Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-06-09
Pacific Coast Items.

Healdsburg farmers are now busy
haying.
The epizooty continues to trouble
the equine race of Nevada county.
Wild Strawberries are quite abun-
dant in some of the hills east Of
Healdsburg.
1t is announced that General Frisbie
has gone to purchase Vallejo railroad
bonds.
Harvesting began in few OF the
barley-tields in Stanislaus county dur
ing the past week.
Independence Lake in Nevada coun-
ty is still frozen over, says the Truckee
Republican.
The Lakeport Bee urges the forma-
ton of an agricultural society by the
farmers OF Lake county.
Ukiah, Mendicino county, imports
her Strawberries and many other deli
cacies, from San Francisco.
The Gilroy Hot Springs are well at
tended this year, there being over one
hundred invalids there at present.
The rate of taxation in the town of
Grass Valley has been placed at 80
cents on each $500 for the ensuing
year.
A petition is being circulated in
Ukiah, asking that all Indians therea-
bouts be removed to the reservation at
Round Valley.
John Perry, one of the proprietors
and managers ofthe Mammoth Grove
Hotel, died at Calaveras Grove, on
Friday.
Yank Hammond has purchased
1000 trout of the Conner Fishery, at
rruckee, for the Virginia and Gold
Hill Water Company.
An election under the Local Option
law will be held in several townships
of Mendicino county on Wednesday,
June 10th.
Patents have been received at the
United States Land Office at Stockton
for the town sites of Woodbridge and
Chinese Camp.
The people of Grayson and vicinity
are making big preparations for "a
| basket picnic to be held at that town
on the Fourth of July.
The Changers Union has leased the
| San Joaquin Warehouse, at Stockton,
for term of three years, with the
privilege of five years.
Fresh eggs are sold in Lakeport at
| twenty cents dozen. Good hens
| bring So a dozen. Fresh butter sells ut
% cents pound, but is scarce.
The carpenter-work on the giant
warehouse at Vallejo is to commence
on Monday. Several thousand feet of
lumber is already on the ground.
The San Joaquin Valley Railroad is
now within eight miles OF Kern river,
and it is expected to be completed to
Bakersfield by August 1st.
DIR. Matthews, of lower Lake, has
recently discovered mineral spring
seventeen miles from Cloverdale, in
the direction of Anderson Valley.
Some of the papers say Joseph Bas-
set, of Vaca, will ship apricots in one
week; figs in two weeks; peaches in
three weeks; and prunes, grapes,
pears, and apples, July Sd.
The fruit crop in Lake county gives
promise of being good this year, hav-
ing escaped injury by frost, which was
very destructive lase season. Garden
vegetables are also in a tiourishing
condition.
The Central Pacific Railroad Conn
pany have twenty-five miles of steel
rails coming from Europe, to be laid
down to replace the worn rails over a
portion of the Sierras between Truckee
and Alta.
The Coroner's jury, in the murder
case of Edward Sheridan, stabbed at
| Iruckee on Monday, returned ver-
dict that the deceased came to his
death by wounds inflicted with a
knife in the hands of David Palmer.
Capt. J. B. Robinson and Capt. Will
liam S. Luke will shortly commence
building new steamboat for Clear
Lake. Her dimensions will be Is feet
in length; IA feet beam; 81 feet depth
of hold, at an estimated cost of $1,000.
A correspondent writing from Vaca-
vile to the Suisun Republican says
that G. w. Thissell, of Pleasant Val
ley, on Thursday last, made the first
shipment of this seasons apricots,
and that they readily brought from 80
to IS cents per pound.
William H. Martin, one of the oldest
pioneer settlers Of Stanisaus county,
died at his residence, on Dry Creek,
last Monday. He settled in the place
where he died, on the StQs1Q& .and
Mariposa road, in the Sprif sof 1850.
Last Tuesday Elmer Handshaw,
aged eight years, and son of A. Hand
shaw, was drowned at the railroad
bridge, Oakdale, Stanislaus county,
while playing with some of his school
mates. All effort to find the body has
proved a failure. -,
The Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany employ twenty-siX men watch
ing thirty miles OF track across the
Slerras. Their business is to travel
back and forth on sections of the road
and look out for rocks that are liable
to roll down and obstruct the track.
The Bank of jacksonville commenced
operations on Monday last. The de-
posits on the first day amounted to
S26, 2SS 90. Beside the large amount
of deposits there were $4,000 paid up
capital, making in all, the first day,
1882 so to start on.
The Tulare Times speaks of the hot
sulphur springs, eight miles south OF
kernville, and says the waters have
great medical virtues for curing many
chronic diseases. These springs have
IA temperature varying from 10 to 100
degrees, and few yards from them is