Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-06-18
Pacific Coast Items.

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Kern river continues full of water.
Alvinza Hayward is reported conva-
lescent.
There are over 200 visitors at Skaggs'
Springs.
Smallpox continues to prevail in
the mountains near GilrOy.
There is q great demand for farm
hands to gather the harvest in Butte
county.
The Crusaders have commenced OPP
erations on the saloon-keepers Of Cal
istoga.
Ten thousand dollars are paid
monthly to the hands of the Gilroy to-
bacco factory.
Monday last witnessed in Chico one
of the most peaceable elections ever
held in that city.
Gilroy wants to jubilate on the COM
ing Fourth, and the citizens are pre-
pairing accordingly.
The citizens of Wheatland intend
taking part in the Fourth of July cele-
bration at Marysville.
A barn belonging to Mr.. Shotrell, at
Suffer Creek, with it's contents, was
burned on Tuesday last.
Sam Collins of Mariposa was found
dead on branch of Boston Gulch, on
Friday morning last.
The late rains have done great dam
age to the crops in Oregon. Grasshop-
pers are also numerous east of the
mountains.
Wednesday Of last week was the an
niversary of the organization Of Syca-
more Grange at Bridgeport, the first
in Nevada county.
An election has been called for Clear
Creek District, Nevada county, to
vote tax for the erection of new
school-house.
The San Mateo Gazette says that
300 voters were registered in that
county-seat election.
The new county buildings in Fresno
will probably be completed next
Spring-some months after the re-
moval of the county seat.
The people of Martinez propose
guaranteeing the steamer Parthenius
free wharfage as long as her daily
trips to that point are continued.
Ukiah City will soon be connected
with the rest of the State by telegraph.
The work between Cloverdale and
Ukiah is now progressing.
They have graveyard thieves in
Grass Valley who steal the nails,
fence-posts and other things with
which repairs are being made.
Livermore Grange has accepted the
bid of VIM. Ludwig of Pleasanton, to
supply the members with beef for the
present harvest season.
At Salem, Oregon, yesterday, John
Smith was badly wounded in the
thigh by burglar, whom he caught
robbing his house. The burglar es-
capped.
The Los Gatos Wooden Mill Com
pany, Santa Clara county, whose
buildings were recently destroyed by
fire, will replace them and resume
business.
The following shows the rainfall of
Napa county for the season just
closing Napa, $3.50 inches; Tru-
pouy ., -O.of lhSiCo, SalIotoSoj SO.Oc
inches.
The election for county seat of San
Mateo passed off quietly on Saturday.
AS far as heard from, the result gives
San MateO handsome majority of
$50.
The elegant new passenger coaches
imported by Colonel Donahue for the
Northern Pacific Railroad, at a cost of
$4,000, went over the road last Sun
day.
Mrs. P. Womack, of Penn Valley,
Nevada county, has Que duck which
has layed ninety-seven eggs this sea-
son, and during the time she has
Matched out forty-five young ducks.
A Nevada City (Cal.,) school boy
has immortalized himself by the fol-
lowing composition on "The Stink
Ant" Sum things is small but awful
stout. A skunk can outfite the big
gest Nufounlin Dorg. A ann kan lift
big chunk and bite like mule. a
stink ant kan stick his tail up in the
are, and paw durt like fitin kock if
you drum round him much. A game
stink ant kan make you waltz like a
dutchman. Sum folkes like stink
ants but donte. This is all kno
bout ants"