Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-02-12
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PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

\ new brick Catholic church is to
he built at Oroville, Butte county, in
place Of the old wooden structure.
Three carloads of wine were shipped
rom Los Angeles on the 9th instant,
direct for New York by way OF Pa
mama.
Confirmation services, by Bishop
Kip, will be held in st. JOhn's Epis-
copal Church, Of Marysville, on the
18th instant.
Twenty-Five carloads of barley were
being loaded at Marysville, on Satur-
day, for transportation TO st. Louis,
Missouri.
An explosion in the Geneva mine,
Cherry creek, Nevada, on Saturday,
injured two miners named Hunter ana
Winslow.
The two editors of the Suffer Creek
TadeDeRdem are under bonds to APP
pear before the County Court at Jack
son, Amador county, on q charge of
liheling the editor. Of the Amador
Ledger. 2A.
The F0othiH 1idiags predicts that
the day will come when the silk cul-
ture in Nevada county will equal in
Importance our present gold produc-
ton, and be one of the leading inter-
ests Of the foothills.
The town of Hollister San Benito
county, is extending its dimensions.
New houses are going up on every
side, and the bang of the hammer and
Grating of the saw can be heard from
morning until night.
The Gold Hill Netcs says that it is
rumored that the organization known
as "G01u is about toabe revived, in
which event n number of suspicious
characters, who are at present stop
ping in Virginia, will probably receive
Valentines. r,.
The new Odd Fellows Hall build
ing at santa Cruz is finished. 1t has
cost So, 500, and is said to be a beauti-
full and substantial edifice. The dedi-
cation of the hall has been deferred
till the 26th of April, the anniversary
Of the establishment of the order in
America.
The recent fall Of snow at Austin,
Nevada, is said to have been unusu-
ally heavy. All the stages were great
ly DELAYED. Snow plows were used to
clear the streets of snow, and many
citizens were shoveling SNOW from the
roofs of their dwellings. Serious APP
prehensions are felt for the safety of
cattle in the neighborhood.
The newly organized fire company
of San Jose are making progress on
their truck-house, and will soon have
it ready for occupation. Father Varsi,
President of the Santa Clara College,
donated the lot; the Town Council Il
certain sum of money, which was in
creased by various contributions from
citizens and friends of the company
10 aid in erecting the building, which
is to be sixty feet long and thirty feet
wide.
Robertson & Machomuck will start
their mill at Alder creek, near Truckee,
Nevada county, this week. They have
about 100000 feet Of logs on hand
ready for saving. Among their orders
for lumber and railroad ties is one from
the Palisade and Eureka railroad.
Two more sawmills are to be built at
Truckee, and it is confidently expected
ing year will be 50,0O0,000 feet.
In San Francisco last week the
Health Officer reports that 81 persons
died-the smallest number of deaths
of any one week for five months past.
OF the persons that died last week, A.
were males and 20 females. OF these,
80 were white, > black, 10 copper
colored persons. There were II deaths
from phthisis, 5 from pneumonia and
from scarlatina.
There were in attendance at the pub
lie schools in San Francisco in 1873 a
total of $685. pupils, and the average
daily attendance was 1880.
Ten thousand eucalyptus trees We're
shipped to Centerville from Oakland
February 9th.