Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-15
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS

| A report to the annual Conference OF
the Mormons SAYS that the Mormon popu-
lation of Utah is Ill $50, that the church
in that Territory has lost 600 members and
gained ], 800 in year, and that the church
receipts in that period were over SlOO, 600.
A farmer ON Upper Kings river has cat
that recently had kittens, and at about the
same time she found a nest of young rab-
bits These she carried and put with her
kittens, and at last accounts was sucking
and exercising mothers care over them,
The Los Angeles ErPress says that there
are eleven hundred acres of sugar beets
planted in that county, and that they are
looking well. The machinery for making
sugar from them is going into place, and
it will embrace machinery for working the
sugar cane also.
In proof of the hard times on the Com
stock, the Gold Hill Nelos says that the
Con. Virginia yard, which was formerly
piled almost mountain high with lumber
and timber, and where everything was
booming only short time ago, IS being IN
closed by picket fence and Is to be sown
with grass seed.
Monday was the windiest day Of the
season, says the Truckee Republican. A
| hand-car with four men started Tor the
snow-sheds to repair an old snow plow
which was damaged by the storm. On re-
turning the wind was so strong that they
had to get off the hand-car and push 1t
down hill. Tough, but true.
The Anaheim Gazette thus complains ::
That was regular Yankee trick the Bos-
ton excursionists played on US. They
/ A l,.aY,, on ht1r haN N
a body, and our hospitable citizens cooked
every available bean in the valley, with
which to feed their visitors and remind
them of home, sweet home. But tor some
unexplained reason the Bostonians didn't
eXcLrsh.
At Santa Rosa lately the employees of
the railroad company drove four cows and
two oxen belonging to Korbel Bros. on
board freight car, with guards six feet
high all around it. The oxen performed
the almost incredible feat of leaping over
the guard to the ground. One lost horn
and fractured hip and the other dislo-
Gated shoulder. Both had to be killed
Immediately.
Thursday morning Mrs. Perkins, of
Berkeley, died after an illness OF few
DAYS. She makes the third member of the
family who have died within week, the
others being the son and daughter. An
investigation was had, and it is stated that
the cause of death in each case was eating
canned corn, into which some copperas had
in some manner been dropped when it was
being canned.
A few days ago an attorney from San
Francisco, named Adams, says the Los An
geles Journal, was here looking for lands
sufficient in body for colony. A large
number of people from Boston propose, II
things can be satisfactorily arranged, 10
eating in Los Angeles county. THIS gen
tleman was here looking after the title Of
certain lands. He says he has numerous
applications for lands in this county.
The Virginia Enterprise is responsible
for this: The Chinese utilize almost
everything that comes along. This was
strikingly Illustrated yesterday during the
gale. While bowlders as big as pumpkins
were flying through the air and water
pipes were being ripped out of the ground,
an old Chinaman, with spectacles on his
nose, was observed IN the eastern part of
town seated on knoll calmly flying his
kite-an iron shutter, with log chain for
tail.
The Southern Pacific Railroad had COM
pleted ~ miles of its steel track beyond
Tucson Thursday morning at 10 o'clock,
or within 81 miles of the new town of
Benson. During the month of April Just
passed the city of Los Angeles shipped di-
rect to Tombstone 9S, 800 pounds of freight,
mostly fruit, grain, butter, cheese, honey
and eggs. 1t is estimated that the trade
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at the present time averages more than
$3.50, 600 month.
The three Cinnamon convicted Of the
murder of fellow. countryman at Truckee,
by ehopping his head with an AK and then
throwing him into the Truckee river,
during the month of May, 1879, were on
Tuesday morning brought into Court at
Nevada City and sentenced, All Luck,
the leader, was sentenced to be hanged on
Friday, June %, 1850, at 10 o'clock. Tue
two others, All Sing and On Qua, were
sentenced to Imprisonment for life IN the
State Prison An Luck is an old offender,
having been on trial twice before for muir
der 1t is said that he has killed six
Cinnamon. All Sing will not live long.
He is in the last stages of consumption.
This is sample of Arizona journalism
from the Citizen. 'Pinhead Hughes
Stand up: You are a cowardly, sneaklng
criminal and Matchmaking thief Why,
YOU have had chance after chance for the
past five years, during which time you have
repeatedly been branded with crime, IN
public and private, in writing and print.
You should to-day be wearing a striped
suit and occupying cell in the Peniten-
tiary at Yuma. If you will only start
libel suit, and get your crimes IN shape be-
fore Court, we may succeed yetln leading
you where you belong. And You can bet
your sweet-seented life that there won't be
any compromise in the case. You are
criminal, and should be a convict, and II
you just get us warmed up Wen convict
you"
The Loan Art Exhibition opened Wednes-
day evening at the Walker Mansion on
Twelfth street, Oakland The building
was crowded with one vast concourse of
people The exterior decorations were
grand The front side of the building,
from the top of the cupola to the front
gate, was completely covered with hum
dreds Of colored Chinese l1nterns. The
numerous trees surrounding the residence
were hung with lanterns. The scene was
magnificent, and was greatly admired by
the large number Of people present. The
interior of the building Is divided into
booths and departments, in which the
various articles on exhibition were dis
played. Articles OF every description were
to be seen, rare works of art, valuable
paintings, Egyptian, Oriental and other
antiques of every kind. An Egyptian
mummy is to be seen in the Oriental de-
partment, the decorations of which are
very elaborate. The ladies' in charge of
this department appear in regular Turkish
dress, and are very attractive. In the
library can be observed numberless en-
cravings, books rare and ancient-amoDg
them a fine collection of Bibles over 300