Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-06-01

700 young turkeys, has had ZUO ole Wlthln
the last few days, says the Folsom Tele-
graph, and has as yet been unable to find
out the cause.
Work on the new Bodie narrow gauge
has been commenced at the Mound House.
Three hundred men have been put on,
and the force will be increased as fast as
needed. Two dollars a day and board
yourself is the rate of wages paid.
The number of visitors to the Yosemite
Valley has considerably declined during the
last two or three years, but the tourist
ticket agencies of San Francisco report
that, according to present Indications, the
rush this season will be unprecedented.
A new source of amusement has been
adopted in Nevada City. Lovers of racing
make up purse of % cents and soda
cracker A crowd of boys are started
around the block and the one who makes
the circuit quickest is given the cracker
Immediately on his arrival. If he eats it
before any OF the other contestants get
there he receives the stake OF two bits.
The editor of the Los Angeles Herald
has been shown remarkable curiosity.
1t consisted of a small piece of virgin gold,
found in an Arizona mine, on which was
the profile of the head and bust of wo-
man. 1t was natures own handiwork,
absolutely unassisted by art, the latter be-
ing confined solely to the mounting of tho
eccentric freak OF nature as scarf pin.
A little son of Mrs John Kelley, of Te-
hama, was drowned in the Sacramento
river Wednesday afternoon, while in
swimming near the railroad bridge. 1t was
not known how the accident occurred, but
it is supposed that he took with cramping
while in deep water, sank, and being unob-
served by his companions, was drowned
without any effort being made to save him.
Tourists will soon be here, says the
Truckee Republican of May Goth. Harry
HOLSTER yesterday received a telegram
from Benicia to engage two outside seats
to Tahoe. Inasmuch as the only convey
ance to that locality at the present time is
a man and pair of snowshoes, Mr.. Hol-
lister ordered him to drive in couple of
pegs and be prepared to accommodate the
party.
Our farmers this year are going to en-
counter a novel embarrassment, says the
Los Angeles Herald. So great is the guam
tity of land under crop that there are not
thrashing machines enough to handle more
than two-thirds of the yield. Meanwhile
there is great paucity of machines in the
market. The San Francisco supply is ut
terly exhausted.
A Pluto squaw was delivered of child
Thursday afternoon about . o'clock on the
sidewalk near the corner of D street and
Sutton avenue, Virginia, New. The little
event only caused halt of some ten
minutes. A neighborly squaw wrapped
the newborn child in some rags, and tax
ing it in her arms started off toward the
eastern suburbs OF the town, the mother
arising and following.
At recent meeting of the Pioneer So
cety in Virginia, New, nearly 300 MEM
bers were dropped from the list for nom
payment of dues. 1t is said that most of
them have become so poor, of late, that
they are utterly unable to raise the funds
to maintain place in the Society they take
so much pride in. The rule which drops
them from the role is memorable, ana un-
der its workings leaves but about fifty ac-
tive members.
a skunk visited the Hopland tAIendocino
county, public school last week, and had it
all his own way for awhile, causing the
schoolmarm and all the children to vacate
the premises while he quietly took prom
inent position on one of the rafters to scan
the school house over A brave lad finally
tomahawked the intruder, but not before a
sufficient amount of perfumery had been
freely distributed to last the entire school
for some time to come.
The mining machinery now at the San
Diego wharf. destined for San Rafael,
Lower California, will require a liberal
amount of horse-flesh to take it to its des-
tination. Considerable new road, besides
much repairing, will also be required to
facilitate its conveyance. The boiler alone
weighs 5, 800 pounds the fly-wheel 3, 500,
and the engine and bed 3,200-t the whole,
including smoke stack, fre-box. etc, bring,
ing up the total weight to eight tons. (
p The Calaveras Citizen says lady residing
in San Andreas is the owner of gander
which recently caught the sitting fever,
and kept driving the mother goose off her
nest. At last nest was made for the
gander and chicken eggs placed therein
and he Immediately went to sitting, and in
the course of time brought forth brood OF
little chicks. He is as proud OF them as
any old hen would be, and takes the best
of care of them.
The sixtcen-ounce boy baby, now ten
days old, creates quite an excitement
among the Oakland ladies, who flock to
the house of its parents, at S62 Twentieth
street. His legs have already developed a
wonderful kicking power, his lungs are
well developed and he cries as loud as any
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The happy father is as proud OF the little
been a nine ponder. It's mother is a
pretty little blonde, well known in Oak
land.
A sad scene took place Saturday evening
in Santa Barbara. A poor woman whose
/ daughter, aged l6, was recently led astray
by married man in town, and who made
futile effort to rescue her few DAYS ago
by means of awrit of babeas corpus, saw
the daughter in q downtown store accom-.
panied by girl of the same age and same
cahber. Motherly instinct getting the best
/ Of womanly pride, the poor mother tried to
get her daughter to 90 homo with her.
She impudently refused. The mother
took hold Of her and urged her. Instantly
both the hoodlums sprang on the old lady
and fought like wildcats to drive her from
the place. They were driven of by some
people present.
The other day very rustic party from
Sonora passed over the Southern Pacific
Railway, says the Los Angeles Heraid.
IL consisted OF quite wealthy family, who
were en- route to Paris, France. None of
them had ever seen a railway before, and a
sleeping ear was an unspeakable novelty to
them. The ladies Of the party, after their
BERTH had been made mp, supposing that
privacy was matter OF course, began I'M
dressing in the passage-way without the
usual precaution of the screens, and were
very much surprised and Disconnected at
the malapropos entrance Of several gentle
men, who had been out smoking, and who
entirely without design, surprised them
en- dishabille-very much SO, indeed. BY
they time they arrived at San Francisco
they doubtless became to the manner born
n sleeplng-car usages.
George and Henry Myers, twin brothers
about % years of age, living near Mount
Eden, in Alameda county, visited San Lo.