Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-06-10
Pacific Coust Items.

Measles have again appeared at
Mokelumne Hill.
Wild blackberries are now quite
plentiful around Calistoga.
The Kern Valley Bank is going to
open a branch at CalieDte.
The cost of repairing levees above
and below Yuba City, in District No L,
cost $38,560.
An Indian known as Tom was kill
led by several other Indians in Indian
Valley, about ten days since.
improvements are going up at a
rapid rate at the new railroad town Of
Caliente, Kern county.
From 1.2O0 to 400 men are now at
work on the Ell Dorado ditch, about
half of whom are Cinnamon.
A Chinaman named All Yong was
found murdered about two miles from
Jackson, Amador county, last week.
P.D. Wigginton at his farm, five
miles south of Merced, has struck at
depth of 23O feet, in his artesian well,
splendid flow of water.
Wild gooseberries grow in great
abundance on the hills which bound
Bennett Valley, Sonoma county, on
the West,
New barley is squotable in the Stock
ton market ut ST. 20 and old barley at
81 35. Good shipping wheat was
fetching on Saturday ST. so and choice
81 So.
Last Wednesday morning an acci-
dent occurred OH the line of the FELTON,
Railroad, which resulted in the death
of a laborer named Timothy McCarty,
age 35, native of Ireland.
A shooting affray occurred on Satur-
day evening at San Jose, between John
Hooben and Dennis Noona. Both
men were badly demoralized, but no
undertaken was requisite.
The contract to build the road from
the Reed mine to Cayay has been let
by Yolo county to J. Hall at $4,000.
Work will be commenced at once.
Wells, Fargo & Co. ,offer $500 reward
for the arrest and conviction of the
highwayman who robbed the stage on
May 28th, between Pleito ranch and
Nacimiento, Los Angeles county,
The citizens of Truckee have pur-
chased that portion of the town upon
which Chinatown formerly stood, and
that undesirable element will hence
forward be located across the river.
Several farmers at Mountain View,
who have been in want of some farm
hands, were unable to procure them.
A few gooh hands could find employ
ment around Mountain View.
The Alameda Independent, pub
lished at Washington, in that county,
has made its appearance. 1t is a full
size sheet and contains considerable
local news and other interesting read
ing matter
A big fire, caused by the burning of
the dry grass, ragged in the hills last
Thursday, between Auburn Ravine
and Millertown. Excepting the de-
struction of grass and the scorching of
the timber, no damage was done.
A shocking accident occurred at the
threshing machine of Dell Hawkins,
on the farm Of J. b. Rassette, Contra
Costa county, last Thursday morning,
resulting in the death Of a german
named Louis Toucey.
A fight took place among the China
men at the Lava Beds, Butte county,
on Sunday night, which' resulted in
the wounding of number of them
very severely. Knives were freely
used.
Fires have been raging in the Chap
parel Confederacy, Calaveras county,
during the week, and the settlers had
to fight to preserve their fences and
houses. No grain has been burned,
but large area OF pasturage has been
destroyed.
All the foremen of the Construction
and Steam Engineering departments
at Mare Island have been reduced by
an order from Washington to the rat
ing of "leading men," as a stroke of
economy.
Wells, Fargo & Co., have offered a
reward of $3.50 each for the arrest and
conviction of the persons (supposed to
be three) who robbed the safe of G. T.
Kaulback, In Quincy, Plumas county,
on the night of May oath.
There were filed Friday in the Office
of Secretary Of State, articles of incOr-
poration of the San Luis Water Com
pany; organized to supply the town of
San Luis Obispo with pure and fresh
water. Capital 100000 in shares of
500 each.
The yield of wool in Big Valley, Mo-
doc county, and vicinity, is much
heavier and of better quality this year
than it. has ever been known hereto
fore. The increase of lambs this sea-
sun has also been far above the usual
average.
Hon. E. r. Budd, of Ukiah City,
Mendocino county, died at his resi-
dence in that place on Tuesday last,
after an illness of one week, Of erysip-
elias. He was buried on the following
day under the auspices of the Masonic
fraternity, of which body he was
member.