Weekly Trinity journal., 1871-01-21


But, says tue Bulletin, since the Pacific Rail-
road was completed, this reproach has been
wiped out, and items about California are daily
to be found in our Eastern exchanges. How the
Golden State figures in the old homes of
its people may be learned from the following
rich extracts, which we have clipped at random
during two days only
The Califorui ms are the greatest coffee drink
ers IN he world the average yearly consump-
ton in the State being l6 80 pounds, while the
average in the United States is only pounds
| The average consumption OF wine in the State is
ten gallous to every citizens, and the amount of
whisky is beyond computation.
There is young and handsome lady in Cali
form WHO is an engineer, and runs a stationary
! engine to supply the water tank of the place
where she lives. She can bring down II flying
antelope with her needle gun equally we'll.
Except Mark Twan's and Bret Harte's books,
volumes not on law or m'ning have "A poor sale
on the Pacific SIopr, aud the bigger book the
better it will sell, for Californians despise vol
ume costing less than 81 50
| A recent change in the climate of Los Angeles,
| CAL, inspires the horlicultursts with the hope
| that they may soon he able to cultivate tropical
fruits, Many of the semi-tropical fruits have
been successfully produced by them for quite a
| huHuef al years.
Rev. DR.. Stone, of San Francisco, "goes
through the haunts of prostitution to get ma
terIa for his sermons aud his church is geuer-
ally well-flIed.
Some of the California papers advocate a con
stitutional convention to abolish the Legislature
or curtail it,. powers.
wrestling match between a butcher and
bear is to be Sunday feature in San Francisco
Wild geese are said 10 he so plentiful in Cali
tornia, that they give as much annoyance as
grass-horpers in Summer.
San Francisco has n suit in progress which is
conducted by 270 'awyers.
The latest California geyser quite eclipses the
chicken soup spring, being nothing else than u
fountain of ipdelible iGk, known as the "Dev-
lis Punch Bowl"
Twenty new newspapers were started in Cali
foruin this year.
California man has 10, 600 hens.
California is building one story earthquake
proof churches.
The schooIboys have taken the lottery fever in
Chifnruia.
Los Angeles, CAL, thinks "a theater is all
thai is needed to make it earthly paradise. ,"
Professor of the accumulative art - is the
| California term for thief.
In San Francisco it is said that rings in the
nose are coming into fashion.
To all of which the Bulletin pertiuently adds :
These clippings have all the veracity of war
telegrams, with play of fancy aud humor all
their own. But we wonder why our Eastern CO.
tempordries, while they are about il, do not tell
| all The truth of our eccentric people Why not
inform them that we pick our teeth with torks
! that our girls all ride man fashion thai the
sweet notes of the pistol are heard in The parlors
Of the best families that the churches are
abandoned for the Joshhuusr; that our legisla-
tors are all honest, our judges all just, and our
newspa pers all as enlightened as themselves?
INTERNAL Revenue CHANGES. The Washing
ton correspondent Of the Vallejo Chronicle speak
ing of internal revenue changes says;
| There many speculatons, but we feel JUS
| tilted in saying that there will he but two dis
| lricts in California The first with it's office at
Sau Francisco, and the second at Sacramento,
The new first district will comprise what is now
the old ST. I'd and Sd districts and, we predict
| the present Collector of the 2d--Dr. Catry, of
SIN Jose Will be the Collector, and james
Laidev, of San Francisco the Assessor This
wi Gust Collectors Dalton, Of the LIST, and Seig-
wick, of Il 81, and Assessors Ttlden of the 81 q,
Burnham, of the 3D. aud Axtrll, Of the Sd. The
new second district will comprise what is now
the old 4th and 5th--the latter being our dis
irict We hear it said coufdenGallv that Ella
son, of Santa Rosa, aud Smith of NApa, will he
retained for the new Offices. II will oust Briggs.
Collector al San Francisco, Blakeny having al
ready resigned. This looks like clean sweep.
but the income tax will doubtless be abolished
al the next session and, in that case, more
will be needed
WANTS MORE SEA LIoNs.-The San Francisco