Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-26
Pacific Coast Items.

On Friday nine cars of barley went
through from San Jose to Reno.
N. b. Thayer has sold the Orleans
Hotel property, Sacramento, to F. NJ.
Fratt for $25,000.
The test of the Soapstone gold
mine in Ell Dorado county, last week,
was vely unsatisfactory.
Five carloads of syrup, three of wool
and one of salmon were forwarded to
the East Friday.
The Garner Schoolhouse, on Dry
Creek, Stanisaus county, was totally
destroyed by fire last monday.
The farmers in the vicinity of Castro
vile are hauling their straw together
and saving it for Winter use.
The steamer Goodman Castle is now
constantly employed in bringing
wheat from the npper Sacramento.
Grass Valley has been troubled with
the depredations of sneak-thieves and
housebreakers for some time past.
The fruit-drying factory at Center
terville, is running night and day,
working principally upon plums and
peaches.
Beets from the Beet Sugar Compa-
pany's ranch near Davisville, are
being brought to the Sacramento
sugar manufactory.
The Sacramento Record says worms
are making their appearance among
the pears and apples in that vicinity
to an alarming extent.
The Sacramento Hussars were on
Friday night mustered out of the Ma
tional Guard of the State. They i'm
mediately reorganized independently,
with the same officers.
The corner stone of the new Presby-
terian Church at Napa was success
appropriate and interesting ceremo-
MES.
There arrived on Friday from Lou
isville, KY, fire-engine of the patent
of the American Fire Extinguisher
Company, en- route to Rossville.
Charles Crocker of Sacramento has
a pretty parlor toy in the shape of
musical box which contains a
whole band, and plays forty tunes.
A. Henley has finished at his brick
yard, back of Washington, in Yolo
county, the burning of kiln of 300,-
600 bricks for the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco.
The officers of the San Joaquin Ag-
ricultural Society are making arrange
ments for the construction of new
grand stand at the Agricultural A Park,
Stockton.
A man named G. G. Quimby was
thrown from his horse while driving a
lot of colts near Gridley, Butte county,
on the 18th, receiving injuries from
which he died on the 10Th.
The State Gardener has secured a
large number of choice verbena
plants, and is engaged in placing them
in the beds at the Capitol grounds,
into which the fountain basins have
been transformed.
Philo Haven is reported to have
struck very rich diggings at Gold Lake,
Sierra county, having taken out sixty
or seventy ounces in three days last
week.
Clough Il Co. will Immediately pro-
ceed to build five-stamp mill on their
ledge, near Rock Creek, Sierra county.
They intend to have it running before
Winter.
The North Pacific Railroad track
will be laid to the summit of White
Hill, Marin county, by the 1st prox.,
and to Tomales by the middle of No
vember.
Swamp and overflowed land list No.
4S, Marysville District, comprising
5,3389 acres, was filed in the office of
the Surveyor-General on Wednesday,
the 10Th inst.
The fruit-drying factory at Centre
vile is running night and day, work
ing principally upon plums and
peaches. The capacity is found to be
deficient, and there is some talk of en-
larging.
Gen. George b. Tolman, of San
Francisco, has just finished the survey
# township s N, r. 10 W. This town
hip lies around Mount Jackson and
mbraces the township of Guerneville,
Sonoma county.