Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-01
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

According to the Vallejo Chronicle, the
Postmaster of Fairfield, Solano county, has
connected with the office bar-room, where
tarantula juice and sheep-herder's de-
; light are dispensed to those having occa-
sion to lick stamp.
The contractors on the Northern Pacific
! extension say they will have 800 men at
work within thirty days. 1t is expected
the road will be completed to the Yellow
stone by November without fail. A section
, of 100 miles is to be completed by the LIST
of June.
/ Trout-catching is all the rage at Lundy
lake, Homer District, Mono county, the
fish being the finest afoat and biting raven
ously. 1t is no uncommon thing for set
tier to go out, cut hole through the ice,
and catch thirty pounds of fine trout be-
fore breakfast.
DR.. johnson was washed from his horse
| In attempting to cross the YneZ river, in
Santa Barbara county, on the 2lst instant,
ahd did not regain the shore till after a
hard struggle, sometimes on top of his
horse, and sometimes the horse on top of
him. On reaching the bank from whence
he started, he mounted his horse, returned
to Lompoc, redrsssed, returned and crossed
safely.
The wreckers who are searching for the
sunken steamer Brother Jonathan, which
went down some years ago near Crescent
City with about million dollars on board,
says the Ashland Orr T'idings, think they
have found the wreck in eighteen fathoms
! of water Pieces of wood and other evil
dences of wreck were brought up by the
graphing irons, but divers have not yet
been able to 60 down, because of the rough
ness of the sea.
The " dark day " in America commenced
about 10 A. NJ. May 10, 1850, and continued
until the middle Of the next day. The
arizona Miner says that woman living on
the Little Colorado was 2S years of age at
that time and remembers the circum-
stances. She is now lbs years of age.
The darkness created great CONSERVATION
among her people, the Spanish, and the
Indians. The Spaniards buried their saints
and the Indians took to feasting.
] Tucson, A. T., is further from New York
by rail or telegraph than any other city in
the United States Tucson is the only in
land city in the United States that sells
annually to Mexico S., 600, 900 worth of
goods; Tucson is the only city in the
United States with a population of 5000
people and 10000 dogs, besides poodles,
rat-and- tan, lame dogs, and tiny Mexican
dogs with no hair, and blood dogs obtained
from careful grading from thirty-one other
species or crosses Tucson is the only city
in the United States which contains a
Mexican population of 5000 or upwards.
A gentleman who is engaged in raising
turkeys, named Ross Mckay, and who
lives about twelve miles from town, says
the Red Bluff Sentinel, has young turkey,
two weeks old, that is blessed with one
body, two heads, four eyes, one tail and
four legs walks on all four legs and feeds
with both mouths !; is supposed to be pos
sessed with two distinct organisms, but
both brains are sensitive to the feelings of
the other, physically, but not mentally.
The food that is supplied by one mouth
supplies the wants of the other. 1t sleeps
in harmony, and is healthy and lively, and
appears to indicate that it will live as long
as the oldest inhabitant of turkeydom.