Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-09
NEWS TAILINGs.

IN Salt Lake mas not been abandoned.
The Chico Record has entered upon the
fourth year of its existence as daily.
The logging camps on Puget Sound have
all shut down to wait for better weather.
The thrush of Chinese along the line of
the ella causes much complaint in Arizona.
One hundred thousand dollars, says the
Arizona Citizen, was paid out week before
last for Tucson mines.
Very satisfactory reports reach us of the
condition of the grain fields in the south
ern part OF the county.-[Salinas Index.
The Typo San advertises in this way A
faro game will be opened here in Tybo in a
few days, with cash capital of $500 or
$1,000.
Poor Billy Haines, the plucky mail car
rier OF Mammoth City who was so badly
frozen while ago, Will lose his limbs by
amputation.
A railroad is soon to be constructed from
Wadsworth southwark. 1t will tap ch
mining country, and will have Bodie. for
its southern terminus.
The Austin Light Artillery are making
preparations to fire salute on the occasion
of the formal opening for business of the
Nevada Central Railroad.
The Ogden Rustler tells of Salt Lake
bootblack who eloped to Wells, New, with
woman of ill-repute, leaving in destitute
circumstances wife and child.
A compositor on the Nevada Transcript,
in setting up an account of sudden death,
makes it read that the deceased party died
OF serious apoplexy. A very serious blum
der
In Montana several herd of sheep drifted
over with snow were dug out recently, and
though they had been in their cold prison
eight days, were still alive and soon recov-
cred.
A mild criminal boom has arisen in the
Justices Court at Reno. There are sew
eral prisoners in the Jail to be examined on
the charge of aiding and abetting Fitz.
gerald.
An up-courtry exchange says: "a
young lady just home from boarding
school, on being told by the servant that
they had no gooseberries, exclaimed
why, what has happened to the goose -
We believe the establishment of State
Detective force in this State would afford
such means of more speedily and certainly
carrying out the ends of our laws and JUS
tce as we have never heretofore had.
Willows Journal.
The Monterey Democrat is agitating for
State appropriation for the irrigation OF
the Salinas valley. 1t contends that the
future prosperity of that valley depends on
irrigation that without it the farmers
will have no regular crops.
One hundred citizens of Yellowstone are
hunting buffalo for their hides alone, which
sell at 81 80 piece. Several firms in that
town have as high as 1000 hides each
now on hand, and are buying daily. James
White, of Yellowstone, has killed 2,CO0
buffalo this season for their hides alone.
We have had during January but |. %
inches of rain In 1851, 065, with total
for the year of All In 1852, 0.5S; total,
l7.9S. In 1857, 1877 total, l0.44 In
1859, 096; total, 1900 In 1864, LOT
total, 1856. In 1870, l.37 total, 1887.
In 1873, i.23; total, 20.-[Colusa Sun
A San Bernardino paper says that the
agent of the owners of the Jurupa Rancho,
to whom patent was lately issued, has
notified the settlers thereon that they
must either leave or pay rent, and most Of
them have left. What was a short time
since populated section is now almost
abandoned.
The farmers in the vicinity of Willows
are busily at work on their farms prepar.
ing for the upprecedentedly large yield Of
wheat (which they are sure to have if nc
unseen misfortune Overtakes us) that is
promised us this year. Innumerable teams
hitched to large gang-plows can be seen
everywhere in those agricultural regions
nowadays.
The Ukiah jail has enc more inmate
charged with the crime of murder He is
an Indian, known among his brethren as
Lame Dave, and was arrested and taken
to Ukiah for the murder of one of his tribe
on the Garcia river, near Point Arena. Jan
uary 18th. The deed was done with an
AK. Had the officers left him to the ten
der mercies of his tribe he would shortly
have expiated the crime with his life. &C.
cordlng to the code of laws in force among
these people.
Castroville Argus There is talk of a
canal up the Temblalera to the Espinosa
lake, to enable small craft to convey grain
to Moss Landing. We have no doubt that
the project is entirely feasible, and that
some such measure will be adopted by the
managers of the steamship company, in
order to counterfeit the effects of the i'm
proved rail facilities which result from the
construction of the Monterey Railroad.
The steamship company is not going to
fold its hands and trust to luck, but will
remain in the field as an active and liberal
competitor.
"The Regulators were out again last
Wednesday night, but careful iuvestiga.
ton showed that most of the objections
bic characters had left MERGED is now
enjoying the pleasure of the company of a
large number of the gentry who short
time ago held forth here. Some of the
fugitives from Fresno have been finding q
convenient refuge in Stockton, but their
presence here is not deemed very desirable,
and the police are giving them hints to
"move on" BY and by, if necessary, the
police propose to g fire them ont. u Fresno
Expositor.
Some time ago fair prospect of gold was
found in the waste dump from the soap.
stone quarry near Colfax, and to test its
value a few tons were sent to Grass Valley
for reduction. The result was such as to
encourage the owners to erect reduction
works of their own on the site of the quarry.
With their works they have failed to Sc
cure satisfactory returns, the soapy nature
of the material rendering it almost impos
sible to save the gold. They, however,
have secured the services of certain scien.
tifc persons to experiment with the ma
terial and secure method for working il
proftably.
The Trustees of Woodland have adopted