ,455 l0 of
which amount $7l, ,7l0 "A is currency.
tree fell across a cabin in MendocinO county,
crashing through the roof, and falling upon the
breakfast table directly between Mr.. Joy and his
wife, who were at. breakfast, demolishing the
| table and dishes, but not doing the slightest
injury to the inmates.
Prospectors returning to Los Angeles from
lower California, report the discovery of a salt
lake, thirty miles long by ten twelve miles
wide, two hundred miles from San Diego, which
is alive with fish. The party brought rich
specimens of gold and silver
At a regular meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Insane Asylum the following officers
elected under the new law DR.. G.. A. Shurt-
!
First Assistant; DR.. Isaac G. Titus, Second AS
sistant Peter V. Bat, Secretary and Treasurer.
During the month of May, the coinage of the
| U. 5. branch mint in San Francisco was as fol-
! lows S2,O40,0 900 in $50 pieces, $40, 600 in sill
yer half dollars, and So, 600 in gold dollar pieces
aggregating So, 2,083 900. There has been coined
at the mint since January lst 1870, SO, ia, 900.
The great Clear lake dam suit brought from
seventy-hve to one hundred persons from Lake
county to Suisun as litgants and witnesses.
The case was decided in favor OF the defendants,
but the Suisun Republican learns that it will be
to the Supreme court. The damages sued for
amount to S253,000.
In San Francisco, jane 9th, Daniel 0 O'Conell
commenced suit against the Mercantile Library
association in the fourth district court to enjoin
the defendant from proceeding farther in the
grand gift concert scheme. Judge Morrison
made an order requiring the defendants to ap-
pear before him Monday 18th, to show cause
why the injunction should not be granted.
Ed. Muller, of Nevada, has hatched lOO, 900
silk worm eggs, and the worms doing well.
The Gazette says His 100, 600 worms will yield
about 500 ounces of eggs. Eggs worth from
! three dollars to ten dollars per ounce. Last
year and this, they really commanded the latter
price. 1t is considered more profitable to raise
! eggs even at 81 80 per ounce than to make silk.
! letter from Crescent City says that man
named John McGinnis, mail carrier between
this place and Trinidad lost in the quick
sand at the mouth Of Redwood creek, May Sd.
He attempted to cross the creek at dangerous
! fording point, and when about the middle of the
creek he and his horse disappeared. At the
time the letter was written the body had not
been recovered.
dispatch from Los Angeles states that forty
five or fifty persons poisoned at the Bella
Union house in that city week before last while
at dinner. None of them have died but on
Monday night, twenty-siX of the number were i'll
at the hotel, with violent pains in the chest and
back, and symptoms OF cholera Three men
have been arrested on suspicion Of having poi
soned the food.
The Downievile Messenger reports that rob-
bers are plying their vocation at a lively rate in
Sierra county. At Gibsonvie the safe of VIM
Neikle and James Denoon was broken open,
while the owners were attending funeral, and
robbed of $1,000, mostly in gold coin. For
some weeks past, burgaries have been commit
ted almost nightly in the southern part of the
county, principally at Allegheny and Forest
city. The burglars are very bold and not at all
particular taking clothing, and almost every
thing on which they can lay their hands.
subterranean outlet to the Great Salt lake
has been discovered opposite Corinne, and
between Fremont and Kmball islands. The
schooner Pioneer, Captain Hannah, sailang in
the vicinity, was drawn into the opening, which
10 M inhehse maeistron OF stupehuouS whlrl-
pool, and the decent and circular motion of the
water were so rapid and violent that the'vesse
was made to spin around it with frightfu veloc-
ity and 1t was only by the high wind prevail
ing at the time that she was enabled to sail be-
yond the intunce of the chasm. Captain Han
nah reports that he has no doubts whatever
that this opening never before discovered is
the grand outlet of the lake.
AN INTERNAL CRIME. - The crime charged
against man named Lange, dealer in picture
frames in New York city, is one that should give
him pre-eminence in the criminal catalogue for
diabOlical intent. He shipped box in April