Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-03
NEWS TAILINGS.
Influenza prevails in Utah.

Influenza prevails in Utah.
Horse. thieves are operating near Salt
Lake.
A weoden-rail railroad is suggested from
Truckee to Sierra valley.
Fine porcelain clay, of a rare species, has
been found in Los Angeles county
In Mendocno county there have been
sixty-one murders and only one execution.
The Chico Ereniag Record has entered
upon It's seventh volume. 1t is a spicy,
ne@sy sheet.
The loggers around Lake Tahoe say that
from that section they expect to cut l5,-
600, 600 feet of logs during the coming
season.
The Receille records the strange fact that
the Austin Sunday-schools are well at
tended, at time when no special induce
ments for early piety are offered.
During the late severe wind storm at the
Missoula Agency, Montana, half-breed
was discovered sitting on the roof of his
house, trying to hold it down with his
weight.
The Petaluma Weekly Argus has entered
upon IT'S twenty-sixth volume The paper
has steadily increased in value, and it is
now one of the very best Of country news
and family journals.
Austin can take the premium over any
town in Nevada or on the coast, of its size,
for producing twins, boasts the ReceiAe.
We have had no less than half a dozen
brace within the past three years and
half.
Stock men are still suffering loss from
want of pasturage Cattle and sheep on
ranches in this county are in poor condi-
ton and those that are Stalled and IN
good order command remunerative prices.
Nevada Register.
The cables in use on the Comstock are
the longest and best in America. Some of
them reach out mile, and they must be
of the best material and well made, or dis
aster is the result. Nothing but the best
of steel wire will answer the purpose.
The ship North American, which arrived
in Liverpool from San Francisco on De-
cember 3Ist, reported that, on November
9th, in latitude 49, 46' s., longitude 43 40
w, she passed two small pieces of ice dur
ing the night, standing to the ENE, wind
moderate from n, with fog and small rain
fog cleared up next day, and she made a
chain of ice5ergs bearing from NNE to S
by E, and small pieces in all directions.
Wore to the WNW, and stood 40 miles on
ahis course before getting clear of the small
pieces. This body of ice IS very danger
o0s, as it is in the track of all vessels
AFOREMENTIONED round Cape Horn.
Speaking of its offer of chrome to any
garroter who would catch police officer
on the street after dark, the Bodie Stand
ard says: We wanted to arouse a spirit
of competition among the numerous CARROT
ers, who carry on their nefarious practices
in the most public places, at all hours of
the night, with the most perfect immunity
from arrest. But the night-watchmen say
they suppose we invited the garroters
here ito get them to rob them (the watch |
men of their money" Garroters have
better sense than that they would not
think of garroting a night-watchman for
money, except Immediately after divi-
dend had been declared from the proceeds |
of some previous operation OF the same
character.
About year ago at bird fancier's ex-
position in Boston there were canary birds
exhibited of many colors and green and red
predominated. These birds were said to be
artifcially colored, nuch the same as circus
horses are stained with odd spot and stripes
to make them more attractive in the ring
Mrs. Holland, of Carson City, New, read
a receipt in London paper showing how
to change the color of the,feathers and she
tried it. 1t is very simple. Red pepper
is mixed with the birds food daily, in
small doses at first The birds like it, but
their feathers soon fall eff. They seem all
molting. In a short time the plumage
begins to sprout afresh, and instead of be-
ing yellow as before, it is green with red
spots, and sometimes mixed with a sub
dued shade of lilac, which is simply ex-
quiste. Mrs. Holland tried the plan and it
worked admirably. She succeeded in
changing the plumage of one bird, but
when out of its cage one day 1t was caught
and eaten by cat. She is now dieting
another and expects good results.
A RELIC OF WILKES BOoTH.-Miss