Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-06

MANY of the saw mills in the Red
wood district of Santa Cruz county
have ceased operations because OF
the low price Of Redwood lumber.
The Notifications at Point Caba-
lilo, near Sancelito, are nearly COM
pleted, and a battery of. ffteen-inch
guns will be put on this summer.
On some of the San Jose straw
berry ranches as many as one hun
dred and fifty Cinnamon are EN-
ployed.
The Los Angeles wooden mills are
running at their full capacity after
a briefstOppage, and are turning Out
an excellent article of blankets, cas-
simeres and flannels.
Cinnamon continue to arrive at
the Lava Bed mines, near Oroville,
in great numbers. 1t is estimated
that before long that there will be
from $4,000 to 20, 900 Chinese miners
at that camp.
The Central Pacific Railroad track
over the mountains is being relaid,
that portion of the road being much
worn. The rails are manufactured
in San Francisco.
Those who have gone to Yosemite
this year are sOrely disappointed.
They entered the valley too early.
1t is half covered with water. The
roads are bad, and travelling on
sleighs hauled by ken is not accep-
table to all people. July will be-
early enough to enter for those who
seek comfort.
The last of the warriors who fought
the MOdocs, ten in number, passed
through Sacramento, Monday, from
Fort Klamath, in charge of Corporal
Charles Penteze. They are on their
way to join their company at Angel
Island. They were left at Fort
Klamath in the hospital, and are
now convalescent.
Vasques publishes the following
card in the Los Angeles papers:
"WOunded, a prisoner, and in the
shadow of approaching death, or a
more to be dreaded incarceration IAN
unfortunate and sinful man appeals
to the charitable among men of
whatever nation to contribute to a
fund sufficient to enable him to
place his Ease fairly before the
world and a jury soon to sit in
judgment upon him, hereby assert
ing his INNOCENCE Of the higher
crimes imputed to him, and his
ability to establish the fact at a fair,
impartial trial."
OREGON.
Salem has about three miles OF
water mains.
The mines i'm eastern Oregon are
said to be paying handsomely.
There are 1850 Odd Fellows In
good standing in Oregon.
There are now three steamboats,
running on the Columbia, above the
Dalles.
A number of capitalists are in
Baker county looking at the mines.
They contemplate the erection of
silver mill in Rye valley.
+ The Historian publishes a table
showing that in twenty-one years
. only eight vessels out of 10, 500 have
3 been lost in crossing the bar at the
e mouth of the Columbia.
e The Oregon Steam Navigation
Company has laid the kelsOn for /,
~1,OO0-tOn barge, to be used i'm freight
ing wheat to Astoria for shipment
: NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA,
! Colo, the Tonic chief, who leftth,
( Camp Apache reserve, last fall, ha.
e been killed.
The number of Indians fed on tn,
Verde Reserve, Arizona, May LIST
was 1858,
Santa Fe, New Mexico, claims t.
s be the very oldest settlement in Tn,
United States, and presents facts t,
show that she is older than Angus
=, tine, Florida, which makes similar
pretentiOns.
Good flour is retailing at Preston
Arizona, at 50 per barrel; bacon i
: retailing at thirty cents per pound
l eggs are scarce, and selling at sew.
enty-five cents per dozen; butter i
worth 81 per pound.