Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-11
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

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Utah Territory has been divided up into
ninety-four districts for census purposes.
New California potatoes are offered in
the Salt Lake market at six cents pound.
Wild flowers are now in bloom in the
little valleys about the heads of the gulches
near Virginia City.
Lew B. Littlefeld, recently of Sacra-
mento, has become one of the proprietors
of the Elko New Post.
The last lots of wool have been hauled
to the depot, at Bakersfield, Kern county,
and all the shearers discharged.
C. F. McGlashan has retired from the
Truckee Republican, having sold out to B.
J. Watson, Senator from Nevada county
The first delivery of coin by the Conner
to the Cashier of the Carson Mint in seven
months was made Saturday, and amounted
to $50, 975 in half eagles.
Crop reports from al portions of the
State are favorable. They were never bet
ter. The next harvest bids fair to be the
largest ever known in the State.
A bald-headed man at Elko, New, has
prepared for warm weather by having an
artist paint large spider in the center of
the hairless space to scare away the flies.
Nearly every family in Antioch has DUR
ing the month past been afflicted with the
measles. The disease among children is
light, but some of mature age have been
dangerously i'll.
Mass meetings are no longer seen in front
of the brokers' offices in Virginia City. In
these degenerate days surging crowd of
three, seen In front of bulletin board, at
tracts attention.
The Carson Times says that the Virginia
and Truckee Railroad paid off its four
hundred employees Saturday, distributing
from $40, 600 to S45, 900 in sums ranging
from $50 to $3.50 each.
The seven or eight hundred miners at
Bodie, who have been paid off within the
past three days, are indignant that they
were each compelled to pay 81 taxes-$2
poll tax, 50 road tax, and 50 hospital tax.
The irrigators on the farm of F. A.
Tracy, near Bakersfield, last week took
pains to count the gophers drowned out in
the fields that had not been watered for a
long time. In one the number was over
600, and in the other upwards of 400.
Winnemucca, New, is infested with
tramps, who are insolent in their demands
for food or money, and are persistent in their
demands until they get one or the other.
Some OF them attempt to bulldoze the pas
sengers on the trains by demanding money
in an intimidating manner, and if it is re-
fused get very abusive.
According to the annual report of the
Central Pacific Railroad the company has ::
Engine-houses and shops, AZ !; locomotive
engines, 226 passenger cars, las sleep
ing cars, Al emigrant cars, y !; baggage,
mail and express cars, Sc ; freight cars,
1867 work cars, 6S5 snow plows, 9.
The net profits for the year were IS, 043, :
260 81.
DR.. VIM. B. Dunno, one of the oldest
residents of Los Angeles, died in that city
Friday. DR.. Dunno came to California in
1867 with General Kearney, and fought
in the general battles which took place be-
tween that command and General Andres
Pico at the Mesa and other points. At
the close of the war the Doctor settled in
Los Angeles, and has resided there since.
There are about 5000 Indians in Ne
vada. OF these, near $500 have more or
less provision made for them through
Agent Spencer. Pyramid Reservation
claims 800, 900 acres of land, mostly COW
cred by Pyramid Lake. OF this amount,
some 5000 acres can be titled by irriga-
ton. At present the Government farms
about so acres-the Indians nearly 200
acres.
The Virginia Enterprise says that few
DAYS since wide-awake and lively young
lady began exercising her wit upon a
gentleman friend who owned to having
purchased NINE az want position in
YOUR NINE" said She" come now hire me
for Superintendent" &c am sorry can t
oblige you," said the gentleman, as
have already engaged Superintendent.
However, don't know but may be able
to find place for YOU" go, can you
What is it 81 Well, might make you
shift boss.
The case OF Mccormick, charged with
arson for setting fire to his own house on
the hill recently, was called in Judge
Browns Court to-day, says the Virginia
Chronicle of May Sth, when the District
Attorney moved that the charge be dis
| missed. as the man could not be convicted
under the law. Section 1868, Vol l.,
Compiled Laws, bearing upon this matter,
is fearfully and wonderfully drawn, and is
good specimen of the work of some OF
Nevada's statesmen. Under this remark
able statute a man may be sent to State
Prison for firing his own house in the day
time, but if he gets up in the night, goes
| for his matches and makes bonfire of his
residence, he commits no crime and is not
amenable TO any law of the State Of
Nevada, unless the house is occupied by
some one at the time. Should he set fire
to some other mans place, he would be
guilty of arson. Mccormick therefore
owes his escape from State Prison to the
l carelessxess of the Lawmakers.